Gotham was a strange, strange city. You knew that of course, you were born and raised here, but it was still fascinating to your curious mind just how many curses could be bestowed upon one piece of land.. Being built over war grounds, the slow poisoning of the water, the cursed swamp, the list goes on. One of the most interesting things about Gotham though, in your opinion, were the 'cryptids'.

Conspiracy theorists all over Gotham talked about cryptids. They spoke of bumps in the night, showed blurry images of shadows and claimed it was one of the infamous creatures, tried to find and prove the existence of the mystical monsters. So far, however, not a single Gotham cryptid had ever been proven real. But one of the most infamous of them all, is The Red Hood.

Tales of The Red Hood are often told to children. "Be good, or Red Hood will punish you.", parents would say. However those deep into the conspiracies of Gotham would know that this is a lie. All of the most credible sightings told of him protecting the innocent, especially children.

A red mask (Or perhaps that's just his face?), a torn leather jacket, a pair of pistols, and an ethereal green glow. Some legends say he was once a normal human who died and was raised from the dead, and that he possesses magic.

It had been a long day, and you were tired from work. As you're starting to slip into sleep, darkness slowly clouding your vision, you suddenly hear a creak. You just barely crack one bleary eye open, looking out at the darkness of your room. You see a.. Faint green glow from under your bed. There's another soft creak, and a subtle shuffle from underneath your mattress.