The Arkhams are a longstanding and once rich and influential Gotham City family who were involved in the founding of the village that would go on to become the city.[1] They have been dogged by tragedy ever since first arriving in the New World.[1] In the 19th century, family member Amadeus Arkham founded the iconic Gotham institution Arkham Asylum.
History
Members
17th Century
- Ezekiel Arkham (Prime Earth)
- Was one of the original founders of the colonial settlement that would later become Gotham City. His influence in the community was not enough to save his sister Amity.[1]
- Amity Arkham (Prime Earth)
- A settler in colonial Gotham. She was burned for witchcraft by a lynch mob and as she died she cast a curse allowing her to possess her descendants and commit arson.[1]
- Beatrix Arkham-Silverlock (Prime Earth)
- Amity's only child who was an infant at the time of her mother's murder.[1] Her descendants formed a long line of unfortunate individuals possessed by her mother's vengeful ghost and forced to take on the identity Calamity while her mother tore apart their psyches.[2]
19th Century - 21st Century
- Elizabeth Arkham (New Earth, Prime Earth)
- Mother of Amadeus. Her battle with mental illness inspired her son to become a psychiatrist and eventually create Arkham Asylum.
- Amadeus Arkham (New Earth, Prime Earth, Arkhamverse, DC Universe Online)
- The founder of Arkham Asylum. Amadeus eventually went mad himself and ended up housed in his own Asylum.[3]
- Constance Arkham (New Earth)
- Wife of Amadeus Arkham. She was raped and murdered by the criminal Mad Dog.[3]
- Harriet Arkham (New Earth)
- Daughter of Amadeus Arkham. She was raped and murdered by the criminal Mad Dog.[3]
- Ezekiel Silverlock (Prime Earth)
- Descendant of Beatrix.[1] Was possessed by Amity and took on the identity Calamity.[2]
- Jeremiah Arkham (New Earth, Prime Earth, Earth-43, Earth-1927, DC Universe Online)
- Grand-nephew to Amadeus who ran the Asylum and worked as a psychiatrist there.[4] He too ended going mad, in this case suffering from dissociative personality disorder with blackouts keeping him from recalling actions he'd taken for days and weeks at a time while acting as Black Mask.[5]
- Astrid Arkham (Prime Earth)
- Daughter of Jeremiah Arkham and Ingrid Karlsson.
- Temperance Silverlock (Prime Earth)
- Descendant of Beatrix.[1] Was possessed by Amity and took on the identity Calamity.[2]
- Judas Silverlock (Prime Earth)
- Descendant of Beatrix.[1] Was possessed by Amity and took on the identity Calamity.[2]
- Verity Silverlock (Prime Earth)
- Descendant of Beatrix.[1] Was possessed by Amity and took on the identity Calamity.[2]
- Sybil Silverlock (Prime Earth)
- Descendant of Beatrix.[1] Was possessed by Amity and took on the identity Calamity.[2] Like so many other family members she ended up incarcerated in Arkham Asylum, though in her case the incarceration was voluntary.[6][7] She eventually killed herself to be rid of Amity's dangerous control.[2][8]
- Olive Silverlock (Prime Earth)
- Daughter of Sybil who attended Gotham Academy during a period overlapping with Damian Wayne's brief tenure as a student there.
Paraphernalia
Equipment: * Arkham Mark
Trivia
- Martha Wayne is portrayed as a member of the Arkham family in some versions.[9][10]
See Also
- 3 Appearances of Arkham Family
- Images that include Arkham Family
- Organization Gallery: Arkham Family
Links
- None.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Gotham Academy: Second Semester #9
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Gotham Academy #11
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
- ↑ Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1
- ↑ Battle for the Cowl: Arkham Asylum #1
- ↑ Arkham Manor #2
- ↑ Gotham Academy: Second Semester #8
- ↑ Gotham Academy: Second Semester #12
- ↑ Batman: Earth One (Volume 1)
- ↑ The Batman (Movie)