 Following the Source Wall being shattered at the end of "", the mysterious watcher known as Tempus Fuginaut (introduced in "Sideways") begins recruiting several "heroes" from across the Dark Multiverse in the wake of "".Azrael/Jean-Paul Valley refused to give back the mantle of the Batman to Bruce Wayne and defeated him and the Bat-Family, ruling Gotham City as the Saint Batman for 30 years.Bruce, referred to as the Broken, is kept alive, dissected, and tortured as he is forced to watch what Jean-Paul has done to Gotham.