Category:Court of Owls

"Beware The Court of Owls, that watches all the time, ruling Gotham from a shadow perch, behind granite and lime. They watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bed, speak not a whispered word of them or they'll send The Talon for your head. "

Founded before the birth of Gotham city this secret organization made up of the wealthy, privileged, and elite of Gotham's families has ruled over her alleys, streets and rooftops long before the first of it's beloved Heroes haunted the dark. Bound to keep their power and way of life they will stop at nothing to ensure their positions ever fall. Shaping history from hidden shadows, they have used their trained assassins their Talons to carry out their goals and silencing anyone seen as a threat.

== Henri LeRoux

Born 1850 in New Orleans Louisiana, Henri joined Haly's Circus as a magician in 1875 tailoring his act to the current Victorian obsession with the occult, voodoo and the macarbe. While travelling through Gotham, his flair, slight of hand ond ability to seemingly disappear brought him to the court where he was active through 1880's and 90's before being put into deep sleep around 1900. He was briefly active in the 1950's due to the court having issues with a few of it's newer talons. ==