As a child, Bruce Wayne falls into a well on his parents' estate and is rescued by his father. but develops a fear of bats after a flock of them attack him. Bruce tours a new monorail funded by his dad, who explains that he nearly bankrupted his company Wayne Enterprises to build it to help Gotham City, which is experiencing an economic depression. As his parents take him home from the opera Mefistofele, which was frightened by a bat-like character in the production they are confronted by a mugger and Bruce's parents were shot dead, leaving him deeply traumatized. is comforted by police officer James Gordon the mugger is arrested, then raised by his parents' butler Alfred Pennyworth 15 years later, Bruce is still mourning his parents and he needs to avenge them by not being afraid of everything anymore. He became the The Dark Knight aka Batman.
