To 'improve' the city's standing, Nashton used his position and skills to coordinate a large network of operatives and compile a large collection of blackmail material connected to prominent Gotham officials.īefore Christmas Eve, Nashton collected and hid extortion data files while also searching for the real identity of Batman, whom he believed was either Harvey Dent or Bruce Wayne. He found employment as a member of the GCPD's Cyber Crime Division and became convinced that Gotham's long history of corruption was the result of intellectual and moral failing rather than economics. Undeterred, Edward dedicated himself to learning, and became a skilled engineering and computer hacking genius. His father accused him of cheating and beat him for lying. Nashton broke in late at night and put the puzzle together as many times as possible until he had the winning solution. Constantly belittled and called a moron by his abusive father, he entered a school contest to win everyone's approval solve a puzzle and win a prize. The future Edward Nigma committed his first crime when he was still in grade school.

Incident Reports Before Arkham Origins Incident

6.2.4 Riddler's Headquarters (2nd dialogue).

6.2.3 Riddler's Headquarters (1st dialogue).

1.8 Between Arkham Asylum and Arkham City Incident.

1.4 Between Arkham Origins and Assault on Arkham Incident.

This eventually drove him to ensure the Dark Knight didn't have a chance of winning, by eliminating any fair play. The desire to prove himself better than Batman had finally consumed him. Riddler grew increasingly frustrated and delusional over the years, believing Batman was a cheater who couldn't beat his challenges.

Batman had proven to be a worthy opponent, capable of deducing the Riddler's plans, but Nigma was dedicated to creating a mystery that the Dark Knight would not be able to solve in time to save the hostages. With an obsessive need for attention and a genius-level intellect, Edward Nigma (formerly Edward Nashton) was determined to be the most outlandish of Gotham City's criminals, and concocted an elaborate series of clues and riddles around his crimes. YOU broke him.' - Officer JT Wicker blames Batman for Riddler's insanity Him lecturing anyone who walked by about how he would beat you.

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