Chapter 1: Gotham City ~ A Crucible of Duality Gotham City isn't a mere backdrop for "The Dark Knight"; rather, it is a wound that is festering, a crucible where the forces of order and chaos are always fighting against each other. Towering towers, suffocated by their own ambition, penetrate the perennially cloudy sky, casting vast shadows over the entire territory. On the other hand, underneath this facade of grandeur is a deteriorating underbelly, which consists of filthy back lanes that smell of desolation and collapsing infrastructure that is a product of years of neglect. To put it simply, this is