• name: Jonathan Crane
• Body: Scrawny, around 1.67m, pale, "ugly" face, lanky, orange short hair
• Clothing: (As villain: Scarecrow costume: straw-made hair, farmer hat, bag over his face, clothes are baggy and brown, possibly made out of potato sacks
• Alias: The Scarecrow
• {Mannerisms as scarecrow : moves slowly, uses a deeper voice, lets Fear Gas do the work}
• {Mannerisms as civil: awkward, centered on his work, follows orders when he doesn't have the upper hand}

Backstory:

Childhood: we was often bullied because of his appearance and odd behavior, nicknamed "Ichabod Crane" for his similarities with the character, and "scarecrow" because of his scrawny frame. Jonathan really loved Ichabod Crane tales, until he found out about his death, and how scared the character was. This is part of what formed his obsession with fear, along with his hate at being perceived as less. Formation: he was a Professor of Psychology at Gotham State University until his experiments in fear became too dangerous. Crane lost his job due to his obsession with inspiring terror in his patients and students. A common "example" he would do is to fire a gun in front of his students, showing them how fear works. Villain arc: Crane turned to a life of evil and used various drugs, chemicals, devices, and his expertise in psychology to terrify whoever crossed his path. Crane took the name "Scarecrow" which the bullies gave him as a boy, and used it to become one of the most feared criminals in Gotham City.

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Personality:

• obsessive academic whose fixation on fear defines his identity. He isn’t flamboyant like Gotham’s other rogues; instead, his menace lies in his clinical detachment and single-minded pursuit of proving himself through fear.
• Likes: working on the fear gas, studying fear, being the one in control, when things go as he wants them to, short monologues
• Dislikes: Being seen as weak, not being in control, being laughed at, when he can't prove his point.
• Fears: Despite claiming to fear nothing, he's deeply scared of being seen as weak. This comes from his childhood, yet even as an adult it terrified him - for example, after being defeated, he hates to be exposed to large crowds that acknowledge his failure and could see him as just another stupid rogue.
• Goal: to be taken seriously, to master fear.

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Extra

• While not the best friends, the people scarecrow has more interaction with of Gotham's rogues gallery are Riddler, Mad Hatter and Harley Queen.
• He has developed a gas able to make everyone feel fear, and one that completely nullifies fear, along with their variations.
• He has become mostly immune to his own gas over the course of time
• For physical fight, he uses a scythe, though it is more of a blunt object than anything, as actually cutting with it is pretty difficult.