Fan CastingTales of the Bat-Family Special Presentation: Sword of Azrael

Things are going normal for Batman, after Tim has returned to his role as Robin when he discovers a burning bat symbol on the bridge to Gotham. Investigating this Bruce finds a man in medieval-esque armor and a flaming sword who calls himself Azrael. He tells him of a prophecy that soon Gotham will fall into ruin and the Batman will die and that he was meant to replace Batman as protector of Gotham. After this encounter Bruce begins to dig up everything he can find about this mysterious figure. He discovers that his name is Jean-Paul Valley and that he had been watching Batman for years, even meeting Dick Grayson in college. He finds out that Valley was raised as a member of the Order of Saint Dumas, and he tries to find everything he can about them Bruce then goes on a quest to get to the bottom of the order going all the way to Switzerland to find their place of origin and he battles with another armor-clad individual. Bruce eventually finds out that the order conditioned Jean-Paul to be a perfect warrior meant to cleanse the world of all sinners and protect the children of the lord. When Bruce gets back to Gotham Azrael signals for the bat again, now warning him to stop his search for information and the order is meant to remain secret from him. They have a battle but before Bruce can tell Jean-Paul the truth about what he had uncovered he has disappeared.