Batman: Arkham - Everything You Need To Know About The Court Of Owls
7. They've Experimented With Genetics
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Illustrating the Court's horror factor potentially even better than the Talons themselves are their genetic experiments, which have given birth to actual owl-human hybrids.
These animal-human monstrosities differ from the rest of the Court in that they A: aren't normal humans who hail from Gotham's elite, and B; haven't been plucked from the city's seemingly endless supply of local circuses. They have distorted faces and talons, and cut a menacing figure all around.
The Arkham games love a good enemy type, and it would be wise to expect these Owl-Human... things, will appear as grunts for the Dark Knight to face in one of the next title's presumably many freeflow segments.
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