Batman: Arkham Knight - 10 Awesome Villains Who'll Steal The Show

7. The Court Of Owls

Scott Snyder's run as lead writer of DC's main Batman series has spawned some great storylines, including his first for the book which saw him introduce a brand new threat to Gotham City; a group of assassins led by the Court Of Owls. The Court Of Owls has secretly controlled Gotham for centuries, employing a group of assassins called Talons to murder and influence the city's politics in their favour. The whole premise is really interesting and it's definitely a storyline worth reading for any Bat fans. Honestly though, it's really unlikely that Rocksteady features the group in Arkham Knight - complexities aside, despite the distinctive Owl masks worn by the group, they aren't really a widely recognised set of villains yet. Still, even the slightest hint or nod towards the group's existence in the Arkham universe would drive comic fans wild; a neat way of handling this would be to have the nursery rhyme which references the group scrawled on a wall somewhere, perhaps serving as the solution to one of the Riddler's challenges. A confrontation between a Talon and Batman would be highly memorable (the extraordinary skillset of a Talon would push the Dark Knight to his limits) but a simple easter egg alluding to the group's presence in Gotham would be an awesome way for Rocksteady to give the Arkham universe an added modern flair.