Batman the plague doctor

The year is 1666, and my name is...well, it doesn't matter anymore.

This city is engulfed in the plague: inside and outside. From the infested London, rats have arrived to Gotham on the board of "Cathriona", and the infestation has begun to spread here - silently and gradually. Dozens of dozens of diseased denizens are now dying right at the streets, tearing apart their ulcerated skin. Nights are lit by blazing flames of the bonfires in which corpses are burned. It seems, the God left us. But I don't want to believe it. I can't believe it.

I am the one who stood before the Holy Sepulchre, who saw the Lord's miracle, who is now guided by His hand.

Perhaps I am unable to cure the city from the plague, but I can deal with another, invisible disease. Noblemen, deep in lechery and corruption, enjoy the pleasures of this world while ordinary people die from the plague. Higher priesthood turned away from their faith and sworn fealty to Baphomet. Insolent marauders pillage houses which have lost their owners - and sometimes even living ones are no obstacle to them.

Not for that I had wandered in the dark caves of the Holy Land, surrounded only by bats and memories of the daylight. When my last inner fear died in this perpetual darkness, I realised my own holy mission. I've chosen the bat as my own symbol, as it was the only living being that stayed with me throughout my journey. And, having managed to survive, I returned to my hometown.

But alas - now I have to hide my face beneath a mask, a plague doctor's mask. I believe, however, that the day shall come when I'll take it off - and the city shall see the face of its saviour.

 

This moc was built for the contest dedicated 80 years of Batman universe. It's some kind of rethinking Batman for the renaissance

 

I think it's turned out pretty interesting character

 

Also here's my trying to translate description from Russian language to the English. Thanks for help SpaceGlove

Done