Jeremiah

Biodata

Background / History

Emergence as Jeremiah

Harley Quinn discovered the two personalities while Jerome was in Arkham, where the unstable personality kept the calmer one suppressed. After recovering him from the Chemical Plant, she explained that chemical stimulation had enabled him to switch back to his normal personality and control his madness 78.

When Ririko met Jeremiah, he denied being Jerome and claimed that his brother had died. Her system identified him separately as a police consultant, lending credibility to the deception. He gave her a card containing identification codes for seven samples extracted by the Tomie Organization 78.

Harley subsequently proposed that they rule Gotham together as part of her effort to seize the Court of Owls. Jeremiah rejected her, while the sight of Ririko’s intimacy with Victor agitated the other personality inside him 79.

Police and Corporate Work

Commissioner Gordon introduced Jeremiah to Bruce Wayne at Oswald’s banquet, praising his unusual but highly accurate case analysis. Ririko avoided him and then condemned his apparent indifference to Jerome’s fate 87.

Jeremiah also impersonated Jerome to deceive Ririko during an intimate encounter. When confronted, he insisted that he could give her everything Jerome had offered; she rejected the comparison 89.

At Wayne Enterprises, Jeremiah attended senior-management strategy meetings and used his authority over promotional copy to harass Ririko with rewrite demands. During a reform discussion, he proposed making departments compete and suggested death as punishment for missed targets, prompting Galavan to reject the proposal as excessive 118 119.

His growing closeness with Tabitha attracted workplace speculation about a romance, though the passages establish intimacy and professional cooperation rather than a confirmed relationship. After Harley confronted him over his betrayal, he drove her away by threatening to detonate bombs, then revealed that he had been bluffing 121 122 126.

Metropolis and Disappearance

After seeing reports that Bruce and Ririko were missing, Jeremiah investigated a possible connection to a reporter’s photographs and purchased a first-class ticket to Metropolis 138.

There, an informant named Jonathan demanded more money for information about Clark Kent. Jeremiah killed him with a fountain pen and took his photographs, discovering images that exposed Clark as Superman 149.

Gordon later reported that Jeremiah had been missing for two months. Ririko noticed that his disappearance coincided with Jerome’s trip to Metropolis, but had not yet established that they shared a body 167.

Hotel Investigation and Kane Group

During a hotel stay, Ririko questioned whether Jeremiah was actually Jerome. His bandaged left hand became a potential clue because she knew the distinctive burns on Jerome’s hand; Jeremiah promised to reveal it if she stayed for three days 182 183.

Jeremiah helped investigate her missing necklace and the Scarface Puppet’s control over Arnold Wesker. When the puppet attacked Ririko, he split its wooden body with a fire axe. The puppet survived, and Jeremiah subsequently fired at Dick when Dick seized its upper half 185 187 188.

Working with Philip Kane, Jeremiah helped plan protection for Bruce during his transfer to court. He also disclosed his ambition to lead the Kane Family’s secretly trained mercenary force 196. When Tommy Elliot threatened Bruce’s transport with a bomb, Jeremiah alerted the Bomb Squad 197.

During the ensuing confrontation with Hush, Jeremiah operated an armed SUV and then climbed onto its roof to fight him, explicitly seeking to prevent Hush from reaching Ririko. Her system finally identified Jerome and Jeremiah as two personalities of the same character; Jeremiah acknowledged that she had uncovered the truth 198 199.

Order of St. Dumas

Ririko later exposed Jeremiah while he was impersonating Philip Kane with a fiber mask and dyed black hair. She requested help against Jacob Heller, the Order of St. Dumas’s Black Monk; Jeremiah demanded marriage in exchange, but she refused to overlook his repeated lies 262 263.

They infiltrated the order after Jeremiah bribed a guard, killed him, reclaimed the money, and supplied Ririko with the dead man’s robe 264. Disguised as a server, Jeremiah then locked the leadership’s meeting room and massacred the assembled monks with a chainsaw. He explained that eliminating the organization’s middle and upper ranks would bring down its leader and facilitate Ririko’s seizure of power 267.

Ririko credited the usefulness of his destruction but kept him on probation. Jeremiah later entered the order’s assembly hall between two columns of armed Red Hood Robots, with his hair dyed red again 267 270.

Halloween Date and Cloning Side Story

Jeremiah and Ririko arranged a Halloween date for 8 p.m. He took over from Jerome precisely at that time, removed the clown makeup, and confirmed that the personalities had agreed on the schedule 272 276.

During the date, Jeremiah revealed that he had noticed Ririko in a Lower East Side fast-food restaurant before Arkham. He identified himself as the person who gave her the coded Clown Doll that helped her escape, explaining that he wanted to see her smile. Ririko withdrew her hand from the Controller that could erase him and accepted his hand instead 276.

The date was interrupted by falling seafood and a catastrophic flood. Jeremiah called for a helicopter, proposed killing other rooftop evacuees to prevent competition for seats, and rushed toward the railing when Ririko jumped into the water 277.

In the cloning side story, the personalities became two separate people. Jeremiah tied Jerome up, impersonated him, and threatened to kill him rather than share Ririko. After she stopped their fight, the two agreed to compete over who could make her happier 298.

Appearance

Jeremiah has the same face as Jerome but usually adopts a polished, professionally dressed presentation rather than overt clown styling 87 118.

• Red hair — Meticulously combed or swept back; temporarily dyed black for his Philip Kane disguise 87 183 263.
• Amber eyes and pale skin — Visible beneath his disguises; his separate body retains the twins’ identical appearance in the cloning side story 263 298.
• Tailored clothing — Wears purple, navy, brown, and bespoke white suits, often with carefully arranged ties 87 118 183 264.
• Gloves and bandages — Usually keeps his hands covered; a bandaged left hand obstructs Ririko’s attempt to compare him with Jerome 183.
• Luxury accessories — His monastery infiltration outfit includes an expensive watch and diamond-studded silver cuff links 264.

Personality

Jeremiah is composed, calculating, and socially presentable, but his restraint does not make him less cruel. He kills an informant over haggling, casually murders a monastery guard, and celebrates the slaughter of St. Dumas’s leaders 149 264 267.

His pursuit of Ririko combines possessiveness, manipulation, and a persistent desire for recognition. He impersonates other men, treats her hostility as proof that she cares, and repeatedly tries to secure her exclusive attention. His protection is equally selective: he risks close combat to keep Hush away from her, yet considers murdering unrelated flood survivors for helicopter access 89 185 199 263 277 298.

Beneath his smugness, Jeremiah seeks affection and approval. After destroying the order’s leadership, he asks whether he has earned Ririko’s acceptance; his account of noticing her unhappiness before Arkham reveals a more personal origin for his interest 267 276.

Abilities & Skills

Criminal Analysis and Planning

• Solves difficult police cases through methods Gordon describes as unusual but extremely accurate 87.
• Identifies the likely motive behind Bruce’s impersonation and anticipates an attack during his court transfer 196.
• Targets St. Dumas’s organizational leadership rather than merely attacking individual enemies 267.

Disguise and Impersonation

• Reproduces Jerome’s clown makeup and fractured speech convincingly enough to deceive Ririko 89 118.
• Impersonates Philip Kane using a closely fitted fiber mask and dyed hair; Ririko’s system detects the disguise 262 263.
• Uses a server’s disguise and concealed weapon to enter the monks’ meeting 267.

Combat and Weapons Handling

• Uses improvised weapons lethally, including a fountain pen, fire axe, and chainsaw 149 187 267.
• Demonstrates sufficient strength to restrain Ririko and kill a guard by twisting his neck 89 264.
• Fights Hush on a moving vehicle’s roof; his evasive movement contrasts with Hush’s greater strength 199.
• Operates vehicle-mounted missiles and guns through a control screen and remote 198.

Shared-Body Mechanics and Limits

• Jeremiah and Jerome can alternate control, including by an agreed schedule 78 276.
• Their infatuation values are tracked separately even though they share one body 199.
• Harley’s implanted brain chip can permanently lock the body into one personality, causing the other to disappear when activated through its remote 250.
• Physical separation occurs through a cloning accident, not through a demonstrated innate ability 298.

System Records

These values measure Jeremiah’s infatuation with Ririko, not a combat rank or cultivation level.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Sample identification card — Gives Ririko codes for seven Tomie Organization samples 78.
• Firearms — Carries a handgun and uses it against Dick; also draws it during the flood evacuation 188 277.
• Armed SUV — Equipped with scanning equipment, miniature missile launchers, mounted guns, and bulletproof glass 198.
• Fiber mask — Used to impersonate Philip Kane 262 263.
• Chainsaw — Concealed beneath a serving cart before the St. Dumas massacre 267.
• Credit card and valid driver’s license — Jerome uses Jeremiah’s financial and legal identity during their shared-body outings 275 276.

Relationships

• Ririko — Romantic interest and eventual partner; their relationship develops through deception, anger, reluctant cooperation, and acceptance, while Jeremiah continues demanding exclusivity 89 263 267 276 298.
• Jerome Valeska — His other personality and rival for Ririko’s affection, not initially a separate brother. The cloning side story gives them independent bodies 199 276 298.
• Harley Quinn — Facilitates his re-emergence and proposes an alliance. Their cooperation deteriorates into betrayal and threats; she also controls knowledge of the personality-locking chip 78 79 126 250.
• James Gordon — Police employer and public advocate for Jeremiah’s analytical ability; later reports him missing 87 167.
• Philip Kane — Works with Jeremiah on Bruce’s security; the Kane Family’s mercenary force attracts Jeremiah’s ambitions 196 197.
• Tabitha Galavan — Close professional associate whose familiarity with Jeremiah sparks dating rumors 121 122.
• Dick — Reluctant investigative collaborator and jealous rival; their cooperation over Scarface turns violent when Jeremiah fires at him 184 187 188.
• Clark Kent / Superman — Rival connected to Ririko whose secret identity Jeremiah uncovers through stolen photographs 149.

Notable Quotes

“That information is... I hate people haggling with me more than anything.” 149

“You finally figured it out.” 199

“I wanted to know... what you would look like when you smiled.” 276