After the destruction of Gotham's ancestral bridges, the Architect pays Hush a visit at Arkham Asylum and offers him a chance to participate in his venture to instill chaos in Gotham.ĭick meets up with Commissioner Gordon because Gordon has just picked up some troubling news from the Gotham Gazette. Later on, Dick gets a tip from an informant that a week ago, the Penguin smuggled in a shipment of about a hundred pounds of Semtex (a plastic explosive) from Hong Kong to Gotham because he had a potential buyer lined up for the purchase.

He leaves a message for the city's protectors, reading: 'The families will fall by the Gates of Gotham.' Batman and Red Robin manage to save as many survivors as they can. In present time, a masked villain by the name of The Architect bombs the three bridges with the Wayne, Cobblepot and Elliot adornments, also targeting their descendants in The Penguin and Hush. Eventually the two would even design Wayne Tower and Nicholas would take his step-brother's name with the two becoming known as the Gates of Gotham. Anders and his brother were hired by Alan Wayne to do so with the Waynes having been used to monument the founding families of Gotham city.

Zachary Gate was the descendant of Nicholas Anders, a 19th century architect who designed the bridges of Gotham City.

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