

The incident was ruled accidental but was only the beginning of Amadeus' slide into insanity, and eventually, he ended up dying as an inmate in his own asylum.īecause the character is deceased by the time of Batman: Arkham Asylum, he doesn't physically appear in the game but his character profile is unlockable and the player can find his grave in the Asylum's cemetery.

After six months of treatment, Amadeus could see no improvement in Hawkins and killed him with a lethal dosage of electroshock therapy. Amadeus insisted on treating him personally. El primer relato donde se menciona la ciudad es El cuadro en la casa (en inglés: «The Picture in the House») escrito el 12 de diciembre de 1920. When the Asylum opened that November, Hawkins was captured and became one of its first inmates. Arkham (/rkm/) es una ciudad ficticia creada por el escritor Howard Phillips Lovecraft situada en el estado de Massachusetts.Otros autores, como August Derleth siguieron usando dicha ciudad para sus creaciones literarias. Amadeus returned home that night and discovered both his wife and daughter had been raped and murdered, with Hawkins' nickname carved into Constance's chest. He gave up his practice at MSPH and moved his wife Constance and daughter Harriet into the mansion.ĭuring the remodeling process, one of Arkham's former patients, Martin "Mad Dog" Hawkins, escaped from Metropolis Penitentiary and broke into the Arkham family living quarters. After her death, he became the sole owner of her home, the Mercey Mansion, which he decided to turn into a facility for the mentally ill.

Years later, having earned a residency at the Metropolis State Psychiatric Hospital, he returned home, and having found his mother to be growing worse, aided her in committing suicide. Amadeus Arkham was the only son of mentally-ill Elizabeth Arkham, Amadeus watched his mother struggle with her illness for years, which drove him to become a psychiatrist.
