No, the true purpose of the Knightfall Protocol may require us to dig a bit deeper. However, the real purpose of the Knightfall Protocol may not be quite so simple as Bruce killing himself in order to encourage everyone to call it a day and go home. Besides, we’re sure that the Batcave contained some choice files that Bruce didn’t want falling into the wrong hands. Batman’s identity remained a mystery for years despite a plethora of red flags neatly forming a path to Wayne Manor. So how does killing himself help prevent that? While it seems logical that anyone who was interested in uncovering the truth could just dig a little deeper into Wayne’s connections and make some reasonable assumptions, you do have to remember that this is Gotham City we’re talking about. The idea was that if his identity was ever exposed, it would not only put those who were close to Bruce Wayne (as well as Batman) in greater danger but that it would increase the risk that Batman’s various allies would have their own secret identities exposed. Essentially, he rigged Wayne Mansion and the Batcave to explode if his identity was ever uncovered. The Knightfall Protocol was a plan that Bruce put into place sometime after the events of Arkham Origins (although he likely thought of it long before that). There, he is met by Alfred who asks him if he really intends to follow through with his plan. Bruce ignores their journalistic advances and heads straight to the front door. Knowing that he will no longer be able to serve the city as Batman now that his identity has been exposed, Bruce destroys the Bat-Signal and heads back to stately Wayne Manor where a small army of reporters is waiting for him. Near the end of Batman: Arkham Knight, Scarecrow reveals to the world that Batman has actually been eccentric billionaire Bruce Wayne all along. Since Batman’s death sets the stage for Gotham Knights‘ entire storyline, we’re going to examine what the Knightfall Protocol is and why it’s an most important event that set up Gotham Knights‘ own universe. But even if that’s the case, it’s clear that Gotham Knights takes at least a little inspiration from the ending of Arkham Knight, which sees Batman activate something called the Knightfall Protocol, blowing up Wayne Manor and seemingly ending his life.
While the trailer may make it seem at first like Gotham Knights is a follow-up to the Arkham trilogy of games, WB Games Montreal has made it clear that its new Batman-less Batman game is actually set in its own universe unrelated to the Rocksteady universe. The long-awaited reveal of the Gotham Knights trailer not only confirmed years of suspicion regarding the game’s title, villains, and release window, but it verified that Gotham Knights will at the very least take some inspiration from 2015’s Batman: Arkham Knight.
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