bat-like wings from his clothes. Outside Arkham, Chase meets with Bruce and says that his secret is safe as they kiss. She then gets in a car with Alfred while Batman and Robin leave to patrol Gotham. Her name is a play on words; as a psychologist in love with Bruce Wayne / Batman, she is constantly "chasing" the psychological "middle" of her lover, seeking to reconcile his two halves into one complete lover. In an interview, Kidman commented that she enjoy playing Meridian as a damsel in distress, as it gave her experience for similar roles in the future. A version of Dr. Chase Meridian is introduced in the DC Comics' mainstream continuity with the Herded Limits storyline in Legends of the Dark Knight. The character is visually reimagined as a dark-skinned, red-haired woman to avoid paying Nicole Kidman for likeness royalties. She returns in Infinite Frontier event Shadows of the Bat as a researcher at Arkham Tower under control of the Psycho Pirate. Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes/Maggie Gyllenhaal): In Batman Begins, Bruce hopes to become romantically involved with his childhood friend, now an assistant district attorney. He saves her from an attack by a criminal sent to kill her to prevent her prosecuting. She tells him that she cannot be with him until the time Gotham no longer needs Batman. In The Dark Knight, Rachel is in a relationship with Harvey Dent. She is about to agree to marry Dent and writes a note to Bruce Wayne telling him of her choice, reflecting that, while she believes there might come a day when Gotham will no longer need Batman, she no longer believes there will be a time that "Bruce" will not need Batman. However, the mob kidnaps both Rachel and Harvey, resulting in Rachel's death in an explosion while Harvey is accidentally rescued by Batman, as the Joker lies by switching the addresses for Rachel and Harvey, and Harvey's transformation to Two-Face after part of his face is burnt. Alfred later burns the note so that Bruce will believe Rachel would have chosen him, reflecting that sometimes people need to believe that their faith will be rewarded, though in The Dark Knight Rises, which is set eight years later, Alfred reveals the truth to a still-grieving Bruce in an attempt to get him to move on from Batman, which he eventually does by the end of the