First appearance of Bane
Many years ago on the island of Santa Prisca, a group of revolutionaries conducted a failed coup against the reigning government. Those that survived the three day massacre were arrested and detained at the prison facility known as Peña Duro. One of the prisoners was a slender woman, heavy with child.
Her husband was one of many killed during the bloody campaign. In accordance to a centuries old law, the punishment of the father must be carried out towards the son, should the father fail to survive in order to serve his sentence. The woman gave birth to her child, and he was raised a prisoner in the deepest pits of Pena Duro.