#The Justice League are left reeling due to the whole Portal in the Basement business

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I’m no expert on Fae lore so don’t come at me, I just had an idea to add.

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It takes them about a week to track down the Fae. It might not have taken so long if they hadn’t found out over half of Bruce’s family had already been caught in the process of debriefing the entire vigilante clan and having a bit of a panic.

They decided that Nightwing, Batman, and Constantine would be the ones to confront him. They were the only ones remaining uncaught besides Black Bat, who was not even in Gotham. John was not happy he had ended up in this situation. Fighting Fae was bad enough, but a Fae lord? Honestly he wasn’t even sure he would be able to fight them off, even with the entire league gathered.

When they entered the apartment, they were spotted immediately. The Fae’s face scrunched when he looked at Constantine. “Did you know that your soul looks like a jigsaw puzzle stuck together with tar?” John’s face went flat. “No, and I really didn’t need that image in my head mate.”

“So you can call me Danny. What are you here for?” Danny asked, looking completely unbothered by the vigilantes entering his apartment.

John cut Batman off before he could make a stupid mistake. “We came here to ask why you are taking control over Gotham.”

Danny’s face turned confused. “What? What do you mean I’m taking control over Gotham?”

John decided to push a little. “Mate, you can quit the act. We know you are Fae, and we know you have been collecting names. So the only question that is left is the why.”

Batman cut in, despite John’s glare, “and what it will take for you to release them. You took some of my families names too.”

Danny was still confused. He lifted his hand to rub his neck while looking slightly uncomfortable as he explained, “Look, I honestly have no idea what you are talking about. I know I’m Fae but I was forced to run after a bad reveal, so I don’t really know much about being a Fae. I only had a little time to learn the bits I know before all that happened.”

The vigilantes plus Constantine paused. “You mean to say that you’ve been putting people under your control without knowing about it?!” Nightwing burst out. Danny just confusedly nodded.

John rubbed his face. If he didn’t know he would be glared at by Batman he would have lit a cigarette. Sighing he explained, “Look, Danny, when someone gives a Fae their name they are giving the Fae free rein to take it and put themselves under complete control of the Fae. And from what I can tell you have at least half of Gotham by now.”

Danny froze, turning pale and his eyes unfocused. He stayed like that for at least a minute.

“Kid?” Nightwing asked unsurely.

Danny unfroze just to swiftly go into a panic attack. “No! I can’t! Not like him! Not!” Danny remembers being under mind control due to Freakshow, and the thought of being anything like him sent him spiraling.

Alarmed, Nightwing and Batman moved closer and it took 20 minutes just to get Danny calm enough to speak again. With tears in his eyes he looked at Constantine. “How do I give them back? I don’t want this. I don’t!”

The whole reaction was what convinced the heroes he actually was being truthful. John sighed. This was such a big mess even if it could have turned out way worse. The only good thing was that he didn’t have to fight a Fae lord.

Danny is a Fae at Starbucks

So! Danny works by Fae Rules, Names and all, but he has no idea about that because he was forced to run away from Home (and the Ghost portal) before his Ghostly Education could be completed.

He runs to Gotham and eventually gets a job at Starbucks, or some other Cafe.

He has to ask the question "Could I get your name please?" A LOT while working there. And unintentionally steals hundreds of Names by the end of his first day, much less a week or a month into his job.

One day, Constantine visits Gotham for a Meeting with Batman, but by the time he gets to the Meeting Point he has bigger issues to discuss.

"Why the hell does half of your City belong to a Fae Lord?!"