- "Listen bitch, Ra's handed this power down to me! It's mine. If you don't like that then get the hell out of here before I make sure you won't be able to go anywhere ever again."
- — Barbara Kean to Talia al Ghul
Barbara Eileen "Babs" Kean is a female Human who is the ex-wife of Jim Gordon, daughter of the late Everett Kean and the late Elizabeth Kean, best friend of Tabitha Galavan and good friend of Edward Nygma. She was happily married to Jim and the two had a small child who was also named after her. Her life was normal and happy until she was kidnapped by Jason Skolimski and tortured until she was driven insane. After this incident, Barbara became a mentally unstable crime lord and attempted to take over Gotham until she was electrocuted and killed. Many years later, she was resurrected by Ra's al Ghul, joined the League of Assassins. After Ra's' death, Barbara was made the leader of the League and the new "Ra's al Ghul". After Ra's' daughter, Talia, stole the title of Ra's al Ghul from Barbara, her and Tabitha decided to go back to their old criminal ways.
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