Arnold Wesker, better known as the Ventriloquist, was a gangster that usually spoke through a puppet named Scarface, which his mental illness lead him to believe was a separate person. His dissociative identity disorder allowed him to commit ruthless violent crimes while maintaining a quiet and meek personality, pretending that he was simply Scarface's servant. He was also the father of his predecessor, Penny Wesker.
Biography[]
The Ventriloquist made his debut into the White Knight Universe, along with Scarface, in "Welcome To Gotham" (Batman: White Knight #2). Arnold and Scarface are asked by Jack Napier, the Joker who had regained his sanity, to meet with him and other of Batman's worst enemies in a wear house at night. He tells the villains that they spent to much time fighting with each other instead of fighting Batman, with everyone disagreeing. Jack then says he only brought them all here to have a drink, Arnold then watched as Harleen Quinzel handed Jack the hat of Mad Hatter. Looking around everyone starts to wonder what was going on and where was Clayface, with Jack saying "He's here. More or less." As Arnold and everyone drank their drinks, their eyes turn green. This is because prior to the meeting, Jack used Mad Hatter's mind control to take control of Clayface, having him dissolve into dust and then putting the dust in the drinks of everyone in the meeting, including Arnold's.