Thomas Wayne

"You can't have both happiness and the truth. You have to choose. I beg of you, my son, please choose happiness. Unless... Unless you feel a calling. A true calling."

- Thomas Wayne in his letter to Bruce

Thomas Wayne was the CEO of Wayne Enterprises. He was the father of Bruce Wayne and the husband of Martha Wayne. After leaving from a musical with his family, Thomas along with Martha were murdered by a masked assailant.

Secret lair
At an unknown point in time, Thomas made a secret lair under Wayne Manor, and used it as his secret workplace, allowing no one in his study while he was in the process of using it, playing opera music for hours. In the case of his death, Thomas left a letter in his lair explaining that the need for the secret workplace was because that becoming a father had made him want to be a better man, and he had began investigating Wayne Enterprises. Refraining from leaving Bruce too much fatherly advice, Thomas explained to Bruce that one couldn't have both happiness and the truth, and that one had to choose. Though he begged of Bruce to choose happiness, unless in the circumstance, Bruce felt a true calling.

Death
After leaving from a popular musical, and taking shortcut through an alley, the Waynes and their son Bruce were mugged by an armed man. Although both Thomas and Martha gave the mugger what he wanted without any trouble, the mugger killed them both in front of their son Bruce, before running off.

When confronted by Sid Bunderslaw, Bruce Wayne was told that Thomas and his mother had kept quiet about the illegal activities at Wayne Enterprises. Before being let out of Wayne Enterprises, Lucius Fox told Bruce that his father was a very guarded man, and kept his true self self hidden.