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_**“And it was only then that young Stephanie truly realized...gravity would forever be her enemy."**_

**Name:**
Stephanie Brown

**Alias:**
Batgirl, formerly Spoiler, formerly Robin

**Age:**
 19

**Occupation:**
College student.

**Skills & Abilities**



- Trained by Batman, Richard Dragon, and O-Sensei in martial arts and the ninja arts.
- Trained by Zatanna Zatara in escape and sleight of hand.
- Possibly the best driver in the Batcave.
- Knows the Gotham Underworld from her father. 
- Can fake her death like NO ONE'S business.




**Equipment**

- Whatever she 'steals' from the Cave.
- Batgirl suit.

**Personality & History:**

Stephanie Brown started life as just another smart-assed Gotham City girl, born in the lower middle class scrum of inner Gotham City living to Arthur and Crystal Brown. For the majority of her young life, Arthur Brown was more an absentee father than proper parent. Arthur was no dead beat dad, no alcoholic, or womanizer--he was a masked villain that went by the alias of Cluemaster. Though the Cluemaster was able to confound the Gotham City Police Department, there would be no out foxing Gotham's new Dark Knight.

Thanks to Batman, Stephanie's father would spend the vast majority of her childhood behind bars for one crime, or another. Interestingly enough, Stephanie never blamed Batman for this--she blamed her idiot father. Despite this, Steph and her mother had a decent life, all things considered. Her mother worked as a nurse and took enough shifts to take care of their needs, and to take care that Steph barely saw her, too. This lifestyle would turn Steph into an incredibly independent young woman, learning she could never depend on anyone but herself. 

Later in her adolesence Arthur Brown would finally return home, and declare himself a reformed man. Happy to hear it and hoping it was a new leaf for her father, but refusing to trust him, Stephanie began stalking her father due to her suspicions. It wasn't long before her father disappointed his little girl yet again, this time for the last time. This time it wasn't the Batman who put an end to Cluemaster's newest crime spree...it was a purple clad, never born seen, vigilante that simply called herself 'the Spoiler.' 

Though unsanctioned by the Bat or his Cavelings, Steph found quitting the vigilante game much more difficult than she expected. It wasn't long before she was brushing capes with the likes of Robin and Nightwing. After a friendship and partnership developed with Tim Drake, then Robin, even Batman himself was forced to contend with the fearless daughter of Arthur Brown--a daughter that had inherited Arthur's intellect. In short time even Batman would have to admit her talents, leading to multiple stints for Stephanie as Robin, and multiple 'firings', before the big man finally trusted Steph enough to bring her on full time, not as Spoiler or Robin, but the new Batgirl.

A mantle Stephanie is determined to put her unique 'stamp' on...

**Story Arc:**

_The New Bird._

As the newest addition to the Bat family, Stephanie is still trying to find her place, feeling as if she has to 'justify' the decision to hand her the 'Batgirl' mantle. For the first time in her life, Steph wants to see this through to the end--and having already 'died' as Robin once, she knows exactly what 'the end' means for members of the Bat family. Something of a mixture of all past Robins and Batgirls; with a smarter mouth than all past members combined...lucky Bruce. Despite her reputation, the new Batgirl has proven herself equal parts resourceful, cunning, and too violent to be ignored.

Whether she likes it or not, Gotham's goons, and their villain bosses, have begun to talk about the new bird in the Gotham night sky. It's only a matter of time until Batgirl is tested to her core by the likes of the Joker, or Two-Face. Whether Batman thinks she's ready for that, or not.

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