[COLOR=SLATEGRAY][CENTER][sub]"Is he a man, a mutant or something else?" 
"A creature of the night."[/sub]
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[COLOR=SLATEGRAY][B]|  N A M E:  |[/B][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][I][COLOR=SILVER][B]Bruce Thomas Wayne[/B] aka [B]The Batman[/B]
Gotham's Dark Knight
The Caped Crusader[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT][/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY][B]|  A L I G N M E N T:  |[/B][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][I][COLOR=SILVER]Chaotic Good[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT][/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY][B]|  A F F I L I A T I O N:  |[/B][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][I][COLOR=SILVER][b]Gotham[/b]
The Justice League (Formerly/Temporarily)
The Chaste (Formerly)[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT][/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY][B]|  H I S T O R Y:  |[/B][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][I][COLOR=SILVER][COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]   [b]1978-1983 |[/b] Born into one of Gotham's most influential and wealthiest family's, Bruce Thomas Wayne grew up living an entitled life. His father, Thomas Wayne was the CEO of Wayne Enterprises, a military defense contractor that included dozens of umbrella companies involved in all sectors of the economy both in Gotham City and around the world. This included Thomas' personal pride and joy, Wayne Healthcare. 

Bruce's mother, Martha on the other hand spent her days fighting against the abuse of Gotham's children and against the trafficking of children around the globe. In her youth, Martha had a reputation as a notorious party girl, socialite, and debutante, frequenting all the most prestigious country clubs, night clubs, and soirees. Upon meeting Thomas Wayne however, Martha developed a social conscience and often used her family's wealth and status to champion causes and charities. 

As such Martha headed a covert detection agency with help from a young officer James Gordon and the family butler Jarvis Pennyworth until his untimely death in 1984. Their goals were to stem abuse against children, in the hopes that those children would not grow up to turn into abusers and criminals themselves. 

[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]   [b]1984-1985 |[/b] With the death of his father Jarvis, retired MI-6 Operative turned stage actor, Alfred Thaddeus Pennyworth is summoned to the Wayne Family Estate as it was his father's will he would serve the Waynes as his replacement. While originally reluctant, Alfred complied with his father's wishes and left London for Gotham. Arriving at Wayne Manor, Alfred was accepted by Thomas and Martha with open arms but clashed repetitively with the family's young heir. 

[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]   [b]1986-1991 |[/b] At the age of eight, Bruce Wayne watched his parents murdered before his eyes. Thomas and Martha Wayne were walking home from the Monarch Theater one night with their son, when they were held up at gunpoint by a mugger who demanded the pearl necklace that Martha was wearing. When Dr. Wayne refused to surrender it, both he and Martha were shot dead in the streets.

The death of his parents traumatized the young Bruce Wayne. Taken back to the Gotham City Police Station by Officer James Gordon, Bruce was put in the care of one of the late Thomas' associates, physician and social worker Leslie Thompkins. Providing loving comfort to the traumatized Bruce, Leslie advised Gotham's child services to put Bruce in the care of Alfred Pennyworth despite the protests of the young Wayne. 

Despite a rocky beginning, Alfred and Bruce eventually learned to understand each other. The former military man eventually began to get through to the spoiled boy and Alfred and Bruce began to bond. When Bruce was bullied at school, Alfred would be the one to tend to his wounds. Alfred taught Bruce how to throw his first punch and how to stand up for himself. By the time Bruce had graduated into secondary school, Alfred had changed the spoiled boy into budding young man more than willing to take care of himself. 

But no matter how much Alfred forged the boy into a man he could not extinguish the fire that burned for justice. After witnessing the murder, Bruce swore revenge on criminals, an oath tempered by a strong sense of justice. Hardened by the death of his parents, Bruce devised a crusade on crime believing that Alfred could help him become a force for change. 

[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]   [B]1992-1995 |[/B] Despite his insistence that he be home-schooled, Alfred denied Bruce's whims and ensured he stayed enrolled in the prestigious Excelsior Academy his parents had intended him to learn at. His classmates at Excelsior were among some of the most gifted young minds in North America and the class was filled with numerous individuals who would go on to change the world. These individuals included the likes of Alexander Luthor, Anthony Stark and Oliver Queen[sup]1[/sup]. It was here at Excelsior that Bruce developed a close friendship with a fellow Gotham heir by the name of Thomas Elliot. Bruce's rival in every way, Thomas excelled at strategic thinking and always seemed to be two steps ahead of Bruce. 

During his late teens, Bruce took an interest in the occult, demonology and necromancy having known of such mystic arts due to his father's friendship with Giovanni Zatara. Searching Gotham for another with this interest, Bruce eventually discovered Jason Blood. However upon finding out Blood's true nature and his cursed existance, Bruce decided to abandon his quest to resurrect his parents or imbue himself with otherworldly powers. Deciding to leave Gotham, Bruce bid Alfred goodbye and headed out on his own.

[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]  [B]1996-2011|[/B] At the age of eighteen, Bruce departed Gotham travelling the world in order to learn the skills necessary to start a war with the criminals of Gotham. Alfred put Bruce in contact with an old MI-6 Operative by the name of Sir Denis Nayland Smith. While Smith had retired he directed Bruce to Hong Kong putting the young billionaire in contact with Shang Chi.

For the next fifteen years, Bruce backpacked across the globe learning anything and everything he could from various masters and specialists. After leaving Hong Kong, Bruce continued to travel across Asia eventually encountering an enigmatic blind man known solely by the name of Stick. Like Shang Chi, Stick was a master martial artist, unlike Shang Chi, Stick was robbed of his sight. Teaching Bruce how to fight without his eyes, Stick taught Bruce how to enhance his senses and see the world through more than just his eyes. 

Continuing East, Bruce hunted down humors of a legacy of hunters who were near perfect trackers. Eventually finding the home of the Kravinoff family, Bruce observed them and eventually gained their trust going on numerous hunts with them. Bruce discovered the secret to their abilities was in fact a concoction made with local herbs. This concoction prolonged the user's lifespan while enhancing both the body and the senses.

Departing Russia, Bruce made his way South in Europe where he made his way to the Italian home of one of his father's associates. As a boy, Bruce remembered being amused by the parlor tricks of Giovanni Zatara but after the deaths of Martha and Thomas, Giovanni departed Gotham. Moving to Europe, Zatara had met and wed Sindella, who gave birth to their daughter, Zatanna. However leaving Gotham had not allowed Zatara to escape further tragedy as Sindella died after giving birth to Zatanna. This led Zatar into a downward spiral as he become a depressed drunk.

Things changed for the better in Zatara's life when a Bruce Wayne arrived, requesting Zatara to teach him to become an escape artist and illusionist. While it was a struggle, the combined efforts of Bruce and Zatanna eventually led to Zatara agreeing to teach his skills to Bruce while he battling with his own alcoholism. By the time Bruce departed Italy, Giovanni had been sober for nearly six months. 

Continuing South, Bruce found himself recruited into a band of mercenaries in Egpyt. It was here he learned the tactics of guerrilla warfare as Bruce was taught how to strike back against insurgent forces. During one penultimate firefight, Bruce and his allies found themselves ambushed leading to Bruce taking a bullet for his associate Marc Spector. The two forged a friendship as they survived the ambush and helped patched one another up while Marc headed further into Egypt and Bruce made his way to Wakanda.  

In Wakanda, Bruce honed his hunter skills, learning to track in ways the Kravinoff's hadn't been able to show him. It was also hear that Bruce discovered the mysterious metal known as vibranium. Learning about the properties of the metal, Bruce would years later incorporate the precious metal into his Batsuit armor and weapons.

Leaving Africa behind, Bruce made his way to Brazil where he learned to handle a wide variety of automobiles and motorcycles on the narrow and treacherous roads around Rio de Janeiro. It took a few years for Bruce to be able to handle any vehicle as he constantly modded, wrecked and rebuilt cars each passing day. Entering into the underground racing scene, Bruce eventually departed after hand delivering the organization heads to the police. 

From Brazil, Bruce found his way onto Blackhawk Island. Enlisting help from the retired Blackhawks who still resided there, Bruce sought them out in order to learn how to handle aircraft. As some of the world's finest pilots, Bruce sought their instruction and experience. They in turn put him to work repairing the older vehicles in the hanger believing Bruce would not be ready to fly until he knew the place from the inside out. Upon mastering the art of flying, Bruce contacted Alfred and arranged his return to Gotham. 

[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]  [B]2012 |[/B] Returning to Gotham after fifteen years, Bruce began his crusade against the criminal underworld. Shot on his first outing, Alfred demanded that Bruce not take on the underworld single-handedly, instead encouraging Bruce to follow in his parent's footsteps. Due to his injuries, Bruce reluctantly succumbed to Alfred's request and turned his attention to the family company. Taking the reigns of Wayne Enterprises back, Bruce begins to take a page out of his mother's playbook and invests in Gotham developing jobs for the unemployed and seeing that the underprivileged are able to gain education.  

His actions lead to Bruce becoming a target promptly Alfred to hire Bruce a protector in the form of Sasha Bordeaux. 

[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]  [B]2013 |[/B] After nearly a year of charity work and pushing Wayne Enterprises, crime has yet to recede in Gotham leaving a very devastated Bruce Wayne. Drunkenly stumbling into his father's study one night, Bruce found himself staring out the window defeated when a bat smashed through the glass. Seeing the Bat as a sign from his father beyond the grave, Bruce swore that he would become a Bat. Realizing that fear was his best weapon, Bruce fashioned a costume that would take him from man into a hellish monster in the eyes of the superstitious and cowardly criminal underworld. 

[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]  [B]2014 |[/B] Working in secret with Alfred and Lucius Fox, Bruce develops the Batsuit and rapidly expands his armory taking a new brutal brand of justice to the streets of Gotham. These develops include an improved 'Batsuit', a 'Batmobile' and eventually an aerial vehicle known as the 'Batwing'.

While working with the alien known as Superman, Bruce realized that he was a man among gods. Consulting with Lucius, the two devised a secondary Batsuit that would allow Bruce to work with his more gifted colleagues on an even footing. However under advice from Alfred, Bruce avoided using the suit in Gotham in order to not rely on it as a crutch or to incite escalation from his foes.

[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]  [B]2015 |[/B] Having gained the attention of the largest crime families in Gotham, a hit is put on the Batman's head bringing the assassin's Deathstroke and Elektra[sup]1[/sup] to Gotham.

At the request of Superman, Bruce commissions Lucius to help him design a suit capable of taking on the Man of Steel himself should the alien ever go rogue. The suit was further designed to be able to take on some of the world's other mythic foes including the Amazon Wonder Woman, and the Norse God Thor. 

[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]  [B]2016 |[/B] Having become a thorn in the criminal underworld's side for nearly five years, a hit has been put out on the Batman's head. Fifty million for him dead, a hundred million for him alive.
[hr][sup]1[/sup] [sub]Pending the permissions of those players[/sub][/COLOR][/I][/INDENT][/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY][B]|  S U P P O R T I N G  C A S T:  |[/B][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][I][COLOR=SILVER][COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]   [B]Alfred Pennyworth:[/B]
[INDENT]Bruce's loyal butler, father figure and confident. Former MI-6 Operative and Actor.[/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]   [B]Ace:[/B]
[INDENT]Alfred's loyal German Shepard. Given to Alfred as a puppy during his training with MI-6.[/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]   [B]Sasha Bordeaux:[/B]
[INDENT]Bruce Wayne's bodyguard at the behest of Alfred. Originally Bruce believed that Alfred was trying to set him up with the lovely Miss Bordeaux until she revealed herself to be his new protector. Bruce often ditches Sasha in order to suit up as the Batman.[/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]   [B]Zatanna Zatara:[/B]
[INDENT]A former flame of Bruce Wayne's, Zatanna and Bruce enjoyed a brief but intense romantic relationship while Bruce trained under her father in Italy. After departing Italy, Bruce and Zatanna fell out of contact but she still holds a place in his heart.[/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]   [B]Lucius Fox:[/B]
[INDENT]The Chairman and former head of Research and Development at Wayne Enterprises. Lucius is also a confident of Bruce Wayne, although he refuses to acknowledge that he's away of the Billionaire Playboy's nightly activities. Lucius is the mastermind behind most of the Batman's equipment and tools.[/INDENT][/COLOR][/I][/INDENT][/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY][B]|  N O T A B L E  D I F F E R E N C E S:  |[/B][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][I][COLOR=SILVER][COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]   This Batman has nothing to prove by simply being a man. When in the company of Superhumans, Bruce does not shy away from utilizing more high tech batsuits akin to the 'Batman Beyond'/Batwing suit. Additionally he possesses bigger and more powerful 'Kryptonian Buster' Suits akin to the one used during the 'Night of Owls' and 'Endgame' arcs for taking on foes like the Hulk and Superman himself if the need should arise.

[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]   Batman has never been a member of the League of Shadows, as mentioned in his history, Bruce did travel the world to learn his numerous skills but he never joined the League merely training under various master martial artists.

[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]  Due to ingesting a similar concoction as Kraven the Hunter, Bruce ages at a slower rate and has an enhanced physical condition beyond those provided by his rigorous training regime.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT][/INDENT]

[COLOR=SLATEGRAY][B]|  M I S C.  N O T E S:  |[/B][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][I][COLOR=SILVER][COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]  The standard Batsuit is a technological marvel that almost rivals the Iron Man Suit. Bruce's Batsuit can augment his strength by a factor of two, containing Vibranium in the gauntlets and boots in order to minimize harm and increase striking power. The cape is fire retardant and goes rigid to allow for gliding when passed with an electrical current. The Bat's boots contain Stark repulsor technology to boost Bruce's jumping abilities and aid his grapple guns. The grapple guns are mounted in the gauntlets and use OsCorp fluid wire technology that is also seen in the Spider-Man's webshooters.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT][/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY][B]|  S T O R Y L I N E S:  |[/B][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][I][COLOR=SILVER][COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■[/COLOR]  '[b]One Night To Kill The Bat![/B]'
[INDENT]Having made numerous enemies in Gotham and gained a reputation, an anonymous benefactor has issued a reward for the head of the Batman. Fifty Million for the Bat dead, a hundred million for him alive.[/INDENT][/COLOR][/I][/INDENT][/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY][B]|  S A M P L E:  |[/B][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][I][COLOR=SILVER]~I'm sure I will need to write one of these~[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT][/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY][B]|  R E F E R E N C E S:  |[/B][/COLOR][INDENT][I][COLOR=SLATEGRAY][INDENT][I]1. [URL=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/56672][COLOR=SILVER][I]'Fun On The Bleachers'[/I][/COLOR][/URL] - [b]Mavericks: Valiant Heroics[/b]
2. [URL=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/3003809][COLOR=SILVER][I]'Don't Forget The Eggs'[/I][/COLOR][/URL] - [b]Maximum Comics: Dawn of Justice[/b]
3. [URL=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/3025879][COLOR=SILVER][I]'12% Of A Plan'[/I][/COLOR][/URL] - [b]Maximum Comics: Dawn of Justice[/b]
4. [URL=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2781471][COLOR=SILVER][I]'A Knight in Blüdhaven'[/I][/COLOR][/URL] - [b]DC Universe: Gods Among Us[/b][/I][/INDENT][/COLOR][/I][/INDENT]