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I’m not gonna lie I kinda lost momentum for this.

@DClassified

I'm sorry to hear that, but I understand. Are you definitely dropping out?

Gotham Knights: A Batman RP [OPEN - Player Needed for Batman]

Does anyone need some help making their posts or clarification on anything?

Gotham Knights: A Batman RP [OPEN - Player Needed for Batman]

I forgot to mention: the Sea Fox (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Sea-Fox_(Earth-One)) was a Silver Age villain who faced Batman and Robin:

Sea Fox

I've made the character female in this universe:

Sea Fox out of costume

Just imagine this, but in a purple SCUBA suit with a wolf's head symbol, and there you go.

Gotham Knights: A Batman RP [OPEN - Player Needed for Batman]

Okay, here it is. Hopefully it's all fine. I wasn't sure the level of tech since it's 50s era and all so if its higher tech than I assumed then I'll change it from radio to whatever accordingly

Barbara

Name:
Barbara Gordon

Alias:
Batgirl

Age:
24

Gender:
Female

Skills/Abilities:
Eidetic Memory: Barbara has a near-perfect recall of things that have happened to her, be it events or experiences or things she's read or learned. It's not just limited to sounds, she can recall auditory memories if they're distinctive enough. Her memory recall has worked against her, as sometimes she needs to shut it off to be more effective in defending herself against opponents who fight unpredictably. Which is most of them.

Polyglot: While not a master of every language there is, Barbara knows three languages in addition to English, though not enough to be considered perfectly fluent. Mandarin, French, and Greek but she is interested in learning Swahili. She can read them better than she can speak them but she can speak them well enough to get by casually.

Martial Arts: It was a good thing her father agreed that in a city like Gotham it was good to be able to defend yourself. She just took it a bit further than most. Jujutsu was her martial art of choice though she has since taken up boxing and judo and karate. Her fighting style relies more on joint manipulation, throws and takedowns to make up for the difference in size that often comes with the territory.

Radio Wizardry: Barbara has a fascination with the modern marvels that is technology. Transistor radios are her latest obsession to the point where she likes taking them apart and seeing how they work in her spare time. This has given her the unique ability to understand how things work and how to tinker. With time and a little luck she hopes to be able to tap into different frequencies for espionage or to aid in crime fighting.

Sewing: Well, someone has to patch up the suit and that's not the kind of thing you trust to a tailor off the street.

Equipment/Weapons:
Utility Belt: Never leave home without it. Smoke bombs and a grappling gun are par for the course for exiting and entering as only a Bat can.

Batarangs: Sometimes a well thrown piece of metal does just as well at disarming a firearm from a thug as a good solid kick does. Often with less risk.

Bio:

It seems almost fitting that Barbara Gordon would find her way to fighting crime given her family name and all. Barbara is the daughter of James Gordon, police commissioner, and his greatest wish for her was to keep her safe and out of the way of various thugs and brutes who have a vendetta against the man. To that end, education was stressed for Barbara who once had thoughts of becoming a lawyer which led to a rather heated argument with her father as lawyers were almost more hated by the criminals of the city than cops were. Equally as corrupt, though, given how many lawyers were involved in keeping crime families from seeing bars.

As a young girl, Barbara took ballet at the urging of her mother, back when her parents were still together, though Barbara didn't stick with it, it did help her be limber and acrobatic enough in her future life that she still marks the ballet lessons as one of the more important aspects of her childhood. Other than the shoes. She hated those things. After the separation of her parents, Barbara elected to stay with her father, not wanting him to have no support structure or to find it in a bottle, but the relationship between them was strained not out of some twisted belief that Barbara was at fault but because it was difficult to have a relationship with a man who was routinely beaten down by the system he fought for.

As an adult, Barbara worked at the Gotham Public Library, which was the perfect place for someone with her intellect and drive to learn more. One of the perks of the job was being able to assist people in finding what they needed without having to look it up - the perks of an eidetic memory extended to the Dewey decimal system. Though restless often due to worry over her father, Barbara would've likely remained a librarian were it not for an encounter at a ball for important folks in Gotham.

Barbara hated those balls, they were so...stuffy and she knew she was only there because of her father which made it worse. At one of the more eventful balls, a costumed ne'er do well attempted a kidnapping on billionaire elite Bruce Wayne. Barbara, unflinching, stood up to the criminal and helped subdue him long enough for the police to handle things. At the time, Barbara was just doing the right thing, reckless as it was, and her father had a talk with her on the way home. Little did she know that that act had put her on the radar of Gotham's protector.

The rush she got from punching her first bad guy was inspiration enough. After putting together a costume herself, she took to the streets only to be stopped by Batman who cautioned her against doing what he did, not because she was a woman but because of what it would mean to her father if anything happened to her. Barbara disagreed. It would be worse on her if something happened to her father and she didn't do anything to prevent it. It was almost with reluctance that Batman brought her into the fold, taught her how to be better, how to truly protect not just her father but the city her father worked tirelessly to defend.

Barbara initially felt bad living a double life, but if it means doing more for the city than just telling people where books are then she will continue to do what she can as Batgirl.

@Fabricant451

Very nice, your character submission is APPROVED.

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Sorry I've not been around, been busier than expected, I fully intend on getting my sheet up by Monday at the latest

@Fabricant451

Don't worry, just post it when you have time and make your first IC post once it's approved.

Gotham Knights: A Batman RP [OPEN - Player Needed for Batman]

Alright, since the game has now started, all the players should subscribe to this thread if they haven't already. I want everyone to post at least once every seven days, so everyone's first post to be up within the next three days. If you aren't able to do so, it's not a problem, just please let me know in advance.

If anyone needs some more context or clarification, please let me know.

@DClassified
@Fabricant451
@KaliW
@scrawls
@SouffleGirl123

Gotham Knights: A Batman RP [OPEN - Player Needed for Batman]

Awesome! Hyped to see this starting :D
I'll try to get a response up this weekend if I can

@scrawls

Great!

@Fabricant451: I hope you didn't mind me placing you in the game already, you can make your character sheet whenever you have time.

Gotham Knights: A Batman RP [OPEN - Player Needed for Batman]

And our first IC post is now up! Batman may be out of town at the moment, but hopefully everyone knows what to do in his absence.

@DClassified, @SouffleGirl123, @Fabricant451: you'll have to figure out how to get into the warehouse without being seen, apprehend Scarecrow, the Mad Hatter, and their men, and rescue the hostages.

@KaliW and @scrawls: you'll need to determine if you can handle Sea Fox and her gang to apprehend her.

Gotham Knights: A Batman RP [OPEN - Player Needed for Batman]

Gotham Knights

A Batman RP

Earth 504

10 March 1954
Gotham City, Night

The Lenape were supposed to have said that there was an evil power that lived on the three islands on the coast. The Danes paid no need to the savages' tales, they only saw three islands and a fine harbor, and there they built the settlement of Christiansted. The English did not care either, and took it for themselves during the Dutch Wars. They renamed it Gotham, the village where supposedly all the men had lost their minds. The Lenape knew better. They knew that when night fell, the evil spirits had free reign.

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Old Gotham
North Island

@DClassified
@SouffleGirl123
@Fabricant451

Two telephone calls had been placed, one to the Gotham City police, the other to the police in Blüdhaven. The callers' message was simple: John Howell, chairman of Howell Chemical, his wife, and two daughters had been kidnapped from their mansion in Blüdhaven, were being held hostage by the Scarecrow and the Mad Hatter in an abandoned warehouse in Gotham and would be killed if they did not receive $200,000. If anyone other than Commissioner Gordon with the ransom money was seen near the two-story brick warehouse, the hostages would be killed. The police complied, but Nightwing, Batgirl, and Catwoman did not.

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Abandoned Dockyards
South Island

@KaliW
@scrawls

Ships came into and departed Gotham harbor night and day, carrying both legal and illegal cargoes. The ones carrying more illicit materials frequently came in the night, docking at shadowy piers, unloading their cargoes of drugs, firearms, and occasionally humans. For several nights, the smuggling freighters and the warehouses they used to store their goods had been suffering from robberies and strange fires. The witnesses had described their attackers as wearing purple wetsuits and SCUBA gear - a clear sign Sea Fox had formed a new gang for herself and returned to Gotham to plunder Gotham's illegal trade.

Batman had been spending several nights staking out the waterfront, but in his absence, he had left Robin and Black Bat to watch the docks. They were there to observe, but in the event Sea Fox struck with her gang, they were allowed to bring on a fight and try to apprehend them, provided they were not overly outnumbered.

A freighter had arrived the previous night, bringing a cache of heroin for the Penguin, and now it was a matter of whether Sea Fox would attack the warehouse to make a robbery. The night was dark, and fog hung over the docks - perfect weather to avoid being seen. The stakeout had been uneventful thus far, when the faint sound of water lapping could be heard. It was a small motorboat pulling up to the docks. It was painted matte black, with lights darkened and engine muffled - whoever it was, they didn't want to be seen. Seven figures, a mix of men and women, wearing wetsuits and carrying Tommy guns, jumped from the boat to the pier, heading toward the warehouse. Within a few minutes, they had broken through the locks on the door, and were inside. The Sea Fox had struck.

Gotham Knights: A Batman RP [OPEN - Player Needed for Batman]

Hey all, I know I'm late getting the first story post up, and I want to apologize. Midterms hit before I could get it made, and I've been busy for the past two weeks. However, they're over now, so we should get rolling within 24-48 hours. Thank you for understanding.