Lord Wraith

Gotham City: Shadow of the Bat

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The city stunk.

The constant rain only seemed to aggravate the odor as it pummeled the ground, stirring up the rot and sin hidden beneath the carefully sculpted architecture of the city. In a city obsessed with appearance, it came as no surprise that the Gothic aesthetics was nothing more than a mask, pleasing on the eye but hiding the fractures within. One mask sought to protect the city, casting its long shadow over the city, night after night. The other mask controlled the city from the shadows, a hidden parliament ensuing the loyalty from the city's elite, a covert oligarchy.

The Court of Owls had grown bold, threatening the lives of those Dick held dear. Now under their thumb, Dick was between a rock and a hard place. He could have told Bruce, together the pair could have worked together and likely defeated the Court. But, Dick had no idea how many they numbered, nor the extent of their resources. Now with Bruce missing, Dick couldn't risk the lives of the others, not even Jason's.

The armor of a Talon was heavier than Dick was used to, the familiar attire of his suit had been designed specifically to make use of his natural agility. The armor was designed to intimidate and kill, ancient craftsmanship lost to modern armorers, the interlocked plates and rings still stood against modern firearms with relative ease.

Looking out over the city, memories of another time haunted Dick as a familiar echo hovered over his shoulder. Now a grown man, he shouldn't have felt like there was someone looking over his shoulder, but yet after years of training under the Bat, Dick always felt the long shadow looking over him.

I trained you better than this.

Bruce's voice rung out in his head as Dick pulled the goggled cowl over his face.

"I know you did." He replied, muttering beneath the hood as he jumped from the rooftop. Suddenly an alarm went off on Dick's private channel.

Wayne Enterprises, R&D Firing a grapple line, Dick launched himself into the air. The glider wings on the Talon's armor were a nice addition, something he'd have to keep in mind for his own suit once this unfortunate situation was over with. Wayne Enterprises was only a short distance from Dick's current location. Arriving promptly, Dick clung to the side of the building as he surveyed the unfolding situation.

Bursting inside, the Talon stuck to the shadows as he made his way along the building's corridors. People shambled through the corridors but they weren't employees, no these were civilians, civilians acting in unison. Not a word spoken between them, merely a buzz in the air that hung like the hum of the florescent lights illuminating the hallway. They didn't seem to pay any attention to Dick as he stalked the group. Instead they worked like a cohesive unit, a machine as they made their way into the laboratory.

Then Dick spotted him.

The pale skin, the purple suit, the green hair.

It had to be him.

Moving quickly, the former Robin broke from the shadows as he moved into action. Flipping off a nearby wall, Dick delivered a flying kick to the Joker. The Joker however, didn't move and Dick grimaced as his leg impacted with the other man.

"I could have swore you used to be softer." Dick muttered from beneath his cowl as the Joker turned to look at him. Normally the Joker was off putting with his permanent grin and cruel, mirth filled eyes. But this Joker was devoid of emotion, the skin of his cheeks sagging on either side of his jaw as his grin was absent, no emotion filled his eyes, even his hair seemed to be missing a certain amount of humor as he turned towards Dick.

"Do not interfere." The alleged Joker said, no quips, puns or punchlines accentuating his speech.

There's that buzzing again.

Suddenly the others with the Joker turned on Dick, his presence now a known threat as they moved towards him. Fighting to keep them at bay, Dick was caught off guard by their speed and strength, his skill barely able to stay ahead of them before he quickly found himself overwhelmed. Glass shattered behind him as Dick found himself hurled with ease through one of Wayne Enterprises' reinforced windows. Dangling several stories above the street below, Dick moved quickly to climb back inside the lab, but the mob was already gone.

"What were they here for?"

The lab in question was used for microchip development, and the mob had managed to rummage through each of the draws and cabinets while still sacrificing enough members to keep Dick busy. No doubt they had made off with what they had been looking for. Looking back towards the city, Dick decided it would be best to let the others know.

But first he was going to need to change.

Wraith's Little Workshop of Horrors

Creepy Music

Bruce's Doppleganger
Blood Theme

Wraith's Little Workshop of Horrors

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In 4 ABY, a decisive victory in the Galactic Civil War was fought above Endor as the Rebel Alliance confronted the Galactic Empire's second Death Star. While the battle at first seemed to be going in the Empire's favour, it ultimately turned in favour of the Rebels. This led not only to the destruction of the Death Star but also the deaths of Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine himself. With the Emperor dead, word quickly traveled across the galaxy, riots and celebrations breaking out as Imperials were forced to retreat with the Rebels declaring the Galaxy at last free.

But the Empire was not broken, merely fractured.

The First Order, the Emperor's personal Special Forces team immediately seized control of the Imperial fleets, regrouping their forces back to Coruscant which still remained predominantly loyal to the Empire. In the event of his death, the Emperor had several fail-safes put in place. Using the cloning facilities on Kamino, the Emperor had prepared several successors to take his place. The most successful of these had been taken to Dathomir and left in the care of the Nightsisters. Like they had during the Clone Wars with the warrior known as Savage Opress, the Nightsisters had enhanced the young man with the planets mystical ichor and Sith Alchemy, growing him into a formidable warrior.

Retrieving the young Palpatine, the First Order soon discovered that the Sisters had given the boy a new name, no longer was the clone identified as Sheev Palpatine, the sisters had instead honored him with the title of Sheev Ren, a Dathomirian term for a warrior king. The First Order returned to Coruscant with Sheev Ren in tow, taking the new Emperor to the former Jedi Temple. Before his untimely death, Palpatine had felt a shift within Lord Vader following his confrontation with the younger Skywalker on Bespin. Fearing betrayal Vader's hands, the aging Palpatine refounded the Inquisitorius. Where the original Inquisitorius was trained under Vader's watch, the second iteration was trained by Darth Sidious himself. Put through much of the same training regime as the fallen Sith Darth Maul had endured, the Inquisitorious produced several strong hardened warriors but none quite as powerful as a woman known as Mara Jade.

In order to strengthen the Empire, Sheev Ren was introduced to the galaxy as the Emperor. The Rebels claims of his death merely propaganda to strengthen their win at the battle of Endor. Deciding to use the Inquistorious as positive propaganda to combat the alleged return of the Jedi, the First Order makes the order public, now under the title the Knights of Ren. Sheev Ren chooses Mara Jade to act as his right hand and liaison between the Knights and himself while an extremely gifted tactician from the Unknown Regions is called back to Coruscant. With the return of Grand Admiral Thrawn, the Imperial forces are strengthened as the Rebellion is forced to put their New Republic on hold.

No longer a Rebellion, but now a full Resistance, the former Rebel forces continue to lead the charge against the Empire. Their numbers growing daily as strike teams with the assistance of legends such as General Han Solo and General Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker bring down Imperial outpost and lay claim towards freedom for the galaxy. With no true world to cal their won, the Resistance is based on a fleet of Calamarian Dreadnoughts, travelling where they need to be. Horrified at the emergence of a new Emperor, the Resistance is struggling to maintain their claims that the true Emperor died above Endor.

With the emergence of the Knights of Ren, Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker realized that there is much he does not yet understand about the Force or the Jedi. Returning to the former Jedi Temple on Devaron, Luke found himself drawn to the planet of Vrogas Vas. Travelling sectors, Luke eventually arrived at the planet of Vrogas Vas only to find the Jedi Temple there in ruins. Sitting in the rubble of a long-forgotten past, the Force reached out to Luke and he opened his eyes to find another man staring down at him.

These eyes belonged to Jedi Master Mace Windu.

Having survived his confrontation on Coruscant with Lord Vader and Sidious, Master Windu eventually found his way off-world and followed the Force to the temple of Vrogas Vas. As with Yoda and Obi-Kenobi, the spirit of Jedi Master Qui=Gon Jinn had reached out to Mace Windu in order to teach him the principles of the Living Force. Founding a new Jedi Order, the Vas Jedi adhered to the ancient code of the Gray Jedi, a reflection of Master Windu's own struggles with the Dark Side.

Hidden under the surface of Vrogas Vas for nearly thirty years, the Orders' numbers were small but none the less, Luke was understandably surprised to learn that he was not the only Jedi in the galaxy. While the temple had been devastated on the surface, much of it remained underground. Due to Vrogas Vas' climate, the temple was primarily built underground in an effort to maintain a more comfortable climate. The ruins on the surface were no more than a few rooms including the grand foyer. When Mace had discovered this, he took full advantage of it and eventually made a home for his apprentices.

The First Order:
The Knights of Ren:

The Resistance:
The Vas Jedi:

WIP and Ideas

W.I.P. - STAR WARS: Fractured Empire
The Emperor is dead, long live the Emperor.

With the fall of the second Death Star at the battle of Endor, the Emperor was killed and the Empire was left broken. The Rebel Alliance celebrated, believing they had finally won, breaking the Empire's hold on the galaxy. But the Empire was quick to retaliate. An elite legion of special forces, the Empire's First Order, quickly spread propaganda through the galaxy denying the Rebel's claims. Religiously dedicated to the Emperor, the First Order would do anything in their power to ensure the Empire did not fall.

The Rebels continued the fight, no longer a Rebellion but now a Resistance, standing in the way of a broken empire from becoming whole again.

Having found peace by bringing balance to the Force, Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker returns to Yavin 4, believing the temples there to be an ideal location for training a new Jedi Order. Using the teachings of Obi-Wan Kneobi and Yoda, sought out apprentices to teach in the ways of the Force.

However, unknown to Luke there was another Jedi Order already growing. Having survived his confrontation between Darth Sidious and a young Darth Vader, Jedi Master Mace Windu escaped Courscant. Travelling the galaxy, Master Windu eventually made his way to the Sith world of Korriban, choosing instead to use the ancient Sith ruins as his new Jedi temple. Tempered by the presence of the Dark Side, Mace and his apprentices neither flourish in the light nor hide in the dark, reigniting the ancient order of the Gray Jedi.

Never a man without a plan, Emperor Palpatine had used the cloning facilities on Kamino to ensure his own immortality. One such clone had been left in the care of the Nightsisters. Using their dark magic, the Nightsisters had increased this clone much like the warrior known as Savage Opress from the Clone Wars. Now a young man, the First Order has returned to Dathomir to claim the new Sith in order to rally their warriors and retake the galaxy.

This clone was known by the Nightsisters as Sheev Ren and upon his return was placed in command of the Inquisitorius, an organization originally used to hunt the Jedi at the end of the Clone Wars. Thought to have been gone, Palpatine revived the organization shortly after Vader's confrontation with his son on Bespin. This confrontation had brought a change to Lord Vader, one which caused Palpatine to be weary of a united front between the two Skywalkers. In retaliation, Palpatine had several force sensitive agents trained in the ways of the Dark Side, among them his star pupil, Mara Jade.

With the Force Order's introduction of Sheev Ren to the Inquisitorius, it was decided the organization known for killing Jedi needed a new public image. In an effort to combat the growing sentiment of a Jedi return, the First Order reintroduced the Inquisitorius as the Knights of Ren, a peace-making division of the Empire.

-Sheev Ren is aided by his teacher and loyal servant Snoke and consort, a Nightsister, his 'Nightmother'.

-The death of the Emperor sealed a 'wound in the Force' awakening the potential that had laid dormant during the reign of the Empire.

Gotham City: Shadow of the Bat

N I G H T W I N G

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^{"I know it's hard, but try to stay whelmed."}

Stats and Description

//STATS:

■ HEIGHT | 5'-10"
■ WEIGHT | 175 lbs
■ HAIR COLOUR | Black
■ EYE COLOUR | Blue
■ BUILD | Athletic & Lean
■ ETHNICITY | Caucasian

//DESCRIPTION:

Richard is a classically handsome man standing at five foot, ten inches. Matching the age old 'tall, dark and handsome', Dick possesses dark black hair and deep blue eyes. He has a highly athletic figure, having rigorously trained both with Bruce and on his own for decades. Due to this, he has a very chiseled and toned body, although much leaner than his mentor. Notably, Dick's buttocks is incredibly well toned having been noticed and complimented by many of his peers and foes over the years.

▼ B I O G R A P H Y:

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^{"The criminals, the monster, the ones who dedicate themselves doing wrong need to think he can't die. They need to think he's still out there. Batman lives, always."}

The Flying Graysons

T H E F L Y I N G G R A Y S O N S

Born on the first day of spring during one of Gotham's rare sunny days, Richard John Grayson was handed into the hands of his loving parents who looked down on their son overwhelmed with pride. Upon first looking at her newborn baby boy, Mary called the boy her 'Little Robin', relating to his birth on the Spring Solstice. This term of endearment would imprint on the young Grayson for his entire life.

Through his father, Richard comes from a line of Romani descent. The Graysons were the ancestors of a roaming gypsy family who had been part of the circus for longer than any written record could tell. However unbeknownst to them, the Graysons were also the descendant of one of Gotham's deadliest legends, a man by the name of William Cobb. Cobb lived most of his life as a Talon, a highly-feared enforcer for a group that has been all but forgotten. As such the history of William Cobb fell into obscurity, lost in a history of circus performers and Romanies. The group however, the notorious Court of Owls, would be immortalized in the haunting rhymes told children who disobeyed their parents.

Like his parents, Richard or as he preferred, Dick, lived his whole life travelling with Haly’s Circus from city to city. Trained by his parents, Mary and John Grayson, Dick was taught to be an acrobat and began performing at an early age, wowing crowds with his natural prowess on the trapeze. Together with his parents, who were both world renowned acrobats, Dick would begin his introduction to performing at a young age and essentially from birth was trained to be a performer in the circus.

His mother's nickname for him only became further enforced as Dick learned to perform on the trapeze, as Mary would constantly comment how he reminded her of a Robin while flying through the air in his red leotard. Together they were collectively known as the 'Flying Graysons' and were recognized as being one of the biggest shows in the circus business. In fact, the circus' owner Jack Haley often remarked that the Grayson's were the biggest asset to the circus' business. Known for performing without a net, the 'Flying Graysons' true trade mark was their signature quadruple somersault, a move that only the three Graysons were known to be capable of.
Travelling the world with the circus, Dick became very cultured and outgoing though his education did suffer as he was only taught what those around him knew. None the less, his quick mind grasped onto most concepts quickly and Dick was recognized among the other performers as being a very sharp kid. At the age of twelve, Dick found himself in Gotham City as the circus rolled into town for its annual performance. Dick had only ever performed in Gotham a few times previously, but that said having heard of Gotham's reputation for crime he had always been understandably nervous about leaving the circus grounds to explore the city like he had in Paris, New York, and numerous other locations.

Dick's world suddenly changed that fateful night. It was one of the biggest shows of the year as Haly's Circus had once again returned to Gotham City to help ring in the New Year. But Gotham wasn't the same place it was twelve years ago, not that it was some shiny metropolis then either, yet the city had managed to become worse. Stumbling across an argument between the circus' owner Mr. Haly and a well-known and feared crime lord by the name of "Boss" Tony Zucco. Dick hide in the shadows as he heard Zucco threaten Mr. Haly unless the circus's owner paid protection money. Being an honest and moral man, Haly refused not knowing the horrors he had released. That night Dick watched in horror as his parents' high wire snapped, sending his parents hurtling to their deaths, all while many of Gotham's elite watched on. A burden of guilt came over Dick as he stood there, the realization that he could have warned his parents washing over him, downing him in anguish as he collapsed into bitter sobs.

The Boy Wonder

T H E B O Y W O N D E R

Shortly after the tragedy of his parent's death, Dick was placed in an uncaring juvenile services system, reportedly because social services were full. While in the juvenile systems, Dick found himself dragged into numerous brawls where he was beaten up by several the inmates. He was eventually passed onto a Catholic orphanage where he stayed for a couple miserable months. Though life seemed to have taken a permanent turn for the worse for the young boy, seemingly out of nowhere, infamous billionaire Bruce Wayne rescued Dick by adopting him.

Dick insisted on only being adopted as Bruce’s ward, because he did not want to replace his deceased father with the billionaire who he only knew from the tabloids. In fact, Dick originally believed that Bruce only adopted him for the good press and this was further supported by the amount of time that Dick found himself spending alone in the near empty mansion. Living with the billionaire at first felt like Dick had won the lottery, but after several weeks of growing loneliness, Dick's bitterness began to resurface. Growing frustrated by the lack of attention from his new guardian and the mystery still surrounding his parents' death, Dick snuck out of Wayne Manor one evening to solve the crime on his own - only to stumble upon Gotham's mysterious Batman, who was also investigating the murder. Feeling it would be cathartic for Dick to apprehend Zucco, the Batman allowed Dick to work with him, acknowledging their similar parallels in life.

While working with Batman, Dick began to get a familiar sense about the mysterious man. An expert in reading body language, a skill inherited from the circus and playing up to crowds it didn't take Dick long to deduce that Bruce Wayne and Batman were the same individual. Continuing their hunt, the pair succeeded in tracking down Zucco, and confronted John and Mary's murderer. But the night was hardly over as the nature of its events had allowed Batman to see a reflection of himself in Dick. A thirst for justice he could temper into an unstoppable force, Batman made the young boy the offer of a lifetime; the chance to stay on as his crime-fighting partner. Accepting wholeheartedly, Dick chose the name Robin, after the nickname his mother gave him, and his training began.

To turn Dick into a crime fighter in his own right, Bruce passed along each and every skill he himself possessed and Dick was put through a rigorous training regime. Exercise after grueling exercise nearly brought Dick to his knees, but the young acrobat managed to excel through all combat and physical based training. Where Dick struggled however was the more academic departments although he eventually overcame these obstacles once he could put his own perspective on them.

Despite the intensive training, Dick had still not been allowed in the field since the night the death of Boss Zucco. But fate had a different idea as Batman's found himself caught in the trap set by one of his many rogues. Stubborn still, Bruce refused Alfred's suggestion to send Dick into the field, but fearing for Bruce's safety and having complete confidence in Dick, Alfred made the decision to disobey Bruce and presented Dick with his first costume. Leaping into action, Robin managed to rescue Batman proving his competence once and for all.

Enjoying his first few years as Robin, Dick regarded the role as much as a job as he did it an adventure until a confrontation with Two-Face served as a rude awakening for the young hero. The former District Attorney, Harvey Dent, turned supervillain, had captured the new District Attorney along with Batman. Suspending both from a hangman's noose in a 'double gallows death-trap', the rescue of the pair fell squarely on Robin's shoulders. However, in trying to save the D.A., Robin used a batarang to cut the rope of the noose failing to account for Dent's obsession with the number two. To Robin's dismay it was a two-fold trap as he watched the floor give way, dropping the D.A. to his death. Devastated at his own failure, Robin was taken by surprise by Two-Face. The boy was savagely beaten while Batman was forced to watch, while Two-Face took no mercy on the young boy. Freeing himself, Batman jumped to Dick's aid, quickly putting an end to Two-Face's assault. This event however, scarred the young crime-fighter, haunting him for years to come. Rather than see Dick be further endangered, Batman chose to ‘fire’ his partner and sidelined the Boy Wonder.

A League of his Own

A L E A G U E O F H I S O W N

Despite being ‘fired’, Dick continued to work his cases, using the resources available to him through the Batcave while the Bat himself wasn’t home. Learning that Batman had created files on each of his allies, Dick soon realized that his appearance as Robin had started a trend. Other members of the Justice League had too taken on young proteges. Reaching out to the various sidekicks, Dick began to establish contact, growing close with Wallace West who could rapidly travel to and from Gotham. Sharing stories of their heroics, the two became best of friends. Perhaps then, it was no surprise that when the mentors went missing, Wally came first to Dick. Reaching out to the other sidekicks, Dick donned the Robin costume once again, becoming the designated leader of the young team. Together with Kid Flash (Wally West), Wondergirl (Donna Troy) and Aqualad (Aqualad), the four teens set out to find and save their mentors.

Locating he Justice League didn’t take long, as the heroes soon appeared attacking the cities they had sworn to protect. An alien organism had left the Justice League under the control of a creature that wished to conquer and enslave the Earth. Working together fluidly as a team, the Titans managed to free their mentors and alongside them repel the potential alien invasion. After these events, Superman, Batman, Flash Aquaman, Wonder Woman and the rest of the league placed their support towards the idea of the young men and women becoming a heroic group, and the Titans were officially sanctioned by the Justice League.

Continuing as the team’s leader, Dick was confronted by Batman who officially returned the Boy Wonder’s former identity as Robin to him. An olive branch was extended between the two, and Batman welcomed Robin back into the Batcave. The Titans were later expanded when the quartet found themselves overwhelmed on the sands of Kahndaq. But luck was on their side as they were joined by the telepath Lilith Clay (Omen) and the recently rogue Roy Harper (Speedy - later Arsenal). Making it out of Kahndaq as a team, the Titans returned home to their base in Manhattan.

Having received a private and very privileged education from the finest teachers, paid for and provided by Bruce, Dick had completed a high school level education. Upon his return to Gotham, Dick began attending college at Hudson University splitting his time between the Titans and Manhattan and Batman in Gotham. Dick had chosen Hudson to assert his independence from Bruce. Robin started to take on solo missions as well, and found himself to be a capable crime-fighter in his own right.

Dick realized at that point he had grown up, he no longer relied on the Batman. In fact, he and the Dark Knight disagreed on crime-fighting methodology. His newfound independence and Titans' duties in New York left less time for his former commitments in Gotham City. He had also dropped out of Hudson after only one semester. Without Bruce, Dick was out on his own but was more than capable of taking care of himself. Alfred had been kind enough over the years to teach Dick the domestic side of life and revealed to the young man that Bruce had been given control of a trust fund that Dick's parents had created for him. This trust fund had been left in the hands of financial expert Lucius Fox who had grown it into a modest fortune for Dick. Thanking Alfred for everything, Dick embarked away from Gotham.

Out of the Shadow

O U T O F T H E S H A D O W

Spending nearly a year backpacking through Europe, Dick took it upon himself to return to his Romani roots and explore the world as they had, living as a nomad and travelling from town to town. The experience was wholly enriching and exactly what Dick had needed on his trip of self discovery. Returning to North America, Dick continued his journey eventually encountering a Tamaranian named Koriand'r. Kori, as she preferred, opened Dick's eyes to the further wonders of the world as he could live vicariously through her optimistic and naive point of view about Earth. The two became rather passionately involved and were almost married at a Vegas Chapel until the ceremony was disturbed by the appearance of a mysterious young girl by the name of Raven asking the pair for aid.

The daughter of a Demon named Trigon, Raven had escaped her father's clutches and sought out the Titans believing the former teen heroes were her only hope. Reuniting with the Titans, Dick found the team was joined by newcomers Malcolm Duncan (Guardian) and Karen Beecher (Bumblebee). Repelling the demon, Dick rediscovered his self-worth among the new team. Batman, however, was less than pleased and summoned Dick to Gotham. He informed Dick that if he no longer wanted to be his partner, then Dick would have to retire as Robin repentantly. Taking his things, Dick moved out of Wayne Manor, leaving his life with Bruce behind. Helping him through this difficult time were his fellow Titans, more specifically Kori, who urged Dick to not allow Bruce to define him just as she had refused to be defined by her slavers. Realizing his journey was far from over, Dick handed over leadership of the Titans to Donna and departed.

Uncertain what to do, Dick turned to someone he knew would understand, Superman. Travelling to Metropolis, Dick sought out Superman who much to Dick's surprise recognized the former Boy Wonder. Showing Dick, the city, Clark and Dick eventually sat down for a meal where the two heroes had a heart to heart, sharing their frustrations towards Bruce and ended the night with Superman sharing a story he heard about a Kandorian hero who not unlike Dick was cast out by his family. The man had dreamed of a world ruled by justice, and set out to protect the helpless of Krypton. His identity was never revealed, he was known only as Nightwing.

A Knight in Blüdhaven

A K N I G H T I N B L Ü D H A V E N

Taking the alias as his own mantle, Dick had moved out of Bruce’s shadow and began to cast his own. Returning to Gotham, Dick didn’t stay long as a case lead him into nearby Blüdhaven. Sitting to Gotham’s South, the city was just as crime ridden, if not worse than Gotham. After discovering twenty-two dead men had floated into Gotham's south harbor, Dick made the decision to leave Gotham to the Batman and made the move to Blüdhaven. It didn't take long after the move for Nightwing to realize that Blüdhaven was what Gotham had been before Batman arrived. Brimming with corruption to the highest levels of power, it seemed to be that whatever was too coarse or too awful for Gotham, would end up in the 'Haven. Due to his investigative training with Bruce, Dick quickly discovered that all the corruption in the city leads directly to the crime lord Blockbuster.

His arrival was however not met with warmest reception as the local law enforcement didn’t take kindly to a vigilante cleaning up their streets. Blockbuster’s enforcers also tangled with Nightwing, and he was nearly killed by a monster calling herself Orca. Had it not been for the intervention of the mysterious Huntress, Dick’s career would likely had been brought to a quick end. The Huntress brought Dick to safety, allowing him time to recover before the two departed paths on amicable terms.

Living in Bludhaven, Dick found an apartment to rent as his base of operations, while taking a job as a bartender to better keep track of both the crime and corruption in the city. Finding himself frequently battling Blockbuster's minions, Nightwing discovered the crime-lord had place a large bounty on his head. Unfortunately for Dick this attracted the wrong kind of attention leading to his own personal group of rogues such as Stallion, Lady Vic, Brutale, and Shrike, all of who attempt to claim the bounty for their own.

To fight the city’s corruption from within, Dick enrolled in the Blüdhaven Police Academy. Attending class by day and battling crime by night, Dick managed to graduate a year later with full honors. Joining the local police department, Dick aimed to work on both sides of the law as Nightwing and an officer. However, it was this growing influence that finally caught up with Dick as he caught the attention of the Court of Owls.

A Dark Knight

A D A R K K N I G H T

The Court of Owls had watched Dick Grayson since the day he had been born. A direct descendent of one of their finest assassins, Dick had been chosen to be taken by the Court the night his parents died. Zucco’s murder however muddled their plans and while the Court had put the motions in play to take Dick, they were once again foiled by Bruce Wayne. Now, as an adult fully trained by the legendary Batman, Dick was even more valuable to the Court.

Dick began to receive messages, at first veiled clues and hints before they became more persistent and clear. Photographs of himself, those he cared about and even Bruce arrived and Dick was eventually forced to meet with the Court. Given an ultimatum, Dick could either work for the court both as Nightwing and as a public servant, or the Court would kill everyone Dick cared about, starting first with Bruce Wayne, then his butler. Agreeing to the conditions of the blackmail, the Court manufactured a transfer for Dick and he left the Blüdhaven Police force, transferring into Gotham’s Internal Affairs Unit.

With the Batman missing for three days, the Court is poised to have Nightwing replace the Bat as Gotham’s guardian, rendering the city under control of the Court by both night and day.

▼ A B I L I T I E S & S K I L L S:

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^{"The Batman taught me, guided me, trained me. What I am, I owe to him."}

Abilities

//ABILITIES:

■ PEAK HUMAN CONDITIONING | Grayson possesses the peak athletic strength and endurance of a man who regularly engages in intensive physical exercise. As such Grayson possesses the normal human strength of a man that has intense physical workouts at the height and weight of 5"10 175 lb. While he relies more on speed and agility than strength, Grayson has shown incredible strength throughout the years. On a peak day, Grayson can press lift 350lbs, basically meaning he can lift twice his own weight above his head. Grayson's human conditioning also grants him something in the way of durability, though more specifically it's through the fact he's used to enduring pain and can ignore and work through it. This can give the impression to lesser minds that he's superhuman.

■ CHARISMATIC | Probably one of the most charistmatic people you will ever meet, despite living with Batman for five years, Dick still retains his bright and sunny disposition and as such is very easy to get along with. The former circus boy is very much still a charming performer and is a huge flirt, something that is generally returned from members of the opposite sex and even those who aren't. Grayson makes the clothes fall off faster than Tequila.

■ STEALTH | Grayson is capable of breaching high security facilities without being detected. He can even sneak up on Batman himself on occasion. He is also skilled enough to even sneak away and keep hidden from Speedsters such as Jesse Quick or others with abilities that allow them to survey environments precisely and quickly.

■ WEAPON PROFICIENCY | Due to his training with Batman, Grayson has been taught and displayed skills and proficiency in various weaponry ranging from shurikens (which the Batfamily uses in the forms of Wing-Dings and Batarangs), to eskrima sticks and staves to swords and even bows to various modern firearms.

■ BEST BUTT IN THE DCU | Dick Grayson has the finest ass in the entire world. It's a fact, deal with it.

Skills

//SKILLS:

■ MASTER ACROBAT | Grayson is a prodigious natural athlete, possessing a peak human level of agility/acrobatic skills. He is generally regarded as the greatest human acrobat in the world. Batman himself is an incredible athlete in agility, but even he can admit that Grayson's skill surpasses his own. Grayson is the only person on Earth who can do the quadruple somersault (formerly one of three, the other two being his parents).

■ MASTER MARTIAL ARTIST | He is a master of many martial arts disciplines with an emphasis on Aikido, Jeet Kune Do, Escrima, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Wing Chun, Hapkido, Jiu-jitsu, Shotokan Karate, Savate, Kendo, Ninjitsu, Boxing and Tang Soo Do . He has effectively combined the martial arts he has mastered into a unique style that suits his strengths. This makes him a challenging opponent for even the world's best martial artists.

■ MASTER OF DISGUISE | Taught by the Batman in the art of disguise, like his mentor, Grayson had mastered the art of disguise by the time he was 21. Grayson has used many aliases to infiltrate the underworld or just to go undercover in public situations. However unlike Batman, Grayson doesn't keep a standing collection of identities and instead invents them on an as needed basis.

■ EXPERT DRIVER | Grayson is proficient at driving many vehicles like cars, motor bikes, trucks and he is also skillful at driving jets, helicopters and auto boats and small ships.

■ EXPERT ESCAPOLOGIST | Due to his training with Batman, he possess extreme skill in escapology. Grayson has shown such proficiency as escaping a straightjacket in 4.5 seconds and was able to use a Tibetan Mind Technique to escape virtual reality. Grayson has even been able to escape a maze faster than Wally West due to his training under Batman.

■ EXPERT MARKSMAN | Grayson is skilled enough to use modified Shuriken (Wing-Dings) to hit thugs at a great distance with his eyes closed, despite even giving him a head-start and disarm others with his wingdings. He is also capable of using firearms, as he was trained by Batman to do in order to gain a better understanding to disarm those who use them.

■ SKILLED DETECTIVE | Grayson is a world class detective, though not quite as proficient as Batman. In light of that, Grayson has been said to be third to Batman who is widely regarded as the 'World's Greatest Detective'. Grayson was able to solve a riddle by the Riddler before Batman himself even figured it out and this was before Grayson had become Robin. Furthermore, he has been known to solve mysteries and cases in a speed that even impresses his mentor. Barbara Gordon even commented that he was able to solve 4 cases in "America's Most Wanted" in a single morning and solved a homicidal case that went unsolved for 14 years.

■ SKILLED HACKER | He is skilled enough to hack into the Batcomputer emergency override codes during a time when he and Bruce had a falling out following his evolution from Robin to Nightwing. During his travels with Kori, Grayson also hacked a Alien Terminal with the use of the Tameranian Language he had learned from former teammate and romantic interest Starfire.

■ SKILLED MULTI-LINGUIST | Having had the finest education as Bruce Wayne's ward, he speaks with fluency in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Farsi (Persian), Mandarin and Cantonese, and has some knowledge of Romany and the alien language of Tamaran.

■ SKILLED TRACKER | Gryason has been trained in hunting techniques by Batman who learned by the way of the African Bushmen (the Ghost Tribes of the Ten-eyed Brotherhood, among others). As such Grayson's skills are quite considerable both in natural and urban environments.

VIGILANCE: Blood & Justice - A Superhuman Roleplay (Always Open)

we have a discord?

@Lurking Shadow

The link is on the OP of every tab.

@Lord Wraith - Any coming updates on the Bonfire in the Woods episode?

@Utrax

I can make an update for this.

VIGILANCE: Blood & Justice - A Superhuman Roleplay (Always Open)

@FantasyChic I've spoke to several players on the Discord channel, so I know there's a couple posts in the works.

Gotham City: Shadow of the Bat

@Ruby, I think that's about all I'm going to get done tonight. But I think I'm going to do some major rewrites on the sheet tomorrow. I really like how concise your Helena sheet feels without being overly drawn out and I want to see if I can find a balance between that and my the state of my current sheet.

Gotham City: Shadow of the Bat

N I G H T W I N G

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^{R I C H A R D J O H N ' D I C K ' G R A Y S O N ◼ M A R C H 2 1 , 1 9 9 3 ( 2 4 ) ◼ M A L E ◼ H E T E R O S E X U A L}

^{"You'll never know if you can fly unless you take the risk of falling."}

▼ A P P E A R A N C E:

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^{"I know it's hard, but try to stay whelmed."}

Stats and Description

//STATS:

■ HEIGHT | 5'-10"
■ WEIGHT | 175 lbs
■ HAIR COLOUR | Black
■ EYE COLOUR | Blue
■ BUILD | Athletic & Lean
■ ETHNICITY | Caucasian

//DESCRIPTION:

Richard is a classically handsome man standing at five foot, ten inches. Matching the age old 'tall, dark and handsome', Dick possesses dark black hair and deep blue eyes. He has a highly athletic figure, having rigorously trained both with Bruce and on his own for decades. Due to this, he has a very chiseled and toned body, although much leaner than his mentor. Notably, Dick's buttocks is incredibly well toned having been noticed and complimented by many of his peers and foes over the years.

▼ B I O G R A P H Y:

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^{"The criminals, the monster, the ones who dedicate themselves doing wrong need to think he can't die. They need to think he's still out there. Batman lives, always."}

The Flying Graysons

T H E F L Y I N G G R A Y S O N S

Born on the first day of spring during one of Gotham's rare sunny days, Richard John Grayson was handed into the hands of his loving parents who looked down on their son overwhelmed with pride. Upon first looking at her newborn baby boy, Mary called the boy her 'Little Robin', relating to his birth on the Spring Solstice. This term of endearment would imprint on the young Grayson for his entire life.

Through his father, Richard comes from a line of Romani descent. The Graysons were the ancestors of a roaming gypsy family who had been part of the circus for longer than any written record could tell. However unbeknownst to them, the Graysons were also the descendant of one of Gotham's deadliest legends, a man by the name of William Cobb. Cobb lived most of his life as a Talon, a highly-feared enforcer for a group that has been all but forgotten. As such the history of William Cobb fell into obscurity, lost in a history of circus performers and Romanies. The group however, the notorious Court of Owls, would be immortalized in the haunting rhymes told children who disobeyed their parents.

Like his parents, Richard or as he preferred, Dick, lived his whole life travelling with Haly’s Circus from city to city. Trained by his parents, Mary and John Grayson, Dick was taught to be an acrobat and began performing at an early age, wowing crowds with his natural prowess on the trapeze. Together with his parents, who were both world renowned acrobats, Dick would begin his introduction to performing at a young age and essentially from birth was trained to be a performer in the circus.

His mother's nickname for him only became further enforced as Dick learned to perform on the trapeze, as Mary would constantly comment how he reminded her of a Robin while flying through the air in his red leotard. Together they were collectively known as the 'Flying Graysons' and were recognized as being one of the biggest shows in the circus business. In fact, the circus' owner Jack Haley often remarked that the Grayson's were the biggest asset to the circus' business. Known for performing without a net, the 'Flying Graysons' true trade mark was their signature quadruple somersault, a move that only the three Graysons were known to be capable of.
Travelling the world with the circus, Dick became very cultured and outgoing though his education did suffer as he was only taught what those around him knew. None the less, his quick mind grasped onto most concepts quickly and Dick was recognized among the other performers as being a very sharp kid. At the age of twelve, Dick found himself in Gotham City as the circus rolled into town for its annual performance. Dick had only ever performed in Gotham a few times previously, but that said having heard of Gotham's reputation for crime he had always been understandably nervous about leaving the circus grounds to explore the city like he had in Paris, New York, and numerous other locations.

Dick's world suddenly changed that fateful night. It was one of the biggest shows of the year as Haly's Circus had once again returned to Gotham City to help ring in the New Year. But Gotham wasn't the same place it was twelve years ago, not that it was some shiny metropolis then either, yet the city had managed to become worse. Stumbling across an argument between the circus' owner Mr. Haly and a well-known and feared crime lord by the name of "Boss" Tony Zucco. Dick hide in the shadows as he heard Zucco threaten Mr. Haly unless the circus's owner paid protection money. Being an honest and moral man, Haly refused not knowing the horrors he had released. That night Dick watched in horror as his parents' high wire snapped, sending his parents hurtling to their deaths, all while many of Gotham's elite watched on. A burden of guilt came over Dick as he stood there, the realization that he could have warned his parents washing over him, downing him in anguish as he collapsed into bitter sobs.

The Boy Wonder

T H E B O Y W O N D E R

Shortly after the tragedy of his parent's death, Dick was placed in an uncaring juvenile services system, reportedly because social services were full. While in the juvenile systems, Dick found himself dragged into numerous brawls where he was beaten up by several the inmates. He was eventually passed onto a Catholic orphanage where he stayed for a couple miserable months. Though life seemed to have taken a permanent turn for the worse for the young boy, seemingly out of nowhere, infamous billionaire Bruce Wayne rescued Dick by adopting him.

Dick insisted on only being adopted as Bruce’s ward, because he did not want to replace his deceased father with the billionaire who he only knew from the tabloids. In fact, Dick originally believed that Bruce only adopted him for the good press and this was further supported by the amount of time that Dick found himself spending alone in the near empty mansion. Living with the billionaire at first felt like Dick had won the lottery, but after several weeks of growing loneliness, Dick's bitterness began to resurface. Growing frustrated by the lack of attention from his new guardian and the mystery still surrounding his parents' death, Dick snuck out of Wayne Manor one evening to solve the crime on his own - only to stumble upon Gotham's mysterious Batman, who was also investigating the murder. Feeling it would be cathartic for Dick to apprehend Zucco, the Batman allowed Dick to work with him, acknowledging their similar parallels in life.

While working with Batman, Dick began to get a familiar sense about the mysterious man. An expert in reading body language, a skill inherited from the circus and playing up to crowds it didn't take Dick long to deduce that Bruce Wayne and Batman were the same individual. Continuing their hunt, the pair succeeded in tracking down Zucco, and confronted John and Mary's murderer. But the night was hardly over as the nature of its events had allowed Batman to see a reflection of himself in Dick. A thirst for justice he could temper into an unstoppable force, Batman made the young boy the offer of a lifetime; the chance to stay on as his crime-fighting partner. Accepting wholeheartedly, Dick chose the name Robin, after the nickname his mother gave him, and his training began.

To turn Dick into a crime fighter in his own right, Bruce passed along each and every skill he himself possessed and Dick was put through a rigorous training regime. Exercise after grueling exercise nearly brought Dick to his knees, but the young acrobat managed to excel through all combat and physical based training. Where Dick struggled however was the more academic departments although he eventually overcame these obstacles once he could put his own perspective on them.

Despite the intensive training, Dick had still not been allowed in the field since the night the death of Boss Zucco. But fate had a different idea as Batman's found himself caught in the trap set by one of his many rogues. Stubborn still, Bruce refused Alfred's suggestion to send Dick into the field, but fearing for Bruce's safety and having complete confidence in Dick, Alfred made the decision to disobey Bruce and presented Dick with his first costume. Leaping into action, Robin managed to rescue Batman proving his competence once and for all.

Enjoying his first few years as Robin, Dick regarded the role as much as a job as he did it an adventure until a confrontation with Two-Face served as a rude awakening for the young hero. The former District Attorney, Harvey Dent, turned supervillain, had captured the new District Attorney along with Batman. Suspending both from a hangman's noose in a 'double gallows death-trap', the rescue of the pair fell squarely on Robin's shoulders. However, in trying to save the D.A., Robin used a batarang to cut the rope of the noose failing to account for Dent's obsession with the number two. To Robin's dismay it was a two-fold trap as he watched the floor give way, dropping the D.A. to his death. Devastated at his own failure, Robin was taken by surprise by Two-Face. The boy was savagely beaten while Batman was forced to watch, while Two-Face took no mercy on the young boy. Freeing himself, Batman jumped to Dick's aid, quickly putting an end to Two-Face's assault. This event however, scarred the young crime-fighter, haunting him for years to come. Rather than see Dick be further endangered, Batman chose to ‘fire’ his partner and sidelined the Boy Wonder.

A League of his Own

A L E A G U E O F H I S O W N

Despite being ‘fired’, Dick continued to work his cases, using the resources available to him through the Batcave while the Bat himself wasn’t home. Learning that Batman had created files on each of his allies, Dick soon realized that his appearance as Robin had started a trend. Other members of the Justice League had too taken on young proteges. Reaching out to the various sidekicks, Dick began to establish contact, growing close with Wallace West who could rapidly travel to and from Gotham. Sharing stories of their heroics, the two became best of friends. Perhaps then, it was no surprise that when the mentors went missing, Wally came first to Dick. Reaching out to the other sidekicks, Dick donned the Robin costume once again, becoming the designated leader of the young team. Together with Kid Flash (Wally West), Wondergirl (Donna Troy) and Aqualad (Aqualad), the four teens set out to find and save their mentors.

Locating he Justice League didn’t take long, as the heroes soon appeared attacking the cities they had sworn to protect. An alien organism had left the Justice League under the control of a creature that wished to conquer and enslave the Earth. Working together fluidly as a team, the Titans managed to free their mentors and alongside them repel the potential alien invasion. After these events, Superman, Batman, Flash Aquaman, Wonder Woman and the rest of the league placed their support towards the idea of the young men and women becoming a heroic group, and the Titans were officially sanctioned by the Justice League.

Continuing as the team’s leader, Dick was confronted by Batman who officially returned the Boy Wonder’s former identity as Robin to him. An olive branch was extended between the two, and Batman welcomed Robin back into the Batcave. The Titans were later expanded when the quartet found themselves overwhelmed on the sands of Kahndaq. But luck was on their side as they were joined by the telepath Lilith Clay (Omen) and the recently rogue Roy Harper (Speedy - later Arsenal). Making it out of Kahndaq as a team, the Titans returned home to their base in Manhattan.

Having received a private and very privileged education from the finest teachers, paid for and provided by Bruce, Dick had completed a high school level education. Upon his return to Gotham, Dick began attending college at Hudson University splitting his time between the Titans and Manhattan and Batman in Gotham. Dick had chosen Hudson to assert his independence from Bruce. Robin started to take on solo missions as well, and found himself to be a capable crime-fighter in his own right.

Dick realized at that point he had grown up, he no longer relied on the Batman. In fact, he and the Dark Knight disagreed on crime-fighting methodology. His newfound independence and Titans' duties in New York left less time for his former commitments in Gotham City. He had also dropped out of Hudson after only one semester. Without Bruce, Dick was out on his own but was more than capable of taking care of himself. Alfred had been kind enough over the years to teach Dick the domestic side of life and revealed to the young man that Bruce had been given control of a trust fund that Dick's parents had created for him. This trust fund had been left in the hands of financial expert Lucius Fox who had grown it into a modest fortune for Dick. Thanking Alfred for everything, Dick embarked away from Gotham.

Out of the Shadow

O U T O F T H E S H A D O W

Spending nearly a year backpacking through Europe, Dick took it upon himself to return to his Romani roots and explore the world as they had, living as a nomad and travelling from town to town. The experience was wholly enriching and exactly what Dick had needed on his trip of self discovery. Returning to North America, Dick continued his journey eventually encountering a Tamaranian named Koriand'r. Kori, as she preferred, opened Dick's eyes to the further wonders of the world as he could live vicariously through her optimistic and naive point of view about Earth. The two became rather passionately involved and were almost married at a Vegas Chapel until the ceremony was disturbed by the appearance of a mysterious young girl by the name of Raven asking the pair for aid.

The daughter of a Demon named Trigon, Raven had escaped her father's clutches and sought out the Titans believing the former teen heroes were her only hope. Reuniting with the Titans, Dick found the team was joined by newcomers Malcolm Duncan (Guardian) and Karen Beecher (Bumblebee). Repelling the demon, Dick rediscovered his self-worth among the new team. Batman, however, was less than pleased and summoned Dick to Gotham. He informed Dick that if he no longer wanted to be his partner, then Dick would have to retire as Robin repentantly. Taking his things, Dick moved out of Wayne Manor, leaving his life with Bruce behind. Helping him through this difficult time were his fellow Titans, more specifically Kori, who urged Dick to not allow Bruce to define him just as she had refused to be defined by her slavers. Realizing his journey was far from over, Dick handed over leadership of the Titans to Donna and departed.

Uncertain what to do, Dick turned to someone he knew would understand, Superman. Travelling to Metropolis, Dick sought out Superman who much to Dick's surprise recognized the former Boy Wonder. Showing Dick, the city, Clark and Dick eventually sat down for a meal where the two heroes had a heart to heart, sharing their frustrations towards Bruce and ended the night with Superman sharing a story he heard about a Kandorian hero who not unlike Dick was cast out by his family. The man had dreamed of a world ruled by justice, and set out to protect the helpless of Krypton. His identity was never revealed, he was known only as Nightwing.

A Knight in Blüdhaven

A K N I G H T I N B L Ü D H A V E N

Taking the alias as his own mantle, Dick had moved out of Bruce’s shadow and began to cast his own. Returning to Gotham, Dick didn’t stay long as a case lead him into nearby Blüdhaven. Sitting to Gotham’s South, the city was just as crime ridden, if not worse than Gotham. After discovering twenty-two dead men had floated into Gotham's south harbor, Dick made the decision to leave Gotham to the Batman and made the move to Blüdhaven. It didn't take long after the move for Nightwing to realize that Blüdhaven was what Gotham had been before Batman arrived. Brimming with corruption to the highest levels of power, it seemed to be that whatever was too coarse or too awful for Gotham, would end up in the 'Haven. Due to his investigative training with Bruce, Dick quickly discovered that all the corruption in the city leads directly to the crime lord Blockbuster.

His arrival was however not met with warmest reception as the local law enforcement didn’t take kindly to a vigilante cleaning up their streets. Blockbuster’s enforcers also tangled with Nightwing, and he was nearly killed by a monster calling herself Orca. Had it not been for the intervention of the mysterious Huntress, Dick’s career would likely had been brought to a quick end. The Huntress brought Dick to safety, allowing him time to recover before the two departed paths on amicable terms.

Living in Bludhaven, Dick found an apartment to rent as his base of operations, while taking a job as a bartender to better keep track of both the crime and corruption in the city. Finding himself frequently battling Blockbuster's minions, Nightwing discovered the crime-lord had place a large bounty on his head. Unfortunately for Dick this attracted the wrong kind of attention leading to his own personal group of rogues such as Stallion, Lady Vic, Brutale, and Shrike, all of who attempt to claim the bounty for their own.

To fight the city’s corruption from within, Dick enrolled in the Blüdhaven Police Academy. Attending class by day and battling crime by night, Dick managed to graduate a year later with full honors. Joining the local police department, Dick aimed to work on both sides of the law as Nightwing and an officer. However, it was this growing influence that finally caught up with Dick as he caught the attention of the Court of Owls.

A Dark Knight

A D A R K K N I G H T

The Court of Owls had watched Dick Grayson since the day he had been born. A direct descendent of one of their finest assassins, Dick had been chosen to be taken by the Court the night his parents died. Zucco’s murder however muddled their plans and while the Court had put the motions in play to take Dick, they were once again foiled by Bruce Wayne. Now, as an adult fully trained by the legendary Batman, Dick was even more valuable to the Court.

Dick began to receive messages, at first veiled clues and hints before they became more persistent and clear. Photographs of himself, those he cared about and even Bruce arrived and Dick was eventually forced to meet with the Court. Given an ultimatum, Dick could either work for the court both as Nightwing and as a public servant, or the Court would kill everyone Dick cared about, starting first with Bruce Wayne, then his butler. Agreeing to the conditions of the blackmail, the Court manufactured a transfer for Dick and he left the Blüdhaven Police force, transferring into Gotham’s Internal Affairs Unit.

With the Batman missing for three days, the Court is poised to have Nightwing replace the Bat as Gotham’s guardian, rendering the city under control of the Court by both night and day.

▼ A B I L I T I E S & S K I L L S:

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^{"The Batman taught me, guided me, trained me. What I am, I owe to him."}

Abilities

//ABILITIES:

■ PEAK HUMAN CONDITIONING | Grayson possesses the peak athletic strength and endurance of a man who regularly engages in intensive physical exercise. As such Grayson possesses the normal human strength of a man that has intense physical workouts at the height and weight of 5"10 175 lb. While he relies more on speed and agility than strength, Grayson has shown incredible strength throughout the years. On a peak day, Grayson can press lift 350lbs, basically meaning he can lift twice his own weight above his head. Grayson's human conditioning also grants him something in the way of durability, though more specifically it's through the fact he's used to enduring pain and can ignore and work through it. This can give the impression to lesser minds that he's superhuman.

■ CHARISMATIC | Probably one of the most charistmatic people you will ever meet, despite living with Batman for five years, Dick still retains his bright and sunny disposition and as such is very easy to get along with. The former circus boy is very much still a charming performer and is a huge flirt, something that is generally returned from members of the opposite sex and even those who aren't. Grayson makes the clothes fall off faster than Tequila.

■ STEALTH | Grayson is capable of breaching high security facilities without being detected. He can even sneak up on Batman himself on occasion. He is also skilled enough to even sneak away and keep hidden from Speedsters such as Jesse Quick or others with abilities that allow them to survey environments precisely and quickly.

■ WEAPON PROFICIENCY | Due to his training with Batman, Grayson has been taught and displayed skills and proficiency in various weaponry ranging from shurikens (which the Batfamily uses in the forms of Wing-Dings and Batarangs), to eskrima sticks and staves to swords and even bows to various modern firearms.

■ BEST BUTT IN THE DCU | Dick Grayson has the finest ass in the entire world. It's a fact, deal with it.

Skills

//SKILLS:

■ MASTER ACROBAT | Grayson is a prodigious natural athlete, possessing a peak human level of agility/acrobatic skills. He is generally regarded as the greatest human acrobat in the world. Batman himself is an incredible athlete in agility, but even he can admit that Grayson's skill surpasses his own. Grayson is the only person on Earth who can do the quadruple somersault (formerly one of three, the other two being his parents).

■ MASTER MARTIAL ARTIST | He is a master of many martial arts disciplines with an emphasis on Aikido, Jeet Kune Do, Escrima, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Wing Chun, Hapkido, Jiu-jitsu, Shotokan Karate, Savate, Kendo, Ninjitsu, Boxing and Tang Soo Do . He has effectively combined the martial arts he has mastered into a unique style that suits his strengths. This makes him a challenging opponent for even the world's best martial artists.

■ MASTER OF DISGUISE | Taught by the Batman in the art of disguise, like his mentor, Grayson had mastered the art of disguise by the time he was 21. Grayson has used many aliases to infiltrate the underworld or just to go undercover in public situations. However unlike Batman, Grayson doesn't keep a standing collection of identities and instead invents them on an as needed basis.

■ EXPERT DRIVER | Grayson is proficient at driving many vehicles like cars, motor bikes, trucks and he is also skillful at driving jets, helicopters and auto boats and small ships.

■ EXPERT ESCAPOLOGIST | Due to his training with Batman, he possess extreme skill in escapology. Grayson has shown such proficiency as escaping a straightjacket in 4.5 seconds and was able to use a Tibetan Mind Technique to escape virtual reality. Grayson has even been able to escape a maze faster than Wally West due to his training under Batman.

■ EXPERT MARKSMAN | Grayson is skilled enough to use modified Shuriken (Wing-Dings) to hit thugs at a great distance with his eyes closed, despite even giving him a head-start and disarm others with his wingdings. He is also capable of using firearms, as he was trained by Batman to do in order to gain a better understanding to disarm those who use them.

■ SKILLED DETECTIVE | Grayson is a world class detective, though not quite as proficient as Batman. In light of that, Grayson has been said to be third to Batman who is widely regarded as the 'World's Greatest Detective'. Grayson was able to solve a riddle by the Riddler before Batman himself even figured it out and this was before Grayson had become Robin. Furthermore, he has been known to solve mysteries and cases in a speed that even impresses his mentor. Barbara Gordon even commented that he was able to solve 4 cases in "America's Most Wanted" in a single morning and solved a homicidal case that went unsolved for 14 years.

■ SKILLED HACKER | He is skilled enough to hack into the Batcomputer emergency override codes during a time when he and Bruce had a falling out following his evolution from Robin to Nightwing. During his travels with Kori, Grayson also hacked a Alien Terminal with the use of the Tameranian Language he had learned from former teammate and romantic interest Starfire.

■ SKILLED MULTI-LINGUIST | Having had the finest education as Bruce Wayne's ward, he speaks with fluency in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Farsi (Persian), Mandarin and Cantonese, and has some knowledge of Romany and the alien language of Tamaran.

■ SKILLED TRACKER | Gryason has been trained in hunting techniques by Batman who learned by the way of the African Bushmen (the Ghost Tribes of the Ten-eyed Brotherhood, among others). As such Grayson's skills are quite considerable both in natural and urban environments.

Crestwood Hollow

S E B A S T I A N S C O T T:

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^{Monday September 26TH - 2:13 PM | Mather Memorial High School}

He should just leave.

Sebastian's face was anything but happy as it turned out that thus far, Kit Renard had been honest. He was in fact, not the Draoi that was hunting them. That however didn't mean he was telling the truth, nor did it mean he actually had the power to back up what he was saying. Perhaps he was another enemy entirely. Jonas could be in danger at this very moment, captured by some giggling arrogant stick of a man while the class was taken down to the cafeteria of all places for who knows what?

Maybe this punk-ass ate teenagers.

Looking at the other members of the Social Conscience class, Sebastian's thoughts turned rapidly as he weighed the pros and cons of staying with the group versus leaving them to Kit. The problem was, Kit seemed to think he was in charge here and Sebastian just couldn't live with that.

"You know what." Sebastian stopped as he turned to Kit. "Fuck you, fuck your lame coat and fuck your attempt at taking this class over. You're not Jonas, you'll never be Jonas and no one will ever respect you like they do Jonas." Sebastian roared, the beast inside stirring again before he turned towards the cafeteria doors. "I'm out, like you, I don't have time for time wasters."

Slamming the cafeteria doors open, the force of Sebastian's arms derailed the sliding doors as they sat in a loop of stuck motion trying to close until the components gave out and the motors quit. With his outburst echoing behind him, Sebastian excited Mather Memorial.

It was time to find Jonas.

Looking back to see if anyone had followed him, Sebastian ran straight into Elroy, the two teenagers tumbling down the remainder of the steps as they came to a halt.

"YOU!" Sebastian roared as he lunged for the other boy, Elroy scrambling to get out of the enraged teenager's path to no avail as the much faster Hyperhuman caught him by the collar.

"Why'd you accuse Jonas of kidnapping?" Sebastian snarled, his eyes full of rage as the nails on his fingers curled into his skin, his teeth growing longer and sharper by the second.

"B-b-because he locked me up!" Elroy stammered as Sebastian looked at him unconvinced.

"No!" He roared, swinging Elroy around wildly like a rag doll, slamming him against the nearby half wall. "You're lying!"

"Hey, Quickshot." A familiar voice called out as Sebastian loosened his grip on Elroy. "Pick on someone your own strength." A hand gripped the back of Sebastian's collar as Sebastian found himself carried through the air before impacting with the ground. Winded, Sebastian barely had time to react as he found himself in the air again, flung to the other side of his assailant before once again hitting the ground.

"_Rita..." He managed to spit out as the girl stood over him smiling.

"New and improved." She grinned back before leaning down and gripping Sebastian with both hands. "Bye, bye!" She smiled wickedly as Sebastian was hurled through the air, hitting the brick wall of the school's exterior with a sickening thud before slumping to the ground motionless.

"Now then, where's the rest of those assholes." Rita muttered as she headed inside the school.

Cancelled

Pitch Withdrawn due to lack of interest.