mickilennial — Roleplayer Guild

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B L A C K   C A N A R Y

"For someone so secretive, you sure are incredibly dumb."
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C H A R A C T E R   P O R T R A I T 
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C H A R A C T E R   S U M M A R Y
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Dinah Laurel Lance
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28   |   Single
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Private Investigator   |   Homo Superior (see: X-Gene Mutation)

 N O T A B L E   A B I L I T I E S   &   T O O L S
N O T A B L E   A B I L I T I E S   &   T O O L S
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   A B I L I T I E S
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◼ Canary Cry 
Dinah posesses a potent x-gene that allows her to produce a powerful sonic attack capable of damaging, disorienting, and stunning anyone she uses it on through her manipulation of her own vocal cords.

◼ Sonic Resistance / Immunity 
Dinah is immune to sonic frequencies similar to her Canary Cry and other such things.
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◼ Dinah's Motorcycle 
It's a Honda.

◼ Lockpicking Kit 
Sometimes you just need to get into places that other people don't want you to.
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 N O T A B L E   S K I L L S   &   T A L E N T S
N O T A B L E   S K I L L S   &   T A L E N T S
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   S K I L L (S)
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◼ Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant
Dinah is skilled in multiple martial arts and several forms of hand-to-hand combat, including American Boxing, Jiujitsu, Krav Maga, Wing Chun, Aikido, and Taekwondo. She is known to be extremely dangerous when fighting in close quarters.

◼ Investigation
Over the years, Dinah has developed a skill for investigating crimes. It has led her to becoming a private detective.

◼ Stealth
In her time as a teenager involved with Gotham Street Gangs, Dinah learned to sneak to avoid trouble (or cause it). This includes a developed talent to lockpick doors and safes. 

◼ Driving
Dinah's history with motorcycles goes back to Gotham street racing. Her preferred method of travel is by motorcycle.
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◼ Physical Conditioning 
Dinah was conditioned and trained by Ted Grant and Desmond Lamar as a teenager, grew up in the rough and tumble streets of The Narrows, one of Gotham’s roughest boroughs, and has continued to keep herself in shape following her brief departure from Gotham City.
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 T H E   S T O R Y   S O   F A R...
T H E   S T O R Y   S O   F A R...
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Twenty years ago, Detective Larry Lance was killed in the line of duty. His murder, unsolved, would end up haunting his young daughter’s decisions for the rest of her life.

Orphaned and alone, Dinah was subject to the cruelty and negligence of Gotham’s broken foster system. She bounced from home to home with little guidance and an appetite for destruction. There was an anger that followed her and it wasn’t until she found a way to channel that anger when life started to make sense. Two aging fighters gave her hope for a new tomorrow at a derelict gym in The Narrows and eventually things started to click.

Dinah took these skills with her away from Gotham for a time and developed a sense for people. When she came back, people she knew from the streets back when she was a teenager needed help and she quickly provided it. Gotham had gotten worse. There was something prowling in the dark, the crime families were getting nervous and sloppy, and in the wake of that something’s crusade, people found themselves getting even more desperate.

While the Caped Crusader prowls the shadows, a Bird of Prey looks over the streets. Solving problems the only way she knows how: with her fists.

 P L O T ( S )   &   G O A L ( S )
P L O T ( S )   &   G O A L ( S )
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The goal here is to utilize smaller Gotham City characters to help tell street level stories independent or in collaboration with the Batman player. Given my personal struggles lately, I thought the best thing was to leave me in a spot that is malleable so I am able to participate in a game.

Dinah used to run with the street gangs (most likely the Street Demonz or some other insert) in The Narrows and has a lot of connections. These kinds of stories allow me to flesh out corners that maybe are too insignificant normally, and gives Dinah interesting opportunities to get in trouble with things outside of the Falcone/Maroni sides of things. Groups like the Golden Dragons, Jade Tigers, the Five Fingers are given room to develop. The Batman player, obviously, dictates the organized crime situation of Gotham so they might want to give me some notes that give me some guidance. 

Characters I intend for Black Canary to play off include her mentor Ted Grant, Emily Briggs, Lady Shiva, and others. 

There is also the case of her father's death, but I have no idea what I am doing with that plot hook at this time.

Paul Beaufort

Location: West Caldwell Streets
Skills: N/A

Paul’s hands gripped the wheel as his eyes moved across the street, listening to the conversation ardently with his window down.

The streets were empty and he couldn’t quite shake a feeling of uncertainty as Diane insisted to their daughter that they would go back to her apartment and tuck away until the military handled things. The same military that had lost an armored truck to civilians at the gas station they passed by? Something was off and he had no intention of listening to Diane nor telling her he was going to ignore her wishes. His daughter seemed to have some sense, recognizing the situation, and knowing that the best choice was the house he had bought to raise his family twenty or so years ago.

Diane would have to humor it. The walls that made her anxious, the ones that made her resent him. 

“Diane.” He managed, finally, “I don’t think this is the place to argue.”

He remained in the driver’s seat. 

“I have space for two other people if they need to get out of here.”

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