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( OOC INFORMATION ) name: hallie age: 21 contact: ottomans other characters: leonard mccoy ( IC INFORMATION ) name: damian wayne canon: dc comics new earth (pre-reboot) reference: written history & damian wayne & new earth canon point: post-gates of gotham #05 (the end of the timeline, essentially). bruce wayne has come back to life and reclaimed the mantel of batman, but dick grayson and damian wayne continue to operate as the dynamic duo of gotham city. batman inc. has been formed and operates on a global scale. background: The DC Universe is an amalgamation of different aspects, which can be grouped based on the trinity of the Justice League—Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman. Superman represents the aliens of this universe, and the extents of the galaxy. Superman is a Kryptonian, but there are many other inhabited planets in this universe, each of them with their own specifies and abilities. The Green Lantern Corps police the stretches of the universe, and there are six other Lantern Corps besides. Wonder Woman represents the magic of the universe—she herself is an Amazon, and is intimately tied to the Greek pantheon. The forces of Order and Chaos influence different wielders of magic, who have different levels of power. Finally, Batman represents the scientific element—he himself is only human, but genetic anomalies like Black Canary and scientifically-powered heroes like the Atom or the Flash would also fall under this grouping. Essentially, people with powers make up this universe, and they gain those powers through either science, magic, or some kind of extraterrestrial influence. The main peace-keeping group of this world is the Justice League, but there are other groups such as the Justice Society of America, the Outsider, and the Teen Titans. The Titans are several incarnations of the same group, which is made up of the sidekicks of elder heroes. Robin is usually the leader of these heroes, and Robin is always Batman’s partner and sidekick. Batman himself patrols and protects the east coast city of Gotham, which is a dark and cryptic place plagued by a formidable gallery of villains. The Joker is normally considered Batman’s arch nemesis, but there is also the plant-themed Poison Ivy, the heart-broken Mr. Freeze, and the erstwhile hero Catwoman. Batman has been operating for years, and in that time has racked up quite the rogue’s gallery. But one man stands apart from the typical Arkham crew—Ra’s al Ghul. Ra’s is immortal through the use of Lazarus Pits, which revive him whenever he is close to death. He’s been using these pits for millennia in order to extend his life and influence. At various points he’s headed up criminal empires, led the League of Assassins, and tried to reshape the very history of the world. Ra’s once fancied Bruce Wayne his heir, but has long-since abandoned that idea. His younger daughter Talia, however, did not. Deeply in love with Bruce, she conspired to conceive his child. And so, Damian Wayne was born about a decade ago, without Bruce’s knowledge. Damian is the culmination of two legacies—one of justice and one of darkness. Raised by the League of Assassins, he might have grown up to be Ra’s’ longed-for heir (or perhaps his vessel, if certain events had come together), but he defected. He went to join his father in Gotham City, and after Bruce Wayne’s apparent death Damian became Robin to Dick Grayson’s Batman. Even after Bruce was reclaimed from the streams of time, Damian remained Robin, formally breaking from the Al Ghul side of his family and dedicating himself to justice. So he’s the son of a hero and a villaness, and the grandson of one of the most formidable evils the world has ever known. People know his legacy before they know him. He’s participated in missions with the Teen Titans, with Supergirl, with all of the other Bats of Gotham—but he’s still struggling to prove himself and find a place for himself in the world. The title of Robin offers him recognition, but not validation. personality: Can someone who is never treated like a human learn to act like one? This is the question that Damian Wayne’s early upbringing asks. Hardly treated as a person, and certainly never like the child he is, Damian is lacking in all manner of social skills and graces. His earliest mindset is the one instilled in him by the Assassins’ League—one of violence, entitlement, and a lack of emotion. Because he is cut off from his own feelings, he is unable to process that others may have them. He believes that most things in the world exist below his notice, and that what he wants is his for the taking. Under the influence of his father, Dick Grayson, and Alfred Pennyworth, Damian’s personality slowly begins to change. When he first meets his father, he is given, for the first time, a goal: to earn his father’s respect (and, subconsciously, his love). When Batman teaches Damian not to kill, it is perhaps the first time that anyone has ever put limits on the boy. The momentous thing about this is that Damian accepts these limits, and has not broken his promise to his father since. However, despite this step forward, Damian’s morality is far from perfect. He sees nothing wrong with hurting people, and certainly doesn’t adapt to the law or social norms when it doesn’t suit him. Important to Damian’s character is the dichotomy between the ways in which he is, at once, both a child and adult. His manner of speech, his intelligence, and the way he makes decisions all make him seem more mature than one would expect a ten-year-old to be. He has a very clipped, businesslike attitude towards most thing, and does not like showing open emotional attachment. He is blunt, gruff, and sarcastic—it is not uncommon for him to point out the numerous ways in which someone is “pathetic” or “useless.” He is also dangerously intelligent, and feels far more comfortable running his father’s company than Dick Grayson claims to be. He is decisive and does not mind making difficult choices—it is someone else’s responsibility to deal with the results, not his. However, Damian can also be very childlike. He desperately wants his father’s approval, and this leads to revealing several of his insecurities. He is poisonously jealous of Tim Drake, because he believes Drake lived the life Damian should have, and has his father’s love in the bargain. Damian also has a lot of empathy for other children, shown through his misplaced sense of obligation to Scarlet. He often acts not just for purpose, but for praise—though he does not like to admit it, he has grown accustomed to being around people who care for him, and he likes that feeling. He is not very good at obeying orders. Though he agrees to be Grayson’s Robin, he has disobeyed his mentor more than once, sometimes to devastating effects. Damian has a way of writing off orders he does not agree with by claiming to be above them—he can come up with a better plan, or has a smarter way of doing something. Part of this comes from the fact that Damian does not inherently trust anyone—he is used to relying only on himself, and cannot leave what he judges to be important matters in anyone else’s hands. Damian’s need to prove himself is not limited to his father. In his brief stint with the Teen Titans, he tried to force himself into the position of leader, whether the other members of the team thought he belonged there or not. Damian likes being in charge, likes making his own decisions—he feels uncomfortable when someone else takes power from him. This could be emulation of his father, but it is also possible that seeing his mother in charge of an entire criminal organization his entire life bred this aspect of Damian’s personality. It is important to note the way in which Damian views death. His grandfather is effectively immortal, and his upbringing taught him that murder was acceptable. Because of this, it is likely that Damian has no real concept of the finality of death. Even after his own father’s death, Damian does not seem to believe that Bruce is really gone. Because he does not accept Bruce’s death, Damian has no problems believing that his father can come back—this is a combination of not only his idolization of his father as a larger-than-life figure, but also his flawed concept of human mortality. Damian is overly-confident, impulsive, and also calculating. He has a good mind for strategy, when, combined with his physical skills, makes him a force to be reckoned with. He has no qualms about issuing ultimatums and threats, and also has no problem carrying out these threats. The most violent aspects of his personality have been tempered, but a lot of the way Damian releases emotion is physically. Expressing himself verbally—if the emotion in question is neither anger nor disdain—is something Damian has no concept of. He is gradually learning to temper himself (he seems to know about “please” and “thank you”, now, though he does not often use them), but this has probably done a lot to further restrain his softer emotions, as well. Ultimately, Damian is a ten-year-old boy who has never had a chance to be a ten-year-old boy. He is full of entitlement, arrogance, and violence, but also a vulnerability and sense of inadequacy that fuels him to constantly seek validation—from his father, from others, and from himself. Now that he has cut all ties with his mother’s family, Damian has finally, officially declared himself a hero. This is perhaps the biggest development in his personality so far—now, he fights crime not only for his father’s sake, but also for his own. powers and abilities: & martial arts and combat – damian has been trained from birth as an expert-level combatant. he is a black belt in numerous forms of martial arts and proficient with all manner of weapons, particularly long swords. & vocal mimicry – damian has displayed the ability to perfectly imitate others’ voices after having heard them. this is related to his mastery of several languages, though canon does not specify how many or which ones. & hacking – damian is competent in coding and hacking military-grade satellites and computers. ( GAME INFORMATION ) infinity gem: ✦ THE POWER GEM. Damian is constantly seeking to prove himself, constantly seeking validation and respect. Mostly this manifests in his relationship with his father—when he met him, initially, Damian kept trying to prove that his methods were more efficient than the Dark Knight’s in dispatching the forces of evil. When he learns to move away from those practices, he still wants to be the best—the best Robin, the best Bat, the best superhero. He’s constantly making intellectual and physical power-plays, and constantly trying to put others down and prove his own superiority. He also reacts physically to most situations, lashing out with his body when he doesn’t know how to respond otherwise. Damian’s greatest fear is acknowledging that the darker half of his legacy will overtake him—but even that is a legacy that would put him at the head of an international empire of crime. Damian is the quintessential heir—standing on the precipice of power, uncertain of whether to claim it. power: super strength housing: 05 & 04 inventory: & robin costume, including hooded cape, kevlar bodysuit, over-vest, lace-up boots, gloves, and domino mask. & utility belt, with various weapons including smoke pellets, batarangs, grappling tools, and etc. thread sample: tdm 1 & tdm 2 log sample: He’s no stranger to alcohol, even if he still doesn’t understand the point of it. Why would anyone willingly give up control of their rational faculties? It’s as if these people are trying to make themselves stupider than they already were. And that’s truly saying something. But this is the first time he’s been let into a bar with minimal fuss; all he had to do was glare at the bouncer and the man (at least, he thought the bouncer was male—it’s so hard to tell with aliens) had stepped aside. Damian had found a bit of triumph in that, for once not being treated like an invalid just because he’s young. Now, he sits at a corner table and observes. There are all sorts of species here, all different types of people. His general impression is that he isn’t impressed. Once you’ve gone toe-to-toe with Supergirl, aliens start to seem a bit commonplace. No, what’s different now is him. He’s the minority, not the majority. But he can live with that, he thinks. He always has. Tonight’s a night for a fight, like any other in this place. The blue man in the corner just raised fists to a human male, and now they’re pounding the hell out of each other. The human’s face just hit the counter with an audible crack—that can’t be good news. Damian sighs, rolls his eyes as if he’s the most put-upon person in the universe. Then he rises quickly to his feet and crosses the distance between himself and the tussle. “You’ll want to stop,” he says, almost lazily. The alien barely spares him a glance; the human was insensate long ago. Damian doesn’t take kindly to being ignored, so he lunges with his usual precision—a swift kick to the knees to knock the alien off his feet, then a quick jab to the neck to make sure he stays down. It’s over quickly. It almost always is. Damian doesn’t stick around to offer the human a hand up, or to make sure he’ll be alright. He didn’t do it for his sake—it was just… an obligation. The same way he protects the people of Gotham, not because he likes them but because he has to. He tries to imagine what Grayson would say, but the only image he can call to mind is the elder man’s smile underneath the mask of Batman. He huffs a sigh and shoves his hands in his pockets, slinks away before he can think too much about it.