Post by Dick Grayson on Apr 5, 2008 23:32:42 GMT -5
The Character
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Cannon or your own: Cannon
Copyright (Marvel/DC/ect):DC
Characters civilian name: Richard Grayson
Code names/Aliases: Formerly Robin, currently Nightwing
Class [Superhero, Vigilante, Mercenary..ect]: Vigilante
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Gender: Male
Age: Mid twenties
Apparent Age: Mid twenties
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Height and weight: 5'9"//170 lbs
Appearance: Slightly above average height, very well built but still pretty lean, and generally considered very good looking.
Picture [if available]:
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Super Powers: None
Learned Abilities:
Master Detective: Grayson is a world class detective second only to the likes of Batman. He was rigorously trained by the Dark Knight in everything from escapology to criminology, fencing, stealth, disguise, and numerous other combat/non-combat disciplines.
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 DC universe. He 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 several martial arts disciplines with an emphasis on Aikido, Jeet Kune Do, Escrima, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Wing Chun, Hapkido, Jiu-jitsu, Karate, Savate, Kendo, Ninjitsu, and Tai Chi. Although he has not mastered near as many fighting styles as his mentor what he has done is effectively combined the martial arts he has mastered into a unique style that suits his strengths. This makes him one of DCs top tier martial artists.
Peak Human Conditioning: Dick Grayson possesses the peak athletic strength and endurance of a man who regularly engages in intensive physical exercise.
Multi-lingual: Having had the finest education as Bruce Wayne's ward, he speaks with fluency in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Mandarin and Cantonese, and has some knowledge of Romany and the alien language of Tamaran.
Skilled Leader: He is also a brilliant and experienced strategist with superlative leadership skills, having served as leader to the Titans, the Outsiders, and even the Justice League. Additionally, Dick's efforts to remain in contact with other heroes makes him a master at rallying, unifying, and inspiring the superhero community, a skill in which he has surpassed his mentor.
Equipment:
Nightwing's third costume is made of a version of the Nomex fire-resistant, triple-weave Kevlar-lined material. Its an excellent protection against damage, but it is also light sensitive and darkens when there is more light in the area. The mask, with the form of his symbol and fixed in place with spirit gum, includes a built-in radio transmitter/receiver and Starlite night-vision lenses.
Nightwing does not use an Utility Belt, but his gauntlets and boots each contain eight compartments in which he can store items. The gauntlets and boots have a self-destruct feature built into them, similar to the ones in Batman's Utility Belt, and, as another security measure (specially when the hero is unconscious), the suit contains a one-use only taser charge, which automatically emits a low-amperage electrical shock when someone attempts to tamper with either the boots, gauntlets, or both. Each gauntlet's sections can contain a wide array of equipment, such as sonic or smoke pellets, modified Batarangs (Wingdings), knockout gas capsules, and a monofilament jumpline.
Located on the underside of his forearm, with their access port at the base of his palm, are automatic swing lines. To activate these lines, pressure is applied to the outside of the forearm (the blue section), which then triggers the lines firing mechanism which fires a grappling hook that snaps open after firing and clamps shut once the button at its joint hits its target.
Like the gauntlets, his boots carry vital elements like flares, a rebreather as protection against any airborne noncontact toxins and a mini-computer, 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches in size, equipped with fax, modem, GPS, and minidisk rewritable drive. Other items are lock picks, a first aid kit, a mini-cellphone, antitoxin assortment, signal flares, wireless listening devices and a small halogen flashlight. On the back of his costume are a pair of escrima sticks made from an unbreakable polymer that are wielded as both offensive and defensive weapons, and can be thrown to knockout an enemy.
Weaknesses (Must Have): No known powers, and can be killed like any other human. Has emotional issues and a "weakness" for woman.
Background:
Born on the first day of Spring into a family of circus performers, Richard John Grayson learned acrobatic skills at an early age. Dick was a member of the famous acrobatic team The Flying Graysons of the Haly Circus. Before one appearance in Gotham, in which The Flying Graysons were the main attraction, they were asked to pose for a photo opportunity with the Drake Family, including their young son Tim. From that time on Tim's one and only hero in the world was Dick. During the Graysons' portion of the show, Dick's parents John and Mary, fell to their death after their trapeze snaps. All while many of Gotham's elite, including billionaire socialite Bruce Wayne, and the young Tim Drake watched on.
Death of the GraysonsTheir deaths were not an accident, but actually planned by the gangster "Boss" Zucco, who was running a local protection racket and Haly refused to pay. Dick overhears gang members warning Haly of further accidents and makes a vow to avenge his parents death. Batman, while investigating the murders, overhears Dicks vow and takes the boy under his protective wing so that Dick will not hurt himself. Batman takes Dick to the batcave where Dick asks to become Batman's partner in crime-fighting. Getting the consent of Dick's nearest relative, Bruce Wayne becomes Dick's legal guardian. He then proceeded to train Dick to the peak of physical and mental perfection. When the time was right, Bruce gave Dick a costume and dubbed him Robin. As Robin, the Boy Wonder, Dick captures Zucco, and who is sent to the electric chair.
The Teen TitansAfter many adventures with the Dark Knight and establishing himself as a crime-fighter in his own right, Robin soon met other teenage adventurers and formed the first group of Teen Titans. The original Titans was composed of the most well known sidekicks in the DC Universe: Kid Flash, Wondergirl, Speedy, Aqualad, and Robin as the leader. Through the Titans, Dick gained additional experience through adventures against new criminals, both at home and on other worlds.
Dick is shotSoon after his graduation from high school he left Gotham City and Batman for college at Hudson University. After a few months Dick dropped out and drifted around for a while, finally returning to Gotham City. Upon his return he went to Bruce and struggled to get Bruce's respect as an adult. It was during this time period, that Robin was shot in the shoulder by the Joker, after which Bruce deemed the life of a superhero too dangerous for Dick. Thus ending Dick's career as Robin.
First appearance as NightwingUpon leaving the cave, and Robin forever, He moved to New York to became leader of The New Teen Titans. Adopting the name Nightwing and a new costume Dick set out to face a deadlier and darker world.
While serving with the New Titans, Dick was searched out by an older Tim Drake, who had only one goal on his mind, for Dick to return to Robin. It was Dick's refusal to return that Tim started down the road toward becoming the new Robin. After weeks of persuading and proving his potential, Dick then returned to the Batman to plead Tim's case, with help from Alfred. Due to their arguments and the realization that the Batman needs a Robin, Tim Drake becomes the fourth to wear the red and green (following a young Bruce, Dick, and Jason Todd). And, Dick gains a little brother.
Dick as BatmanIn recent history Nightwing has returned to Gotham on more than one occasion to lend a hand. The most notable time was following the breaking of the Bat by Bane. After Bruce's injury he asked the vigilante formerly known as Azrael, Jean Paul Valley, to fill in as the Dark Knight. Dick returned to investigate the new guy in town, and to find out why Bruce would intrust the job to an outsider. He even helped to bring in Jean Paul, after he had let a criminal die, while as Batman. After Jean Paul was finally defeated by a recovered Bruce, Dick was asked to fill in as the Batman, so that Bruce could sort out some things. This time as the Batman was probably most beneficial for Dick. He finally realized he and Bruce's differences, and that he had to be his own man.
Nightwing can currently be found as the new, and overwhelmed, protector of Bludhaven, a city worse than Gotham in many ways, and "big brother" to Robin III (Tim Drake). Bludhaven is far enough away from Gotham for Dick to be his own man, yet close enough to Dark Knight if needed.
Personality : Dick Grayson is a great leader, and takes alot of pride in that. He is smart and likes to think himself a pretty nice guy. He's known to make wisecracks and puns, and usually tries to be laid back about things. Nightwing has managed to not become quite as dark and brooding as his mentor, but he has his moments. He has a problem with admitting his weaknesses and tends to be overprotective.
Other:
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Brief Sample Roleplay (I'm going to do a very short one)
Nightwing sniffed once quite harshly, in a failed attempt to stifle the blood flow that trickled from his nose. He twitched his nose a little, from side to side, to make sure it was not broken.
Upon deciding that it was not he smiled as he peered down at the group of bodies around him. Sure, some jerk had landed a pretty good punch to his face, but he had managed to take them all.
"Not like I didn't warn you", he shrugged and smiled as a drop of blood splashed onto the concrete below.
