Post by Spoiler on Apr 6, 2008 23:04:38 GMT -5
The Spoiler
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Cannon or your own: Cannon
Copyright (Marvel/DC/ect): DC
Characters civilian name: Stephanie Brown
Code names/Aliases: The Spoiler/ Formerly the fourth Robin
Class [Superhero, Vigilante, Mercenary..ect]: Vigilante
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Gender: Female
Age: About 16 in comics. 18 for the purposes of the site.
Apparent Age: Mid-to-late Teens
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Height and weight: 5'6"/ 120 lbs
Appearance: Stephanie is a pretty young woman with long blond hair and bright blue eyes. She keeps in pretty good shape and is about average height.
Picture [if available]:
Stephanie
Stephanie as Spoiler
Stephanie as Robin
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Super Powers: None
Learned Abilities:
Excellent stealth abilities, moderate acrobatic and hand to hand combat abilities which were later honed by training with Batman
Equipment: Stephanie uses similar equipment to members of the bat family, provided by Tim Drake.
Weaknesses (Must Have):
Stephanie has plenty of weaknesses. She's not perfect at hand to hand combat, she's brash and stubborn and she can be easily killed.
Background:
Stephanie tailored a costume for herself, and called herself the Spoiler. She knew where her father was hiding out, found out his plans, and left clues so that the police and Batman could stop him. Robin tracked her down, and she joined in on the capturing of Cluemaster.
Each time Cluemaster would escape or start some new plan, Stephanie would don her costume again. Eventually, she decided she liked being a hero, and began regular patrols as Spoiler. This also brought her into regular contact with Robin, on whom she had a bit of a crush. The two worked as sometimes partners for a time, but eventually, romance blossomed.
Unfortunately for Stephanie, she found out she was pregnant by a boyfriend who had run from Gotham after an earthquake. Robin, in his alter ego as Alvin Draper, took Stephanie to Lamaze classes, and the two became even closer. He returned to her when she was giving birth, even though he had moved away, and the two shared a few sweet moments together. With Robin's help, she was able to deal with giving her child up for adoption. Robin was then sent away to boarding school by his father, and the two were forced into a long distance relationship, made even more complicated by the fact she still didn't know his real name.
During his time away, Robin became friends with a girl named Star. One night, after seeing her go into an alley with some suspicious-looking people, Robin decided to follow her in costume. He ran into Stephanie, also on patrol, and she followed him as he tracked down Star to a gang meeting that erupted in a violent shootout. He managed to save Star, but Stephanie became convinced that he was cheating on her, and refused to see him.
Shortly after this, Robin disappeared from Gotham for several days (he was off in Tibet on a secret mission), and in his absence Spoiler realized that she still wanted to be with him. Batman approached Spoiler and offered to train her. He also told her Robin's real name, and this betrayal by Batman drove a wedge in between the two for a time. Spoiler not only trained with Batman but with the Birds of Prey, and began a friendship with Batgirl.
Stephanie and Tim, as she now knew him, reconciled, and the bond they shared was stronger than ever. Even after Batman - having decided that she wasn't really hero material - told her to hang up her costume and the Birds stopped mentoring her, she still patrolled with Robin, as well as went on regular dates. When the US government came to Stephanie and her mother, and told her that Cluemaster had died in the service of his country, Stephanie was shocked. She cut off ties with Tim and went on a crimefighting rampage, hunting down the Riddler, her father's former associate, to try to get a better idea of who he had been in life. Eventually, she made peace with his memory, and she and Tim rekindled their relationship.
In Robin #111, Steph revealed that when she was a child, her babysitter had attempted to rape her. This man died of an apparent drug overdose eight days after she told her father what had happened. Whether or not he had killed him was one of the questions she had to resign herself to never being able to answer.
During Tim's battle with the occult hitman Johnny Warlock, Stephanie was injured, her leg broken, and Tim took personal responsibility.
Stephanie snapped Tim out of his funk just as his father discovered Tim was Robin. Tim was told to hang up his cape, and he did. Shortly after, Stephanie sneaked into the Batcave in a handmade Robin costume. Batman accepted her request to become the new Robin and put her through several months of intensive training and made her a costume with the same modification of Tim's. The fourth Robin patrolled with Batman for a time. Due to her disobeying his orders, Batman later stripped her of the costume and told her that she was done being a hero.
Stephanie returns to her identity as the Spoiler.
Personality : Stephanie is a very brash and determined young woman, and often fails to think things through. She has a very stubborn and determined personality, and refuses to quit her role as a costumed vigilante, despite everyone around her urging her to do so. She has a great sense of humor and is very friendly, though can become very violent when angered.
Other:
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Brief Sample Roleplay
The Spoiler crept through the shadows, her breathing slightly stifled willfully. She couldn't risk making a sound now, it was too important to be stealthy.
The eyes of her costume were the only things visible in the dark, and it could prove to be a frightening sight to an unexperienced young gang member.
The moment was finally right and Spoiler jumped down towards the gang, side by side with Robin. They landed in the center, the surprised young men already gathering around the costumed teens. A smirk spread across her face as she was back to back with Robin.
"Ready, Boy Wonder?", the vigilante vixen peered back at the young man in the domino mask
