Batman // Bruce Wayne

Name: Bruce Wayne a.k.a. Batman

Alignment: Hero

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Physical description: Bruce has an imposing appearance, and his stature is considered intimidating as well as commanding. His body is packed with muscles, and he has a strong chin and jawline. His black hair complements his dark blue eyes quite well, and he comes across as confident and stiff. He has reasonably good-looking features, and is considered to be handsome by many. As Bruce Wayne, he generally sports expensive suits and ties. As Batman, his attire is much more impressive. He sports black gauntlets, a dark gray armored suit, and a cowl that is a black helmet shaped like the head of a bat. His armor is made up of assembled, individual parts pieced together by Bruce's engineering skill.

Playby: Batman from Arkham Origins

Personality: Bruce Wayne has two personalities, which are radically different from one another. The first one is his Bruce Wayne personality. As Bruce Wayne, he is rather arrogant and snooty. He does work towards charitable causes and such, but he also indulges in more...pleasurable activities. This is all merely a facade, however. Bruce's alter ego personality is nothing more than a mask that conceals his true identity as the Batman. Bruce has become rather skilled in appearing to be the life of the party as Bruce Wayne...when in reality, he may be the loneliest person on Earth.

Bruce's personality as Batman makes up his real emotional characteristics. As Batman, Bruce is stoic, commanding, and harsh. He is single-minded in his goals, and pays little regard to distractions and such. Batman is also obsessive, to the point of blatantly putting his life in danger to achieve success. Along with the mind of a genius, Batman is extremely paranoid, and often takes extra measures before any action. When giving advice to his wards, Batman is not one to sugercoat his words; he will cut straight to the chase. Overall, Batman is a pragmatic, commanding, and intimidating figure.

Powers/Skills/Abilities:

Genius-level intellect and polymath: Batman is a genius in practically every intellectual field known to man. He is a brilliant physicist, criminologist, cryptologist, psychologist, forensics expert, detective, chemist, biologist, tactician, hacker, and engineer. His intellect allows him to solve highly complex problems quickly and efficiently, and win fights using his wits and cleverness. Batman's genius puts him on a whole other level, up there with the likes of Lex Luthor and other such geniuses.

World's Greatest Detective: Batman is widely regarded as the world's best detective. His forensics expertise, knowledge of sciences, and mathematical brilliance allow him to live up to this title. Batman bases his method on logical reasoning, and is highly efficient in solving even the most complex of cases.

Technology expert: Batman has designed his equipment and computers with a nearly unmatched knowledge of technology. He is a master of engineering and hacking, using these skills to help him out in the field.

Peak Human Physicality: Batman is a peak human not only in intellect, but also in physical conditioning. He has achieved the pinnacle of human potential in strength, stamina, speed, agility, reflexes, and durability. He is also one of the best acrobats in the world, surpassing the abilities of even the best Olympic athletes.

Master Combatant: Batman is a master of 127 different martial arts, and he uses a style that blends these disciplines together in an effective way. His mastery of combat is not something to be taken lightly. His skill is nearly unmatched in the DC universe, and there are few who can match or beat him. He is a master of unarmed combat, having studied such techniques for many years.

Weapons Master: In addition to his unarmed combat expertise, Batman is also a weapons master. He is highly skilled in the use of many weapons, such as staffs, eskrima sticks, and other melee implements. He can also masterfully use his surroundings to fight his enemies in creative, unconventional ways.

Expert marksman: Batman is a master marksman, comparable to the best marksmen in the DC universe. He can hit moving and distant targets with his ranged weaponry easily.

Stealth and Tracking Master: Batman is a master of stealth techniques. He can disappear and reappear from the scene without being detected, and has been known to perform nigh-impossible feats using his stealth. He is also a master of tracking his enemies efficiently.

Escape Artistry and Explosives Expert: These are two of Batman's less-known skills, but vitally important to his line of work. He is a master escape artist, able to to escape even the most clever contraptions and traps. He is also an explosives expert, and highly skilled in bomb defusal/explosive placement techniques.

Leadership skills: Batman is a skilled leader. He can command his allies and direct others effectively without slipping up or showing weakness.

Intimidation and Interrogation: Batman is a master of intimidation; his very presence commands fear from his enemies and respect from his allies. He is also a master of interrogation techniques.

-Indomitable Will

Multilingualism: During his travels abroad, Batman learned many languages, including English, Swahili, French, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Urdu, Mandarin, Portuguese, German, Russian, Catalán, and others.

Paraphernalia:
-Batarangs
-Grenades
-Flash grenades
-Smoke pellets
-Ice grenades
-Glue grenades
-Remote Claw
-Remote Electrical Charge
-Hacking equipment
-Grappling Gun
-Line Launcher
-Wrist computer
-Utility Belt
-Armored Bat-Suit
-Primed explosives
-Gas/Oxygen masks
-Night, infrared, and detective vision (on cowl)
-Bat vehicles

Weaknesses:

Paranoia: Batman is highly paranoid, and doesn't trust anyone, really.

Lack of faith: Batman doesn't trust others to get the job done, so he generally takes on big threats by himself. This could potentially get him injured or harmed.

Mortality: Despite all his achievements, Batman is still a human. He can be hurt by gunfire, knives, and other forms of conventional harm.


History: Bruce Wayne was born to Thomas and Martha Wayne, who were very wealthy and respected. Bruce had a very privileged childhood, and one might even say that he was spoiled. He had a top-of-the-line education, and private schooling. However, everything changed when Bruce and his parents attended a movie in the Monarch Theatre. When exiting through the back alley, the family was confronted by a mugger named Joe Chill. Chill demanded Martha's pearls. When Thomas refused, Chill shot Bruce's parents and left Bruce alone in the alley to mourn his parents' deaths.

Bruce was raised by Alfred, who looked after the boy like he was his own son. Bruce had a close relationship with Alfred, but he never felt the same after his parent's demise. He made an oath to rid Gotham of the criminal element that took his parents' lives, and set out when he was thirteen to achieve mental and physical perfection. He had schooling in the most prestigious private schools, and hones his intellectual skills during this time. Afterwards, he traveled abroad to attend Europe's most esteemed universities, including Oxford University. After obtaining many of the skills he would need in Europe, Bruce traveled to Africa in order to improve his physical prowess. He was taught advanced hunting and tracking techniques by the African Bushmen. After this, he traveled to the Far East for more training.

He trained with the martial arts master Chu Chin Li in China for a time, then was taught by the great combat master Tsunemoto in Japan. Both of these masters professed that Bruce was their most diligent, skilled, and honorable student. After this, Bruce traveled to North Korea to seek tutelage from Kirigi, the sensei who trained the League of Assassins. Bruce was intially hazed by Kirigi's other students, but eventually earned their respect and the right to train with him. He became the most skilled of Kirigi's students, and the master soon invited the unmatched Lady Shiva to test Bruce's skills. After defeating Shiva, Bruce was told that Kirigi had nothing more to teach him.

Bruce returned to Paris, France to seek out the tutelage of Henri Ducard, the expert manhunter. He was trained extensively to improve his endurance and manhunting skills, thereby finishing his training overseas.

At age thirty, Bruce returned to Gotham to use his skills to fight crime. He became the Batman, a vigilante bent on bringing Gotham's criminals to justice. His alter-ego, Bruce Wayne, owned and ran Wayne Enterprises. The first two years of his career as Batman were spent fighting regular thugs and such in Gotham. However, two years into his career, the mob boss known as Black Mask placed a fifty million dollar bounty on the Batman's head. This bounty invited eight of the world's greatest assassins to try and kill Batman on one night, Christmas Eve of all nights.

After further investigation, Batman discovered that an enigmatic villain known as the Joker was behind the bounty and the assassins. Batman subdued the Joker after a long night, and Joker was sent to Blackgate, and later Arkham. Black Mask regained control of the city's underworld, and Batman continued to fight crime. A couple of weeks after Christmas Eve, Batman went to see a show of the Flying Graysons. After Richard Grayson lost his parents to a mob boss named Tony Zucco, Batman took him in and trained him to be Robin. Tony Zucco was brought to justice, and Robin became Batman's sidekick. Batman also took in another ward, Barbara Gordon, soon afterwards. Barbara was James Gordon's daughter, and wanted to fight crime like her father. She became Batgirl, Batman's other sidekick.

Batman continues to protect Gotham from crime and corruption. He notices that Gotham is appealing to a lot of new heroes and villains, and continues to monitor and watch over the city as best as he can.


Roleplay sample: Batman looked out over the city of Gotham. He hadn't gotten two hours of sleep in the past three days. There seemed to be more and more thugs roaming the streets at night these days. They were mostly generic mobsters, with the occasional crew of Joker thugs or Penguin's henchmen. With the rapidly increasing crime rates in Gotham and a large-scale Krolotean invasion on his plate, he was mentally and physically fatigued.

He then spotted the Falcone goons on the street below. He glided down to them, glaring menacingly at them. "Holy crap, it's the Bat!" one of them yelled. The others immediately stepped back instinctively. Then, a thug lunged at him. It was quite pathetic, really. It was in a moment of pure desperation. And desperation led to carelessness. The thug's strike was sloppy and uncoordinated. Batman dodged and slammed his fist into the man's stomach, causing him to go down.

Then, the other thugs surrounded him. He parried and struck with great precision and skill, moving too quickly for the thugs to react. When the final henchman fell, Batman took a few deep breaths. Then, he spotted a gun sticking out of a thug's pocket. ".44 caliber revolver..." he mused. He assessed the scene again, and concluded that there was nothing else to be found. The Caped Crusader disappeared into the shadows of the night.



Alias: James

Age: Fifteen.

Roleplaying Experience: 2 or so years.

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