003. CHARACTER INFO

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☆ basics. (stats,voice, appearance.)
☆ abilities. (skills and power.)
☆ background. (history.)
☆ personality. (traits.)

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BASICS

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✚b a s i c s ...|

Timeline: Batman & Robin/ Streets of Gotham #12. [gargleblasted] Batman & Robin #16. [sirenspull]

Name: Damian Wayne
Codename: Robin (the Fifth)
Group Affiliation: Teen Titans, Bat Family, Wayne Enterprises, League of Assassins
Species: Human
Age: 10
Birthday: ?/?/?
Height: Listed as 5'4" but that can't be true. Maybe around 4'9"?
Weight: Listed as 140lbs but I won't believe that either. Somewhere around 100lbs, maybe.
Voice: No canon voice. However, I imagine his voice to sound very polished. Damian can be curt, but he isn't lazy with words. He pronounces every syllable, and uses contractions less often than most. Though his voice hasn't broken yet, it's probably a little on the low side for his age. Also, I like to think it cracks when he gets flustered.
Appearance:
☂Damian Wayne
●Short, black hair
●Blue eyes
●Potentially creepy
●As toned as a ten-year old can get
●Caucasian/Middle Eastern/Asian features
●Looks like Daddy. Only, evil.
●Likes to wear hoodies. Will wear a suit if situation arises.
(✚ irl ✚ ✚.)

☂Robin●DEM HOODS AGAIN

BACKGROUND

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Damian Wayne is the scion of two ever-warring worlds: One of murder, drugs and terrorism; the other of capes, cowls and justice. His mother is Talia Al Ghul, daughter to the international eco-terrorist Ra's Al Ghul, and his father is Bruce Wayne, none other than the Goddamn Batman himself. All it took was one night. A night Talia remembers fondly as one of passion, one shared under the tropic of cancer -- and one Bruce remembers as largely unconsensual. The ethics of an international crime empire are questionable to begin with, what more the courting practices of its princess? Fueled by the Ra's Al Ghul Empire's need for a worthy heir --her father having approved of Bruce as her spouse a long time ago -- and also her own love for him, Talia drugged Bruce and raped him. There are no mincing words here, that's what happened

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As the purpose for his existence at that time was to become Batman, he had to learn about him. Talia had briefed him on Bruce's mannerisms, body language and posture, and this led to Damian connecting Batman to Bruce Wayne at first glance. (This is Kind Of A Big Deal in comics, mind you.) That was likely only the tip of the ice-burg, however. 'Batman' was elevated to a position of high prestige. He was the mortal enemy of Ra's Al Ghul, a 'worthy foe' of whom the Al Ghul house had tremendous respect for. Damian was told of his many skills, intelligence, strategic expertise and ability to consistently rise above those he crossed paths with. More than anything, this left Damian convicted to achieve that position -- to become the next 'Batman

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After nearly killing his older brother, Damian usurps the Robin title. He takes the liberty of stealing Jason Todd's -- a Robin who died on duty -- old costume from its memorial display, combining it with various other League of Assassins gear and forming his own convoluted version of a Robin costume. This makeshift Robin costume is what he continues to wear for most of his appearances until finally getting a legitimate costume of his own. His unwillingness to let go of it implies a strong desire to be the one working beside his father

ABILITIES

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Damian is genetically perfect, but how this affects his capabilities has never been fleshed out in canon. Therefore, I'm assuming he has the strength, speed and agility of a trained, athletic ten-year old boy. Because of his training, he is good at many things. They include:

♜COMBAT
He was trained by assassins, so I assume he knows quite a lot about fighting. How good he is, and how many different kind of martial arts he knows is not specifically mentioned in canon (to my knowledge). However, he can hold out against several ninjas at the same time pretty comfortably. Furthermore, despite being ten, the people around him are rarely worried about his safety. Rather, they tend to worry about the safety of the ones opposing him. This must mean he's pretty good, if anything. They wouldn't let a ten-year old go up against the dangerous and batshit insane in the first place, otherwise.

♜WEAPONRYHis main weapon is the katana, and he seems to be pretty good at it! Damian has also been seen using grappling hooks, boomerangs (both of those,

PERSONALITY

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Look at this child, he's positively darling! With that ever-present scowl on his face, that unyielding glare, that blood-stained sword in his arms so eager to break flesh; how could you not adore him? Quite easily, actually. Most people can't stand him. This is Damian Wayne, and there's nothing delightful about him at all. At first glance, he looks like any other ten-year old boy. Short but athletic build, round cheeks, blue eyes, a colourful Robin costume if you catch him at night -- why, he looks like a child out trick-or-treating on Halloween! Then, he opens his mouth. And words come out. Mean words. Words questioning authority, words belittling competence and intelligence, words promising a swift and painful execution at his small, tiny hands. Never taught to hold his tongue, Damian simply says whatever he wants to say. If he finds someone a nuisance, he will tell them that. If he finds someone incompetent, he will tell them that. If he feels a desire to stab someone in the stomach, he will ... well, you get it. His sentences are

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Competence is very important to Damian. His mother was a perfectionist, and it is without a doubt that the League of Assassins that raised him were highly-trained and perhaps unrivaled of their field. This left Damian with an appreciation for the skilled, and a disdain for the unskilled. His differing treatment toward those he deems competent and incompetent is very painfully apparent. To the ones he deem competent, there is less mocking. He speaks with respect, and may even perform gestures most would consider 'nice'. An immediate example would include Colin Wilkes. Colin is a fellow ten-year old who has teamed up with Damian with satisfying results. In thinly-veiled gratitude, and perhaps to enlist Colin as a potential ally, he gave him a motorcycle to make his crime-fighting operations smoother. Damian has yet to be seen giving anyone anything otherwise. On the other hand, to the ones he finds incompetent, Damian is a pest. He will pick at their flaws -- whether relevant ones like a sloppy fight style or inability to keep up, or

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Behind the sarcasm, blunt nature and general unpleasantness, Damian does have a desire to do what's right. If the ruthless way he deals with criminals -- how ruthless directly proportional to the severity of their crimes -- indicates anything, it's this. He's not quite at the level of adhering completely to the superhero moral code, but he may get there someday. Killers who choose children as their victims get a particularly strong reaction out of him, perhaps because he identifies with others his own age. At the sight of the corpses of Victor Zsasz's young victims, Damian was physically repulsed. He gagged, then seethed -- probably already planning to give Zsasz a taste of his own medicine. He nearly did kill him, too, but stopped his sword at the last minute -- just an inch or two short of severing the spine. Damian takes his job seriously, and will try his darndest to save those who are helpless. If he cannot accomplish that, he takes the responsibility onto himself. Sasha was a girl he failed to save from Professor Pyg. The trauma