Gotham: No Man's Land [DC Comics/ Bat Family/ Sandbox] Recruitment Thread

[RegretNot]

I would like to reserve Bruce's favorite, the

Best Robin

I don't even have a Red Robin or Batgirl but you want Jarro... Jarro.... JARRO.   

[indarkestknight]

I don't even have a Red Robin or Batgirl but you want Jarro... Jarro.... JARRO.

Why wouldn't I? Jarro is the best.

[Kadigan]

Harley is named in sometimes in the bat family because of her anti hero ways at times, I would be okay with her appearing perhaps as a second character but she would still be held at arms reach I would say.  She could help take back the city but she isn't getting in the Bat Compound or Bat Cave anytime soon at least without a few chaperons.  Hawk is a solid choice too.

Oh definitely. If I were to play her I'm sure I could keep myself amused with it. It's not that she would be like "oh hey welcome to the team" just more...well...she's trying, as it were.

[BlackStone]

I appreciate you liking the setting, I was trying to think of a setting I know of that would work for a group game and one that I haven't read in forever so it would allow the framework but not make anyone beholden to how the comic went.  Its all in the players hands and I don't plan on going back to read it so as the GM I don't try to curb anything subconsciously lol.  I love Zatanna and I am glad you see she is pretty powerful to be in the setting but if she had some limitations by the nefarious earthquake I would be okay with her joining the fray.  She certainly could delve into the magic or things unseen Bruce and the standard Bat Family can't see going on.  Hopefully you can make some time for us but no pressure. 

Just a suggestion, but the earthquake could have damaged the ley lines (which all magic flows through) around Gotham.  It would not take Zatanna's powers away, but be like she is sipping magic through a small straw instead of taking a big gulp.   It also leaves open a mega story hook of restoring the ley lines as any fracture or disruption of them has long term effects for magic.  Just a thought to toss out there.  In the spirit of limiting things I would tool down the Batwing armor, make it more like the Batman armor in the Arkham series of WB game, save it can fly, but he is limited as flying does draw upon energy reserves, and resources are at a premium and limited I would assume in No Man's Land.

[RegretNot]

Should have a sheet and some loose setting details up today, will be changing this over to a recruitment thread as we have over six people interested. 

[RegretNot]

Updated first page with timeline, map, and sheet template.  Looking for more core bat family even if it's as a second character so there is more opportunity for the other heroes / anti-heroes present. 

[BlackStone]

Name: Lucas Fox
Superhero name & Nicknames Batwing | Luke
Age: 26
Sexual Orientation: Straight

Physical Description: Tall and and athletic with the physique of a track and field athlete or swimmer.  He keeps his hair shorn close, but not saved, and since leaving the military, a near permanent five o'clock shadow about his features.  He stands six foot 1, has dark brown eyes, and light brown skin color.

Distinguishing Features: Tattoo of the 823rd Red Horse Squadron on his left shoulder, also bullet wound scars along right arm, right torso, right thigh, grazing wounds not full penetration.

Face Claim: Michael B. Jordan

Personality: A wry sense of humor which makes him at times an oddity among those part of the Bat Family.  However, under his easy going career is a man who is both courageous, heroic, and driven.  He understands the mission, and how to assess risks on the fly.

History: Luke Fox grew up unlike many African Americans in Gotham to a life of privilege, something which bothered him as he continued to grow up to the point where he rebelled against his father and starting in high school left the elite Gotham Academy to attend his local school, GS-127, renamed Collin Powell High School.  There he entered both in track and field, as well as started to take boxing and some traditional martial arts classes on the side for his four years.  It was always his father's desire Luke attend Harvard or some other elite school and when he graduated, work with him at Wayne Enterprises.  Luke again rebelled and did something different, an applied for and was accepted to the United States Air Force Academy.

Luke spent the next four years driven to excel and prove to his father he made the right choice.  He excelled in his studies and was a distinguished graduate, ending up eleventh in academic, third in military, and first in athletic standings.  While he was recruited specifically for track and field, Luke was an avid boxer, and became the first cadet in years to win his division three times in a row at the Wing Open.  The only setback during his time there was the discovery he was color deficient, and thus commissionable only instead of becoming a pilot as he desired.  He did take this setback in stride.  He ended up being first in his Electrical Engineering class, and due to his other accomplishments, was able to pick his first assignments.  Wanting to be certain he saw combat, he picked the 823rd Red Horse Squadron based out of Hurlbert Field, Florida.

The 823rd was tasked with the rapid civil engineering combat support of USAF Special Forces Command.  At the start as a second lieutenant, and ending his posting as a first lieutenant, Luke served three combat posts in the Quarc and Bialya conflict, designing and lead program manager for eletrictrical power grid systems for a number of USAF Special Operations forward locations.  During his last tour, one of these locations was attacked as they were performing a electronics upgrade to their airfield systems.  Luke was wounded but still managed to rally many of his fellow airmen to defend the base, earning him the Silver Star and Purple Heart for his heroism.

After his assignment in a combat unit, and while recovering at Ramstien AB in Germany, Luke and his father had a heart to heart, and Luke took on for his next assignment something close to home, and was named deputy engineer to the F-35 Lightning @ program at Air Force Lifecyle Management Center, Wright Paterson AFB, Ohio.  It was during this assignment Luke earned additional collage degrees, managing to pick up a bachelors of science in mechanical engineering as well as his Master's with a year long sabbatical at the Air Force Institute of Technology.  It was after receiving his Masters his father was badly injured with an attack at Wayne Enterprises.

Luke took emergency leave, Luke managed to crack his father's password and discovered his secret how he was the man behind much of the Batman's technology.  Coming across a new prototype armor, Luke took up where his father left off and finished the design.  He physically printed the armor out utilizing the special technology there in his father's lab.  Determined to bringing Firefly and Killer Moth to justice, Luke put on the armor and went hunting.  While not the detective Batman was, he was as intelligent (if not more so) than his father, and tracked them down when they were in a battle with Nightwing in Bludhaven.  The two of them managed to take the two criminals down with ease.  This lead to Luke's introduction to the Batman, who deduced it was Lucas wearing the armor.  Luke was allowed to keep it, as long as he pledged himself to the Mission. 

Once his leave was up, Luke put in his paperwork to separate from the Air Force.  He was hired on the next day as the head of his own R&D department at Wayne Enterprises. San Francisco.  He did some solo missions there as part of the new Batman Incorporated initiative, as well assisted the Titans on a mission or two.  Then Gotham was hit by the Earthquake and like others part of the Mission, relocated to Gotham.  Officially it was as humanitarian aid worker Wayne Tech sent in an effort to restore some of Gotham's infrastructure, but he is there in his role as Batwing to aid in the protection of Gotham citizens left behind to fend for themselves.

Specialized Powers/Skills:
*Genius level intellect when it comes to STEM problems or situations
*Masters level education in electrical engineering
*Bachelors of Science in mechanical engineering
*Professional officer training and combat veteran of USAF
*Olympic medalist level boxing expert
*Highly proficient in mixed martial arms
*Proficient in aerial combat

Batwing Armor
*Forensic Suite
*Infrared, night, and ultra-violet vision
*Military grade encrypted communications suite
*Military grade bandwidth and encrypted computer network link to all Bat/Wayne Technology locations
*Titanium tri-weave armor able to defect small arms and military grade firearms, though the kinetic impact of the shots are still felt and can cause trauma.
*Standard loadout utility belt as used by other Bat Operatives
*Integrated fly by wire flight system capable of subsonic speeds, limited to no more than 150 mph inside the crowded cityscape of Gotham or other large cities
*Light adaptive technology will cause shadows to seam darker and only a fully lit room, or open daylight, will cause the suit to be easily visually detectable

Weapon Specialties:
*Expert in Batman and Wayne tech technology
*Expert marksman in small and rifle firearms

Limitations
*Luke is color deficient, requiring a special HUD for his Batwing.  Other bat technology HUD he has issues with as he would be unable to see warning lights
*Armor piercing ammunition, anti-tank or aircraft weaponry, and super human strength able to lift three tons or more can inflict fatal wounds to Luke even in the Batwing armor
*Seams in the armor make it vulnerable to piercing attack by person with sufficient skill, and material strength weapon used in weapons grade materials such as combat knifes, martial arts weapons, etc
*Luke is mortal, and without the woman can be hurt or harmed like anyone else
*Limited resources: due to the lack of infrastructure and other resources normally at hands, Luke will only use flight systems in emergency, and will be more cautious in combat as there is limited equipment and spare parts to repair the armor system

Costume Description: As per picture above

Signature Vehicle: Batwing armor

O/Os: (OOC On&Offs), Offs: Vore, scat, golden showers, humiliation, age play, being called "Daddy", extreme pain, extreme bondage, same sex

[RegretNot]

Name: Lucas Fox
Superhero name & Nicknames Batwing | Luke
Age: 26
Sexual Orientation: Straight

Physical Description: Tall and and athletic with the physique of a track and field athlete or swimmer.  He keeps his hair shorn close, but not saved, and since leaving the military, a near permanent five o'clock shadow about his features.  He stands six foot 1, has dark brown eyes, and light brown skin color.

Distinguishing Features: Tattoo of the 823rd Red Horse Squadron on his left shoulder

Face Claim: Michael B. Jordan

Personality: A wry sense of humor which makes him at times an oddity among those part of the Bat Family.  However, under his easy going career is a man who is both courageous, heroic, and driven.  He understands the mission, and how to assess risks on the fly.

History: Luke Fox grew up unlike many African Americans in Gotham to a life of privilege, something which bothered him as he continued to grow up to the point where he rebelled against his father and starting in high school left the elite Gotham Academy to attend his local school, GS-127, renamed Collin Powell High School.  There he entered both in track and field, as well as started to take boxing and some traditional martial arts classes on the side for his four years.  It was always his father's desire Luke attend Harvard or some other elite school and when he graduated, work with him at Wayne Enterprises.  Luke again rebelled and did something different, an applied for and was accepted to the United States Air Force Academy.

Luke spent the next four years driven to excel and prove to his father he made the right choice.  He excelled in his studies and was a distinguished graduate, ending up eleventh in academic, third in military, and first in athletic standings.  While he was recruited specifically for track and field, Luke was an avid boxer, and became the first cadet in years to win his division three times in a row at the Wing Open.  The only setback during his time there was the discovery he was color deficient, and thus commissionable only instead of becoming a pilot as he desired.  He did take this setback in stride.  He ended up being first in his Electrical Engineering class, and due to his other accomplishments, was able to pick his first assignments.  Wanting to be certain he saw combat, he picked the 823rd Red Horse Squadron based out of Hurlbert Field, Florida.

The 823rd was tasked with the rapid civil engineering combat support of USAF Special Forces Command.  At the start as a second lieutenant, and ending his posting as a first lieutenant, Luke served three combat posts in the Quarc and Bialya conflict, designing and lead program manager for eletrictrical power grid systems for a number of USAF Special Operations forward locations.  During his last tour, one of these locations was attacked as they were performing a electronics upgrade to their airfield systems.  Luke was wounded but still managed to rally many of his fellow airmen to defend the base, earning him the Silver Star and Purple Heart for his heroism.

After his assignment in a combat unit, and while recovering at Ramstien AB in Germany, Luke and his father had a heart to heart, and Luke took on for his next assignment something close to home, and was named deputy engineer to the F-35 Lightning @ program at Air Force Lifecyle Management Center, Wright Paterson AFB, Ohio.  It was during this assignment Luke earned additional collage degrees, managing to pick up a bachelors of science in mechanical engineering as well as his Master's with a year long sabbatical at the Air Force Institute of Technology.  It was after receiving his Masters his father was badly injured with an attack at Wayne Enterprises.

Luke took emergency leave, Luke managed to crack his father's password and discovered his secret how he was the man behind much of the Batman's technology.  Coming across a new prototype armor, Luke took up where his father left off and finished the design.  He physically printed the armor out utilizing the special technology there in his father's lab.  Determined to bringing Firefly and Killer Moth to justice, Luke put on the armor and went hunting.  While not the detective Batman was, he was as intelligent (if not more so) than his father, and tracked them down when they were in a battle with Nightwing in Bludhaven.  The two of them managed to take the two criminals down with ease.  This lead to Luke's introduction to the Batman, who deduced it was Lucas wearing the armor.  Luke was allowed to keep it, as long as he pledged himself to the Mission. 

Once his leave was up, Luke put in his paperwork to separate from the Air Force.  He was hired on the next day as the head of his own R&D department at Wayne Enterprises. San Francisco.  He did some solo missions there as part of the new Batman Incorporated initiative, as well assisted the Titans on a mission or two.  Then Gotham was hit by the Earthquake and like others part of the Mission, relocated to Gotham.  Officially it was as humanitarian aid worker Wayne Tech sent in an effort to restore some of Gotham's infrastructure, but he is there in his role as Batwing to aid in the protection of Gotham citizens left behind to fend for themselves.

Specialized Powers/Skills:
*Genius level intellect when it comes to STEM problems or situations
*Masters level education in electrical engineering
*Bachelors of Science in mechanical engineering
*Professional officer training and combat veteran of USAF
*Olympic medalist level boxing expert
*Highly proficient in mixed martial arms
*Proficient in aerial combat

Batwing Armor
*Forensic Suite
*Infrared, night, and ultra-violet vision
*Military grade encrypted communications suite
*Military grade bandwidth and encrypted computer network link to all Bat/Wayne Technology locations
*Titanium tri-weave armor able to defect small arms and military grade firearms, though the kinetic impact of the shots are still felt and can cause trauma.
*Standard loadout utility belt as used by other Bat Operatives
*Integrated fly by wire flight system capable of subsonic speeds, limited to no more than 150 mph inside the crowded cityscape of Gotham or other large cities
*Light adaptive technology will cause shadows to seam darker and only a fully lit room, or open daylight, will cause the suit to be easily visually detectable

Weapon Specialties:
*Expert in Batman and Wayne tech technology
*Expert marksman in small and rifle firearms

Limitations
*Luke is color deficient, requiring a special HUD for his Batwing.  Other bat technology HUD he has issues with as he would be unable to see warning lights
*Armor piercing ammunition, anti-tank or aircraft weaponry, and super human strength able to lift three tons or more can inflict fatal wounds to Luke even in the Batwing armor
*Seams in the armor vulnerable to piercing attack by person with sufficient skill, and material strength weapon used in weapons grade materials such as combat knifes, martial arts weapons, etc
*Luke is mortal, and without the woman can be hurt or harmed like anyone else
*Limited resources: due to the lack of infrastructure and other resources normally at hands, Luke will only use flight systems in emergency, and will be more cautious in combat as there is limited equipment and spare parts to repair the armor system

Costume Description: As per picture above

Signature Vehicle: Batwing armor

O/Os: (OOC On&Offs), Offs: Vore, scat, golden showers, humiliation, age play, being called "Daddy", extreme pain, extreme bondage, same sex

Batwing looks good, post him here.

[ReijiTabibito]

Been eyeing this thread for the last day and change; I have a couple questions to ask, if I may?

1: Just to confirm, it is alright to play multiple characters (I have an idea for a Canon/OC setup)?

2: Given the timeframe of NML, shouldn't The Question still be Vic Sage and not Montoya?  (Tiny little timeline question, I know)

[RegretNot]

Been eyeing this thread for the last day and change; I have a couple questions to ask, if I may?

1: Just to confirm, it is alright to play multiple characters (I have an idea for a Canon/OC setup)?

2: Given the timeframe of NML, shouldn't The Question still be Vic Sage and not Montoya?  (Tiny little timeline question, I know)

1. I am okay with 2 characters to start and depending on how things go might be a 3rd or antagonists later on. 

2.  The Question could be Vic if that's what someone wants to play, Montoya could merely be a part of Gordon's group of police at this point if Vic is kicking around. 

[ReijiTabibito]

OK.  Sweet.  Got a couple ideas running around in my head...do I talk here or should I PM you?

[RegretNot]

OK.  Sweet.  Got a couple ideas running around in my head...do I talk here or should I PM you?

Whichever you want to do. 

[TheVillain]

Alright, tweeked my earlier ideas to fit the format better.

Sgt. Floyd Lawton AKA Deadshot

Name: Sgt. Floyd Lawton
Superhero name & Nicknames Deadshot
Age: 32
Sexual Orientation: Hetero

Physical Description: A grim caucasion man with dark hair and eyes, there's a look in his eyes and posture that really says he doesn't care if anyone he meets lives or dies.
Distinguishing Features: A few scars on his back suggestive of an abusive upbringing.
Face Claim: Jon Berthal

Personality: While not blatantly suicidal, Floyd has been psychologically evaluated to have very strong self-destructive urges. He seems to genuinely not care if he lives or dies, he just doesn't want to do the job himself. He always was a bit of a loner and a tad anti-social. Prefers to exclusively hire the services of prostitutes for sexual encounters, claims that in his experience marriages never end well even when they do start well. The only real exception seems to be if Children are involved, especially Zoe. Floyd may have no reason to live on a personal level but the very idea of Zoe being in danger can bring out the Papa Bear in him after all.

History: Floyd didn't have what one could call an ideal childhood. His parents didn't even really like each other, they just got pregnant and had a shotgun wedding. In time they grew to hate each other but by then they had two boys, Floyd being the younger of the two. Their home life was miserable but they did have a bit of refuge outside where they could go hunting. Both of the Lawton boys got to be very good shots actually.

Floyd's older brother Edward eventually lied about his age to join the military to get away from the abuse, which quickly trained him to be a sniper. It was coming back that was his brother's mistake. Believing his training had made him strong enough to finally being some peace to the Lawton house, all it did was enrage their father further. Floyd's father killed his mother and his older brother that night, and would of killed him too if Floyd hadn't managed to hide out in the woods with his hunting rifle. The lawyers called it Self-Defense. What he's only shared with a military psychologist though was that he had the rifle sooner and he tried to save his brother - would of too if he hadn't missed the shot.

Joining the military to follow his brother's footsteps, Floyd too would be trained as a Sniper. There's a quite a few people in powerful positions that would go as far as to say he's the Best Sniper America's ever had in fact. Susan just had the bad luck of falling in love with him. A reporter from New York they tried to start a family and life together, but unfortunately they tried to do it in Gotham. While Floyd was serving a tour of duty in Iraq their young son Eddie - named for Floyd's diseased but remembered foldly older brother - was kidnapped, raped, and murdered by a pedophile. Their marriage might of survived elsewhere, but they were in Gotham. Susan would kill herself over how badly the Gotham PD handled the case and Floyd went deeper into his work to hide the horror.

Floyd didn't love Michelle Torres, that should be made clear. She was just a prostitute with the Venitas Cartel he slept with to maintain his cover during a special ops mission. She didn't love him either, but the condom broke and she became pregnant with a daughter she named Zoe and Michelle did love Zoe. Loved her enough to quit the life and set up a new home, if she could only manage Gotham. Michelle only managed to get word to Floyd about Zoe last year, and even then they have to keep it a secret. To Floyd though it was a second chance to try and be a good dad even if it has to be a secret.

No Man's Land has had him in a silent panic, all the more so that he's gotten word that Zoe's gone missing. Willing to take any excuse to get into No Man's Land, he'd get one from the President Himself. 60 Days. The President's analysts say that's about how long they have before the chaos of Gotham City results in something horrible getting out into the world, from sensitive information to experimental materials, something has to be done to Gotham in 60 Days. Floyd Lawton is the President's Plan B. The Pentagon has made a list you see, of 100 Gotham Citizens. Mostly Criminals, the Pentagon and the President are convinced that if all 100 are either in Arkham, in Blackgate, or Dead before the deadline then Gotham doesn't have to burn. Which is good, because somewhere in Gotham there's also someone who knows what happened to Eddie and someone else that knows where Zoe is.

So it's really simple. The President has written off Gotham and it's citizens already. They're all already dead, they just don't know it yet. But if Deadshot can kill enough of them then the rest of the people can live in the hellish cesspool they call a city. Sgt. Lawton is saving lives, with every bullet and body he puts in the ground there's a chance that someone else will live instead. Which is good, because if the reward is finally getting some Revenge for his son Eddie and being able bring home safe his missing daughter Zoe then Deadshot is willing to kill every single citizen of Gotham to do it, one bullet at a time.

Specialized Powers/Skills:
*Humanity's Best Sniper
*Master martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant
*Proficient in the use of explosives and knives
*Expert tactician, strategist and planner
*Utilizes high-tech equipment
*Skilled gunsmith

Weapon Specialties: ...Seriously? Floyd Lawton is the only Sniper in Human History that's got a confirmed killshot at over 4,000 meters.

Costume Description: Sgt. Floyd Lawton is a recognized member of the US Military, if he's gone the Special Ops route. His "costume" reflects as such.

Signature Vehicle: Whatever he can get his hands on, he's not particularly picky.

The List: Sgt. Floyd Lawton is in possession of a list of 100 individuals believed to be in Gotham. The President of the United States is prepared to nuke Gotham to prevent sensative data or projects from getting out but if Floyd can prove that all 100 individuals are either not actually in Gotham, are locked up in Arkham, are locked up in Blackgate, or are Dead before the 60 day deadline is up the weapon doesn't have to be deployed.

O/Os: My O/O's, Character is surprisingly vanilla but prefers prostitutes.

OC Kaoru Yuu AKA The Night Spider

Name: Kaoru Yuu
Superhero name & Nicknames  夜の蜘蛛 [Rough Translation: "The Night Spider"]
Age: Roughly same age as Batman, a little younger.
Sexual Orientation: Hetero

Physical Description: Kaoru is said to seem to stand taller then he actually does, a tribute to his posture and obvious training. At least its obvious to anyone who has had extensive training themselves. Obviously Japanese by ancestry he has taken to wearing his hair long as a sign of his relaxing of some of his older attitudes, and so that his milky eyes aren't immediately obvious. Blind since childhood, he is often seen with a blind man's cane if he rarely actually needs it. Not all of his old attitudes have been relaxed obviously, his physique has been described as looking like he wasn't born so much as cut out of rock. That killer edge is still there though, as when he teaches his classes he gets deadly serious.
Distinguishing Features: Kaoru's eyes are milked over with faint scaring on the skin around them, suggestive of chemical burns.
Face Claim: Donnie Yen

Personality: A relaxed immigrant that's done very well getting into the Melting Pot that is America. Speaks English and Japanese with seeming equal skill, though in truth his Japanese is said to be nothing short of poetic. He goes to coffee shops, he chats with policemen on the street, he helps out in his neighborhood - until he's on the clock. He sheds the relaxed attitude entirely when teaching self-defense classes - there he's said to be one of the toughest teachers in Gotham, and the most rewarding. He also is utterly without humor in his vigilante work and avoids talking at all if possible.

To anyone in the know about the League of Shadows, it's almost like he's giving just ordinary citizens certain select Shadow-Assassin lessons to teach them to defend themselves. Suspiciously so...

History: Kaoru Yuu was born in Osaka, Japan to a father that unfortunately owed gambling money to the Yakuza. When the Yakuza started getting forceful with his father to pay up, one time they couldn't find his father but they could find him - so they put industrial grade bleach into Kaoru's eyes. Blinded for life, it would give his father the push he needed to do the right thing. He'd stand up to the Yakuza and work with the police to bring them down.

Which, needless to say, got them killed. Both of Kaoru's parents would of been murdered in front of his eyes if those eyes still worked. Instead he heard the shots, the gasps for breath, smelled the gunpowder...

Anger, rage, grief - a stranger claiming to be Kaoru's uncle offered an outlet for these things and a path to Vengeance in the art of the Shinobi. His blindness and young age meant at first meant that it took him more time to learn even the basics but when he started getting them the pace sped up faster and faster. Soon the blind ninjutsu master reaped bloody vengeance on his parent's murderers, which earned him the nickname "夜の蜘蛛" (or roughly "The Night Spider" in English) in the Japanese underworld and got him the attention of the League of Shadows.

They took him in, trained him their ways - swore to turn him into an instrument of vengeance against those who murder parents and blind children, and the League of Shadows delivered on that promise several times over. Kaoru embraced the life and the League for years, a killer vigilante who acted all over the world. But as a member of the League of Shadows, Kaoru had been blinded in more way then one. He was fine with killing individual murderers, but there were lines we found he wasn't willing to cross like the plans to destroy the city of Gotham - innocent and murderer alike.

When Bruce Wayne destroyed that training camp of the League of Shadows, to Koaru it was a blessing. Able to use it to fake his own death, Kaoru wandered the mountains seeking either death or a sign to continue and he found it in a hidden Shaolin Temple. There he learned a lesson neither his parents, his Ninjutsu master, nor the League of Shadows was able to teach him - he learned some measure of peace with himself.

He left the temple soon after, knowing that while he can master the physical skills of Shaolin Kung Fu quickly the spiritual lessons would forever be beyond his reach. Wandering again, by then though the stories of this "Batman" of Gotham City that stopped the League plans. For a while he just wandered the world, helping how he could but eventually the League discovered he was still alive and he had to go to Gotham for protection. Gotham is an awful city, but thanks to Batman it’s relatively safe from the League. That’s good enough for now.

He'd get a job at the Blade And Soul Dojo in Gotham's Chinatown, helping teach classes despite his at the time relatively poor grasp of English. A grasp that got better as his own classes got more popular. You went to the other teachers at the Blade And Soul to get physically fit, he was the one that taught you to defend yourself against abusive boyfriends and whole gangs at once. His grasp of English got better too - just in time for Chelsea.

He'd heard one of his students mention it to her friends. Brenda Wing's roommate at Gotham State, a Chelsea Saunders, was found in Trillium Park - brutally raped and left for dead. Brenda even claimed to know who was responsible but wasn't going to tell the police out of fear. What she didn't realize is that she didn't tell the police - she told someone much worse. Yes, he had learned some level of peace from the Shaolin Monks - but only some.

The gang that attacked Chelsea was later found at the entrance of Trillium Park - and anyone who had been in Japan during the "Night Spider" attacks would of seen how much it looked like the work of that vigilante save that the victims were still alive. Thoroughly broken, bleeding, and at least two of them were probably never going to walk again and any that do at best if they ever walk again it'll be with a cane but their hearts were still beating. And they weren't the last. The "Night Spider" is alive and well it seems and now prowls the streets of Gotham instead of Osaka. In Gotham, when one hears the word Vigilante they think of the Batman - how will Gothamites react to the news of vigilante attacks that look like the Batman has become more brutal? Like he still doesn't kill - but now he's willing to surprise you with just how much the human body can survive? And what happens when people start figuring out that he's someone else entirely?

Specialized Powers/Skills:
*Batman-Tier Martial Artist
*Experienced Detective
*Adapted Senses - (Non-Visual senses in effect may qualify as Low-Grade Superhuman)
*Shadow Warrior
*Body Language Analysis
*High Physical Attributes
*High Pain Threshold

Disadvantages:
*Blindness - (Kaoru's eyes have healed somewhat ever time, but he can only see enough to distinguish the lighting conditions of the environment around him)
*Marked by the League of Shadows

Weapon Specialties:
*Shinobi Warrior Weapon Skills
*Improvised Weapons
*Environmental Staging

Costume Description: The Night Spider avoids being seen whenever possible, and often stages scenes of his vigilante activities to plunge it into total darkness.

Signature Vehicle: He doesn't drive, naturally.

O/Os: My O/O's, Character is fairly vanilla.

[RegretNot]

Alright, tweeked my earlier ideas to fit the format better.

Sgt. Floyd Lawton AKA Deadshot

Name: Sgt. Floyd Lawton
Superhero name & Nicknames Deadshot
Age: 32
Sexual Orientation: Hetero

Physical Description: A grim caucasion man with dark hair and eyes, there's a look in his eyes and posture that really says he doesn't care if anyone he meets lives or dies.
Distinguishing Features: A few scars on his back suggestive of an abusive upbringing.
Face Claim: Jon Berthal

Personality: While not blatantly suicidal, Floyd has been psychologically evaluated to have very strong self-destructive urges. He seems to genuinely not care if he lives or dies, he just doesn't want to do the job himself. He always was a bit of a loner and a tad anti-social. Prefers to exclusively hire the services of prostitutes for sexual encounters, claims that in his experience marriages never end well even when they do start well. The only real exception seems to be if Children are involved, especially Zoe. Floyd may have no reason to live on a personal level but the very idea of Zoe being in danger can bring out the Papa Bear in him after all.

History: Floyd didn't have what one could call an ideal childhood. His parents didn't even really like each other, they just got pregnant and had a shotgun wedding. In time they grew to hate each other but by then they had two boys, Floyd being the younger of the two. Their home life was miserable but they did have a bit of refuge outside where they could go hunting. Both of the Lawton boys got to be very good shots actually.

Floyd's older brother Edward eventually lied about his age to join the military to get away from the abuse, which quickly trained him to be a sniper. It was coming back that was his brother's mistake. Believing his training had made him strong enough to finally being some peace to the Lawton house, all it did was enrage their father further. Floyd's father killed his mother and his older brother that night, and would of killed him too if Floyd hadn't managed to hide out in the woods with his hunting rifle. The lawyers called it Self-Defense. What he's only shared with a military psychologist though was that he had the rifle sooner and he tried to save his brother - would of too if he hadn't missed the shot.

Joining the military to follow his brother's footsteps, Floyd too would be trained as a Sniper. There's a quite a few people in powerful positions that would go as far as to say he's the Best Sniper America's ever had in fact. Susan just had the bad luck of falling in love with him. A reporter from New York they tried to start a family and life together, but unfortunately they tried to do it in Gotham. While Floyd was serving a tour of duty in Iraq their young son Eddie - named for Floyd's diseased but remembered foldly older brother - was kidnapped, raped, and murdered by a pedophile. Their marriage might of survived elsewhere, but they were in Gotham. Susan would kill herself over how badly the Gotham PD handled the case and Floyd went deeper into his work to hide the horror.

Floyd didn't love Michelle Torres, that should be made clear. She was just a prostitute with the Venitas Cartel he slept with to maintain his cover during a special ops mission. She didn't love him either, but the condom broke and she became pregnant with a daughter she named Zoe and Michelle did love Zoe. Loved her enough to quit the life and set up a new home, if she could only manage Gotham. Michelle only managed to get word to Floyd about Zoe last year, and even then they have to keep it a secret. To Floyd though it was a second chance to try and be a good dad even if it has to be a secret.

No Man's Land has had him in a silent panic, all the more so that he's gotten word that Zoe's gone missing. Willing to take any excuse to get into No Man's Land, he'd get one from the President Himself. 60 Days. The President's analysts say that's about how long they have before the chaos of Gotham City results in something horrible getting out into the world, from sensitive information to experimental materials, something has to be done to Gotham in 60 Days. Floyd Lawton is the President's Plan B. The Pentagon has made a list you see, of 100 Gotham Citizens. Mostly Criminals, the Pentagon and the President are convinced that if all 100 are either in Arkham, in Blackgate, or Dead before the deadline then Gotham doesn't have to burn. Which is good, because somewhere in Gotham there's also someone who knows what happened to Eddie and someone else that knows where Zoe is.

So it's really simple. The President has written off Gotham and it's citizens already. They're all already dead, they just don't know it yet. But if Deadshot can kill enough of them then the rest of the people can live in the hellish cesspool they call a city. Sgt. Lawton is saving lives, with every bullet and body he puts in the ground there's a chance that someone else will live instead. Which is good, because if the reward is finally getting some Revenge for his son Eddie and being able bring home safe his missing daughter Zoe then Deadshot is willing to kill every single citizen of Gotham to do it, one bullet at a time.

Specialized Powers/Skills:
*Humanity's Best Sniper
*Master martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant
*Proficient in the use of explosives and knives
*Expert tactician, strategist and planner
*Utilizes high-tech equipment
*Skilled gunsmith

Weapon Specialties: ...Seriously? Floyd Lawton is the only Sniper in Human History that's got a confirmed killshot at over 4,000 meters.

Costume Description: Sgt. Floyd Lawton is a recognized member of the US Military, if he's gone the Special Ops route. His "costume" reflects as such.

Signature Vehicle: Whatever he can get his hands on, he's not particularly picky.

The List: Sgt. Floyd Lawton is in possession of a list of 100 individuals believed to be in Gotham. The President of the United States is prepared to nuke Gotham to prevent sensative data or projects from getting out but if Floyd can prove that all 100 individuals are either not actually in Gotham, are locked up in Arkham, are locked up in Blackgate, or are Dead before the 60 day deadline is up the weapon doesn't have to be deployed.

O/Os: My O/O's, Character is surprisingly vanilla but prefers prostitutes.

OC Kaoru Yuu AKA The Night Spider

Name: Kaoru Yuu
Superhero name & Nicknames  夜の蜘蛛 [Rough Translation: "The Night Spider"]
Age: Roughly same age as Batman, a little younger.
Sexual Orientation: Hetero

Physical Description: Kaoru is said to seem to stand taller then he actually does, a tribute to his posture and obvious training. At least its obvious to anyone who has had extensive training themselves. Obviously Japanese by ancestry he has taken to wearing his hair long as a sign of his relaxing of some of his older attitudes, and so that his milky eyes aren't immediately obvious. Blind since childhood, he is often seen with a blind man's cane if he rarely actually needs it. Not all of his old attitudes have been relaxed obviously, his physique has been described as looking like he wasn't born so much as cut out of rock. That killer edge is still there though, as when he teaches his classes he gets deadly serious.
Distinguishing Features: Kaoru's eyes are milked over with faint scaring on the skin around them, suggestive of chemical burns.
Face Claim: Donnie Yen

Personality: A relaxed immigrant that's done very well getting into the Melting Pot that is America. Speaks English and Japanese with seeming equal skill, though in truth his Japanese is said to be nothing short of poetic. He goes to coffee shops, he chats with policemen on the street, he helps out in his neighborhood - until he's on the clock. He sheds the relaxed attitude entirely when teaching self-defense classes - there he's said to be one of the toughest teachers in Gotham, and the most rewarding. He also is utterly without humor in his vigilante work and avoids talking at all if possible.

To anyone in the know about the League of Shadows, it's almost like he's giving just ordinary citizens certain select Shadow-Assassin lessons to teach them to defend themselves. Suspiciously so...

History: Kaoru Yuu was born in Osaka, Japan to a father that unfortunately owed gambling money to the Yakuza. When the Yakuza started getting forceful with his father to pay up, one time they couldn't find his father but they could find him - so they put industrial grade bleach into Kaoru's eyes. Blinded for life, it would give his father the push he needed to do the right thing. He'd stand up to the Yakuza and work with the police to bring them down.

Which, needless to say, got them killed. Both of Kaoru's parents would of been murdered in front of his eyes if those eyes still worked. Instead he heard the shots, the gasps for breath, smelled the gunpowder...

Anger, rage, grief - a stranger claiming to be Kaoru's uncle offered an outlet for these things and a path to Vengeance in the art of the Shinobi. His blindness and young age meant at first meant that it took him more time to learn even the basics but when he started getting them the pace sped up faster and faster. Soon the blind ninjutsu master reaped bloody vengeance on his parent's murderers, which earned him the nickname "夜の蜘蛛" (or roughly "The Night Spider" in English) in the Japanese underworld and got him the attention of the League of Shadows.

They took him in, trained him their ways - swore to turn him into an instrument of vengeance against those who murder parents and blind children, and the League of Shadows delivered on that promise several times over. Kaoru embraced the life and the League for years, a killer vigilante who acted all over the world. But as a member of the League of Shadows, Kaoru had been blinded in more way then one. He was fine with killing individual murderers, but there were lines we found he wasn't willing to cross like the plans to destroy the city of Gotham - innocent and murderer alike.

When Bruce Wayne destroyed that training camp of the League of Shadows, to Koaru it was a blessing. Able to use it to fake his own death, Kaoru wandered the mountains seeking either death or a sign to continue and he found it in a hidden Shaolin Temple. There he learned a lesson neither his parents, his Ninjutsu master, nor the League of Shadows was able to teach him - he learned some measure of peace with himself.

He left the temple soon after, knowing that while he can master the physical skills of Shaolin Kung Fu quickly the spiritual lessons would forever be beyond his reach. Wandering again, by then though the stories of this "Batman" of Gotham City that stopped the League plans. For a while he just wandered the world, helping how he could but eventually the League discovered he was still alive and he had to go to Gotham for protection. Gotham is an awful city, but thanks to Batman it’s relatively safe from the League. That’s good enough for now.

He'd get a job at the Blade And Soul Dojo in Gotham's Chinatown, helping teach classes despite his at the time relatively poor grasp of English. A grasp that got better as his own classes got more popular. You went to the other teachers at the Blade And Soul to get physically fit, he was the one that taught you to defend yourself against abusive boyfriends and whole gangs at once. His grasp of English got better too - just in time for Chelsea.

He'd heard one of his students mention it to her friends. Brenda Wing's roommate at Gotham State, a Chelsea Saunders, was found in Trillium Park - brutally raped and left for dead. Brenda even claimed to know who was responsible but wasn't going to tell the police out of fear. What she didn't realize is that she didn't tell the police - she told someone much worse. Yes, he had learned some level of peace from the Shaolin Monks - but only some.

The gang that attacked Chelsea was later found at the entrance of Trillium Park - and anyone who had been in Japan during the "Night Spider" attacks would of seen how much it looked like the work of that vigilante save that the victims were still alive. Thoroughly broken, bleeding, and at least two of them were probably never going to walk again and any that do at best if they ever walk again it'll be with a cane but their hearts were still beating. And they weren't the last. The "Night Spider" is alive and well it seems and now prowls the streets of Gotham instead of Osaka. In Gotham, when one hears the word Vigilante they think of the Batman - how will Gothamites react to the news of vigilante attacks that look like the Batman has become more brutal? Like he still doesn't kill - but now he's willing to surprise you with just how much the human body can survive? And what happens when people start figuring out that he's someone else entirely?

Specialized Powers/Skills:
*Batman-Tier Martial Artist
*Experienced Detective
*Adapted Senses - (Non-Visual senses in effect may qualify as Low-Grade Superhuman)
*Shadow Warrior
*Body Language Analysis
*High Physical Attributes
*High Pain Threshold

Disadvantages:
*Blindness - (Kaoru's eyes have healed somewhat ever time, but he can only see enough to distinguish the lighting conditions of the environment around him)
*Marked by the League of Shadows

Weapon Specialties:
*Shinobi Warrior Weapon Skills
*Improvised Weapons
*Environmental Staging

Costume Description: The Night Spider avoids being seen whenever possible, and often stages scenes of his vigilante activities to plunge it into total darkness.

Signature Vehicle: He doesn't drive, naturally.

O/Os: My O/O's, Character is fairly vanilla.

Deadshot and the Night Spider are approved, post them here.  I also think your left picture isn't loading or working for deadshot

[RedPhoenix]

You don't have to hold Zatanna in reserve for me! It will be several weeks before I can really know if I can join a group game or not. So if there is someone who wants to play her now by all means!

[RegretNot]

You don't have to hold Zatanna in reserve for me! It will be several weeks before I can really know if I can join a group game or not. So if there is someone who wants to play her now by all means!

She is such a peripheral character not a big deal at all, you aren't holding core Bat Family or anything. 

[lustfulintentions]

Looking forward to this, but might be a couple days for me to get a CS together. Got a quarantining kiddo here at home so things are a little hectic.

Oh, and I’m absolutely pulling out Chris O’Donnell as my FC for my iteration of Dick Grayson, even if he never got to play as Nightwing, b/c I am of a certain age.

[ReijiTabibito]

That reminds me.  Do we need faceclaims for our characters or no?

[RegretNot]

Looking forward to this, but might be a couple days for me to get a CS together. Got a quarantining kiddo here at home so things are a little hectic.

Oh, and I’m absolutely pulling out Chris O’Donnell as my FC for my iteration of Dick Grayson, even if he never got to play as Nightwing, b/c I am of a certain age.

No rush about to make rooms and let people play for a bit anyway

[RegretNot]

That reminds me.  Do we need faceclaims for our characters or no?

There is a face claim place on the sheet

[ReijiTabibito]

Gotcha.  Thanks!

[TheVillain]

Deadshot and the Night Spider are approved, post them here.  I also think your left picture isn't loading or working for deadshot

That's odd, works just fine for me. Posted them though.

[RegretNot]

Made an OOC Discussion Thread here.  First page has active rooms, character sheet thread, and discord link on it (optional but helpful to contact me and other players).  Hope to see a few more characters coming in but we are now live. 

[Imogen]

If the role is still available, I'd be interested in playing Damian Wayne. Although I usually choose archers for my superhero games (or Alfred for DC), I'd love to try something new!

[RegretNot]

If the role is still available, I'd be interested in playing Damian Wayne. Although I usually choose archers for my superhero games (or Alfred for DC), I'd love to try something new!

Damian is open still he would be aged to 18 of course to follow E rules.  As for Archers there is always the possibility of Arsenal or Speedy coming to help as a second character option.