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Name: Shikki Age: 29 Contact: minimoffs @ plurk Timezone: Atlantic Standard Other Character(s): Josh Foley

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Name: Damian Wayne Door: Submissive, TDM Door Pass Canon: Injustice 2 Canon Point: After Talia's prison break Age: 19 Appearance: Injustice 2 History: History A brief note: The Injustice games don't align perfectly with the Injustice comics as they're handled by different creative teams. So I've gently shuffled some details to make it make sense. In the Injustice games, Cyborg states that the Teen Titans died in Metropolis. This was both Raven and Cyborg's primary motivation for joining and staying with the Regime. As readers / players of the game we know that this isn't true and they put into the Phantom Zone by Clark when they tried to stop him, but for them to just suddenly go missing doesn't make a ton of sense. In the comics, this happened some time after Metropolis - long enough for there to be a funeral and a press conference - so I'm gently editing it for this to have taken place immediately after the Joker was killed, while people were still cataloging bodies and they were restoring the Justice League's network. It seems like the comics retconned this too as Martha and Jonathan seem to believe Kon died in Metropolis too. There are some minor implications that the order of the Robins in Injustice may be different and that it went Dick -> Tim -> Jason -> Damian, with there being overlap between Jason and Damian. The boys are listed in this order at a few key points, Damian is very familiar with Jason when Jason is believed to be dead and has not yet become Red Hood, (this happens between the ending of the IJ2 prequel comic and the start of the game), and his death is a sore spot for Damian. Injustice has major deviations in character backstory (Lex Luthor and Clark were always friends, Steve Trevor was a German soldier, etc) and so it wouldn't be far outside the realm of possibility. I tend to run with this idea as it explains the pre-existing tension within the Bat family when the story begins. Personality: COMPASSIONATE. For all the rage and fire inside of him, Damian still cares immensely for other people. His entire motivation for joining the Regime is to stop the endless cycle of violence that the world has been trapped in, believing Superman's totalitarian regime is better than risking another Metropolis. It's the love in his heart for the world that makes him vulnerable to manipulation, not the anger he uses to protect it. He does what he does to save people. He's not fueled by a need for control like Superman, or by his father's personal vendetta against crime. Of all the characters in Injustice, Damian is one of the most moral people in the Regime. He wonders if they're going too far, he questions whether this is the right thing to do or the right path. Despite being alright with the death penalty, Damian doesn't want to kill everyone who breaks the law. Only the ones who kill again, and again, and again, on a massive scale. He also draws the line at his father's particular brand of brutality, torture and mindgames, believing that to rob someone of their capacity to make choices for themselves is no better than killing them. He doesn't view the people around him as potential enemies, they're his friends - though he'll refuse to use that word. But Damian is self-aware and knows he has fallen far from who he used to be. RAGING. Damian has endured much in his young life. Raised to be a weapon from birth, and then thrust into his father's world as a project Bruce didn't want but felt obligated to take, he has never known a healthy outlet for his anger. The most telling example of this is the tragic death of Dick Grayson, where Damian's anger at being told what to do by his older brother (a brother he worshipped) lead to him lashing out without thinking. The rage is all that he feels at his core. It's comforting, its easy, and it's better than being swallowed up by guilt. Atrocitus comments that the sheer amount of rage inside him nearly matches his own, and the only reason he doesn't have a Red Ring is because he views Damian as treacherous. Everything behind his devil may care, sarcastic facade is pure, searing anger and hatred with no proper outlet, slowly consuming him. As a result, he's still immature and deals with most things poorly. He can't handle losing - which is made worse by the fact that he's beaten by superhumans in nearly every fight he goes into. He's frequently nearly killed by people either trying to prove a point - sometimes to Bruce, sometimes to Clark. The kid's self-confidence has taken a hell of a beating and he tries to compensate by inflating his own ego more, boasting that he'll be the one to kill his father and end the civil war once and for all. His emotional instability is also a gaping weakness, as he can tip from a good mood to a murderous rage in seconds flat. Many of his battle quotes feature Damian happily tossing insults at his opponent until they say just the wrong thing (usually about his father, or his mother, or Dick Grayson's death) and he snaps. All the playfulness drops and he's ready to kill. GUILT-RIDDEN. Yet at the core of that rage is something deeper. Damian feels guilty. Dick's death haunts him at every turn. The destruction of Metropolis, all the times Joker and Harley slipped through the cracks in Arkham just to attack the city again, he blames himself for that too. He feels unbearable guilt for it and is desperate to atone. He nearly gets himself killed on multiple occasions by rushing headlong into battle by himself, determined to do something right and be a hero. He's still Damian Wayne at his core, damage aside. Proud, talented, snarky, with a soft spot and a need to be accepted and people who need helping. But when your closest friend and family member dies at thirteen, you take the blame, and then are left with an unstable alien as your father figure who plays on that guilt to keep you by his side and slowly strips away your support network... you end up in a pretty bad place. A SELF-LOATHING FOLLOWER. In truth, Damian wants to die. He views his life as meaningless and his mistakes as insurmountable. As Bane so rightly points out - Damian has been a pawn his entire life. First to the League, then to Bruce, then to Clark. What's left when no one is there holding the strings? He hasn't figured that out yet and isn't even sure where to begin. For years in the Regime, Clark subtly manipulated him. Damian held no secrets with Clark - he literally couldn't. His would-be father figure would call him out when he made any attempt to. And as a reward for his honesty, Clark a prisoner released from his jail and tasked the man with killing Alfred Pennyworth. Then unleashed a griefstricken Damian upon his murderer. Damian didn't even question how the killer got loose, he just followed orders, unquestioning. Damian has more or less checked out. He's not the leader he is in canon. Everyone who he has ever been close to has died or betrayed him, and he rarely questions the ones who stuck around. Bruce has thoroughly washed his hands of his son, opting for locking him up in solitary confinement and refusing to visit. When Talia recruits him for her cause, he doesn't protest, though he despises what Ra's plans to do - he doesn't protest, not until someone reminds him that he has the capacity to choose and do what is right. He knows he isn't this person. He's just lost. Powers and Abilities: Damian possesses genius level intellect and has been trained by the world's greatest fighters and thinkers from the moment he was born. Inventory: Orange Prison Jumpsuit Samples: TDM