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Profile for The Legion
Character Name: Richard John "Dick" Grayson
Fandom: DC Comics
Character Journal:goddamnwingman, circus_bat
OU, AU, or OC? Original universe
If canon, canon point: New Earth
PB: Using comic book art
Superhero Name: Nightwing
History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Grayson
Canon cut off is soon after "The Battle for the Cowl", after Dick's redesigned the Batsuit.
Additional OC and AU Background: N/A
Personality:
Dick is the outgoing, personable member of the Batfamily. He's the first son, Batman's heir who remembers when the Batman's mission wasn't all about darkness. He grew up learning how to balance Dick Grayson against Robin and managed to find an easy medium for himself. This kept up into his adulthood when he struck out on his own, so that neither is a mask that he wears. He is Dick Grayson and he is Nightwing (or Batman) and entirely comfortable as either.
A former circus brat, Dick's never quite lost the taste for performing. He can't go out in front of a crowd and do the tricks his parents taught him, but it doesn't stop him from showing off just the slightest bit (okay, a lot) when working. He's a genuinely likable guy who believes in justice and doing what is right, but there are lines that the good guys just don't cross. He doesn't shy away from confrontation and is always willing to be there to back up friends and family who need him. And most of his oldest friends ARE part of his family (whether Bruce likes it or not). Dick is probably the most well-liked hero in his world amongst his peers and is one of a very small number that many of them would follow without question.
There are, of course, downsides. Dick tends to care a little too much. He doesn't hold himself apart from others well, which feeds into a tendency to blame himself for things that happen on his watch. He blames himself when people end up hurt under his leadership and he has a bad tendency to either quit or disband groups when it gets to be too much for him to handle. He can never stay away for long, though, because most of the people he's worked with on teams are old, old friends that he would never turn away from. Though that closeness can and has led to him overlooking problems simply because he sees what he expects to see. (That's the only reason I can come up with for Batman's apprentice missing things like Roy being addicted to heroin, at least.) He also has a daredevil streak a mile wide and two miles deep. It gets him in trouble, even though he does tend to think before he acts.
At the moment, Dick is still in mourning after Bruce's death. He is, after all, the second father that Dick has lost in his life and it's been a difficult road, trying to keep the family together and failing. Part of him wishes that he could have put the Batman away for good, because it's never felt right when somebody else was in the suit, but Gotham's criminal element doesn't recognize any others that try to control it. Not as well as they do the Batman, at least. He's also dealing with the way that things have come full circle, with Dick now training Bruce's son as Robin. It's an odd feeling, but he feels that he owes it to Bruce to make certain that Damian grows up and to train him in the ways of the Greatest Detective in the World. If he can manage to knock the massive chip off Damian's shoulder, he'll call that a win, too.
Canon Powers: Dick has no powers in canon.
Game powers:
Moderate healing factor: Dick heals faster than human baseline. Not instantly, but injuries that would normally keep him down for weeks will heal in a day or two.
"Hammer space": Dick can access a small pocket dimension through use of something that closes, such as a pouch on his utility belt or a bag with a zipper. The pocket dimension can hold up to 500 pounds and is about 64 cubic feet in volume. He can find anything that he's put in the pocket dimension by thinking about it and it will come to his hand when he reaches in. What can be put into the pocket dimension is limited by the opening of the item he uses to access the dimension. As long as it fits through the opening, he can get it in and out. Though it is possible for people to get into the pocket dimension, here is only enough air in it for one person to breathe for about ten minutes.
Abilities: Dick is considered to be the greatest human acrobat in the world. He is the only person on Earth who can do the quadruple somersault. He's also considered to be the second greatest detective in his world, with his detective and martial arts skills nearly at the same level as Batman's. He speaks English, French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Mandarin and Cantonese (though cannot read the latter three), American Sign Language and knows some Romany and Tamaran. Dick also has very good communication and interpersonal skills, which helps to make him an excellent strategist and leader.
Setting: The game setting isn't very different from Dick's, which makes sense as the Legion world is a possible future of his own world. It's very much a place that is somewhat familiar and he won't feel terribly out of place.
Fandom: DC Comics
Character Journal:
goddamnwingman, circus_batOU, AU, or OC? Original universe
If canon, canon point: New Earth
PB: Using comic book art
Superhero Name: Nightwing
History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Grayson
Canon cut off is soon after "The Battle for the Cowl", after Dick's redesigned the Batsuit.
Additional OC and AU Background: N/A
Personality:
Dick is the outgoing, personable member of the Batfamily. He's the first son, Batman's heir who remembers when the Batman's mission wasn't all about darkness. He grew up learning how to balance Dick Grayson against Robin and managed to find an easy medium for himself. This kept up into his adulthood when he struck out on his own, so that neither is a mask that he wears. He is Dick Grayson and he is Nightwing (or Batman) and entirely comfortable as either.
A former circus brat, Dick's never quite lost the taste for performing. He can't go out in front of a crowd and do the tricks his parents taught him, but it doesn't stop him from showing off just the slightest bit (okay, a lot) when working. He's a genuinely likable guy who believes in justice and doing what is right, but there are lines that the good guys just don't cross. He doesn't shy away from confrontation and is always willing to be there to back up friends and family who need him. And most of his oldest friends ARE part of his family (whether Bruce likes it or not). Dick is probably the most well-liked hero in his world amongst his peers and is one of a very small number that many of them would follow without question.
There are, of course, downsides. Dick tends to care a little too much. He doesn't hold himself apart from others well, which feeds into a tendency to blame himself for things that happen on his watch. He blames himself when people end up hurt under his leadership and he has a bad tendency to either quit or disband groups when it gets to be too much for him to handle. He can never stay away for long, though, because most of the people he's worked with on teams are old, old friends that he would never turn away from. Though that closeness can and has led to him overlooking problems simply because he sees what he expects to see. (That's the only reason I can come up with for Batman's apprentice missing things like Roy being addicted to heroin, at least.) He also has a daredevil streak a mile wide and two miles deep. It gets him in trouble, even though he does tend to think before he acts.
At the moment, Dick is still in mourning after Bruce's death. He is, after all, the second father that Dick has lost in his life and it's been a difficult road, trying to keep the family together and failing. Part of him wishes that he could have put the Batman away for good, because it's never felt right when somebody else was in the suit, but Gotham's criminal element doesn't recognize any others that try to control it. Not as well as they do the Batman, at least. He's also dealing with the way that things have come full circle, with Dick now training Bruce's son as Robin. It's an odd feeling, but he feels that he owes it to Bruce to make certain that Damian grows up and to train him in the ways of the Greatest Detective in the World. If he can manage to knock the massive chip off Damian's shoulder, he'll call that a win, too.
Canon Powers: Dick has no powers in canon.
Game powers:
Moderate healing factor: Dick heals faster than human baseline. Not instantly, but injuries that would normally keep him down for weeks will heal in a day or two.
"Hammer space": Dick can access a small pocket dimension through use of something that closes, such as a pouch on his utility belt or a bag with a zipper. The pocket dimension can hold up to 500 pounds and is about 64 cubic feet in volume. He can find anything that he's put in the pocket dimension by thinking about it and it will come to his hand when he reaches in. What can be put into the pocket dimension is limited by the opening of the item he uses to access the dimension. As long as it fits through the opening, he can get it in and out. Though it is possible for people to get into the pocket dimension, here is only enough air in it for one person to breathe for about ten minutes.
Abilities: Dick is considered to be the greatest human acrobat in the world. He is the only person on Earth who can do the quadruple somersault. He's also considered to be the second greatest detective in his world, with his detective and martial arts skills nearly at the same level as Batman's. He speaks English, French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Mandarin and Cantonese (though cannot read the latter three), American Sign Language and knows some Romany and Tamaran. Dick also has very good communication and interpersonal skills, which helps to make him an excellent strategist and leader.
Setting: The game setting isn't very different from Dick's, which makes sense as the Legion world is a possible future of his own world. It's very much a place that is somewhat familiar and he won't feel terribly out of place.