Post by Amanda Waller on May 15, 2014 1:08:57 GMT
Barbara Gordon
20. Hero
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20. Hero
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ALIAS(ES): Babs, Barb
BIRTHDAY: May 15th, 1997
BIRTHPLACE: Gotham City
CURRENT: Gotham City
FAMILY:
• James(Jim) Gordon - 45
ALLIANCE: The Team/league
RANK: Third in command
WEAPON:
Utility Belt: Batgirl has adapted the utility belt from her batfamily members as it carries most if not all of her primary weapons and technology. A few weapons and equipment held on the utility belt are:
Batarangs: Batgirl possess shuriken like boomerangs that she has adapted from her mentor Batman.
Pocket Explosives: Small pin like explosives that explode in a set amount of time releasing a small explosion. Batgirl is very able to set these without the victim noticing
Gas Pellets: Small marble like items used to create a cloud of smoke used to make hasty mistakes or disorient opponents. Batgirl is able to quickly escape situations and disappear with the help of these pellets.
Batarangs: Batgirl uses her batarangs for a variety of reasons but they are mostly used for disarming and distracting enemies.
Staff: Barbara carries a extendable metal staff to use in offensive fighting.
Grappling hooks
POWER: none
BLOOD TYPE: AB+
ORIENTATION: Heterosexual
MENTOR: Batman
SCARS AND MARKINGS: Permanent scarring from her years of crime fighting.
COLOR(S): Black, gray and yellow
UNIFORM:
As Batgirl, she wears a dark gray form fitting costume with a black bat symbol, and black padding at the abdomen and lower back. She also has black boots, gloves and a black cape (lined in yellow) and cowl. Her suit is designed as armor but lightweight enough to allow for free movement.
Outside of The Team Barbara has a prep like style, she likes bright colors and light materials. Shorts, capris, skirts and dresses she likes to look cute and be comfortable while doing it. In civilian disguise Barb usually will wear her hair in a high ponytail. While at work Barbara dresses in a professional manner but still retains her bright and colorful pallet.
DESCRIPTION:
Slender with a muscular build Barbara is average height for a young woman, about 5'5”. Her most noticeable and famous feature is her dark auburn red hair that pairs well with her blue eyes and fair skin. Her years of training has toned her body to physical perfection and she tries her best to hide this under her clothes in her every day life, not wanting to draw much attention to herself.
PLAY-BY: Haley Ramm
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Fear:
Her identity being found out: Barbara knows that the life she's chosen comes with many risk and she does her best to keep her two lifes separate to protect the ones she loves but there is always the nagging fear in the back of her mind that someone she doesn't want to know will find out who she really is and go after her father and put him in the crossfire...more than he already is.
Desire:
To help maintain peace in the world: Barbara loves what she does, she loves being Batgirl and a part of The Team and truly believes in what they stand and fight for. She knows that she will not always have the hero gig but while she does she will do whatever she can to make a difference.
HABITS:
Barbara loves to tinker and she will take things apart and put them back together again, often times better than what they were before. She will do this with anything: Television, cellphones, laptops and computers, radios...anything and everything she can get her hands on.
PET PEEVE:
The 'brooding hero act': She can not stand when people try to play that card. Batman, Nightwing and Superboy are big culprits of this and Barbara always finds herself rolling her eyes at them, but, she would never say anything to them about it. Maybe to Nightwing and Superboy but never to Batman.
STRENGTHS:
Batgirl possess no super natural powers, she has been trained beyond peak of physical fitness including great speed, flexibility and strength.
Gymnastics: Barbara has been a gymnast since her youth, one of her passions it has helped a great deal in her Batgirl persona
Conditioning: Batgirl has received some training from batman but mostly utilizes her own training regiment increasing her flexible and agile techniques.
Agility: Batgirl is athletic and versatile allowing her to use her great flexibility and reflexes to master her hand to hand combat techniques.
Expert Hand to Hand Combatant: Batgirl posses great hand to hand fighting skills after being trained for five years or so and uses her agility and gadgets to help her in battle.
Master of Stealth: Batgirl has been trained to stay in the shadows while being able to effectively disappear and hide. She was able to flee and hide from Psimon's forces while staying within a vent and even surprised Bumblebee who passed right by her face.
Marksmanship: Batgirl possess great aim to perfectly hit the target every time she uses a projectile.
WEAKNESSES:
• Being human: Like so many of her allies she is just a regular human and can die just like the rest but unlike them she has no special powers or traits that make her slightly less vulnerable.
• Her father: Barbara will go to any length to protect her father, even if that meant giving her own life.
TRAITS:
Like all of Batman's protégés, Barbara takes her duties very seriously and like Batman, Nightwing and Robin, is a natural at leadership, often taking control when the situation calls for it. Highly intelligent Barbara is a natural with technology and a good strategist. Also, like the rest of the Batfam Barbara does have a quick wit and is often times sarcastic in situations that does not call for it. Barb is very friendly with the team and has a very protective and mentoring side with some of its younger members, a 'big sister' if you will.
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HISTORY: Growing up Barbara had only even known her father. Her mother had died when she was a infant and her father did not date much...or if he did he hid it from her so it had always been just the two of them. Jim tried his best to provide for his little girl but being a single parent living off of a cops salary did not leave much room for giving her the world. But, he did what he could and put Babara through gymnastics classes when she started to show interest. When Barbara was around 11 she showed great potential and intelligence and Jim started to look into private schooling to help nurture her gifts but finding that he could not afford even a semester at a private institution. However, help came from a unexpected source when The Wayne Foundation offered Barbara a full ride scholarship to attend Gotham Academy. This is where Barbara first met Dick Grayson and the two became quick friends.
Over the years Barbabra and Dick remained close and she would often time spend days during the weekend over at Wayne Manor.
When Barbara was 15 her father was framed for extortion and bribery from one of the mob bosses in the city. Barbara knew her father was innocent even if all evidence pointed at the opposite but she had to do something to prove his innocence. She knew about her fathers working relationship with Batman, had seen the Dark Knight lurking around her home or the station a few times and she thought if anyone could prove his innocence it was him. Taking her fathers key Barbara snuck into the station and up to the roof where the signal was and flashed it in the sky..and waited. When the Dark Knight finally showed she tried to plead her case to him but Batman informed her that he was already working on things and insisted that she return home. Barbara was not having it however, her father was going to be sentenced soon and she knew that if Batman made a appearance at the press conference being held before hand that it would sway public opinion in her fathers favor. But, Batman refused.
After he left Babara was having none of it and she started to form a plan. If he wasn't going to go then she was going to seem like he was there anyway and she quickly set off for home and set to work. The outfit took some time to make but in the end it was pretty close to Batman's suit, just with a few minor differences. Having run out of black fabric Barbara had to substitute for some gray and yellow that she had on hand. Overall it didn't look back and from the rooftops in the dark if would be hard to see the differences. She made her appearance at the press conference and with the public believing that Batman was backing her father things seemed to be looking up, that is until a car passed by the speakers and began to open fire. Barbara set out in a chase of the car in question and ran into Robin.
This was her first appearance as Batgirl
Over the course of the next few months Barbara would don the costume she had made and patrol...or try to patrol the streets. There had been a rush the first time and it was something she enjoyed doing. Eventually Batman grew tired of her constant meddling and offered her a place withing the 'family' as long as she was willing to train, do as he said and abide by his code. She accepted and the rest was history.
When she was 13 Barbara joined The Team under the name Batgirl and she quickly became a integral member. Offering her technology expertise and teaching the rest of the team on how to best and most efficiently run their software. When Nightwing took his leave Batgirl stepped up as the second leader and ran the team along with Aqualad until Nightwings return, she still enjoys computers and is now attending Gotham University for computer science and engineering.
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NAME: Summer
EXPERIENCE: 7-8 years
CONTACT: PM or YIM/Skype is best
CHARACTERS: Hydracat
RP SAMPLE:
'That's great, Madison..' Barbara said absently to one of her study group that was going on and on about this new club that had just opened up. It was supposed to be the hottest place in town or something like that, Barbara wasn't really paying attention as she had no interest in the club scene.
"You know, Barbara, you might benefit from a girls night out, you seem to be wound pretty tight these days.'
Barbara smiled a tight lipped smile and removed her glasses from her eyes while she rubbed the bridge of her nose. 'I appreciate your concern but, I'm fine."
"Cooome on Barbara" Samantha, another girl in the group chimed in "when was the last time you went on a date?"
The red head sighed, she remembered perfectly well the last time she had tried to date and it ended horribly. Not only did the guy turn out to be the son of one of the mob bosses of the Gotham underground but he had been a pig to boot. Let's just say that that 'relationship' lasted only a few hours. She did however enjoy smacking him around a little and later sending him to jail later that night when she suited up and went with Batman on a raid. "I thought we were here to study for the midterm.' She deflected, something that did not go unnoticed by the other two young women sitting with her.
"That's what I thought.' Samantha said smugly "I know this really cute guy that's on the University football team'
Barbara let out a small snort, she couldn't help it but the thought of her dating some jock made her laugh. 'Can we get back to work, please?'
The other two girls sighed heavily and slumped back in their chairs. 'That's all you every do is work. Don't you ever want to have fun? Let your hair down and go crazy?' The questions continued and to be frank Barbara was starting to get tired of it. She had plenty fun, only her kind of fun involved hopping along rooftops, grappling into buildings and flying around in a living spaceship. She was about to open her mouth to say something in her defense when a bright yellow light illuminated the night sky. Barbara looked out the library windows and had never been more thankful for the Batsignal than she was right now.
Knowing she had to make her exit Barbara pulled out her phone and pretened to look at it, feigning a concerned face. 'Sorry girls, but something important just came up with my dad. Catch you guys later.' Without waiting for a response from either Babara was gathering her things and bolting out the door and toward her car. Duty called.
ANYTHING ELSE?
* With Dick back with the team Barbara has gladly stepped down as second and given him his position back. That doesn't mean she has lost all leadership however and now acts as the third leader, having control of gamma squad.
* Attends Gotham University for computer science and engineering
* At one point Barbara did have a fleeting desire to be with Dick but at the time he was not interested and when he was she was not, not given his reputation with women and being the 'team bicycle.' This however has not ruined their friendship and Barbara will openly tease him about his relationships and she does enjoy pushing his buttons.
* Works part time at the University library