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Peak Human Condition (Limited) - Ricki's agility, reflexes, balance, flexibility and speed have been enhanced to the pinnacle of human conditioning. Peak-humans are superior over Olympic-Level athletes and normal members of their species.

• Speed - Madcap can run up to 30 - 35mph (48 - 56km/h) and swim at 12-15 knots, with this sort of speed, one could catch-up or outrun moving vehicles, likely to always be first in running-races and have great reactions.
• Reflexes - She can catch a fired arrow in midair, dodge offensive attacks, and perform amazing physically defensive feats; Madcap could possibly even evade strikes from beings with super speed, and dodge multiple gunfire with ease.
• Flexibility - She is highly flexible and can bend, twist, scrunch and contort her body in many ways a normal human is unable.
• Balance - Madcap's balance is at the peak of human perfection, allowing her to preform feats that not even highly trained Olympic gymnasts could accomplish. She is able to walk on a circus tight-rope effortlessly, do a hand stand on the edge of a building or cliff and not worry, and even walk across a dangerous bridge with ease.
• Agility - Erika's dexterity is much better than the likes of an ordinary human, enabling them to move with perfect agility, reflexes, speed, and accuracy. The user is able to move in any type of physical way flawlessly. They could be the finest dancer in the world, the best martial artist, the greatest athlete, etc.

Foreign Chemical Resistance - Ricki has an extremely high tolerance to the effects of drugs and other foreign chemicals. She is not immune to drugs and other chemicals, Ricki simply has a very high tolerance.

Eidetic Memory - Erika can remember great volumes of information, in greater detail and for much longer than the average human. She can read books, listen to song lyrics, encounter people or experience events and recall a vast deal of the details of her experience. In addition, it takes less effort to recall the information she encounters, and they can remember it for longer without having to strain. Their memory is also more resilient against Memory Manipulation.

Gimmick Weaponry - Ricki can create and use specialized high-tech weapons that have a variety of functions. Ricki has just enough knowledge in mechanics/engineering, electronics, physics, ballistics, pyrology and chemistry necessary to make her toys come to life.

• Not only does she have a high resistance against harmful drugs, but this resistance extends to helpful/medical drugs as well.
• Though Madcap can be incredibly hard to land an attack against, she is still only human and can be harmed and killed in all the familiar ways that people can.
• Ricki gained her eidetic memory the day she came Madcap. She may be able to remember pretty much anything since then, but her life before Madcap is a total mystery to her.

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Costume - Madcap's costume only conceals her identity and doesn't provide any real protection. The costume resembles that of a circus clown or harlequin complete with: spandex bodysuit, gloves, boots, jacket, and a mask with a sewn on wig.

Punch Line - Roughly the size of an escrima stick (see Nightwing) with a big white fist on the end, Madcap will use this as a weapon or as a grapple gun (see Batman) in which with the press of a button the fist and grapple line shoot forth, the fist's fingers extending to grab hold of the first thing they come into contact with.

Duffle Bag of Toys - Most of Madcap's gadgets are small enough to be carried and concealed in her costume/body, but when she wants to have lots of fun she brings a bag to make she has enough toys for everyone!

• Chattering Teeth - Biting down with the strength of a large dog, the nasty toys distract opponents with pain and the severe difficulty of removing them. (She may from time to time conceal one of these in her costume sleeve.)
• Itching Powder - Self-explanatory.
• Sneezing Powder - Self-explanatory.
• Joy Buzzer - This little toy is used as a stun gun, and must recharge after two uses. (She may from time to time conceal one of these in her costume sleeve.)
• Playing Cards - They are used like shuriken and are sharp enough to cut through leather straps. (She may from time to time conceal a few of these in her costume sleeve.)
• Lullaby Teddy - A teddy bear that releases enough sleep gas to fill a 10' x 10' room.
• Bobble-Head Boom-Boom - A bobble head figure with enough explosive to equal your average shrapnel grenade.
• Bouncy Ball o' Bang - A ball encased in rubber about the size of a baseball that after it's third or fourth bounce explodes with equal force/damage of your average hand grenade.
• Pistol - A standard Glock 19 handgun that holds 15 rounds and weighs 30oz when loaded. (She may from time to time conceal one of these in her costume sleeve.)

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Ricki really doesn't remember anything before being dumped in a vat of used hypodermic needles. She's not even sure if her name is in fact Ericka Edwards. See... not all of those hypodermics were completely empty, and whatever was left in them got injected into the poor girl. Needless to say the unknown chemicals had an effect on her. Not long after Ricki stumbled upon on of the Joker's old hideouts. Suddenly she was inspired. Within a week Ricki donned a costume and mask, and dubbed herself Madcap.

Madcap seems to have a mad-on for big businesses corporations as she vandalizes, robs and attacks warehouses, supply trucks and office buildings, including Stagg Industries, Wayne Enterprises and Lexcorp.

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Name: Colton 'Colt' Sheldrake
Alias: Squire
Age:18

Powers/Skills:

Equipment: As a nod to the weapon of his predecessor, Colt wields a more advanced version of the normal Slingshot, which he arms with hi designated Giftballs, small spheres that carry a wide variety of tricks, from smokescreen to electric darts.

Weaknesses: Squire is still immature and inexperienced in his career as a crime-fighter, with quite the room for improve. He is prone to rush head into combat without fully thinking a viable strategy first. Though not a scrap in his manner of fighting in that he mixes and matches styles, he is not close to mastering a single one. As such, there will always be counter-maneuvers to his strikes that he is unaware of. His hits are not always as precise as they should be, displaying his inexperience.

Alignment: Hero

Personality: headstrong, carefree, rebellious, cocky, staunchly loyal towards those he considers friends.

Appearance: I imagined Squires suit to be a hybrid between and (of course minus the full face mask and the spider theme). He uses the color pattern of red and yellow to honor the memory of Cyril while he keeps most of his equipment in the backpack. He covers his identity using a black, fitted domino mask.

BRIEF Bio: Born and raised in the glorious England, Colton Sheldrake grew up with his mother only, since his father, a Royal Air force fighter pilot, was killed in action when Colt was still a babe. Despite receiving excellent education, the lack of a father figure left the boy on his own devices during the most pivotal years of his growth. Predictably enough, the smart yet undisciplined Gary soon became a street kid, trying to prove his worth with petty crimes and stupid capers he tried to impress his friends with. When he became a teenager, unavoidably things got worse for him, until the time he got in serious trouble: he stole a car, and during a race escaping from the cops, he smashed it against a hydrant. Colton was arrested and imprisoned, but unexpectedly he was released soon after: by a mysterious young woman that used her credentials to bail him out. When he finally met with her, she introduced herself as Beryl Hutchinson and revealed to him about her secret identity and why she had been tracking him for a while now. Colton was the son of Stephen Sheldrake, younger brother of the late Cyril Sheldrake. While the second son wasn't involved in the crime-fighting legacy of his family, but tried to support his brother when their father was murdered by his nemesis, Spring-heeled Jack. Despite his best efforts, Stephen couldn't kept Cyril from sinking into despair, and after being turned down to many times by his then drug-addicted brother, he left his old family behind in favor of his new one and his military career. Recently, Cyril met his end at the hands of Talia Al-Ghuls clone of Damian Wayne and the mantle had passed to Beryl and it was her turn to choose a Squire. She offered the position to Colton, the last Scion of the Sheldrakes, and with nothing to lose, he decided to accept her offer, but also agreed on keeping the thing secret from his mother.

Storylines: Still thinking about that....

Notes: [url=Theme]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=..

Name: Andrew Talbot
Alias: Blood Fang
Age: 28
Powers/Skills:
Werewolf Transformation: he can shape-shift into a humanoid wolf.
Superhuman Strength: Andrew can lift up a maximum of ten tons.
Superhuman Durability: He can withstand gunfire and take hits from super strong opponents.
Wolf Communication: Andrew can speak and communicate with wolves.
Weaknesses: silver is like kryptonite to him and it will harm him when he is close by it.
Alignment: villain
Personality: bad-tempered, cold blooded, ferocious, cunning and dominant.
Appearance:

BRIEF Bio: Andrew Talbot was born to a lower middle class family in Gotham city and do to the city's dark reputation of crime, being middle class did not keep Andrew from experiencing the bad sides of Gotham. He saw all sorts of crimes happen in the streets and his home life wasn't much better. His mom was abusive to his dad and when his dad finally got the courage to try and leave her, she falsely accused him of domestic abuse and he lost his parental rights to have custody of Andrew.

Do to social stigma his dad was not able to fight the system and was forced out of Andrew's life. His mom then took to abusing him and Andrew's life became total shit after that. After several years of abuse, Andrew finally snapped and his metahuman genes activated. He transformed for the first time when his mom attempted to slap him and he took sadistic pleasure in savagely tearing her to pieces. Finally free from his abusive mother, Andrew embraced his new powers and used them to commit crimes that he viewed were bringing humanity back to their natural origins, free from societal control.

With the name Blood Fang, he became one of the infamous super villains of Gotham and even had encounters with the city's costumed vigilantes.

Storylines: his main goal is to one day rule Gotham and turn the city into a wild place where brutal predatory beast and people roam free.
Notes: [anything else you need to tell us?]

Name: 经颜 Jing Yan
Alias: Mao-Tai
Age: 20
Powers/Skills:
Peak Human Condition – After training her whole life for the League, Yan has reached incredible levels of Agility, reflexes, balance, flexibility and speed due to her intense and lengthy focus on achieving this.

• Speed - Capable of sprinting up to 30 mph for short distances
• Endurance – Capable of sustaining a high level of activity for hours without rest.
• Reflexes - She can catch a fired arrow in midair, dodge offensive attacks, and perform amazing physically defensive feats.
• Balance - Balance is at the peak of human perfection, allowing her to perform feats that not even highly trained Olympic gymnasts could accomplish.
• Agility - Dexterity is much better than the likes of an ordinary human, enabling them to move with impressive agility, reflexes, speed, and accuracy.
Fighting Mastery – Years of hand-to-hand training has left its mark on Yan. She is very knowledgeable on how to fight and use her enhanced condition to her advantage.

Weaknesses:
Only Human – Despite the intensive training, Yan is still human and since she normally opts out of armor, she is very susceptible to injury. Serious or crippling injuries will majorly dampen Yan’s ability to fight, run, etc. After prolonged engagements, Yan has to find time to rest as fighting at peak levels takes a serious toll on her overall health.

Old Dog, New Tricks – Yan has been taught to be very traditional, so much so, that it is ingrained in her very being. Advanced technology can be a severe weakness to Yan as she will largely be unable to predict most if not all weaponized gadgets and is largely dependent upon her reaction to those items instead of prevention.

Alignment: Walking the Line
Personality: Resilient, Conflicted, Sentimental, Loner, Witty
Appearance:

BRIEF Bio:
The League of Shadows was always a place for the orphaned and downtrodden that showed real promise and potential. Yan’s very early life was being an orphaned child alongside several others in Guangzhou, who were abandoned due to the One-Child Policy as Communist China developed. In many ways, children like Yan were the perfect recruits for the League of Shadows as many had no connections to their old lives.

Yan was ‘adopted’ by the league at a young age and trained alongside many of those to obediently serve the League and they did so under Ra’s Al Ghul’s reign. But after Ra’s many defeats from Batman, a man who was infamous for leaving the League, several members felt their allegiance wavier. Many tried leaving but so few managed to succeed. Yan was one of the lucky ones as she fled to the United States to begin her life as an assassin-for-hire for the multitude of rich clientele.

Yan’s nickname, Mao-Tai, came from common use of using Mao-Tai, a Chinese liquor, to poison political and financial enemies of her clients. After a few years of this, she felt unconvinced this was what she was supposed to do but it wasn’t until the death of the famed Batman that she decided to change. Modeling herself more after Bruce, she began targeting only those that were evil or vile in some regard instead of the many innocent people she had killed before. But she never gave herself up completely and believes there can be no mercy for those that she deemed bad. In a sense, she became judge, jury, and executioner for many.

Storylines:
Yan will most likely eventually fall into the hands of our heroes so the question is what do they do with Yan? There is a chance that they may convert her to their cause but who knows.

Yan’s past dealings may reappear in the form the League or some of the other successful ex-members. Both would bring their complications.
Notes: ~

Name: Jean-Paul Valley

Alias: Orphan

Age: 20

Equipment/Skills:

As Orphan, Jean-Paul has a multitude of skills that assist him in and out of combat. He is skilled in a multitude of fighting styles. He tends to emphasize mobility with powerful strikes as opposed to a straight forward brawl with anyone. While Orphan is more than capable of taking on his targets with his hand-to-hand combat his skill that outshines all of his others is his ability to wield a sword. Orphan has an indomitable will that allows him to push through great amounts of pain and resist obvious attempts at mind control through psionic means. Exclusive to Jean-Paul (not the Orphan persona) is his mechanical engineering ability which admittedly isn't much but can come in handy if Jean-Paul were forced into a dire situation when not in his Orphan persona.

Jean-Paul also has a small but powerful arsenal of weapons. He has a standard Mother provided katana which allows him to carry out most of his contracts, a grappling gun that was based off stolen designs from Wayne Enterprises and finally the Orphan suit which is full of gadgetry of its own. The Orphan suit is the pinnacle to the Jean-Paul's alter ego's identity and is the most identifying feature of one of Mother’s Orphans. The suit houses serrated gauntlets which are useful for catching the blade of another sword or shard weapon, some basic kevlar armouring to protect against small grade fire arms and most importantly there is a gas mask in the suit. The gas mask pumps various chemicals into the respiratory system of its wearer which can trigger quite a few effects. In total the mask provides four separate gases to the wearer each with its own use. Primarily the gas mask provides filtered air and a drug that increases the wearer’s pain tolerance to the point that sprained limbs are unfelt and broken bones are tolerable (this gas is called ‘Trauma'). The two second and third most used gasses are ‘Suppress’ and ‘Awake’ which bring out either the Orphan persona (Awake) or the Jean-Paul persona (Suppress). Finally there is a gas contained in the suit which is a highly aggressive brain eating disease which will destroy the mind of anyone infected in the span of minutes. All of these gasses are regulated by an Orphan’s handler back at Mother home base.

Weaknesses:

While Orphan may have the skills and technology to take down dangerous foes, he has his fair share of disadvantages. First off there’s the obvious weakness of being human and nothing more than that. While very in shape Orphan isn’t in peak human condition and is still vulnerable to projectiles, stabbing weapons and blunt force trauma.

One disadvantage of the built in respiratory system of the Orphan suit is if Orphan doesn’t get a dose of Suppress or Awake for an extended period of time. While Jean-Paul is fine without these drugs and can go without them indefinitely, if Orphan were to go more than 48 hours without either drug his two persona’s would begin to overlap one another resulting in likely irreversible psychological damage as well as a period of time where both personas essentially fight a losing battle for control. In this state Orphan/Jean-Paul would likely have all of the instincts of Orphan and the fighting skills of Jean-Paul resulting in a crazed, overconfident citizen with little chance of surviving on the mean streets of Gotham. Over time the personalities would balance out but this would take close to a week to happen and without outside help Jean-Paul/Orphan would likely have gotten themselves killed by then.

Alignment: Walking the line (Mostly Villain)

Personality: (Orphan) Stoic, Violent (Jean-Paul) Happy, Friendly, un-motivated

Appearance:

BRIEF Bio:

Jean-Paul was studying at Gotham University in the area of complex mechanics in the hopes of getting a high paying job so that he could retire early and happy. The only problem for Jean-Paul was his sheer lack of drive. As a not-so-gifted-mentally student Jean-Paul began putting more time and energy into the pursuit of finding artificial means of getting a strong will than he did into his actual studies. As his grades began to fall below the passing mark Jean-Paul began to become desperate in his search. Finally one day Jean-Paul received an e-mail from one a company who were looking for test subjects for ‘cognitive recognition and association booster’ which at least sounded like it would help Jean-Paul.

Jean-Paul went to the provided address in the e-mail and wasn’t seen for a week. While Jean-Paul was gone he missed numerous lessons which made many of his peers and teachers believe that he had simply given up but much to their surprise Jean-Paul came back and began raising his grades once again. He told everyone who asked about how he went to the confidential company’s one week retreat where he got to stay in a lavish room and participated in numerous ‘brain games’ which seemed to have helped him achieve his goal of growing a strong will.

What no-one knew was that Jean-Paul had actually gone through a week of torture and brainwashing to become a sleeper agent in Gotham city. The confidential company known as Mother essentially kidnapped Jean-Paul for a week and turned him into one of their many hitmen known as Orphans. Over the coming few months Jean-Paul would commit a slew hits and heists for Mother which garnered the attention of Batman himself. The two never came into direct contact with one another but Batman was getting close to figuring out the Orphan’s identity before he met his untimely end.

Storylines:

[Battle of the Assassins] I’d like to, at some point, have Orphan fight someone from another group of assassins such as a Talon or a Assassin from the League of Assassins.

[Rise of Azreal] Something happens and Orphan isn’t able to get a dose of Suppress or Awake and the agent of Mother falls into a crazed state. If he survives he will essentially be born anew as Azreal, sporting a new costume and a flaming sword to smite those that oppose him.

Notes:
-After his transformation into Azreal, Azreal will have less fighting prowess but make up for it in ferocity and his mechanical know-how thanks to Jean-Paul.
-Azreal will lean more towards being a hero but will still be considered walking the line as he will gladly kill to stop crime.