Bruce Wayne and Alfred were horrified to find the bodies of Robin [Damian], Nightwing, and Red Hood hanging from the roof of the Bat-Cave with the words "I AM BANE" written in blood across their bodies. Bruce didn't speak for over a day. Bane had to go down, but even Batman wasn't sure he could take him in alive. Not after this. Days later, a video was left on the door of Wayne Manor. Batgirl was taken. Even after she'd left the city.

"You didn't think I was done did you?" Bane asked with a laugh with a helpless Barbera Gordon behind him bound to a chair and gagged with her own mask. "I figured.. hey, the other three went down pretty quickly. I didn't even have to break their backs. The little guy was a fighter though. This one however..." he continued motioning towards Batgirl and stroking her hair, "... too pretty to kill that fast. You got any more sidekicks Bruce? What about that stupid butler of yours, Pennyworth? I bet he'd make a nice punching bag."



"You probably know what I'm going to do." Bruce said cutting the video off.

"The man is a monster, master Bruce. You're only doing what you think is necessary." Alfred said in response.

"I need to put a team together, keep the boys' deaths secret for now. There has to be a way to bring them back, Alfred. It looked like they were all cut with the same blade, maybe one of the magical allies of the League could use that..." Bruce continued.

"Then find Bane, and figure out where the blade is. Once it's done you do what you must." Alfred got to the point. Bruce always appreciated his opinion on such things as he'd worked for the British intelligence bureau and helped Batman become a master in make-up and disguise.

"I need to put a team together quick." Bruce stated.



In the comics there are quite a few heroes and villains to come out of Gotham and surrounding cities like Bludhaven and Hub City. You can reimagine one of the existing ones, create an original character, or even be a cop from the GCPD. Whoever you are you will have presumably been friends with Batman to a certain degree. Or he knows you won't hold back on Bane and his goons, which is what the situation may call for. This is Batman over the edge but still trying to keep his wits about him. He can't involve the League if he's taking Bane down for good, but maybe somebody like Fate, Zatanna, or Constantine could use this blade to magic the boys back to life. Who will Batman recruit? Where will Bane be hiding?

The only bone I can throw anybody is the gang of Robins [from the series We Are Robin] has already been a thing for some three years now, but Duke never became a sidekick. Some of you could have ties to that group. Now for obvious reasons, Batman's not gonna let some new kid call themselves Nightwing or Robin on this team. Don't bother trying to sell me on it. Metahumans can be acceptable so long as the powers aren't too grande, as well as a reforming super criminal [like Clayface in recent issues of Detective Comics]. And I'll likely accept one magical character hero or villain but they have to be able to cast spells and not just powers from a magical artifact. Second or third string heroes could also be reimagined but I'm not looking for stuff that's too flashy. Core Justice Leaguers would be off limits, but the Outsiders and other heroes of Gotham affiliated with Batman could be in on this.

Anyway, as always, if there's enough interest I'll post Character Sheet requirements. Anybody wanna hunt down a behemoth of a man on super steroids who's got Batgirl hostage? And hopefully save the lives of Batman's sidekicks.

~KL~

Havent read the post yet but I remember reading the pitch for this a month or so ago and I'm defiantly in.

I might be interested, make my own small time vigilante to be recruited?

I might be interested, make my own small time vigilante to be recruited?

Yeah complete originals are welcome!

~KL~

I'm down. I have a OC I've been holding for a while.

I've been working on a new superhero recently. I may try him out here.

Now that I think about it, fighting Bane is absolutely terrifying.

@Skinner35 heck yeah. It'd be like fighting a WWE guy except he's got actual, lethal fighting moves and he's all roided up.

Dude's a beast...



~KL~

My character should be able to help balance the fight, a little.

@Skinner35 your going with a strong man then? I'm just wondering cause I don't wanna accidentally do an archetype that someone else is planning on doing.

Not a strong man, but he will be able to control kinetic energy to create explosions and hit hard.

@Skinner35 Alrighty, that sounds different enough from what I was planning on going for.

Epic.

I'm working on the CS template now if anybody's watching this...

~KL~

Name:
Alias:
Age:
Powers/Skills: [try and limit this]
Equipment:
Weaknesses:
Experience:
Alignment: [hero or villain, walking the line, civilian]
Personality: [5 words best describing your character]
Appearance: [pic or description]
BRIEF Bio:
How did you meet Batman:
Notes: [anything else you need to tell us?]

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I'll edit my WIP into this post in a bit. Dusting off an old concept from an older Batman RP I never really got to flesh out...

Name: Unknown, answers to Jack
Alias: Skeleton Jack
Age:Presumably late 20's, early 30's
Powers/Skills:

heightened physical attributes - max lift two tons [4,000 pounds], top speed forty-six MPH [miles per hour]

marksmanship - skilled marksman with projectiles and guns

hand-to-hand - say's he's good enough to give Batman a run for his money

tracking - claims to have excelled in the military

stealth - while less agile than Batman and Nightwing, Jack can use the shadows

Equipment:

his fists, lockpicks and blades stashed in his boots and gloves, his helmet... THAT HE NEVER REMOVES

Weaknesses:

He's just a normal guy in light body armor with heightened physicals. He can still be stabbed or shot, and is as human as anybody in this regard.

Experience: 4-6 years in the military at least; as Skeleton Jack just a few weeks

Alignment: walking the line

Personality: stoic, blunt, critical thinker, quiet, mysterious

Appearance: [pic or description]



BRIEF Bio:

Skeleton Jack is a relatively new face in Gotham. He seems to be a little more on edge and has severely pummeled punks in the city for dealing drugs, robberies, as well as vadalism. After a few nights out he finally came to blows with Batman after the hero set up a robbery. Both were seen beating each other on Gotham rooftops, but it was unknown exactly what was said or done in the end. It's been made clear Batman doesn't approve of Skeleton Jack breaking a criminal's back after the punk pulled an automatic out of his backpack on the anti-hero. Jack was quoted as saying "His prison will be that of his broken body. For the rest of his life..."

Batman himself kept tabs on all of the new recruits in Gotham. He tried to keep better tabs on Jack but he couldn't find any leads on him outside of his activities at night. With Bane on a murdering spree and jacked on Venom, Batman will use all the help he can get and put all of his remaining time into a counter attack on the forces of Bane and retrieving the blade that killed the Robins. None of the new recruits have been to the 'Cave, however Jack has made mention of it to at least one of the heroes he's come into contact with. Skeleton Jack is viewed by most as a potential threat because of his near lethal force.

How did you meet Batman: Read above. Was a fight I'd see lasting at least ten pages in a comic. The pair would crash through the ceiling of an abandoned church in Gotham after duking it out on a few rooftops.

Notes: My character's secret ID will be a bit of a twist and potentially set up a second arc if this game finishes through with taking down Bane and his goons.

~KL~

I'm interested. Would like to make my own dc hero for sure!

Name: Ka'van Soeray
Alias: Wraith
Age: Late-twenties in human years
Gender: Male
Race: Alien half-demon

Powers/Skills: As Wraith's name implies, he has a ghostly powerset. The powers listed are things that occur because of the demon bound to his soul. The skills are things that come naturally to his people

Powers:
He can phase through solid objects
He can teleport using shadows
When in the shadows, he can make himself completely invisible
As for powers to be used on the offense, he can use telekinesis to lift/move objects with his mind.

Skills:
Empathy; he can feel the emotions of others.
Aura reading; he has an uncanny ability to know if someone is a 'good' or 'bad' person.

Equipment: He doesn't really carry weapons or anything.

Weaknesses: Ka'van kind of got screwed over with the whole demon thing. Every day he has to live under the threat of an evil force inside of him taking over his body and going on a rampage. The demon threatens to gain more power over him when he himself looses control. As such, Ka'van has evolved himself to be very well disciplined. He mustn't let negative emotions overtake him; which, as an empath in a crime infested city, can be very difficult at times. He meditates often to reign in any negative emotions he may feel. And lastly, his people on his home planet used a powerful, psychic connection to one another, almost like a hivemind, as a lifeforce. Ka'van has been removed from that force, so he must rely on his human connections to supplement it. In other words, he could literally die of loneliness.

Experience: Ka'van was trained by the religious leaders of his planet to fight demons. When he arrived on Earth, he knew how to fight; maybe even a little too well. He accidentally killed the first few human criminals he tangled with, being unable to grasp just how fragile an average human can be. But after two years, he's gotten a good feel for when to hold back or not. Especially with the Bat breathing down his neck.

Alignment: Would typically be considered a hero, but every now and then, he toes that line between traditional hero and anti-hero.

Personality: Mild mannered, soft spoken, polite, calm, somber, and emotionally restrained.

Appearance:
When he appears as Wraith, Ka'van is a solid black figure with bright red, solid eyes, clothed with a tattered, grey cloak. He stands at 5'11" and has a lean muscular build.

In his civilian form, Ka'van still stands out from other people. He is clearly not human. Even among his own kind, he was different. His skin is dark grey like ash, and his eyes are bright red. His hair is messy and pitch black. Ka'van has a lean muscle build and remains the same height.

How did you meet Batman: After meeting a particularly evil villain, Ka'van found it appropriate to kill the man. His reasoning was that he wasn't reformable. This earned him a very long, serious talk from Batman. It ended with: if you live in my city, you play by my rules. Ka'van has enough respect for the Bat to continue to honor this agreement, even if he doesn't particularly agree with it.

History:
Ka'van was born on a far away planet that had a large tear between the mortal and demonic realm. The demonic entities of the other realm flooded the planet, quickly taking over and laying waste to the civilization there. Ka'van was the last child to be born before a permanent sterilization overtook his people. Their bodies, far more sensitive to mediumship than a human's, refused to bring any more young into the terrible world their home had become.

Ka'van was taken by the religious leaders of his people as a last ditch effort to rid themselves of their demonic enemies. A ceremony was performed to bind his soul with that of a captured demon. Being the youngest of his kind, they hoped that he would be able to survive the ritual, where others had died. The goal was to use him as a weapon against the leader of the demons, to defeat him and send the rest back to their realm.

Ka'van was trained until he was a teenager, when his species was on the very brink of extinction. He decided that he was ready to face down their evil ruler, and in a battle to the death, he just barely won. The others demons fled the planet, leaving the people to pick up the pieces of what was left. The religious leaders would then gather to perform a ritual that would ensure that demons could never step foot on their surface again. Unfortunately for Ka'van, that meant him as well.

Ka'van would be spared for his heroic deed, but he had to be sent away. His planet's new leaders searched for a new planet to send him to; somewhere with a livable atmosphere similar to theirs. Earth was the closest option. Through a powerful ritual, Ka'van was teleported to Earth. There, he vowed to help protect the planet's people and to never let the demon he was bound with overthrow him. His spirit has remained strong, despite being separated from his people.

Notes: He doesn't really keep a secret identity. He makes a living outside of hero work by setting up a small trading route between his planet and Earth. Precious metals that are rare on Earth are a bit more common on his home planet, Talga. So Ka'van can receive packages of said metals from his people and turn around and sell them for Earth prices. No big time corporations have figured out how to make this illegal yet.

He's a vegetarian.

Those who are around him while he is in his Wraith form complain that he makes the atmosphere around him bone chillingly cold. A good way to know if he's nearby is whether or not you can see your breath on a warm summer evening.

Name: Toby Skinner.
Alias: Nuke.
Powers/Skills: Able to control kinetic energy around his body and unleash it in a variety of ways. He can center it into a punch, strong enough to level a building. Or simply use it as a flashlight in his hands. He can also unleash it into the ground in a single direction to create a shock wave. His most powerful attack is unleashing it in every direction, with a blast radius of 10 feet, roughly.
Weakness: Watching his friends be harmed, it causes him to lose control to protect them.
Equipment: Nothing to special, except for the centerpiece of his chest, which he can use as a cannon with his powers.
Alignment: Walking the line. He's a mercenary.
Personality: Unorthodox, Charismatic, Loyal, Intuitive, Protective.
Bio: He was born with his powers into a family that loved the circus. They often went to see the Flying Graysons. Once during a show, there was an attack. You know where this goes. Years later, he became a mercenary, working for money. He fights with who ever has a good cause or a good paycheck.
How did he meet Batman: He tried to break in to the Wayne Manor when he got a job to assassinate Bruce Wayne. Then, after a good fight, he learned that Wayne was the Bat. Wayne saw that he needed help, and told him that he would call Nuke when the time came.
Notes: He really likes to fight fights that he shouldn't be able to win.