[OOC] Gotham City Tales (OOC and IC) (Page 25)

Finally finished with Calvin as me and Xtreme discussed a week or two ago.

“There was only one thing left to do... the one thing I'd been trained to do since I was a boy. The only thing I'd ever really known how to do... I had to escape.” - Name Calvin Rose - Alias Talon - Age 26 - Occupation Detective (GCPD, Criminal Investigations)/Vigilante - Skills & Abilities Like the many Talons before him, Calvin has been genetically altered to possess superhuman strength, speed, durability, reactions, senses and stamina. Most specifically is the accelerated healing that gives him life indefinitely. For 19 years, Calvin was trained in Martial Arts, combat awareness, stealth, acrobatics, weaponry, and throwing. Despite not being the smartest of the Bat-family in the areas of science, math, etc, Calvin has an uncanny eye for detail. What is considered his truly greatest talent is his ability to escape anything. There is no man alive who could rival him as an escapist. - Equipment Deployable Paraglider Wings Throwing Knives Infared lenses Smoke Bombs - Personality & History Calvin’s birth was one of great sadness as his mother passed away during childbirth and his father could not handle raising a child alone as the mother’s death placed him in a great depression. Instead Calvin was given away to an old family friend and ringmaster of Haly’s Circus. From the moment he could walk, eyes shrouded in darkness watched him like hawk. Even his interactions with the young Dick Grayson were of note to these unseen individuals. Dick Grayson proved to be a valuable friend for the short time that they knew of each other. He and his family inspired Calvin to train hard and helped bring attention to his prominent abilities at such a young of six. At age six, the unseen individuals petitioned Haly to give up the young boy. What had not been known to the general public, things that would see Haly locked up for life, was that the Court of Owls recruited from Haly’s Circus among other places. The Court were a hidden sect of assassin only known to a few in the world and they international figures on par with the League of Shadows. Haly brought Calvin to a secluded tent to test the boy infront of the court. He exceeded their expectation and was drafted into the Court of Owls. The Court of Owls began a very rough training for Calvin and many other children that would punish them whenever they displayed an ounce of weakness, breaking their very will except for Calvin who proved to be more resistant to the methods of the Court. Fate deemed Calvin as a promising Talon, name of the Court’s assassins, in the making. Even when the experiments were applied, Calvin took to them greater then the others. The perfect specimen but an enigma all the same, Calvin re-purposing as a Talon could not stop the thoughts in the back of mind. The first kill came at the age of 14. A business man who had wronged a man and found himself with a target upon his head. Calvin swooped in for a clean kill in front of the man’s child. The look from the child’s eyes helped bring to the forefront what Calvin always thought about, escaping the restraints of the Court. He was not strong enough just yet and would need to bide his time. Several years passed as Calvin continued as a puppet for the Court, growing his overall talents, and proving himself the most promising Talon to date. His escape would come when he was forced to kill a woman named Casey and bring her child Sarah to the Court. Thoughts of fleeing this life swayed his mind everyday and night. The assassin descended upon his target in the dead of night before learning of the true reasons as to why this woman was meant to be killed. It was all over the fact that she knew of the Court and their secrets. It took a while before he could convince her that he wanted to help her instead. Unfortunately the Court held knowledge upon Calvin’s motives and sent The Butcher Talon to ensure that Casey was killed and Calvin taught a lesson. A battle ensued between the men that left Casey dead, and Calvin sent into the water below with little Sarah in arms. Both survived their encounter with the Butcher Talon and Calvin escaped with the young girl to the city of Gotham where he knew someone that could help him by the name Dick Grayson. Through their interactions, Calvin was able to find himself as Sarah’s adopted father, and part of the GCPD. He became Talon to fight and solve the cases that he could not as a Detective. What the future intended for Calvin would unveil itself soon. - Character Impressions (aka in character thoughts of other characters) **Bruce Wayne** - Threat Level - Low - Relationship Status - Helped Calvin and his daughter find a place in Gotham. One of the four people to know that Calvin is actually Talon. **Dick Grayson** - Threat Level - Low - Relationship Status - Dick is like a brother to Calvin. He was one of the first people he knew during the circus days and the man that helped him settle into Gotham. He knows that Calvin is Talon. **Timothy Drake** - Threat Level - Low - Relationship Status - Tim has trained, helped, and talked with Calvin several times. While it is obvious that Tim does not truly trust Calvin, feeling as though the man will fall back into his past life, there is a mutual respect between the two. **Jason Todd** - Threat Level - N/A - Relationship Status - Calvin has never met the man but he knows the tales of the second Robin. **Barbara Gordon** - Threat Level - Mid - Relationship Status - Calvin met Barbara around the same time as he re-connected with Dick. In only a year, he knows of who she is and why she came to be Oracle whilst she learned of his life as Talon. Regardless of his past, she has helped him in many cases and vigilante acts. **Stephanie Brown:** - Threat Level - Low - Relationship Status - She has been met on one or two ocassions but, they share no bond. **Damian Wayne:** - Threat Level - Mid - Relationship Status - Damian carries the name of Wayne but also the dastardly name Al Ghul to which Calvin fears will one day bring ruin to the Bat-family. Though Damian and Calvin share a past as assassins, Calvin with far more experience, and Damian is the only other person that his daughter admires. **Luke Fox** - Threat Level - High - Relationship Status - Luke has made it clear that he does not trust Talon and their fight upon the rooftops did not help their relationship. **Kate Kane:** - Threat Level - Mid - Relationship Status - Talon has reason to doubt that Kate trusts him whatsoever. **Cassandra Cain-Wayne:** - Threat Level - Low - Relationship Status - Despite her relapse, as a former assassin Calvin understand how hard it is to escape that life and redeem yourself. They share a mutual bond. - Story Arc (Here I want you to give me a brief summary of a story you wish to do within the context of the rp) The Butcher of Gotham - The scar upon Calvin's back was always a reminder of the man known as the Butcher. The only man to put fear in Calvin's heart. One night Dick Grayson is attacked by the Butcher and is left alive with a message for Calvin, "The Owls are watching." Now it's a race against time to find the Butcher before he strikes again or the Owls will own Gotham once again. Art of Assassination - There has never been a greater assassin then the man known as Deathstroke the Terminator. His name rang true even in the sacred halls of the Court. Now he stands within Gotham for reasons unknown by Calvin. His mission: Kill key targets within Gotham including Calvin Rose and Sarah Rose. He must figure who has contracted Deathstroke and why before the Talon is Terminated.

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