Member
Prince PotterCASSANDRA CAIN
“I don't kill... but I don't lose, either."
Name
Cassandra Cain
Alias
Black Bat
Age
18
Gender
Female
Skills/Abilities
Martial Arts Master: Cass was raised to be a killer, and violence was her chief form of communication. She is well-versed in many forms of martial arts, able to move with precision and surprising force. She is knowledgeable of assassin techniques such as pressure points, killing techniques, and weapon training.
Body reading: While Cass lacks formal skills in investigating of crime scenes, she has the advanced ability to read body language quickly, allowing her to make predictions of what people are thinking, feeling, or planning to do. It isn’t perfect, but it allows her to react incredibly efficiently in combat, taking down enemies before they even strike. This can also enable her to identify disguised people as well, making her useful in reconnaissance.
Stealth/Acrobatics: Cass is flexible and fast, trained in stealth and acrobatics by her assassin father, and toughened by her experiences on the run. She is skilled at getting in and out of places unseen.
Equipment/Weapons
Grappling hook: A handy tool for scaling buildings, swinging from place to place, or escaping difficult spaces
Utility belt: Contains smoke bombs and other small devices used for stealth, recon, or combat
Batarangs: Sharp shuriken-like weapons meant to disarm or cut
Bio
Cassandra Cain was raised to be a weapon. As the daughter of mercenary David Cain and a woman who would eventually be known as Lady Shiva, one of the world’s finest martial artists, Cassandra Cain never got the chance to live a peaceful childhood.
David Cain worked with the League of Shadows one of the world’s top assassins, getting paid exorbitant fees to take down political figures on both sides of World War 2; having a daughter was just another tool for advancing his murderous career. Depriving Cass of language, Cain ruthlessly raised her through violence. Movement and combat were her only forms of communication for many years, and she became incredibly apt with reading body language, able to predict people’s next moves.
However, when Cain was out during assassination missions, Cass would begin to see glimpses of the outside world, collecting pieces of language, and reading all that she could. She would mimic the words of street children playing, trying to comprehend papers Cain accidentally left behind. One such collection of info she found was Cain’s files on a peculiar man in America… photos and records of a hero named Batman, an enemy of Cain who protected a city called Gotham. Cass was enthralled but hid these slow, gradual attempts at learning language. Such attempts were squashed by her father when they were discovered and she was reprimanded violently.
At age 8, her father tested her, by having her kill a target in Macau. Thinking it to be a game, she murdered him with a swift blow, but reading his expression, she came to a realization of what she had just done. She escaped from her father and fled, becoming a homeless vagrant.
Wandering alone, she would find herself in many scrapes as a young Asian woman. She would use her violence to take down those who opposed her aimless journeys. However, she would also find kindness. For several years, she managed to live with an elderly couple in China who took pity on her. She struggled heavily with communication, but she soon developed basic language skills with their help. However, her past haunted her, and when the Chinese Communist Revolution began, she used extreme violence to protect the elders, becoming a masked vigilante. However, they discovered this and became afraid of her so she fled once more, scared that she was becoming like her father.
Her mind would always return to the image of the Batman she saw many years ago. She wanted to walk in his footsteps instead of David Cain’s. Through her advanced skills in combat and stealth, she snuck on a ride to America. Arriving in Gotham a couple of years ago, she began to take down criminals and encountered Batman himself. Proving herself in combat discipline and in a true desire to become an upright defender rather than a killing machine, he soon took her under his wing. While she still struggles with language, often coming off as cold or blunt to other members of the Batfamily, Cass would eventually become a valuable part of the team, receiving speech training from Alfred and hired professionals, and learning to work alongside other vigilantes.
