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"You and me were always with each other, before we knew the other was ever there."
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Barbara is also accepted.
Great work!
> Also question! For the out of costume appearance should we use a live action-type picture, can we use drawn or written descriptions, or is it all a matter of preference?
Usually I prefer live action but its whatever your preference really
Yeah you can reserve him for now.
> Woah woah, are you tryna make RP's without me?!!?
>
> ;)
Thought you might be a little busy with the new job and whatnot ;)
> I could even Co-GM, if needed.
That would be really appreciated hun! All we need now is one or two more people and I think we'll be ready for OOC stage. So if there's anyone you know who'd be interested, let them know!
> I'd be down.
AWESOME!
Ruby said
I'm not totally sure I understand it?
Hey Ruby! Long time no see!
Anyway, to clarify. This is kind if like the old Gotham City Stories rp I had on the old site. Do you remember? We all played characters from the Batman mythos and set about building the world of Gotham City. There was no big major plot and we all contributed with our own ideas and connecting our characters in unique ways. Essentially making it a slice of life with a comic book twist.
This would be more or less the same thing except we wouldn't be using villains this time around,
Ultimate Spidey said
I like this and wanna play... I'm just worried if my work schedule will allow me to commit....
I have a pretty hectic schedule myself so I'm not really a slave driver for posts. As long as you post one or twice a week or failing that remain a presence in the OOC then its fine.
Damn, was really hoping this would get some traction
Here's an idea of a CS:
“There was always one thing I could never teach my brothers. They just never understood. None of us became Robin because we wanted to. We did it because HE needed us to” – Dick Grayson
Name:
- Richard John “Dick” Grayson
Alias:
- None
Robin and Nightwing (Formerly)
Age
- 27
Occupation:
- Detective (GCPD, Gangs and Narcotics Division)
Equipment
- Standard GCPD Issued Sidearm
- Formerly the Nightwing Suit and Utility Belt
Personality & History:
My Little Robin
Young Dick Grayson was born on the first day of spring, March 21st. His mother nicknamed him "little Robin." Little did she know how prophetic this term of endearment would be in her son's life. The Flying Graysons were a Romany family whose act was based around an unrivalled mastery of acrobatics. Dick had been trained from birth to join them and was the star if the show by age ten. Before a very significant appearance in Gotham City, in which The Flying Graysons were the main attraction of Haly’s Circus, they were asked to pose for a photo opportunity with Jack Drake and his family, including their young son, Tim Drake. On that evening, he overheard "Boss" Tony Zucco, a well-known and feared crime lord, threaten the performers unless the circus's owner paid protection money. The owner refused, and that night Dick watched in horror as his parents' high wire snapped, sending his parents hurtling to their deaths, all while many of Gotham's elite watched on. Young Dick felt responsible, because he failed to warn his parents in time. Shortly after, billionaire Bruce Wayne sensing a kindred spirit, approaches the boy and offers to adopt him. Thus a lifelong friendship is born.
Becoming the Boy Wonder
Shortly after moving into Wayne Manor, Dick became suspicious of his new friend when he noted that he never saw Bruce after 7pm every night. One evening he used his acrobatic skills to follow Bruce undetected…or so he thought. Eventually, tailing the philanthropist brought Dick to the Batcave where Bruce discovered the young boy and decided to share his secret. Bruce then offered to help Dick in bringing Tony Zucco. The orphan accepted and Bruce trained him for months. After initially having trouble accepting a name, he finally settled on his moniker being Robin, the name his mother had given him. The Boy Wonder had arrived and a legacy was born. Forming a secondary team and a long standing bond with a girl calling herself Batgirl, Dick protects Gotham alongside Bruce for six years.
College – Enter Nightwing
At age sixteen, Dick finally began to feel the strain of being Robin. He began to realise that he never actually wanted to be a hero, he only became one because he realised that it was something Bruce needed. Bruce needed someone to stop him from crossing the line. After more and more conflicts, the dynamic duo finally went their separate ways. Dick dropped the Robin mantle and headed off to college in Bludhaven. Once there, he signed up for veterinarian classes and roomed with a kid from Keystone called Wally West (who would become his life long friend) he even tried to put Barbara out of his mind by dating Helena Bertinelli (another person who would play a vital part in his future). Eventually the call for justice became too strong and Dick dropped out of college to enrol in the police academy. Knowing full well he could no longer use the Robin name (especially since Bruce had given it to Jason and then Tim in the intervening years) Dick took up a new name; Nightwing. Barbara soon joined him in Bludhaven and helped him protect the city as best they could whilst also rekindling their on/off romance.
A Normal Life?
After graduating the police academy, Dick began is dual life as cop and vigilante. For over a year, the two fought tooth and nail to clean up its streets and corrupt police force until eventually they had done it. Of course there was still crime but they had made a serious dent and we’re more or less happy with their work. Resolving that they had done all they could, the couple hung up their cowls and for the first time in twelve years they simply were Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon. The two moved back to Gotham and Barbara asked her father to give Dick a job with the GCPD. Commissioner Gordon, aware of his daughters and her boyfriend’s identities, allowed him to join up. Four years on, Dick and Babs are still a happy, normal couple living a normal life. At least they were until an invitation to a certain wedding comes in the mail…
Story Arc:
The Gray Son of Gotham:
For the first time in nearly twenty years, Haly’s Circus returns to Gotham City. Dick is torn whether to return, at least to see if any of the old faces are still there. Barbara on the other hand thinks it a great idea for the entire extended Wayne family to head off for a night at the circus in order to reconnect. Upon their arrival, they are greeted by CC Haly who takes Dick off to the side for a private word. Haly says nothing other than an old nursery rhyme he used to tell Dick as a boy before disappearing into the shadows. Unnerved, he returns to the others with horrible feeling that history is going to repeat.
"Beware The Court of Owls, that watches all the time,
Ruling Gotham from a shadow perch, behind granite and lime.
They watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bed,
Speak not a whispered word of them or they'll send The Talon for your head."
“There was always one thing I could never teach my brothers. They just never understood. None of us became Robin because we wanted to. We did it because HE needed us to” – Dick Grayson
Name:
- Richard John “Dick” Grayson
Alias:
- None
Robin and Nightwing (Formerly)
Age
- 27
Occupation:
- Detective (GCPD, Gangs and Narcotics Division)
Equipment
- Standard GCPD Issued Sidearm
- Formerly the Nightwing Suit and Utility Belt
Personality & History:
My Little Robin
Young Dick Grayson was born on the first day of spring, March 21st. His mother nicknamed him "little Robin." Little did she know how prophetic this term of endearment would be in her son's life. The Flying Graysons were a Romany family whose act was based around an unrivalled mastery of acrobatics. Dick had been trained from birth to join them and was the star if the show by age ten. Before a very significant appearance in Gotham City, in which The Flying Graysons were the main attraction of Haly’s Circus, they were asked to pose for a photo opportunity with Jack Drake and his family, including their young son, Tim Drake. On that evening, he overheard "Boss" Tony Zucco, a well-known and feared crime lord, threaten the performers unless the circus's owner paid protection money. The owner refused, and that night Dick watched in horror as his parents' high wire snapped, sending his parents hurtling to their deaths, all while many of Gotham's elite watched on. Young Dick felt responsible, because he failed to warn his parents in time. Shortly after, billionaire Bruce Wayne sensing a kindred spirit, approaches the boy and offers to adopt him. Thus a lifelong friendship is born.
Becoming the Boy Wonder
Shortly after moving into Wayne Manor, Dick became suspicious of his new friend when he noted that he never saw Bruce after 7pm every night. One evening he used his acrobatic skills to follow Bruce undetected…or so he thought. Eventually, tailing the philanthropist brought Dick to the Batcave where Bruce discovered the young boy and decided to share his secret. Bruce then offered to help Dick in bringing Tony Zucco. The orphan accepted and Bruce trained him for months. After initially having trouble accepting a name, he finally settled on his moniker being Robin, the name his mother had given him. The Boy Wonder had arrived and a legacy was born. Forming a secondary team and a long standing bond with a girl calling herself Batgirl, Dick protects Gotham alongside Bruce for six years.
College – Enter Nightwing
At age sixteen, Dick finally began to feel the strain of being Robin. He began to realise that he never actually wanted to be a hero, he only became one because he realised that it was something Bruce needed. Bruce needed someone to stop him from crossing the line. After more and more conflicts, the dynamic duo finally went their separate ways. Dick dropped the Robin mantle and headed off to college in Bludhaven. Once there, he signed up for veterinarian classes and roomed with a kid from Keystone called Wally West (who would become his life long friend) he even tried to put Barbara out of his mind by dating Helena Bertinelli (another person who would play a vital part in his future). Eventually the call for justice became too strong and Dick dropped out of college to enrol in the police academy. Knowing full well he could no longer use the Robin name (especially since Bruce had given it to Jason and then Tim in the intervening years) Dick took up a new name; Nightwing. Barbara soon joined him in Bludhaven and helped him protect the city as best they could whilst also rekindling their on/off romance.
A Normal Life?
After graduating the police academy, Dick began is dual life as cop and vigilante. For over a year, the two fought tooth and nail to clean up its streets and corrupt police force until eventually they had done it. Of course there was still crime but they had made a serious dent and we’re more or less happy with their work. Resolving that they had done all they could, the couple hung up their cowls and for the first time in twelve years they simply were Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon. The two moved back to Gotham and Barbara asked her father to give Dick a job with the GCPD. Commissioner Gordon, aware of his daughters and her boyfriend’s identities, allowed him to join up. Four years on, Dick and Babs are still a happy, normal couple living a normal life. At least they were until an invitation to a certain wedding comes in the mail…
Story Arc:
The Gray Son of Gotham:
For the first time in nearly twenty years, Haly’s Circus returns to Gotham City. Dick is torn whether to return, at least to see if any of the old faces are still there. Barbara on the other hand thinks it a great idea for the entire extended Wayne family to head off for a night at the circus in order to reconnect. Upon their arrival, they are greeted by CC Haly who takes Dick off to the side for a private word. Haly says nothing other than an old nursery rhyme he used to tell Dick as a boy before disappearing into the shadows. Unnerved, he returns to the others with horrible feeling that history is going to repeat.
"Beware The Court of Owls, that watches all the time,
Ruling Gotham from a shadow perch, behind granite and lime.
They watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bed,
Speak not a whispered word of them or they'll send The Talon for your head."
ATTENTION: FOR THE SAKE OF STORYTELLING, THIS RP IS SET IN A SOMEWHAT ALTERNATE UNIVERSE
The Story So far:
We all know the story but do you know this one?; When Bruce Wayne was a young boy, he was forced to watch helplessly as a mugger named Joe Chill mercilessly gunned down his mother Martha Wayne in cold blood. This single act propelled her husband Thomas to pursue a career in crime fighting. Taking inspiration from his wife’s favourite animal and with the help of best friend and war veteran Alfred Pennyworth he became the first vigilante of Gotham, the first Batman. After the deaths of his father and Alfred in a blaze at Wayne Manor, a now adult Bruce decided that the most effective means of avenging the death of his family, was by becoming a fearsome creature of the night and following in the steps of his father, and thus the true Batman was born.
For the first few years of his career, Batman operated alone, prowling the rooftops of Gotham City, but on one fateful evening, he watched history repeat itself. A gangster named Boss Zucco murdered John and Mary Grayson, leaving their young son, Dick, an orphan. Bruce Wayne took Dick in, and trained him in the ways of crime-fighting. Dick became the flamboyant Boy Wonder known as Robin. In the intervening years, history continued to repeat and Batman and Robin were joined by others from Gotham who had gone through various tragedy and had been stained with a mark of dark justice.
Through the urban decay of Gotham City, the once solitary Batman had now built a solid family of surrogate sons and daughters, a family with the goal of protecting innocent lives from the evil that seems entrenched in the gothic city ground.
Today is a noteworthy day in Gotham City history as its favourite son, a now 46 year old Bruce Wayne, head of Wayne Enterprises marries on/off girlfriend local businesswoman Selina Kyle in a lavish ceremony at the majestic Wayne Manor. Join us for live coverage at 5pm won’t you?
The Short of it:
Don’t let the title fool you, this is sandbox style story of set in modern Gotham. This rpg is about building a universe. THIS IS NOT A SUPERHERO RP. Although the Batman family is the focal point of this rpg, we are not here for smash, bang, kapow beat em up stuff. We are here to become emotionally invested in this new take on the Batman mythos. Of course there will be battles with everyone’s favourite villains but not all the time.
Imagine the setting as something akin to Arrow/The Flash or Gotham. I really like what DC is doing on tv right now by making it a believable world of heroes and villains. Superpowers exist, the Justice League and Young Justice exists (more on that later) but they aren’t all that common in Gotham City.
This rp is about a fresh take on set characters, so don’t feel like you need to stay true to every little bit of canon stuff from the comics. After all this is an alternate universe (although some things are set in stone so make sure you check the timeline below!)
There is no overarching plot, that said this rp will have an episodic feature. Meaning that there will be periods in the rp where characters will follow a certain story path rather than the individual and interlocking stories that will relevant through the run of the rp. If you have idea’s for a story then pm them to me and we can discuss how it will work or won’t work and when the time comes, you can take point and GM for that particular arc…That makes sense right?
The list below is of the preferred family members you can use but I am open if there is another character you want to use as long as you can fit them into the story in a suitable fashion. OC’s are a bit of a tender subject so I’ll allow maybe two again as long as they can fit in. Below is also a timeline to give you an idea of where we are on ages and such.
Still with me? Great so let’s see those CS!
Timeline
(Everything below is fixed. Anything significant that appears in your CS or happens in the rp will be added as we progress)
Family Members:
Character Sheet
- Appearance
- Quote
- Name
- Alias
- Age
- Occupation
- Skills & Abilities
- Equipment
- Personality & History
- 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)
- In Costume Appearance
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