Gotham: Tempest Rising (DC/Superhero/OOC/Open)

[Personal Freedom]

Is there a specific version of Batman I have to use or can I choose whatever?

Nope, just don't do anything drastic.

[Yaana Noore]

Is there a specific version of Batman I have to use or can I choose whatever?

Nope, just don't do anything drastic.

What defines drastic? I was mainly wondering if a younger or older Batman was wanted anyway. Will start on an app now.

[Personal Freedom]

Nope, just don't do anything drastic.

What defines drastic? I was mainly wondering if a younger or older Batman was wanted anyway. Will start on an app now.

Don't do anything that really breaks with what we think of Batman. We don't want wanton violence out of Batman.

[Islamic Republic e Jariri]

If its an aging Batman then I'll have to make the Linguist significantly younger and rethink his backstory, if its Batman's early career (or middle phase) then I can keep it the way it is.

Tag. Will probably take Joker or Penguin, unless I decide to switch things up.

I'm curious, if you take the Joker what kind of interpretation will he be based off? Golden age? Silver Age? Alan Moore? New 52? DCAU?

[Utceforp]

Tag. Question: Is this an original Batman universe or part of the comics/another universe? If it's the former I've got an idea for a re-imagining of an old obscure Silver Age Batman villain.

[Personal Freedom]

Tag. Question: Is this an original Batman universe or part of the comics/another universe? If it's the former I've got an idea for a re-imagining of an old obscure Silver Age Batman villain.

This is it's own universe. I would allow Ironman for example, if he could be worked into the universe. We could use some heroes though lest this become lopsided. I have an arch-villain who will work through proxies to organize villains to advance his plan, though he could ultimately seen himself in conflict with all.

[Bycrest]

Name: Edward Nigma
Alias: The Riddler
Secret Identity (Yes, No): No
Age: 35
Side (Hero, Villain, Anti-Hero, Government, etc.): Villain
Appearance and Personality:
Edward prides himself on his intelligence and isn't afraid to constantly point out the many ways he is smarter than everyone. He can get a bit cocky and narcissistic, which can lead him to being overconfident with his plans and miss that one detail that could ruin everything. For the most part Edward is willing to work with others if they show any level of competence, but he is quick to help himself if he thinks the team up is a bad idea.

Abilities and Weapons: Nigma has a genius-level intelligence and is an expert detective. He is also independently wealthy and a master escapologist. Also, he is never with his mark shaped cane.
Weakness(es): Poor fighter and leaves riddles at the crime scene.

Biography: An enigma wrapped inside a conundrum, that is how Edward Nigma would describe himself. As a man of heightened intelligence, he puts himself at a higher standard than the other criminals of Gotham. Originally Edward started out a programmer in one of Gotham's major companies and definitely one of the hardest workers. His genius was underappreciated of course and his boss took credit for his work every time he made breakthrough. Eventually, Edward got tired of the abuse and decided to get revenge on the company.

Using his unnatural obsession with riddles and puzzles, Edward trapped his former boss in a death trap that could only be disarmed if someone solved the puzzles. Confident that no one would, but still not satisfied with his revenge, he also hacked the company's financial account to transfer all of its' money to his offshore account if the puzzles were solve. That way, even if Edward's boss lived through the whole event, his business would be ruined. Batman eventually did come to rescue the greedy CEO, but failed to find out about the backup hack until Edward mentioned it in a riddle during his capture.

After spending some time in prison, and then breaking out easily, Edward adopted the identity of The Riddler in order to test Batman's mental prowess and occasionally attack greedy businesses who abuse their workforce. The fact that there could be someone smarter than him is a challenge to Riddler, and Batman is one of the best opponents he could have asked for.

RP Sample:There's one in my sig but here's another sample just in case.
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=28893816#p28893816

[Shadowwell]

Can't wait for you to finish your app, Bycret, adn see how you riddler turns out. There have been verseions of the Riddler and Edward nigma that i have sympathized with to some extent, the version from The Batman for example, as he turned to crime in order to get vengeance on those that ruined his work and betrayed him.

[Yaana Noore]

App will be done tonight. For those wondering on age Batman will be 32.

[Doughertania]

If its an aging Batman then I'll have to make the Linguist significantly younger and rethink his backstory, if its Batman's early career (or middle phase) then I can keep it the way it is.

Tag. Will probably take Joker or Penguin, unless I decide to switch things up.

I'm curious, if you take the Joker what kind of interpretation will he be based off? Golden age? Silver Age? Alan Moore? New 52? DCAU?

Probably DCAU. It's the Joker I was first introduced to as a kid, so to me that is what Joker should be. A killer, but a funny one.

[Personal Freedom]

If its an aging Batman then I'll have to make the Linguist significantly younger and rethink his backstory, if its Batman's early career (or middle phase) then I can keep it the way it is.



I'm curious, if you take the Joker what kind of interpretation will he be based off? Golden age? Silver Age? Alan Moore? New 52? DCAU?

Probably DCAU. It's the Joker I was first introduced to as a kid, so to me that is what Joker should be. A killer, but a funny one.

You and I share our inspirations when playing Batman characters. I also sort of detest the one in suicide squad. Gangsta joker isn't great.

[Rynagria]

Tag...

[Doughertania]

Probably DCAU. It's the Joker I was first introduced to as a kid, so to me that is what Joker should be. A killer, but a funny one.

You and I share our inspirations when playing Batman characters. I also sort of detest the one in suicide squad. Gangsta joker isn't great.

Jared Leto's Joker certainly left something to be desired. Mark Hamill's Joker, on the other hand, is amazing and I love everything about it.

[Bycrest]

Can't wait for you to finish your app, Bycret, adn see how you riddler turns out. There have been verseions of the Riddler and Edward nigma that i have sympathized with to some extent, the version from The Batman for example, as he turned to crime in order to get vengeance on those that ruined his work and betrayed him.

I hope I can live up to those expectations. I do feel like the Riddler has more character when he's cheated out of something and wants to get revenge, those are the versions where he's showing of his intellect more than just trying to beat Batman.

[Shadowwell]

You and I share our inspirations when playing Batman characters. I also sort of detest the one in suicide squad. Gangsta joker isn't great.

Jared Leto's Joker certainly left something to be desired. Mark Hamill's Joker, on the other hand, is amazing and I love everything about it.

MArk hammil, I feel has done the voices of evil roles as atonement for the fact that Luke Skywalker did not get to be evil, as when they made the Star Wars movies, the roles were not defined, as with many older movies. Some scenes luke was gonna end up with leia and they werent related, other he was gonna turn evil, but anyways, I hope to see a good character from you.

[Duestchstien]

Name: Floyd Lawton
Alias: Deadshot
Secret Identity (Yes, No): Yes
Age: Not sure, late 20s early 30s I mean his daughters like a pre-teen.
Side (Hero, Villain, Anti-Hero, Government, etc.): Villain
Appearance and Personality:

Abilities and Weapons (Recommended to be as descriptive as Possible): Though he has no superhuman powers, Floyd is regarded as the best shot in the world and the greatest sniper ever, having never missed a shot he is amazing with guns. He is capable of using a wide variety of weapons from Nieves to assault rifles (however he excels at firearms), however he most commonly uses a sniper rifle, pistol, and two silenced wrist mounted machine guns which are his favorite.
Weakness(es) (Required but could be as simple as "Poor Fighter" or more complex like "Leaves Riddles at Crime Scene"): Originally people thought he had no weaknesses, but I think it's safe to say he's much less dangerous up close and in hand to hand combat than from far away, however he is still a very good fighter, his greatest weakness however, is his daughter.
Biography (4-5 Line Minimum, unique characters should have backstories, non-DC characters should have an explanation of how they fit in): Deadshot, or Floyd Lawton, grew up in Gotham, his abusive and drunken father often hurt his mother, brother, and himself. One day his mother asked his brother to kill his father. So his brother locked him in the back yard while he grabbed a pistol to go kill his father. Not wanting his brother to deal with the affects of killing, Floyd grabbed the rifle from their families shed and climbed up the tree in the back yard, however the branch he was on broke and he instead of shooting the gun from his brothers hand he shot him in the head, killing the person he loved most in the world. He became depressed after ward vowing to never miss a shot he became very good at using a rifle. After school he took a jobs as a criminal for hire getting money to get himself his equipment and stuff he needed to survive, he got a reputation for being reliable and began going for much bigger targets. He met a women that he fell in love with and they got married and had a child, a girl, named Zoe. When his wife found out who he was, she left and divorced taking full custody of their daughter. He loves his daughter and his ex wife has become increasingly more cruel taking her anger out on her daughter, his only goal now is to protect his daughter and keep his job as an assasin going.
RP Sample: I know this isn't a long post, but it's one of the only character RPs I could find

[Shadowwell]

You can put your own spin on Deadshot, if you wish. He can be older or younger, this is not reliant on any official canon, so you can go wild, as long as the character is roughly the same, being who they are. Take my Grundy, he keeps with the Theme, but is also different from most versions.

[Yaana Noore]

Name: Bruce Wayne
Alias: Batman
Secret Identity (Yes, No): Yes
Age: 32
Side: Hero
Appearance and Personality:

Abilities and Weapons:
Abilities

• Genius level intellect
• Peak physical condition
• Master of hand-to-hand combat
• Unrivalled detective skills
• An almost superhuman determination to stop any challenge facing him
• Has access to various high-tech weapons and equipment
• He's really rich

Weapons
To list them all would take forever. Some of his most prominent technologies and gadgets are:

• Batsuit: has more than a hundred variants in his possession. Typically wears combat armour made up of a technical carbon fiber tri-weave giving the suit a high resistance against blunt, impactive and penetrative forces as well as knives and firearms. Suit is desgined to not hinder the wearer's agility, keeping Batman light and agile. The cowl is shaped like a bat's head and designed to appear intimidating. Includes a voice modulator and scanning system. Has a black cape meant to look like a bat's wings which allows him to glide. Wears gauntlets with three blades on each arm to block stanning weapons.
• Batmobile: custom and highly-modified vehicle designed by Batman himself. A hybrid of protoype military and civilian technology. Used to pursue his foes with functions specialising in stealth and crowd control. State of the art non-lethal armaments and defense systems.
• Utility belt: belt worn around the waist of the suit containing a variety of tools used to fight crime ranging from batarangs to smoke grenades to a grappling gun. Security features give an eledtric shock to anyone but him attempting to use it.

Weakness(es): Lacking superhero powers, he lacks an obvious weakness. Instead his humanity is both his greatest asset and weakness. He is an extremely determined individual who does not relent in the face of a challenge regardless of the chances of success and thus can be worn down and broken physically as well as mentally. Has severe psychological issues stemming from witnessing the murder of his parents as a child and a fear of losing anyone close to him (therefore alienates himself from those he cares about) and triggering memories of these traumatic events or other instances where he perceives to have failed someone will cause significant mental stress. Some may perceive policy of not killing the criminals he faces as a weakness.
Biography: Bruce Wayne was born to Dr. Thomas Wayne, a physician and philanthropist, and Martha Wayne (née Kane), the celebrity socialite and debutante. Both of his parents were from families of great wealth, meaning young Bruce grew up in great luxury. However, after a trip to the theatre, a young Bruce witnessed his parents' murder at the hands of a mugger. Bruce was left to be raised at the Wayne Manor estate by the family butler, Alfred Pennyworth, who became his legal guardian. Seeing his parents being killed traumatised Bruce and led to him making a vow to rid Gotham City of crime, as well as his disdain for guns, the weapon used to murder his parents.

In his teens the young billionaire began travelling the world, training both his mind and body in preparation for the task that awaited him upon his return to Gotham. Abroad Wayne mastered a variety of crime-fighting skills as well as an array of martial arts, such as man-hunting under the tutelage of Henri Ducard, stealth under the ninja Kirigi and the assassin David Cain, and hand-to-hand fighting from boxer Ted Grant. Additionally he studied at a number of European universities from Cambridge to Paris.

At the age of 25 Bruce Wayne returned to Gotham City, taking up the mantle of a crime-fighting vigilante known as 'Batman' - adapting his own childhood fear as a psychological weapon against his foes. The Batman has been fighting crime in Gotham for 7 years now, with Bruce designing and developing various bat-themed technologies and crime-fighting gadgets using the family business - Wayne Enterprises - of which he is owner and chair.
RP Sample: I've never done anything like this, hopefully not a mark against me, so here is my two most recent posts from my last two RPs. One. Two.

[Personal Freedom]

Name: Bruce Wayne
Alias: Batman
Secret Identity (Yes, No): Yes
Age: 32
Side: Hero
Appearance and Personality:

(Image)

Abilities and Weapons:
Abilities

• Genius level intellect
• Peak physical condition
• Master of hand-to-hand combat
• Unrivalled detective skills
• An almost superhuman determination to stop any challenge facing him
• Has access to various high-tech weapons and equipment
• He's really rich

Weapons
To list them all would take forever. Some of his most prominent technologies and gadgets are:

• Batsuit: has more than a hundred variants in his possession. Typically wears combat armour made up of a technical carbon fiber tri-weave giving the suit a high resistance against blunt, impactive and penetrative forces as well as knives and firearms. Suit is desgined to not hinder the wearer's agility, keeping Batman light and agile. The cowl is shaped like a bat's head and designed to appear intimidating. Includes a voice modulator and scanning system. Has a black cape meant to look like a bat's wings which allows him to glide. Wears gauntlets with three blades on each arm to block stanning weapons.
• Batmobile: custom and highly-modified vehicle designed by Batman himself. A hybrid of protoype military and civilian technology. Used to pursue his foes with functions specialising in stealth and crowd control. State of the art non-lethal armaments and defense systems.
• Utility belt: belt worn around the waist of the suit containing a variety of tools used to fight crime ranging from batarangs to smoke grenades to a grappling gun. Security features give an eledtric shock to anyone but him attempting to use it.

Weakness(es): Lacking superhero powers, he lacks an obvious weakness. Instead his humanity is both his greatest asset and weakness. He is an extremely determined individual who does not relent in the face of a challenge regardless of the chances of success and thus can be worn down and broken physically as well as mentally. Has severe psychological issues stemming from witnessing the murder of his parents as a child and a fear of losing anyone close to him (therefore alienates himself from those he cares about) and triggering memories of these traumatic events or other instances where he perceives to have failed someone will cause significant mental stress. Some may perceive policy of not killing the criminals he faces as a weakness.
Biography: Bruce Wayne was born to Dr. Thomas Wayne, a physician and philanthropist, and Martha Wayne (née Kane), the celebrity socialite and debutante. Both of his parents were from families of great wealth, meaning young Bruce grew up in great luxury. However, after a trip to the theatre, a young Bruce witnessed his parents' murder at the hands of a mugger. Bruce was left to be raised at the Wayne Manor estate by the family butler, Alfred Pennyworth, who became his legal guardian. Seeing his parents being killed traumatised Bruce and led to him making a vow to rid Gotham City of crime, as well as his disdain for guns, the weapon used to murder his parents.

In his teens the young billionaire began travelling the world, training both his mind and body in preparation for the task that awaited him upon his return to Gotham. Abroad Wayne mastered a variety of crime-fighting skills as well as an array of martial arts, such as man-hunting under the tutelage of Henri Ducard, stealth under the ninja Kirigi and the assassin David Cain, and hand-to-hand fighting from boxer Ted Grant. Additionally he studied at a number of European universities from Cambridge to Paris.

At the age of 25 Bruce Wayne returned to Gotham City, taking up the mantle of a crime-fighting vigilante known as 'Batman' - adapting his own childhood fear as a psychological weapon against his foes. The Batman has been fighting crime in Gotham for 7 years now, with Bruce designing and developing various bat-themed technologies and crime-fighting gadgets using the family business - Wayne Enterprises - of which he is owner and chair.
RP Sample: I've never done anything like this, hopefully not a mark against me, so here is my two most recent posts from my last two RPs. One. Two.

Accepted

Name: Floyd Lawton
Alias: Deadshot
Secret Identity (Yes, No): Yes
Age: Not sure, late 20s early 30s I mean his daughters like a pre-teen.
Side (Hero, Villain, Anti-Hero, Government, etc.): Villain
Appearance and Personality:

(Image)

Abilities and Weapons (Recommended to be as descriptive as Possible): Though he has no superhuman powers, Floyd is regarded as the best shot in the world and the greatest sniper ever, having never missed a shot he is amazing with guns. He is capable of using a wide variety of weapons from Nieves to assault rifles (however he excels at firearms), however he most commonly uses a sniper rifle, pistol, and two silenced wrist mounted machine guns which are his favorite.
Weakness(es) (Required but could be as simple as "Poor Fighter" or more complex like "Leaves Riddles at Crime Scene"): Originally people thought he had no weaknesses, but I think it's safe to say he's much less dangerous up close and in hand to hand combat than from far away, however he is still a very good fighter, his greatest weakness however, is his daughter.
Biography (4-5 Line Minimum, unique characters should have backstories, non-DC characters should have an explanation of how they fit in): Deadshot, or Floyd Lawton, grew up in Gotham, his abusive and drunken father often hurt his mother, brother, and himself. One day his mother asked his brother to kill his father. So his brother locked him in the back yard while he grabbed a pistol to go kill his father. Not wanting his brother to deal with the affects of killing, Floyd grabbed the rifle from their families shed and climbed up the tree in the back yard, however the branch he was on broke and he instead of shooting the gun from his brothers hand he shot him in the head, killing the person he loved most in the world. He became depressed after ward vowing to never miss a shot he became very good at using a rifle. After school he took a jobs as a criminal for hire getting money to get himself his equipment and stuff he needed to survive, he got a reputation for being reliable and began going for much bigger targets. He met a women that he fell in love with and they got married and had a child, a girl, named Zoe. When his wife found out who he was, she left and divorced taking full custody of their daughter. He loves his daughter and his ex wife has become increasingly more cruel taking her anger out on her daughter, his only goal now is to protect his daughter and keep his job as an assasin going.
RP Sample: I know this isn't a long post, but it's one of the only character RPs I could find

Accepted

[Shark isle]

Can I make a gangster obsessed with Irish mythology? That means he uses gimmicks like Banshees, the Tuatha De Danann and the Formori in his crimes.

[Shadowwell]

Can I make a gangster obsessed with Irish mythology? That means he uses gimmicks like Banshees, the Tuatha De Danann and the Formori in his crimes.

Such a gimmick would fit in with Batmans villains so i say go for it, if you can pull it off.

[Shark isle]

Can I make a gangster obsessed with Irish mythology? That means he uses gimmicks like Banshees, the Tuatha De Danann and the Formori in his crimes.

Such a gimmick would fit in with Batmans villains so i say go for it, if you can pull it off.

If you don't know who the Tuatha De Danann or the Formorians are, here are their Wikipedia links.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomorians
I wonder if Batman would know about Irish myth?

[Bycrest]

Such a gimmick would fit in with Batmans villains so i say go for it, if you can pull it off.

If you don't know who the Tuatha De Danann or the Formorians are, here are their Wikipedia links.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomorians
I wonder if Batman would know about Irish myth?

This is Batman we're talking about, he probably does. If he doesn't, he'll learn all about it within a week of facing your character.

[Shadowwell]

If you don't know who the Tuatha De Danann or the Formorians are, here are their Wikipedia links.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomorians
I wonder if Batman would know about Irish myth?

This is Batman we're talking about, he probably does. If he doesn't, he'll learn all about it within a week of facing your character.

I hope to see some good things from Riddler, especially since, as PF said, tehre will eb a main big bad trying too manipulate the villaisn all together.

[Shark isle]

This is Batman we're talking about, he probably does. If he doesn't, he'll learn all about it within a week of facing your character.

I hope to see some good things from Riddler, especially since, as PF said, tehre will eb a main big bad trying too manipulate the villaisn all together.

There's gonna be a big bad? Also, did you read the click the links i provided?