Bane

> *"I am Bane and I could kill you... but death would only end your agony and silence your shame. Instead, I will simply...BREAK YOU!"*
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**Bane** is a super-intelligent world-class fighter and tactical genius who enhances his great physical strength with a steroid called Venom, making him one of Batman's greatest and most dangerous enemies. In addition to being one of the only men ever to independently figure out Batman's secret identity, he has also been an anti-hero, a government agent, a mercenary and a dictator. He has been a member of the Secret Six, the Suicide Squad and the Secret Society of Super-Villains. Bane is currently working alongside Vandal Savage to get world domination.

## Biography

### Origin

Bane's father had been a revolutionary who stood up for those who had been oppressed by the government. When his father was imprisoned at the infamous Peña Dura, he escaped, and the man's son - still a child - was forced to serve the rest of his sentence for him.

For 17 years, the child that would grow to be Bane spent his entire life inside a chamber connected to the ocean within the prison, spending every day in secluded boredom and every night swimming for his life to stay afloat when the tide would come in and fill his cell. Over the years, he grew stronger, more cunning, and filled with hate for the world. Anytime Bane wasn't struggling for his life in the prison, he was studying - becoming smarter - and working out - becoming stronger - for the moment when he would finally break out. When he made it to the outside world, the man would take the name **Bane** and began his climb to power. At some point in time between these events and his journey to Gotham City Bane joined, was trained and was exiled by the League of Assassins.

### Fighting the Bat

As his legend and power grew in Santa Prisca, he heard tell of Gotham City - a place of dark madness that was said to be untamable. He, however was possessed of the desire to *take* it and *tame* it. The city had a protector in Batman, though, who he had briefly fought in the past once before.

   Sometime later, Bane came to America with a plan to defeat the Bat. Releasing all the prisoners from Arkham Asylum, Batman was forced to capture them all over again, leaving him exhausted enough for Bane to strike. In their battle, Bane took Batman and broke his spine over his knee, leaving the hero paralyzed until he was later able to recover and once again defeat Bane.

### Savage Rule

At some point in 2020/21, Vandal Savage came to Bane with a position within his circle alongside Deathstroke, Lady Shiva, Amazo and Despero. They are currently attacking the Middle-East, looking to, at some point, conquer the world.

## Personality

Intelligent, idealistic, and insane. Bane is a force to be reckoned with. Bane is one of the smartest villains there are, being one of the few to figure out the true identity of Batman and use it to his advantage to find and, inevitably, break the bat. Bane is also a charismatic leader, having the ability to use his knowledge alone to persuade people into following him. Additionally, along side Bane's brawn, he is highly trained in combat making his use of his brawn extremely impressive. Bane is ruthless; unafraid to kill anyone who stands in his way.

## Physical Appearance

Bane, in his usual state is a 6 foot 8 inch, 350 pound man of pure muscle. He is always the largest in the room, being able to fight nearly anyone with a fair chance of winning. However, once intoxicated by the Venom drug he consumes, Bane grows to a hulking side, becoming 425 pounds (75 pounds heavier than his usual state!). Bane also has brown eyes, only having green eyes when consuming Venom.

Bane usually wears clothes akin to a Mexican Wrestler mixed with a military enforcer. He wears a spandex-like mask with an inhaler built onto the front of it and a tube on the back which goes directly from his head into a supply of Venom to power him in his venomised form. The inhaler/gas mask on the front allows him to inhale Venom fumes to make him even more powerful. As well as this mask, Bane is equipped with a combat vest, combat pants and large combat boots alongside armoured gauntlets.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

**Venom Usage:** He utilizes the super-steroid known as Venom to enhance his own physical attributes to superhuman levels, namely his strength, durability, speed, and endurance.

* ***Superhuman Strength:*** The primary effect of the Venom drug is that it enhances his strength to low superhuman levels depending on how much is injected into him. At the maximum healthy amount he can inject into himself, he is able to lift around 3-4 tons. He is ultimately capable of exceeding this limit and be able to lift over 4 tons, though not without momentarily losing his sanity.

* ***Superhuman Speed/Reflexes:*** His speed and reflexes are also superhuman with Venom, making him able to run, move, and reach beyond the limits of the finest human athlete.

* ***Superhuman Endurance/Stamina/Durability:*** With the use of Venom, his stamina and endurance are greatly enhanced. His durability is heightened sufficiently to shrug off most blunt force trauma, yet he is not completely bulletproof. He can withstand blows from most superhumans, withstand falls from great heights, and possibly more.

* ***Superhuman Healing:*** He can also use Venom as a type of medicine that can heal him from most injury, poison, wound, infection, and disease.

### Abilities

**Genius-Level Intellect:** He possesses a genius-level intellect and is one of Batman's most intelligent foes.

* ***Eidetic Memory:*** He has an eidetic memory, which borders on almost total recall. This enables him to memorize virtually anything.
* ***Polymath:*** He is exceptionally knowledgeable in various subjects including various Sciences, History, Geology, Medicine, and several others.
* ***Polylingual:*** He is able to speak fluent Spanish, German, French, Russian, Mandarin, English, Urdu, Farsi, and Latin.

**Escapologist:** He is surpassed only by Batman, Nightwing, and Mister Miracle in the art of escape and infiltration.

**Hand to Hand Combatant:** He is a formidable hand to hand combatant, able to hold his own against Batman and Ra's Al Ghul. He is not only a master, but has created several fighting styles. Bane's fighting ability combined with his peak strength and endurance make him a highly formidable and dangerous opponent for any non-meta and many metahuman foes.

**Expert Strategist:** He is highly devious and a highly gifted strategist and tactician.

**Peak of Human Physical Condition:** Even without Venom, his strength and physique is at its peak and is slightly superior to the likes of Batman or other athletes.

* Physical Strength: Even without Venom, Bane is shown to still be stronger than Batman, able to lift/press approximately 1,500 lbs. Without Venom, Bane has proven capable of breaking Killer Croc's bones and standing toe-to-toe with other superhumans. He has also performed feats such as snapping steel cables that were used to shackle him, and denting and deforming an iron gate after punching it off of its hinges.
* Speed: Despite his heavily muscled appearance, Bane is shown to be a surprisingly fast runner, as he's been shown to be able to keep up with the more slender member of the Secret Six with ease.
* Durability: Even without the Venom drug, Bane has proven to be phenomenally durable. Examples include shrugging off bullets to the shoulder and other areas, and withstanding the torture of having numerous bricks thrown at all areas of his body.

## Equipment

* **Bane's Mask**
* **Combat Suit**
	+ **Combat Vest**
	+ **Combat Pants**
	+ **Combat Boots**

## Relationships

### Family

* Edmund Dorrance - Father †
* Unnamed mother †

### Enemies

* Batman
* The Alliance
* The Collective

## Trivia

* During his time as a boy in Peña Duro, Bane was often referred to by other inmates as "Niño". However, this is not his real first name but merely the Spanish word for "boy".