Batman

* Batman
* Bruce Wayne

## History of Bruce Thomas Wayne

Bruce Thomas Wayne was eight years old as he comes out of a theater after seeing the infamous "Grey Ghost." Its 1980, on June 26th, where Bruce Wayne and his parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne walk back to their car after an evening showing. They took a shortcut through an alleyway in Park Row which lead to the family being held at gunpoint by a petty criminal known as Joseph Chill. Poor little Bruce... for he did not know what will come of his parents at the moment's span. His parents died that day because of the actions taken by the criminal... Joseph Chill escaped. Fortunately there was a great detective, James Gordon to help catch the criminal. However, James couldn't get justice for the Wayne family because of some maneuvering, persuasion and a bit of bribering from the mafia gang that ordered Bruce Parents to be killed. This left Bruce feeling empty inside... knowing that Gotham had become too corrupt to the point that being a politician won't be enough to save this city.

So in 1992 after finishing his traumatic life in highschool (barely making through it) Bruce made a leave from Gotham... Bruce went criminology and forensics as he went through various colleges and universities to help become a master at both subjects. From this, he was very much interested in detective work and could pick up some tools and ways of becoming a detective, like Lester Chi Linqui. Lester was also an excellent martial artist, a great fighter in combat. Bruce wanted to learn to further his martial arts skills, but also to control his body with complete mastery and precision. For if he learned all the skills, this would help him save Gotham City. Thanks to Lester Chi, Bruce would go of search for a mentor that his detective mentor, Lester trained with, leading him to Master Kirigi in Rhelasia. Bruce would excel under Kirigi, and would continue to be mentored in other countries around the world.

## Joining the League of Shadows

In mid to late 1996, Bruce Wayne would be mentored by Henri Ducard in the states for a special FBI program that was in initiative during this time. From seeing such great abilities Bruce had learned from anaylzing data and very good at tracking data to his martial art from varies of mentors, Henri Ducard saw so much potential in Bruce, it made him believe that he would be successor to the great one. Better yet the motivation Bruce had to become to bring justice for many who can't get justice like his parents, he was a perfect candidate to be offered to the table. It was a little bit after when Bruce was apprehended by a group of shadow men and later revealed themselves to be part of a secret organization called the League of Shadows... ran by Ra's al Ghul (the Great One). At first Bruce saw joining the League of Shadows as a perfect way of becoming the fastest, the strongest, and the most vigilant ever. This to him was a boost to becoming what his city needs... a hero. Upon his recruitment into the League in December 1996, Bruce caught the eye of Ra's al Ghul's eldest daughter, Talia.

Bruce began training alongside another philanthropist named Oliver Queen. The two were competitive with another, but eventually became close pals and together they rose high above the rest of the recruits. While Bruce could never beat Oliver's natural affinity for archery, hunting, and fencing, he was clearly the best of the recruits. While Oliver mostly trained under Malcolm Merlyn, David Cain primarily taught Bruce, and soon Bruce eventually surpassed Cain's teachings and began tutoring under Ra's himself. Ra's was so happy to see that he had found a protogee better yet when he found out that his "successor" and his daughter were in love. Everything to Ra's al Ghuls plan was finally in motion but while things seemed to only be uphill from there... things went downhill pretty quick. It wasn't until Bruce saw some of the unneccessary killings made by Henri Ducard that Bruce said that he was violating what the program was all about!!! Bruce would make his plans and was successful in getting Henri Ducard charged and fired. Though Henri Ducard was actually proud of Bruce for what he did saying that "My skills seem to have been doing you a service little boy." Odd since Henri was 5'7" and Bruce was 5'11". You see, Henri Ducard was a operative for the League of Shadows running and his unneccessary means of killing fugitives and such was actually cause he was trained to do so under Ra's Al Ghul's organization. They were impressed by Bruce fighting and detective work that they wanted Bruce to be in their organization which to Bruce accepted. Bruce accepted cause he needed to learn as much as possible on every technique there is to become a great fighter etc. This was from one mentioning of activities in Gotham City and ties to the Wayne family.

See, Bruce and Henri Ducard were still part of the FBI program for some time now and while things looked great and Bruce trained to be a great detective under Henri Ducard... he realized that there was incredible difference between him and his old detective mentor, Lester Chi Linqui... for starters Lester Chi Linqui never killed his targets especially if they provided valuable intel on something major... for Henri Ducard he took the notion to kill first ask questions later which you can see how that really didn't help either Bruce or him. Bruce saw some of the unneccessary killings made by Henri Ducard that Bruce said that he was violating what the program was all about!!! Bruce would go up to Ra's al Ghul and complain about these killings but Ra's... was happy about it. "To kill the enemy is the way to make the world safer... to kill the enemy who would come back to hurt again is a good thing to make the world safer." Bruce wasn't pleased by his answer realizing that this "League of Shadows" wasn't all what they were said to be. Bruce was learning a lot from the organization and how corrupt and dangerous everyone is to each other. Bruce would learn of the harsh truth upon their vision to restore balance to the world by enacting purges. Bruce would make his plans to stop the League of Shadows and was successful in getting Henri Ducard charged and fired. Though Henri Ducard was actually proud of Bruce for what he did saying that "My skills seem to have been doing you a service little boy." Odd since Henri was 5'7" and Bruce was 5'11". Bruce was then attacked by the League of Shadows but then Bruce was challenged to duel the Great One, Ra's. With Talia and Oliver amongst others watching this unfold, Bruce would fight Ra's and though he was losing at first, Bruce then used all the training he learned from her and from his past journeys from various mentors to defeat Ra's... when it was offered to kill him, Bruce couldn't do it knowing that bringing justice to something doesn't mean you have to kill as an only solution to do so... so Bruce fled the League and returned to Gotham four days later, leaving Talia behind and Oliver who would eventually run away too from the League as well.