Cameron Kane

## Background

### 1959 - 1983: Cameron Kane

Cameron Kane is the youngest of Gotham's Kane clan, born in the summer of 1959. His father was the current owner & head of Kane Chemicals, the company that brought most of their family's wealth in. His mother was a socialite & philanthropist, coming from a high society family herself. His father died when he was just nine years old, leaving Cameron to be raised by his mother & the help of five older siblings. He got along quite well with siblings, despite him being much younger than all of them. Because of this, his closest friend was his nephew Damien, who was just four years younger than him. The two frequently got into trouble with their antics & caused many problems for whatever social event they attended.

He straightened himself some after the death of his mother when he was nineteen. Cameron had previously taken a gap year to travel the world but with news of his mother's death, he quickly returned home & enrolled at Gotham University where most of his family were alumni. He studied business like his father before him, excelling in many of his classes. During his sophomore year, his sister & her brother in law were murdered in Crime Alley, leaving their son an orphan. Though all of the siblings offered to take him in, their will specifically asked for their butler Alfred to raise little Bruce. Nonetheless, each of them played a helping hand in raising Bruce.

### 1983 - 1988: Cameron Kane

After five years in school. Cameron received a master's degree in the subject. Though he got good grades, Cameron only attended school because he felt it would make his mother proud from beyond the grave. If you asked any of his siblings, Cameron did not care for the institution of school & cared little for the family business. But tragedy struck the family again when his eldest brother suddenly passed away from a heart attack. With his two eldest siblings deceased & another two expressing no desire in the family business, Cameron stepped up to plate alongside his brother Phillip. Deciding to put his degree to good use, Cameron took over as President of Kane Chemicals while Phillip became the CEO.

Cameron excelled at his job, having a strong & successful run managing finances & implementing business strategies. But the job was stressful, leading to Cameron ending his nights with random women in his bed. This continued on for the next three years until a baby was dropped off at the doorstep of the Kane Estate. Attached was a note, explaining the child was his & that the mother wanted nothing to do with raising a baby. Cameron ran some tests, expediting the results & learned that he was suddenly a father. He name the baby girl Elizabeth "Bette" Kane, after his mother. While it was an adjustment, fatherhood suited him well. He doted on his child, though he did spend many hours away on business & had to leave Bette with his sister Adeline, who was raising her two sons in the same house.

### 1988 - Present: Cameron Kane

The family continued to go through many drastic changes over the next few years. His sister in law & niece were killed by terrorists, resulting in an increase in the house guests as Jacob & his remaining daughter returned to Gotham. The next year, Adeline & her son Joey were killed in a freak accident. A few days later, Adeline's youngest son Grant left to go live with his father. And on a smaller scale, Phillip left Kane Chemicals to become acting CEO of Wayne Enterprises in their nephew's absence.

Despite the many tragedies in his personal life, Cameron was able to keep Kane Chemicals on track on his own. When his nephew Bruce returned at the end of 1996, he took over the reins of Wayne Enterprises & proposed a business deal with his uncle. He would absorb Kane Chemicals into Wayne Chemicals, which would allow Kane Chemicals more access to resources, employ Phillip as Division Chief & give Cameron the time he so desperately wanted to spend with his daughter. Seeing it as a great opportunity, the two brothers accepted. A party was then arranged by Phillip's strategist Edward Nygma to celebrate Bruce's return home & the many business deals made. But instead of a nice & celebratory night, the party was crashed by the Red Hood Gang (who were hired by Nygma to kill Bruce). In the chaos of it all, Phillip ended up saving Bruce's life but at the cost of his own. With the death of his brother & the arrest of Nygma, Cameron realized the role of division chief fell on him & kissed goodbye the extra time he would have with Bette.

Cameron's life remained quite uneventful over the years until the death the murder of his nephew Damien & Damien's wife by a disgruntled employee. He decided to take in their two sons, moving them to Gotham & raised them himself.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Business Management**
* **Wealth**

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* He took over guardianship of his great nephews, Jackson & Justin Kane after the death of their parents.
* He was actually very close with his nephew Damien due to just being four years older than him. He was devastated by his death.
* Cameron raised his daughter Bette on his own. Her mother was a random party girl that Cameron had a one night stand with. Not wanting to deal with raising a child, she left her on the doorstep of the Kane Estate when Bette was only days old.
* He is the least serious of his siblings as it was unlikely he would ever have take over any real responsibilities.
* He & Bette got in multiple arguments about her future when she transferred to Gotham University. As a result, she moved intp the vacant bedroom at Kate's apartment.

## Notes

* In the comics, Cameron Kane is the name of Robert Kane's father. Both are ancestors of Martha Kane-Wayne.