Corinna Riley

## Background

### 1995 - 2008: Corinna Riley

Corinna was originally born in Pilbara, a large & dry region in the northwest Australia. The area is known for its aboriginal peoples, who Corinna's father was a member of. On the other hand, her mother came from a very different culture than Corinna's father. She was an elite assassin who was sent to Pilbara for a recon mission.

Her mother had begun a relationship with a local man to learn more information & became pregnant. Upon informing the Demon's Head, her pregnancy did not bring shame as she thought. She was welcomed to go through the pregnancy & raise the child in the Shadows with the other children. After giving birth in an abandoned cabin in the Australian outback, Corinna & her mother were extracted from their safehouse & returned to Infinity Island.

Corinna was only a week old when she first came to the island, allowing it to quickly become the only home she's ever known. As the daughter of an assassin, Corinna's future lifestyle was pretty much set in stone for her. Her mother specifically asked for her to be trained by someone other than her, as to not let their familial relationship get mixed in with her training. Ra's obliged, assigning her to be taught under David Cain. Under him, she became an expert in all areas but thrived in marksmanship. At a young age, it was obvious that things came natural to Corinna from stick fighting, survival skills to unarmed combat.

In order to becoming a recognized member of the Shadows, Corinna underwent her trial by fire at the age of thirteen. Her mission was to infiltrate a meeting between a exotic animal smuggler & high status client in Qurac. Corinna was able to slip in undetected, hiding herself in the lion's den. After killing the client, who was in fact a government official, she then tortured the smuggler. She then disabled his network & left him in the den with the animals to feed on. She was given the name Thaylasin ("Thylacine") after the extinct & carnivorous tasmanian tiger.

### 2008 - Present: Thylacine

Unlike most initiates of the League, Corinna did not immediately come back to the compound. She was sent on various missions for the next five years, usually accompanied by another League member. Corinna mostly took out sex traffickers & exotic smugglers, even once came across a serial killer. There's even a rumor that she took out a highly decorated by actually corrupt government official in Bialya but no evidence has been able to link her to the crime. After completing these various tasks, Corinna was invited to return home & was reunited with her mother.

She only was home for some months before she was given a special assignment by Deathstroke, a member of Ra's inner circle. She was to tag along with his son, Grant Wilson, on his missions throughout Eastern Asia. Grant had been assigned a list of corrupt officials that the League wanted taken care of. The task was originally given to Deathstroke but he instead passed it on to his son so that he could further prove himself as a devoted member. Thinking he might need a companion, he chose Corinna as she already spent years in the same area. The two were deemed quite the effective duo, earning praise from Deathstroke & Ra's himself.

Their partnership eventually grew to a more romantic one, leading to the two becoming lovers. Like many other couples of the League, Ra's wished for them to be married as Grant was the son of one of his highest ranking assassins. The two wed in small ceremony & at the end of the wedding, Corinna was welcomed into the Wilson family.

Corinna & Grant continue to act as assassins on call for Ra's, especially for long missions or ones that includes multiple relocations due to their ability to fit in various environments.

## Romantic Relationships

* Grant Wilson: Boyfriend (2014 - 2016); Husband (2016 -)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Above Average Human Condition:** Corinna has been trained to be at the peak of her condition since she was a child. As the daughter of an assassin from the Shadows, nothing less than the best was expected from her.
	+ ***Honed Senses*:** She has excellent night vision & heightened senses.
	+ ***Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts*:** Corinna is capable combatant & was praised as one of the best fighters of her class.
	+ ***Pain Tolerance*:** She has a high pain tolerance. She was once hit by an arrow during a training session & pulled it out with little discomfort.
	+ ***Stealth*:** Corinna is extremely skilled in stealth & has been compared to Batman in the matter.
* **High Level Intellect:** She is very intelligent & very in touch with her surroundings.
	+ ***Disguise*:** Corinna is quite skilled in the art of disguise, able to blend in almost any environment at ease. Because of this skill set, she is frequently picked for undercover ops & long haul missions.
	+ ***Intimidation*:** Thylacine is described as having a steely suffer-no-fools gaze that can make anyone break under pressure.
	+ ***Manipulation*:** She frequently uses this skill when dealing with sex traffickers. She has posed as a vulnerable girl to make them believe she is an easy target to let their guard down, before slaughtering the whole group.
	+ ***Tactical Analysis*:** As a regular undercover assassin, Cori is used to making fast plans & quick decisions as missions can always go not as planned. Due to never being caught or tied to any crime, her planning hasn't failed her yet.
* **Firearms:** She knows how to handle a pistol & most sidearms bu prefers her bo staff & knives.
* **Knife Throwing:** Corinna was not considered when the phrase "never bring a knife to gunfight" was thought of. She can throw knives at incredible speed that she has incapacitated her opponents before they get a shot off.
* **Marksmanship:** Corinna rarely, if ever, misses her target. She can hit them whether its a knife or a regular ball point pen.
* **Stick Fighting:** Like all assassins in the League, she is trained in stick fighting.
* **Bo Staff:** Her go to weapon is her bo staff, which she sometimes splits to use as two batons.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strength:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Speed:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Occult:** 2 - Impaired / Below Average
* **Weapons:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Range:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Strategy:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Combat:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **TOTAL:** 121 - Threat Level 3 / General Threat

## Trivia

* Her associates describe her as "the one who can walk into any situation & walk back out again alive."
* She is best friends with Wink & Chaos Kitten.
* She is descended from the Ngarluma, a group of Indigenous Australian people of the western Pilbara area of northwest Australia.
* She dislikes Harley Quinn, believing her to be unreliable & untrustworthy.
* She also does not like Captain Boomerang due to his racist, sexist & sociopathic personality.
* The reason she was given the name Thalysin is because when she slipped out of the lion's den, she got scratched by the animal across her lower back. The scars resemble that of a thylacine.
* Her father is a member of the Sleeping Soldiers, a government sanctioned team operating in Australia.

## Notes

* She was not given a last name in the comics.
* Her friendship with Chaos Kitten & Wink is a nod to their team, Revolutionaires, in the comics. Her relationship to Harley Quinn & Boomerang is a nod to her time with the Suicide Squad.
* In the comics, Johnny Riley is Dark Ranger, an Australian vigilante inspired by Batman.