Robin

Mary Grayson (Mother)

Richard Grayson (Uncle)

Karla Grayson (Aunt)

John Grayson (Cousin)

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**Nightwing** (real name **Richard "Dick" Grayson**, born December 1, 1996) was the first **Robin**. The former protégé of Batman, Nightwing was a founding member of the Team. He assumed the leadership role of the covert operations team while Aqualad was in deep cover, but stepped down after the death of Wally West. After working solo for some time, he led a new team of young heroes until they were ready to join the Team.

## Personality

### Robin

In his early days as Robin, despite being only 13, he was more experienced than his fellow sidekicks. By then he had been training under Batman's wing for four years. Despite Batman's influence on Robin, the two have very contrasting personalities. While his mentor was cold and very serious, Robin's demeanor was quite the opposite. Robin was naturally a very lighthearted individual who seemed to take joy in nearly everything that he did. Despite his immaturity, he could get along very well with people who were older than him, and tended to act more maturely whenever he was tasked with a certain level of responsibility.

When simply interacting with his friends, Robin behaved in a jovial and oftentimes "little brother"-like role, in which he joked freely about his teammates, and even made fun of them when they made mistakes. He had a particularly close friendship with, with whom he was able to joke and often treated like a brother of sorts. Robin also seemed to take great pleasure in creating, by removing prefixes from commonly-used words such as "disaster", "distraught", "overwhelmed" and "infiltrated" to create

Despite his child like behavior at times, Robin was a natural tactical thinker, often coming up with plans for the Team on the fly, and figuring out complex situations faster than many of his teammates. He was also very pragmatic and preferred to think ahead. During the Team's brief scuffle with Malcolm Duncan|Guardian, Robin took the liberty to activate the elevator to escape instead of fighting alongside his Team, had no qualms about Miss Martian delving into his mind to retrieve his memories, and took a break from running from Red Torpedo and Red Inferno to download the Cave's blueprints.

Robin initially considered himself to be the natural leader of the Team, citing his longer experience as a hero. However, this experience and his strong working relationship with Batman led him to mistakenly assume that the other members of the Team would understand and follow his plans without him explaining them. This unfortunately caused problems on their first mission against Kobra and Bane. He subsequently claimed that Aqualad would be a better leader for the Team. While Aqualad accepted the role, he stated that both he and the rest of the Team expected Robin to eventually take the mantle, due to the fact he was more suited for the job.

After the trauma of watching his teammates die in a simulation, Robin opened up to Black Canary during a therapy session. He did want to be the leader and wanted to someday become Batman. But after sending his friends to their "deaths" in the simulation made by Miss Martian, he no longer desired to become like Batman, willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of the mission. Despite this, five years later he demonstrates these traits as team leader.

## Physical Appearance

Dick is a Caucasian male with short black hair and blue eyes.

### Robin

At 13, he was fairly short for his age and had a lean, well-toned build, reflecting his ability as an acrobat and skill in martial arts and gymnastics. His hair was left unkempt, hanging over his forehead.

His original Robin uniform was comprised of a red vest held closed by yellow rectangular fasteners, black leggings, boots and gloves, all of which seemed to be made of a sort of protective body armor that still allowed him great mobility. On the left side of his chest he had a yellow stylized "R" symbol in a black circle, and around his waist he wore a yellow utility belt with pouches for his various equipment. He wore a cape over his shoulders that was black on the outside and pale yellow on the inside.

To protect his identity, Robin wore either a black stylized domino mask (while in uniform) or sunglasses (while not) at all times. While sporting the mask, his eyes appeared completely white.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

Robin possesses no known superhuman powers, but instead relies on his physical conditioning, acrobatic prowess, and keen detective skills taught to him by the Dark Knight himself. As Robin he was also the Team's strategist, intellect, and most importantly, their hacker. Due to these skills, Robin is considered the most highly trained and experienced member of the Team, and has also been fighting crime the longest.

### Abilities

Though Nightwing technically possesses no superhuman powers, his courage, skill, experience, determination and personal strengths are enough to make him a capable fighter.

* **Conditioning:** Having undergone an evidently vigorous and intensive training regimen under Batman, Robin has exercised physical form to near-perfection for someone of his age for the purposes of fighting crime.
	+ **Speed:** Robin is shown to be able to run at above average speed for a human of his age.
	+ **Endurance:** Robin's endurance is at the peak of a young man of his age and size.
	+ **Agility:** Robin has proven to be at the peak of human agility.
	+ **Strength:** Robin's physical strength is considerably higher than that of an ordinary adult due to the conditioning he received from Batman. At just thirteen he was able to punch a depression into a wall, with no apparent injury.
* **Movement:**
	+ **Master Martial Artist:** Robin can take out his enemies with ease possessing his knowledge in martial arts and agility.
	+ **Master Acrobat:** Robin has proven to be able to perform complex aerial maneuvers. Even at thirteen his acrobatic skills were so advanced, that Hexaria was forced to use her Telekenetic abilities in order to keep up with him, while he was suffering from an Parasite.
	+ **Master of Stealth:** Robin is a master at stealth, capable of disappearing and reappearing without anyone noticing.
	+ **Escape Artistry:** Robin is capable of escaping from various traps and locks in impressive time.
	+ **Marksmanship:** Robin is an amazing marksman, almost comparable to Artemis and Red Arrow. He uses his birdarangs and rarely misses his target. He is also good with firearms
* **Mental:**
	+ **Detective Skills:** Robin has shown astute deductive reasoning.
	+ **Master Hacker and Computer Technician:** Robin has shown that he is more than capable of easily gaining access to almost any computer or program he wants in a matter of seconds. Even at thirteen he was easily able to hack into both Justice League and Cadmus files with little to no effort on his part.
	+ **Strategic Planning:** Robin is a natural leader and tactician, able to analyze most situations and develop complex and effective plans during combative situations in quick instances.
	+ **Mathematics:** Dick is a mathlete honoree, indicating that his mathematical skill is advanced for his age.

## Equipment

Like Batman, Robin carries a variety of weapons utility belt that substitutes for superpowers and allows flexibility in attack type. As Robin, he is known to have used:

* **Birderangs:** Shuriken-like objects, acting like boomerangs, that are used as long range attack weapons. Several variants are used, such as birderangs that explode, emit electric shocks or release knock-out gas. He also uses red birderangs similar in design to those of Batman. Some birderangs are able to act as a radio or play a pre-recorded message.
* **Bolas:** Thrown devices consisting of a rope weighted at each end, used to snare and restrain opponents.
* **Chalk:** Used to mark floors when executing complicated battle plans.
* **Flash Grenades:** A device which generates a bright flash of light to dazzle or distract enemies.
* **Gas Pellets:** Tiny-marble like devices that give off a thick gray smoke ideal for obscuring vision. The smoke can also render someone unconscious when used in close spaces. The pellets can be set for delayed detonation.
* **Grappling Gun:** A hand-held device that fires a grappling hook across far distances giving Nightwing the ability to make hasty escapes and climb high objects and buildings. The grapple lines can be lengthened and pulled back utilizing the buttons on the gun.
* **Lockpick:** A small device to open locks, stored in his glove.
* **Knife**
* **Periscope:** A small device allowing the user to see around corners.
* **Rebreather:** A small device used to breathe underwater.<
* **Taser:** A hand-held taser, that could be used both short range and long range. The exact voltage of the electrical blast is unknown, but it was enough to momentarily slow down Superboy.

### Vehicles

* **Robin's Motorcycle:** As Robin, Dick had his own personal mode of transportation, a customized sports coupe motorcycle. When its battle mode was activated, the motorcycle split in half. The back half turns into a flying laser cannon that protected him from attack. It can also split into a pocket bike if the main body is heavily damaged and is activated through his glove computer.