Tabitha Galavan

"*The next time we see each other, Barbara, I swear I will kill you.*"
—Tabitha's final words to Barbara Kean before she fled.[src]
**Tabitha Artemis "Tabby" Galavan** (January 19, 1975 – June 12, 2002; resurrected April 2014), formerly known as **Tabitha Crock**, **Tabitha Dumas** and also known under the alias, **Tigress**,is an assassin, former member of the now long dead Kean Crime Family, daughter of Caleb Dumas, older maternal half-sister of Theodore Dumas, former best friend-turned-enemy of Barbara Kean and the girlfriend of the late Cyrus Gold. Tabitha and Barbara completely took over Gotham City but Tabitha was gunned down by the Gotham City Police Department and Barbara was electrocuted and killed. After Barbara became the leader of the League of Assassins, she resurrected Tabitha and appointed her as second-in-command.

Two years later, Tabitha betrayed Barbara and took The Sirens Club for herself. However, she was later defeated but spared by Barbara, fleeing Gotham for good. Over the next few years, Tabitha began caring for her sickly father and the two found themselves in the small town of Blue Valley, called upon by Icicle Jr. with hopes of starting a new incarnation of the Injustice Society of America. Tabitha then played in an integral role in Jr.'s plan before he was taken down by the second generation of the JSA.

## Biography

### Early Life

Tabitha Artemis Crock was born on January 19, 1975 to married criminal couple Lawrence and Paula Crock in Gotham City. When she was seven years old, her parents joined the Injustice Society of America in order to fight the Justice Society, leading them to pay less and less attention to her.

When Tabitha was ten years old, her mother became involved with a mysterious organization known as the Order of St. Dumas, resulting in her having an affair with the leader, Caleb Dumas, and giving birth to Tabitha's half-brother, Theodore. This resulted in Paula divorcing her husband and joining the Order full time, along with Tabitha.

However, Tabitha refused to join the secret organization and was then brainwashed by Caleb, having her early memories removed and being persuaded to believe Caleb was in fact her real father, becoming Tabitha Dumas and joining the Order. She lived with her new family in Gotham City until she was fourteen and her father was murdered by Don Carmine Falcone who feared the Order was becoming a nuisance for the crime families. Tabitha, her mother and brother were then forced to flee the city with the remaining members to Miami.

### Working with The Order of St. Dumas

#### Founding the Second Order

The three lived a peaceful and happy life until Tabitha's mother returned to Gotham in an attempt for revenge, resulting in her death at the hands of Falcone. However, before she died, their mother told the siblings to return to Gotham if she didn't come back alive, in order to get revenge on the man who took their life from them. Enraged, the two made it their mission to murder Carmine Falcone and avenge their parents. They returned to Gotham and researched the old Order of St. Dumas, tracking down members that worked with their father.

Once they were all together, Tabitha and Theodore began leaving marks of the Order around the city, specifically on Falcone territory. They made themselves known and tried for two years to take out Falcone but to no avail, his crime family being too strong.

#### Quitting

Eventually, in 1998, the two managed to sneak into the Falcone Mansion and take out the bodyguards, making their way into Carmine's bedroom where he lay sleeping. Whilst Tabitha wanted to kill him then and there, Theodore insisted they couldn't kill him and instead should take his blood and sacrifice it to their father's spirit. Tabitha, not believing in any sort of magic, punched her brother and was about to stab him in the face with her knife until Theodore sliced her leg open and pushed her to the side. The alarm then went off in the mansion, signalling police to their location. Theodore, unfazed continued to prepare Falcone for a sacrifice while Tabitha screamed that she finally quit. Theodore screamed at her but she quickly dove head first out of a window and managed to survive as officers burst into the bedroom and caught Theodore.

After this, Tabitha changed her name and became Tabitha Galavan, not wanting to be associated with the Dumas family or the Order anymore. She then became an assassin for hire, using her skills learned in the order to murder people for money.

### Joining Barbara Kean

#### Kean Crime Family

Tabitha eventually became bored of the life as a hired assassin until she came across a lost woman named, Barbara Kean who came into Tabitha's personal lair looking for a partner. She said that she had heard all the stories about Tabitha's expert technique and ability to get the job done and explained that she needed someone like that on her side for a change. Growing bored of her current lifestyle, Tabitha accepted Barbara's invitation and the two had a joyride around the city, murdering people and stealing money, however, they were never caught or seen in the act. After this, the two became best friends and eventually came into contact with Carmine Falcone who offered them their own criminal organization if they accepted to work under him. While Tabitha hated Falcone, she still accepted and the two quickly rose to prominence in the criminal underworld.

While their business deal with Falcone was good and successful, Barbara and Tabitha grew tired and impatient of taking orders from him and concocted a plan to murder him and allow Barbara to take over as queen of the underworld with Tabitha by her side. They started by pay rolling moles in Falcone's gangs and eventually managed to overthrow Falcone and take over as queens, believing him to be dead. During her time in the Kean Crime Family, Tabitha became a close friend to Edward Nygma and the girlfriend of Cyrus Gold.

#### Death

The two ran the underworld for months until one of Falcone's loyalists escaped their captivity and provided evidence of Barbara and Tabitha's crimes against Gotham. With evidence at hand, they were permitted to make arrests. The word of their future imprisonment reached the women and they quickly packed up their things and Barbara, Tabitha and Cyrus quickly fled to their safe house. The GCPD eventually reached them and gunned down Cyrus, devastating Tabitha. Crying, she fled to Barbara's side and warned her of the army of cops outside. Realising they couldn't escape, Tabitha gave Barbara and final hug and went to try take out some of the cops with her weapon. However, she was unsuccessful and was gunned down by the entire police force.

## Equipment

* **Black Leather Whip:** Tabitha has been seen several times using a black leather whip to commit crimes and torment her victims. She mainly uses it in order to intimidate and/or interrogate someone for information, normally wrapping it around their neck and choking them. She keeps it holstered on her left thigh at all times.
* **Crossbow:** Tabitha is also known to use a Cobra 80lb Self Cocking crossbow as a weapon. She used it to threaten the life of Jim Gordon in order to take shelter in his apartment along with Barbara.

## Appearances

### *Batman: Anarky*

Season 1
* "Hey, Diddle Diddle" (mentioned)
* "Shattered Bloodline" (mentioned)
* "Treat Them Mean, Keep Them Kean" (flashback)
* "Legacies" (mentioned)
* "Battle for Gotham" (mentioned)

Season 2
* "Fallout"
* "Loyalty"
* "Lost Love"
* "Abandoned"
* "Fractured Minds"
* "We Are The Freaks" (mentioned)
* "Man of Steel"
* "Frostbite"
* "Hello, Junior"
* "Swimming With The Fishes"
* "Bat Family"
* "Escape From Earth-2" (mentioned)
* "Vengeance"
* "Metapocalypse"
* "Arkham Has Fallen"

Season 3
* "New Beginnings"
* "Narrows Rising"
* "A Woman Scorned"
* "Born On a Monday"
* "Family Matters"
* "Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body" (mentioned)
* "Eye For an Eye"
* "Bloodlines, Part 2"
* "Jokes On You"
* "Nothing To Fear"
* "Fear of Man"
* "A Bird That Can't Fly"
* "Demons"
* "Batgirl Begins, Part 1"
* "Batgirl Begins, Part 2"
* "Wildcard" (mentioned)
* "Joker's Wild"

Season 4
* "Blood Is Thicker Than Water"
* "Family Is Everything"
* "Whom To Trust?"
* "How To Solve a Problem Like a Falcone"
* "Betrayal"
* "Joy of the Holidays"
* "Two-Faced" (mentioned)
* "Agencies"
* "Order & Chaos" (mentioned)
* "Huntress Becomes the Hunted" (mentioned)
* "Friend or Foe"
* "A Tale of Two Sisters" (mentioned)
* "So You Wanna Start a War?" (mentioned)
* "Shadows" (mentioned)

Season 5
* "Crazy Love" (mentioned)
* "Watch Your Back" (mentioned)
* "Speak Not a Whispered Word" (mentioned)

### *Justice Society*

#### Season 1

* "The Cat's Claws"
* "By the Hour"
* "The Mid-Nite Hour"
* "Star-Spangled"
* "The American Dream"
* "The Beginning"

## Behind the Scenes

* In DC Comics, **The Tigress** is a super-villain and enemy of the Justice League. She is the daughter of classic super-villains, Sportsmaster and Huntress.
	+ Tabitha's middle name being "Artemis" is a reference to the original Tigress whose real name was Artemis Crock.
	+ Tabitha was also seen using a crossbow several times, another reference to the comics Tigress who used a crossbow as her signature weapon.