Ethan Cobblepot

## Background

### 1995 - 2018: Ethan Larson

Born Ethan Larson, he was born in Hub City to his single mother Crystal "Crystie" Larson. Though his mother's job kept them afloat, it was the under the table child support she received that helped them out the most. Ethan had always wanted to know of his father's identity was but his mother remained tight lip on the subject, explaining how his father had sent them away after finding out she was pregnant.

Ethan's father helped put him through school & even paid for Ethan to go to Ivy University but it came with a price. After graduation, his father sent him a check with a letter stating that his "fatherly obligations" were now completed. Upset, Ethan finally decided to go confront the man was his father. Oswald Cobblepot.

### 2018 - 2019: Ethan Larson

After finding out his father owned the Iceberg Lounge there from his mother, he soon left his hometown in Pennsylvania & headed to city of Gotham. When Ethan showed up to his father's palce of business to confront him, Cobblepot refused to speak to him & had him thrown out. Even after Ethan tried to return the check in exchanged for father & son time, his father still rejected him.

Using the money, along with his dual degree in computer science & software development, Ethan created a mobile app named Walkie. Walkie would operate in service for pedestrians like Uber helps transport people in cars. Ethan put his all into the app in hopes of becoming successful so that he would be worthy in his father's eyes. But after two years of trying, it didn't work. Deciding to do more, Ethan went to Burnside & set up the company VicForm, a tech-oriented incubator that uses technology to change communities. VicForm created apps like Safestreets & WalkHome to send someone a car to take them to their destination or have someone meet them to walk them home safely.

### 2019 - Present: Blacksun

Ethan made quite the splash in Gotham with his business but his father's identity did not make him the most liked person. While it brought Ethan some enemies, not everyone was quick to judge. One of those lucky people would be Stephanie Brown, the Foundation Relations Coordinator at Wayne Foundation. The two met through business channels as it was part of her job to managing support from local corporations. Unbeknownst to Ethan, their meet-up was orchestrated so that Stephanie could look into him personally to make sure he didn't pose a threat. Clearly, she found nothing because the two entered into a relationship soon afer.

But the relationship would not be a long one as it was soon discovered that VicForm apps were not as innocent as they were presented to be. A homeless man was kidnapped by his "Safestreets" drivers & brought to Scarecrow. A young woman uses the "WalkHome" app to get away from her stalker but her companion ends up being Magpie. Stephanie continued up the guise of liking Ethan & being his date to masquerade ball to slip into his headquarters to scope the place out. She soon discovers that he has not only been behind the incidents involving villains, he also has been engineering accidents at his father's properties.

When confronted by Spoiler, Ethan was now operating in his new Vector Suit & was going by the name Blacksun. The battle went on for some time, showcasing that Ethan did have a few combat skills. Unfortunately, his suit short-circuited & catched on fire, leading to Ethan suffering extensive scarring on his face. In the hospital, Ethan was kidnapped by his father, who now regarded him as a son due to his "abnormalities."

Ethan remained out of the public's eye, hiding out wherever his father put him until he slipped up & Oracle was able track his location. Spoiler again was the one to spoil his plan again & put him in Arkham Asylum. Unfortunately, there was nothing to tie the Penguin, who easily skirted the penalty of hiding a fugitive.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Business Management:** He was the CEO of VicForm, a tech-oriented incubator.
* **Computer Operation**
* **Data Analysis**
* **Hand to Hand Combat**
* **Wealth**
* **Vector Suit**

### Weaknesses

* **Injuries:** Ethan's body suffered severe electrical burns when his Vector Suit shorted out, leaving his face badly scarred.

### Ratings

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

## Notes

* The surname Larson comes from Hope Larson, the co-creater of Ethan Cobblepot.
* Thomas Larson is the Groom, a villain of Nightwing.