Oswald Cobblepot (Arkhamverse)

* Origins
* City
* Knight

***Oswald Cobblepot** has character files in Arkham Origins, Arkham Asylum, Arkham City and Arkham Knight.*
**Oswald Cobblepot** is an eccentric criminal mastermind known for his shady business dealings.

## Arkham Origins

### Notes

* Up and coming crime boss
* Extensive underworld connections
* Cunning and paranoia make him a difficult foe to nail down

### Profile

The Penguin operates a black market on his modified luxury liner, the Final Offer. Cobblepot is tapped into Gotham’s underworld like no other - if there’s a deal going on somewhere in the city, Cobblepot knows about it, and is probably involved in some way. He is careful about maintaining a low profile when it comes to his gang’s dealings, which makes it difficult to pin this criminal activity on him. While he doesn’t offer much in the way of a physical threat, he does carry concealed weapons and keeps a large number of his thugs around to protect him.

### Extortion File 1

**Candy**: Hiya, boss.
**Penguin**: Candy? What a treat! Where you been, luv?
**Candy**: Gone fishing, remember?
**Penguin**: Ah, yes. Catch anything interesting?
**Candy**: Just a nibble. That Roman’s a slippery one, but he does have a new hobby.
**Penguin**: Oh?
**Candy**: Collecting masks. Ain’t that a hoot?
**Penguin**: Now, what would Roman want with that lot, I wonder? I think it’s time to break out some of our new hardware. We need to keep an eye on our friend, Black Mask.

### Extortion File 2

**Cop**: Yeah, that you?
**Criminal**: Yeah, it’s me. What is it?
**Cop**: I got uh… information. Your boss - we got 'im at the scene of the crime.
**Criminal**: What scene?
**Cop**: Lacey Towers.
**Criminal**: He didn’t do it.
**Cop**: Oh no?
**Criminal**: Should I repeat myself?
**Cop**: We got him at the scene. Understand? Direct evidence of murder. Cobblepot ain’t gonna be able to slip this one. Branden says we’re gonna have to bring him in.
**Criminal**: I told ya - he didn’t do it.
**Cop**: That don’t matter. All that matters is the evidence. Now… if that evidence should happen to disappear…
**Criminal**: Ah. I see.
**Cop**: Well, it is Christmas. And with Loeb gone, I gotta look out for my future.
**Criminal**: Alright. It’ll be in the usual place. Just don’t wait too long. Wouldn’t want your cash to get soggy in all this snow. And make sure Branden gets his cut. I don’t want that sonuva bitch comin’ back at me.
**Cop**: Hey. Always glad to help.

### Extortion File 3

**Criminal**: So? Whattaya got?
**Cop**: A bunch of heavy hitters. Couple I’ve identified as potential customers.
**Criminal**: These really their names?
**Cop**: Aliases.
**Criminal**: Deathstroke. What’s that guy into?
**Cop**: Guns, flashbangs. Deadshot too - sniper by trade. He’s good for ammo.
**Criminal**: Whoa. Whoa! Who is this chick? Copperhead? She’s wearin’ nothin’ but ink.
**Cop**: Yeah, dunno about her. Firefly neither - not for weapons at least. Maybe for other er… materials. But this Bane guy - if you got the stomach for it - he’s got a whole gang with him. That’s your big sale right there. Assuming he don’t just rip your arms out for fun.
**Criminal**: Alright. So, how’s this work with Loeb out of the picture?
**Cop**: Can’t use the normal channels. This Gordon's a regular boy scout.
**Criminal**: Oh, yeah? Maybe we can help you with that.

## Arkham Asylum

### Attributes

* Criminal and financial mastermind
* Expert hand-to-hand combatant
* Driven by a need to prove himself in spite of his comical appearance
* Employs various weapons, many based on umbrellas and birds.

### Story

The Penguin, one of Batman’s oldest foes, is an eccentric criminal mastermind, known as much for his ornithology and trick umbrellas as for his shady business dealings. Gotham’s popular Iceberg lounge serves as Cobblepot’s front for a number of illegal financial activities that fund much of the city’s underworld. Despite his short stature, the Penguin is a wily foe whose umbrellas conceal a variety of deadly weapons and gadgets.

## Arkham City

### Bio

The Penguin is an eccentric criminal mastermind known for his shady business dealings. Born into the wealthy Cobblepot family, Oswald was sent overseas for school as a boy. When his family hit hard times, Cobblepot immersed himself in a criminal education on the streets of London.
Years later, he re-emerged as the Penguin, a black-market arms dealer in Gotham, facilitating the illegal financial activities that fund much of the city’s underworld.
The Penguin seems to be prospering within Arkham City as the leader of its emerging black market.

### Attributes

* Criminal and financial mastermind
* Expert hand-to-hand combatant
* Driven to prove himself
* Employs various weapons

### Tape 1

**Penguin**: I’m only doing this as a courtesy, Strange. Don’t think you’ve beaten me.
**Hugo Strange**: I just thought we could both benefit from a little talk, Mr. Cobblepot.
**Penguin**: Don’t try that psycho mambo jumbo with me, Strange. I’m not like the other crazies.
**Hugo Strange**: Of course not, after all, considering the… challenges you’ve faced…
**Penguin**: Challenges? What freakin’ challenges? You’re not better than me. No one is. I own this place.
**Hugo Strange**: Well, to be clear, I allow you certain freedoms, but let’s continue. Why do you feel the need to own anything? I believe it is a mechanism to compensate for some childhood inadequacy. You were friends with the Waynes, correct?
**Penguin**: I was, ‘till someone did the world a favour and blew the brains out of the little Wayne’s self-righteous parents. I was laughing for weeks. It still brings a smile to my face.
**Hugo Strange**: And you think that’s OK?
**Penguin**: OK? No, I don’t think it’s OK. I think it’s bloody hysterical. That family destroyed mine. What happened to them, well, it couldn’t of happened to nicer people.

### Tape 2

**Hugo Strange**: Take a seat, Mr. Cobblepot.
**Penguin**: What is it now, Strange?
**Hugo Strange**: I wanted to talk about your apparent hatred of the Waynes. Your outburst last time was most interesting.
**Penguin**: It’s simple, really. I don’t like the snivelling little bastard. Look at him. All high and mighty because someone killed mommy and daddy.
**Hugo Strange**: Most people look upon him with sympathy.
**Penguin**: No they don’t. They’re jealous. Jealous of his money, his cars, his women. He lost the sympathy vote when he vanished for all those years. I can’t tell you how much I hoped he was visiting his dear mom and dad.
**Hugo Strange**: Where do you suppose he went?
**Penguin**: How am I supposed to know?
**Hugo Strange**: Let us move on then.
**Penguin**: No. It’s time that you do something for me.
**Hugo Strange**: And what is that?
**Penguin**: Here’s a list.

### Tape 3

**Penguin**: I thought I told you, Strange, no more little questions until you give me what I want.
**Hugo Strange**: Take a look, Mr. Cobblepot. Here is a purchase order for the various firearms you require. I must say, you chose and exotic selection.
**Penguin**: I only take the best.
**Hugo Strange**: A wise strategy.
**Penguin**: So, what’s yours?
**Hugo Strange**: Excuse me?
**Penguin**: What are you up to? Why would you give me, me of all people, guns, explosives… all this… all this stuff?
**Hugo Strange**: Arkham City is an experiment, Mr. Cobblepot, a new way of thinking. We’ve separated you from society so I am more than willing to study the results if you all just decide to kill each other. Besides, your feud with the Joker is intriguing.
**Penguin**: I was here first. I bought my museum and the Iceberg Lounge fair and square. It was you and that mayor who stuck us all together.
**Hugo Strange**: Again, you refer to owning things, quite fascinating. I believe we gave you the opportunity to leave.
**Penguin**: And take over my turf? Never.

### Tape 4

**Hugo Strange**: Good evening Mr. Cobblepot. I trust you received the second delivery.
**Penguin**: Yeah, I did. I don’t know what you did to those dribbling monkeys, Strange, but they were perfect.
**Hugo Strange**: I’m glad. It appears that we can both help each other.
**Penguin**: If you say so. I suppose it doesn’t hurt that by the time I’m done with ‘em, they’re usually in too many pieces for anyone to know what you are really getting up to in those rooms of yours.
**Hugo Strange**: I have no idea what you are talking about.
**Penguin**: Of course not. So, Hugo, the clown, is he really dying?
**Hugo Strange**: It appears so. Self-inflicted, of course, but yes he is. He has Mister Freeze working on a potential cure, but I am sure neither of us want him to get his hands on it, so we?

### Tape 5

**Penguin**: We’re ready.
**Hugo Strange**: Good. Now, one last thing. Your face.
**Penguin**: It’s beautiful, isn’t it?
**Hugo Strange**: The eye? I believe it was the result of a bar brawl, correct?
**Penguin**: The toe-rag got lucky. He got his though. He took my eye, I took both of his, left him trying to walk across the Gotham Freeway at rush hour. Hilarious.
**Hugo Strange**: You’re a rich man, Mr. Cobblepot. You could have had that glass removed.
**Penguin**: They said it was impossible and what the hell, I think it gives me a… more unique look. Know what I mean? Now, where is Freeze?
**Hugo Strange**: He’s right here, in the room next door. You can take him with you. Are you familiar with the term Napoleon complex?
**Penguin**: No. What is it?
**Hugo Strange**: It’s nothing. Oh, and one last thing. Here is a list of ten prisoners I believe work for you.
**Penguin**: Yeah, so what? Do you want to saw their heads open and scoop out their brains too?
**Hugo Strange**: No. I just thought you’d like to know that they are all in the employ of the GCPD.
**Penguin**: What?
**Hugo Strange**: I believe you know what to do to them. I don’t like being spied on, Mr. Cobblepot. Goodnight.

## Arkham Knight

### Bio

The Penguin is an eccentric criminal mastermind known for his shady business dealings. Born into the wealthy Cobblepot family, Oswald was sent overseas for school as a boy. When his family hit hard times, Cobblepot immersed himself in a criminal education on the streets of London.
Years later, he re-emerged as the Penguin, a black-market arms dealer in Gotham, facilitating the illegal financial activities that fund much of the city’s underworld.
Since his humiliating defeat in Arkham City, Penguin has resurfaced, supplying arms to Gotham’s occupying forces via a front company called North Refrigeration.

### Attributes

* Criminal and financial mastermind
* Expert hand-to-hand combatant
* Mercilessly cruel
* Various underworld connections

### Audio File 1

**Two-Face**: Keep that smoke out of my face little man.
**Penguin**: What’s the matter Harv? The burning smell bring back some bad memories?
**Harley Quinn**: You’re a real couple ‘o bozos you know that!
**Scarecrow**: Enough!
**Penguin**: Well well! ‘Bout time you showed ya’ face.
**Harley Quinn**: Yeah. What’s left of it.
**Two-Face**: What’s the deal Crane? Why are we here?
**Scarecrow**: Because you share something. A fear that strikes at you from the shadows. Hunts you. Keeps you afraid of the dark.
**Penguin**: Yeah yeah. We all fear Batman. Tell us something we don’t know.
**Two-Face**: Like how we kill him.
**Arkham Knight**: That’s my job.

### Audio File 2

**Penguin**: This cocky gobshite isn’t the first Bat-fanatic to muscle in on our turf. I’d sooner piss on him than trust him.
**Two-Face**: The coin says give him a chance.
**Penguin**: Sod the stinkin’ coin. When I make a deal I like to look a man in the eye.
**Two-Face**: Did you bring a footstool?
**Penguin**: Yeah, real funny, Harv. You keep talking like that and Scarecrow’s little ceasefire ain’t gonna happen.
**Two-Face**: Let this Arkham Knight run his army. Leave him and Scarecrow to chase the Bat. We can take care of ourselves.
**Penguin**: I’m ‘avin nothin’ to do with your bank job, aside from my cut of course.
**Two-Face**: You just make sure our men are armed and their guns are loaded.
**Penguin**: Oh don’t you worry, Harv. The guns’ll be loaded. Every bleeding second of this truce.

### Audio File 3

**Penguin**: Look at ya! Gettin’ claret everywhere. Look like you’ve done ten rounds with Grundy.
**Thug**: My arm… I think it’s broken!
**Penguin**: This had better be good otherwise I’ll give you a matching pair. What happened?
**Thug**: We got to the docks, like you said.
**Penguin**: Harvey’s men?
**Thug**: They had the same idea as us.
**Penguin**: Someone warned ‘em, didn’t they? You! You dirty filthy grass!
**Thug**: Boss please… someone got the drop on all of us… killed everyone…
**Penguin**: What?!
**Thug**: He went through us like we weren’t there. I never seen anything like it.
**Penguin**: The Arkham Knight.
**Thug**: He had a gun in my mouth. Said this was a family now. We all gotta get along. Said you better know your place.
**Penguin**: Cheeky bastard.
**Thug**: Hey, don’t shoot the messenger, right boss?
**Penguin**: Nah. I can break his bloody arm though.