Calvin Rose

## Background

### 1997 - 2005: Calvin Rose

Born in the city of Gotham, Calvin Rose was the only son of an abusive man by the name of Marcus Rose. Whatever kind of abuse his father thought of, he did to Calvin. His favorite action was locking him in the old dog kennel outside that used to belong to their former dog. His father would usually leave him out there for the night then let him out in the morning.

When Calvin was eight, his father locked him in the cage again one night but when morning came, his father did not return. After three days of hammering away at the chains with a rock, he was about to gave him up until he took a breath to relax himself. When he came back to the lock, he felt that he could see every flaw of the lock. Mustering all the strength he had left, he used the same rock to hit the lock where it had been chipped away. Even though he freed himself from the kennel, he felt that his days of running were far from over. He ran for miles until his legs gave out & he was found by an older man.

### 2005 - 2015: Talon

Over the following summer, the elderly man taught Calvin how to pick any standard lock and how to escape a straightjacket in a number of ways. At the end of the summer, the man died & Calvin was alone again. For the next five years, he remained alone on the streets until he was found by the Court of Owls.

He laughed at their name, saying that all owls did were eat rats. But the Grandmaster of the Owls explained that like owls, they preyed on Gotham City's rats aka evil & immoral people. Thinking it sounded good to his immature thirteen year old mind, he agreed to help them on their mission to keep the city great. Calvin was then trained him over the years, by former Talons & other instructors in the Court. He honed his skills until he was nearly ready to step up & become the Court's private weapon for justice, the Talon.

On his eighteenth birthday, the Court deemed him ready & had him battle his predecessor to the death in the Labyrinth. The elder Talon put up a fight but he was too slow compared to Calvin, who slit his throat. At that moment, Calvin became disgusted with himself. The Court then demanded him to sit there with the body until he went mad. Going with his instincts, he escaped of the Labyrinth & broke into the Court's secret meeting place. Pleased with his abilities, the Grandmaster decided that Calvin was ready to become the next Talon. It was then that Calvin knew he would never be to escape the trap of the Court of Owls' influence & power. For the first time in his life, there was no way out.

Given his first real assignment, Calvin was to break into the apartment of the late Eric Washington, whose company Securitus had been developing the most advanced security systems for years. Since his death, the company & his residence now belonged to his daughter Casey Washington. Once he got into the apartment, he was ordered Calvin to end to the Washington bloodline. Against his better judgement, Calvin broke into apartment fully prepared to commit murder until he saw Casey with her young daughter Sarah. Seeing that Casey knew what was going on, he knocked her out, grabbed them both then escaped the building to keep them away from the Court.

### 2015 - 2020: Raptor

For the next four years, Calvin was able to give Casey & Sarah a new life. Though there was some obstacles (i.e. him being sent to assassinate her & her daughter), the two come to care for each other in an intimate way. Though far from his former life, he still hears about the so-called Night of the Owls & how the Court was thwarted by Batman. Many members were imprisoned in Arkham Asylum & 24 prominent Gotham City businessmen were found dead all wearing Owl masks. Believing that Court of Owls may be dead, Calvin returns to Gotham.

When he arrived in town, he realized he was wrong but was helped by a man named Sebastian Clark, who wants to help him wipe the Court of Owls from existence. After systematically stopping the Court for nearly a year, the Court realizes Calvin was a bigger threat than they thought. Using one of the undead Talons who were unfit to serve the court, they sent Felix Harmon (aka "The Gotham Butcher"), who was notorious for killed hundreds of civilians & two members of the Court because he was bored.

Returning to Casey, he begged her to leave with him as he was sure that the Court have found them. She refuse his request as she now gives refuge to those on the run from the most deadly & powerful organizations on the planet. However, she offered her own organization's help with Calvin & Sebastian's mission. But before anything can be done, Harmon arrived & used his massive hand to crush his throat. As Casey ran, Calvin escaped from Herman & entered a free-fall, leading to him breaking his arm. The group was able to escape though one of Casey's team was killed. After getting his shoulder popped in back in place, him & Casey agreed that the running must end & they needed to go back to Gotham to fight the Court together.

### 2020 - Present: Raptor

In Sebastian Clark's underground bunker, Calvin became comfortable with doing something other than running. Their life became to resemble a normal one, with them sharing breakfast like the average family. But Casey & Sebastian, both eager to get out, encouraged Calvin to return to work so life could always be like this. His next mission was to go after Securitus, Casey's father's former company & one of the Court's assets. When he arrived, he was kidnapped by Talons & taken to Securitus CEO & the Court's new Grandmaster, John Wycliffe. The CEO revealed that he only just became the Grandmaster & that Calvin was being used by Sebastian, the former Grandmaster. Returning to Sebastian's place, he discovered Wycliffe was right & that both Casey & Sarah are gone. He then found Sebastian but before he could question him, Harmon arrived & knocked Calvin unconscious.

When he awoke, he began attacking the Talons until Wycliffe told him that the lives of Casey & Sarah are now at the mercy of the Court. Before sending Calvin off to find Sebastian, the Court said he needed to be broken in again & gave him a new mission: kill the traitor Mary Turner/Strix with a serum that will dissolve necrotic tissue . For the sake of Casey & Sarah's lives, Calvin was willing to commit evil deeds & eventually found Strix with Spoiler. Unable to go through with the mission, he allied himself with Strix & used the serum on a corpse to trick the Court. After convincing the Court, they sent him to Santa Prisca, which is where Sebastian was hiding. He was able to take him down with the help of Casey' friends, who had also discovered her location.

Returning to Gotham, Calvin, with the help of Batman & his allies, are able to stop Sebastian & Herman, who have teamed up to kill all of Gotham City. Though in the process, Calvin was gravely injured by a brainwashed Sarah & went into a three week coma. When he woke up, Casey had regained control of her father's company after it was purchased by Wayne Enterprises. Calvin, along with Sara, were treated back to health by Leslie Thompkins. Batman has agreed to let Calvin & Casey to keep operating under the condition that the two must join Batman Incorporated.

## Romantic Relationships

* Casey Washington: Lover (2016 - 2019), (2020 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Acrobatics**
* **Escapology**: Calvin is one of the best escape artists in the world. While not shown competing against another escape masters, Calvin showed since a young age talents to find out the best possible ways to get out of every deadly situation with success. He has always been able to find the perfect calm that helps him escape from every trap.
* **Peak Human Condition**: Calvin Rose has already shown agility, strength, speed and endurance in several points of his career.
	+ ***Hand to Hand Combat***
	+ ***Pain Tolerance***: Thanks to the years of training, Calvin was immune to pain.
* **Stealth**
* **Swimming**

### Ratings

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

## Trivia

* Calvin's skill set was unusual for a Talon as they usually chose people who are more aggressive. However, Calvin's mix of stealth, infiltration & escape made him a perfect candidate.
* When Sebastian was Grandmaster, he was the one that failed in the threat of the Batman & poisoned eleven of their number before making an escape. He's also the same man that recruited Calvin into the Court when he was teenager.