Dawn Granger (Dove)

# Dove

## Dawn Granger

Dove

*Description here ~ Justinian*

## History

### Early Life

Dawn was the first of two children born to Marie and George Granger in the city of London within the American Embassy that her mother was employed – granting her dual citizenship to either Western Democracy. The time that she spent in London during the formative years of her life slowly devolved into hardship as she was unable to escape the abuse of her father… an abuse that was spread equally between her mother, her younger sister Holly, and Dawn herself.

To try and escape the looming dread that Dawn’s father brought upon the family, both Granger daughters organized amongst themselves to rebel in small ways. Staying after school for various extracurriculars in an effort to set themselves up for success was one such pattern that Dawn had adopted with her sister Holly… even if the sins of a childhood culminated in a bombastic display when she was only at the age of fourteen.

That night, Dawn wouldn’t stand to see Holly be physically punished by her father any longer, and she took it upon herself to break his arm in a gruesome manner, giving both sisters enough time to escape the confines of their small townhouse in London… a journey they made without their mother despite how hard they pleaded for her to come with. It was difficult to face the reality that their mother had committed herself to a life of further indignities… but it was not a choice that Dawn or Holly could make for her. The two boarded the first bus to Plymouth, and from there boarded passage across the Atlantic to New York City for a fresh start at life. Although the prospect of travelling to a foreign land without many familial connections was daunting… anything beat the situation she and her sister had escaped from.

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A decade of struggles followed, even if they were for an entirely different reason. Finding lodgings at a local shelter while she attended school for no charge was a difficult life to balance while trying to save up money to eventually find a place to call her own.  Despite the hardships, Dawn found herself unnaturally relaxed even when the world seemed to be caving in around her… it was as though the prospect of fear had been eliminated from within her, compassion taking root within her to counteract the many years that she didn’t fight back against her estranged father. For that reason, Dawn made it her goal to give back to the community in any way that she was able – the primary way being to assist at the homeless shelter that had once taken her in, giving back to the unfortunate – to make sure that everyone got a second chance at life… so that they didn’t succumb to a life of fear and misery. Didn’t everyone deserve that? That line of thinking brought Dawn to apply for a police academy in Northern New York near Albany in the twenty-fourth district to follow up her interests of serving the community once she graduated from her schooling. She was accepted to the basic program, and after a tearful goodbye with her younger sister, attended for two years. After which, she enrolled within a special section of the police force as a crisis negotiator. The training was rigorous, shaping the young woman into an efficient machine of muscle and flexibility – the use of close-quarters-combat  was heavily emphasized for scenarios when their firearm would be unreachable… a skill that Dawn quickly conquered thanks to having taken a head start with jiu-jitsu. Despite her excellent work in the classroom, the real proof of how she would succeed in the role needed to be tested in the field. Dawn was transferred to the Gotham City Police Academy divisional unit underneath the Gotham City Police Department to finalize her training with hand’s-on cases of de-escalation.

There was little warmth in Gotham. The landscape was hostile, as were the residence…. All but one. Richard Grayson, one of the leading detectives for the GCPD had been a coworker that she had worked with time-and-again as the negotiator when the end of Grayson’s case neared. He had been the first one to shed a morsel of humanity her way within the island municipality. That was enough to bring a smile to her face, to make her want to come into work every day… just another reason atop the positive reinforcement of doing good in the community. The two coworkers sprung up an intimate relationship with one other, each having found the missing piece that they were looking for within Gotham. It was a match that had been very unlikely given circumstance, but one that blossomed into something beautiful given the natural connection between the two of them. Around the same time that she had moved to Gotham, Dawn began to dabble once more into extracurricular work… seeing the underprivileged community and taking inspiration from vigilantes that ran rampant through Gotham, Dawn constructed her own nighttime attire – believing that doing good could come in two forms. One with soft spoken words and an honest living… the other with a heavy fist.

Once Dawn fully graduated from her Crisis Negotiator training – the first job opportunity given to her was in Washington D.C.. The prospect was enthralling, but the subsequent disagreements with Richard over the distance, or taking the job in the first place, and when she had expressed interest in denying the job offer to stay nearby… Richard broke things off so that she wouldn’t sacrifice her own life for his own stubborn reasonings. Ultimately, Dawn took the job offer with the Northern Police Precinct of Washington D.C. – a transition that took more than a year for her to get comfortable with…. Both during the day, and the night. All she wished for was to do good in the world, and what better way than a two-pronged assault? One life at a time… One life at a time…

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities

* **Police Procedural Training:** Years of training in police academies designed for special operations.
* **Enhanced Physiology:** Enhanced conditions that make her a formidable threat.
* **Peak human condition:** Solid conditioning and durability through intense training regimens helped to increase her speed/reflexes
* **Martial arts training:** Which were only amplified by the seven years of jiu-jitsu that she studied as a part of her academy program.