Bruce Wayne

**Bruce Wayne**, otherwise known as **Batman**, is the protector of Gotham City. A vigilante struck by grief and vengeance promising to keep the streets safe. As a civilian, he is a rich businessman and entrepreneur, known for his playboy tendencies and his philanthropy.

## Biography

### Early Life (1986-1998)

Bruce Jonah Wayne was born February 19th, 1986 to Dr. Thomas Wayne and philanthropist Martha Wayne. He was born as the sole heir to the Wayne Family. Raised by his parents and his butler Alfred Pennyworth, he had a cheerful and carefree childhood. At a young age, he was very clearly intelligent and had acrobatic ability, which his parents took a lot of pride in. In 1989, Martha was expecting a child and a younger brother to Bruce, however due to complications, the baby ended up dying inside the womb, leading Martha to spiral mentally. This came to a head when Bruce was 7 years old, he witnessed his mother destroy their study. She was sent to a sanitarium, leaving Thomas to raise Bruce on his own for a temporary amount of time with his best friend, Lee Thompkins stepping in to help him on occasion. After 5 months, Martha returned home.

Bruce was enrolled into Gotham Academy in the early 1990s. He was a highly intelligent student, even for his young age. He became friends with Tommy Elliot, a troublemaking but intelligent boy, and Gilda Gold, the daughter of socialites James and Lillian Gold. They were good friends for years.

He wasn't particularly close with his cousins as a younger child, due to Kate and Alice always travelling and Mary being over a decade younger than him. He would only see the Waynes and the Kanes during reunions or big events. Due to this disconnect, he was never in tune to the Waynes' more criminal activities.

When Bruce was 9 years old, he was playing out in the courtyard when he ended up falling in an old well and ending up in an old bat cave. A cauldron of bats flew away startled, traumatizing Bruce, giving him a life-long fear of bats. Thomas and Alfred saved him, but the damage had already been done.

### Night in Crime Alley (1998)

On September 14th, 1998, Thomas and Martha took Bruce Wayne to the Monarch Theater to watch *The Mark of Zorro* at a reserved showing for Bruce specifically. Walking out to the limo, Bruce noticed a bat flying by. Thomas and Martha decided to take an alternative route through Park Row, later known as Crime Alley. While walking down the alley, a burglar attempts to mug them. Thomas steps in front of his family, causing the burglar to panic and shoot both Thomas and Martha. Pointing the gun at Bruce, he realizes what he had done before running away into the night, leaving the newly-orphaned boy alone in the rain in a pool of blood and scattered pearls.

### Adolescent Life (1998-2005)

After the death of his parents, their will granted his parental rights over to their butler, Alfred. He was taken out of school and placed into a homeschooling program. He began to learn special skills that would be important later in his life. He learned martial arts from Alfred, forensics from Lee Thompkins, among other skills.

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities

* **Acrobatics**
* **Acting**
* **Athletics**
* **Aviation**
* **Business Management**
* **Criminology**
* **Disguise**
* **Driving**
* **Genius Level Intellect**
* **Indomitable Will**
* **Interrogation**
* **Intimidation**
* **Investigation**
* **Leadership**
* **Lockpicking**
* **Martial Arts**
* **Medical Science**
* **Meditation**
* **Multilingualism**: Bruce knows English, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, Chinese, and American Sign Language.
* **Peak Human Condition**
* **Pedagogy**
* **Stealth**
* **Swimming**
* **Tactical Analysis**
* **Tracking**
* **Weaponry**

## Paraphernalia

### Transportation

* **Batboat**
* **Batcycle**
* **Batmobile**
* **Bat-Copter**