Rudy West

## Background

### 1969 - 1993: Rudy West

Rudy West was born in Central City when his father & mother were still in high school. Joe enrolled in the police academy immediately after high school white Francine did community college. Rudy was raised with the help of his grandmothers due to his parents being so young. He remembers his childhood spent hanging with his Joe's & Francine's mom, coming to his dad's job & being at home with his mom. Eight years after his birth, his parents welcomed twins, Iris & Daniel.

While Rudy was a happy child, he was also a smart one. He started to picking up on his parents' conversation & he believed his mom to be sick. He even asked his dad when mommy would get better. But she didn't. To distract himself, Rudy focused himself with basketball becoming one of the top point guards in the area. If he wasn't on the field, he was hanging with his younger siblings.

Just when he was starting to get traction from colleges at sixteen, Rudy came home from practice to police cars at his house. His father explained that his mother was unconscious while six year old Iris was the one to call it in. He only saw his mom one more time after that when she came to get her stuff. He knew she was leaving but told his siblings that mommy was sick. Due to his father's schedule, Rudy knew that college wasn't going to work for him but his dad assured him it was fine.

Rudy got himself a full scholarship to a top D1 college in California. There, he met the love of his life, Mary. He was drafted by to Colorado's NBA team, the Blue Valley Mustangs, after his third year. Shortly after, Mary found out she was pregnant. She gave birth to their son Wally four months before she transferred to a college in Blue Valley to be closer to Rudy.

### 1993 - Present: Rudy West

His career lasted for around six years before Rudy suffered an injury at the age of 23. Not wanting to be far from home anymore, the family moved to Keystone City, only a short drive from his hometown Central City. Two years later, Rudy became the high school coach at his alma mater, Central High School, shortly after moving back home.

In 1996, his younger brother become a father to a son with an unknown woman. As they always do, the the family pitched in to help though it was made difficult as Iris' fiancée had been in a coma for the last couple of months.

Rudy had known Daniel was in a gang but the birth of his son, he went harder than usual to get him help as he blamed himself for being away for so long. No matter how he tried, he couldn't help Daniel when he eventually died in a gang shootout before his son was three. After his death, the family was devastated but in a way, became closer than ever. Daniel's son, Daniel Jr. began switching between living with his grandfather Joe & visiting his aunt's & uncle's house on weekends to hang with his cousins.

## Romantic Relationships

* Mary West: Girlfriend (1988 - 1991); Wife (1991 - )

### Ratings

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

## Trivia

* He currently is still working as a coach but is thinking of retiring in the next five years so that he can just live a quiet home life with his wife Mary.
* As the oldest child, Rudy was privy to his surroundings & knew what was going on with his mom. After she left, Rudy became like a second father to his siblings.
* Rudy always loved his mother but was upset that she was never around as she was in & out of rehab. He tried not to hold a grudge after she left but came to resent her after watching his dad struggle to raise Daniel & Iris alone.
* Though separated by six years, Rudy always did his best to look for his younger brother Daniel. When Daniel got involved in a gang & eventually died in a shootout, Rudy blamed himself for not being around as he was in college & playing in the NFL. He vowed to do right his son after his death.

## Notes

* *Earth-44 Explanation: The West family received inspiration from the Arrowverse & the comics. In Earth-44, Joe West is black & Francine is white. Therefore, Rudy, Iris & Daniel are all mixed (half Black & half White).*
* Blue Valley Mustangs is a spoof of the Denver Broncos.