Jason Todd

* Red Hood
* Jason Todd

Athanasia al Ghul, Aresia Prince, Cassandra Cain, Helena Wayne (Adopted Sisters)
Laura Todd (Surrogate Daughter)
Oliver Harper (Godson)

### Affiliation

The Team (Member)
Bat Family (Member)
Outlaws (Former Leader)
Titans (Former Member)
League of Shadows (Former Member)

## Biographical Information

### Place of Birth

Crime Alley
Uptown, Gotham, NJ

### Residence

Wayne Penthouse
217 Civil Ave Floor 25 & 26
Wayne Foundation Tower
Diamond District
Downtown, Gotham, NJ

### Education

Some High School
League of Shadows Training

## Background

### 1991 - 2005: Jason Todd

Jason was born in Crime Alley, one of the most dangerous parts of Gotham. His father was Willis Todd, a small time crook & his mother Catherine was a drug addict. His father worked for various peoples & almost anyone that could give him a check. His lifestyle opened Jason up to the life of crime & he even taught him everything he knew. Catherine died of a drug overdose was very young so it just him & his father for awhile. Being the greedy man he was, his father double crossed Two Face for extra money but paid the ultimate price for his treachery. Jason was then left an orphan of Gotham.

Jason was able to still live in his father's apartment in Crime Alley & eventually resorted to crime as a means to take care of himself. While Jason became skilled in all theft, stealing tires was his best skill set. Not too long after, Jason came across the Batmobile parked in the alley after walking pass. Being one of the few people bold & smart enough to try such a move, he was able to bypass the security before being caught by Batman due to the remote override. His first instinct was to take him to an orphanage but remembering what Dick went through at his, he decided that Bruce would be a good guardian for him. It was major adjustment for Jason as he had a butler waiting on him instead living off scraps day to day.

### 2005 - 2006: Robin

Bruce could see that Jason was filled with anger and aggression, so he decided to make Jason the new Robin, as Lance had stepped down from the mantle several months ago. After six months of training, Jason was officially the new Robin. With Bruce's help, he learned to channel his anger. Though successful, he still had a violent streak. And it wasn't helped by the fact that Jason always felt like he was unfairly compared to Dick, so whenever Bruce would comment on something, Jason would explode and feel like he wasn't good enough.

One of his first missions as Robin involved him & Bruce travelling to Star City to work together with Green Arrow & Red Arrow. The two sidekicks hit it off like no other, blossoming what became a true bromance. A couple of months later, Jason joined the Titans as a means to create some distance between Bruce so that they wouldn't argue so much. It also helped that Roy was on the team & that Jason began dating the Amazon powerhouse & Wonder Woman's sidekick, Donna Troy.

However, Jason's violence & impulsiveness had gotten so out of control that it resulted in the death of a criminal. Bruce banned him from going as Robin anymore leading Jason to spending a lot of time to himself. This time to himself led him to the discovery that Catherine was in fact his stepmother & that his real mother could still be alive. There were three women he found that could be his possible mother. One was dead & after ruling out the second as she lived in Gotham, Jason travelled to the Middle East to meet the third. Wanting to prove himself & to ultimately find the truth, Jason decided to pursue it himself & not make Batman aware of his plans. He soon found Sheila Haywood, a doctor working as part of the relief efforts for the refugees.

She explained everything about her past to Jason & why she had left him. As the day ticked out, she became more anxious & told Jason she would meet him later for dinner so he left to stay at a motel. In reality, he stayed close by to figure what was going on & spotted the Joker. After alerting Batman about Joker, Jason went in to save his mom but she was just as crooked as the madman. She couldn't risk being exposed as she was working the Joker to embezzle money & steal expensive supplies from the relief organization. After getting captured, Jason was then tortured & beaten with a crowbar by the Joker. After finishing with Jason, he fatally shot Shiela there point blank & left Jason to die. Batman arrived to late to save Jason & despite the best help he could find, Jason could not be saved. The site was one of the few events that brought tears to Batman's eyes.

### 2007 - 2008: Airtafae

Months after, Ra's allowed Talia to retrieve Jason's dead body. Out of her love & hatred for Batman, she wanted to resurrect him. His body underwent various experiments & he was then bathed in the Lazarus Pit. The League took advantage of his inconsistent memories to make him an elite assassin under the name of Airtafae meaning "risen one." With their many experiments & conditioning, he became an even more lethal weapon than before. He was given a supervisor in the form of his old friend, Rose. She was shocked to say the least after seeing Jason alive though she also just completed her first kill minutes before.

   Sworn to keep his status a secret, the two were often paired together on tasks for the League. Together, they were a good duo & racked up a kill list that consisted of criminals, government officials & more. Their partnership eventually led to the two developing a relationship of sort. He noted that she was the only one there to not look at him as if he was broken.

Since his resurrection, Jason trained under many masters in the League but specifically under the Bronze Tiger & Lady Shiva to advance his combat skills. They continued to feed him information (and some drugs) to keep him at their will but during a moment of clarity, Jason came to his sense. He disliked the fact that the League was not interested in justice like he was but merely for self preservation. Leaving the League of Shadows, Jason returned to his old home of Gotham.

### 2008 - 2010: Red X

Right in the middle of The Cataclysm, Jason returned to Gotham donning a black mask with a red X across it. He took on the name Red X to commemorate the mask. His presence in Gotham was not a positive one. After fighting off & killing some any criminals that came his way, he became the leader of the Outlaws by defeating the previous one then carves their own territory. That only lasted for some months before he decided to go solo towards the end of No Man's Land. Since he returned to Gotham, he constantly taunted the Bat Family as they cleaned up the city but especially Red Robin as he felt that he had replaced him. He also started to disrupt the flow of operations for various criminal gangs but really went after to Black Mask.

He essentially started a one-man-war against Black Mask's criminal empire. He was prepared to send the sniper shot to Black Mask when Batman arrived in time to stop him. Instead it resulted in them fighting each other. At the end of the fight, he unmasked Batman than he revealed his own identity. Once making his existence known, Jason threw a smoke bomb & immediately fled. Bruce searched but there was no trace left of him in Gotham.

Jason decided to leave Gotham behind & began roaming across Europe taking out terrorists, rapists & murders. After doing that for some time, he eventually settled in Nanda Parbat. The only person he stayed in contact with during his absence was Rose. He would soon find himself among the All-Caste, a group of warrior monks that have been around for thousands of years. He was trained by their leader Ducra despite being human & her belief that Jason would be the death of many people. He would become close with her daughter Essence, even starting a short romance with her until he was tracked down by Bruce & Dick after eight months. Initially, he shunned them but Ducra forced him to make amends with his father & brother.

### 2010 - 2015: Red Hood

With Bruce & Dick by his side, Jason came back to Gotham but under a new name, Red Hood. Instead of picking things back up with his old team of the Titans, he decided to join The Team where his brother Dick & old friend Artemis were the leaders. It took him awhile but he became somewhat adjusted to his new life even though he was definitely the most violent of them & could sometimes go overboard. Luckily, The Team wasn't sanctioned by the government so he could "kind of" get away with it.

Upon returning to the hero side, Dick informed Jason of the Roy Harper/Will Harper situation. He used his own resources to search himself but found nothing. After two months fo searching, Will & Oliver got a lead from Cheshire that led them to a monastery in Tibet. When they returned to the Watchtower, they brought back Roy with his lower left arm cut. After waking up, Roy escaped the Watchtower to find Lex Luthor as he believed he was behind his kidnapping. He probably would have killed him if Jason hadn't arrived to convinced him Lex had no part in this (though he also stated he had no objections to Roy shooting Lex). With the real Roy's return, Jason got his best friend back & someone who understood the pain & suffering he had been through.

Despite being apart of The Team, Jason went on solo missions for personal reasons which eventually started to annoy Rose. Feeling like she was always second to something in his life, she broke up with him but promised she would always be his friend. Despite it being a bitter break up, they moved on well. He continued as a member of the hero teams though he was constantly walking or crossing the thin line with his morals.

He eventually began dating his old flame Donna Troy again after reconnecting with her. She had tried reconnecting with him before but Rose barely allowed her to come close to Jason. Once he came back into the fold, she was constantly asking him questions that did nothing but drive Jason mad. But that wasn't the only thing setting him off at the time. Rose had taken a leave of absence about a year & half ago after another failed relationship (the guy tried to use her to get back at her father). She asked to not be bothered & everyone respected her wishes. While most assumed she didn't want to be bothered, Jason was one of the few who disagreed, knowing Rose wouldn't not speak to anyone for months at a time. He recruited Batman, Oracle & Nightwing to help him search for her but none of them found a speck of a trail. Some months later, they encountered Slade while he was on League business. Jason was convinced Slade was behind her disappearance, figuring he was trying to turn her into a perfect soldier so he attacked him. As he continued to throw punches, he yelled & asked about Rose's whereabouts. As soon as her name was spoken, Slade suddenly pushed Jason off of him & denied knowing her whereabouts, assuming she was staying locked in their bunker. After getting all the information he could, Slade said he would find her.

For the next three months, Jason was kind of a mess. They had heard nothing from Slade, not even a peep or a progress report. And to top it off, Donna broke up with Jason due to his obsessiveness with finding Rose & his long periods of absence as he searched the globe for her. While at the manor to see Alfred, Slade finally stopped by to reveal that he found Rose & that he spoke to her. She was adamant about being left alone & Slade could do nothing else but honor it. Though frustrated that his friend would just disappear, he accepted this was what she wanted.

### 2015 - 2018: Red Hood

Jason then decided to do two of the things he did best: avoid his issues & beat up some criminals. He became violent for some months, leading to him being benched multiple times by Batman but that did little to stop him.

While out at the store one day, he met a young homeless girl named Laura. She would hang out with other homeless kids & sometimes talk to him but would always disappear after. After months of this, she went looking for him & explained that she had killed a man after he savagely beat up her friend. After explaining what happened, Jason took Laura & brought her to see Bruce. After running some tests, Bruce would discover the girl possessed regenerative healing & superhuman strength. She went on to explain her childhood to the two men, going into details about her abuse. Seeing the girl was just lost, Jason brought Laura with him back to the Wayne Penthouse to live with him.

### 2018 - Present: Red Hood

After two years of playing "dad," Jason was asked to report to the Watchtower immediately. He left Laura with Roy then headed over, assuming someone had died as he was rarely, if ever, let inside the Watchtower. When he beamed in, he walked into the medical bay to see Rose unconscious on the table with Martian Manhunter's hands placed on her head. Before he could get a word out, Bruce explained that Rose was in HIVE's captivity for the last five years. When Slade saw her, he didn't realize that she was brainwashed & that the telepath Psimon was inside her head. Slade heard some chatter about Rose being at one of their compounds, found her & brought her to the Shadows, where she had been for the last couple of months. Once Rose was conscious & aware of her surroundings, Slade brought her to Bruce, who brought her to Manhunter for some mental therapy & deprogramming.

Jason immediately walked out after that & went back to Gotham, where he went after Black Mask & his goons. He made good progress, taking many of them out though he probably would have got captured if it wasn't for the arrival of Nightwing, Fury & Arsenal. After telling him how stupid he was & Dick forcing a hug on him, Jason had Laura stay at Wayne Manor with Alfred for a couple of days as he figured some stuff out. But he mostly just sat in his room. That lasted for about a week until Rose showed up at the penthouse asking why he wasn't there when she woke up. Overcome with rage & guilt, Jason blamed himself for not knowing what really happened to her. She agreed with him but told him that her own father & even Batman couldn't see it so to cut himself some slack.

Jason & Rose's relationship began to mirror the same one they had in the Shadows, as he was now the only one not looking at her like she was going to breakdown at any moment. With Bruce giving her the all clear, Rose moved into the penthouse with him & Laura. The two continued a relationship for some time before Rose ended it, feeling it mostly came out of his guilt & not actual love. She moved into the manor & Jason focused all his time back on Laura.

It was around the same time that Jason finally got his chance to finally reconnect with Artemis. He had brushed her off upon his return & when things seemed to become cordial, Artemis hit on him but he rejected her out of insecurities. Though Jason had always had a crush on the archer & felt she was one of the best of the heroes, he could not accept the idea of being happy with her. His rejection & following attitude led to their relationship consisting of insulting each other & getting into fights. In short, he saw her as an overbearing pain in the ass & she viewed him as a child that couldn’t fight his way out of a paper bag. Witnessing all this, Dick played matchmaker & soon their grudging respect for each other blossomed into a friendship.

After multiple close calls & many late night heart to hearts, Jason left a heartfelt confession for Artemis underneath her door at the bunker. After finding the letter, she asked Jason out on a date & he revealed what happened to him while he was with the Shadows. As of recently, Artemis moved into the penthouse with her daughter & even legally adopted Laura due to Jason's inability to do so.

## Romantic Relationships

* Donna Troy: Girlfriend (2006), (2013 - 2014)
* Rose Wilson: Girlfriend (2007 - 2010), (2010 - 2011); On & Off? (2010); Lover (2018)
* Essence: Lover (2010)
* Judith Taylor: Girlfriend (2012 - 2013)
* Zinda Blake: One Night Stand (2014)
* Helena Bertinelli: Fling (2015)
* Harley Quinn: One Night Stand (2017)
* Artemis Crock: Childhood Crush (1995 - 1997); One Night Stand (2011); Girlfriend (2018 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Peak Human Condition:** Due to his training with Batman, Jason's body is at the pinnacle of the human condition. He has displayed peak human strength, speed, stamina, agility & reflexes because of his extensive training. This allows him to recover from injuries very quickly, though not super humanly.
	+ ***Acrobatics*:** In his training as Robin, he first learned acrobatics. He further practices his abilities as the Red Hood even going so far as to chase the Batman Family around just to test his speed.
	+ ***Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts***: Jason has received training from numerous martial arts masters such as Batman, Bronze Tiger, Lady Shiva & the All-Caste. He was considered one of the All-Caste's most successful pupil, earning him lots of respect. Even Damian, who doesn't have a very high opinion of Jason, considers him to be one of the greatest master fighters.
	+ ***Stealth*:** Having not only been taught by Batman but the Shadows, Jason is very adept in the art of stealth. He was able to leave Infinity Island without anyone being aware he was gone.
* **High Level Intellect:** Though most don't believe it due to his personality, Jason is highly intelligent, having been taught by adopted father in various subjects. He's only the most street savvy of his siblings, having grown up there in his childhood & returning for some of his adult years.
	+ ***Aviation*:** He is capable of flying the Batplane but he rarely does.
	+ ***Computer Hacking***: Having been taught by Tim, he was able to hack into LuthorCorp's computers in less than five minutes.
	+ ***Criminology*:** For the early years of his life, Jason grew up in the streets of Gotham & is very aware how things works better than most in the Bat Family.
	+ ***Driving*:** Jason has driven a variety of vehicles from cars & boats, to being trained in the Middle East by an ace pilot to fly helicopters.
	+ ***Escapology*:** Learning from the best human escape artist, Jason is able to escape from things such as handcuffs & a straitjacket.
	+ ***Intimidation*:** Since a young age, Jason has been skilled in the art of intimidation & was the most violent of the robins until Damian showed some competition. As Red X & Red Hood, he put fear in the hearts of many criminals & was able to put many of them out of work.
	+ ***Investigation*:** Taught by the World's Greatest Detective, he uses deductive reasoning to solve many crimes.
	+ ***Multilingualism*:** Jason is fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese & many other languages. However, he struggles with Russian.
	+ ***Occultism*:** He is knowledgeable on some mystical concepts, due to his training with the Shadows & All-Caste.
	+ ***Thievery*:** In his youth, Jason provided for himself by stealing from the people of Gotham.
* **Weaponry:** Jason is highly skilled with most weapons, though he usually favors using his dual handguns. He is skilled in knife-fighting, and can use virtually any common object as an improvised weapon, such as baseball bats, chains, a crowbar, and even a flag pole.
	+ ***Marksmanship*:** Jason is an expert marksman.
	+ ***Firearms***: Unlike most of the Batman Family, Red Hood is one of few who has no problems with the use of firearms. Jason is a highly skilled marksman.
	+ ***Swordsmanship***: Due to his training over the years, Jason is a master swordsman. He has even been able to keep up with the likes of Ra's al Ghul in a sword dual.
	+ ***Throwing*:** He highly skilled with throwing weapons, such as batarangs & knives.
* **Red Hood Costume**: The costume was originally designed for Dick Grayson but he instead went to Blüdhaven & became Nightwing. It was given to Jason when he returned & he tweaked to fit his fighting style. It is a completely armored suit, that has a bat-symbol colored red & placed in the center of the chest. It also has a built-in taser which Jason uses to get people off of him when necessary.
* **Lazarus Enhancement**: Due to being immersed in the Lazarus Pits, he has some enhanced abilities.

### Weaknesses

* **Rage**: Jason's most notable weakness is his rage. Batman & numerous others have told him that his rage blinds him in battle to the point of leaving physical & mental weak points open for attacks. Recently, Jason has made steps to putting the past behind him so he can become a more disciplined & controlled fighter.
* **Bone Spur:** After Jason was killed by the Joker, one of his bones was never set right, which caused a growing debilitating bone spur in his hip joint.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strength:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Speed:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Range:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strategy:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Combat:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **TOTAL:** 160 - Threat Level 4 / Moderate Threat

## Trivia

#### General

* He kept the tire he originally stole from the Batmobile.
* Most people don't call Jason out on his antics because they can't beat him in fight. However, Artemis, Roy & most members of the Bat Family will.
* After returning to Gotham as Red Hood, he went to Central City to beat up Wally after finding out how his & Artemis' relationship ended.
* His father had worked with Sportsmaster, Two Face & other local gangs.
* He's never paired with Damian because they both are too violent & one wouldn't stop the other from going overboard.
* Jason is a big fan of tough love.
* He is very efficient at reading lips.
* Jason's favorite meal is pot roast.
* He became an occasional smoker after returning to Gotham but Donna made him quit.
* He has a confirmed kill count of 83.

#### Death & Resurrection

* He died on October 27, 2006 & was resurrected on February 19, 2007.
* "Airtafe" is Arabic for Risen One.
* Jason constantly makes jokes pertaining to him being dead.
* Though he would be killed as Robin, Bruce covered up his death. To the public, Jason Todd died while looking for his birth mother.
* When Jason came back from his self-exile, he had nowhere to live. He was legally deceased so he couldn't go the Manor & his safehouse from when he was Red X was compromised so he moved into the Outsiders Bunker.
* Jason didn't decide to rejoin the Bat Family until the summer of 2012. He didn't want to come back at first as he didn't feel that he belonged anymore & that they had very different methods of approaching justice. However, he still helped them on many cases so it just became official.
* After it was discovered Jason was alive, Dick was the one to get him to return to Gotham.

#### Relationships

* His relationship with Bruce has been strained since they met but was heightened after Jason returned from the dead to see that Bruce did not kill the Joker & had replaced him with Tim.
* Since meeting Dick, Jason was envious him whch turned to bitterness as he got older. He believes that Dick is Bruce's favorite. The two constantly argue.
* Jason felt replaced by Tim & fought him multiple times when he was Red X. He bullies him but is protective cause he believes he’s the only one who can do it.
* He has an unspoken relationship with Cassandra. They don’t bother each other & don’t need to speak to understand one another.
* Growing up, him & Aresia of them got in trouble together a lot. They consider themselves to be each other's halves as they known what the other is thinking.
* There is not a better & worse mixture in the world than Jason & Roy. They're both hotheads, impulsive, brash but brothers before anything.
* Isabella likes to call him Jacey. She's the only one that can all him that. Tim tried once as a joke & got punched in the nose.
* Barbara is one of the few people Jason isn't naturally rude to. Everyone assumes it's an unspoken bond over their hate for the Joker. Duke was eventually brought into this group as well.
* Before he died, Jason considered Diana to be the closest thing he had to a mother due to the fact that her & Bruce shared a child. Since becoming Red Hood, he's given her a Mother's Day card every year. She is also his favorite member of the Justice League.
* Jason became good friends with Luke Fox in school. They didn't see each other for a long time after his death but reconnected when Luke joined the Bat Family.

#### Romantic Life

* Jason had a crush on Artemis when they were kids living in Gotham. Their fathers were "work" associates so Jade babysat them while the men were out business. Him & Artemis also had sex during the summer of 2011 but Artemis forbid it from speaking about it.
* Jason is loyal when he is in a relationship but when he is single, he sleeps with plenty of girls. He also never bothers to remember names.
* Technically him & Rose were broken up during those eight months that he was self-exiled. Regardless, Rose still stuck by his side as she knew he still needed someone. They also were technically engaged at one point as Ra's was to have them married but Jason left the League of Shadows.
* He once left Rose a voicemail confessing his feelings for her but he later deleted it.
* He has only truly loved Rose & Artemis, believing the love he had for Donna was more "puppy love."
* Other than his documented relationships, Jason had had relations with Zinda Blake, Helena Bertinelli, Kara Kent & Harley Quinn. He has also slept with another one of Dick's ex but has yet to say. Its most likely Koriand'r & Bette Kane.
* Here is the confession that Jason slipped underneath Artemis' door:

```
*I’ve always admired you, Artemis. Your strength, your determination, your heart. You think what happened years ago was a mistake. That it was a moment. But I think we could be great together, I really do. I’ll give up being Red Hood for us. All I need is one chance to prove to you I can do better. And I will devote my life to making you proud. Happy. Loved. If you don’t think I’m worth one chance, if it was all just you caught up in everything, then throw this letter away. I’ll never mention it. I’ll even understand. Whatever happens, I love you.*
*Yours, Jason*

```

## Notes

* Instead of Superboy-Prime altering reality or some cosmic event, Earth-44 only uses the Lazarus Pit as means to resurrect Jason.
* Jason's alias Red X is a nod to the *Teen Titans* TV show. When they were trying to figure out who Red X was, Beast Boy said Jason was a possible suspect.
* Jason & Artemis Crock's relationship may be a nod to his relationship with Artemis of Bana-Mighdall. It may seem pretty random but after thinking about it, it hit me lie a ton of bricks how similar these two were (i.e. felt like replacements for original sidekicks, daddy/parents issues, League of Shadows connection, violent streaks).
* Jason's confession to Artemis is actually a confession he gave to Barbara in *The Three Jokers.*

## Links & References

* Character Gallery: Jason Todd
* Love Interests of Jason Todd