The Penguin

**Oswald “Oz” Chesterfield Cobblepot**, sometimes known by the nickname "**The Penguin**", is a British-American businessman and reformed gangster. Cobblepot attained notoriety as the founder and former boss of the Cobblepot crime family.

## Oz Cobblepot

### Other names

Oz
Ozzy
The Penguin
The Gentleman of Crime
Freak

## Social life

### Occupation

Crime boss (formerly)
Mobster (formerly)
Businessman
Jewel thief

### Allegiance(s)

Falcone crime family (formerly)
 Cobblepot crime family (formerly)

### Family

Tucker Cobblepot (father)
Esther Cobblepot (mother)
Jason Cobblepot (brother)
William Cobblepot (brother)
Robert Cobblepot (brother)

## Criminal life

### Country

United States
 United Kingdom
 Kaznia (briefly)

## Miscellaneous

### Weight

175 lbs

Cobblepot is an eccentric mastermind, known as much for his love of ornithology and trick umbrellas as for his shady business dealings. Born into the wealthy Cobblepot family, Cobblepot was sent overseas for school as a boy. When his family hit hard times, Cobblepot immersed himself in a criminal education on the streets of London. Years later, he re-emerged as the Penguin, a black-market arms dealer in Gotham. Gotham’s popular Iceberg Lounge serves as Cobblepot’s front for a number of illegal financial activities that fund much of the city’s underworld.

Cobblepot has apparently retired as a criminal following his release from Arkham Hospital in March 2022; although questions surrounding the authenticity of this statement (as well as the authenticity of Dr. Crane’s evaluation) have circulated since his release.

## History

### Background Information

Oswald was born to Tucker and Esther Cobblepot in 1966. Oswald was born with a birth defect that gave him a uniquely beak-like nose that horrified his father so much the man dropped him on the ground moments after birth. Tucker Cobblepot would go on to develop a gambling addiction and financial issues as a result of business mismanagement and his distaste for his son’s appearance, despite Esther showing unconditional love.

Growing up, Oswald was the heir to the vast fortune of the Cobblepot family. However, Oswald was often sheltered from the public as a result of his “distasteful” appearance, and his father threw away his fortune through alcoholism, business mismanagement and gambling debt.

Oswald was heavily bullied by his peers during childhood, who mocked him for his appearance and were the first to compare him to a penguin. Because of their teasing, Oswald developed a fascination with birds, which he felt more kinship with than people.

One night during his childhood, Oswald's older brothers attacked him and his pet birds, finally going too far for the boy to handle. Oswald secretly murdered all of them one by one to look like accidents - Jason died of poisoning, William in a hit-and-run, and Robert in a freak accident which left him at the bottom of a frozen lake.

In his own words, the only person he cared about was his mother - the only person to ever show him genuine compassion. Oswald would craft mechanical birds for his mother as presents, which she always appreciated. Oswald would develop an unhealthily close relationship with his mother, going so far as to threaten his father that he’d hurt him when he was old enough in retaliation for the abuse he forced upon her.

One night at the age of 13, in fear of Oswald’s insults towards him, a drunken Tucker attacked Oswald with the intention of killing him. In the scuffle, Oswald fired a concealed pistol at his father, who survived the attack and created the story to say that Oswald simply attacked him and it was NOT in self defence. As a result of his family name and Oswald’s “grotesque” appearance, the jury decided to side with Tucker, leading to a 3 year prison sentence at the age of 14.

Once released, Oswald secretly murdered his father to make it look like an accident, and the cause of Tucker’s death was ruled as alcohol poisoning.

While in boarding school, Cobblepot would continue to be bullied by his peers, only developing a friendship with one student who continually defended him named Carter Winston. Over the years, Cobblepot would systematically murder all his former bullies, keeping a yearbook with newspaper clippings about their suspicious deaths for his own pleasure.

As early as his release, Cobblepot was running errands for Benny Asplin, a local crime boss out of the (x in London neighbourhood). Cobblepot carried out truck hijackings at x Airport together with a small crew and sold the goods to outside buyers. During this time, Cobblepot befriended fellow mob hijacker Winslow “toyman” Schlott and future boss Reverend Slaggingham.

In July 1992, he moved to Gotham City after his mother, Esther, passed away.

## Chronology

* 1966 - Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot is born to Tucker and Esther Cobblepot in London, England.
* 1979 - Ozzy is arrested for the attempted murder of Tucker Cobblepot.
* 1980 - Oz is jailed for attempted murder.
* 1982 - Oz is released early from prison. Oz poisons Tucker Cobblepot, while his death is ruled as alcohol poisoning.
* 1992 - Oz moves to Gotham after Esther Cobblepot’s death, and begins going by “The Penguin”.
* 2004 - The Penguin is imprisoned for a decade for attempted murder.
* 2014 - The Penguin is released from prison, and begins working under the Falcone Crime Family. The Penguin purchases an abandoned nightclub, which he plans to reopen and use as a front.
* 2015 - Construction beneath the Iceberg Lounge begins.
* 2017 - The Iceberg Lounge opens.
* 2018 - The Penguin is arrested and his men leave town, leaving the Iceberg Lounge abandoned. The Iceberg Lounge is attacked by Falcone men, but survives the attack in a supernatural display of strength.
* 2019-2022 - The Penguin’s assets are suspended by the government during his time in Arkham Hospital.
* 2022 - The Penguin is released from Arkham Hospital, and retakes the previously abandoned Iceberg Lounge.
* 2024 - The Penguin is planning to retake the criminal empire that was once his.