Wendigo

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**Wendigo** (real name **Jacqueline Ophelia White**, born August 2, 1992) is a powerful Wendigo - Metahuman hybrid mutated at a young age in Project Tenebris as a safeguard for Project Cadmus, who is a member of the The Team, placed under the watchful eye of Robin and Aqualad. Due to a DNA test by the World's Greatest Detective, it is revealed that she is the daughter of a comical man and caring and loving woman. The woman became M.I.A and the man later became known as Gotham's Clown Prince of Crime; The Joker.

## Appearance

Wendigo takes the form of a cervid-humanoid hybrid. Covered in a crimson red fur coat with a white belly and freckles, complete with a short tail, a pair of antlers and cloven hooves for toes. Her build is slender and lanky with long limbs and torso, but remains healthy. Her hair is long and messy, as if she's been wondering for a long time, hiding her deer-like ears, white at the roots but fades to a dark crimson and black at the tips. Her eyes are are covered by the shadow of her long, messy bangs, but they have been shown to be pale silver with black sclera and pure white pupils. Her claws, forearms, feet and calves are covered in a shadow-like substance that reacts to Wendigo's emotional state.

## Civilian Wear

As of 2010,

As of 2016,

As of 2018,

As of 2020,

## Superhero Attire

In her Superhero Attire, Wendigo wears a black armored shorty bodysuit, with no sleeves and the leggings reach just above her knees, under a dark grey Arkham Asylum inmate uniform, with the top half tied around her waist. Black elbow-pads and a hazmat gas-mask over her 'muzzle'.

## Personality

Despite her monstrous appearance, Wendigo is kind, generous and compassionate, good to have around during a crisis as she knows how to remain calm and take control of the situation until it is resolved. Wendigo is very caring and nurturing to others, however she has a habit of neglecting her own needs while giving to others. She has shown to be a very intelligent being and loves to learn.

Wendigo tends to wear her heart on her sleeve, she feels anger intensely and joy quite well, but her sadness is silent and hardly, if ever, marked by tears. She hardly lets her rage control her and cheerfully remarks on the things that make her happy, but hardly says a word in her sadness, though it is visible to everyone. However, though she may feel sad, she never gives in to despair, always looking for a solution the right way. Her determination and little regard for pain can make her a powerful force to be reckoned with.

Alongside, Wendigo is gracious and well-mannered, knowing just the right things to say and do. Although she doesn't look it, Wendigo has high moral standards and doing the right thing is important to her, along with being a loyal friend and a faithful partner, gentle but not passionate.

Although strong-willed and loyal, Wendigo is a good listener and can view others problems with empathy, clarity and a balanced analysis, seeing both sides while showing respect and caring.

In short, Wendigo is generally frank, fairly sociable, but preferring peace at any price. She can be too self-effacing, modest and patient, and run the risk of being exploited by others. She may appear to be innocent and naïve but she is actually quite streetwise and astute - she can read others well, but often keeps it to herself.

However, Wendigo has shown to have an uncertain mental psychosis and suffers from PTSD, due to her mutation and mistreatment. When her mentality snaps, Wendigo turns feral and attacks anything that she believe would hurt her. She still retains her intelligence and some of her awareness, but her PTSD and feral mindedness is found to be a form of defense mechanism, as she has very little control over the outbursts and inability to talk makes it difficult to predict her next meltdown and feral episodes.

## History

Born Jacqueline Ophelia White, Wendigo was born to a kind and gentle woman and a comical man, whom became known as the criminal known as Red Hood, and later The Joker. When Wendigo was born, she was diagnosed with a severe illness. The family was able to pay for her treatment, but the doctors claimed her ailment was a complete mystery and Wendigo would have only a couple of years to live, which upset the family. Luckily, in the outskirts of Gotham, there was a genetic research facility called Project Tenebris. Tenebris offered to take care of Wendigo, for no fee. The father was a little skeptical at first, due to being born and raised in Gotham and with a history of shady characters, but the mother was able to persuade him into agreeing that this was the only way to save their daughter.

Project Tenebris ran some tests on Wendigo's human form and found she had a blood-related ailment, which was treatable and curable. Wendigo was cured of her ailment, but was later found to be Metahuman, which dawned a terrific opportunity for Tenebris' secret research. Tenebris was not just an ordinary genetics research facility, they were a paranormal branch of Project Cadmus, sent to Gotham to research the affects of fusing humans with possible samples of paranormal creature DNA, and Wendigo was fused and merged with the DNA of a paranormal deer-like creature that was later revealed to be a wendigo.

Many years of experimenting on Wendigo's physiology and powers, until one day Wendigo's psyche snapped and her feral mind became known to the scientists. She killed many of the scientists within Project Tenebris and escaped into Gotham. Luckily, after a few days on an animalistic rampage, Wendigo finally calmed down and was found by Batman, sleeping in Crime Alley. Batman took it upon himself to take Wendigo to Arkham Asylum, where she and the world would be safe.

## Powers

* **Wendigo Physiology**: Due to being infused with the DNA and essence of a paranormal creature of eternal famine and winter, Wendigo has transformed into a demon-like entity with many abilities, such as regenerative healing factor, enhanced senses and athleticism. Other abilities need to be documented...

* **Cold Manipulation**: As the vessel of an embodiment of winter, Wendigo has demonstrated an innate ability to manipulate the elements of extreme cold temperatures with the influence of her will. Such as summoning cold winds, create ice and even influence the weather to a certain degree.

* **Empathy:** Before her mutation, Wendigo's primary metahuman ability was her empathy; the psionic ability to sense the emotions of others, allowing her to gain insight into their thoughts and intentions, and even experience their own feelings. This also enables her to sense the mental state of others, as she has shown to react on Superboy's anger when he was using Shields.

* **Sensory Scrying:** As an extension of her empathy, Wendigo is capable of seeing through the eyes of other animals and people, as well as hearing and feeling, as if they were her own, which give her empathic insight of the situation.

* **Magic**: As a paranormal creature of folklore, Wendigo has displayed to have a powerful affinity for the mystic arts, as she demonstrated to hold her own against a Lord of Chaos such as Klarion the Witch Boy and Child.

## Abilities

* **Martial Arts/Parkour:** Although she looks feeble and unable to stand on her own feet, Wendigo has shown to be very agile and proficient in hand-to-hand combat, showing to be able to fight in fast and fluid motion and mastery of momentum.

* **Taming:** Due to her connection with animals and empathic abilities, Wendigo is capable of taming the angriest and most hostile of beings, such as the animals infused with Kobra-Venom.

* **Master Detective:** Wendigo has a genius-level intellect and can solve riddles and puzzling crimes committed by the most skilled and intelligent criminals and psychopaths, like Joker or Riddler. Due to her detective skills, she was able to detect that Robin/Nightwing was Dick Grayson and Batman was Bruce Wayne with a simple glance.

* **Multilingualism:** Although unable to talk on her own, Wendigo's intelligence has shown that she is capable of understanding multiple languages, such as French, Spanish, Zulu, Latin, Swahili, German, Russian and Japanese. She has shown to be fluent in American Sign Language and British Sign Language.

## Equipment

* **Utility Belt:** As a gift from Robin, Wendigo wears a dark grey utility belt, each pocket with a weapon or gadget similar to what Robin and Batman use.

* **Hazmat Gas-Mask:** Wendigo wears a gas-mask over her muzzle, which grants her limited immunity to smoke and other types of airborne toxins.

## Weaknesses

* **Autism:**

* **PTSD:**

* **Mental Instability:**

* **Astraphobia/Brontophobia:** Due to her sensitive nature and senses, Wendigo is deeply terrified of thunderstorms.

* **Camera-shy and Crowds:** Due to her shyness, sensitive eyes and believing to have a 'creepy smile and eyes', Wendigo is not a big fan of cameras or crowds.