Tim Drake

* Tim Drake
* Robin #3

**Tim Drake** is a member of the **Batman Family** who has taken several names. Originally he became the third **Robin**, following Dick Grayson's ascension to Nightwing and the death of Jason Todd, when he figured out Bruce Wayne's secret identity. Proving himself in combat, he was taken on for training, and would eventually become one of the world's greatest detectives and martial artists.

## Biography

### Early Life

Timothy Drake was the only son of Jack and Janet Drake and was raised in a wealthy household.

As a small boy, Tim was taken to Haly's Circus, where he met Dick Grayson and the Flying Graysons, the same day as their deaths, which he witnessed and would never forget.

Years later, Tim saw footage of Batman and Robin apprehending the Penguin and noticed Robin's unique acrobatics, which reminded him of Dick Grayson. Making use of impressive deductive abilities, Tim pieced together the truth behind Batman and Robin's identities and followed their careers very closely. Tim even noticed Grayson's change of identity to Nightwing and Jason Todd becoming the second Robin.

### Becoming Robin

At the age of 13, after the death of Jason at the hands of the Joker, Tim, from his observations, noticed a change in Batman's personality, who was grieving over his failure, and went on a quest to reunite Batman and Nightwing, hoping to return the Dynamic Duo back to basics. When Dick refused to give up his new position to once again work as Robin, Tim volunteered to become the newest Robin, but Batman refused.

However, when Batman and Nightwing found themselves trapped in a situation with Two-Face, Tim donned the Robin costume and, with Alfred's help from the Batcave, managed to rescue them. Impressed, Batman accepted Tim as the new Robin on a trial basis.

Tim trained for the role over several months - first with Alfred, then Batman and finally Nightwing.

While training, the Obeah Man captured Tim's parents during a trip to the Caribbean. During the kidnapping, his mother was killed, and his father was left with paralysis, despite Batman's help. Tim's father now required the care of a personal nurse Dana Winters.

After assisting in the defeat of the Scarecrow, Batman finally deemed Tim was ready to fulfill his role as the new Robin and was gifted a costume unique from the previous two.

## Skills and Abilities

### Abilities

* **Peak Human Condition**
	+ **Peak Human Strength**: It took a combination of Lashina, Mad Harriet and Stompa to pry Tim off of Granny Goodness.
	+ **Peak Human Speed**: Similar to Batman and Nightwing, Tim is fast enough to react speedsters himself. Such as when Kid Flash attempted to tag him at super speed, only for Tim to counter him instead.
	+ **Peak Human Senses**: His senses and skills are so acute, that he was capable traversing and fighting multiple foes on a moving train, even while blindfolded.
* **Martial Arts**: Tim Drake has trained under Batman for years before training with Young Justice and Teen Titans further. He can even keep up a conversation while taking down multiple well armed enemies. He's fought trained ninjas and assassins as well as mercenaries. He can even recognize and deduce another person's fighting style and counter almost anyone. His teachers also include the Teen Titans, Batgirl, Nightwing, Wildcat, Henri Ducard and Lady Shiva. He has defeated Jason Todd and said he has more training than him. He has also stalemated and gotten the upper hand on Dick Grayson in combat. He even managed to get the upper hand on his future self known as Savior, who was holding back.
	+ **Stick Fighting**
	+ **Karate**
	+ **Boxing**
	+ **T'ai Chi**
	+ **Aikido**
	+ **Kung Fu**
	+ **Judo**
* **Acrobatics** He is more agile than Jason Todd.
* **Throwing**
* **Firearms**
* **Stealth**
* **Genius Level Intellect**
	+ **Investigation**: Tim Drake is often recalled as the most investigative and analytical of all the Robins. He is always listening, exploring and scrutinizing. Bruce Wayne suggested that with time, Tim could conceivably surpass him as the World's Greatest Detective. Dick Grayson has also said he is not as good a detective as Tim.
	+ **Gadgetry**: In addition to making modifications to the tech supplied to him by Batman Tim has invented a number of his own innovations such as his "bang-a-rang" flash grenades and his "redboard", a powered skateboard.
	+ **Photography**: Tim took and personally developed photographs of Batman while the caped crusader was becoming more reckless in the wake of Jason Todd's death. He also used his camera to help blend in with the crowd and look for causes to the accidents forcing the closing of Haly's Circus while tracking down Dick Grayson to ask him to aid Batman once more.
	+ **Aviation**: Tim Drake is able to fly a variety of small jets, including the one the Teen Titans use to get to missions.
	+ **Business Management**
	+ **Computer Hacking**
	+ **Computer Operation**: Tim has skill with computers which Barbara Gordon encourages and he has assisted her in modifications to the systems she uses as Oracle.
	+ **Criminology**
	+ **Disguise**: Tim has been taught in disguise by Alfred and has successfully disguised himself on numerous occasions.
	+ **Driving**
	+ **Escapology**
	+ **Lock Picking**: The picking of locks was among the skills Tim learned while training to become Robin.
	+ **Mechanical Engineering**:
	+ **Tactical Analysis**
	+ **Vehicle Combat**: Tim has adapted his martial arts and skateboarding knowledge in order to design a way to fight efficiently while skateboarding.
	+ **Multilingualism**: Tim has demonstrated at least some proficiency in Spanish, Hong Kong Cantonese, Russian and German in addition to his native English. He also picked up at least a small amount of French while studying in Paris.
* **Meditation**: Tim's first bit of training to become Robin involved a lesson on meditation from Dick Grayson. Since then Tim has learned a meditation technique that allows him to continue listening to his surroundings even when drugged to unconsciousness, though his grip on his hearing slowly slips. He has also learned a technique that allows him to slow his heart rate which allows him to survive grievous injuries he would otherwise bleed out from and be mistaken for dead.
* **Indomitable Will**: Tim's resistance to virtual torture has impressed the likes of Granny Goodness.

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* Tim Drake is not religious, believing that if God existed he would not let so many bad things happen. He has mentioned that his mother was religious but his father was not at all. This makes Tim a confirmed atheist.
* Tim's grandfather Charles Drake who was underage when he snuck off to join the military during World War II. He won the silver star for conspicuous valor at Iwo Jima. After that, Charles Drake married a girl named Linda and had a daughter named Laurel. Later in life, Charles Drake became a philanderer and left his family to marry another woman, this time having a son named Jackson. As a result of this, Tim's father, Jackson Drake was the younger half-brother of Laurel Drake, the mother of both Dinah and Sara Lance. Yes, that means Black Canary is Tim's cousin. That being said, the Drake family were not very close on account of all the drama and so Tim didn't even know he had a cousin until he did some research into his extended family.
* When Tim was 16, Bruce had his IQ tested. Tim scored 142.
* Tim and Cassie Sandsmark lost their virginity to one another.
* He asked for Babs' help in picking out the ring in October of 2016 and proposed to Stephanie November 20th, 2016.
* Tim's online username is Jester719.
* Tim's favorite food is sushi.
* Tim's best friends are Wally West and Conner Kent. The three friends and their respective girlfriends often go out on triple dates (in costume and in civilian attire). Tim is also very close to his adoptive sister Cassandra Cain.
* After Barbara Gordon was diagnosed with cancer he started helping her with Oracle work.
* He's possibly one of Bug's "Virts".

### Notes

* Tim is Roy's favorite Robin.
* His mother shares the name with Janet van Dorn, an anti-Batman district attorney from *Batman: The Animated Series*.
* Tim's paternal grandmother is Deborah Domaine, in comics she was the Silver Age Cheetah.
* Tim's IQ is a reference to *Batman & Robin Eternal #1*.
* His first Red Robin suit is inspired by his *New 52* suit and the second one is inspired by the pre-*New 52*.