Dian Belmont

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

### Dian Belmont: 1983 - 1997

Dian was the third of three daughters born to Gateway City District Attorney Larry Belmont and Whitney Crowne-Belmont, a member of Gotham’s elite Crowne family. When Dian was four, she would awake one night screaming with blood draining from her ears, eyes, and nose. Only when her parents were in the waiting room at the hospital did they find many others the same symptoms that same night — seemingly caused by the big blue explosions in multiple cities across the world.

Despite that strange incident and Dian’s infrequent nightmares about the yellow eye or an ominous space creature, she had a good childhood where she attended the best schools and received high marks and earned several awards an recognition for her writing as young as nine years old. Though she was fairly popular with plenty of her friends, she would be considered downright shy and awkward when she compared to her charismatic and outgoing sister Abbie.

### Dian Belmont: 1997 - 2001

When her sister was batting off hormonal teenage boys that flocked to her, Dian was usually nearby being left completely ignored as she scribbled poems in her notebook or plotted a story in her mind. In those sorts of moments, that’s when Dian would see him – the handsome boy with sandy blonde hair and a Gotham accent. Quite the daydreamer, Dian assumed that the boy was a figure of her overreactive imagination. When she would dream of him, she would always find herself wearing a red dress (or something else in red that fit the dream’s occasion) and because she believed he was a creation of her own subconscious, she had no problems with having fun with her dream boy. If nothing else, time spent with him was much more pleasant than that spent on her other, much more disturbing dreams.

### Dian Belmont: 2001 - Present

After graduating from Saint Elias School for Girls, Dian would be accepted to attend Ivy University. However, as Dian wanted nothing more than to work as a writer and knowing the value of life experiences, she decided to go on an adventure. Casting off her fairly sheltered lifestyle, Dian decided to buy a used car and travel the American countryside for the summer before her first summer at college.

Dian saw the sights. She was inspired by the likes of the Grand Canyon, Orchid Harbor’s Lady Artemis, the Emerald Bridge of Coast City, and the Keystone Mounds. Perhaps it was that inspiration which made Gotham her last stop on her adventure as Dian decided to take a chance and see if her dream boy was real.

Wearing a red sun dress, Dian was cruising into Gotham when her car broke down without warning. As she was bent over the engine, trying to make heads or tails out of the machinery, a freak summer rainstorm blew in — soaking Dian and prompting a passing motorist to pull over to aid the leggy girl in wet clothing. As the man approached and offered his umbrella, both drenched Dian and would-be-rescuer Wesley Dodds were stunned into absolute silence for a long and endless moment.

Standing before Dian was the boy of her dreams. When the two found their words again, it did not take long to confirm that they had shared the same dreams for close to five years. They got out of the rain and checked into a nearby motel, not leaving the premise for days. Dian was due to begin Ivy University, but she was somehow able to get a last minute admission to Gotham State University (likely on account of her mother’s family name being on several buildings on campus) in order to stay with the boy of her dreams — and the two have remained together ever since.

As Wesley became a prominent icon in the world of business and medicine, Dian became a successful crime writer, part-time popular columnist for the Gotham Gazette, a renowned humanitarian, and well-established antiquities collector. But that is what the public at large know Dian Belmont for.

In secret, Dian is the unseen third member of the duo known as Sandman and Judomaster. Dian helps plan the operations, provides logistical support from a remote location, aids in investigations when necessary, and is the one to patch both Wesley and Sonia up when they come back bruised, cut, and broken.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* **Psionic Metahuman:** Dian is a metahuman with some psionic potential.
	+ ***Clairsentience:*** Dian will often know things witohut any explanation for how she has come upon this knowledge, having only felt it imparted to her from the ether in that moment. Such strange wisdom can often come to her when she hears a particular name or can be triggered by any number of other stimuli. This ability is entirely passive and cannot be forced to happen.
	+ ***Psychometry:*** Dian can glean information from a perosn, object, or location through touch. When she is able to interact with the target of this power, her aura absorbs residual energy from the target and gives her esoteric insight, often in the form of visions or psychic impressions.
* **Antiquarian:** Dian loves antiquites of all sorts. She is an avid collector and generous patron to many institutions which preserve such treasures. Dian is an expert at appraising the worth of such objects, especially if she gets her hands on them.
* **Celebrity:** Dian is a low-level celebrity. She is particularly recognized by viewers of The Scene where Dian is one of the show's frequent (and most popular) guest hosts.
* **Connections: Politics & Society:** Dian is friends with several influential figuresin local, regional and national politics. She has also met several leaders (the prime minister of Canada is a big fan). As a wealthy woman in Gotham with her particular pedigree, Dian has considerable influence over the elite socialites in Gotham City.
* **Investigator:** As a crime writer, Dian is an expert investigator on her own merits. She is particularly god at finding connections that others may overlook in documents.
* **Hacker:** Dian is a highly skilled hacker. She was mostly self-taught but after the Sandman and Judomaster made the acquaintance of Batman and his family of crimefighters, it was not long before Dian got an encrypted invite in her e-mail, offering her a place in Oracle's Network. Since joining the Network, Dian has improved her hacking ability considerably, making her a world-class digital detective specializing in research.
* **Historian:** Having studied the history extensively for her "Time and the Bottle" stories (which follows the adventures of time-traveling detective Eugene Bottle), Dian is considered to be an expert historian.
* **Linguist:** Dian speaks seven languages, including English, French, and Vlatavan.
* **Markswoman:** Dian is a member of the Gotham Arms Shooting Club where she practices weekly. Through she does not carry a firearm on her person, she claims she's rarely ever far from one if she needs it. By her own admission, Dian does not care for guns, but takes on this training and preparation to keep Wesley from worrying about her safety.
* **Martial Artist:** Very few have ever seen Dian's violent side which makes her skill at the more stunning. Trained in self-defense by Sonia Sato, it is no surprise that Dian an easily drop a grown man twice her weight on the ground in the blink of an eye. This is another safety precaution to keep Wesley from stressing over her well-being.
* **Wealth:** There is very little that Dian cannot afford.
* **Writing:** Dian is a popular, Pulitzer prize winning writer. Her works sell millions of copies each.

### Weaknesses

* **Migraines:** Like many psychic persons, Dian suffers from migraines, particularly when she overuses her powers.

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Occult:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Weaponry:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Expertise:** 5 — Master / Remarkable
* **Range:** 5 — Master / Remarkable
* **Strategy:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
	+ **TOTAL:** 60
	+ **RANKING:** Moderate Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* She's friends with Marian Grange, Sonia Sato, Kate Kane and Vicki Vale. Jack Ryder is her acquaintance and Jonas Maliki is her former friend.
* She had been dreaming about Wesley Dodds for years prior to their meeting. The two decided to pursue a romance built off this and both found the other to be quite the ideal companion.
* She's one of few people who know Sandman's true identity.
* Wesley admits that Dian is his greatest asset and his greatest weakness. Though she is quite capable in her own right, Wesley fears one day that an enemy of his will try to use her against him by threatening her well-being. For this reason, to mitigate chances of this happenings, Wesley has made Dian an active part of his crusade and trains her to take care of herself. He keeps no secrets from her.
* She uncovered evidence linking Court of Owls to a car accident inolving Thomas and Martha Wayne.

### Notes

* In the comics, she doesn't have any powers.

## Links and References

* Appearances of Dian Belmont
* Network Files submitted by Dian Belmont

1. ↑ Network Files: Dian Belmont
2. ↑ Deluxe Oracle File: Wesley Dodds
3. ↑ VOX Box: Date Knight 1