Sofia Ramos

## Background

### 2003 - 2015: Sofia Ramos

Sofia Ramos is the daughter of the young couple, Gabriel Barrera & Rocio Ramos. Her parents got married when she was four years old & shortly after that, they were all three kidnapped. Gabriel's family was quite wealthy & used all their resources to find them but came up empty. Many assumed Gabriel kidnapped his wife & daughter then disappeared but the police could not find a motive.

The truth was that they were abducted by a group of corrupt billionaires, who wanted to do testing for metahumans, after discovering Sofia's meta-gene during a doctor's appointment. Both Sofia & her parents were experimented on as the billionaires wanted their own team of metahumans to do their nefarious & illegal biddings.

### 2015 - 2019: Sofia Basaro

This metahuman project, known as the "Ark Program," was eventually shut down by none other than Batman when Sofia was twelve. He had become aware of the kidnappings because the Ark Program had abducted another family from Gotham. After burning the facility to the ground, all of the captives were freed with Batman placing Sofia & her parents in Capital City. Unfortunately, most of the captives would die within the first year following their escape due to the testing done during captivity. Sofia's mother would be one of the casualties, leaving Gabriel to raise Sofia on his own.

Taking her grandmother's maiden name, Sofia & Gabriel lived a normal life in the city. He did his best to help her forget about her dark childhood by spending all of his free time with her & getting her involved in various activities like gymnastics, boxing, dancing & martial arts.

After years of a relatively normal & happy life, Sofia & her father would be ambushed in traffic jam by a mysterious man. The assassin killed her father, slitting his throat as Sofia watched in the passenger seat. He then tried to do the same with her but realized that he couldn't kill her in the same manner. In his frustration, he pulled her out of the car & threw her off the overpass. Thanks to her metahuman powers, Sofia survived the fall & used this time to escape. She immediately ran home to gather some things before trying to leave town but was intercepted at the train station by Batman. Remembering the man as the one who saved her & her family, she followed him back to Gotham. On their way, he revealed that the man who killed her father was an enforcer of Ra's al Ghul.

Batman was unsure what exactly Ra's wanted with Sofia but decided to keep a close eye on her nonetheless. He even offered her an opportunity of returning to a normal life, all she had to do was say the word. Instead she asked to be more like him, which he refused immediately. It was the last conversation they had. Though the heroes did their best to keep Sofia safe & sound, they were soon found by the same assassin that killed her father. Not only did he find & defeat the heroes, he took Sofia with him to Infinity Island.

### 2019 - Present: Babylon

For almost a year, Ra's groomed & brainwashed her, using her hatred for the world to convince her that she was meant to be his apprentice & a weapon to fix society. Though reluctant, Ra's still put Sofia up against a team of his own assassins to remind her the world was a cruel place & that he does things for the greater good. She slaughtered the group, earning her the title of "lahab shaytan" & codename of Babylon. She soon became a deadly opponent that anyone would have a hard time dealing with.

After training for weeks, Sofia faced her first test against the same heroes that protected her. To Ra's, it was way to test his possible successor as he had failed with other proteges, such as Bruce Wayne, Oliver Queen, Azrael, Jason Todd & his grandson Damian Wayne. But he felt that with Sofia, he finally found the perfect instrument for his destruction. She caused the heroes a lot of trouble during her first months as one of Ra's soldiers.

After an intense battle with The Team, they were able to liberate Sofia from Ra's' control. While the mission was a success, The Team did not feel like winners. Measures were taken to deprogram Sofia & understand the extent of her abilities, while Ra's al Ghul's power & influence continued to grow.

Since then, Ra's has left Sofia alone & has not made any attempts to recapture her. She has since joined The Team & taking up residence at the Outsiders Bunker.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Metahuman Physiology:** Sofia was born a metahuman with the ability to healing at an accelerated rate. Following the experiments done by the Ark Program, she also gained the power of superhuman strength whenever she is in physical pain.
	+ ***Regenerative Healing***: After being experimented on by the Ark Program Sofia gained a regenerative healing factor.
	+ ***Pain Empowerment***: Sofia's strength is directly tied to pain so the more pain she endures, the stronger she is.
		- ***Enhanced Endurance***: A portion of her ability, Sofia is granted with high tolerance for pain, which exceeds the peak capacity of a normal human.
		- ***Enhanced Strength*:** The extent of this power is unknown but Sofia has been able to endure all damage that has been brought against her.
		- ***Longevity***: Sofia can live longer & does ages much slower, along with her almost unkillable resistance, which makes her appear as an immortal being.
* **Above Average Human Condition:** For a year, Sofia was brainwashed into becoming Ra's successor. She impressed him in that short time, pushing herself to the limits that her body could handle. She is at near peak physical condition of a woman her size.
	+ ***Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts*:** Sofia originally just learned defense moves when she was being watched by Batman & the other heroes. Upon joining the League, her skills surpassed most of his assassins as he found she was a quick learner. She was trained under Ra's himself & the members of his Inner Circle. She has gained proficiency in the styles of Judo, Boxing, Aikido, Kunoichi, Tae Kwon Dom, Karate & Krav Maga.
* **Driving**: Sofia can drive a car & a motorcycle with extreme accuracy.
* **Leadership:** Sofia possesses a natural affinity for leadership, quickly gaining her own group of assassins that she led in the field for combat.
* **Marksmanship**: Sofia has shown significant skill with knives, able to surpass an Olympic archer.
* **Multilingualism:** Sofia is fluent in English & Spanish because of her parents. During her capture of Ark Program, she was also taught Mandarin, Portuguese, French & some Italian. While with the League, she learned Arabic & is skilled enough to hold a conversation.
* **Swordsmanship:** Though she picks & chooses when to use it, Sofia is highly adept with the sword with some saying she moves as if it part of her body.
* **Tactical Analysis:** In addition to her leadership, Sofia also gained extensive training in how formate plans of attack & recon missions.
* **Tracking**: As a member of the Shadows, she tracked various superheroes without them ever knowing.

### Weaknesses

* **Power Limitation**: While her abilities grant her a high degree of survivability, they do have their limits & she can still die.
* **PTSD:** Sofia is still haunted by the deaths of her parents. After watching her mother wither away due to the experiments, she watched her father get murdered years later.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* Batman chose Capital City because it was a busy place with a large population & it was still close enough for him to check in on Sofia. He later did some digging on her parents & found that her mother had a child before Sofia that was living in Gotham.
* Batman also attempted to move her in with her grandmother, her cousin Maggie or her cousins in Blüdhaven but Sofia refused & moved into the Outsiders Bunker. She eventually began staying at her grandmother & cousins' on occasion.
* She's become good friends with her cousin Nyssa.
* Her father is both Cuban & Mexican. Her mother is Puerto Rican.

## Notes

* In the comics, her parents' names were Gabriel & Ana Ramos.
* Her family is unique to Earth-44. No one in her family is named other than Hephaestus & her demigod half brothers.
	+ Gabriel Barrera is based on Gabriel Ramos, her father in the comics.
	+ Rocio Ramos is the biological mother of Derek Flynn.
	+ Derek Flynn is the superhero Sideways.
	+ Rosalina Basaro is an original character.
	+ Nicky Lee is a character from the G.I. Joe franchise.
	+ Nyssa Lee is based on Nyssa Barrera, a character from the Percy Jackson franchise.
	+ Maggie Sawyer is a detective with the GCPD.