Damian Wayne

* Robin
* Damian Wayne

Maya Ducard, Mara al Ghul, Connor Queen, Curaré, Kai-Ro, Ben Guest (Maternal Cousins)

### Affiliation

The Team (Member)
Bat Family (Member)
Titans (Former Member)
League of Shadows (Former Member)

## Biographical Information

### Residence

Wayne Manor
1007 Mountain Drive
Crest Hill, Gotham, NJ

### Education

League of Shadow Training
(Mentor: Slade Wilson, Sandra Wu-San, David Cain, Talia al Ghul)

Attending School

## Background

### 2004 - 2005: History

Shortly after Bruce's break up with Diana, he began to feel alone again after having now washed four years down the drain. But he wasn't the only one feeling alone at that time. While conducting an investigation on some stolen artifacts in Bulgravia, he happened to cross paths with Talia al Ghul. She claimed to be after the same man as he had stolen something precious of hers but in reality, she specifically tracked the Bat down. No other man could ever fill her heart the way he did & though it was wrong on both of their parts, the two would wound up in bed together.

After a night of passion, Talia left early the next morning before Bruce could say anything but he would still see her leave. Following that night, Bruce didn't see Talia for awhile & assumed it was because she was doing her father's bidding somewhere far from Gotham. He didn't question as she was known to be incognito & having her assassins do her dirty work. But that wasn't the only reason she remained hidden as unknown to him, she had become pregnant with his child.

### 2005 - 2015: Ibn al Xu'ffasch

Damian al Ghul, also known as Ibn al Xu'ffasch, was born the following March in an undisclosed location. No members were privy to her pregnancy in the League of Shadows except for the inner circle & her daughter Athanasia. Anyone who spoke of his existence outside the group was to be executed by Ra's himself.

Once he became of age, Damian was trained to be a skilled & elite assassin per his birthright. He was taught under the League's top masters (Slade Wilson, Lady Shiva, David Cain, Talia al Ghul & Ra's al Ghul himself). In addition to his elite martial arts & hand to hand combat, he was also highly intelligent, being taught by the best tutors the League had to offer. In time, he rightfully earned the titles of Princes of the Shadows & Demon's Son on his own, though it was already his blood right. With his natural skills & his parentage, Damian became a highly respected & feared member of the League.

Due to the League's fallout with the HIVE, there was an assassination attempt on Damian's life when he was just ten. Not wanting her son to be in the middle of their war, Talia left Infinity Island & literally dropped Damian off at Wayne Manor. All she told him he would be staying with his father now. Damian knew who his father was & had heard stories of him but he had yet to meet him. Alfred would be the one to answer the door & brought the young boy as she sat in silence on the couch. He remained on the couch for the next three days before Bruce came back from his honeymoon with Selina. Before Alfred could get a word in, the boy greeted himself as Bruce's son.

### 2015 - Present: Robin

Once Damian's existence was made aware to Bruce, he assumed it was Talia only did this to disrupt his work at Batman & cause problems in his new marriage. But he soon learned of the attempt on Damian's life, taking much more caution with new son. Precocious, spoiled, selfish & violent, Damian was quite the nuisance at Wayne Manor. He battled Red Robin (Tim Drake), whom Damian wanted to replace as Batman's sidekick. Although misguided & malicious, Damian genuinely wanted to aid Batman's war on crime as he saw himself as Wayne's true son unlike the orphans he had adopted.

Batman soon granted Damian the mantle of Robin, a mantle that had been abandoned for nearly a decade. The two began patrolling together as Batman & Robin, with Bruce teaching Damian, still a cold-hearted assassin, about the sanctity of life. He had him join the Titans, hoping that seeing people his age would be a refreshing sight for him in contrast to the Shadows. Damian began showing restraint but Alfred criticized Bruce for not being supportive enough. In response, Bruce bought him a dog named Titus.

Damian began adjusting well to his new life, enrolled at Gotham Academy & became the closest thing to a normal kid as a former assassin & billionaire's son could.

After being in his father's care for four years, they were targeted by the assassin named Nobody. He taunted them on how Batman's no-kill methods were ineffective, something Damian often thought about. He encouraged Robin's darker side & tried to take him as an apprentice. After a bad argument with his father, Robin angrily left the Batcave to work with Nobody, who asked him to execute a criminal. When it was time for Damian to do the deed, he revealed that he was lying & refused to betray his father. Nobody tortured Damian, continuing his personal vendetta against Batman. Before Nobody could kill, Batman discovered them then beat Nobody mercilessly. He came close to killing him, stating he only stopped when he realized Damian was watching the fight. Nobody swears to kill them & all their friends. In his rage, Damian kills him with a strike between the eyes, a move Nobody had taught him.

Though deeply shaken by the killing, Bruce reacted with compassion rather than anger. When Damian recovered from his injuries, he resigned from the Titans & continued his one on one patrols with Batman. He did eventually join The Team at his brother Dick's urging.

## Personality

Damian truly thinks he is the shit. There's no other way to phrase it. Growing up, he had every means & right to be an arrogant, spoiled & selfish brat. Being raised in the League of Shadows made him obnoxious, full of himself & ruthless. He was literally the Prince of the Shadows & had all his needs catered to him.

Upon meeting his birth father, these personality traits still stuck as he felt he was the only deserving of Bruce because he was his only biological child (though he is mistaken). In time, he has learned to be his better self, progressing & maturing as a person due to the time he has spent with the Bat Family. However, some things still stick like his arrogance & violent outbursts.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Peak Human Condition:** Despite being the youngest Robin, Damian Wayne is one of the most skilled & has given all his brothers a good fight. Training intensely since a young age, he has learned under the League of Shadows, Batman & Talia al Ghul.
	+ ***Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts***: Damian's training has made him a formidable hand-to-hand combatant able to defeat or hold his own against multiple opponents, armed opponents or skilled hand to hand combatants. He has been trained by both the League of Assassins & the Bat Family. He claims to he knows just as many martial arts as Batman & can use them more effectively. This may be a largely overstated comment but one should not ask for verification.
	+ ***Stealth***: Damian is possibly the most silent of the Robins, due to his small nature & light body. Damian once snuck into the Batcave virtually undetected until he felt necessary. His training under the League had stressed stealth to be just as important as the death of their foes, placing its importance very highly as a skill.
* **Genius Level Intellect:** Damian is extremely intelligent, having inherited a genius IQ from his father.
	+ ***Artistry***: Damian is considered as skilled with a brush as he is with a sword.
	+ ***Business Management***: He was trained by his mother & the League of Assassins in the way of controlling a company with an iron grip. Even as a young boy he knows that in business there are wars & in war there are assassins. He is involved with the Board of Wayne Enterprises.
	+ ***Computer Operation*:** While he is good, he isn't better than Barbara or Tim.
	+ ***Disguise***: Damian has disguised himself as an elderly bus driver & a substitute teacher.
	+ ***Intimidation*:** Though he may not be physically tough, he knows how to control his weight & has stated that he knows, "one thousand ways to kill a man." His abilities make him quite lethal & feared by many.
	+ ***Investigation***: He has been able to deduce people's actions as well as solve mysteries with few amounts of data.
	+ ***Medical Science*:** Damian knows basic first aid & how to apply sutures.
	+ ***Mimicry*:** His voice mimicry is so good that he could fool the Batcave's voice recognition security system by copying Tim Drake's voice.
* **Weaponry:** It was once stated that he is trained in every weapon known to man.
	+ ***Archery***: Damian believes that his training with the League of Shadows gave him greater mastery of the bow than even Green Arrow.
	+ ***Swordsmanship*:** He is the best swordsman in the Bat Family, granted none of them have been trained extensively in that department. He has assaulted both Tim & Bruce on separate occasions with his sword
	+ ***Throwing*:** Damian is trained by the Shadows in shuriken throwing & further trained by Batman in Batarang throwing.
* **Robin Suit:** Damian wears a suit similar to that of past Robins. His includes a hood, which separates him from the others. He has gauntlets like those of Batman & can be used for protection & as a weapon. He carries an utility belt which includes "birdarangs" (Batarangs), smoke pellets, tear gas & most of the same weapons that the Bat-family is in possession of.

### Weaknesses

* **Arrogance:** More often than not, he believes himself to be better than he is, this has allowed him to underestimate opponents as well as irritate his allies.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 7 - Master / Elite
* **Strength:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Speed:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Occult:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Weapons:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Range:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strategy:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Combat:** 7 - Master / Elite
* **TOTAL:** 193 - Threat Level 4 / Moderate Threat

## Trivia

#### General

* When he first came to Wayne Manor, he was rude to everyone including Alfred. Now he is the only one he is never rude to. If Alfred tells him to do something, he will.
* He has a habit of calling people by their last names. Dick is Grayson, Jason is Todd, Tim is Drake, Alfred is Pennyworth (but not to his face). Some of the exceptions are Bruce, who he calls father & Cassandra, who he calls by her first name. Though he has stated he doesn't call Cassandra by her last name because of her father.
* Damian is a self proclaimed vegetarian.
* He has a strong love for animals. He has a cow named Bat-Cow, dog named Titus & cat named Alfred.
* He claimed that he learned to drive at the age of five.
* He does not plan on attending college, believing they have nothing to offer him.

#### Relationships

* Bruce & Damian would not meet until he was almost ten. While Damian was aware of Bruce's existence his whole life, Bruce was not aware of Damian's. Their relationship was complicated but has gotten much better over the years of him living at Wayne Manor.
* While Tim was nice when they first met, Damian tried to stab him. He then put Tim in the hospital after besting him in a fight.
* His best friend is Jon Kent. When they first met, Damian was highly distrustful of Jon. In time, they formed a partnership & grew into best friends. Jon brings out the childish elements of Damian while Damian makes Jon acknowledge his potential.
* Damian has come to respect Artemis Crock & she is one of the few to make that list. He swears it is because of her skills but most think he has a crush on her. Jason once teased him about his crush & Damian reminded him that he knows thousands of way to kill him.
* He also has a crush on Laura Kent, Djinn, Kara Kent, Stephanie Brown, Sofia Ramos & the assassin Emiko Lacroix. Emiko is also known to flirt with him in battle.
* He argues the most with Jason out of his brothers.
* He is friends with Lyta Trevor but constantly annoys her with his various antics. He hates that she has this immense power & potential but won't use it.

## Notes

* *Earth-44 Explanation: I have a STRONG opinion about Damian being the result of sex that was not consensual. On Earth-44, Bruce & Talia both willingly had sex. While Bruce was probably thinking with one head more than the other, he still wanted to do it.*
* Damian is not aware that Athanasia & Hafid are his siblings.
* To view the 2032 version of the character, click HERE.