Oswald Cobblepot (Penguin)

# Penguin

## Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot

The Penguin

*Description here ~ Oswald*

## History

### Early Life

Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot was born to Esther and Tucker Cobblepot. In the city that he will grow to want to have total power of. When he was born, he arrived into the world with a birth defect that gave him a beak shaped nose that disgusted the hell out of his father. So much so that the man that got to hold him first during his introduction into the cruel world of Gotham dropped him on the floor. His father called him an abomination whilst his mother called him special and unique. His father hated him and his mother loved him unconditionally.

Growing up, Cobblepot was bullied heavily by his peers and three older brothers. Even his own father beat and berated him for his looks. Calling him Penguin and comparing him to the flightless bird. Ironically enough, birds are who Oswald took great interest in. They were fascinating to him and he felt more akin to them than he did actual people. He started obtaining pet birds and creating mechanical contraption that resembled birds.

Oswald cared only one human and one human only, that was his mother, Esther. She was the only person that ever showed him compassion during his life. He would craft those birds for her as presents in which she would always appreciate and adore him for. Oswald began to have a very unhealthy obsession for her which created his interest in crime and violence. He felt that was the best way to get her attention.

His brothers always berated him and verbally abused him. Sometimes even physically abuse him. But one night the three musketeers did something unspeakable. To Oswald, they committed the Cardinal Sin. e could handle the beatings and verbal lashings, but his creations and pet birds being targeted? That was something Cobblepot couldn’t allow. It was the moment Oswald knew what he was capable of. The uniqueness and special gifts his mother saw in him.

One by one, his brothers died in various accidents that he was never linked to officially. One brother, Jason died from Mercury Poisoning. Next was William, walking across the street with a friend one night and was struck by an ongoing car that didn’t brake. Last but not certainly least, Robert fell in a precracked frozen lake. Drowned to death, Oswald even killed his Father in a desperate attempt to get his Mother’s attention. His killings didn’t stop there, he also killed his boarding school bullies. Systemically of course, accidents they all were. Oswald even killed his best friend.He saw his best friend at his crushes home and all he was doing was asking her to give Cobblepot a chance. Even after finding out he still held no remorse.

Starting out in the field of crime, Cobblepot was an arms dealer. Working with Luca Falcone while Oswald made his way towards the top of the criminal empire. Unfortunately Oswald made a mistake and came dangerously close to being convicted for a gruesome crime. He paid his henchman, Willis Todd to take front and therefore acquiring the sentence. The man never made it out of prison, and his son Jason was left without a father. After a few close calls Cobblepot got smarter. Wiser even and found a way to merge the lines of criminal stardom to legal divination. Keeping his criminal activities on the hush hush by funneling his activities through his enterprise the Iceberg Lounge.

Not just his criminal work but other villain’s criminal schemes. His lounge became a place villains gathered and ran their businesses through for the right price. It became a place for information in which he would give to people like Batman if it meant that he would stop snooping around his operations. Oswald started looking at the bigger picture in order obtain citywide power. So he used the Lounge Funds to bribe officials to try and get his own puppet into the seat of cityhall by becoming Mayor. And after wasting an unhealthy amount of money on that attempt, an epiphany dawned on him, ingenious really, why not run for mayor himself? No more dealing with people who had the possibility of getting cold feet and waddling away soiling his plans. Want to get something done, he’ll do it himself.

## Powers and Abilities

### Skills

* **Genius Intelllect**
* **Swordsmanship**
* **Hand-to-Hand Combatant**