Oscar Grayson

Oscar Grayson (Born January 5, 2001) was a vigilante operating in Deacon City, Illinois. He was under the tutelage of Jason Allen until going rogue.

## The Guardian

Oscar Grayson was inspired to become a vigilante by The Raven, Jason's vigilante name. After The Raven disappeared, Oscar took up the role of Deacon's vigilante and started calling himself The Shadow. Oscar earned a name for himself even so that Jason threatened to report him for vigilantism. Oscar continued attacking common thugs and unarmed cartel forces until Jason reluctantly agreed to train him when he returned as The Raven. Jason and Oscar would go on to go on the hunt for Roman Sionis together and would start training with Jason. When Jason was imprisoned Oscar would continue the hunt and would arrive at a shootout between Sionis and Javier where he would be beaten and subdued by Lady Shiva.

After Jason was released and having his arm broken, Oscar grew bitter and was more eager than ever to take down Sionis and Javier that he would leave Jason to go after Sionis but overestimated himself as he would be killed by Lady Shiva, Sionis' personal body guard.

Jason would arrive too late to save Oscar and would go on to feel great remorse over his death as he felt he wasn't a good enough teacher.

Jason became traumatized by Oscar's death.

## The Guardian: Brotherhood

Lady Shiva became filled with regret as she had just killed a young teenager and would approach Jason with the chance to revive him with a Lazarus Pit. Jason would turn down the offer after a warning from Dick Grayson that people that go in the pit aren't the same when they come out

Grayson's warning would heed true as Oscar would be resurrected through the pit by an unknown person and would become ruthless a killer driven by his bloodlust due to being revived through the Lazarus pit, and would kill Deathstroke and Ricardo. Oscar returned by killing Deathstroke in Corto Maltese and would give Jason a warning to stay out of his way or he'll be next. Oscar returned to Deacon and would gun down and kill every member of The Black Mask gang he would see and when Ricardo and Sionis returned and attacked Dark Force HQ, Oscar foiled their plans and would kill Ricardo and almost kill Sionis.

Oscar would lay low until The Court of Owls attacked and would reappear in the battle, shooting Jason in the shoulder. In the battle Oscar would become injured by being shot in the stomach while charging Sionis but would be rescued by Jake who took him to Jason's base. Jason's and Oscar's reunion would be a rocky and tense one, with Oscar still bitter towards Jason. Despite this, Oscar revealed that The Thanatos Guild revived him to kill Jason and despite wanting to because he "left him to die," he didn't because he wasn't a criminal. They decided to put their differences aside to bring Black Mask to justice. Oscar's eagerness and immaturity would get the better of him once again as he would rush Red X only to get knocked out. When he came to, he would attack Red X again but this time be saved by Jason who stunned Red X. Driven by his bloodlust, he attacked Jason, intending to kill him. Jason would try to calm him down but despite his best efforts, he was unsuccessful. Oscar would gain the upper hand on Jason due to Jason not wanting to fight him but after threatening Ellen and Alexis, all bets were off and Jason would stab Oscar in the neck. Jason would leave Oscar, believing him to be dead but he would miraculously survive and escape but not before killing Black Mask. After killing Black Mask, Oscar would become a fugitive and go on the run. His current fate is unknown.

## Trivia

* Oscar was not present during The Fall because he was not involved with and did not have any ties to the Dark Force to know about it or get there.
* Oscar's aggressive behavior in The Guardian: Brotherhood compared to his demeanor in The Guardian was due to the Lazarus pit.
* Oscar was brought back in The Guardian: Brotherhood because the writer thought there was still more stuff to explore with his character.
* His original vigilante name before The Shadow was Shadow Hunter. It was changed because it didn't make sense.