Cassandra Cain

## Orphan

Orphan

**Cassandra Cain**, also known as "**Orphan**", is both a fictional character and protagonist of the *Marvelous DC's* *Captain Batman* series created by Joe Simon and Bob Kane. She is a silent young hero who is mentored by Batman.

Once a runaway, wandering vagabond on the run from her family and their designs for her future in the League of Assassins, she attempted to find refuge within Gotham following rescuing James from an assassination attempt.

Working for Nick Fury as an informant, and then coming under the attention of Batman, Cassandra found purpose and a new future as a hero of Gotham City and one of Batman's apprentices.

"*Nobody dies tonight.*"

—Batgirl.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Mindy Raymond (English), Mugihito (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

### Appearance

#### As Batgirl

Her costume as Batgirl was composed of black skin-tight leather. Her mask covers all of her head with the exception of the eyes, which were darkened, and symbolic stitches surround the mouth of the mask. Instead of Barbara's yellow bat-logo, Cassandra had a hollow, yellow-rimmed one.

#### As Orphan

* Hair Color: Black
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Brown
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known

## Relationships

### Abilities

* **Acrobatics**: Orphan is an incredibly elegant and skillful acrobat.
* **Dancing**: Cassandra learned how to dance by watching ballerinas, and often incorporates this dancing into her fighting in a similar fashion to capoeira.
* **Driving**: Cassandra can drive motorcycles with a degree of skill.
* **Enhanced Sense of Smell**: Cass can detect the scent of cyanide, an uncommon ability in humans.
* **Gadgetry**:
* **Deception**:
* **Espionage**:
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat** (Advanced): Cassandra is schooled in all known and many unknown assassin techniques such as pressure points, killing techniques and stealth to name a few.
	+ **Martial Arts**: Cassandra is one of the best-trained martial artists in the world. With nothing but her fighting skills, Orphan was able to fend off an entire army of highly trained ninjas. She was also able to easily defeat Nightwing in a fist fight, as well as go toe-to-toe with her father Jackal. Batman himself stated that he would lose if he had to fight her.
* **Peak Human Condition**: Due to being trained to fight since birth Cassandra is in the peak physical condition. She possesses a body that boasts the peak strength, durability, and stamina levels for someone of her age. Cassandra was able to fight an entire army of League ninjas without slowing until she had defeated all of them. She was mostly unaffected when slammed against a car, an action which bent the casing out of shape and shattered the windows.
* **Stealth**: Orphan was able to perform a disappearing act on Batman, not unlike the ones he performs on Commissioner Gordon.
* **Tactical Analysis**: Due to her upbringing Cassandra can pinpoint weak spots in every opponent she faces, this also allows her to read body language very well and predicts an opponent's movements.
* **Weaponry**: Cassandra is an expert in many types of melee weaponry, including axes, maces and many more.
	+ **Swordsmanship**: Cassandra is an expert swordswoman, being trained since birth.
	+ **Throwing**: Orphan is an expert marksman when it comes to throwing projectiles. She was able to hit four targets with Batarangs while performing a flip.
	+ **Archery**:
* **Surveillance**:
* **Indomitable Will**:
* **Lock Picking**:
* **Thievery**:
* **Escapology**:

### Weaknesses

* **Mutism**:
* **Illiteracy**:

### Equipment

* **Utility Belt**:
* **Grapple Gun**: Cassandra frequently uses a grappling gun not unlike that used by Batman. This device fires a strong cable that latches onto a surface and winches Cassandra up. Orphan commonly uses this device while patrolling urban rooftops.
* **Smoke Capsules**: Cassandra often carries smoke capsules on her person. These bombs can be thrown against a surface to create a cloud of smoke. Orphan usually uses these bombs for a more concealed attack or a quick getaway.

### Weapons

* **Sword**:
* **Batarangs**: Orphan often carries multiple Batarangs on her person while on patrol. These devices are Bat-shaped throwing weapons usually used to disorientate enemies, and are a ranged substitute for firearms which Batman appalls.

## History

### Past

#### Early Life

Cassandra Cain is the daughter of Rā's al Ghūl’s League of Assassins-members Lady Shiva and Jackal. From an early age, she was subjected to a brutal regime by her parents to make her the perfect assassin and greatest weapon. This included damaging her vocal cords, so the only language she would learn was body language. This also left her body, and particularly her face, covered in scars.

Unfortunately, an innate sense of right and wrong caused her to abandon her intended fate and run away from her parents to wander the world as a homeless drifter after performing her first "hit" mission at the age of 5, which was to be one for the Cabal Light.

At age 17, she eventually made her way to Gotham, where after saving the life of James Gordon from an assassination attempt, she came under the attention of Batman, who trained her with his team, with Cassandra given the mantle of Batgirl despite her inability to read or speak, using instead her great martial prowess and ability to read body language to aid Batman in his fight to save the city. He also vouched for her to her Team, so she could be trusted despite her inability to learn her true identity through a full face mask.

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