Poison Ivy

*"Nature always wins."*
―Poison Ivy
***The Rose With Thorns***

#### Childhood

Pamela Isley was born to a single mother in a modest household in Gotham City. Due to her mother being a professor, Pamela was homeschooled throughout most of her early years and rarely allowed to leave the house. Due to this, Pamela spent most of her abundance of free time exploring her mother's backyard garden, taking in an interest in botany at a very young age. Her mother did her best to nurture this interest, trying her best to bring home extravagant plants to grow their garden and expand Pamela's knowledge.

Occasionally, her mother would bring someone home with her, with each relationship rarely turning out well and a small handful even turning violent. Bearing witness to many of these encounters, Pamela grew to resent the cruelty men were capable of, especially towards those who only offered kindness, like her mother. However, like her mother, Pamela always found comfort in gardening and nurturing things so that they may grow. With all the years spent secluded, Pamela couldn't help but fantasize about the beautiful landscapes and plants that awaited her outside her home.

#### Brave New World

*"No... It's all wrong. Where are all the trees? The flowers? Why is it all wrong?"*
―Pamela Isley
By the time Pamela had turned seven, her curiosity regarding the outside world had reached its peak. As result, on a day where her mother was away working, Pamela ventured outside in order to finally grace herself with the botanic wonders of the outside world. As she was greeted with nothing more than a wet concrete jungle, Pamela progressed further into the city in search of any plant life until she reached the slums. There, she found not only an absence of flourishing plant life, but evidence that the abuse that her mother suffered ran rampant and that the cruel men her mother had brought home were not the exception, but the rule. The revelation proved too much for the young Pamela and she began to experience a panic attack.

Fortunately for her, she was found by a street urchin by the name of Harleen Quinzel, who was able to bring her out of her panic attack. Harleen helped Pamela get back home, just in time for Pamela's mother to arrive, where Pamela convinced her mother to allow Harleen to stay the night. That night, the two stayed up asking each other questions, with Pamela asking Harleen about life outside her house while Harleen asked more prying questions, especially regarding how easily and quickly Pamela trusted her. Pamela could only respond that Harleen was nice to her, and that was enough.

#### New Friends

Both Pamela and Harleen would make an effort to see each other again, with Pamela searching for more opportunities to venture back into the city, with or without her mother's supervision, and Harleen trying to drop by Pamela's home almost on the daily. These everyday escapades eventually brought the duo into contact with another street urchin by the name of Selina Kyle. Pamela quickly bonded with Selina over their shared view of the Gotham slums, wishing that it could someday be a more pleasant place to live.

It's through Selina Kyle that the duo also came to meet Bruce Wayne.

## Personality

*"Even the prettiest flower... rots eventually..."*
―Pamela Isley
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