Robin (Dick Grayson)

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**Richard John "Dick" Grayson** is one of the main characters of Ultra Earth.  He is the biological son of John and Mary Grayson, the adoptive son and former sidekick of Batman, the adoptive brother of Red Robin, Red X, Huntress and Damian Wayne, the great-grandson of William Cobb/Talon, and younger half-brother/ally to Melinda. Zucco. Orphaned at age eight, Dick fights crime in the name of his biological parents. After being Batman's partner for seven years, at sixteen, Dick quit and went to on to lead the Teen Titans with a group of four misfit superheroes. He ultimately became the boyfriend of Starfire after their trials with Trigon, Slade Wilson, and the Brotherhood of Evil

In the future, Robin will go by the name **Nightwing**; in this time period, Dick had learned he had in fact married Starfire and had three children with her: Jacob, Mar'i and Johnny.

## History

### Early Life

Richard John Grayson was born 1990 to Mary and John Grayson and the great-grandson of acrobat William Cobb. Unbeknownst to the Graysons, their ancestor, William Cobb was a Talon and a member of the Court of Owls, who continued to watch his descendants perform. Dick was raised in the city of Gotham whilst traveling with Haly's Circus. He had a very close relationship with his parents, but Dick wasn't and of their costumes or his mother's nickname, "Little Robin" as he grew older.

Before Dick was born, his father had a romantic relationship with Meili Lin a couple of years before marrying his mother, Mary. Through this Union, Meili and John had a daughter, Melinda, making her Dick's half-sister.

#### Losing his parents

At eleven years old, Dick witnessed Tony Zucco threaten CC Haly for protection money against the mob. However, he refused to pay, leading Tony to threaten a terrible accident would occur. Dick quickly went to warn Mary and John, who shrugged off Dick's warnings because they thought he was suffering a sugar rush. The child watched in horror as he watched  his parents fall to their deaths as because they're trapeze was burned with hydrofluoric acid by Zucco's brothers. There were several individuals among the crowd, including billionaire and philanthropist Bruce Wayne. The man paid for Mary and John's funeral expenses and shortly adopted him afterwards.

#### Adoption by Bruce Wayne

Dick met Bruce's butler Alfred Pennyworth, who was somewhat reluctant with Bruce raising a child because his vigilante days as Batman. However, Pennyworth grew fond of Dick and had Bruce embrace the role of father, reminding him what happened with "the other one" as Dick overheard. Bruce had a commission a portrait for Dick's parents to hang next to the Waynes. At times, the young Dick Grayson often snuck out of Wayne Manor to find clues to his parents' murder. He had an encounter with Batman, who told Dick to return home. However, at the same time, Dick grew more and more suspicious of Bruce Wayne when he refused to spend time with him, not even buying Alfred's excuse that it was Wayne Enterprises keeping his new Foster father busy.

#### Becoming Robin

Sensing something going on, Dick followed Bruce and Alfred into the Batcave and easily figured out that Bruce was Batman on his own. After seeing Dick Grayson spare Zucco when he could, Bruce offered him a position as his sidekick. To fight in the name of his parents, Dick agreed as their partnership became official and told Bruce his new name was Robin, while remembering his mother's nickname for him.

During his time as Robin, Dick encountered several of his adoptive fathers adversaries such as Ra's Al Ghoul, Mr. Freeze, the Penguin and the Joker. As Batman's sidekick, he became close friends with Donna Troy, Wally West, Roy Harper, and Garth. However, some individuals did not approve of Bruce's raising methods concerning Dick. Among them was Wonder Woman, who always told Bruce to ease up on bringing up a hero, respecting her relationship with Donna and pushing him to be a father. Clark became well aquatinted with Dick, understanding loss and introduced his godson to Clark's cousin, Kara Zor-El, who easily befriended Robin.

#### Meeting Batgirl

As a young adult, he met and fell in love with Barbara Gordon, where they joined together and fought Lady Vic and both became proteges of Batman. Despite getting on each other's nerves and competing to see who the best protege of Batman was, the two eventually became an inseparable duo, even to the point where Robin developed romantic feelings for Batgirl.

### Breakup of the Dynamic Duo

During a mission to capture the Joker, Batgirl was left paralyzed when she was shot by the clown Prince of Crime. Dick blamed Batman for Barbara's fate, but not just that, but the way Bruce had a way of getting things done. Realizing he was going on about grief Bruce's way, not his own way and afraid Barbara was angry witty him, Dick left Gotham City, blaming both himself and Bruce for Barbara's injury, deciding to move to Jump City.

### Kid Flash: Flashpoint

When Barry and Kid Flash came to the new timeline, he learned that Robin became the ruthless apprentice of Slade because Batman wasn't there to influence him.

### Teen Titans: Apokolips War

#### Unexpected Reunions

Robin unexpectedly reunited with Bruce Wayne during the Crisis. Dick was one of the main characters of the series.
Crisis on Infinite Earths

## Relationships

### Family

* Mary Grayson † - Mother
* John Grayson † - Father
* Batman - Adoptive Father
* Jason Todd/Red X - Adoptive Brother
* Tim Drake - Adoptive Brother
* Damian Wayne - Adoptive Brother
* Cassandra Cain - Adoptive Sister
* Bruce Drake/Red Robin II - Adoptive Nephew
* Melinda Zucco - Half-sister
* Cassandra Cain - Adoptive Sister
* Talon - Great-Grandfather
* Nightstar - Future Daughter
* Kid Robin - Future Son
* Johnny Grayson - Future Son
* Luand'r - Mother-in-law
* Myand'r - Father-in-law
* Wildfire - Brother-in-law
* Stephanie Brown - Sister-in-law
* Huntress (Helena Wayne):- Adoptive Sister

### Allies

* Batman Family
	+ Alfred Pennyworth
	+ Julia Pennyworth
	+ Barbara Gordon/Batgirl
	+ Selina Kyle/Catwoman
* Teen Titans
	+ Raven
	+ Beast Boy
	+ Cyborg
	+ Titans East
		- Bumblebee (Karen Beecher) - Team Leader and Honorary Titan
		- Más y Menos
		- Aqualad (Garth)
		- Speedy (Roy Harper)
		- Cyborg (formerly)
	+ Titans North
		- Gnarrk (John Gnarrk)
		- Red Star (Leonid Kovar) - Leader
		- Kole (Kole Weathers)
		- Argent (Antonia Monetti)
	+ Titans South
		- Pantha (Rosabelle Montez) - Leader
		- Herald (Malcolm Duncan)
		- Wildebeest
		- Hot Spot (Isaiah Crockett)
		- Jericho (Joseph Wilson)
	+ Titans West
		- Ryuku Orsono/Bushido - Leader
		- Melvin
		- Teether
		- Timmy Tantrum
		- Bobby
	+ Honorary Titans
		- Jinx - Leader, Former Enemy
		- Kid Flash (Wally West)
		- Thunder and Lightning - Former Enemies
		- Tramm
		- Killowat
* Team Arrow
	+ Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
	+ Emiko Queen/Red Arrow
	+ Mia Dearden/Arrowette
	+ Dinah Lance/Black Canary
	+ John Diggle
* Young Justice
	+ Miss Martian
	+ Stephanie Brown/Spoiler
	+ Red Robin (Tim Drake)
	+ Jon Kent
	+ Andi Curry/Aquagirl
	+ Tula Curry/Aqualass
* Justice League
	+ Wonder Woman
	+ Clark Kent/Superman
	+ Aquaman
	+ J'onn J'onzz/John Jones/Martian Manhunter
	+ Hal Jordan/Green Lantern
	+ Zatanna
	+ Carter Hall/Hawkman
	+ Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl
* Daily Planet
	+ Lois Lane
	+ Jimmy Olsen
* Superfriends
	+ Kara Dangers/Supergirl - Childhood Friend
	+ Conner Kent/Kon-El/Superboy - Childhood Friend
* Gotham City Police Department
	+ Jim Gordon
* ARGUS
	+ Lyla Michaels

## Trivia

* Dick is two years younger than Jason, but in the comics, Jason was younger than Dick.
* Dick is at least four years older than Damian and Casssandra, who are both eleven years old during the events of *Teen Titans*.
* Dick is the same age as Tim Drake, but a couple months older.