Bruce Wayne

> "Justice. Not vengeance."
>
> - Batman to Dick Grayson, 1987

Bruce Wayne is the billionaire CEO of WayneTech and a popular socialite. But what's known by few is the fact that Bruce Wayne is actually the heroic defender of Gotham city; **The Batman**.

## History

Bruce Wayne was born to the surgeon Thomas Wayne and the socialite Martha Kane. He would be raised in Wayne Manor and typically cared for by the Wayne family butler; Alfred Pennyworth.

### Heroic Journey

On the 26th of June 1970 a 13 year old Bruce and his parents would go to the Monarch Theater to watch The Mark of Zorro. During the film Bruce would begin to have a panic attack because of all the violence, something which Alfred would usually avoid letting Bruce watch on the Wayne Manor television.

The Wayne Family would then exit the Monarch Theater and would attempt to travel through The Narrows section of Gotham. Whilst wondering through Park Row attempting to find a Taxi a man would come out of the darkness and point a gun at Thomas Wayne.

Thomas Wayne would give the man his wallet and would beg him not to hurt them. The man would then grab Martha Wayne's Pearl Necklace and shoot them both dead... leaving Bruce alone between the bodies of his deceased parents... Bruce would then swear to fight crime wherever he would find it... no matter the cost he would fix Gotham!

#### Training for power and returning to Gotham

Bruce would then spend the next 9 years travelling around the world learning different fighting styles and training under 10s of different masters. In 1983 Bruce would return to Gotham and would work with WayneTech's manager/top inventor: Lucius Fox to make WayneTech a household name in Gotham and even around the world to an extent.

During this time Bruce would dawn The Batman identity and would become a vigilante, defending the people of Gotham against the threat of the Falcone Crime Family. At first the Gotham City Police Department would attempt to hunt down the Batman as he was a danger to the mob bosses which payed them.

But as the GCPD would become less corrupt and the Batman would continuously prove to be on their side, the two forces would become allies and eventually the 1984 elected Commissioner: Jim Gordon would create a Bat Signal to draw the Batman's attention when the city ever needs him.

### 1985

Bruce would begin this year with a bang by taking on the mob-serial killer; Joker, relentlessly hunting down the criminal and eventually coming face-to-face with him. Bruce would battle Joker at the lair of a former mob boss who was the clown faced criminal's next target.

Batman and Joker would both throw blows at one another over and over again, but the battle would end with Joker falling from the roof of the lair and almost meeting his maker, but Batman would save him at the last second.

On the 3rd of January Bruce would ask out a woman he met at a party named; Selina Kyle and the next day the two would have their date with both of them agreeing to do it again... Later that night a mysterious Cat like figure went on a crime spree and stole a priceless Diamond from the newly returned; Oswald Cobblepot. Naturally this would gain the attention of Bruce.

Batman and "Catwoman" would then face off on several rooftops, with each of them throwing banter at one another. During this fight Bruce would deduce that the mysterious Catwoman was actually Selina Kyle in a cat-themed disguise. Batman would eventually be able to get the upper hand on Catwoman and with some help from the GCPD take back and return all that she stole.

On the 5th of January a gang war would begin between the newly returned; Oswald Cobblepot and crime boss; Al Hawke. With territory battles happening left and right Batman was forced to intervein. During one territory battle on the 7th of January Batman would go down and take out all the participants.

Later that same day Batman would take both Cobblepot and Hawke and bring them to the neighborhood where their forces were warring merely hours beforehand. Bruce expected this sight to bring some form of guilt from the two.... but alas... there was nothing but a want for more destruction.

On the 14th of January Bruce would hear a rumor about several deadly weapons coming in from overseas. Whilst investigating the Gotham City Doc he would come across two police officers following him; Renee Montoya and Crispus Allen, both determined to gain answers, with the first and most important one being; Who is The Batman?

Through the entire night the pair would follow Bruce around the city hoping to find his "secret lair" and discover his true identity. Towards the end of the night however the two would be forced to work with Batman against the mob as a deadly confrontation blasted out at a warehouse.

On the 1st of February Oswald Cobblepot would hire an ice-powered supervillain named; Mr. Freeze to attack several Al Hawke owned businesses. Batman would then face off against Mr. Freeze with Batman discovering that he was once a scientist.

Batman would soon return to the BatCave and would ask the Bat Computer to cross-analyze any Caucasian male scientists which did cryogenic experiments in Gotham and would discover that Mr. Freeze AKA Victor Fries was once married to fellow Cryogenic scientist; Nora Fries, until one of their experiments went horribly wrong and resulted in the "death" of Nora and the rebirth of Victor into Mr. Freeze.

Batman would then attempt to reason with Mr. Freeze, only for the brokenhearted man to fight against him, determined to succeed with wiping out all Al Hawke related businesses so that Oswald Cobblepot would give him enough money to restart the cryogenic freezing experiments him and his wife started all those years ago. But Batman, determined to save the lives of the people in the Al Hawke-owned businesses, would defeat Mr. Freeze and save the people of Gotham once again.

## Equipment

* Utility-Belt: A handy-dandy belt full of different gadgets and gizmos.
	+ Batarang: A bat shaped boomerang designed by Bruce.
	+ Batwave-Disc: A small disc connected to the Batwave which alerts him whenever there is major crime or immense danger.
	+ Acid-Pellets: Small acid filled containers stored in the belt incase of capture.
	+ Grappling Gun: A gun-like object with the ability to fire a grappling hook out of it.
	+ Flashlight: Small Flashlight connected to the belt.
	+ Shark Repellent: Special spray with the ability to cause Shark's to loose eye sight, smell, taste and overall disorientate them.

## Notes

* He was born on the 19th of October, 1957 and tragically watched his parents die on the 26th of June 1970.
* Bruce's favorite food is Enchilada con mole. Something which he first tasted after training in Lucha libre.

### Out of Universe Notes:

* If there was any audio recordings of Bruce he would sound identical to real life voice actor; Rino Romano.