Dick Grayson

**Richard John "Dick" Grayson** (Born October 24, 1996), was the son of acrobats **John** and **Mary Grayson**. When he was twelve, his parent would be murdered during a performance. **Bruce Wayne** would witness this, and would then take in the boy. Following this he trained the boy to become his partner as **Batman**. Dick would become **Robin**. Once, Dick found his own team, he would take on the moniker of **Nightwing**, since then he has been leading the spec-ops team known as the **Outsiders**.

## Nightwing

### Aliases

Nightwing (Moniker)Red X, Robin (Former Monikers)

Dick (Nickname)

### Affiliations

Birds of Prey, Gotham City Police Department, Gotham Knights, Haly's Circus, Outsiders, Titans Academy, formerly Teen Titans

### Occupations

Circus Owner, Detective, Vigilante, formerly Acrobat, Police Officer, Trapeze Artist

### Marital Status

Married (Barbara Gordon)Formerly Engaged (Shawn Tsang, Starfire)

Former Lovers (Bette Kane, Catalina Flores, Cheyenne Freemont, Helena Bertinelli, Sonia Zucco, Zatanna, many others)

## History (Submitted by Sub-Monitor 2814)

### Early Life (1996-2008)

Dick Grayson was born to **Haly's Circus** acrobats, John and Mary Grayson, who made up the dynamic duo known as the **Flying Graysons**. Growing up, Dick would travel with his parent and the circus form city to city, and country to country.

When he was 12, they were set to hold a performance at the founding place of Haly's Circus, that being Amusement Mile, Gotham City. At the performance, a great attention would be put upon Bruce Wayne attending the show. Unfortunately, this attention would allow a couple of gangsters to hide behind-the-scenes. During the show, the gangsters would tamper with the trapeze set, leading to John and Mary dying.

At the Grayson's funeral, Bruce would comfort the young boy, and later take him in.

### Wayne Manor and Becoming Robin (2008-2014)

Living at Wayne Manor was a whole new experience for Dick. After spending his whole life on the road, being in one place at all times was odd. A great difference was that at the manor there was a caretaker named Alfred. Although, the man would grow to be more like a surrogate grandfather. During this time, Bruce would send Dick to **Gotham Academy** (before it became a boarding school). There, Dick would meet **Commissioner Gordon**'s daughter, **Barbara Gordon**, and the two would become fast friends. At the same time, Bruce began educating Dick in various forms of combat, sciences, weaponry, in addition of investigatory work. During this time, he dated **Bette Kane** (Bruce's cousin) and **Cheyenne Freemont** (Bette's best-friend).

When Dick turned 15, he began investigating into his parent's murder using Bruce's training. He quickly learn that **Tony Zucco** was the cause of his parents death. Donning a red hoody and domino mask, he began to track down the murderer. Eventually, he confronted the man. The man would order his men to kill the boy, but at that moment Batman appeared. Together, Batman and Dick fought the thugs and took down Zucco. Later that night, Zucco would be arrested after the **GCPD** connected the death of a numerous people to him (including the Grayson deaths).

After being scolded by Bruce, he would reveal that he was the Batman. Following this, Bruce was would make a suit for the boy, and thus, Dick became the boy wonder known as Robin.

A year into being Robin, Dick aided Bruce in taking down various criminals, such as **Scarecrow** and **Two-Face**. Towards the end of the year, a new vigilante appeared in Gotham. She would call herself **Batgirl**. As Robin, he would take up a mystery relationship with the girl for a month until he began investigating her. He would the discover that she was in fact his best-friend, Barbara. The following night, Dick would confront her, and the two would reveal their identities to each other.

In 2014, Dick had left on skiing trip with a couple of his school friends. During his departure, Barbara would be crippled by the **Joker**. Feeling guilty for being absent, and blaming Bruce for not doing more, he left Gotham and went west. Over the summer, he would travel across the United States, visiting various cities along the way. During his travels, he would meet **Superman**, and the two would talk for a time. During their talk, Dick was introduced to the 80's mullet rock band known as Nightwing.

At the end of his travels, he would come to Jump City, California. There, he would encounter a fight between a few aliens.

## Threat Assessment

### Weaknesses

* **Personality**
	+ **Caring**: His love for his friends and family can at times blur his actions.
	+ **Occasional Immaturity**
* formerly **PTSD**: After witnessing his parents death, he suffered from PTSD.

### Abilities

* **Acrobatics**
* **Aviation**
* **Espionage**
* **Genius Level Intellect**
	+ **Tactical Analysis**
	+ **Disguise**
	+ **Escapology**
	+ **Investigation**.
	+ **Forensic Science**
	+ **Multilingualism**: He can speak English, German, Welsh Romani, and nine other languages.
	+ **Leadership**
	+ **Lock Picking**
	+ **Physics**
	+ **Tracking**
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat (Expert)**
	+ **Martial Arts**
* **Peak Human Condition**
* **Indomitable Will**
* **Intimidation**
* **Seduction**
* **Stealth**
* **Weaponry**
	+ **Marksmanship**
		- **Archery**
		- **Firearms**
		- **Throwing**
	+ **Swordsmanship**

### Paraphernalia

* **Eskrima Sticks**
* **Nightwing Costume**: Though having been through several iterations, Dick had constructed a custom-made costume made of a synthesized Kevlar, to make it more flexible, allowing Dick to perform greater acrobatic feats. Although, in certain areas he does have titanium body armor. In addition he has a domino mask that has various mechanism within it.
	+ **Electric Pulse**: If an enemy touches his suit, it can release an electric pulse, disabling them. though after use, it needs time to recharge.

* **Wingcycle**: A custom motorcycle constructed by Lucius Fox.
* **Wingdings**
* formerly **Robin's Battlestaff**: As Robin, Dick would use a battle staff. During a fight with Deathstroke, Dick's staff would be cut in half, leading to the inspiration to use eskrima sticks.
* formerly **Robin Costume**: A Kevlar-based suit created by Batman.
	+ formerly **Robin Birds**: "R" shaped projectiles used by Dick when he was Robin.

## Relationships

	+ William Cobb (Grandfather)
		- John Grayson (Father, deceased)
		- Mary Grayson (Mother, deceased)
* **Adoptive Family**
	+ Alfred Pennyworth (Adoptive Grandfather)
		- Bruce Wayne (Adoptive Father)
			* Damian Wayne, Jason Todd, and Timothy Drake (Adoptive Brothers)
			* Cassandra Cain (Adoptive Sister)
		- Selina Kyle (Adoptive Father's Lover)
* **Current Family**
	+ Shawn Tsang (Former Fiancé, deceased)
		- Johnny Grayson (Son)
	+ Barbara Gordon (Wife, Best-Friend)
	+ Mari Grayson (Daughter)
	+ Black Canary (Friend)
	+ Helena Bertinelli (Friend, former Lover)
* **Haly's Circus**
	+ C. C. Haly (Godfather, deceased)
	+ Jack Haly (Childhood Friend)
* **Outsiders**
	+ Black Lightning (Friend)
	+ Donna Troy (Friend, former Student)
	+ Duke Thomas (Friend)
	+ Katana (Ally, Right-Hand Woman)
	+ Metamorpho (Ally, Friend)
	+ Will Harper (Friend, former Student)
* **Titans Academy**
	+ Changeling (Friend)
	+ Cyborg (Friend)
	+ Raven (Friend, Surrogate Younger Sister)
	+ Starfire (Friend, former Fiancé)
	+ Deathstroke (Arch-Enemy)

## Notes and Trivia

### Notes

* Dick was born in Los Angeles, California.
	+ This is a reference to Burt Ward's birthplace, who played Dick Grayson in 1966's *Batman*.
* On his mother's side, the Lloyds, are Kale (Welsh Roma). Like many Kale, the family claims to descend from Abram Wood, one of the many claimed *King of the Gypsies*.
	+ Gypsy is actually a derogatory term from the Roma.
* Dick lost his virginity to Barbara.

### Trivia

* His appearance is based on that of actor Matt Bomer.