Dick Grayson

Dick (Nickname)

Batman (On Occasion)

Agent 37 (Former Alias)

Freddie Dinardo (Former Alias)

Mary Grayson (Mother, Deceased)

Alfred Pennyworth (Surrogate Grandfather)

Bruce Wayne (Adoptive Father)

Selina Kyle (Stepmother)

Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Peter Parker , Damian Wayne (Adoptive Brothers)

Cassandra Cain and Helena Wayne (Adoptive Sisters)

Batman, Inc. (Founding Member, Former Leader as Batman)

ARGUS (Former Agent as Freddie Dinardo / Agent 37)

The Outsiders (Founder and Commander)

## Biography

### Dick Grayson: 1985 - 1997

Richard "Dick" John Grayson was born in Keystone to John and Mary Grayson, trapeze artists of the traveling circus act, "The Flying Graysons", gaining his name due to a red breasted robin had landed on their window seal during Dick's first nap earned him the name 'little robin'. Dick spent a majority of his childhood seeing his parents perform as Dick practiced on the training trapeze being pushed by his parents. With the rush of flying through the air gave him a rush, as throughout his childhood he trained to become an acrobat much like his parents. By the time he was nine he had become a regular act being called the "boy wonder", a name the newspaper had given him.

By the time he was twelve, Haly's circus had arrived in Gotham. During the month that they did stay rising up mobster, Tony Zucco arrived during the Graysons performance, as he attempted to convince Mr. Haly into giving him protection money the night that they were supposed to leave Gotham. Dick had overheard this conversation and would later stand in horror was his parents were shot after their performance in front of Gotham's rich. This would result in Dick being placed in a wayward boys home due to the foster homes being full on the account Dick wasn't a Gotham resident.

After spending a couple of night getting beat up by the inmates, which would cause Dick to be moved to an orphanage, Bruce Wayne had stepped in and would adopt him along with arrangements being made by Sliver St. Cloud. Though Dick and Bruce's relationship was pretty bad as Bruce was barley around, which led to Dick sneaking out to find if his parents killer. Night after night he would encounter Batman that aided him, eventually Dick discovered that Bruce was Batman.

While Bruce at first refused, Dick would constantly bother Bruce to allow him to be his "dark squire" to Bruce's "dark knight" not wanting Dick to suffer like he did, Bruce had quickly refused. Though Alfred and Sliver convinced Bruce that Dick had the same drive that he had after his own parents Dick. After a few weeks of deciding he agreed into training Dick and offering him the role as a partner, so Dick spent the last six months in the Batcave being trained to become Batman's partner.

### Robin: 1997 - 2004

Dick and Alfred were the main designers of his Robin costume. Though both Alfred and Bruce were against the idea of having such bright colors, though Dick would explain how the bright colors allowed Bruce to maintain the element of surprise while Bruce moved through the shadows. Regardless Alfred had the entire chest piece and legs lightly armored, as Lucius had put finishing touches on his suit, Dick chose to go by Robin to honor his parents, while Bruce was going to argue Alfred talked him out of it.

The dynamic duo seemed to work quite well together having stopped numerous villains as by the time I arrived to join their nightly duties, Dick was a major pan in the ass back then. Though we were able to get over this as by the time more teen heroes had come on the scene we gained our first couple of members of the Teen Titans with Beast Boy and Cyborg.

By the time Wonder Girl and Kid Flash had joined up with our club Dick had proved himself to be quite the skillful leader during his years learning under Batman. During Dick's time as leader of the Titans, but can be a complete and utter- (y'now what? breathe Barbara, breathe) anyway while hanging out with the Titans one summer they had come across an alien that crashed into Jump City. Dick was in some makeout with some alien bimbo. So when I found this out I spent my time in Gotham instead of with the Titans just as Dick and Koriand'r became a couple.

By the time that the summer was coming to an end the Titans had an action packed summer. After starting off a podcast, made a catchy little jingle (two things I helped with), stopped a demon lord, and mad e a couple guest appearances on a couple of talk shows. Though Dick would rush back to Gotham after my "death" which was staged by Bruce after the Joker shot me in the waist, Dick wore himself thin searching for the Joker, though Bruce stopped him from going to far in his search for rage. That changed however when Dick learned that I was actually alive and out of anger towards me and Bruce he left for Titans Tower full time.

### Nightwing: 2004 - 2006

Not long after moving to Bludhaven and getting a job in the police department I don't Dick would've said this out loud but this was a plan in progress that he and Bruce were planning to do once Dick was of age to move on start of an prototype Batman Inc. the following years later. I had found out of Dick's discovery of my fake death, and learned he had't talked to him since my coma. While it took a while for Dick to answer my calls I had Clark tell Dick about the story of a folk hero from kryptonian folk hero who protected the innocent.

This would inspire Dick into diving back into the world of breaking bad guys bones, after spending a couple of months letting out some steam he had appeared to Bruce to clear out any bad feelings left over. Along with Dick giving Bruce's new protege, Jason Todd the brand to don the role of Robin, Dick had talked Bruce into allowing me to create the role of Oracle in the cave. Dick usually split his time between Bludhaven and the Titans, though due to the death of Tyra, the Titans were brought into the ranks of the League while Dick had moved to Bludhaven full time.

Dick spent that night clearing his head and try to figure things out. While I wanted to tell Dick how I truly felt Koriand'r had arrived at the last moment with things going off the tracks once more, oh well after snuggling up with Dick once more she had told Dick of her conflict and left to return to her homeworld. It took a while for Dick to stop being a mini emo after his break up like Bruce and I talked him into convincing that he didn't need to be a mini emo like Bruce. While Dick didn't need to worry about being a fulltime member of the League due to the death of Batman's greatest ally.

In winter of 2005, Jason had followed the Joker to which Batman had spent the entire night searching for Jason which would lead to Joker leaving Jason's dead body by the pier and would wait for the police to arrest him before Bruce could get to him, angered by the loss of another ally due to Joker Dick had spent a week on end hunting criminals by my guess a majority of those criminals had to eat through a straw for a month. Dick would arrive at my apartment later that night and after collapsing in my arms as we held eachother I told Dick that I had loved him though I honestly think those words really didn't weren't payed attention that night. Not long after that me and Dick had a bit of a spell for the time being as Dick had grown to Zatanna though she helped him realize that she knew about out feelings about eachother.

Dick had found this out on the opening week of the mass breakouts from Arkham and Balckgate, Dick had spent the first week getting the injured into the GCPD, to which he also aided in smuggling officers out of Gotham and decided to aid his brothers in blue. Dick had also prevented an attack by Scarecrow and Clayface from destroying the tunnels and sewer works. By the time we had gotten to the Manor and saw the aftermath of Bane's and Bruce's fight which led Dick doing the one thing he swore he'd never do...

### Batman: 2006

To refresh Dick has donned the role of Batman due to Bruce Wayne being heavily injured in the aftermath of the League of Assassin's most deadliest members, to make matters worse the bridges were blown and Gotham being deemed a No Man's Land. Leaving with Gotham without a Batman I was able to convince Dick that the city needed a Batman to bring hope. While it took a while for Dick, Tim, and Alfred to find a way to get into the batcave, a couple of adjustments to one of Dick's older batsuits.

With the help of Tim had been handling the role of Robin for the last month had stepped up to monitor Gotham as the new dynamic duo seemed to bring order to the lawless Gotham, around this time Dick had fought Jean Paul-Valley, a temporary replacement for the cape and cowl. After the defeat of Valley Dick had struck up an uneasy ally going by the 'Sons of Batman'. Upon the defeat of Jean, Dick still had the matter of Deathstroke and Copperhead with Slade sneaking off Dick was able to put a stop of Copperhead's attempt to poison the water supply. Dick had begun to look into Croc's movements building his own gang.

Another encounter Dick would have to go through facing Riddler who had turned an entire borough into a race track having kidnapped various officers as a way to test this new Batman to see if he matched the already high standards that Bruce had set for Bruce. With the Birds of Prey having recently being formed the new guard seemed to aid in laying the law needed. This would led to Clayface allying himself with a series of inmates and had taken over a wing of Blackgate with Dick and Tim handling the criminals that were aiding him.

Jean would return to Gotham once more under the name of Azarel, deeming himself the only true person to don the cape and cowl having created a following under the name of "Following of Azarel" and began to hunt down anyone who had been aiding in our efforts to repair the city, while Dick seemed to have an edge the batsuit was hindering a majority of his movements. Tackling Dick through a two story fall in which left Dick with a few broken ribs, Azarel deemed Dick unworthy to call himself Batman. Thanks to the intervention of Cass, she brought him back to the second level of the recently made batcave.

After mending to his injuries, Dick had once more come across the Sons of Batman, he had suggested the new member Jean Paul who had approached Dick while the two had a bit off a fight Jean Paul had stated that he had fell from what being Batman was supposed to be instead of being someone that can inspire hope and bring fear, Jean Paul had focused on being only fearful, as a way of redemption Jean Paul became the leader and rallied the Sons under the GCPD and Birds of Prey were able to finally get Gotham under control.

After gaining relief from LutherCorp and the Wayne foundation allowed the US to begin their efforts to allow the bridges being rebuilt foiling the League's plot to burn our city to the ground, despite Dick having promised that he'd never don the cape and cowl he filled Bruce's shoes as the caped crusader quite well. On the night that the bridges had reopened I... here goes had sex with Batman... ew! I feel weird even saying that out loud. Dick stayed with the cowl until Bruce was cleared for field duty Dick had returned to Bludhaven as Nightwing.

### Nightwing Returns: 2006 - 2016

After winning Gotham Dick would return to Gotham along with landing himself a sexy hacker Dick returned to the role of Nightwing, but didn't really hang around long as he was promoted to Detective Grayson due to his aid in Gotham's Cataclysm to which gained him a leave of absence not long of heading back into work. While Dick did patrol Bludhaven he had taken time to visit his old friends Victor Stone and Wally West who was doing his own thing for the time being.

Dick had learned formed a team made of former Titans, simply going by Titans with the mentors spending their time on their own with their experience of being the founding members along with Dick having aided Tim and Peter in a missing person case throughout their school having chased down the Mad Hatter being behind a circuit of kids being kidnapped. Along with Dick having fought an old smuggling ring made by Blockbuster a rising crimelord in the aftermath of Sionis losing his reach in Bludhaven that would start the intense rivalry between him and Desmond. Dick would also aid Black Lightning while chasing escaped metas branching from Keystone and Central City.

In 2010, Dick would that Jason was alive to which he had asked for help from Victor and Roy Harper who had been in a deep depression, while Roy had declined at first Dick told him that the intention was to find Jason and bring him back into the fold, once he heard that Roy decided that it was worth it, after convincing a couple more of Jason's old friends the Outsiders were formed. During Dick's time on the road we figured that long distance wasn't going to work, after bringing Jason back to Gotham the two had tension over how to do things and gave leadership over to Victor for the time being, though Vic wouldn't be in charge for long as he was tasked to bring back the Titans program as he would later give leadership over to Roy, as Roy was the only one to talk Jason from storming out every couple of days.

Dick would come across Jason a couple of nights later while on patrol, impressed with what Dick has done the two had mended their relationship and decided to take out on of Bruce's batmobiles for a joyride and getting some brugers, though Dick's access to the batmobile wouldn't be looked for long as Dick was asked to take over as Batman once more due to the launch of Batman Inc. along with removing any thoughts that Batman and Bruce Wayne were the same. During this time Dick had spent an extended stay away from Nightwing if Bruce was needed in space, Bucce also figured that Dick be better at aiding Damian in his rage who had just started out as Robin, which would make sense since Dick is sexy as hell.

On the topic of Dick's charm, Starfire had arrived back on earth, landing in Gotham Bay and me not knowing any better I sent Dick and Damian to scout out the ship. After the hatch had opened Dick was surprised to see Koriand'r in the pod, seeing as she was acting frantic Dick had unmasked to help ease her down instead she had kissed him as a way to explain her current problem. See... I'm not freaking out over this anyway truth be told me and Dick had taken a break for the last month. That kiss however scrambled Dick's brain for the time being as he spent whatever time making sure that Koriand'r was settled.

Truth be told Dick had been getting close with fellow officer, Amy Rohrback and had gone a few dates with Teddy over the last couple of weeks though I didn't really focus on that around that time though Dick would return to Batman again after Bruce had gone missing the following weeks.

### Agent 37: 2016 - Present Day

During Bruce's disappearance I think that Dick was actually pretty scarred that he would take up the role of Batman for good, after the discovery of Bruce's current condition Talia had given Dick a tailsman that would allow him to forge a new identity and would begin his plan to breach into ARGUS under the new alias. Even to this day Dick never really told me why he decided to go under cover not even Koriand'r which would lead the two getting into an argument and later breaking up because of this.

Shocker to no one Dick had convinced to come up with a foolproof cover up on is cover up identity, Freddie Dinardo a former US operative who had spent the last five years out of service, deciding to go on another extended stay he had give the excuse he was backpacking for a couple of months around Europe. It took a while for Dick to gain Waller's trust and not like Dick would admit but he did some pretty shady things in order to prove his worth, as the only part that was the most hardest was the waiting for the perfect time. Upon the discovery that Andrea Beaumont who was in ARGUS custody during her investigation of the Court of Owls.

It's a long story that I really don't want to get into but the short and sweet was that Dick had begun to form a plan to get Andrea out of there though that would result in blowing his cover in the process, instead she had caused Dick to get captured. But the best part is that Andrea would later have her own escape plan planned, causing Dick to be left in Arkham for the time being. To be honest if Andrea ever comes back to Gotham we're gonna have words... anyways Dick would need to spend a while in Arkham, there he would discover that Waller was experimenting on metahuman criminals throughout Central and Keystone. With any hope of any communication being cut off due to Andrea's tampering leaving him stranded.

Though Dick would get a shocking rescuer in the form of his old rival during his time as Robin, Red X. Red X was being hired in springing a series of criminals being paid by HIVE though one of them was Deathstroke, after ordering X to kill Dick he stabbed Dick in the stomach (luckily X's code he left him some medical supplies.) Refusing to allow Dick to die, Ra's al Ghul had order Dick to be brought with them to Gotham. Upon Dick's return to Gotham and a new out look on life Dick finally chose to the right thing and propose and has since returned to the role of Nightwing.

## **Appearance**

Robin (1997 - 2004)Nightwing (2004 - 2006)Nightwing (2006)Batman IINightwing (2006 - 2009)Agent 37: 2016Nightwing (2016 - Present Day)
## Strengths

* **Acrobatics:** My boy Grayson is a prodigious natural athlete and master acrobat, possessing a peak human level of agility/acrobatic skills. I truly believe he is the greatest human acrobat. He is one of only three people in the world I know who can pull off a quadruple flip.
* **Computer Hacking:** A boy after my own heart, Dick's no Oracle or Tim Drake, but I've taught him enough that he is skilled enough to hack most personal and government computers with enough time.
* **Disguise:** It's all part of the basic bat-training package. Dick is skilled enough in the art of disguise and impersonation to convincingly infiltrate criminal organizations and does so often as a means of gathering intelligence.
* **Driving:** Dick knows how to handle motorcycles and most other wheeled vehicles with expert finesse. He's not the best motorcyclist I've seen as I know Black Canary, but Dick definitely looks good behind the wheel of his souped-up muscle car, the Night Car. I'm sorry, Dick, I love you... I really do, but that name totally sucks.
* **Escapology:** Due to his training with Batman, he possesses extreme skill in escapology. Dick's shown himself able to escape a maze before Kid Flash could and was even able to use a Tibetan Mind Technique that Zatanna taught him to escape from mind control.
* **Firearms:** Grayson is also skilled with firearms, as he was trained by Batman to know how to handle them... but not to use them. Dick further developed this skill as a cop, scoring the marksmanship award in the academy. Though he doesn't use such weapons as Nightwing, Dick's day job does require he carry a gun. As the daughter of a cop myself, I understand that Dick is trained to use lethal force when necessary. To be a cop, he had to come to terms with that reality and he once had to take the life of suspect to save the life of Detective Amy Rohrbach.
* **Indomitable Will:** Like his mentor, Grayson has a very strong will. He is able to resist Scarecrow's potent fear toxins, resist and overcome mind control from Brother Blood, and according to Hal Jordan, Dick's presence at Battle of Alcatraz had put him on the short list of candidates to succeed the Green Lantern, Abin Sur and Hal was only chosen over Dick due to Hal being right there to receive Abin Sur's final instructions. I wonder what would have happened if Hal hadn't been so willful? Actually, no, let's not think about that. We already know Dick has no hang-ups about shacking up with alien princesses.
* **Intimidation:** He is skilled enough to get Scarecrow to talk and, during his time as Batman, was able to contain a riot in Arkham Asylum only by dropping down amidst the inmates and glaring at them.
* **Investigation:** Maybe not on par with the likes of Bruce Wayne or Tim, but Dick ain't no dummy. He has a vast knowledge of different fields that make him one of BPD's best detectives. Once Dick was able to solve a riddle by the Riddler before Batman himself could figure it out (though that might be because Dick and I were familiar with the video game that Bruce had never heard of). Hell, I've seen Dick solve 4 cases during a taped episode of "America's Most Wanted" over breakfast. As a mundane detective, Dick's also shown himself capable of solving a homicide case that went unsolved for 28 years.
* **Leadership:** I think this (and his agility) is where Dick has the edge on Bruce. Dick is a brilliant and experienced leader with superlative team skills, having served as a leader to the Titans, the Outsiders, and even the Justice League. Additionally, Dick's efforts to remain in contact with other heroes makes him a master at rallying, unifying, and inspiring the superhero community.
* **Martial Arts:** Grayson is a master martial artist, having studied under Batman. His fighting style has an emphasis on Aikido and Escrima. He is proficient in various martial arts such as Boxing, Capoeira, Hapkido, Judo, Ninjitsu, Savate, Taijiquan, and Wing Chun.
* **Multilingualism:** Having had the finest education as Bruce Wayne's ward, Grayson speaks fluent English, French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, German, Swahili, Mandarin, Cantonese, and is possibly fluent in other languages. He has some knowledge of the alien languages of Tamaranean and Kryptonian.
* **Peak Physical Conditioning:** Due to his training with Batman, Dick Grayson possesses peak athletic strength and endurance. He has displayed peak human strength, agility, reflexes, and endurance because of his training at a young age.
	+ ***Strength:*** Nightwing possesses enough strength to break Killer Croc's arm, throw KGBeast into a dumpster and leave a dent, throw a refrigerator, and use a bed as a weapon... Uh, that last one sounded dirtier than I intended. Dick has also been able to damage Blockbuster barehanded when he's pissed off. I feel a bit ashamed to admit it, but I don't know how much Dick can actually bench-press anymore. I guess my mind is on other things when I watch him do his exercise routine.
	+ ***Agility:*** As I said earlier, Dick can do a quadruple backflip. His agility also enables him to have the confidence at heights that make Starfire nervous for him.
	+ ***Speed:*** Dick Grayson possesses peak human speed, able to outpace Batman easily.
	+ ***Reflexes:*** Dick possesses enough skill to evade gunfire if he has enough distance and isn't caught flatfooted.
	+ ***Endurance:*** Dick is able to go for 4 days straight with no sleep and is capable of holding his breath for 7 minutes. I could go on...
	+ ***Durability:*** He is able to withstand attacks from Blockbuster, who possesses immense strength.
* **Stealth:** Dick is capable of breaching high-security facilities without being detected. He can even sneak up on Batman on occasion. Grayson is also skilled enough to even sneak away and keep hidden from Speedsters.
* **Swordsmanship:** Grayson used to constantly beat Roy Harper in sword fights when the two were teens, despite Roy having been taught by the superior fencer.
* **Throwing:** Grayson is skilled in throwing modified Shuriken (Wing-Dings) to hit thugs at a great distance with his eyes closed, despite occasionally giving them head-starts. Dick is also talented at disarming people with such weapons... though his skills with the standard batarang have gotten a bit rusty as evidence by his frustration when he has to fill in for Batman and can't stop complaining about their aerodynamics.
* **Weaponry:** He has displayed skill with various weapons, most notably his escrima sticks.
* **Nightwing Suit:** Nightwing's current costume is made of a version of a fire-resistant, triple-weave Kevlar-lined material. It is an excellent protection against damage, and it's also electrically insulated. Instead of relying on Batman's tried and true black cape for stealth, the suit is light sensitive, darkening when there is more light in the area. The current costume has a stylized blue "wing" across his shoulders. Nightwing's costume is tailored specifically to his unique style of crime-fighting. As such, his costume has fewer body-armor inlays than Batman's, anticipating a decreased need for shock-absorption and an increased capacity for motion ("Move more, get hit less." is what he likes to say). A caveat of this configuration can be exploited by capable fighters who are both fast and strong, such as Superman. Should Nightwing need to engage an enemy who is capable of exploiting this weakness, he has supplemental body-armor overlays which he can attach to his gauntlets, his mask, his shoulders, and boots.
* **Batsuit:** As Batman, Dick used a more modern, sleeker design of the Batsuit, featuring only two gauntlet blades and a separated Kevlar plates. The suit is actually a modified suit of Bruce's from his early years.
* **Night Car:** Dick has his own Batmobile of sorts with convertible chassis that enables it to be disguised it as any similarly sized vehicle such as a taxi cab, a police car or a sports car. It houses a 2014 KordTech racing engine, automatic transmission and all wheel drive, dual batteries and puncture resistant tires. The car is not only bulletproof but also bullet absorbent in order to prevent stray ricochets from hitting innocent bystanders. It's not as nice as the Batmobile, but Dick's ride has a much better sound system.
* **Wingcycle:** Nightwing also has his own personalized model of the Batcycle, which he refers to as the "Wingcycle." To accommodate me, Dick made sure the Wingcycle can be equipped with a passenger sidecar.
* **Redbird:** Not owned by Dick anymore, but Dick did have a motorcycle during his time as Robin which he called 'Redbird'. He has since given this Jason, then to Tim and Stephanie, and then to Damian who is the bike's current owner.

## Weaknesses

* **Redheads:** Dick has an admitted weakness for redheads. Something both Koriand'r and I may have exploited a time or two.
* **Family:** Family is one of Dick's only weakness, he cares about all of us so much that he would do anything for us.

## **Trivia**

* Dick actually met Tim Drake when both of them were younger. It was this meeting that actually allowed Tim to deduce Bruce's identity as Batman.
* Dick's parents left him a trust fund that Lucius Fox later turned into a small fortune. Although it is not comparable with Bruce Wayne's wealth, it has been enough for maintaining his Nightwing equipment; for purchasing the rights to Haly's Circus, saving Dick's former home from financial troubles; and for secretly buying the apartment building at 1013 Parkthorne Avenue in Blüdhaven.
* When asked who his best friend is, Dick usually says 'Alfred'.
* Dick's parents were killed on April 27th, 2002.
* Nightwing joined the Justice League of America in 2010 nominated by Batman.