Bane

**Bane** is a Human male and one of Batman's most formidable foes. He's also famous for having broken the bat.

## **History**

Bane was born on the corrupt nation of Santa Prisca, where he inherited his late father's life sentence due to the corrupted court system. He grew up, gaining strength and fending off other inmates, until he was running things in the prison. He eventually volunteered for an experimental procedure, involving himself being injected with the steroid called Venom. With the power of the steroid on his side, Bane engineered a prison break and escaped. Now free, Bane went to Gotham City and with his new power, took down the walls of Arkham Asylum, releasing all of its inmates, leading to Batman having to round them all back up. In that time, Bane had deduced Batman's identity as Bruce Wayne and waited for him to return to the Batcave, where he confronted the Dark Knight, who was too weak to defend himself. This was when Bane earned his title as "The Man Who Broke The Bat", literally breaking Batman's back over his knee.

Following Batman's injury, Bruce temporarily passed on the mantle to Azrael, who grew increasingly more violent during his time behind the cowl. In that time, Bane established himself as the king of Gotham's underworld, but his reign ended when he confronted Azrael, who not only severed his venom ties, but brutally beaten the giant, however left him alive. Bruce then returned to the mantle of Batman once again, following his recovery and since then, both he and Bane have either combated each other to a draw or even leading to Bane losing the tubes feeding venom into his system.

## **Powers & Abilities**

### Powers

* **Venom Empowerment:** Bane uses a super steroid called Venom, which enhances his physical abilities to superhuman levels.
	+ **Superhuman Strength:** The venom Bane uses enhances his physical strength to low superhuman levels, therefore enabling him to lift 2-3 tons, as well as capable of bending thick steel. Even without the venom, Bane possesses superior strength compared to that of Batman. He's even strong enough with the venom to actually break the arms of Killer Croc.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina:** So long as he is able to pump venom into his veins, Bane is capable of going for an indefinite amount of time without tiring or even stopping.
	+ **Accelerated Healing:** Injecting a specific amount of venom into him, allows Bane to heal from most wounds, however major injuries need an unhealthy amount of venom in order to full heal.
	+ **Peek Human Durability:** Bane's durability via venom, enables him to withstand attacks from other metahumans, as well as bullets and completely immune to blunt objects and resistant to explosions. Despite this, his body doesn't leave unscathed, as he can be scratched or bruised up.
	+ **Peek Human Speed:** Bane is capable of supporting his weight while running as fast as an olympic runner, which is through his use of venom.
	+ **Peek Human Reflexes:** Bane possesses reflexes a margin faster than that of Batman through his use of venom.

### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect:** Despite looking like a brute jacked up on steroids, Bane is highly intelligent, possessing an intellect that he had developed during his early life, despite not having any form of formal education.
	+ **Polymath:** Bane's intellect gives him an exceptional knowledge in various fields of study, which includes history, math, science, medicine and even geography.
	+ **Tactical Analysis:** Bane possesses a superb knowledge in tactics and is extremely devious in terms of combat and strategy. He's so versed in this field, that he was able to beat Ra's al Ghul in a game of chess.
	+ **Escapology:** Bane possesses the knowledge in escaping almost any form of fortified location, which is only matched by those like Batman, Nightwing and even Mister Miracle.
	+ **Photographic Memory:** Bane possesses a memory which borders total recall, enabling him to remember every skill, facts of disciplines he's learned.
	+ **Multilingualism:** Bane possesses the knowledge in speaking 10 active languages, 4 arcane and even dead ones. He can speak Spanish, German, French, English, Russian, Mandarin, some Urdu, Dhari, Farsi and Latin.
* **Martial Arts:** Bane possesses an exceptional skill in many martial arts, even gone as to create some of his own during his life. His skill however, is inferior to that of people like Batman or Lady Shiva, but with his physical abilities in conjunction with his knowledge in martial arts, he is a dangerous combatant against normal foes.
* **Swordsmanship:** Bane possesses superb skills with a sword, so much so he was able to equal those of Ra's al Ghul.
* **Meditation:** Rather than sleep for 4 hours, Bane typically meditates for that time.

## **Weaknesses**

* **Addiction & Overdose:** Despite the superhuman benefits of venom, Bane has been known to be addicted to it, much like any other drug. Should he overdose however, he will go into a temporary feral state, where he's more of a mindless monster.

## **Equipment**

* **Venom:** A super-steroid which enhances the user's body to near superhuman levels, Venom is capable of giving Bane several superhuman attributes, which enable him to take on metahumans and even normal humans.