Tim Drake

* Red Robin
* Tim Drake

Aresia Prince, Cassandra Cain, Athanasia al Ghul, Helena Wayne (Adopted Sisters)
Laurel Drake-Lance (Aunt, Deceased)
Dinah Lance, Sara Lance (Paternal Cousins)
"Baby" Drake (Deceased)

### Affiliation

Bat Family (Member)
Titans (Co-Leader)
Justice League (Member)

## Biographical Information

### Residence

Wayne Manor
1007 Mountain Drive
Crest Hill, Gotham, NJ

### Education

Bachelor's Degree
(Gotham University)

## Background

### 1996 - 2008: Tim Drake

Tim Drake is the son of Jack & Janet Drake. His family manor was located in Crest Hill as his family is of the same social class as the Waynes & the Kanes. Since he was a child, he has exhibited genius level intellect, allowing him to always be the top of his class.

When he was five, his mother died while she & his father were on vacation. They were randomly targeted by a serial killer who was attacking couples on vacation. His father had survived the attack but became a paraplegic, leaving Tim to help care for him. Eventually, his dad remarried to his physical therapist, Dana Winters towards the end of the summer in 2005. His father's injury took a toll on his businesses & they began to suffer greatly without him being able to take charge.

Carlton Duquesne attempts to buy his businesses as he would be able to flip them for profit but Jackson refused. After many discussion & some threats, his answer remained no. His father begins receiving calls that there is a threat on his life so he takes Dana & Tim to a hotel for the night. Carlton would send Captain Boomerang to assassinate Jackson in order to get control of his business. Just as Jackson was about to shoot, Boomerang fires a razor boomerang into his chest which leads to him bleeding out. Dana, who had come back to grab something, had witnessed the whole thing. She was so traumatized that she ended up in Arkham Asylum for psychological treatment.

### 2008 - 2011: Red Robin

Tim being the smart man he is, begins to put Dana's name on legal documents & forge her signature so that he can get himself a small apartment for himself. Though it had been years since Tim had deduced that Bruce Wayne & Dick Grayson were the original Batman & Robin, he went to Wayne Manor to meet him under the guise of looking for a business mentor. In reality, Tim had seen that with the most recent Robin's death & Nightwing's growing presence in Blüdhaven, Batman was losing himself & Tim wanted to become his new moral compass to keep him on the straight & narrow. After proving his worth, Tim became the new Robin at the beginning of the summer. It was only a couple of week before Bruce & him decided that the name Red Robin was better suited as they both felt it was disrespectful to take his name.

   It was almost as if Tim had somewhere he belonged. Then the city when into chaos as Ra's al Ghul had just triggered an earthquake in Gotham & bombed all the bridges to prevent anyone from leaving. When the government sanctioned the city off, Tim was one of the many that stayed behind to protect the city. It was during this time of chaos that Tim's charade fell & the World's Greatest Detective figured out the truth behind Tim's family situation. Bruce, understanding what Tim had been through & witnessing in his past sons, offered to adopt Tim & pay for his stepmother's medical bills.

When Bruce left to see if he handle Gotham's No Man Land order in his civilian identity, Tim became Dick's partner as he took up the Batman mantle. The two worked well together but not for long as Bruce returned after failing to change the government's decision. During the year of chaos, the Bat Family & the Wayne Family gained a new member in the form of Cassandra Cain. Together, they joined the Titans in the middle of Gotham's former destructive state. The two became fast friends & regularly did patrols together as they worked best with one another. It took nearly a year but they were able to get the prisons reopened, defeat the criminals & get the city opened back up.

On one of his many patrols with Cass, he went to meet Spoiler. He had tracked her down as she was the one leaving clues to Cluemaster's crimes & hideout location. After Cluemaster's arrest, they all hit it off but Tim tried to keep his distance as he had been with Cassie for over a year now. Though she wasn't an official member of the Bat Family, she became a regular occurrence on the patrols that included Tim & Cassandra.

Shortly after, Bruce left for a mission in February of 2010 stating that it was top secret. Since Dick was brought into the mission, Bruce left Tim in charge with Alfred's help of course. While Bruce was gone, he has Tim induct Stephanie into the Bat Family, keeping a close eye on her & training her until she was ready to do patrols on her own. The amount of time Tim spent with Stephanie made him realize that he had true feelings for her. Not wanting to mess up his relationship, Tim broke up with Cassie that summer. He almost began dating Stephanie right after but they both agreed that the timing wasn't right.

## Romantic Relationships

* Darla Aquista: Dated (2010)
* Ivana Kovar: On & Off (2016 - 2018)
* Tiffany Fox: Dated (2017)
* Cassandra Sandsmark: Girlfriend (2011 - 2012), (2018 - 2019)
* Kazua Senzaki: Brief Girlfriend (2017); On & Off (2018 - 2020)
* Stephanie Brown: One Night Stand (2012); Girlfriend (2013 - 2016), (2020 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Peak Human Condition:** Tim is in prime physical condition for a man his age. He trains constantly with Bruce & the other members of the team, continually seeking to hone his skills.
	+ ***Acrobatics*:** He is accomplished in the acrobatic arts, though not as skilled as Dick.
	+ ***Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts*:** He had trained under Batman before training with the Titans further. He can even keep up a conversation while taking down multiple well armed enemies. He's fought trained ninjas & assassins as well as mercenaries. He has defeated Jason Todd & said he has more training than him. He has also stalemated & gotten the upper hand on Dick Grayson in combat. He is skilled in Karate, T'ai Chi, Aikido, Kung Fu & Judo. His fighting style is less acrobatic than Dick's, but more unpredictable & fluid than Bruce's.
	+ ***Stealth*:** Taught by the Bat himself, Tim has mastered the art of stealth.
* **Genius Level Intellect:** Tim possesses a genius-level intellect. His high level of intelligence makes him a natural student & self-taught practitioner of many disciplines, such as business management, criminology, technology & mechanical engineering.
	+ ***Aviation*:** He's able to fly a variety of small jets, including Titans Jet used for their missions.
	+ ***Computer Operation*:** He has studied computer science and is a highly skilled programmer and hacker. Tim has skill with computers which Barbara Gordon encourages & he has assisted her in modifications to the systems she uses as Oracle.
	+ ***Disguise***: Tim has been taught in disguise by Alfred & has successfully disguised himself on numerous occasions.
	+ ***Investigation*:** He is often recalled as the most investigative & analytical of all the Robins. He is always listening, exploring & scrutinizing. Batman suggested that with time, Tim could surpass him as the World's Greatest Detective.
	+ ***Leadership*:** Tim is the current leader of the Titans, a position he has held for over half a decade.
	+ ***Mechanical Engineering*:** In addition to making modifications to the tech supplied to him by Batman, he has invented a number of his own innovations such as his "bang-a-rang" flash grenades & his "redboard", a powered skateboard.
	+ ***Multilingualism*:** Tim is fluent in English & German; proficient in Spanish, Hong Kong Cantonese & Russian; & knows small amounts of French.
	+ ***Science*:** He has an in-depth knowledge of the natural sciences, which he puts to use in the crime lab. The extent of his expertise has yet to be determined.
	+ ***Tactical Analysis*:** Tim is very technical, thinking out every flaw of any plan before enacting it.
* **Weaponry**
	+ ***Firearms*:** Though he does not use firearms, he was still taught by Bruce on how to shoot, handle & dismantle one.
	+ ***Stick Fighting*:** While he is a very competent unarmed fighter, Tim uses a bo staff as his primary weapon & usually engages his opponents using the art of Bojutsu.
	+ ***Throwing*:** As other many members of the Bat Family are, Tim is adept with throwing batarangs with precision.
* **Bo-Staff:** Time normally wields a custom-made, retractable bo staff. The staff has small holes drilled in either end to create a whistling effect when wielded, which disorients opponents & keeps them off guard. It can deploy a basic shield at the touch of a button & contains a retractable blade at the top, effectively making it a spear when needed.
* **Redbird:** It is the motorcycle used by Tim Drake. He customized the yellow vehicle by including his "R" symbol on the side of the motorcycle & a black mask on the front. He painted the bike, making it green & red like his own uniform. The motorcycle also has an auto-pilot feature, which allows him to jump off the bike while on a chase & the vehicle would stop after a few moments.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 7 - Master / Elite
* **Strength:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Speed:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Range:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strategy:** 7 - Master / Elite
* **Combat:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **TOTAL:** 180 - Threat Level 4 / Moderate Threat

## Trivia

#### General

* He possesses an IQ of 142.
* He has known that Spoiler was Stephanie since they first met.
* He is an Atheist. He thinks that if God existed then he would not let so many bad things happen. He has mentioned that his mother was religious but his father was not.
* Bruce believes that Tim could pass him as the World's Greatest Detective with time.
* He's a bit of a control freak & likes to know the aspects of anything he is included.
* His maternal grandfather Charles Drake was quite the man. He has a notorious history of metting a young lady, quickly marrying her, having a kid (maybe two), getting divorced then dropping off the radar to do it all over again. One of his other children is Laurel Drake, thus making Tim the cousin of Dinah & Sara Lance. Charles is also the brother of Rachel Drake, Rita Farr's mother.

#### Hero Life

* Tim was only Robin for two weeks before he decided to become Red Robin. Both him & Bruce felt it was wrong to Jason's memory.
* The Joker once stated that Tim was the best Robin. He said that Tim bored him with his perfection & flaunting of how much better he was.
* After seeing Lady Shiva in battle, Tim began using an extendible staff.
* Tim's first bit of training to become Robin involved a lesson on meditation from Dick.

#### Relationships

* His best friend is Chris Kent.
* Due to Jason’s death, Dick has been very protective of Tim & made sure they he was a big brother to him. They have very similar personalities: smart, friendly, respectful, good leaders & naturally giving.
* While Tim looked up to Jason, he felt replaced by Tim & fought him when he was Red X. Though Jason bullies him, he believes he’s the only one allowed to do it.
* Damian tried to stab him when they first met. He later put Tim in the hospital after besting him in a fight. Now they’re considered rivals that tolerate each other.
* Him & Stephanie had sex after he broke up with Cassie but didn't start dating until almost a year later.
* He actually believes Bruce is the reason him & Stephanie ended up together. If Bruce & Dick weren't off searching for Jason & hadn't put Tim in charge of Stephanie, they never would have gotten so close.
* Tim is hardly ever without a girlfriend.
* He & Darla have spent various nights together over the years after she returned from the Dark Tower but have never resumed their relationship.
* Cassie & Tim lost their virginities to each other. Despite dating twice, they are very good friends with Cassie even saying Tim will always be on of her best friends.

## Notes

* Tim's origin mostly follows DC Rebirth reboot of DC Comics.
* In *Robin* v4, 132 (December 2007), Captain Boomerang is also the one to kill Jackson Drake.
* The World's Greatest Detective quote is from *Batman* #617
* In the *New 52* history, Tim Drake was never Robin & was Red Robin from the beginning of his career as he found it disrespectful to be Robin so soon after Jason Todd's death.
* In the comics, Conner Kent & Bart Allen are traditionally portrayed as his best friend. Due to age differecnes, Tim is best friend Christopher Kent. Maybe he'll be close with Daniel West but we'll see on that one.

## Links & References

* Character Gallery: Tim Drake
* Love Interests of Tim Drake