Natalia Knight

**Natalia Knight** (born c. 1992/1993), also known as **Nocturna**, was a serial killer in Gotham City who drained her victims of their blood, causing them bleed to death, as she is in constant need of fresh blood due to suffering from a unique type of porphyria. Thus, Natalia was mistakenly referred to as a vampire by the Gotham Gazette.

## Biography

#### Early life

Natalia was born around 1992 or 1993 with a unique type of porphyria. As a result, she couldn't be exposed to sunlight and her kidneys had trouble cleaning her blood. At the age of 12, she was adopted by Charles Knight.

#### Birth of Nocturna

After her adoptive father, the man who would often provide Natalia supplies of fresh blood, died of a heart attack, Natalia needed fresh blood because of her disease and started to kill people by seducing them, draining their blood with magic and then leaving them for dead. After she killed two club-goers in Gotham City, she was dubbed by the media as "Nocturna".

#### Fighting Batwoman

When Nocturna tried to kill another person, she was confronted by Batman, with whom she got into a fight. She was then picked up by the Gotham City Police Department and brought to Blackgate Penitentiary.

#### The Reign of Darkseid

During the Reign of Darkseid, Natalia as well as everyone on Earth-0 except for seven specific heroes became affected by the Anti-Life Equation, only to be freed two weeks later after the Justice League stopped Darkseid.

## Personality

Suffering from terrible health problems her entire life Natalia was fostered by her adoptive father her entire life. After he died she needed fresh blood in order to combat her disease. She began to seduce partygoers for fresh blood justifying her killings by stating that she suffered health problems while they were all healthy but choose to ruin their bodies with booze and drugs.

## Powers and Abilities

#### Powers

* **Magic:** After getting her sickness, Natalia gained magical abilities.
	+ Accelerating Healing: Natalia can heal from her injuries faster than normal people. This is shown when Bruce hits her with a Batarang and cuts her but, she recovers within an hour.
	+ Enhanced Vision: Natalia can see from a greater distance than a normal human.
	+ Superhuman Strength: Natalia has the ability to punch people at an existential rate.
	+ Teleportation: Natalia can teleport at a short distance.

#### Abilities

* **Skilled deceiver:** As a means of getting close enough to drug and kill them, Natalia was able to charm and seduce her victims while meeting them at night clubs.
* **Medical knowledge:** Natalia possesses some medical knowledge as she was able to properly drain her victims of their blood and likely knew how to perform a blood transfusion on herself.
* **Master hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist:** Natalia is a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist.

#### Weaknesses

* **Porphyria:** Natalia is born with a unique type of this disease, which makes her exhibit similar characteristics with a vampire.
	+ **Sunlight:** Because of Natalia's disease, her skin is extremely sensitive to sunlight, just like a vampire, burning it.
	+ **Blood hunger:** Because of Natalia's disease, her kidneys have trouble cleaning her blood, giving her a need for fresh blood. Without fresh blood, she would most likely die.

## Equipment

* **Nocturna suit:** While on the prowl Natalia wore a dark veil that covered her face, hiding her identity.

## Appearances

### Batman

#### Season 2

* Drink Me
* Demon's Head (Mentioned)

## Behind the scenes

* In the DC comics, Natalia Knight aka Nocturna, is a Gotham City criminal and enemy to Batman. Due to an accident while studying astronomy, her skin turned white and became vulnerable to light. Her original partner and adoptive brother and one time lover was the criminal Night-Slayer. She was also at some point romantically involved with Batman and, after learning his identity as Bruce Wayne, tried to get him to marry her both out of love for him and to use his money to help cure her illness.