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Ever since the first appearance of the Batman, nearly a century ago, he has been viewed as a symbol of eternal fear and righteous intimidation to his enemies, but for many, this vigilante in the night was also a symbol of undying hope for all that was good in the world. For nearly a century, he protected the gritty, crime-infested streets of Gotham, possessing a youth and vitality that seemed as eternal as the values he upheld. He was our watchful guardian, our savior in the darkness, our vengeful Dark Knight. That is, he was all of those things until the day he vanished...

Ten long years have come and gone since the last known appearance of the true Batman. Little is known about what happened that caused his disappearance. Less is known about why he hasn't returned. Most of the citizens of Gotham fear the worst.. The only thing anyone really knows for certain is the fact that the city has been locked in the perilous grips of an enigmatic mad man known only as the self-professed successor of the Riddler. This man goes by the simple title of Conundrum.. Wielding some sort of high-energy temporal device, Conundrum threatened the entire existence of Gotham with but the press of a single button (which he made frighteningly clear his finger hovered mere inches above). After all was said and done, however, the Gotham Police found a half-conscious, incapacitated Conundrum as well as a tiny shred of what was thought to be Batman's suit. That was the last anyone ever saw of the Dark Knight..

The loss of Batman crippled the entire city. Gotham rapidly descended into the awaiting jaws of the criminal underworld, that is until the people of Gotham boldly stepped forward, deciding to defend themselves where Batman had fallen. For the first time in the city's history, it was the people of Gotham who wouldn't take the outrageous defiling of the city nor the corruption being spread by the crime lords anymore. These new vigilantes came from all walks of life and stood together in the name of all the Dark Knight ever stood for. Working together, these freedom fighters managed to push back the waves of destruction, corruption, and evil which threatened to consume their once great city. The people of Gotham had never tasted such power, and they reveled in this victory. For years afterwards Gotham's crime rate rivaled even that of the great city of Metropolis. Empowered by this feat, the citizens of Gotham thought in their naivety that this newfound peace would last forever, but, as time always proves is the way of Gotham, this peace slowly fettered away until they once again lived in a city infested with crime and overwhelming poverty. This time, however, Gotham was a bit more readily prepared...

A group of concerned citizens who had taken up arms during the revolt against crime would not set aside their weapons and ideology so easily. After all they fought for, they could not give up what they achieved so readily, and thus they formed task forces and gangs. More often then not, these vigilantes venture into the streets of Gotham at night, alone, all in the hopes of preying upon all forms of crime in the name, of course, of the bat, as their one-time savior did before them..

Those who take up arms in the name of the bat in this crime-filled city do so at their own risk. The city has begrudgingly declared this vigilante work as legal after severe pressure from the voting community. The city, however, fearing retaliation from the criminal forces rampant in the city, offers no support to these citizens and refuses to raise even one finger in the defense of any vigilantes in the event of capture or death. As was stated before: those who take up arms do so at their own risk.

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This RP, quite obviously, takes place in the future of the normal Batman setting. The game will start a bit further in the future of Batman Beyond, where Terry is quite old, but still alive. The players will, for the most part, be some of these freelance vigilantes fighting for the glory of what the name of Batman once stood for. You will have access the the staple relics of Batman past, as well as advanced futuristic technology. Keep in mind, however, that the villains you will be fighting against have access to many of the same tools you do. Whether you're part of some sort of crime-fighting group or a lone wolf vigilante in the night is up to you. As this is the world of Batman, some players may have super powers along with all their fancy gadgets. The villains will, too.

This will be mostly freeform, and no stat system will be used. Character sheet will be as follows:

Name: Obvious what to put here.
Alias: Put your crime-fighting name here. Most people probably won't fight crime under their given name, due to the obvious drawbacks...
Age: Obvious.
Affiliation: Obviously, if you're a good guy or a bad guy, list it here. If you're part of some group, name it here.
Description: Put all your details here. Include your normal street-attire as well as your crime-fighting get-up
Equipment: Put any of your neat gadgets or Batman-esque relics here.
Powers: If you have super powers, list them here as well as a description for what they are.
Background: Put your character's history up to this point. Include why they took up the mantle of the Bat.

Name: Robyn Swallows (and if you make any jokes about it, she will hurt you.)

Alias: Talon

Age: 19

Affiliation: Good Guy. She's the leader of an all-female vigilante squad known as "The Robins"

Description: Robyn is about 5'3" and pretty petite, if a bit busty. She has long red hair that she usually lets fall on her shoulders. She has blue eyes that always seem to sparkle, and she generally has a sarcastic smirk on her face. She generally dresses in white pants and a black tank-top, usually with a white jacked over it which she keeps half-way buttoned up. When she dons the guise of Talon, like the rest of the Robins, she dons classic Boy Wonder gear. She also pulls her hair back into a ponytail.

Equipment: She carries traditional bat-a-rangs as well as the grappeling gun. She keeps herself well-stocked with smoke bombs and flashbangs. She also has a glider built into her cape. With the press of a button on her belt, wheels come out of the bottom of her boots, much like inline skates. She has jet propulsion on the skates. Her gloves also have an advanced electronic system, allowing her to administer non-lethal shocks as well as mess up any sort of electronic systems.

Powers: Some would say her natural charisma is a super power. They, of course, would be wrong.

Background: Robyn had grown up as a fan of Batman. She always secretly had this school-girl type crush on the Dark Knight. Upon the disappearance of Batman, she was devastated. After the initial rush of vigilantes, she took it upon herself to do the same (well, once she had turned 16--the prime age for starting a crime-fighting career). Finding a group of girls who she was already friends with, Robyn formed the Robins, claiming that they were all the long-lost sidekicks to Batman. She is hopeful that the Robins will one day discover what happened to Batman and that when he makes his comeback, the Robins will be there to take their place by his side.

Name: Nicolas Reef

Alias: (I'm) Batman (shifty eyes)

Age: 26

Affiliation: Good guy! More or less.

Description: Body description - 5'10" about 195lbs. A decently muscular man. Buzzed brown hair, an awkward smile, and hazel eyes.
Street clothes - He usually dresses in a green shirt with black letters reading the phrase 'Who is batman?'. He wears a trench coat and black dress pants with durable boots.
Costume - Nicolas has a real bat suit. Not one of those cheap imitations. He found it, of all places, in the city dump. It was one of the many mech suits that Batman created to deal with an opponent stronger then himself. If you've seen the cartoons I think you know what it looks like. Black, mechanical, red bat symbol.

Equipment: Think of him as Iron man in a bat man suit. He has a pop out shoulder sonic blaster. He has bat-erangs. Wrist grappling hooks. Jet pack wings. A thermal scanner. Exploding disc's. And a few other little secrets gadgets.

Powers: MacGyver syndrome - He's very well educated in many areas. specifically science mechanics and robotics. This is why he has been able to modify the suit so extensively.

Background: Nicolas was a bright young boy, he spent his time in school studying. Always very interested in mechanics he jumped at the chance to get a job with Wayne Enterprises. He began working in their mechanical research division. His funding was quite limited. So he did what he always did when he needed parts for something he couldn't quite find everything for. He headed to the dump. While rummaging through the various debris he noticed something extraordinary. A black mechanical leg. He took it home and began to study it. Finding it to be made to extraordinary specifications. He went back to the dump and began to search for more pieces. When he finally had it all he began to reassemble it. It took him nearly a year to both find all the pieces and put them together. When it was completed it showed itself to be a very beat up Mechanical Batman suit. Nicolas soon began to clean and fix the suit. Occasionally bringing home idea's from work to furnish it.

When it was finished he didn't know what to do with it. He thought about selling it's design to Wayne Enterprises. A thought he dismissed when he remembered the blue prints he had 'technically' stolen. Instead he decided to try out the suit on his own. After all no one would notice one more costume running around the city late at night. On the Suits maiden voyage he came across a young woman being mugged. After a seconds moral dilemma he lept in to save the day. After quickly dispatching the criminal he handed the woman back her purse. When she thanked him by the name she assumed to his costume 'Batman'. He decided to keep the suit, and use it to fight crime under the now gone Dark knight.

Cheshire, Batman disappeared one year before Robyn was born. The true one at least. Terry should be running around doing the Batman thing.

Sorry IHMN, but I changed the timeline. Also I meant to put in something about how this is after terry. Cause in my mind terry was a true batman too.

As it's young school-girl "love", really, anything in a Batman suit will do...

So, did Terry disappear, and Bruce died of old age? Or did Bruce become Batman at some point even after Terry, and he's the one who disappeared, while Terry is now old?

Here's Mine!

Name: Timothy McCraken

Alias: Echo

Age: 13

Affiliation: Lone Wolf.

Description: Street: 4'9", bowl cut brown hair and hazel eyes, Khaki's and a t-shirt with the gold batman symbol on it. Crime Fighting: Steel looking chest plate with the red batman symbol on it, Batman-esque helmet, and almost knee-high metal boots. As well as an eccentrically long cape.

Equipment: An official guaranteed authentic set of batarangs.

A shield generating chestplate, it offers great protection to those within the tiny bubble it creates around the user.

The metal boots are an expensive set of speed and leap increasing boots that few own due to their eccentric aspects, since flying cars are readily available. The average leap is increased 10 fold meaning a boy can leap up almost an entire building on average, *not applicable to 6 story buildings* It increases one speed times 4 fold giving him a slight advantage against those who have no such device.

Also what 13 year old doesn't carry smoke bombs.

Powers: None.

Background: Timothy was set for a pretty normal somewhat poor life when his father became a vigilante. Growing up timothy always looked up to his father as a hero, his dad was one of the batmen who worked on the Wayne Enterprises team, his dad made a good living for his work that is until his shield didn't activate quickly enough.

The last memory timothy has of his father was watching them bury him as he clutched his mothers hand. As he watched the coffin fall into the earth he vowed to himself that he would never let anyone else he cared about get hurt like that. Wayne Enterprises was kind enough to give his fathers old gear to the family as a token of their apologies, with some minor tinkering and investment Timothy was able to follow in his fathers footsteps. His identity is secret to everyone including his mother who would be horrified to find out her son was out every night doing what killed his father.

Questions: Bruce is now long dead, and terry is in his mid-50's. He runs Wayne Enterprises and 'officially' he had a stroke about 10 years ago.

Name: John Smith

Alias: The Webmaster

Age:26

Affiliation: Good guy.

Description: John is tallish but still nearly average sized. He long ago shaved his head completely bald and wears just about the darkest pair of sunglasses in exsistance, which of course double as night vision googles in low light situations while still protecting him from sudden bright flashes of light. John is fair skinned but not pale, although you can tell the sun is not his friend.

Street cloths: Usually what ever happens to be in arms reach on the floor. He favours the darker colors and short sleaves. He also generally wears cargo style pants with lots of very large pockets. He prefers going barefoot but is usually forced into wearing a pair of very light, and somewhat ratty, pair of shoes while out to be allowed into public places. Additionally he always seems to be wearing a genes jacket with a heavy cloth lining, with a hood, that unzips from the genes jacket and can be removed. John usually walks around with the hood up to hide the computer jacks in the back of his head.

Costume: A tight fitting, near skin tight, all black suit, with mask made of the same material connect at its back to the suit. The mask has no openings at all the suit itself providing him with air. Something like what Terry wears except the mask his just black cloth with no openings at all.

Equipment: John's suit is his most obvisous pice of equipment. Its made of nanofibers designed to stiffen on impact and absorb most of the force of the impact, this can happen in a small area or suit wide. The fibers themselves are very strong and under normal circumstances they will not cut nor tear. It takes exterme heat or serious pressure, pressure above that produced even by most bullets today, to break or otherwise cut the fibers. The fibers also absorb and fliter air and transports it to the area of the mask infront of John's nose and mouth were its released. The fibers infront John's eyes act collectively as cameras sending there feed through the suit and to the ports in the back of his neck. The nature of the fibers also allow for basic enhancement of speed and strenght, the fibers acting as extra muscle, but the effect is quite small compared to more mech like suits.

Less obvious is what has been done to John's brain. His brain is almost half mechanical utilizing the latest in quantum processing and storage. He also has several ports in the back of his neck for direct linking with computer systems as well as a wireless connection which allows him to jack into any nearby wireless network as he has nearly unmatchable hacking skills. (Partly due to what was done to his brain.)

Powers: None really to speak of except maybe his very prodigous talent for hacking computer systems.

Background: John has loved computers and programing since not long after he could speak. His parent were very delighted when they discovered how naturally he took to computers and even programing. Despite child labor laws John had actually found work at 8 years old as a stay at home programer carefully hiding his true age. His parents knew nothing of this of course and John hid his earning in various bank accounts. John also took various college courses at around the same time, again keeping his true age secrete. By the time he graduated highschool at 16 he already had several computer related degrees and a sizable savings.

From there he went to work for a Wayne Enterprises competitor which like Wayne Enterprises had their hands in many things. The major difference being this company took much bigger risks and tended toward the bleeding edge of expiremental. This is how John came to posses his unique brain. He had formed several friendships in the company one of which was with a biomechanical enhancement specialist who was also into computers. John convinced him that his expiremental brain replacement, for those with severe brain disorders that could not be cured, could be better tested in a subject that knew computers and could give him better feed back. Thus, several portions of his brain where swapped out for the mechanical replacements. John's friend did his best to keep all John's memories intact but a few were lost here and there. Not long after the top brass found out and fired him and his friend. Angry at his termination he stole the suit he now uses to fight crime.

When the bat disappeared and crime soared John donned the suit that he had stolen initially just to hurt his former companies assets. He has at one point planed to sell it off to the highest bidder but soon a thrill seeking type of attitude took over and he began to fight crime with it. He used his direct nueral link to learn just about every fighting style but soon learned it was must simpler to hack surronding vehicals, buildings, what have you to bring down the criminals he was after. He also had a habit of going after people who's crimes happened purely in cyberspace often doing to them what they did to others and then leading the police right to their doors. These two facts were not lost on those he captured and soon they called him The Webmaster.

Everyones good so far, and I've gotta say that sithdarth's character could be a villain or a good guy... but I'm glad he's on my side.