Bruce Wayne

Biography

Orphaned from an early age, Bruce led a sheltered life until his parents were murdered in front of him by a street thug. After the funeral, he retreated inwards, having little contact with anybody other than the staff at Wayne Manor such as Alfred, as well as his various private tutors. When he reached his mid-teens, he buried himself in study. He'd inherited his fathers inquisitive mind and thirst for knowledge and understanding. Physics, maths, chemistry and later design and engineering. What he was unable to learn from his tutors, he would pursue on his own vocation.

What free time he did allow himself would usually be spent with his second-closest friend - Oliver Queen. But when Ollie joined the military, Bruce decided that it was time for a change of his own. He traveled the world for several years, but not by way of his family's private jet or staying in luxury five-star hotels, but economy flights and hostels, small bed-and-breakfasts and run-down cheap hotels. His parents death had always stuck with him. The world conflicts going on all around him only made him question what went wrong even more. The city his parents had worked so hard to help had bitten the hand that fed it they day they were shot dead. As he traveled, and witnessed the poverty and hardship, the crime and corruption, a resolve slowly grew inside him. A resolve to somehow make his home of Gotham a better place. But it would be some time before he would realise a way to do so.

He lost himself in the harsh, violent, dangerous underbelly of the world, wishing to intimately understand the criminal mind. He emerged a few years later seemingly the same old Bruce on the outside. But that visage hid a wiser, more resourceful, more prepared man beneath his well-kept, boyish good looks. Once he had thought he might fight for Gotham in the light, using law and the judicial system as an lawyer. But childhood nightmares of black winged beasts had implanted a far more effective means of deterrence.

For several years now, Bruce has used the assets of Wayne Enterprises as a means to set himself up as the black-caped vigilante known as Batman. Standing between the good honest people of Gotham and it's crooked dark side of thieves and murderers, Bruce has taken the law into his own hands, having lost most of his faith in official avenues. But there is hope. Bruce is not alone in this goal. There are some in Gotham's police force who can be trusted and relied upon to do the right thing in the face of bribes and threats. Along with Jim Gordon and a handful of others like himself, Batman has always and continues to be a symbol of terror to criminals, and one of hope to the common citizen.

Recently, Bruce's friend Oliver Queen has returned to Gotham after his service in the military. Having lost control of his fathers company to his uncle, Bruce has hired Oliver and added him to the staff of Wayne-Tech's Applied Sciences department - where Bruce procures a substantial amount of equipment and supplies for his nocturnal activities. As well as wishing to help his friend financially and also provide a sense of belonging given the situation, Bruce feels that he can bring something to the company and - unbeknownst to Ollie - even further Batman's goals through research and development in his new position at Wayne-Tech.

Out of Character

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