Post by YolkaEd on Jul 6, 2012 15:11:51 GMT -5
Name(s):
Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot
Nicknames:
Penguin
Age:
44
Species:
Human
Gender:
Male
Alignment:
Neutral/Evil (tends to gravitate between either)
Residence:
Iceberg Lounge
Occupation:
Criminal organizer, owner of legitimate businesses, crimelord
Abilities:
The Penguin is a master criminal strategist; he uses his considerable intellect to gain wealth and power through less than legal means. Driven entirely by self-interest, the Penguin often relies on cunning, wit, and intimidation to exploit his surroundings for profit and advance his own schemes. He usually plans crimes, but does not often commit them himself. Although fighting and hard work is mostly pushed over to his henchmen, he himself is not above taking aggressive lethal actions on his own, especially when provoked. The Penguin, in spite of his appearance, is a dangerous hand to hand combatant with enough self-taught talents in judo and fisticuffs to overwhelm attackers many times his size and physical bearing.
The Penguin always carries an umbrella due to an obsessive attitude his mother had toward doing so. The umbrellas usually contain weapons such as machine guns, sword tips, missiles, lasers, flame-throwers, and acid spraying devices. He usually carries an umbrella with the function to transform its top into a series of spinning blades. This can be used as a mini helicopter or as an offensive weapon. He also owns an umbrella that has a spiral pattern on the top with which he can hypnotize enemies.
Weaknesses:
In spite of his training and array of weaponry, the Penguin is... well, a touch cowardly. See through his schemes and drive him into a corner when he's on his own, and he'll likely try to save his own skin from bodily harm either by fleeing or giving whatever the criminal in mind wants... granted, this only usually happens when he isn't in a business-like mood.
Personality:
Coming from a family of high social standards, the Penguin, in spite of his deformities, is the very definition of a proper gentleman... for the most part. Though his patience has limits, he usually takes care to make sure that his most loyal henchmen aren't punished that severely if they screw up (at most maybe giving them a literal slap on the wrist and a cut in payment), and has a very tight lid on his temper. However, there is also a fatal sense of cruelty to his character, as he's known to pull strings so fatally cruel to systematically ruin someone's life just for mocking his appearance. He also has a knack for the dramatic, which can be seen as corny by quite a few more "uncivilized brutes".
Likes:
Proper behavior, umbrellas, birds
Dislikes:
Being mocked, business rivals
Appearance:
Bio:
Born Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, the Penguin was bullied as a child for his short stature, weight, beak-like nose and flipper-like hands. Due to his father dying of pneumonia after being drenched in a downpour, Oswald's mother developed an obsession for him to carry umbrellas around to shield himself. His mother also owned several pet birds, and Cobblepot lavished them with attention; considering them his only friends. Sadly, after his mother's death, the birds were all repossessed to pay the debts that his mother owed; this, coupled with the constant teasing of his appearance, led to Oswald taking up a life of crime.
When Cobblepot first attempted to join a crime boss' gang as a mere errand-runner, he was belittled as a "penguin", and mocked for his umbrella before being literally kicked from the crime den. Outraged at being rejected even by criminals, he resolved to make "the Penguin" a name to fear and the umbrella a fearsome weapon. Clad in what became his customary formal garb, he returned to the den and coldly killed the crime boss with "the world's first .45 caliber umbrella", then claimed leadership of the now terrified criminals. Though he tried to later abandon the nickname of "Penguin", his high-profile criminal career led to him eventually just sticking with it, as people seemed to like it. Since then, he's been running a double-front; acting as the legitimate owner of the nightclub "Iceberg Lounge", and acting as both an informant and crime boss in the Gotham underworld... with intentions of reaching out further.
Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot
Nicknames:
Penguin
Age:
44
Species:
Human
Gender:
Male
Alignment:
Neutral/Evil (tends to gravitate between either)
Residence:
Iceberg Lounge
Occupation:
Criminal organizer, owner of legitimate businesses, crimelord
Abilities:
The Penguin is a master criminal strategist; he uses his considerable intellect to gain wealth and power through less than legal means. Driven entirely by self-interest, the Penguin often relies on cunning, wit, and intimidation to exploit his surroundings for profit and advance his own schemes. He usually plans crimes, but does not often commit them himself. Although fighting and hard work is mostly pushed over to his henchmen, he himself is not above taking aggressive lethal actions on his own, especially when provoked. The Penguin, in spite of his appearance, is a dangerous hand to hand combatant with enough self-taught talents in judo and fisticuffs to overwhelm attackers many times his size and physical bearing.
The Penguin always carries an umbrella due to an obsessive attitude his mother had toward doing so. The umbrellas usually contain weapons such as machine guns, sword tips, missiles, lasers, flame-throwers, and acid spraying devices. He usually carries an umbrella with the function to transform its top into a series of spinning blades. This can be used as a mini helicopter or as an offensive weapon. He also owns an umbrella that has a spiral pattern on the top with which he can hypnotize enemies.
Weaknesses:
In spite of his training and array of weaponry, the Penguin is... well, a touch cowardly. See through his schemes and drive him into a corner when he's on his own, and he'll likely try to save his own skin from bodily harm either by fleeing or giving whatever the criminal in mind wants... granted, this only usually happens when he isn't in a business-like mood.
Personality:
Coming from a family of high social standards, the Penguin, in spite of his deformities, is the very definition of a proper gentleman... for the most part. Though his patience has limits, he usually takes care to make sure that his most loyal henchmen aren't punished that severely if they screw up (at most maybe giving them a literal slap on the wrist and a cut in payment), and has a very tight lid on his temper. However, there is also a fatal sense of cruelty to his character, as he's known to pull strings so fatally cruel to systematically ruin someone's life just for mocking his appearance. He also has a knack for the dramatic, which can be seen as corny by quite a few more "uncivilized brutes".
Likes:
Proper behavior, umbrellas, birds
Dislikes:
Being mocked, business rivals
Appearance:
Bio:
Born Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, the Penguin was bullied as a child for his short stature, weight, beak-like nose and flipper-like hands. Due to his father dying of pneumonia after being drenched in a downpour, Oswald's mother developed an obsession for him to carry umbrellas around to shield himself. His mother also owned several pet birds, and Cobblepot lavished them with attention; considering them his only friends. Sadly, after his mother's death, the birds were all repossessed to pay the debts that his mother owed; this, coupled with the constant teasing of his appearance, led to Oswald taking up a life of crime.
When Cobblepot first attempted to join a crime boss' gang as a mere errand-runner, he was belittled as a "penguin", and mocked for his umbrella before being literally kicked from the crime den. Outraged at being rejected even by criminals, he resolved to make "the Penguin" a name to fear and the umbrella a fearsome weapon. Clad in what became his customary formal garb, he returned to the den and coldly killed the crime boss with "the world's first .45 caliber umbrella", then claimed leadership of the now terrified criminals. Though he tried to later abandon the nickname of "Penguin", his high-profile criminal career led to him eventually just sticking with it, as people seemed to like it. Since then, he's been running a double-front; acting as the legitimate owner of the nightclub "Iceberg Lounge", and acting as both an informant and crime boss in the Gotham underworld... with intentions of reaching out further.
