Bruce Wayne was born to Thomas and Martha Wayne in Gotham City. The Waynes were a founding family of Gotham, and had money dating back generations, as well as influence. His father was a well-known doctor, and the founder of Wayne Enterprises, which he wanted to use to help better the city. Bruce was a good kid, for the most part, and he attended one of the private schools in the city.%r%tBruce and his parents were leaving a special showing of the Mask of Zorro at 10:47 pm, when a masked gunman shot them both dead in Crime Alley. The man, later identified as Joe Chill, would be stabbed to death in prison over some random slight. Bruce Wayne would never get revenge for his parents horrid murder.
He was taken home and raised by his butler, the caring Alfred Pennyworth. Bruce was broken by all of this, and it helped shape him into the man he would become. At 14 he ran away from home, and he traveled the world. He moved all over the globe, learning thievery and stealth, as well as studying in libraries he snuck into and all sorts of things. Eventually he was taken into a monastery, where he trained extensively in martial arts. He returned, finally, to Gotham City in his early twenties, and he was welcomed home by Alfred. He moved to get involved with Wayne Enterprises, and he worked to depose a few corrupt individuals who had taken over. He also started going out at night to fight crime. The first few times he did so he got his butt kicked, and he ended up deciding he needed more then just fists to get the job done. As he considered it all, broken and beaten, a bat crashed through the window into the study. He decided to become Batman.
Over the years since then he has become a shining beacon for Gotham City. The city is still corrupt and dark, but it has come a LONG way since he started. He has raised several Robins, who have mostly gone off to become other heroes…or died. He has also joined the Justice League. A lot has happened…and there is still so, so much more to do…
Physical Form : Bruce is a human, but when it comes to strength, speed, endurance and such…he is peak human. Without his suit on, Batman can lift around 650-700 pounds. He cannot dodge a bullet, but he can likely catch or deflect an arrow or similar. He can go days without rest, though in the end he will feel it.
Intellect: While he is not superhuman, Bruce Wayne is SMART. He has an IQ of 192, which puts him at genius levels. He can decipher clues and pick up information at speeds much faster then most people.
DETECTIVE: Batman is the World's Greatest Detective. He might not literally be that, but he is very, very, very close. He is able to pick up details and put together pieces that even superhumans miss. He knows how to look for evidence, and how to decipher it. This also includes his masterful skills at various sciences including Criminology, Psychology, and such.
NINJITSU: Bruce might not be a ninja, but he has been trained by some. He is a master of stealth and deception. This includes his ability to lie without raising his heart rate or giving any outward sign, as well as his ability to move with absolute silence. He can leap and roll without making almost any noise. He is also exceptionally skilled at other forms of deception, such as disguise. He has a number of regular roles, such as Matches Malone and Lefty Knox, and others.
COMBAT: Batman was trained by some of the greatest martial artists in the world. On top of that he has trained on his own, and he works on his skills every single day. He is a master of numerous martial arts, including Chinese styles, Japanese styles, Thai styles, etc. He also includes krav maga, capoeira, boxing…all of it. He can move between styles with ease. He is also skilled with various melee weapons, and throwing weapons.
SOCIAL: Bruce can charm, lead, and intimidate like you wouldn't believe. He can blend in in almost any social situation, from a high class party to a gang meeting, to a gathering of homeless people. He can also scare the wits out of someone with a well-placed look or growl. He can woo his way into numerous situations as well.
STREETWISE: Bruce knows how criminals work. He understands gang and mafioso structure, and how their various honor systems work. He knows how to work that against them.
TECH: While he has Lucius Fox designing a lot of his gear, he knows enough to work on his own to a point. He can modify it a bit and fix simple breaks. Mainly, though, he knows how to use it all to best effect. He can also hack, decipher code, reverse engineer equipment and chemicals, etc. A lot of this is done with the aid of Alfred and Fox, however.
ACADEMIA: Bruce is educated. Vastly educated. He can quote SHakespeare or Byron with ease, but also knows history, anthropology and archaeology, geograhy, and various sciences. He is not the leading expert in any field, but he is great at most of them.
WEALTH: Bruce Wayne is rich. He is worth roughly 11.6 Billion dollars, though he can call on lines of credit, favors and more to have even more if he needs it. He is CEO of Wayne Enterprises, though most of the day-to-day is handled by the Board. He is viewed as more of a figurehead then anything else, though he has a say when he needs to. Either way, Wayne Enterprises makes about 36.3 Billion dollars a year in revenue.
HOMES: Bruce has stately Wayne Manor. In addition he has a penthouse in Metropolis, a chateau in France, a castle in Scotland, an island in the Carribean…and more. He has homes and hideaways all over the world that he can call on when he needs it.
BAT CAVE: Beneath Wayne Manor is his main Batcave. He has all of his tech inside of it, and several ways to get in and out of it. It contains holding cells, an insanely advanced computer, his garage, and more. He also holds a lot of memorabilia of his cases here. He has an additional, smaller Batcave beneath Arkham Asylum, and he has another in Metropolis. These are mainly holdouts in case he really needs a place and cannot get back home, or if he needs a base near something. He is considering building more.
SUIT: His main suit is grey with blue highlights and cowl and cape. It allows him to blend into shadows excellently, and much better then something totally black would. It cannot take a heavy shotgun blast straight to the chest without bruising or possibly breaking ribs, but it can take major punishment. He can move fast and gracefully in it, and it has all sorts of additions. He can access a HUD, communications, and a gas mask among others. He has other suits, as well, including a powered suit that elevates his lifting ability to several tons, and allows him to take machine gun fire. It is slow and hard to maintain, though, so he uses it only for major situations.
BELT: He has a tendency to have things he needs in his belt, which includes an interchanging supply of goods. While he has all sorts of things that he might have in his belt at any given time, here are some examples: Batarangs, tracking devices, smoke pellets, EMP grenades, explosive gel and detonator, vials and injector, FLash bang grenades, tear gas grenades, mini-flamethrower, shark repellent, stun gun, tranquilizer darts, torch, cuffs, line launcher, grappling hook, Cryptographer sequencer, lockpick, rebreather, thermite grenades, first-aid kid, minicam and recorder, shock gloves.
WAYNE ENTERPRISES: Wayne Enterprises is a multi-billion dollar conglomerate with numerous sibsidiaries (Including the Daily Planet in Metropolis). Bruce has huge amounts of sway over the company, though there are far too many moving parts to know everything that is going on at all times. Still, it allows him access to all sorts of stuff, including the R&D Department.
ALLIES: James Gordon, Alfred Pennyworth, Lucius Fox, etc. He knows people who are willing to go out on a limb for him, and he is willing to go out on a limb for them.
VEHICLES: The batmobile is armored and can go from zero to sixty in three seconds. It can also go over three hundred miles an hour when he needs it. The batplane can go over 3k miles an hour. He has a batcycle, a submarine…all kinds of things. Most are kept in the main Batcave, but he has others hidden away in his secondary and tertiary caves as well.
Bruce Wayne is troubled, but it would be a stretch to call him completely broken. While he presents a stoic, and sometimes even a cold or frightening face to the world, he cares. Often he cares too much. He refuses to kill, even when the death of the enemy would save lives. He will frighten a foe, but not physically torture them beyond small things. He presents an image of more terror then he -actually- is. Deep down, however, he is a loving father and a caring friend, who would go to the ends of the Earth for those he would consider family. He is obsessive and a workaholic, but he gets the job done.
STUBBORN: Bruce is stubborn to a fault. Even when wrong he sometimes has a hard time backing down. He has a difficult time accepting help from others as well, but not to the point of suicide.
FAMOUS: Bruce Wayne is famous, and in the era of television, celebrity magazines, etc, it is even harder for him to go unnoticed. Sometimes he tries to tug on a baseball cap or something and hit some bar or cafe or something, but there is still a chance somebody will recognize him. In Gotham, especially, it is really hard for the Golden Boy of Gotham to go unnoticed.
ENEMIES: Over the years he has been Batman he has made a lot of enemies. Both insane, super-powered monsters, masked criminals, corrupt politicians and cops…you name it. Most are enemies of Batman, though, and not Bruce Wayne.
RESPONSIBILITY: He views what he does as a responsibility, and he takes it very, very seriously. Crime-fighting comes before everything else, and he has neglected other important aspects of his life for it.
GUILT: He has a guilt complex, and though he does not let it stop him from doing his job, every failure he makes weighs on him. Every unsaved life is a toll for the man, and he takes it heavily.