Raptor

We took what was ours. And then went tothe Mayor's home and took whatever else we wanted. She said he owed us. She said it was justice. I wasn't one to make oaths. But I made one that day. To her. To Marie the Skydancer. Mary Lloyd. Thief. Outlaw. Your mom.

--Raptor to Nightwing

Name
Real Name	Unknown
Current Alias(es):	Raptor
Other Alias(es)	Mr. Numb
General Information
Affiliations:	Kobra
Former Affiliations:	Parliment of Owls
Occupation:	Thief, Outlaw
Former Occupation:	Talon
Abilities	Martial Art Expert
Characteristics Information
Sex	Male
Race	Human
Alignment	Bad
Hair	Black
Status:	Alive
Real World Information
Universe	Prime Earth
First Appearance:	Nightwing #1 (2016)
Created by:	Tim Seeley

Raptor is a thief, outlaw and former close fiend of Mary Lloyd. Later in his life, he became a wanted thief and outlaw around the world, allying himself with Kobra and positioned himself as a double agent within the Parliment of Owls for Kobra, being Nightwing's appointed partner within the cabal and seemingly an ally before later betraying his trust.

History

Origin

Raptor and Mary as thieves for justice. (Nightwing (2016) #8)

Born as a poor immigrant in Paris, Raptor grew up in the Cirque Romanes de Paris, a circus with other Romani immigrants, as a clown that entertained the tourist. However, the circus had issues with the local government whom viewed them as dirty people who were a "health hazard" to Paris. Raptor later came down with Hanson's disease, known as leprosy, and due to the poor conditions, he was unable to afford the drugs needed to cure him. His nerves were damaged and his own people turned from him.

However, Mary Lloyd met Raptor and after seeing his condition, help cure Raptor of his condition by stealing the medical drugs away from the same local government who claimed they were unable to help the circus and Raptor. Feeling indebted to her, he made and oath and watched her from that point on to protect Mary as she was at odds with the authorities.

Mary's death

Raptor making eye contact with a young Dick Grayson. (Nightwing (2016) #8)

Having met John Grayson, he is made aware from his spying that John doesn't approve of him due to being too intense and his eyes creeping him out as well as expressing concern over the authorities connecting Raptor and Mary to one another. However, Mary reassures him that she will ask for him to keep his distance. As he walks away, he turns around and makes eye contact with Dick.

After her death, he went into deep grieving. Through his grief, he became even more enraged when he found out Dick Grayson was adopted by Bruce Wayne, an act in which he view as Bruce taking Dick away from his identity and people and raising him to be a "weapon" for Bruce to use against the poor and unfortunate. He then dedicated most of his time to watch both him and Dick from the shadows, stumbling upon the fact that Dick was Robin (later Nightwing) and Bruce Wayne was Batman.

Outlaw Activities

Ratpor's activities were noted by the Owls of Dubai as they were targeted by him. During his altercation with the Owls of Dubai, he nearly made off with millions of dollars but was caught by the cabal. Impressed with his skills, they enlist him within the Parliment to be set up as Nightwing's new mentor.

Better than Batman

Raptor is sent by the Parliment of Owls to kill Lincoln March. When he shoots him with a poison dart after listening to the speech he gives to the Parliment, he gives him an ultimatium in which he states that Lincoln's focus on what he feels deserves gets in his and the Parliments way and that they all want a easy path to Nightwing.

Raptor interrupts one of the Doctor Levitcus and her associate Padurar's grave digging as they loot a box for the Parliment. Claiming to want to dig up the past, he seemingly kills the Parliment member. Later, having been assigned as Nightwing's new partner and mentor, he tracks down the vigilante and tails him. He arrives and meets Nightwing for the first time, introducing himself and reveals of him tailing Nightwing as well as claiming he possess some arrogance. When Nightwing declines his offer to be his new partner and mentor and also claimed he already had a better one, he attacks him and enters a frey with the vigilante. The fight goes in Raptor's favor as he uses the name "Barbara" to distract Nightwing and downs the vigilante, telling him he needs a new partner because everything that was taught to him by the Dark Knight himself was wrong.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

Raptor attacks Nightwing (Nightwing #1 2016)

Raptor is an extremely excellent hand-to-hand combatant. During his first altercation with Nightwing, he was able to not only hold his own with the vigilante but also overpower him in outright combat combined with the usage of the mysterious gantlet called "Suyolak" He noted, however, that he was capable of doing so because he was distracted from his comments on "Barbara".

He was noted by the Parliment of possessing exception thievery skills and took effort to be caught by the Parliment. Raptor is a skilled assassin in addition, capable of sneaking up on Lincoln March and killing the man with a poison dart.

Having suffered from leprosy, his nerves were damage and as a result, he doesn't feel pain. This gives him the capability of not feeling any pain during battle.

Weaknesses

Due to being fiercely devoted to the late Mary Grayson, Raptor is easily angered at the idea of his relationship with Mary undermined, particularly by her son, Dick Grayson. This causes him to lash out in blind anger at a given moment, with Dick noting it "distracts", causing his level of skill to suffer as a result.

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