Catwoman

Selina Kyle is known in many circles as the Gotham City socialite who champions herself for the protection of the species of big cats world-wide, having founded a foundation to fund the protection of them. She's also known to be quite the seductress, having been seen on the arm of some of the bigger-name men in the city, and also has the reputation of being a shred businesswoman.

Catwoman is considered to be one of the world's best thieves, known and hired for her ability to pull off jobs that many of her ilk are afraid to even attempt.

Background
Born to Brian and Maria Kyle, Selina was born to an abusive man who mentally and physically harmed his wife, something Selina noticed as an early age. Seeking escape from the violence, the young girl began taking gymnastics, proving to be a saving grace for her. Her parents eventually had another girl, giving Selina a sister named Magdalena. While the girls were approaching their teens, Maria killed herself, succumbing to the abuse she suffered from at the hand of her husband who later drank himself to death several years later. Orphaned, Selina and her sister became separated.

Officially in the system, Selina was sent to Sprang Hall Juvenile Detention Center; finding herself being put into another abusive situation, it wasn't long before she left, running away to take her chances on the streets of Gotham. While on her own, Selina took up petty thievery as a way of providing for herself, the girl swiftly becoming adept enough to elude the police. It was during this period when she began to study martial arts and even began to take up boxing under the tutelage of Ted Grant, the boxer also known as Wildcat.

Still a fledgling thief, Selina was doing her 'work' uncostumed, it not being until she saw a new hero from her window. Inspired by Batman, she designed what would be the first of many versions of her 'look'. Deciding to assume a feline persona to represent the affinity she had to cats, something she discovered she had during her time out on the street, Selina took the moniker 'Catwoman', using a feline theme for both name and costume.

Several years after she began her career as a cat burglar full-time, Selina visited the grave of Carmine Falcone, the cat burglar under the impression that he was her father and not the man she believed had sired her although she could never find proof. While there, she met his son Mario who'd later head the Falcone crime family.

Over time, Batman and Catwoman developed romantic feelings for each other. The feelings were never acted upon however as Batman was concerned that those who hate him would use her as a leverage point and ended things on amicable terms. Selina continued to take part in thievery despite Batman's disapproval, also helping him and the rest of his team when called upon.

Personality
The first thing someone might notice about Selina in either of her identities is how cunning and shrewd she is. It manifests in business dealings, both mundane and criminal, and in her social life as well. It is also easy to see that she's slow to trust, that either a by-product of her childhood or of her chosen 'profession'. Quite the seductress, Selina can turn on the charm when it comes to inter-personal dealings with a member of the opposite gender, her manipulative nature used a lot when she wants to twist a man around her little finger. Especially if it means she'll get what she wants. Even then, despite what is easily seen there is just as much that is an enigma, the parts of her demeanor and psyche left for those determined and persistent enough to discover.

One thing to note about her personality is that she adheres to a strict code of ethics, one she rarely waivers from. Like Batman, she never kills, saving that level of extreme for only the most dire of circumstances. This is also applied to those she steals from, Catwoman never stealing from those who can not afford it, choosing to steal from such people as drug/crime lords and other such people.

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