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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 shrewd 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
Nature or Nurture? Environment or Upbringing? The fundamental question of how we develop into the people we become. Regardless of which side of the equation, Selina Kyle got the worst of all possibilities to work with. Born in Gotham City to an abusive father and an alcoholic mother, Selina often took the beating from her father meant for her younger sister, Magdaline, or even her mother. And eventually, the streets of Gotham claimed Selina’s parents. As the police and CPS arrived to take the girls, Selina hurriedly packed a few things and told Magdaline to go with them. They’d take care of her.
And like a stray cat, Selina ran off into the night.
The rest of her youth and teen years were spent on the streets of Gotham. Surviving. Doing what she needed to in order to survive. Her natural physical agility blossomed into picking pockets and finding her way to upper story building to break into for stealing, food, or just shelter. The streets of Gotham were her classroom and her playground. Climbing fie escapes lead to leaping between rooftops, which lead to full-on parkour. Sometimes she’d slip and have to visit a free clinic. Or find an empty building to curl ip in and nurse herself back to health.
Selina not only survived, she thrived.
Her crimes became more bold and daring. And higher profile. As the lanky teen became a a woman, she began targeting the elite of Gotham society. She ruled the night, taking what she wanted and going where she willed. Nobody could stop her.
Until Batman arrived.
In the Dark Knight, Selina found not just a foil, more than a rival, she found an equal. Perhaps the only man she would possibly admit to being better. He was a challenge. And slowly, their encounters went from him stopping her crimes or her escaping from his justice, to something different. They respected each other, and more. She started helping him protect Gotham. He became more open to her flirtations. The relationship deepend.
The cat found herself belled.
And Selina accepted this. Excerpt for the times she didn’t. She refused to be fully ‘tamed’ and would go on crime sprees. She'd meet with other thieves and perform elaborate heists. Her own heists in Gotham become more limited to stealing from crime bosses and the dregs of the underworld. She would go on jaunts across the world, stealing from the elite in Europe, Asia, and South America. But, no matter how long or how far she stayed, she always returned to Gotham. Picking up her life there like months had not gone by. Because some cats just can’t be fully tamed, and go where they will.
Personality
Selina is as mercurial as her namesake. She can go from cuddly and affectionate to claws out and hissing in the blink of an eye. While she mostly has her temper under control, things like the abuse of women or children get her riled up and looking for the perpetrator’s blood. Even if she is aligned with someone, she sets her own rules and limits for how the relationship works. She enjoys luxury, but neither does she want to get soft. Every so often, she’ll get an urge and travel the world on an international crime spree, returning to Gotham after weeks or months without a word. She loves shiny and sparkly things, and has a special attraction towards cat-themed art. She does have an evolving sense of justice, though, and tends to limit her felonious activities to striking against criminal figures and stealing their stuff; at least, while in Gotham.
Logs
Current Player's Logs
- 2021-09-19 - The Cat Comes Back - Batman returns home from a long night's crimefighting, only to find a familiar stray cat in the BatCave
- 2021-09-19 - Waking Up - Bruce and Selina wake up in more than one way after she helps him recover from his night shift
First Player's Logs
- 2011-07-21 - Dances and Dates - Batman and Catwoman happen upon each other on a rooftop. Bruce and Selina wind up with a date as a result.
Second Player's Logs
- 2013-04-03 - Jokerbots Wild - A baseball game is interrupted by the Joker with his new toys - six deadly jokerbots. Birds of Prey to the rescue!
- 2013-05-15 - Sixteen Birds in Five Fighting Rings: Part 1 - Croc Hunters - Catwoman and the Birds of Prey investigate teen disappearances. Daggett and Killer Croc involved?
- 2013-05-20 - Sixteen Birds in Five Fighting Rings: Part 2 - Fight for Your Life! (and Ratings) - Catwoman, Zinda, Arsenal and Redtail get a tip from Oracle about where Killer Croc is taking the kidnapped teens. And become part of the show!
- 2013-05-21 - Sixteen Birds in Five Fighting Rings: Part 3 - Showdown in Gotham - It's a major fight when members of the Birds of Prey join up with Commissioner Gordon to take down Roulette and Daggett's underground kidnapping fighting ring!
- 2013-09-20 - Hat Boss - The Birds of Prey follow up on Oracle's hunch about the Falcone Crime Family, and get more than they bargained for!
- 2013-09-27 - Meet Damian! - Bruce Wayne introduces his newfound son, Damian Wayne, to the world - and to shocked friends.
- 2013-09-29 - Never Say Sorry or Help - Batman says many things, but only a few people know how to hear them.
- 2013-10-01 - The Boss's New Girl - Catwoman meets the new Robin and allows her to stay with her, as a favor to Batman.
- 2013-10-07 - Chemical Warfare: Trust to Live - After saving a dark haired boy from Savage's super soldiers, the Bat Family and Birds of Prey now race to save Gotham City.
- 2013-10-20 - Nerd is the Word - The Birds of Prey go into an ambush by the Cold and Clinical Calculator with their archenemy Prometheus and it all adds fuel to the fire!
- 2014-02-07 - Mission: Intergang: Hammer at the Hellfire Club - Justine Hammer has a speech to give, and she throws a party at the infamous Hellfire Club to do it.
- 2014-02-13 - The Cat and the Cat - Selina meets a very old friend: Wildcat!
- 2014-02-15 - New Kitten for the Cat - Selina introduces 'Red Robin' to Wildcat, with the intention of showing the old man he's still some value to the world, and to Carrie that she's got a long way to go and can still learn a lot from a lot of different people.
- 2014-02-15 - Private Lessons - Catwoman introduces Wildcat to a possible new trainee.
- 2014-03-04 - Mardi Gras Shenanigans! - The troublesome triplets and others head to New Orleans for some Mardi Gras fun! Too bad Remy's actually been kicked out of the place. Kind of like most bars he frequents.
- 2014-03-04 - The Awakening: ...Witnessed by Green Eyes... - So-Called Batman helps Catwoman out when she investigates rumors of a new 'Catman'. Who calls BULLSHIT?!
- 2014-03-08 - Meeting the Family - Ted's gym gets overwhelmed by women and sends even Polly running with the mushiness!
Third Player's Logs
- 2016-07-23 - Octo-Trouble in Gotham - Laura is hanging out picking on muggers in Gotham when a certain eight limbed New Yorker shows up to cause trouble.
- 2017-05-15 - Drama at the Disco - Batman vs Disco! Also, the washroom has some event or other going on...
- 2017-06-11 - The Grand Melee - Commissioner Gordon's gala is interrupted by everyone. Heavy combat and some sadness.
- 2017-09-01 - Mauled by a Mutant Menace - Sabertooth comes to Gotham to collect a bounty on Catwoman but gets bites off more locals than he can manage.
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