Post by dinah on Nov 7, 2012 10:59:26 GMT -5
| [atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellpadding,0,true][atrb=valign, top][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=style, border: 10px solid #f1e3b4; width: 450px; background-color: #f6f7f1;] PERSONAL FILE HIGHLY CLASSIFIED AND CONFIDENTIAL  GENERAL INFORMATION NAME: Dinah Laurel Lance ALIAS: Black Canary GENDER: Female AGE: 28 OCCUPATION: Adventurer, Crime-fighter, Florist ALIGNMENT: Good AFFILIATION(S): Currently:Birds of Prey; formerly: Justice League of America, Justice Society of America, Justice League Task Force, Justice League International, Team Arrow PHYSICAL PROFILE HEIGHT: 5’7” WEIGHT: 130 EYES: Blue HAIR: Black, dyed blonde CLASSIFICATION: Meta-human UNUSUAL FEATURES:Scars from her fights, a faint scar on her neck from how she lost her Canary Cry. BEHAVIOR PROFILE Dinah Lance, above all things, is strong. Mentally, physically, she's an incredibly steadfast person. A survivor of the highest order. She's always managed to pull herself up and out of the gutter, no matter the trauma (and she has suffered some of the worst imaginable). These traumas have hurt her, sometimes very deeply, but she has fought through it all and come out both a better person and someone more aware of her capabilities mentally, emotional and physically than most anyone else. She has an incredible sense of self-awareness and acceptance of who and what she is and is incredibly grounded and completely at home with herself. She is a confident, flirty, and powerful woman. She has earned all of her abilities, skills and techniques through sheer hard work and determination. She can and often is incredibly stubborn with a tendency to be bull-headed to a fault. She can see the wisdom in cautionary words but will still run head-first into danger should someone else's safety be at stake. She has an amazing heart and she will do what's right, she will do her absolute best to save everyone, even if it seems impossible or too dangerous to continue. She has a heart of absolute gold and each and every loss hurts her deeply. She cares, sometimes too much, and wears her emotions on her sleeve. She is an incredibly passionate character about all aspects of her life, from love to work. Dinah is the first to admit she has made bad choices in her past, be it from inexperience in the field or just a bad choice in men, but she's always managed to swing back to the positive and move on with her life. She has never let her own issues and problems get her down or get in the way of her work. She has always been able to put her personal problems to the side when it is needed, albeit with great difficulty for she is hardly stone, and does what she feels is the right thing to do, regardless of the original intent of the mission. She has always been a bit of a rebellious teenager, but she has grown greatly and matured from all she has been through and has become both a respected hero among the people as well as among her peers. She is easy-going and can be gentle, finding no pleasure in fighting itself, indeed only doing it out of necessity . She uses violence only when necessary, fully aware that she is easily capable of taking someone's life and finding absolutely no pleasure (or desire) in that thought at all. She displays an incredible amount of control unless and until someone she cares for is threatened and then it is simply quite dangerous to further aggravate her. “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” describes her eerily well and she will go to any and all bounds to help her friends and family, fully ignoring the dangers to herself. Her temper is not easily assuaged until the problem has found a solution and one she is content with. She can be a truly terrifying individual should the mood strike. Dinah is truly an amazing individual, both ruled by her passions and heart and her sense. She has managed to find a balance and utilizes this to her advantage, proving to be both a worthy and capable ally and truly dangerous adversary. Many current heroes don't have the strength of heart to survive as much as she had to only get back up again and move forward. DOCUMENTED HISTORY Dinah Lance was born into a family of crime fighters. Her father Larry Lance, was a police officer, while her mother (also named Dinah) was the original Black Canary. Dinah chose to become a crime-fighter at the age of nineteen, despite her mother’s wishes to the contrary. Following a rigorous training program under the watchful eye of a former colleague and life-long friend of the original Black Canary, Ted Grant, also known as Wildcat, Dinah took up her mother’s identity and adopted her costume as her own. According to her origins during the Silver Age, Dinah’s ‘Canary Cry’ was the result of her being cursed by the Wizard during her childhood. This explanation has been recanted for the current continuity, however. These sonic powers are now the byproduct of her possession of the metagene, making her a metahuman since birth. Dinah’s metahuman gene distinguishes her from her predecessor; in fact, no other member of her family is known to have possessed the metagene at all. Justice League Not long after her debut as Black Canary, Dinah Lance became a founding member of the Justice League of America. It was Dinah who suggested the newly-formed name of the League, in deference to her mother’s having been a member of the Justice Society of America.[1] It was through her new association with the Justice League that she first met the love of her life — Oliver "Ollie" Queen — also known as the Green Arrow. Black Canary’s membership in the JLA lasted for many years. Her friendship with Oliver Queen developed during this time as their feeling for one another became romantic. When Oliver chose to quit the League in order to continue his efforts in Star City on his own, she decided to join him there soon after. Her own resignation from the JLA was tendered as a result of her mother; Dinah Drake’s finally succumbing to her battle with cancer. Hard Traveling Heroes Black Canary joined Green Arrow and Green Lantern when they went on a road trip to rediscover America and their motivations as heroes. She was briefly brainwashed into a motorcycle cult, but her friends rescued and deprogrammed her. Justice League International Following the events of Legends, she becomes a founding member of the new Justice League International established by Maxwell Lord. Under Batman's leadership, they gained approval from the United Nations. The Longbow Hunters Oliver and Dinah set up a shop in Seattle, "Sherwood Florist", as well as continuing to fight crime. Oliver was having something of a midlife crisis, however, just as he was about to turn 43. He wanted to marry Dinah and have a real family with real children of his own (he loved Roy, his ward, and Roy's daughter Lian, but wanted his own biological children). Dinah turned down the idea, citing that their lives were too dangerous. During this time, Dinah was kidnapped by a drug dealer she was investigating. She was brutally tortured, causing her to lose her 'Canary Cry' and rendering her incapable of having a child. Ollie killed the man who tortured her, and that act lead to a turning point in the life of the Emerald Archer. When Dinah came out of the hospital, she was still emotionally traumatized by the incident. Oliver was with her as she entered counseling. Needless to say, she was not going out fighting crime during the first few weeks after leaving the hospital. Ironically enough, it was when she stepped up to stop some muggers on a bus (taking a few hits in the process) she felt back to her old self, knowing that her biggest fear was that she would not be able to fight back anymore, and that fear was gone. Birds of Prey Dinah was contacted by Oracle (Barbara Gordon) to work in Gotham, which she accepted, and the pair formed a partnership, the Birds of Prey. Dinah took this role with great satisfaction. And with that came the feeling that she needed a few changes required in this fresh new chapter of her life, deciding to abandon her traditional blond wig and bleach her hair blond whilst growing it longer instead. During her time operating with Oracle, Dinah operated using an electronic form of her Canary Cry: a weapon that would do the 'crying' on Canary's behalf, called Canary Cry Bombs. After a battle with Ra's al Ghul, she took a dip in the Lazarus Pit at Oracle's urging. Doing so healed her injuries and restored her Canary Cry as well as her ability to have a child. As time went on the Birds expanded their number with Dinah as the backbone of the team, operating alongside notable female agents such as the Huntress, Gypsy and Lady Blackhawk. Following that, Oracle shows Canary the retail space that later houses a reopened Sherwood Florist. Currently: She does her best to handle both her business with the Birds of Prey and the Justice League. She hasn't given up either responsibilities and has no plans to do so. She still has her weak moments but no one has ever seen them, accept for perhaps Oliver. Her relationship with him is on hold, she wants to get better handle on herself, and she knows that he won't wait forever, and she wouldn't ask him too. POWERS AND ABILITIES KNOWN POWERS: Canary Cry: This is a vocal and sonic ability unique to her and allows her both greater vocal potential as well as greater control. This grants her the ability to mimic and generate any sound or voice as well as produce sonic attacks capable of both disabling an opponent and shatter metal. Her ‘Cry’ is able to reach 300 decibels. Specifically she is capable of: -Disruption: Causes extensive damage to objects in the surrounding area and stuns all opponents in said area as well, rendering them immobile and either in intense pain or unconsciousness. -Sonic Disruption: Disrupts outside sound and sonic powers and devices. -Induce Sleep: The ability to induce unconsciousness. KNOWN ABILITIES: |
[/li][li]Driving
[/li][li]Investigation
[/li][li]Martial Arts: She is one of the most skilled martial artists on the planet. She has also been trained by Wildcat, who is formerly the Heavyweight Champion of the World, in the art of Boxing, Muay Thai, Capoeira, Krav Maga, and Hapkaido. She has also been trained in Dragon Style Kung Fu and pressure point fighting by Richard Dragon. Thanks to Wonder Woman, Dinah has been trained in Amazon martial arts, but is strictly a novice in that kind of fighting style.
Other styles she's shown skill in include:
Aikido
Boxing
Capoeira
Dragon Style Kung Fu
Hop Kido
Judo
Jujutsu
Krav Maga
Muay Thai
Savate
Tae Kwon Do
Wing Chun
[/li][li]Tactical Analysis: Dinah is also considered a strong leader and strategic thinker, which has led to her being made Chairwoman of the JLA.
STRENGTH LEVEL: Black Canary possesses the strength level of a woman her age, size and weight who engages in intensive regular exercise. Dinah can therefore press (lift) at least her own body weight.
WEAKNESSES:
[/li][li] Human: Despite her abilities and her meta-gene she is still very much human and is susceptible to injury and death.
[/li][li] Some villains, like Steve Mandragora, are able to withstand an extended burst of her "canary cry"
[/li][li]Reckless: When someone is in trouble, or their life in danger, she can go to great lengths, no matter if it's impossible or life threatening to try and safe them.
[/li][li]Fighter: Sometimes she doesn't know the word quit, when in a fight she often doesn't give up, without giving it her all. She'd rather go down fighting, if she has to go down at all.
[/li][li]Private: She often leaves her problems at the door when on a mission, and she isn't privy to letting people see her at her weakest point and often likes to handle her problems on her own, and can have a bit of a hard time in talking about them.
PARAPHERNALIA
EQUIPMENT:
[/li][li]Body Armor[/li][li]Oracle Tech: Necklace and earrings used as communication devices from Oracle.
TRANSPORTATION:
[/li][li]Motorcycle
WEAPONS:
- Various Martial Art Weapons.
- Canary Cry Bomb (formerly) During the time she was without her actual Canary Cry, Dinah carried round bombs that would emit a similar loud sonic sound.
EXAMINATION RECORD
How do you get yourself into these things?
[/color]Blue eyes glanced down the bar at the few people who were starting to stand up, it would seem their game was about to start. She placed down her glass and placed her hands on the bar’s smooth wood surface to make a show of getting to her feet. Her gaze went back to the older man behind the counter and she gave him a slow smile, before brushing her blond hair behind her ear and in the process giving him a small shake of her head. “I’d keep your head down, and take your girls to the backroom,” she said, watching as he made a small motion of his hands to his waitress and they all retreated to the room in the back. As she turned around, she took a deep breath, getting ready to fight. She hoped she might be able to talk her way out of one, but she didn’t think so, it wasn’t why she was here.
One of the mob-families here, were trying to take over a large operation in the form of exotic imports and exports into the United States, and Central and South America. She gave the men a slow smile and held up her hands in a show that she was unarmed. “I think you’ve got me mistaken with someone else. I’m just here for a drink gentleman.” the smooth words poured from her lips as she thought on her feet, sizing up the ten people in the room, not counting the head honcho Mr. Michael Elizel who was walking in right now, he assumed his boys had her handled. “No Black Canary, there is no mistake,” he said he was tall, but old fifty-two and still with all his hair. He wasn’t terribly bad looking if you liked dark eyes, and salt and pepper hair. His eyes held a darkness, a hatred, a calculating look to them.
He hates women…Ollie you would hate this man.[/color]
“Take her!” The order was given and men were rushing her, some were pulling weapons, but those stayed back from the fray as grizzly sized men ran at her, flipping over tables and causing glass shatter as bottles and other such things were broken and their contents spilled on the floor. Screams erupted from those of the innocent who were rushing for the exits, the sounds seeming to drown out the rest of the noise as everything seemed to narrow around her, as the fight was soon brought to her. She didn't allow herself to get angry, no with another breath she was calm, collected, and not allowing herself to be angry, if she got angry tunnel vision would happen, she'd narrow in on one set person and she could leave herself open to attacks on other side. She knew in her heart, that she couldn't allow herself to be distracted to give him any opportunity to see that he affected her. He wasn't but in a fight too much thinking could get you hurt and her line of work killed.
Her body fell into instinctive movements with ease, her fist sailing through the air and hitting one man in the face, she twisted with the motion and set her right leg back as she hit one man with the point of her boot across the temple, the first man she'd struck in the face, she used his momentum against him taking hold of his shirt and swinging his now dead weight back into the fray of the three men that were coming at her. His body hit them knocking them down and against the turned table behind them. Her movements were fluid and she knew what to do and how to do it. She threw back her head tossing her blonde locks over her shoulder, as she planted her feet and grabbed the man who rushed at her, her hand gripped his wrist and pulled hard down as her body went with the motion and heaved him over her shoulder to collide with the ground on his way. Their was a crack of bone, she'd broken his nose.
It didn't take long maybe five or seven minutes to take down the ten men he'd hired to take care of her. All fights felt as though they lasted forever, but in reality, usually things were over pretty quick. As she fixed the sleeve of her black jacket, she made her leisurely way over to Mr. Elizel, stepping over bodies as though she didn't care she'd taken them down. Her facade was great, it had to be, as fight was never her first choice, but a lot of the time she wasn't one who got to make that choice.
Michael was nervous, he wasn't fond of the way, she was coming closer and he slapped the closest man on the shoulder. "What are you waiting for shoot her! You fools!." The men raised their weapons and put their fingers on the triggers of their weapons and before you could say anything they were lighting this place up with gun fire. She didn't get to think on it, she merely took a deep breath and opened her mouth with a screech of sound. "Ahhhhhhh."
The unrelenting nose bounced off the walls, and into the skulls of those around her, but as she turned up the volume, the level of which she used her canary cry, she saw the bullets in front of her falter, and fall harmlessly in front of her. The sound of gunfire was soon nonexistent as the sound of screaming cry filled the ears of those around her, dropping the men to their knees as their sounds of agony filled the chorus of her own. Their ears covered with their hands blood seeped through their fingers and it brought her no pleasure, only a sadness to know this was where humanity was headed, down the dark roads.
Her long strides took her closer to the men, as she gave a kick of her boots sending the guns well out of arms reach of the men. Only then did she stop her namesake. She looked down seeing the men around her unconscious and wounded from her abilities and she could only cross her arms across her chest and cover her face with one hand. "Black Canary to Oracle mission complete." their wasn't any pleasure in her voice...but it showed, it showed she was still human.
"Oracle?" Another pause and still no response, that wasn't like her, usually Barbra was always right on top of the communications for a mission and even outside of them. The silence on the other end, had her glaring at the door out into the dark night. "Oracle...if this is a joke, this isn't funny! Oracle come in!" She was the very least about forty-five minutes away from Gotham, maybe less, no she'd make it less. She worried her lower lip and waiting another moment, her hand pressed to her ear to try and hear anything. All she was met with was silence.
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