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“Wrong. I've loved two people in my life... and now they're both gone.”
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⏵ Batsuit
Desperate to find a cure for his lymphoma, Kirk Langstrom developed a cure using bat venom and nanites. While it worked, the serum was unfortunately tainted, leaving Kirk stuck in a space between vampire and man. Fighting his ever-present urge to feed, he becomes the Batman as a way to make sense of his new place in life, eventually falling in with Superman (Hernan Guerra) and Wonder Woman (Bekka) and forming the Justice League.
Personality;Like any good, self-respecting Batman, Kirk has dark and brooding in spades, and is constantly called out by people he considers friends and allies about it (as any Bat should). That, however, is where most of the similarities end.
Kirk's version of Batman, unlike most main universe & elseworlds versions, is not someone satisfied with just putting the fear into the criminal underworld, he'll kill without compunction. 10 years as the loyal right hand of a Superman who believes it's the job of the Justice League to make the world a better place by whatever means necessary will do that to a man, especially one who has, up until that point in his life, had faced near constant rejection from those he cared about.
This cycle of rejection, from his parents to his high school girlfriend to someone he considered a close friend, has led the naturally withdrawn and introverted Kirk to define himself by the people around him. This isn't to say that he changes his personality to suit his social circle, but rather it alters how he views his confidence and self-worth. If the people around him believe in him, he's more apt to believe in himself, but if they doubt him, he quickly finds himself doubting if he has any value.
Since Kirk has known Hernan for over ten years, and been with the Justice League since its formation from anywhere from a year to 7 years (depending on the length of Amanda Waller's presidency), he's become more assertive and self-assure than he's ever been in the past, though he's far from being stable. He knows that he's the weakest link of the three of them, both physically and mentally, and so he pushes himself to be the brains of the operation, learning everything he can about computers, being the one to investigate (to call him a detective might be stretch), and to keep a meticulous watch on the public's perception of them, as he knows that that in particular is a sore subject for both Hernan and Bekka, much as they try to deny it, believing that it will make him more useful (and to a larger more subconscious extent, wanted).
It isn't that Kirk really has to try that hard to be smart, despite the fact he feels that he has to push himself. He's a gifted scientist who graduated near the top of his class at Gotham University, was a member of Luthor's Boys, an informal group of the University's top, brightest minds, and nearly discovered the cure for a type of Lymphoma in his 20s. He's driven and unafraid to try new or out-of-the-box solutions to approach a problem. The problem is he doesn't see himself in that light, and probably never will thanks to his self-esteem issues.
Another thing that others can see in Kirk but he's unable to see in himself is the fact that he's deeply loyal. He would, in a heartbeat, go to hell itself if it meant fighting for someone he cared for. Even after he's betrayed by someone close to him, he still can't help but try and remember the good in who they were on top of the evils they might have done. It partly stems from his desire to connect with people who won't eventually betray him, but moreso from the fact that's who he is; he cares passionately about people, even if they don't return that affection.
Kirk also possesses a dry, sarcastic brand of humor that he will whip out to diffuse a tense situation, or whenever he's pissed off and violence alone isn't cutting it. This isn't to say that he's a quipping machine, but he's good for a sarcastic one-liner every now and again.
Though he's the only one of the three in the Justice League to have ever been truly human, he feels at this point he's lost that humanity as he's become completely numb to and normalize the copious (and frankly gratuitous) amounts of violence they leave in their wake... and is just starting to think about whether or not he wants it back.
Abilities; ⏵ Pseudo-VamprismAs a result of the injection, Kirk has, for all intents and purposes, turned into a vampire. He has retractable fangs, the desire to drink blood, and is cold to the touch. His eyes can see much better than a baseline human in the dark at the expense of being super sensitive to light, to the point where he requires use use of special red-lens goggles in order to see properly in daylight (though unlike some vampire lore, he can walk around in the sunlight just fine). His new vision also allows him to see heat signatures inside a living being's body.
He also has increased strength (shown to be able to toss a large robot clear across a room and punch a hole through a terrorist's chest), agility (able to easily flip around and dodge laser blasts as well as bullets), and durability (able to be tossed around, smashed through glass, knocked up against a concrete wall and falling a significant height without sustaining any major injuries).
Finally, he has a very mild healing factor, as the nanites in his system did actually cure him of his lymphoma, though it won't instantaneously heal a hole in his chest or anything like that.
Items; ⏵ BatsuitNo Batman worth his salt doesn't have a cool batsuit. In Kirk's case, he tends to eschew the typical bells and whistles for a sleek black and white suit with no cape and longer, pointier ears. His suit also has retractable wings under the arms and special boots that allow for full flight. In one of the pockets there's has a flash drive designed to look like Kirk.
