Barbara Gordon

Childhood: 1991 - 2005
I was born on January 7th, 1991 as Barbara "Babs" Joan Gordon to amazing badass cop parents Sarah Essen-Gordon and Jim Gordon. Of course, being the firstborn of 2 cops means that I'm pretty awesome myself.

About 2 years after I was born, my mom gave birth to James Jr., who we shall not talk about. Of course, at a young age I found out I had a pretty amazing intellect. Well, when I was around 6 I took an interest in computers and all sorts of technology.

In 2000, an urban legend had been started. When I was put to sleep, I would stay awake so I could hear my dad and mom talk about their cases, especially the ones involving the urban legend. And around this time, I got my dad to enroll me in karate and within a few months I got my black belt. I would go on to enroll in other forms of martial arts, such as Taekwondo, Judo, and Jujitsu.

In 2001, after the death of his parents, I met Dick Grayson when he enrolled into Gotham Academy, where I went to school. It was during this time that I became one of his only friends. It was also around this time that I became interested in coding after finding I had a knack for it.

In 2002, Batman got a teenage sidekick and after this, I began to take gymnastics. But in 2004, my training was interrupted as my aunt and uncle had died and so my parents took in my cousin, Carrie Kelly. I needed to comfort her and make her feel like everything was going to be fine.

After months of making her feel welcomed and at home, I continued my training. And well, in 2005, I felt it was time to show up this "Boy Wonder". So I began making my own costume, and well... I made a pretty good costume if I say so myself.

Batgirl Begins: 2005
Well, I convinced my dad to take with him one day to GCPD where I hacked into the mainframe and saw some of their active cases (I swear it was for good). Then I saw that the cops were being sent to a nearby store where the Red Hood Gang was robbing the store.

Since it was nearby, I easily ran and made it before Batman and Robin could. Once there, I was able to defeat some of the members and held them back as long as I could but as they say, there's strength in numbers. They turned the tide until a few seconds later, when Batman and Robin arrived.

And of course, as soon as Batman and Robin arrived (more specifically Batman) the gang fled. I confronted Bruce afterwards when he told me "Back off, Barbara" and I was stunned that he knew my name. And while this stunned me, I still would not give up and so I followed them.

And after a mile or two, I lost track of them. But I knew the direction in which they were headed and deduced Wayne Manor. Using this info, I further deduced that Batman and Robin were actually Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson. With this info, I backed off, that is, till the next day.

The next day I got Dick to take me into Wayne Manor under the guise that I was gonna help him study. When he took me to the manor, I went to "use the restroom" but went off to see where the Batman's hideout was.

And I came across a weird grandfather clock. And well, me being curious, I inspected it and found it could open. And I walked in into what was the Batcave, I quickly took out my camera and started recording... that is till Bruce caught me.

When he caught me, he erased the footage and called Dick. When Dick arrived, he was basically speechless. When I told them how I figured it out, Bruce told me that it was reckless being a hero... but that he was impressed with what I had done. So he took me on as a sidekick, albeit with a new improved suit.

Batgirl Lives: 2005 - 2008
Once I joined the Dynamic Duo, me and Dick grew closer. And as a result, we began dating. Another impressive feat I managed to do was sorta update the coding of the Bat-Computer. And in my first year as Batgirl, I managed to do pretty excellent if I say so myself.

The following year, the Penguin made his debut. And together we managed to take him down a notch. Later in the year, Dick had founded the Titans and I joined soon after. During this time, he began spending more time with the Titans then he did with me and Batman.

So when Deathstroke attacked, Dick was in Jump City. As a result, it was up to me to help Bruce. But when Deathstroke injured me, I helped from the sidelines. I guess you could say it was my first official work as Oracle.

In 2007, Dick and Bruce would get into an argument. This led Dick to spend more time with the Titans than he did with us. And with that our relationship went nowhere, then we had an argument and broke up. When Doomsday attacked, I helped from the Batcave as Bruce forbade me from going into the field to help.

Later in the year, the Joker had escaped prison but this time he took along one of the psychiatrist Harleen Quinzel. He had convinced her to escape with him and become Harley Quinn. We had difficulty battling this duo as Dick was with the Titans. But in the end we managed to defeat the two. Yet Dick was mad that Bruce didn't call on him for help and the relationship was furthered strained.

Then 2008 came, this year I would consider to be the worst year of my life. Something had changed in the Joker and he had become more psychopathic. He now wanted to hurt Batman... and my father. But as he did not know who Batman, Robin, or Batgirl was, he focused on my dad. But he knew that if he hurt my dad directly, he wouldn't give up. So he went after his family, me, my mom, and my brother.

He forced my mom to choose between her mentor and a bunch of newborn babies and my brother to try to kill Batman in order to save our father. What did he to me you may be asking. Well, he appeared at my family's house in a Hawaiian shirt and shot me. The shot thankfully did not kill me but instead paralyzed me. When Dick heard this he immediately came back from Jump City and him and Bruce tracked down the Joker.

Once they found the Joker, Dick got ready to end the Joker. But Bruce stopped him from doing so. This enraged Dick who swung his fist at Bruce. The punch landed on Bruce's face and is what he claimed to be the hardest blow he has received (obviously metaphorical as he has been on the receiving end of some pretty powerful punches from some of the most powerful people). In the aftermath of what had happened, Dick quit his role as Robin and I was fully paralyzed.

Oracle Online: 2008 - Present
To think that this all started because a clown wanted to give my dad a bad day and drive him insane. And it might've worked, if I didn't comfort my dad through this (hell, it nearly drove me insane). And Dick even stayed to help me recuperate and we began dating again. But I sensed Dick felt that he had no purpose. So while I was recuperating, I called Clark to talk to Dick.

In the meanwhile, I needed to do something. So what I did was pursue a career in Law by going to Gotham University. And then Dick returned as Nightwing and I felt sorta, unfulfilled. Eventually Dick saw this and tried to help this. Eventually, Dick helped me realize that I could still be a hero without being in costume.

So I began to utilize my tech skills once again. Becoming one of the lead tech people in the hero community, I became Oracle. As Oracle, I became one of Batman's greatest assets. I even went on to occasionally help the League and I became a full time member of the Team. My first year as Oracle wasn't too bad if I say so myself.

During this, I tried to mend Dick and Bruce's relationship but Dick was more frustrated with Bruce as Bruce had adopted a new orphan, Jason Todd, and was even training him to become the next Robin. No offense to Jason, he couldn't have come at a worse time. But towards the end of the year, Dick and Bruce's relationship began getting better.

Then Jason had met Helena Bertinelli. Jason helped Helena find out who had set up the murder of her parents. Eventually Helena wanted to help catch her parents' killer and when Jason refused to help her, she went to Bruce himself. After a long and awkward dinner, Bruce allowed Helena to become Batgirl... under one condition, that I personally train her. And with my awesome teaching skills and Helena's drive, she finished her training in a few weeks and became the second Batgirl.

In 2009, I began helping the team find out who or what the Light is. And then during the summer of that year, Scarecrow attacked and overran the city with his Fear Toxin. And I helped Bruce by guiding him through the craziness and helping Lucius create the antidote for the toxin. And then I helped the GCPD administer the toxin.

And then 2010 happened. Jason had discovered that the person who he thought was his mother was in fact not his mother. So I helped him find hw real mother, Sheila Heywood. Not only did I help him figure out who his mother is, I also figured where she was. And I had unknowingly sent Jason to his death.

When Jason had found Sheila, it was revealed to be a trap and the Joker grabbed Jason. Joker streamed him torturing Jason and Bruce entered the warehouse he thought Jason was in. When it was clear that Jason wasn't there, I began trying to find the source of the stream. But as I did, it was basically too late. As Bruce was a few minutes away from the warehouse, a bomb went off and Jason died.

After the funeral for Jason, Bruce initiated Operation: Thrillkiller. Operation: Thrillkiller was a League wide manhunt for the Joker. While helping to find the Joker, I had found that the Joker was actually hired by Ra's al Ghul. As soon as I informed Bruce about this, he went off to Nanda Parbat. In the meanwhile, I continued searching for the Joker.

Towards the end of summer, Bruce had adopted another boy, Tim Drake. Bruce did not train Tim but instead Dick agreed to secretly train Tim. While Dick trained Tim in fighting and whatnot, I trained him in tech, language, etc. Tim mastered what I taught him quickly and even improved on what I taught him.

So Tim became Robin and even joined the Titans. And then the following year, on the anniversary of Jason's death, The Cataclysm happened. During the Cataclysm, Bruce was injured and Dick had become the new Batman. And then Tim became the official Robin. And with Bane having overrun the city, Ra's. Talia, and two members of the League known as Azrael and Kharuf 'Aswad had made themselves known in Gotham. But they never expected another Batman.

During the No Man's Land, I had formed a team with Black Canary and the recently returned Helena, who had made herself out to be Huntress. This team became known as the Birds of Prey. The League also hadn't counted on a skilled ex-agent of theirs arriving and operating in Gotham as The Nothing. This "Nothing" was taking down criminals and League members alike so I had sent the Birds to investigate The Nothing and when they returned, I had not expected to find a young, 15 year old girl being the one taking down all these criminals. Seeing the potential in the girl, I offered her the chance to become the third Batgirl which she took.

I tried to help Dick and Tim when they were fighting Azrael and Kharuf 'Aswad and was shocked when Kharuf 'Aswad was revealed to be Jason Todd. And I advised Bruce against fighting Azrael but was grateful he won. In the aftermath of everything, Bruce and the recently extended Batfam put away all the criminals, the bridges of Gotham were rebuilt, and Gotham returned to normal (as normal as Gotham could get). Tim stayed as Robin, Cassandra stayed as Batgirl (and was adopted by Bruce), and we began searching for Jason.

I began helping the League investigate the ARGUS backed Syndicate Supreme. And then Tim and Cass met the Spoiler. And when Bruce, Tim, and Cass began training her. I sorta tried to help over the comms. But when Tim and Cass revealed their identities, I had Stephanie taken to the Belfry and revealed myself to her.

In 2012, when the new vigilante known as Red Hood emerged, I began helping Bruce find out the identity of the Red Hood. Using his voice and fighting style, I had deduced that the Red Hood could possibly be Jason. Eventually my suspicions turned out to be true when Bruce and Tim unmasked him. Eventually Jason realized what he was doing was wrong and escaped.

Later in the year I helped the team track down Terra. The following year, I helped Bruce with the Holiday Murders. And then I helped the League take down the Crime Syndicate after using my tech skills to expose them. During this, something happened that drove me and Dick apart. And then Damian Wayne came.

No offense to the kid, but man when he first came he was worse than Jason was. While this caused Steph to stop being Robin, me and Bruce agreed that she should be the next Batgirl. A few days prior to Damian arriving, Cass had set out to find her mother. So I further trained Steph to become awesome as Batgirl.

The following year, Bruce saved a woman named Harper Row and her brother Cullen. As a result, Harper wanted to help Batman for what he did. While she was researching Batman, she discovered that Batman (offense taken) had been scrambling the cameras around Gotham. After looking more in depth into these cameras, she discovered a common thing... WayneTech hardware. She used her knack for computers to get herself (and Cullen) into a gala hosted by Bruce.

She confronted Bruce stating that she would tell the mayor that he's scrambling the cameras around the city to protect Batman if he doesn't set up a meeting with Batman. While he rebutted that it's part of Batman Inc, she stated that he can't tamper with cameras, even it's to help a sanctioned hero and company. Bruce then agreed and set up a meeting between Harper and Batman thinking that she would just want an autograph.

But when the meeting happened, Harper arrived in a home-made armor with a custom-made electromagnetic gun and calling herself Bluebird. She asked Bruce if she could help him, even (having the nerve to) offering to help improve MY camera-scrambling software. Bruce agreed and gave her a trial run (hoping that she would give up on this dream). But she proved herself and was brought on as a member of Batman Inc.

And then I helped the League shut down Maxwell Lord's OMACs. And then Bruce's old friend, Thomas Elliot kidnapped both Selina and Bruce. So the Batfam got together to help get Bruce. But we couldn't capture Thomas as it would make the public view of Batman Inc. But eventually, a few months later, with the help of Talia, we were able to get Bruce back.

A few months later, after the wedding of Bruce and Selina, Ra's attacked. He declared war on Bruce and Gotham was overrun once more with League of Assassins members. And some of them attacked me in the Belfry, but even without the use of my legs I kicked their asses. And eventually Damian was able to defeat Ra's.

The following year I helped the League defeat Darkseid and his army. As of now, I just help out wherever I can. And I hear that Wayne Enterprise and Queen Consolidated are making an implant to help people without the use of their legs walk again. So thanks Bruce and Ollie.

Strengths

 * Intelligence: I'm most likely one of, if not the, smartest people you'll ever meet. This is by far my greatest strength and is what defines me. While others see their intelligence as a hinderance, I embrace it and cherish it.
 * Computer Skills:
 * Hacking: I took this skill up from a young age and I'm an expert at it. Using this skill, you know me as Oracle. And with this skill I'm able to hack into basically every high-end system. With all this said, my skills are rivaled by none (yeah I said it @Drake, @Equinox, etc).
 * Organization: Out of all the Batfam, I know my way around the computers the most. This has led me to become the Batfam's biggest asset.
 * Firearms: Since I was around 15, my dad began to teach me how to use guns. Bruce also taught me operate and dismantle them but as a way to disarm opponents. While Bruce doesn't like to use guns, I will use them to protect my friends and family. I have been carrying a gun since the Joker shot me (mostly because my dad insisted).
 * Gymnastics: When the Batman first appeared, I wanted to become like him. So I took up gymnastics and before being paralyzed I was an amazing gymnast.
 * Investigation: Due to being the child of 2 cops and the sidekick of Batman, I am an amazing investigator.
 * Law: I attended law school in Gotham plus my dad and mom have been teaching about law for a long time.
 * Martial Arts: From a young age I was a martial artist. I know karate, taekwondo, judo, jujitsu, etc.
 * Multilingualism: I'm fluent in English, Spanish, French, German, Latin, Swahili, Russian, Japanese, Mandarin, and Portuguese. I am ok in Kryptonian which is why I'm improving it right now.
 * Stealth: Even wheelchair-bound, I am able to sorta sneak up on Dick (just give me time before Dick arrives). And before the injury, I was basically a ninja.
 * Targeting: I can throw a batarang just as good as Bruce.

Weaknesses

 * Restricted Mobility: I am paralyzed from the waist down, and use a wheelchair, after being shot by the Joker.

Tech

 * Batarangs: These bat shaped boomerangs help me take down enemies.


 * Gun: Ever since I was shot by the Joker, my dad has given me a gun to protect myself.

Trivia

 * One misconception of me is that I hate Kori, that isn't the truth... well at least now.
 * I am extremely competitive with other tech experts (like Felicity Smoak, Karen Starr, etc).
 * In my honest opinion, I am better a tech person than Felicity and Karen.

Comments

 * Drake: Wow, you really think highly of yourself, such an ego.
 * Oracle: Come on, you know that I am better than you. And you can't say that you haven't bragged about yourself.