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    DC ROCKS, AND...<br />
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    - ALL ABOUT -
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    I really, really need help with my dream avi- Please help! But only if you want to.<br />
    Thanks a ton to Barbara Gordon_Batgirl for 100k! <3<br />
    Thanks a ton to DC The Joker for 100k! <3<br />
    Thanks a ton to Jean Valley for 26k, an Egyptian gold anklet, and bullet belts! <3<br />
    Thanks a ton to iThe Penguin for 10k! <3
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    - HISTORY -
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    Bio off of "Women of Gotham." I did not write the first part.<br />
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    Helena Bertinelli is the only surviving member of the Bertinelli crime family. Her parents and brother were murdered in their home when she was very young. For her protection, her extended family (also branches of Gotham's mafia) sent her to live with relatives in Sicily. There, under the guidance of her cousin Salvatore Asaro, she learned how to use the crossbow and mastered many martial arts techniques. When she learned her family was cosa nostra, or mafia, she started despising her family for its cruel way of life; she wanted a way to fight back, to end the crime wars that had stolen her parents and brother from her. She returned to Gotham at the age of 16. During a Christmas Eve party that year, Batman paid Helena and her family a visit.<br />
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    She saw how afraid her uncles and cousins were of him and, in that fear, found the perfect way to strike back at them: she would become a vigilante like Batman, hunting criminals in the night.<br />
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    This part is the same, no matter the origin: Helena then went to New York City on sabbatical, where she took on the name and costume of the Huntress. She soon discovered it was her father's lawyer that hired the assassin that killed her family to get her family's riches. The identity of the assassin remains unknown. During her time in the Big Apple, she teamed up with Batman to stop a city-wide gang war and captured the leader of a Colombian drug cartel. Then she got a job as a high school teacher and moved to Gotham City, in the hopes of becoming accepted by Batman, which to this day has not occurred.<br />
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    Not long after moving to Gotham, Helena's secret identity was discovered by Robin (Tim Drake) while taking down King Snake's counterfeiting operation. Shortly after that, she became the target of crimelord Tony Bressi, who hired an assassin named Redzone to kill her. Bressi later ended his agreement with Redzone, resulting in his death, as well as Redzone's and the Smiling Man's.<br />
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    Months passed, and although Batman invited her to join the Justice League of America (JLA), he still refused to sanction her operations in Gotham City. Shortly after her induction into the JLA, while Batman was out of town, she worked with Nightwing to solve a cop killing. She used this opportunity to try and break into the "Bat-circle." It didn't really work, though Nightwing did learn her secret identity by looking through her daily planner at her apartment, after they'd spent the night together. It was not long after that when she, while working with the JLA, figured out a way to prevent Vandal Savage from killing Superman.<br />
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    Then a devastating earthquake struck Gotham, destroying most of the city. Helena was riding on a subway when it hit. She was about to be killed by a wanted fugitive, but the first aftershock saved her. Not long afterward, she teamed up with Spoiler at the Westerberg Mall to recapture escapees from Blackgate Prison. Then she returned to the fractured streets to keep order, and fought a group of thieves trying to rob the safe of a dead drug dealer. Batman and Nightwing intervened to stop her from using a sledgehammer on the leader of the thugs.<br />
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    Within a week of the quake, Gotham had been closed off from the outside world by the U.S. government. The city became referred to as "No Man's Land." Batman had apparently left town. With no one to defend the innocent, Huntress took it upon herself to become the city's new saviour and assumed the identity of Batgirl.<br />
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    Huntress: Cry for Blood<br />
    When Batman returned, three months after the quake, he stripped Helena of the name and costume of Batgirl and gave the honour to someone he felt was worthy of it. Helena once again became the Huntress. On New Year's Eve, she helped Batman rescue the kidnapped children of Gotham, and was severely wounded and nearly killed by the Joker.<br />
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    Not long after her recovery, the Huntress became Batman's prime suspect in a murder case. While trying to prove her innocence, her crossbow misfired and hit Batman. After escaping him and Nightwing, she was knocked unconscious by the Question and taken to Canada where she found some peace through the art of tai chi and the teachings of the enigmatic martial arts master Richard Dragon.<br />
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    Three months passed before Helena returned to Gotham to put her life back in order. Batman was waiting for her. He gave her permission to find out who was framing her, but warned her not to kill anybody. Shortly thereafter, the Question caught a private investigator spying on her apartment. The P.I. gave them a picture of Santo Cassamemto and Maria Bertinelli embracing, as well as the phone number of the man who hired him. The Question traced the phone number to Santo Cassamemto. Huntress confronted Santo and discovered that he is her real father, who has blackmailed her into working for him. The next day, she attended her cousin's wedding and asked her uncle Tomaso to set up an ambush for Santo when his next drug shipment came in. She then scared off his lieutenants when she and the Question ambushed a gambling club, forcing Cassamemto to show up at the docks to oversee the shipment, with Huntress as his back-up. In the warehouse, Tomaso's men killed Santo, just as Helena had arranged. After achieving her revenge, she threw her Huntress costume into the water. Now the search for who she really is begins.<br />
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    The Huntress I am is a solid part of the GJL, finding her long-awaited acceptance there. Although she is still unsure of herself at times, she still find most fulfillment there and has become a distinguished leader amongst them. It's something she's found a passion for, but she still seeks Batman's approval.<br />
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    Somebody mentioned something to me about a lesbian Huntress, but I know nothing about it and have absolutely nothing to do with it. I'm Christian, but my Huntress is the Catholic she's known for being in certain comics.<br />
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    She's had feelings for Batman and may have even been in love with him [[not specific to any Batman on Gaia yet- I'm using it because of rumors around "The Brave and the Bold" about her being a possible romantic interest (though it's Beetle, really) but thought it'd be an interesting aspect to her anyway because I'm a writer. I do drama.]], but it's an impossible relationship, seeing as he would never feel that way, and she would always be under his scope like a rebellious teenager. <br />
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    She likes Catwoman anyways and is close with the Birds of Prey still, and is close with Tim Drake. She and Azrael agree on many things, and she confides in him concerning villains and the like.
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