Penguin

Oswald Cobblepot (Scenesys ID: 98)
Quote
"The rule of society is property. Somebody owns everything."
Profile
Full Name:	Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot
Gender:	Male
Species:	Human
Theme:	DC (VFC)
Occupation:	Arms Dealer
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Education:	{{{Education}}}
Status:	Active
Groups:	Hench
Other Information
Apparent Age:	46	Actual Age:	46
Date of Birth	28 May 1979	Actor:	Ian McNeice
Height:	161.4 cm	Weight:	120 kg
Hair Color:	Black	Eye Color:	Blue
Theme Song:	"Singapore" - Tom Waits

Profile

Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, known as the Penguin in Gotham City as an epithet for both his appearance, and his idea of proper criminal conduct, is the scion of a family of thieves, spies, and moguls. The Penguin represents nefarious business interests in Gotham City, an agent for various international crime syndicates, corporate bodies, and intelligence organizations that is tapped on a contractual basis whenever required. Operating as a mercenary with a strict code of manners, his business is primarily as an arms dealer, fence, and fixer, although that is merely a front for his true function as a network freelancer. The Penguin operates out of the Iceberg Lounge, a meeting place for socialite, business magnates, and criminals in Gotham City, his complex network of friends that he curries favor with allowing him to evade most criminal prosecution - including Batman, whom he acts as an occasional informant for.

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Abilities

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ATYPICAL NEUROLOGY

Penguin has a genetic issue with his neuro-social function. He lacks empathy, but has an intense amount of logic when it comes to the social skills of others. Rather than those that fake this ability with years of classes and etiquette training, Penguin is a natural.

Skills

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APPRAISAL

Penguin knows appraisal of various goods, such as art, gems, drugs, weaponry, real estate, financial assets, or ventures.

BRAWLING

Penguin played rugby in high school and college, and has plenty of muscle and bulk, combined with his raw aggression from his lack of empathy. His only limitation is his smoking habit.

BUSINESS

Penguin knows the inner workings of economics, such as finance, mathematics, statistics, speculation, real estate, business law, tax codes, and communications. He can manipulate this legally, such as with an above ground business, or illegally, such as a shell company.

FENCING

Penguin is a classically trained fencer that has adapted to his family's trademark trick umbrella to fight, using a tip that can be laced, or a deployment device for various liquids, gasses, or aerosols.

GAMBLING

Penguin is a skilled gambler, playing with such a method that, if he loses his initial buy-in, has a mathematical formula to break even at other forms of entertainment. He banks his money, plays from a set pool, and uses mathematical partial risk formulas designed to reward him over long periods of time.

MANAGEMENT

Penguin understands various skillsets, personality types, and types of experience, and knows how to skillfully recruit, reward, and employ different personalities.

SMUGGLING

Penguin knows the intricacies of smuggling, such as moving people, items, or information.

Resources

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CONNECTIONS

Penguin is connected to criminal, financial, and social circles, in Gotham, on the east coast USA, and in Europe. He can get just about any resource associated with crime, from guns to criminals, and can also procure investment for jobs.

ICEBERG LOUNGE

Penguin's above ground front is the Iceberg Lounge, a high class restaurant in Gotham that takes advantage of the fact that Gotham's supervillains and mobsters have a mystique that makes them popular with the wealthy and rebellious.

REPUTATION

Besides his reputation in Gotham City as a highly competent arms merchant, fence, and fixer, Penguin is known internationally as the go-to man for various affairs in Gotham City, if one has the money and needs someone that has criminal connections. He also has the Cobblepot last name, legendary in Britain for centuries for spies and thieves and financiers.

UMBRELLAS

Penguin's family has a trademark of employing trick umbrellas, that they've used since their humble days as stewards of tailor shops in medieval London to defend their wares. He has quite the variety, and can use them to deploy a blade (sometimes from the tip, sometimes from the handle, sometimes both), as well as having various syringe injectors, explosive or smoke deployment mechanisms, spray functions for corrosive, caustic, or hallucinogenic compounds, smuggling compartments, self-destructing umbrellas, electronic or radio devices, poisonous or neurotoxin gas launchers, and flamethrowers.

Weaknesses

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ADDICTIVE PERSONALITY

Penguin is a habitual smoker, drinker, and eater, and this effects his endurance in a protracted competition of physical endurance.

DARK KNIGHT

Penguin is an occasional informant for Batman, and knows Batman is breathing down his neck at all times. Penguin is in a peculiar position, on one hand having to devise means and methods to support his own interests, on the other hand having to ensure his survival for someone that has ethics of duty, rather than morality of system.

EMPATHY

Penguin has an extremely deficit regarding his personal empathy, meaning that he is only capable of logical discussion. The artistic is simply beyond him, other than mathematical calculation based on an extensive knowledge of correlating points instructed to him by his family, who have worked out metrics and rubrics over the course of time.

REVENGE

Penguin is exceptionally vengeful, never a cruel man unless in necessity of show of intimidation through revenge. Much in the way Batman cultivates an air of mystery, or Joker cultivates an air of unpredictability, Penguin demands shows of respect (at the very least, deference). He requires others to take him seriously for his business dealings to function properly, but this often leads to 'unfortunate' incidents that can give him a public profile in an improper manner.

VISIBILITY

Penguin is extremely visible in Gotham, on many levels. He has a corporate front, a criminal record, he has a particular brand to his crime (politely brutish movements), intelligence and criminal organizations have extensive knowledge of him, and necessity demands a social life.

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Title	Date	Scene Summary
City Fall: Black Mask	October 4th, 2019	The Question and Shadow interfere with a gang meeting in Gotham. They manage to disrupt the Shredder's plans, but it comes at a cost.
A Simple Purchase	November 19th, 2017	Summary needed
Dragon's Questions or Wrath	October 15th, 2017	Cyberdragon, with the assistance of SHIELD, tries to find out information about the person behind a bio-weapon
Donny Had To Work on the Docks	October 6th, 2017	The Penguin gets involved in an affair involving the war in Africa, and a case of industrial pollution for the sake of Europe's security against Boko Haram. What's one little medicine woman against the numbers of the banking affairs of the rich and powerful?
Seeing a Man About a Penguin	October 3rd, 2017	Iceberg Lounge, Gotham City... a palace of ice and excess; a place Norman finds himself, to seek answers and potential partnership from the information broker known as Oswald Cobblepot.
To Thwart A Penguin	September 21st, 2017	The Penguin orchestrated a crime that crossed the wouldbe jurisdiction of the Avengers, X-Men, and the Sorcerer Supreme. He draws quite a team of heroes to thwart him, yet somehow, cunningly wins the day unbeknownst to all.
Proposition for a Penguin	September 14th, 2017	Thursday enlists Penguin to supply her with a detailed blueprint of Wayne Tech Headquarters not accessible by the public or without duress
A Heart To Heart	September 12th, 2017	Summary needed
A Bat of a Different Breed	September 9th, 2017	Summary needed
Downtown, No Finer Place For Sure	August 29th, 2017	Summary needed
Hunted Between Worlds	August 17th, 2017	A Chinese military officer on the run from the People's Republic is a major token in the schemes of the old money of European alliance. Penguin's careful arrangement to move him into the hands of British paramilitary hands is foiled by Alice Gulliver, who takes him into her custody, outside the eyes of Hong Kong or Gotham City police. But still the man lusts for revenge against his homeland. And the Penguin is always one who understands humanity's darker ambitions, those that promise thanatos.
Birds of a Feather, Carouse Together	August 15th, 2017	Scarecrow, having just flown the coop of Arkham, finds Penguin, and they exchange pleasantries, before Crane offers Penguin a business proposition. A gambler's skill, in exchange for a physician's insight.

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