Callum Hunt, the Fourth Robin

Name: Callum Hunt

Age: 14

Hair: Black

Eye Colour: Blueish Grey

Attributes/abilities: Martial arts expert, Flexibility, Peak endurance and physical stature

 

Callum Hunt was a child who grew up without any parents in a foster house looked after by the corrupt men that ran the place. They were child labourers that made the children within the house work for their meals and if they were unable to meet the standards of the days work and seldom did any of them they were punished and given no meal or food at all. Callum instead of sleeping trained himself to stay in peak physical condition while he was in the house so one day he could escape. Callum tried several times to escape but each ended in failure. He was punished severely for this by being whipped and locked in a small room were the rats lived. These punishments were inflected by the man who ran his wing of the operation; Callum had not known his real name but referred to him as Brute. He was about to give up hope on escape when in his eyes a dark angel saved him when he had turned seven. The Batman had stormed the labourers’ house and took down the head. In the assuming chaos Callum escaped but promised he would return to stop the rest of the organisation and Brute who had seemed to escape the Batman’s wrath.

 

Callum decided to seek refuge elsewhere from Gotham and hone his skills in the category of martial arts to give balance to his reckless fighting style. He boarded a ship to Japan with the help of some smugglers and went to go find a teacher that could help him in his quest. This is where he met Shen who found him hungry and covered in filth, roaming the streets without hope after being rejected time and time again by each person he looked up to train him. Shen took the child in and trained him in the arts of all the weapons, weapons that could be an extension of his self. As well as all types of fighting styles that would bring honour to the boy. When he had turned thirteen Shen told him that he had learnt all that he could teach and said it was time for his final test. The final test turned out to be a battle between him and his master. Callum lost the battle in the end and thought he had failed. Shen said that he had succeeded in the test despite the outcome, explaining that he may of lost the battle but he had shown all the true value of the ninja and showed he was worthy of the title Shen was about to bestow upon him. Shen sat him down and told him the tale of the ninja of ancient times and revealing that he was among the last of who remained through his line of blood and he had no sons or daughters to carry on his legacy. He then told Callum that he was trusted to continue the line despite his birth and race. Shen then bought him a ticket back to Gotham and said that he would bring the values he had taught him back to Gotham. But he had warned, that Callum was still inexperienced in the people in the corrupt city and still had much to learn despite what had transpired while he was in Japan and would need another teacher to help him become the person he new he could be.

 

When he returned to Gotham he found out as much as he could about the watcher of the city trough the internet in the public library and discovered that Batman had previously worked with people his own age and that he was without a partner at present time. He then fashioned himself a suit similar to that of the previous robins and went to find the Dark Knight to show him his skill. He followed a police report to an attempt a Gotham second national bank where a couple of thugs were attempting to rob it. The self proclaimed Robin attempted to stop the robbery before the Bat arrived and went to attack the men he found with his new fighting skills to take them down. He was on the winning side until one guy got up behind him gun loaded and ready to kill him amused by the child’s fight, but still told him that he was going to kill him anyway. This is where Batman showed up and took down the man in the ski mask before he could unload the weapon into the teenager. After Batman had stopped the villain he turned to see Callum. He asked who he was and Callum explained and said he needed to be his Robin to help bring balance to the city. Batman refused and left.

 

Callum tried several times after to help the vigilante and become his partner, each time was met with a refusal. This continued until Batman showed up at the small flat Callum had been able to afford with the money Shen had left him. Though he would soon have to leave because he was running out of cash. Batman allowed him to follow him on a patrol through the city to see if Callum was well equipped and good enough to match up to the previous Robins before him. Callum matched up to his expectations and when Dawn began to approach Batman looked at the teenager and told him to get in the car. Callum went in with extreme joy and asked if this meant he was going to be Robin. Batman didn’t reply and kept driving. It looked as if the crime fighter was about to drive straight into the cliff wall that lay before him and looked at the man with worried eyes. Batman then pressed a button on the wheel of the Batmobile and the cliff opened up enveloping them into darkness and depositing them into a cave full of high-tech gadgets and machinery. Batman then told him he was going to need a new suit and would need to get cleaned up, pulling of his mask and walking up to the huge computer at the top of the cave. Callum was shocked to see Bruce Wayne behind the cowl and asked again if this meant he was Robin. An old man came up behind him and asked if he really needed an answer after this and went to Batman’s side. “Are you sure this is a good idea to bring a street urchin into the batcave, what if he has a rather large mouth on him?” the butler asked. “Jason lived on the streets, he kept the secret well” Bruce replied. “And remember what happened to him?” the man said in a British accent to Bruce. Bruce remained quiet for a few moments before replying. “Jason was different, more reckless and angry, Callum showed more clarity and control while fighting” he responded. “How do you know my name and am I going to be Robin or not?” Callum blurted out, and then shrinking back wishing he had kept silent. Again the man waited before speaking, as if he was having doubts on bringing him into the batcave. “I know your name because I’ve been watching you for a few weeks now and have seen how you act, you should stop talking to yourself, it’s a bad habit. And yes you’re going to be Robin despite Alfred’s protests.” Bruce said keeping his eyes glued to the computer screen. “Very well sir, please Master Callum let me show you to your room. I suggest you get yourself cleaned up, fresh clothes will be laid out on your bed, some old ones of Master Timothy’s should fit. Breakfast is in one hour, though I’m afraid Master Bruce may not show up due to his other duties, now come along” Alfred said somehow without taking a breath rushing the boy out of the cave and up a stairway. From then on a new Robin emerged ready to take on those who worshipped crime and with a personal vendetta against the child labourers and the man he had dubbed Brute.

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Callum has a very serious personality and usually uses dark humour and taunts when fighting crime. When he tries to smile, if he does at all, it comes across pained and seems fake and the look in his eyes shows that he has been hurt in a strange way. He tries to stray away from his darker side and let go of his traumatic past to become a better person, but he knows he won't be able to do so alone, that is part of the reason Bruce decided to take him in.

My costume for Robin is a mix of all three previous Robins with my own touches here and there.

Callum is a master of many forms of Japanese style martial arts, bojitsu, jujitsu, judo, karate, nijitsu as well as a mastery in nun chucks and is given a cape which weight is adjusted to use to hide in the shadows and move freely through the rooftops of Gotham as well as allowing him to glide through the use of an electric current that charges the density of the fabric to allow him to do so, many gadgets and equipment e.g. smoke pellets, birdarangs, infra-red vision built into the domino mask, a con-link located in his ear directed to Bruce's cowl and police reports, grappling hook and launcher, computer hacking gauntlets that can connect to machinery and the internet via a wireless signal, a code cracker and a line connected through the gauntlet that launches a tazer line

My Robin varies from the other three with a different origin as he is grown up as a slave and went to train himself for revenge, where Dicks parents were murdered in front of him, Jason grew up on the streets with his 'father' and Tim had his farther around who changed his ways to be a better father to him and discovered Batman and Robins identities. While Dick was the more agile and carefree Robin, Jason was an arrogant self absorbed one and Tim was more intelligent, Callum is the more tactical and reasoning.

I hope you like it anyway. Dawing is made with the help of Phil-Cho from Devianart C & C welcome.

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