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Continuing to showcase the stages of development for the MDCU’s favorite shinobi clan!
Left to right: Batwoman, Nightwing, Batgirl, Batman, Red Robin, Robin, and Akifimi Takaharu.
This image is from the story and time period depicted in my previous image;
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Batclan: Formation: www.deviantart.com/nightshade4…
Batclan ReFormation: www.deviantart.com/nightshade4…
Batclan Knightfall: www.deviantart.com/nightshade4…
The Order of Shinobi has different clans to cover various types of jobs. The Noble Clans all specialize in one of these job classes specifically, and are experts at it:
Batclan Specialty: Protection
Demon Beast Affiliation: A-Komoriyasha, The Demon Bat
Batwoman: Kyashii Satōkibi (Kathy Kane)
Shinobi Rank: Jounin
Nightwing: Daisuke Kagehane (Dick Greyson)
Shinobi Rank: Genin (Chuunin/Jounin level)
Batgirl: Kaitsuki Gaikoku (Barbara Gordon)
Shinobi Rank: Chuunin
Batman: Komori Watanabe (Bruce Wayne)
Shinobi Rank: Kuran no Shuhanin (Clan Leader); Jounin Sensei
Red Robin: Daimyomaru Watanabe (Damian Wayne)
Shinobi Rank: Jounin
Robin: Tomi Komodori (Tim Drake)
Shinobi Rank: Genin (Chuunin/Jounin level)
Akifimi Takaharu (Alfred Pennyworth):
Samurai Rank: Hatamoto
This time, I wanted to show the team as they appeared upon Batman’s returning home to the Goth-Ahm Prefecture in Hitoshirenu, The Hidden Regions of Japan; after having been flung years into the future by the Ghost Arts Master known as The Spectre, to embark on the KnightsQuest where he would meet his successor Teruhi Miyagawa; Batman Beyond and the Batclan of the future. These events were directly preceded by the KnghtFall event; where a broken Batman physically merged with A-Komoriyasha, as his clan had seemingly disbanded with Nightwing training with the Samurai Monks of Bloodhaven Monastery, Robin volunteering to take Nightwing’s place as Red Hood’s replacement with the Red Hand, and Batgirl taking a break from her shinobi activities and focusing on data collection with The Reikon and the Oracle of Hi no Tama.
- This shows Batwoman before acquiring her Onimen Mask to help her focus the Demon Bat energies inside of her after becoming the host to A-Komoriyasha after Spectre separated it from Batman, to save its life.
- The Bat-ear headdress that Kyashii wears is a Satōkibi Clan device which allows her to receive a sonar signal, which creates an echolocation framework that allows her to “see” in complete darkness. Her clan’s long standing affiliation with the Demon Bat generated many ninja tools and devices associated with bats. It is very similar to the one that Batgirl crafted herself, upon her decision to seek out Batman as a sensei…leading me to wonder if Kaitsuki has other ties to the Satōkibi Clan.
- Red Robin has a weapon that converts from a ¾ staff, to two individual swords, to a dual bladed staff.
- Daimyomaru only took the Red Robin identity because his father would not allow him to operate under the identity he arrived with; Batboy. Tomi’s abandoned Red Hand identity seemed an apt compromise with all parties involved, as that was already associated with a history of extreme violence.
- Daimyomaru reclaimed his Batboy identity when his father vanished, as he figured it was time to assume his father’s role in the clan, as leader. He resumes being Red Robin upon his father’s return…until his unfortunate demise.
- Tomi reclaims the Red Robin moniker after Daimyomaru’s death.