The Penguin

            The visual of my version of The Penguin was completely ripped off from Danny DeVito’s portrayal in Time Burton’s Batman Returns.

However, my Oswald Cobblepot wasn’t born a freak. He was turned into one.

            Oswald was a two-bit hood who ran with the Red Triangle gang in the slums of Gotham City. The gang mostly specialized in Breaking and Entering and low-level extortion. Then one fateful evening, Oswald, on his own, broke into the wrong building. What appeared to Oswald as a storage warehouse was in fact a Progenitor Laboratory.

            The security on such a stronghold should have halted and baffled any thief, but Oswald always had a knack for crime. As the agents of the Technocracy viewed his progress on their hidden camera, Oswald defeated every security device they had installed. The head of the installation’s amusement soon turned to anger. How could a lowly Sleeper gain access to their secrets?

            Oswald soon found his progress through the labyrinth growing easier. Almost as if they wanted him to reach the good stuff. There was a blinding light and Oswald was out cold.

            The next few days were a nightmare for Oswald. The Progenitors used him as guinea pig for every experiment they could think of. He should have died, a dozen times over, but his will was stronger than they ever imagined. Strong enough for him to Awaken.

            When Oswald finally gained true awakening, he found his body twisted and warped into that of a human penguin. He broke free of the bonds holding him and made his escape. But, on the way out, he found something…

            Nine umbrellas.

            Each umbrella had the power to allow Oswald, now The Penguin, control of each of one of the Spheres of Reality. Correspondence. Entropy. Forces. Life. Mind. Matter. Prime. Spirit. Time.

            With his new prizes, Penguin began to enact his revenge on the Technocracy the only way he knew how. Crime.