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I have been getting into DC a little bit more as I’ve been stuck at home a lot watching Batman… so I made a villain OC! Her name is Grimalkin and she’s a supporter of cursed kitty shenanigans.
I know, I know, Catwoman exists, but while the titular movie is… questionable, someone getting cat-like attributes courtesy of a mystical feline is fun! Especially is said individual remains a villain! In Grim’s case, after suffering an untimely demise, a cat spirit (similar to a bakeneko) offers her mystical abilities, including a set of nine lives, in return for serving as essentially the cat’s familiar! Think Klarion and Teekl, but in reverse.
Grimalkin works with the Circus of Strange, which in my own working has an additional animal theme alongside that of circus “freaks”. She’s the troupe’s man acrobat, but also functions as a hitman/guard during their heists, alongside the assassin Flamingo- they’re best buds and very close, so don’t separate them!
She’s blessed with feline agility, unusual strength despite her size, night vision and a handful of cat-like traits that serve her well in her crimes. Right and wrong mean little to her, and she enjoys causing harm for the sake of “the thrill of the hunt”. As her lives tick down, she becomes more and more animal-like- however, she’s discovered that she can turn back the counter if she takes a life after losing it, leading to her bloodthirsty habits in the first place. She’s also got a real bone to pick with the Falcone family- namely, Carmine himself.