Oswald Cobblepott

Here is my Work In Progress report of my Penguin history

Oswald was raised from a young age by his single alcoholic mother who loved birds. She took care of him until he was 9-years old. At which point she died and Oswald was taken by the government and relocated to an orphanage. In the orphanage Oswald made fast friends with another child Joseph Chill known on the street as Joey. Oswald and Joey begin to run the streets and are very good, even begin creating a small street gang known as the penguins of Gotham. They would hit convienant stores and stalls for some petty cash. Oswald even made some friends in law enforcement understanding that in order to get things done one must pay the cops. Oswald would take a percentage of the profits and pay it to the cops for them to look the other way. By the time Oswald was sixteen, he and Joey had created a smart street gang. Oswald has begun creating legitiment business opportunities and creating a name for himself while running his gang in the shadows. Joe Chill becomes the most trusted friend of Oswald and becomes the face of the Penguins. Once Oswald turns eighteen he joins the political game. The Penguins are disbanded and Joey Chill begins his own gang. As Oswald's political career begins to flourish Joey Chill's criminal career begins blossoming. Soon Joey has become a mid-level crime boss for a young Carmine Falcone. He soon changes his name to the more respectable Joe Chill. Oswald soon opens his candancy for Mayor running against Thomas Wayne, the likely victor. After the race begins Oswald hatches a plan to destroy Thomas Wayne. Using his relationship with Joe Chill he is able to put a hit on Thomas Wayne's head. Using Joe Chill as the assassin. That fateful night where the Wayan's are murdered is perpurtrated by Oswald Cobblepot to win the mayoral election at 23. After Oswald is crowned Mayor he begins to corrupt the city council and the entirety of the Gotham's courts through money and influence with the organized crime families. For 10 years Cobblepot stays as mayor and begins to create business with the Iceberg Lounge and the Iceberg Casino, making lots of money for the underworld of Gotham. Even striking deals with Carmine Falcone and the Comissioner of the police force. Following in the steps of his grand-father Oswald strives to change Gotham only into a darker more fearsome place. Soon a vigilante appears in Gotham called "The Batman." Who eventually traces the corruption to Cobblepot, After months Batman is able to take down Oswald and have him arrested and tried for many crimes including embezzlement, abduction, kidnapping and bribery. The trial and case falls to the new ADA Harvey Dent. The trial begins and lasts for several months until it is clear that Oswald is going to lose the case. During the closing arguments of the case, Joe Chill breaks out Cobblepot with the forces of Carmine Falcone. The extraction injures and disfigures Harvey Dent in turn creating Two-Face. After Oswald escaped police custody he recreates the penguins gang taking the lead role as "The Penguin." Now in hiding he secretely runs his casino and lounge from the shadows and begins a battle of wits and crime with Batman.