Detective Roger Davis

Time Before Gotham
Roger was bullied as a kid, from elementary school up until high school. After high school, he went to college and got his bachelor's in criminology. Not long after graduation, he became a cop in the NYPD, but after a couple of years there he was offered a position as a detective in Gotham, which is not far from NYC. He has some anger issues, it takes a lot for another person to anger him, but he sometimes has trouble controlling what he says when made. He does not like himself but likes other people in general. Hates being mean to people but can be if pissed off enough, and then usually hates himself when he calms down, or rather he hates himself more than usual. He is a very capable fighter, knows a couple of martial arts styles from taking classes. He is a very good shot and is intelligent. He is good at reading people, most of these abilities help him with his job. He firmly believes a gun should be a last resort, and his ability to read people helps him with trying to avoid using a gun. He is moderately skilled at stealth, something that can also help in his profession. His fighting style is one designed to take the opponent down quickly and can look more brutal than it really is.

His parents moved away from NYC around his 18th birthday, during his first semester in college. Since then he has been on his own for the most part. Over time he had drifted away from the few friends he made in High School, and he failed to make any in college, and he is an only child. By the time he comes to Gotham he is rather alone.

GCPD and Meeting His First Villain
Detective Roger Davis had an interview with Harley Quinn. He found her to be very interesting, he read her file and based on that correctly deduced that she was far more intelligent than people gave her credit for. Just because she is unbalanced that does not take away the fact that she was clearly highly intelligent before the Joker came into her life. He was surprised to see her turn into Harleen, but this just made her more interesting to him. He did his best to treat her with respect and honestly felt concerned for her. She was lucky she was not murdered by this Red Hood, and he is afraid that it might simply be the police showed up so he left before he killed her. At the end of the interview, she was Harley again, and Roger was very intrigued by her and found himself hoping that she did not run into Red Hood again because he felt there was some goodness or innocence left in her and maybe she was not as bad as others thought. Or he is way off base with all of this and she easily manipulated him using her background as a psychiatrist.

Running into Harleen Again
Roger was in attendance at the St. Paddy's Day Ball. While there he saw someone that looked familiar. He was not absolutely certain, but he was pretty sure it was Harleen Quinzel. Roger approached her, and she asked him not to make a scene, so he agreed. They spent some time talking and Harleen also drank enough to get a bit drunk. Then Two-Face crashed the party and Harley left Roger to find a friend of hers. Harley then came back for Roger to take him out of there along with her friend. This friend turned out to be Catwoman after they left Roger offered for Harley to use his place to crash and keep safe from Dent. He also said she is welcome to crash there whenever, figuring she would probably do so anyway. She left the next morning after thanking him with a kiss on the cheek.

Promotion
The day after the ball, the new commissioner called Davis into his office. Gordon said he checked Davis out and offered him a promotion to Sergeant, stating he wanted to work together to combat corruption, and this promotion would allow Davis to lead his own team. Davis was honored, but also guilty due to the events regarding Quinn. So, Davis told Gordon everything. Gordon looked past that and said there are much bigger threats to Gotham than Quinn, and she was not a threat that night. So the offer was not rescinded, and Davis accepted.

Surprise Guest
One night Halreen shows up at his door unexpectedly, she is badly injured. She asks for Davis to follow her outside, and he does. Out there are a couple beat up men, Harley says she saw them mugging a woman, so she jumped in to protect her, and she got a broken rib for it. Davis calls up Gordon to tell him what happened and is referred to a discrete surgeon, the two walk there, but ultimately decide to take their chances with the hospital. Davis feels guilty about making Harley walk all the way here injured for nothing. Fortunately, the doctor loans them his car. At the hospital, Davis is able to use his badge as a cover. Harley is treated as quickly as possible because the hospital wants her out. She has to undergo surgery because the rib will not heal right on its own. After the surgery, once she is awake, the two go back to Davis' apartment, Harley going straight to bed, Davis returned the car to the doctor first.

Personality
Roger is an odd mix of loner and sociable, he is rather introverted, but he also loves talking to people. Roger is rather closed off and has a lot of trouble opening up to people, especially in person, and does not like to show emotion. He tries to be nice to people, but if someone manages to anger him, he can lose control over what he says and say something mean that he will almost definitely regret later. Roger usually does not dislike people, and has never actually hated someone he knew personally. He can sometimes be overeager with talking to people, and sometimes overzealous with opinions, something he mentally berates himself for all the time. He does not think much of himself, does not like talking good of himself either, and when he does often downplays and even outright disregards positive attributes. Very bad at taking a compliment, but likes to give them. Likes to try to make people feel better if he can, and feels guilty if he cannot think of the right thing to say

Weapons
Pistol, knife, bulletproof vest, taser, stun gun, nightstick, pepper spray

Normal Outfit
T-shirt, jeans and a hoodie

Hero Outfit
all black with the vest and a full mask (future outfit)