History Characters / RiskItAll

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied. When Batman asks for the evidence Ren gathered on Black Mask, Ren panics and rushes to delete his browser history before handing over his laptop, only for Batman to [[StatingTheSimpleSolution ask why he didn't transfer the data onto a thumb drive.]] Ren sheepishly says he didn't think of that because he only had five minutes.

* ComboPlatterPowers: The powers that Ren gets from his gamer power are random, resulting in him getting a strange hodgepodge of skills like SupernaturalMartialArts, becoming a BadassDriver, a DoubleJump, or the abilty to FlashStep. To add to the randomness, his powers are largely derived from other series like ''Manga/OnePunchMan'' and ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''.

* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Ren's father is terrified of Ren being swayed to join his uncle in China after they discover Ren's powers. He tries to hide it, but Ren's father is relieved when Ren blows his uncle off and says he wants nothing to do with his murderous grandparents and extended family.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: Black Mask thinks nothing of shooting Ren, a sixteen-year-old who had no idea Black Mask owned the casino, out of the belief that Ren was a Triad. The callousness with which he does it implies that he wouldn't care either way.

[[folder:Ren Song]]

* MagikarpPower: Due to the way his power works, Ren wonders if he could make himself as strong as ComicBook/{{Superman}} one day as he keeps acquiring new abilities and upping his stats. But by the time of his first patrol, he's only about as strong as a teenager who barely works out and is very much lacking NighInvulnerability. In addition, several of his powers are useless in direct combat, such as Multilingual and Driving.
-->'''Ren:''' Currently, I was below average in every physical stat, but how high could I raise them? Did I top out at ten times stronger than a normal human? A hundred? A thousand? Did I have a limit at all? Could I be as strong as Superman? I didn't know, and I couldn't know until I hit some kind of stat cap, if I ever did. All of which was fantastic, but it didn't help me with my current situation. It didn't matter if I could be as strong as Superman in the future if I died today for being a weakling. Potential didn't matter unless it was realized.

* WeakWilled: He's surprisingly determined to make the most of his new superpowers and become a real superhero, but his psychic defenses are pretty poor at the outset due to being shot in the head twice. He shores them up by buying a Mental Defense skill when M'gann points this out to him.

* StrongAndSkilled: In addition to being superhumanly strong and tough, Kaldur has been trained in Atlantean forms of martial arts. Even while Kaldur is unarmed, Ren has to pull out all the stops to get a clean hit on him.

* PassiveAggressiveCombat: He lays out Ren's backstory in the most unflattering way possible as a not-so-subtle indication of how annoyed he by Batman TakingTheHeat for Ren's actions.

* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Ren garners a reputation for himself as "the Breaker", but he draws a large part of his methodology from Batman, Gotham City's hero. He's excited, if nervous, to meet Batman in person, even if it's not under the best of circumstances. As soon as Batman leaves, Ren can't help but squee about how cool it is to have spoken to him.

* WeakWilled: He's surprisingly determined to make the most of his new superpowers and become a real superhero, but his mental defenses are pretty poor at the outset due to being shot in the head twice. He shores them up by buying a Mental Defense skill, much to M'gann's surprise.

* StrongAndSkilled: In addition to being superhumanly strong and tough, Kaldur has been trained in Atlantean forms of martial arts.

[[folder:M'gann M'orzz - Miss Martian]]

A martian and the niece of Martian Manhunter. She's a perky and friendly telepath who is as new to the superhero gig as Ren and Superboy.

!!Heroes
[[folder:Batman]]
!!Batman

The Dark Knight. The Caped Crusader. One of the founding members of the Justice League. ''The'' hero of Gotham City. Batman battles criminals with his years of training and experience along with a vast array of gadgets. Of all the members of the Justice League, Ren looks to him for inspiration.

* BadassDriver: He has no problems speeding through Gotham at 90 mph and swerve through traffic without hitting anyone, doing so with practiced ease and calm.
* BadassNormal: Batman has no superpowers, only a lifetime of skills and disciplines and a vast arsenal of gadgets.
* BeingGoodSucks: Discussed by Batman, who warns Ren that the life of a superhero is arduous, full of regrets, and likely to kill him. Despite all this, Ren reaffirms his desire to become a hero to prevent others from experiencing the same hardships he did.
* CoolCar: The Batmobile, of course. It's described as having cloaking tech that can make it appear to be any other kind of vehicle, from a blue truck to a silver minivan.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He's known as "the Dark Knight" among other accolades and cultivates a terrifying reputation to strike fear into the hearts of criminals. But he has respect for all life and stubbornly adheres to ThouShaltNotKill and is a genuinely kind and thoughtful man who tries to talk Ren out of the vigilante life.
* {{Foil}}: Batman is in many ways Ren's opposite. Both of them are inspired to become superheroes who practice ThouShaltNotKill after an encounter with a thug holding a gun. But while Batman is stoic, composed, and incredibly well-trained, Ren is comparatively emotional, impulsive, and inexperienced. Batman has no superpowers but makes due with a vast array of gadgets and skills he's acquired through his family's wealth, while Ren is an UnluckyEverydude who gained his powers out of the blue and gets his skills and equipment through it. Even the circumstances that changed their lives are opposites, with Batman's parents being shot to death before his eyes while Ren is the one who got shot and survived.
* GreatDetective: He didn't get the title of "World's Greatest Detective" for nothing. It takes just a few scant details for Batman to deduce Ren's identity.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Zigzagged. Batman is respected as Gotham City's greatest protector, but his methods, namely his tendency to leave people battered and bruised, give him as many critics as supporters. When he takes the fall for Ren's actions, protests break out over Batman's supposed brutality.
* HypocrisyNod: Although he doesn't approve of Ren's actions, Batman admits that he doesn't have much of a leg to stand on given how he prowls the night to pummel the criminals of Gotham City.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Ren is understandably afraid that Batman would be cross with him for his reckless vigilantism, but Batman doesn't try to take Ren in after Ren comes clean to him and explains his actions. Batman explains that [[HypocrisyNod he'd be a hypocrite]] to complain about Ren's actions even if he disagrees with the severity of them. He then attempts to dissuade Ren from staying a superhero, but when he sees that Ren is insistent on continuing, recruits him to The Team so he won't be doing it alone and untrained.
* StealthHiBye: In classic Batman fashion, the Dark Knight appears out of nowhere in time for Ren to bump into him right after [[spoiler:Ren deals with Black Mask by giving him a FateWorseThanDeath.]]
* TheStoic: His face never betrays his thoughts and his voice remains even-toned.
* TakingTheHeat: He takes the fall for Ren's crusade against Black Mask and all of the bad PR that comes with leaving several men crippled for life. Ren is thankful, but also mildly miffed, as it denies him a lot of the Prestige his actions would have given him for defeating Black Mask.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Batman will not kill anyone, even if he's willing to leave them bruised and battered. [[spoiler:Despite the [[FateWorseThanDeath sorry state Black Mask is in]], Batman is willing to hear Ren out because Black Mask isn't dead.]]
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!!Villains
[[folder:Black Mask]]
!!Black Mask

A major crime boss in Gotham and a recurring foe of Batman. He tries to move into Gotham's Chinatown and shoots Ren while mistaking him for a member of the Triads. Ren then devotes his efforts to stopping Black Mask once and for all.

* AnArmAndALeg: Black Mask lost his hand and had it replaced with a robotic pincher some time between the time he shoots Ren and their next confrontation. Black Mask accuses the Triads of sending the man who ripped off his hand, which the Triad leader Mao denies. [[spoiler:Though given the reveals dropped by Ren's uncle, it's possible that Ren's father or uncle ripped off Black Mask's hand as retribution for nearly killing Ren, explaining their nonchalance to Black Mask's activities.]]
* ArchEnemy: After Black Mask's two attempts on Ren's life, Ren makes it his mission to stop Black Mask to prevent him from hurting his parents or anyone else in the process of getting to him.
* CreateYourOwnHero: Black Mask inadvertently awakens Ren's powers by shooting him in the head, leading to Black Mask's downfall as Ren makes it his mission to dismantle his operations.
* TheDon: Black Mask is the leader of a major organized crime syndicate in Gotham and is moving into Chinatown while trying to displace the Triads. But aside from the expanse and power of his empire, he doesn't display any of the typical traits of this trope, namely the faux sense of honor and morality designed to elevate him above your average thug.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Ren nails him with two Soul-Crushing Strikes to the chest to pulverize Black Mask's chest, ribs, lungs, and spine leaving him vomiting blood and crippled but also unable to die. According to Batman, Black Mask will never be able to move anything but his eyes again and will need an artificial heart and lungs to live.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: Black Mask shoots Ren in the first chapter, leaving Ren in a coma for six months and later getting an innocent woman killed while trying to tie up loose ends. [[spoiler:Ren returns the favor by leaving Black Mask a vegetable unable to move or breathe, but still alive thanks to Thou Shalt Not Kill.]]
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: [[spoiler:Ren nails Black Mask twice in the chest with Soul-Crushing Strike, turning his internal organs into a chunky soup of ruptured lungs and shards of bone and throwing him across the room.]]
* SmugSnake: After realizing that Ren adheres to ThouShaltNotKill, Black Mask smugly asks Ren to slap the cuffs on him already since Blackgate is a CardboardPrison to him. [[spoiler:So he's completely blindsided when Ren decides to maim him with two Soul-Crushing Strikes to the chest.]]
* StarterVillain: At the end of it all, Black Mask is just Ren's first villain and not an especially powerful one beyond his mob connections. [[spoiler:Ren demolishes him in two hits, crippling Black Mask for the rest of his life.]] Ren even discusses this, saying that he traded Black Mask for a much grander enemy in [[spoiler:his own family, as his grandparents were willing to attempt to murder his dad for the sake of politics.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Black Mask thinks nothing of shooting Ren, a sixteen-year-old who had no idea Black Mask owned the casino, out of the belief that Ren was a Triad. The callousness with which he does it implies that he wouldn't care either way.

* CreateYourOwnHero: Black Mask inadvertently awakens Ren's powers by shooting him in the head, leading to Black Mask's downfall as Ren makes it his mission to dismantle his operations..

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied. When Batman asks for Ren's laptop in order to look over the evidence Ren gathered, Ren panics and rushes to delete his browser history before handing it over.

* OpenMindedParents: Once they find out about Ren's activities, they're proud of Ren's decision to risk his life for the sake of others.

* WalkingSpoiler: His existence reveals a lot about Ren's family and the source of his powers.

* AnArmAndALeg: Black Mask lost his hand and had it replaced with a robotic pincher some time between the time Ren got shot and their next confrontation. Black Mask accuses the Triads of sending the man who ripped off his hand, which the Triad leader Mao denies. [[spoiler:Though given the reveals dropped by Ren's uncle, it's possible that Ren's father or uncle ripped off Black Mask's hand as retribution for nearly killing Ren, explaining his nonchalance to Black Mask's activities.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: Black Mask shot Ren, leaving him in a coma for six months and later getting an innocent woman killed while trying to tie up loose ends after learning about Ren's survival. [[spoiler:Ren returns the favor by leaving Black Mask a vegetable unable to move or breathe, but still alive thanks to Thou Shalt Not Kill.]]

* BoringButPractical: Driving and Multilingual are this. Ren notes that they're basically useless in a straight fight, but they're both helpful life skills that he might need down the line.

* TheDetective: You don't get the title of "World's Greatest Detective" for nothing. It takes just a few scant details for Batman to deduce Ren's identity.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Zigzagged. Batman is respected as Gotham City's greatest protector, but his methods, namely his tendency to leave people battered and bruised, give him as many critics as supporters. When he takes the fall for Ren's actions,

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Ren is understandably afraid that Batman would be cross with him for his reckless vigilantism, but Batman doesn't try to take Ren in after Ren comes clean to him and explains his actions. Batman explains that [[HypocrisyNod he'd be a hypocrite]] to complain about Ren's actions even if he disagrees with the severity of them. He then attempts to dissuade Ren from continuing his vigilantism, but when he sees that Ren is insistent on continuing, recruits him to The Team so he won't be doing it alone and untrained.

* ImNotAHero: When Batman confronts Ren about his actions, he's surprised when Ren doesn't resist or try to defend himself. Ren goes onto say that he doesn't think what he did was particularly just or heroic, but simply something he could live with. He later tells Batman that he'd like to become a hero for real, even while admitting to the reader that his reasons aren't exactly pure.

* BeingGoodSucks: Discussed by Batman, who tells Ren that the life of a superhero is arduous, full of regrets, and likely to kill him. Despite all this, Ren reaffirms his desire to become a hero to prevent others from experiencing the same hardships he did.

* LevelGrinding: Subverted. Although Ren's power works like a video game, his power progression is tied to his notoriety rather than how many bad guys he beats up. While beating up bad guys may reward him with additional points, the bulk of his rank ups come from how well-known he is.

* UnexplainedRecovery: Due to his refusal to tell his parents about his new powers, Ren's rapid recovery from NothingButSkinAndBones to healthy and even fit over the span of a month comes across as weird at best and concerning at worst. Never mind how he somehow left the hospital with no lingering effects from brain damage despite being shot in the head at point blank range twice. His parents notice this, but seem to be happy to just have in home rather than confronting him about it. [[spoiler:Though it turns out they already have an inkling of the truth, as Ren's father comes from a line of qi cultivators.]]

* WrongContextMagic: The source of Ren's powers is a mystery. He's never had any kind of empowering accidents except for being shot in the head and tests negative for the metagene. He also has no knowledge or relationship with magic or the supernatural prior to obtaining his powers. [[spoiler:It turns out that Ren's father is a defector from a line of qi cultivators. Ren's latent abilities from his SuperpowerfulGenetics kept him alive long enough to receive medical attention, and his uncle's intervention helped him awake from his coma. Though it still doesn't explain why his abilities manifested with a gamer interface, nor his ability to instantly learn techniques or create things out of thin air.]]

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* IHaveNoSon: Ren's father claimed to not have any siblings, leading to Ren's confusion when his father says that Ren's uncle helped pay for his hospital stay. Even the mere mention of him gets nothing but cold silence from Ren's parents. [[spoiler:This is because his parents have been trying to keep him away from the cabal of qi cultivators that Ren's father once belonged to. Ren ends up sharing the sentiment, not considering anyone willing to kill their own son for the sake of politics family.]]

* AntiquatedLinguistics: To reflect how Ren's uncle is [[spoiler:a member of a cabal of qi cultivators]], he speaks with a level of flowery formality in contrast to the plain speech of Ren and his father, who left the clan even under threat of death.
* TheGift: [[spoiler:Ren's uncle is a once-in-a-generation prodigy who was favored as the clan's heir over the eldest son. Seeing that Ren's own qi is growing abnormally fast, he asks Ren to come to China to cultivate his powers, only for Ren to flatly refuse.]]

* SupernaturalMartialArts: [[spoiler:Ren's family come from a line of powerful qi cultivators who honed their control over their internal energies to accomplish astonishing feats of strength and speed.]] Ren's uncle is able to avoid all of Ren's {{Surveillance Drone}}s, keep up with his FlashStep, and appear out of thin air. He then seemingly teleports Ren to an empty rooftop and then knocks him out with [[TapOnTheHead a tap to the forehead.]]

* ImNotAHero: When Batman confronts Ren about his actions, he's surprised when Ren doesn't resist or try to defend himself. Ren goes onto say

Ren's parents, a loving couple struggling to make ends meet in Gotham.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Ren's desire to stop Black Mask and dismantle his operations to protect himself, his family, and others is noble, but it's blatantly clear that he doesn't think through everything. He freezes up when he sees a gun again, becomes a HeroWithBadPublicity due to lacking awareness of his surroundings during his fights, and gets mistaken for a Triad, reigniting the MobWar in the process.

* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Just as Ren crushes Black Mask's internal organs into chunky salsa and is about to call the cops on him, Ren turns around and bumps right into Batman of all people.]] Ren's reaction to this after bumping up his luck stat specifically to end his BornUnlucky streak is palpable.

* HappilyMarried: Although they argue at times, Ren's father was willing to cut himself off from the rest of his family to be with Ren's mother. Despite their money troubles and living in a place as wretched as Gotham, both of them managed to raise Ren into a compassionate young man.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: