(DC UA)

Dick (24) is a tall muscular toned athletic man with broad shoulders, he has black hair that reaches his ears and blue eyes.

When Dick was a child, he was an acrobatic prodigy travelling with the world-famous "Haly's Circus" along with his parents John and Mary Grayson. The three performers, known as the Flying Graysons, were one of Haly's most famous acts.

Haly's Circus hid a dark secret, having been training assassins for the Court of Owls for decades. Unknown to Dick, he had been selected to become the newest Talon for the Court; being groomed to replace Alton Carver.

Dick's parents were eventually killed by the mobster Tony Zucco on his mother's birthday, leaving the acrobat an orphan. Unable to work as an acrobat anymore, he left the circus, unknowingly escaping his fate of becoming a Talon.

After being transferred to the Wayne Care Center, Bruce Wayne would occasionally check up on him and help him out. While Dick seemed to be recovering well from the tragedy, he would actually sneak out at night in order to conduct his own investigation into the whereabouts of Tony Zucco. He would encounter Batman and the Bat helped him with his investigation.

Eventually, Batman brought him to the Batcave and shared his identity as Bruce Wayne. Wayne then offered to help Grayson bring in Tony Zucco, a notion that Alfred was reluctant to accept. Dick accepted Wayne's offer and Wayne began training him over a period of a few months. After initially having trouble accepting a name, he finally settled on Robin, a reference to an adoration his mother had for the bird.

Years later, Grayson and Bruce had an argument, resulting in him leaving Bruce's side and taking up a new identity as Nightwing. Nightwing eventually left Gotham, occasionally returning just to mentor the next Robin, Red Robin and further train Batgirl. At some point he moved to Bludhaven, where he bought an apartment building.

His building is for orphans who are too old to stay at the orphanage anymore and need somewhere to live.