Post by N.P.C. on Dec 18, 2009 22:22:50 GMT -5
Dr Anthony Daka was born on December 4th, 1934 to Nanishi Daka, a poor immigrant woman, who was serving in the household of an esteemed Cambridge professor, and his wife. Borne of a tryst between his mother and the esteemed collegiate, Daka's existence was enough on its own to ensure that his mother was summarily fired to avoid 'uncomfortable questions' regarding his birth, and mixed ancestry. Growing up on the streets of little Tokyo in Gotham, Daka learned the harsh lessons of his mixed racial blood at a young age, facing them with an almost resigned nature, that belied his sometimes sadistic methods of getting even. Fate was not to be kind to him though, as the war against Japan, turned the American people against his race in a xenophobic furor not seen since the Civil War. So it was that he and his mother were both shipped off to internment camps, that offered little better than what POWs across the Atlantic faced. In this environment, Tito's darker nature started to take firm hold, and he became brutal to those who might look down upon him. Punishing severely those that had thought to belittle him, using his wits where others might use their fists, and soon rising to some esteem among the camp gangs.
When the end of the war saw the release of his people from confinement, Daka's own natural brilliance was at last allowed to shine, earning him a scholarship to Gotham State, and letting him explore his own interests in psychology. Fifty years later, and a lifetime of study later has brought the good doctor back to Gotham, his shady past full of unorthodox experimentation, and many a narrowly quashed legal charge. For most such a past would destroy all chances of future employment, but such is the way of Gotham that he has found himself installed in charge of the infamous Arkham Asylum.
Dr Daka has doctorates in the fields of abnormal psychology, neurophysiology, and pharmacology, and has done groundbreaking studies in the fields of radiation therapy, acupressure, and electro shock therapy. He has an eidetic memory, and has complete total recall of any information he has ever read. Although over 70 years old, he remains in good physical condition through a strict exercise regimen, and the practice of martial arts. He has reverse engineered, and developed technology from Jervis Tetch's 'Hatter' equipment to aid him in the restraint of less cooperative patients.
When the end of the war saw the release of his people from confinement, Daka's own natural brilliance was at last allowed to shine, earning him a scholarship to Gotham State, and letting him explore his own interests in psychology. Fifty years later, and a lifetime of study later has brought the good doctor back to Gotham, his shady past full of unorthodox experimentation, and many a narrowly quashed legal charge. For most such a past would destroy all chances of future employment, but such is the way of Gotham that he has found himself installed in charge of the infamous Arkham Asylum.
Dr Daka has doctorates in the fields of abnormal psychology, neurophysiology, and pharmacology, and has done groundbreaking studies in the fields of radiation therapy, acupressure, and electro shock therapy. He has an eidetic memory, and has complete total recall of any information he has ever read. Although over 70 years old, he remains in good physical condition through a strict exercise regimen, and the practice of martial arts. He has reverse engineered, and developed technology from Jervis Tetch's 'Hatter' equipment to aid him in the restraint of less cooperative patients.