Originally known only by her alias, the Penguin first appeared in Gotham City as a skilled thief, sneaking a pair of priceless paintings (valued at $250,000 in 1941 dollars) out of an art museum by hiding the rolled-up canvases in the handle of her umbrella. The Penguin later used the stolen paintings as proof of his underworld acumen to a local mob boss, who allowed her to join his crime family. With the Penguin's planning, the mob pulled off a string of ingenious heists. The "be-monocled bird" and the mobster eventually fell out, leading Cobblepot to kill him with her umbrella gun. The Penguin became the leader of the mob and attempted to neutralize Batman by framing him for the theft of a statue which Penguin, herself, had stolen. Penguin actually already owned the statue and was framing Batman and Robin to commit insurance fraud. The Penguin's plans were eventually prevented, but the bandit herself escaped. The Penguin is a master criminal who aspires to be wealthy, powerful and respected (or at least feared) by Gotham's high society. She is, however, very close to being so. The Penguin's wealth gives her access to better resources than most other villains in Gotham City, and she is able to mix with Gotham's elite, especially those she plans to target in his future crimes. She is also capable of returning to her luxurious lifestyle very easily despite her violent criminal history and prison record. She has even attempted multiple times to enter the political world, even launching expensive election campaigns. The Penguin also has strong connections with other criminal kingpins across Gotham, allowing her to hire their assassins and workers to spy on them easily. The Penguin relies on cunning, wit, and intimidation to exploit her surroundings for profit, and despite her short temper, she is normally depicted as being more rational and sane than other villains, or at least relatively so. Although she often delegates the dirty work to his henchmen, she is not above taking aggressive and lethal actions on her own, especially when provoked or insulted. In spite of her appearance and stature, she is a dangerous hand-to-hand combatant with enough developed skills in judo, fencing, ninjutsu and bare-knuckle boxing to overwhelm attackers many times her size and physical bearing. Since then, she has been slowly climbing the social ladder to further break them down. She hosts charity events where she pockets 75% of the money. She also adopted two sons for publicity, Ronny and Arron. Really, she uses them as personal henchmen and spies. Ronny is considering rebelling, but she knows nothing of that. It’s been three years since she took over the mob, and now has an iron grip on the upper class. Even if they don’t know it. Every time one of them disrespects her, some property of theirs is blown up or they or their allies mysteriously pass away. She is planning on yet another crime, blowing up one of the rich guy’s office buildings and killing him in the process. This plan is to commence the night after a party with him in attendance.