David Hine created Nightrunner to mirror the current social and political situations unfolding in the French projects of Clichy-sous-Bois.

[2] Bilal Alsselah (Arabic: بلال الصلاح), a French-Algerian, was raised by his single mother on the outskirts of Paris, France.

Though peaceful, on Bilal's birthday, he and his friend Aarif were caught in the middle of a protest, and beaten mercilessly by the police force.

Though he sympathized with the protesters, he found faults on both sides and decided to take a cue from Batman's origins: becoming a symbol, without racial or religious bias, that could make a difference for what's right and just.

Already a superior parkour and freerun athlete, he donned the mask of Nightrunner to help the people's cause and bring justice to Clichy-sous-Bois.