-Powers- Danny has no powers of his own but he has trained to become more than adept in Martial arts and something of whiz when it come to the holding of energy and robotics. Aside from being a master of many separate martial arts such as boxing or Jujutsu
Danny’s costume is made of normal cloth for the most part but the cream-of-the-crop is the teched out gauntlets and belt. The belt is capable of generating a forcefield around Danny that can protect him from all types of damage to a certain degree. When in a pinch, Danny can channel the energy of the forcefield through his gauntlets and release it as a powerful short range blast. Releasing the energy will short out Danny’s field for a good five minutes which is an eternity in the heat of a fight.
-Personality- Debauchery used to be the most common aspect of Danny Rand’s wild life of partying and martial arts. Now he’s much less so as he no longer has the money to afford such a lifestyle. Danny doesn’t take life too seriously except when talking about getting cut off from his family’s funds which is a sore spot for Danny.
-Appearance- Danny stands at 5’8” and has an overall handsome appearance. He’s decently skinny but packs a lot muscle into whatever bulk he does have. He has light-brown hair that’s usually kept short and a pair of brown eyes. He’s been thinking about getting a dragon-tattoo and often times will draw a mock up on himself somewhere in order to see how he’d like having said tattoo.
-Bio- Danny Rand’s story is one full of achievements, thrills and good times. However this isn’t the interesting parts of Danny’s life, his life only truly became extra-ordinary when he began developing his pet project. Having learned from some of the greatest minds money can hire, Danny was taught leagues about the amazing world of theoretical physics and robotics among other things. With this knowledge and an ever growing yearning to find something new to scratch that thrill seeking itch, Danny began to work on a device that would give him superhuman abilities so he could try out the hero business himself.
Using a tailor made costume and his own advanced technology, Danny began spending his nights patrolling the streets of New York in search of crime to foil. After three days of constantly getting the life beaten out of him, Danny decided to hire a professional to help him learn the ropes.
That’s how Danny Rand met Luke Cage.
Danny heard about quite a few jobs that Cage had done successfully and figured Luke was just the man to help get his career get off the ground. The two fought crime side by side for a few months as they grew to become friends. This friendship would end up putting a major divide between Danny and his father when, after a late night at the bar, Danny and Luke vandalized Mr.Rand’s home which lead to Danny getting cut off from the family fortune. Having had a good time working with Danny, Luke allowed to the now broke hero to join him in the mercenary business as they worked well as a team.
Now Danny and Luke work to keep food in their stomachs and continue living in their tiny apartment.
-Supporting Characters- Wendell Rand: Danny’s father, cut him off from family fortune after one to many pranks. Luke Cage: Danny’s partner in crime-fighting and best friend.
-Notes-
Power Grid (1 being below average, 7 being the best possible): INTELLIGENCE-5 STRENGTH-3 (4 with suit) SPEED-2 DURABILITY-2 (4 with suit) ENERGY-3 FIGHTING-6
Open to any changes the GM requests, IE placement within a faction (though I do hope he wouldn't mind Luke and Danny bouncing around due to their profession). Iron Fist, of course, is played by Rocketrobie2.
Name - Carl Lucas Alias - Luke Cage Faction - Independent Race - Human Mutate Age - 37 Powers - For the most part, Luke has powers similar to X-Men member Piotr Rasputin, aka Colossus. He can turn his skin into an organic substance similar to solid steel at will (the process being almost instantaneous), boosting his durability and strength to superhuman levels as well as boosting his height. He can stay in this form as long as he wants, though if knocked unconscious he will immediately revert back to his human form which is much more vulnerable.
Personality - Like one might expect from a career criminal, Luke isn't exactly the kindest guy around. He is brash, sarcastic, and greedy as all hell, and whenever he opens his mouth it's more than likely to lash out at whoever he's talking to. The only exception to this is his friend Danny Rand, also known as Iron Fist; while Luke doesn't spare him entirely from taunts and sarcastic jabs, he will still help his friend when he's in need. The same applies to anyone he manages to get close to.
Experience - Luke has been a criminal since as far back as he can remember, and has been operating as a 'hero for hire' for a little under a decade.
Appearance - Luke is a tall and muscular man of African-American descent, standing at 6'6 and weighing in at 247 pounds. Normally his hair is shaved, but on the few occasions he lets it grow out it people can see it's normally curly and black, and his eyes are a dark brown. When he takes on his steel form, his skin is a dark bronze color and it is hard to see any difference save for the smooth sheen it gives off when light hits it. He also becomes much taller and heavier, standing at 7'4 and weighing in at 504 pounds.
Bio - Our story begins in Harlem, New York, with retired NYPD Detective James Lucas and his wife Esther. After 15 years of marriage, the two were finally graced with a son, who they named Carl. Little Carl grew up in a rough neighborhood, and at an early age got into a life of crime with a group of friends. Most of his childhood and adolescence was spent in and out of juvy, and at 16 he dropped out of high school to instead focus entirely on his 'career'. His father was disappointed, and urged Carl to do something more with his life, like join the police force or the military.
Carl chose the latter and joined the army, going through basic training with soaring colors. This caught the attention of several higher ups, and Luke was chosen out of hundreds of others to participate in an attempt to recreate the Super-Soldier process. The serum used was created using the DNA of Piotr Rasputin, and through it Carl gained Rasputin's ability to turn his skin into organic metal. Eventually, Luke finished his tour of duty and returned to his home of Harlem and his life of crime.
However, eventually his luck ran out, and at 25 Carl was incarcerated due to a botched robbery. Various fights with other prisoners and guards as well as escape attempts led to him being transferred to Seagate Prison, one of the toughest prisons in the US. However, eventually Carl managed to escape by hijacking a bus, but later it was found crashed into a lake. Carl was nowhere to be found, and was presumed dead.
Of course, this wasn't the case, as Carl had intentionally done this. Moving back to New York, he changed his appearance by shaving his hair and beard, as well as changing his name to Luke Cage. Deciding to lay low and avoid his former life, he became a mercenary, offering his services to those who could afford it, eventually taking on the title of 'Hero For Hire'. One day a few months back he was hired by Danny Rand, playboy son of some resident millionaire, who wanted to play superhero but needed the extra muscle after getting his ass kicked once or thrice.
After a few months together, the two were shaping up to become regular partners and became good friends. One night Luke and Danny got particularly drunk, and went to Danny's father's home and vandalized it. The security cameras caught this, and it led to Danny's father cutting him off. Feeling sorry for Danny, both because he was a part of it and because Danny was now a rather good friend, Luke let Danny move in and the two became the Heroes For Hire.
With the Ultimate War on the rise, it seems like Luke and Danny are in for a lot of business.
Supporting Characters - Iron Fist
Notes - N/A
Power Grid: INTELLIGENCE 3/3 STRENGTH 3/6 SPEED 2/2 DURABILITY 2/6 ENERGY 1/1 FIGHTING 4/4 (score in human form/score in metal form)
(Will crop when I'm able) Name - Eric Brooks Alias - Blade Faction - Independent could change depending on faction's stances towards Deacon Frost, vampires and Blade himself being a Dhampir. Race - Dhampir Age - 90, physically much younger of course. Powers - Enhanced senses Superhuman strength Superhuman speed Superhuman agility Superhuman stamina Superhuman durability Healing factor
Personality - Cocky, boisterous, and sarky are the three best words to describe Eric. You'd think with a past such as his and with his life experience he would have grown out of his cocky phase, but he remains just as he did as a young man.
He's the type of guy to save you from a group of blood hungry vampires, but at the same time shout at you for being such an idiot to go looking for them.
Appearance - Eric stands at 5 foot 10 and has a muscular physique. His hair is a dark black cut into a buzzed style. His healing factor means he doesn't scar often, but his arms are bandaged every now and then due to his rather peculiar fighting style. The most noteworthy traits of his appearance are, of course, his vampiric ones. His eyes resemble that of a cats, being mostly yellow with two black slits down the middle. Furthermore, his fangs are rather prominent, although only when he opens his mouth.
He doesn't have a costume per say, but considering he travels about mostly on his motorbike you could consider that outfit to be his costume. It consists of a black bomber jacket with a red line running down it and trousers to match. Bio - Eric Brooks was born in Edinburgh, Scotland to what he believed were a pair of bakers. Eric grew up in seclusion, his life was practically backwards, his parents would never let him out in the day time and would home school him at night. For years he couldn't understand why.
And then puberty hit.
Eric's appearance drastically changed, his teeth grew into fangs and his eyes changed to a piercing yellow. It was at this time that his parents told him the truth, having hoped this would never happen. The truth was that, the man Eric had called father for years wasn't actually his father. His real father was a vampire who had seduced his mother and left her pregnant after just a night of passion. But not before biting her, which would have infected her had the virus not spread to her child.
Eric, understandably, felt betrayed by his parents and ran away from home. He expected to burn up in the sun, but to his surprise he was fine. After a day or two of sulking he'd eventually seen sense and made his way back home. He regretted ever leaving. He found his mother and father, dead and being feasted on by a group of Vampires and their Ghoul's. Eric flew into a fit of rage, slaughtering the vampires and their ghouls with nothing but the dagger he'd taken with him when he ran away.
He salved what little memories he could from the burning wreckage of his family home and set off, vowing to hunt and kill any vampire that crossed his path.
Years of hunting came to pass until the advent of the Second World War. Eric, being a minority in a rather bigoted society, was drafted into the army. Of course, Britain was one of the more progressive societies at the time when it came to their treatment of black soldiers, but nevertheless, it was no picnic.
After months of fighting in the trenches, Eric received a carrier pigeon, very odd for a soldier on the front lines. He was actually being recruited into a supernatural taskforce to battle Nazi occult rituals. The Nighstalkers they called himself. Eric accepted, and learned most of his fighting skills while in the Nightstalkers.
Years passed and Eric went back to doing what he did best. Killing vampires. At some point in the 70s he began going by the pseudonym 'Blade'. It's been that way for a number of years now. He's had a few encounters with other superheroes and villains here and there, but mostly he couldn't care enough to bother with them. But with the Ultimate War just around the corner, it looks like Blade's going to have to make friendly all of a sudden. Supporting Characters - Deacon Frost, Morbius, Hannibal King Notes -
Power Grid: INTELLIGENCE - 4 STRENGTH - 5 SPEED - 5 DURABILITY - 5 ENERGY - 1 FIGHTING - 6
"Erik (Killmonger) Stevens is the Michael Jordan of Mercenaries. The Finest killer America ever produced."
- General Thunderbolt Ross.
Name - Erik "Killmonger" Stevens Alias - Killmonger Faction - U.S. Government, Black Ops Special Division Race - Wakandan Age - 27 Powers - Genius Intellect Peak Strength Peak Agility & Speed Reflexes & Instinct Peak Stamina
Abilities Master Martial Artist: Due to his rigorous black ops and SEAL training, as well as likely further self-training, Erik was an extremely accomplished martial artist. He was skilled enough to be able to defeat T'Challa, a highly trained and proficient combatant whose skill rivalled that of the Winter Soldier's, in their first duel where T'Challa and him had no powers, and stalemated him in their last altercation when they both were on their Panther Habits.
Master Swordsman: Killmonger was able to wield Wakandan swords and similar bladed weapons with great skill. His skill with a sword allowed him to defeat T'Challa in their duel for the throne.
Expert Marksman: As a former American black-ops mercenary, Killmonger was incredibly accurate with firearms. He was able to wield both high caliber assault rifles, as well as handguns with great accuracy.
Master Tactician: Killmonger was a masterful strategist, able to formulate and execute highly strategic plans.
Master Assassin: Due to his intensive experience as a Navy SEAL and mercenary in an American Black Ops Ghost unit, Killmonger is highly skilled in assassination techniques, as well as espionage, intelligence gathering, infiltration, and sabotage. He gained the nickname "Killmonger" due to his substantial kill-count.
Master Acrobat: Being immensely agile, Killmonger is a master gymnast and acrobat, which allowed him to combat Black Panther on equal grounds.
Equipment - Mask: Killmonger stole a ceremonial mask that he could use to conceal his identity. BP Teaser Trailer 30 Daniel Defense DDM4 MK18: Killmonger wielded the assault rifle when helping Klaue escape from questioning. Wakandan Sword Wakandan Short-Spear: Killmonger wielded a spear that he had broken down to the size of a small blade, which he wielded as a knife-like weapon.
Relationships Personality - The defining character trait of Erik Stevens, born N’Jadaka and commonly known as Killmonger, was a deep hatred for injustices inflicted on those of African descent and himself. This hatred rarely manifested in rage but instead as an always burning fire that was barely hidden behind his relaxed and informal demeanor.
Before the death of his father, N’Jobu, Killmonger lived a normal life in Oakland, California. From an early age, he was raised by his father to be angry at the conditions that Africans around the world endured while Wakanda, which had the power to change those conditions, stood in isolation. N’Jobu believed that these conditions could be solved through military force and Wakanda's superior technology, a belief that Killmonger took to heart.
After the murder of his father by his uncle, T'Chaka, he developed a deep-seated grudge against the Wakandan royal family and a strong desire for revenge. When he was abandoned, Killmonger came to feel that he and his father were abandoned not for their sins but because Wakanda was too flawed to see the truth they already knew.
Killmonger then dedicated his life to destroying the organizations that had oppressed Africans, making Africans the Apex ethnicity on Earth through superior Wakandan technology, destroying the current regime of Wakanda that wronged his family, and avenging his father's death.
To begin, Killmonger studied the history of African oppression around the world. Not only the history of colonization, slavery and inequality, but also the tactics employed by the oppressive powers, essentially enough to teach a whole university course on the history of African oppression. He studied to understand every wrong suffered by Africans and learn how to break the oppressors with their own tactics.
As an adult, Killmonger became a career soldier to learn military tactics and the physical abilities needed to do so. Killing others became second nature to him, to the point of ritualistically marking himself to represent each of his victims. He also developed a high degree of cunning and charisma, shown by using Ulysses Klaue's corpse to earn passage into Wakanda, then provoking T'Challa and the Wakandan tribal leaders into asking for his true identity.
Destabilizing governmental organizations also became second nature to Killmonger, as demonstrated by his actions as king of Wakanda. Killmonger did not overtly admit to wanting to destroy Wakanda, but Everett Ross aptly observed that, during his tenure as king, Killmonger was consciously or unconsciously following his textbook training on how to bring down a governing body: Kill the leader and then destroy the government's power resources, chiefly key means of ascension to or succession of power. These same actions show a degree of folly in Killmonger's mentality as he cannot create a new world order by simultaneously destroying the head of that new order.
Killmonger trained his whole life to right the wrongs against him and his race, but his goal was always doomed to fail due to his sociopathic nature. Killmonger made no efforts to connect with those he fought for, the Wakandan’s he came to rule, or even his own blood family. Instead, he was fully prepared to kill or sacrifice them all for his cause without emotion. Appearance - Bio - Supporting Characters - [enemies or allies] Notes -
Power Grid (1 being below average, 7 being the best possible): INTELLIGENCE 5/7 STRENGTH 4/7 SPEED 3/7 DURABILITY 3/7 ENERGY 1/7 FIGHTING 6/7
Powers - After being bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter was granted superhuman abilities correspondent to a spider. His strength, speed, and durability were all enhanced, he was granted the ability to crawl on walls, and he has a sixth sense for danger which he has since dubbed his 'Spider Sense'. In addition, he has a pair of gadgets which he designed himself called 'web-slingers' on both wrists; these allow him to fire webbing, for uses ranging from disarming a target to swinging across the cityscape.
Personality - Peter Parker is still the typical nerd no one knows or loves, quiet, awkward, and lacking in self-esteem. He's never late for high school (where he's a senior about to graduate), he's a member of the math club, and he always heads home after school to spend some time with his Aunt May. Peter is just that nerdy kid everyone forgot was there half the time.
Meanwhile, Spider-Man is still the typical jokester everyone knows and loves, living on the edge, fighting crime, and slinging webs. To most it appears he doesn't take his job as New York's protector seriously, but deep down he does, taking his Uncle Ben's advice of 'with great power comes great responsibility' to heart. Spider-Man, though he doesn't show it, has been tempered by various tragedies such as the deaths of his Uncle Ben, Captain George Stacy, his girlfriend Gwen Stacy, and his own (accidental) murder of the robber who killed his uncle and Charlemagne.
Overall, though not the inexperienced kid in way over his head he was five years ago, he still has a lot to learn.
Appearance - Peter is a man of average height and build, standing at 5'10 and weighing in at 174 pounds. Most often he slouches, making him appear even more unobtrusive, and his brown eyes are hidden behind horn-rimmed glasses. His short brown hair is often neatly combed to the side, and he takes to wearing rather preppy clothes such as sweater vests or suits. Overall, he gives off the appearance of a quiet nerd, exactly the way he wants to appear. Picture for reference.
Bio (TL;DR) - Peter became Spider-Man at thirteen following the death of his uncle. During his early years as a vigilante he teamed up with Wolverine. At 15, Peter began to date Gwen Stacy. Her father, Captain George Stacy, died and with his last words told Peter to keep Gwen safe. When Peter was 17, Gwen Stacy died, Green Goblin was impaled by his glider, and Peter contemplated quitting. During this time he went to Berlin, teaming up with Wolverine again and accidentally killed former KGB agent Charlemagne. Peter is pro-Registration, and is a member of Iron Man's faction.
Peter was born in 1990 to Richard and Mary Parker. The two were intelligence agents, often spending time undercover during which time Peter was cared for by Richard's older brother and his wife, Ben and May. One particular case left Richard and Mary dead, and Peter was raised by Ben and May as if he were their own son.
Fast forward to 2003, when Peter was 13 and just entering his eighth grade year. His class had gone on a field trip to OsCorp, where he was bitten by a spider that was irradiated by a particle accelerator. He thought nothing of it at the time, until he was walking home from school and was almost hit by a car but sensed it coming and got out of the way. He managed to not jump out of the way of the car, but jump over it.
Realizing that he now had superhuman abilities, Peter tested out the limits of his powers, discovering he was stronger, more agile, could crawl on walls, had reflexes bordering on a sixth sense, and had much better eye sight (though he decided to continue wearing his glasses to avoid raising suspicion). He chose to use his new powers in the show business, making a costume and entering an amateur wrestling competition by lying about his age. Peter went with the name 'the Human Spider', however the announcer didn't like the name and instead called him 'Spider-Man'.
Peter's first match was a swift and easy victory, though when he went to get paid the owner skimped him out. Moments later when he was leaving, a man ran past Peter, and the owner came running out of his office claiming the man had robbed him. He asked Peter to help, but Peter merely shrugged. "Not my problem," the teen spat out bitterly, leaving not long after the robber. Later on, Peter came to regret this decision.
Later that night he went to the front steps of the local library- he had told his Uncle Ben he was studying there and Ben was to pick him up at 9 -only to find a crowd of people and police officers. He approached the scene, only to find his Uncle Ben dying from a gunshot wound to the stomach. Peter knelt down and asked his uncle who did this. From his uncle's short description, it was the man Peter had let escape. With his dying breath, Ben repeated the advice he had often told Peter throughout his life: 'with great power comes great responsibility'.
Peter didn't cry. Instead, he was gripped by rage. Wearing his wrestling costume, Peter played vigilante his first time that night. He tracked the robber down to an abandoned warehouse where he was cornered by the police, yelling at the man in a tearful rage before shoving him. With Peter's enhanced strength, the man went flying from the shove, and fell out of a three story window to his death. Stunned, Peter escaped before the police could catch him.
Peter was struck by grief at the death of his uncle and the fact that he had killed a man. The only thing that got him out of his depression was his uncle's last words. "With great power comes great responsibility." A week after his uncle's death, Peter resolved that he would fight crime with his newfound abilities.
That day, Spider-Man was born.
Peter used his wrestling costume and began to fight crime as Spider-Man. In his first month, he invented a pair of gadgets with artificial webbing called 'web-slingers' which allowed him to entangle criminals or swing about the city. His first two years as a vigilante from age 13 to 15 were spent mostly alone, though there was that one time he helped Wolverine out. He also first battled the Green Goblin, Lizard, Rhino, and Sandman around this time.
When Peter was 15 he began to date Gwen Stacy, and, as Spider-Man, had a rather belligerent relationship with her father George, a police captain. Eventually Captain Stacy was killed when Spider-Man battled a new super-villain, Doctor Octopus, on top of a roof and Stacy was killed saving a child from falling debris. With his dying breath, George told Spider-Man he knew his identity and asked him to take care of Gwen.
Peter often views Captain Stacy's death to be a turning point in his career as a vigilante, especially so considering he began wearing a new outfit not long after that event. He began to take his job as a vigilante more seriously, and found the perfect balance of his life as Spider-Man and Peter Parker. For a time, all was well and perfect.
One night, when Peter was 17, the Green Goblin captured Gwen Stacy and kept her captive on Brooklyn Bridge. He battled the villain, accidentally being thrown into Gwen Stacy and causing her to fall off the bridge. Acting quickly, Spider-Man shot a web out at Gwen, hoping to catch her.
Peter heard a snap. Gwen was already dead from the whiplash caused by her sudden stop, but he continued to pull her up praying she was alive. Obviously, she wasn't. Enraged, Spider-Man continued to fight the Green Goblin, and in the fight that ensued Norman was impaled and killed by his own glider. Spider-Man left immediately after.
For a short time Peter contemplated quitting his vigilante activities, taking a vacation to Kurfürstendamm where he got wrapped up in some of Wolverine's affairs involving an ex-KGB agent named Charlemagne. During this time, Wolverine deduced Spider-Man's identity. At the end of the whole fiasco, Spider-Man and Wolverine fought, and Spider-Man accidentally killed Charlemagne after the fight when she snuck up on him while he was still tense. Peter, though disgusted with himself that he had killed someone, resolved that, like with the robber, it was an accident and that it wouldn't happen again.
Peter returned to New York, continuing as Spider-Man. When the Superhuman Registration Act was passed, Peter was pro-Registration and registered himself. The Avengers were split apart due to conflicting views on the act. Peter joined Iron Man's pro-Registration faction, being gifted a new, tech-enhanced suit from Tony Stark because of it.
War is on the rise, and Peter, tempered by his relatively short but eventful career as a superhero, is ready for it.
Supporting Characters: Allies - May Parker (Peter's aunt), Iron Man and all who are allied with Iron Man. Enemies - Too many to count; most notable are Curt Connors/Lizard, Aleksei Sytsevich/Rhino, Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus, and William Baker/Sandman.
Notes - Peter has worn two different outfits earlier on in his career as Spider-Man. The first when he was just starting out which he wore from 2003-2004, and the second he made after many attempts which he wore from 2005-2008. He has been wearing his latest outfit for a month; it was gifted to him by Tony Stark and includes built-in web-slingers as well as a number of other features, of which there are too many to name. Norman Osborne/Green Goblin and Gwen Stacy have been dead for a year; Peter still hasn't met Mary Jane Watson. Over the course of his career, Peter has interacted with many heroes, including teaming up with Wolverine the two aforementioned times, teaming up with Tigra briefly, fighting Nightcrawler, being frenemies with Deadpool, and Spider-Man recently had a run-in with the Heroes For Hire the three have taken to calling 'the Sombrero-Wearing Dwarf Conundrum' the few times they've met up together after it. For a short time Otto Octavius impersonated Spider-Man as 'the Superior Spider-Man', but Spider-Man managed to put an end to this before it got too out of hand. A few people have emerged with similar powers to Peter who also use some variation of the Spider name, but Peter has no affiliation with them.
Power Grid: INTELLIGENCE 4 STRENGTH 4 SPEED 3 DURABILITY 3 ENERGY 1 FIGHTING 4
@DC The Dragon If you want me to edit out Nightcrawler's interaction with Wolverine I'm cool with that.
I was actually half expecting someone to complain about me having Tony thrown out of the fight.
I would appreciate if you remove it. I normally wouldn't really mind, but it's just that Kurt doesn't really have the ability to teleport Tony out of the armor in that way. He could teleport pieces of Tony's armor away, but not necessarily Tony without it if the suit is the one in direct contact with him. He could teleport the suit and Tony's limbs if he was particularly dark, but that isn't in character.
He could perform the action you described if he were to say, teleport Tony's helmet away, and then touch his unguarded head, and teleport him out that way.
