Here are my WIPs. Also a minor change to the backstory question.

Caty Davis, Queen of the Web [+]

Do we really have to do this again? Okay, fine. One more time.

What’s your name?
It's Catherine Davis, but everyone calls me Caty. And don't you dare call me Cat.

How old are you?
I'm 20.

What do you look like?
You can take a picture if you want. This is my face.



And this beauty? She's my pride and joy.



What's your story? What was it like before and after becoming a Spider-Totem?
I guess I'll start at the beginning. My brother Danny and I are miracle twins. Hell, they weren't even expecting me. But I'll get to that. My parents tried so hard and for so long to have a baby and they almost gave up. Then one day they were pregnant. They were so overjoyed. During the entire pregnancy they thought they were only having one child. A boy. Apparently I was hiding under Danny the entire time, but when the time came for us to be born I decided I no longer wanted to hide and popped out first. Their little girl was in the world and already taking charge.

Ever since I was a kid I've always known I was... different. My mind was always fascinated with learning about almost everything and I soon realized it didn't take me long to understand what I wanted to know. Our parents noticed Danny and my interest in science immediately and did everything they could to support us and give us what we needed. Honestly you couldn't ask for better parents than David and Denise. I love you mom and dad!

Where were we? Oh right. High school. This is where the wonder twins started going their separate ways to find themselves, ourselves. Danny focused more on science club and I was forcefully thrown into the world of cheerleading. It wasn't like I tried to resist it. I kind of just went with the flow. I still took all AP classes, but when you didn't look like a nerd no one cared about you being smart. I didn't want to flaunt it either. I just wanted to have fun and make new friends.

Outside of school I was allowed a bit more freedom. Despite my rigorous cheerleading schedule I managed to sneak in gymnastic and martial arts lessons. They spoke to me just as much as science did and I will always have a passion for them. I'm a practitioner of Jeet Kune Do and Hou Quan aka Monkey Kung Fu. But despite this and this tough exterior I present I'm really weak.

That was until the day Danny and I took a field trip to Oscorp. It was the first school activity we did together. It was like fate or destiny or something. We were being shown around by THE Norman Osborn himself. I was impressed, but apparently Danny had met him a couple of times since he had been hanging out with his son, Harry. We were led to this exhibit of genetically modified spiders. I thought they were pretty cool, but one was missing. That set everyone on alert. Norman assured us that we weren't in any danger, but that didn't help calm down the arachnophobes so he escorted the group out of room. I stayed behind, curious about the last spider, and Danny and Harry stayed behind when they noticed I wasn't with the group.

I came out of hiding and Harry said we needed to get out of there before his dad killed us. I doubted his dad actually would and I didn't plan on leaving until I found the spider. Fortunately while we were bickering the spider found me. It landed on and bit the back of my neck. I yelped and smacked it away just for it to end up landing on Danny and biting him as well before scurrying away never to be seen again. I didn't feel anything entirely too wrong after the bite, but I was pretty nauseous the rest of the day so I went straight to sleep once I got home.

I then woke up a spider staring right at my face. Normally I wouldn't be scared of spiders, but no one wants to wake up to one right in front of their face. I yelled and jumped up to my ceiling and to my surprise I was sticking to it. But to an even bigger surprise the spider was on the opposite side of the room seemingly mimicking everything that I did. I called my brother in and we discovered that we both got powers from the spider-bites.

This brought Danny and I closer than ever, but at the same time created a chasm of anger and grief between us... You see... Danny and I had different ideas on how to train and get used to our powers. He wanted to do this big wrestling event and I wanted to patrol the streets and hope for the best. The wrestling event offered a cash prize, but I feel like Danny really did it to boost his confidence. It may have had the opposite effect. Don't get me wrong. Danny was great. I ended up catching it on someone's TV. The problem was that he was TOO great. The promoter shorted him because he didn't put on a good enough show. What better show could you get from a FIFTEEN YEAR OLD beating up a pro wrestler? That wasn't the worst of it. The promoter got robbed immediately afterwards and Danny didn't stop him. I don't blame him for feeling the way he did... I just wish he helped him anyway. Our dad would still be alive and maybe we would've gotten the money. But instead the man that stole the money, stole our dad's life.

We didn't find out until later that night and tracked him down. It took everything in me not to kill him, but all I could think of is what our dad would want us to do with these powers. He'd want us to use them to help people, not hurt them. Easier said than done. After that night I needed some space and decided to do the hero thing on my own. Danny did the same. We initially even had our own areas to patrol. The first year as Spider-Woman was the worst year of my life and it was only just beginning. After stealing some things I needed from our school's chemistry and robotics labs I built webshooters and kind of a reputation that year. Yeah, there were other heroes running about, but they weren't spreading fear through the underworld due to the way I chose to handle my grief.

I tried to return to a sense of normalcy when my best friend Liz invited me out to go to a Halloween Party. I was starting to make a name for myself and decided to go as well... myself. I figured there'd be other costumes and if anything happened while I was out I'd already be in costume and ready to swing into action. That was the stupidest decision I made in my life. On the way to the party some psychopath calling himself the Hobgoblin kidnapped Liz right in front of me. Told me if I wanted to save her I'd have to meet him for some climatic Halloween battle on the Manhattan Bridge. I didn't hesitate to follow him to the bridge. We fought, hard. Neither of us were holding back and I feel like that angered him more so he decided to play dirty and tossed Liz off the bridge. I... I tried to save her. I miscalculated and... I still hear the snap. I'm sorry, can I take a minute?

Where were we? Oh right... The maniac was laughing and yelling that he won, that he broke the Spider while I was cradling Liz's body. I couldn't take his laughter anymore. His gloating. I wanted to shut him up for good. I almost did, but Iron Man showed up and stopped me and the Hobgoblin instantly. Apparently he was throwing a Halloween party himself when he was alerted to the chaos at the bridge. He gave me his card and took him away leaving me alone with Liz. I lost my best friend and I almost lost myself that night. I waited with Liz until the ambulance came and went to tell her parents what happened, leaving out the part about me being Spider-Woman.

It took me a month to finally call and meet up with Tony Stark. I called him off a tracphone, but he told me already knew who I was so I went to Stark Tower to meet him. He told me that the Hobgoblin was a disgruntled Oscorp employee named Roderick Kingsley who stole an experimental formula that gave him his powers. Oscorp. In one year it both created and destroyed me. I didn't know what was going on at that company, but I didn't like it. Tony offered to be my hero and science mentor. If I was in a better headspace I may have taken him up on it. But I really just wanted to do my own thing. I just asked him for some Stark-Tech that could improve my webshooters since the stuff at school was kind of trash. He obliged after seeing what I had done with the very little I had to work with and at my young age. Before I left he offered me some advice about handling my grief, especially as a hero. How even though it feels good sometimes I can't take my grief and anger out on criminals. There's a line we don't cross and the ones we lost wouldn't want us to kill in their name.

I took his advice and went back on the streets as the new and improved Spider-Woman. Unfortunately J Jonah Jameson of the Daily Bugle began branding me as a menace after what happened with Liz and the Hobgoblin. I couldn't escape it. Besides that the rest of the year was smooth. I got PTSD around Holidays after Halloween and didn't allow myself to have fun. Not even for Christmas. I had to stay on alert just in case some villain wanted to ruin people's holidays or specifically mine. I also didn't like staying home because it was our first Thanksgiving and Christmas without our dad. I know Danny was still grieving as well, but I couldn't extend that olive branch. On New Year's Eve, my extra alertness paid off when my Spider-Sense was going crazy. Times Square was attacked and turned into some huge illusion by some other costumed psycho calling himself Mysterio, Master of Illusions. I knew I couldn't take on another supervillain by myself and I honestly really just needed Danny with me. He was the Yin to my Yang. My twin. I sent my pet Jumping Spider to find Danny while I held Mysterio off. Thankfully he wasn't too far and the two of us took down Mysterio together freeing Times Square right as the Apple dropped and officially becoming known as the Spider-Man and Spider-Woman of New York.

There wasn't really anything too eventful after that besides a couple more Spider heroes popping up out of nowhere. One of them had a very similar fighting style to a criminal I fought before. I can't believe I beat her into being a hero. Things really got interesting once Danny and I got to ESU. Our worlds opened up in a lot of ways. We still worked together as heroes, but we began branching out again in our personal lives. Danny started interning at Oscorp and I became Dr. Octavius's TA. He was only two years older than me, but so brilliant and accomplished. I was honestly kind of jealous, but in a, "I just found my rival", kind of way.

During this time Danny and I met Felix Hardy, the Black Cat and our ex. Yes, you heard that right. We met him at the same time and I don't know if it was his power, his charisma, his stupidly beautiful face, or the fact that he was someone that understood us, but he got us hooked that first night. We didn't care that he was a thief. He was the most honorable one I've ever met and I'm not saying that because of personal bias. One day when patrolling by myself I ran across him on a heist. I confronted him and one thing led to another and we kind of began dating. Neither of us truly cared for the idea of labels or exclusivity, especially in our lines of work. But it was fun and it was the first time I really allowed myself to be vulnerable and fall for someone since... Anyway, things were going great until Danny found out. A tiny rift formed between us that only got wider once the symbiote came into the picture. Some alien goo attached itself to Danny giving him an incredible new costume, powers, and a bad personality. But it was one that Felix apparently liked. They started seeing each other. I don't blame either of them, not really. Cats are creatures of self-interest and well, the alien goo speaks for Danny. I could tell it was changing him.

After discovering one of the symbiote's weaknesses I stole some tech from Doc's lab to modify my web-shooters to create electric webbing. This was the hardest battle I had to fight, but eventually I was able to get the symbiote off of Danny and seemingly destroyed it. Felix ended things with Danny after that and tried to fix things with me, but I just wanted to be friends with him, for now at least.

That event seemed to have the domino effect of spawning even more Spider-themed heroes. We were starting to become our own unofficial club or team. I crossed paths with them, but there were never any huge team ups. Sometime later Otto's girlfriend was killed. This brought us closer together and he revealed to me that he knew that I was Spider-Woman and that I inspired him to become the Arachnid. He apparently created his own spider. Was that what was happening? Were people going around creating genetically modified spiders like Oscorp or did more of his spiders get out? That was an investigation for another day. I finally had someone besides my brother that I could trust with all of my life. Someone that understood the pain of losing someone they loved to this life. I helped train him, he gave me pointers as well and I no longer had to steal anything from the lab that I needed. Working closely together we were able to accomplish more than we would've ever apart.

Fast forward to today, life is great. It's been a peaceful life as Spider-Woman, but I pray I didn't just jinx things.
Powers and Tech
Super Strength
Enhanced Agility/Speed
Enhanced Durability/Regeneration
Wall Crawling
Spider-Sense

Queen of the Web: So you know how I suddenly gained all the powers of a spider? Well, minus the webs. I gained something freaky instead. The ability to communicate with and control spiders. It's like I have this empathic and psychic connection with them. It's weird, but surprisingly comes in handy.

My brother and I decided we weren't going to let the lack of webs stop us and together with our resources at the lab we designed our own web-fluid and web shooters. We've been working on different concepts for different versions of the webs.

Do you believe in aliens?
Uhhh... Yeah. You'd have to be some kind of idiot not to. Give me a list of everyone that said no.

What are your goals for the future?
My goals? Despite everything that's happened I still want to stay in school and in my internship. But I also want to get a grasp on these new powers and use them for good. I don't want to be afraid anymore. My ultimate goal though? Find the ones responsible for the Recluse Incident and make them pay for killing my dad.

You lived in New York for a while now, right? What do you think of the city?
I love it. It's my home. It can be dark, dangerous, and dirty sometimes but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

How much technology do you use on a daily basis?
I'm a science intern. Think about it.

What do you like?
I like art, music, tv shows and movies.
I love Game of Thrones.
I love science, gymnastics, and martial arts.
I like men and women. You didn't think my brother was the only one waving a rainbow flag, did you?
I like learning and I like video games. I'm also kind of secretly into sports, but I couldn't focus on everything. I'm still only human.

What do you dislike?
I hate bullies. Especially homophobic jerks.
I hate murderers. People that can kill someone so easily and for no sensible reason.
I hate Hobgoblins and I'm not really a fan of holidays.
I don't like tea and I'm afraid of getting addicted to coffee so I avoid it.
I'm afraid of failure or letting everyone down.
In related news I hate the pressure to feel perfect.

Do you think true evil exists?
Absolutely. It may not be all black and white, but true evil took Liz and my daddy from me.

What’s your favorite color?
Lavender like my blunts Color Code = E137E3

Favorite song?


Anything else to add?
I'm fluent in French, Spanish, and Dothraki. I told you I love Game of Thrones, sue me.
I can sing, but I don't.

What are your thoughts on these people?
David Davis was the best dad anyone could've asked for. He may not be physically here anymore, but I carry him with me every time I put on the mask.

Denise Davis is my strong and amazing mom. She's doing the best she can to hold it together for herself and for us with our dad gone. I hope she knows how much I love and appreciate her.

Liz Allan was my best friend, my soulmate, and maybe even the love of my life. I never really got to tell her how I felt. I haven't even told Danny. I was going to tell her everything, even about my powers on Halloween. Now I'll never get the chance.

Danny Davis is my slightly younger twin brother. He and everyone else sees me as the twin that shines brightly, but it's not true. Deep down I know Danny shines even brighter than me. He just has to come into his own and step out of the dark.

Sam Blythe or Araltus, depending on who you're asking, is kind of like the big sister I never had, but always wanted. She used to be on the other side and saw me at my worst, so once she became a Spider and switched to the side of heroes all I began to see was the good in her. We work pretty well whenever we do cross webs. Otto hooked her up with some webshooters, but I kinda miss her grappling hook. Reminded me of Kim Possible.

Dr. Otto Octavius is my professor and fellow Spider-themed hero. But lately he's sorta been a little more than that. Not my boyfriend. We're not dating. We're... friends. Yeah, friends.

Alexander Lee is one of my friends from the dojo. His uncle was my sensei... Besides Danny, Xander is someone who truly gets how I feel when it comes to the losses we've suffered.

The other Spider-People are cool I guess. I never expected there to be so many after Danny and I came onto the scene, but I do find it interesting how we all seem to have unique abilities.

I went to school with Bob Brown, but I don't really know too much about him. Actually, now that I think about it he delivered a messed up pizza to me once. Haven't ordered from that place since.

Otto "Doc" Octavius, The Arachnid [+]

All right, let’s take it from the top, one more time…

What’s your name?
My name is Dr. Otto Octavius, but my enemies call me The Arachnid. Or they would if I gave them the chance to speak.

How old are you?
I'm 22 years old.

What do you look like?
I'm rather handsome, aren't I?



And this work of art and science is what I use to rid these perilous streets of crime. (Replace Octopus with Spider Symbol)



What's your story? What was it like before and after becoming a Spider-Totem?
My story started off rather boring. A child of brilliance surrounded by ignorant bullies my entire life. From my parents to the kids at school. It didn't help that I started High School early and went to MIT at fourteen. Though at MIT I actually felt more at home. I may have been younger than the other students, but they never gave me a hard time for it. I learned a lot from my time there and while I wished I could truly socialize them, the age gap made it rather impossible outside of dorm activities. So instead I focused solely on school and graduated with a few degrees under my belt at eighteen.

I moved back home to New York to take a job at ESU while also studying for my doctorate. This was when i met her. Anna Maria Marconi. She was a wonderfully brilliant scientist who was also lacking in the social department. She worked at Horizon Labs, but we worked together a lot and one thing led to another and we began dating. During this time several spider-themed heroes started appearing on the scene. I didn't like how dangerous they were making the city. It was already a problem with Iron Man being there. Now there was just a bunch of irresponsible vigilantes causing havoc in New York. But I ignored it for the most part and continued to live my life with Anna.

I couldn't avoid the spider plague for long, because two of them ended up enrolling in my class. Of course I didn't realize it at first, but I was suspicious of one of them. Her name's Caty Davis, a brilliant student and a thief! Okay, she was a thief, but always for a good cause. She didn't have much money and she only stole what she needed to make technology that she felt she wouldn't be able to share with me. I set up a hidden camera in my lab and one day I saw her working on the very web-shooters that Spider-Woman used and she was using my equipment to make it. I followed her that day to a battle between her and a black-suited Spider-hero. I didn't recognize the costume, but it was clear they knew each other. It was an amazing battle that ended in the black suit being electrified off. Apparently it was some kind of alien goo. A symbiotic or parasitic species. It was seemingly destroyed, but before the two heroes left I discovered the other spider was her brother, Danny.

This intrigued me to no end. Were they born that way or did they receive powers in the same freak accident? I collected some blood left at the scene and went back to my lab to experiment and research. I needed to know everything about them. I even stopped working on my mechanical arms project. I discovered that they went on a field trip to Oscorp shortly before they started their hero careers. I dug deeper into Oscorp and discovered their scrapped genetically modified spider program. Interesting. If Osborn could do it I could as well. So I began crafting a spider of my own. I was going to show these heroes what it meant to really save the world and stop crime. I was going to be Superior in every way. I even planned to use Caty's DNA that I collected to boost the spider even more. It was truly brilliant and the day came. It went off without a hitch. After letting the spider bite me I became the Arachnid, a brilliant force of nature hellbent on stopping crime and evil.

I created gadgets to help my crime-fighting and even finished my claws. It was all perfect and I'll be honest. I was very excited to begin. It felt like I was going to save the world from the bullies that tried so hard to bring people down. I began taking on the underworld and messed with the wrong goons. They worked for Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin of New York. He didn't like that and apparently he was a great investigator as well because he discovered who I was.

He kidnapped Anna and sent me a live feed where he tortured me with his words. I swung across the city, but it didn't matter how fast I went. He wasn't going to let me reach him or her in time. He shot her just when I was halfway there. I finally arrived, but Fisk was gone and Anna was sitting lifeless in a chair. I untied her and cradled her body while I sobbed and yelled out to the heavens. Fisk made an enemy of the wrong Arachnid that day. I swore vengeance that night and my true career as the Arachnid began.

Despite just wanting to be alone I found myself connecting with the other spiders, specifically Sam and Caty. They were the devil and angels on my respective shoulders. Sam was an enemy of Fisk as well and was feeding my vengeance. I upgraded her tech and gave her webshooters since the grappling hook was going to get her killed one of these days. Caty showed me the good in me as well as the city and other people. Before I kept our relationship strictly professional, but overtime I've truly grown to care for her, but I haven't allowed myself to forget Anna.

Meanwhile Fisk hasn't given up on his campaign against me or Sam. He's even gone as far as hiring Kraven the Hunter to track us down and kill us every time we got close to him. We always won, but it gave Fisk enough time to move everything around. But we won't give up. Kingpin will die by our hands. We promise that.

Powers and Tech
Through my analysis of the other spider-heroes I seem to have gotten the standard set of powers from super strength, enhanced agility and speed, durability, endurance, regeneration, and senses. A rather fit physique with little to no effort to maintain as well as the ability to stick to and crawl on surfaces.

One gift that it took me a while to notice that I had was that my spider enhanced my intelligence and my capacity for learning and remembering to even greater lengths.

With this enhanced intelligence I've crafted several gadgets and devices that would help me stop crime throughout New York. To compensate for the lack of organic webs I built my own web-shooters with varying types of web cartridges. I perfected my AI tentacles or legs after receiving my powers making me a true spider in a sense even if it was originally designed with a more Octopus theme in mind. The claws at the end have several functions as well.

I have spider-bots that I use for surveillance and data collection. I also have spider-tracers to track down enemies or follow goons to a hideout.

Do you believe in aliens?
An alien possessed one of my students, of course I do.

What are your goals for the future?
To kill Wilson Fisk and replace him as Kingpin ushering in a new era of safety and peace in New York.

You lived in New York for a while now, right? What do you think of the city?
What can I say? It's home.

How much technology do you use on a daily basis?
I'm a science professor and a tech-savvy vigilante. I'll let you guess.

What do you like?
Science is damn near my life.
I love my students. We're close in age and their brilliance keeps me on my toes, never too comfortable or stagnant with my learning. They also helped me to see more to life.
My dearest Anna. The love of my life. An angel on Earth, taken back to Heaven too soon.

What do you dislike?
Wilson Fisk is my mortal enemy.
Criminals are scum of the Earth.
People that don't appreciate the beauty and wonders of science are the worst.
Alcohol

Do you think true evil exists?
This may be personal bias, but Wilson Fisk is the personification of true evil.

What’s your favorite color?
(Self-explanatory; also a place to put your text color if you have one.)

Favorite song?


Anything else to add?
(Miscellaneous. Anything that wasn’t covered upstairs, or anything you think is worth mentioning.)

What are your thoughts on these people?
My Parents: You don't really need to know their names. I don't know if they're alive or dead, but they're dead to me.

Anna Maria Marconi: My precious angel and the love of my life. Her life was ended too soon by Kingpin. Her only crime? Loving me.

Caty Davis: She's my TA, a wonderful student, and lately has become a lot more for me.

Samantha Blythe: My partner-in-crime. I trust this woman with my life. She's the reason that I see the humanity in criminals. They're not all evil, greedy, or selfish. She was able to change so I believe others can as well.

Danny Davis: He's Caty's brother and a former student of mine. He's also a fellow Spider-themed hero. We aren't close, but I figure we should start working on a friendship soon.

Other Spiders: I feel like they could be doing their jobs a lot better and that's what I'm here to prove.

Ended up changing some stuff around, decided not to go with Kraven and Scorpion, instead my character studied under this world's version of Doctor Connors. Hopefully everything's good!

He's damp, and he's dangerous! [+]

All right, let’s take it from the top, one more time…

What’s your name?
My name is Oliver Raulot. For the last year and a half, I've been living a double life as Argyros. But the public only ever calls me The Sea Spider. Unfortunately.

How old are you?
Somehow, I've made it to twenty-three.

What do you look like?
A friend of mine used to say I was doomed to eternally look like I just pulled an all-nighter. That was before I got bitten, since then, I've gotten in better shape, and gotten much worse sleeping habits.

Image [+]

My costume is slim, designed for minimal resistance both on land and in water, with webbed gloves to help me swim faster. The material is similar to a diving suit, but the tensile strength is superior. It's kind of a little too slim honestly, but I don't really have the cash to redesign it.

Image [+]

What's your story? What was it like before and after becoming a Spider-Totem?
I'll try to skip to the juicy bits. I grew up in Chicago, living as what could dystopianly be referred to as 'upper lower class'. Meaning I was poor, but not at risk of losing my home. Middle child of three, I was the quiet one. My family loved me, but they had no idea what to do with me, other than take me to the lake. I used to swim down as far as I could, trying to hold my breath longer each time. Damn near gave my Mom a heart attack. We'll trim the fat and skip to the good stuff, I went to school, got some friends, met a girl, it didn't last. The friends didn't either. I decided I was done with Chicago, went to college in New York for Marine Biology.

I wouldn't say I was a prodigy, because I don't like the implication that it was natural talent instead of hard work, but I graduated without any issue, apparently I did well enough to net me an internship working for Doctor Curt Connors, a geneticist with a lot of eccentric ideas. But I liked eccentric, it was new, and it was exciting. So I was on board, studying on a boat for months with Doctor Connors, some of his colleagues, and two other interns. To my surprise, I became fast friends with them both. Becca was in the field of chemical oceanography and had a razor sharp wit, I made sure never to make her mad. And Tyler was a motor technician, and was about as easy-going as they came.

Since I was the intern studying biology, I operated directly under Doctor Connors. It made me realize I was working with a legitimate genius. He had all these projects.. studying diving bell spiders to imitate their ability to collect air bubbles, he had this idea to use the cells of alligator gar to replicate their unique swim bladder's oxygen filtration abilities, these ideas that just seemed so beyond possible. But I was right there, seeing him make real progress. We had done good work, and were wrapping up the expedition, headed back to New York. Nearly in the bay, and everything was right as rain. Up until someone screwed everything up. I still have no idea if it was sabotage from a jealous colleague, corporate espionage, or just a stupid mistake. But some chemicals got swapped, and when me and Doctor Connors were in the lab, we were ground zero of a chemical explosion.

It blew out our engine, and left me and the Doctor in bad condition. They phoned for help, but before it got there, the both of us.. changed. I caught a dosage of our diving bell spider experiment, it altered my DNA. I was the lucky one. It changed me, but not nearly as much as it did Connors. the alligator gar DNA wasn't as stabilized as the diving bell, so the result was a lot more extreme. He became a monster, nearly killed us before help arrived. Then he dove into the water. I'd like to think it was his humanity, deciding to flee instead of attack us.. But I don't know.

What was I doing, with my brand new abilities when he attacked, you may ask? Hiding. Like a coward. I left Becca and Tyler to die, it's a miracle they didn't. I'll skip over the crushing guilt and the brutal pity-party I had for a while afterwards. Both out of a lack of necessity and to preserve some shred of dignity.

So anyway, I'm a vigilante now. See, I might be a coward. But I can take responsibility for my actions, I'm not turning tail and running anymore. I have the ability to help, so I will. It's been a while now and the people I'm fighting are getting meaner, stronger, they aren't just thugs anymore. They're Mafiosos like Hammerhead and his muscle; Man-Mountain Marko, who like to use the Narrows to facilitate their smuggling. Or mad scientists like Jonas Harrow who want to see what makes me tick. Even serial killers like the Human Fly who.. I'd rather not go into detail about. Dangerous people, dangerous even for me. I'm starting to feel like I'm really out of my depth, but I'll keep trying, I'll keep treading water.

Powers and Tech
From what I gather, I have what one might consider the standard spider suite. Superhuman physique, can cling to walls, got a sixth sense, and a heck of a lot of agility.

But I'm more.. I don't know a positive word for it. I'm more mutated. My hair changed, it's a little bit coarser now, head and body, It's become that of a diving bell spider, lets me trap oxygen bubbles between the strands so I can stay underwater for a long time. I can swim fast, really fast. I'm not sure if the other spider-people can too, or if that's just me.

Oh, and my webs are organic, come straight from the wrists, as disturbing as that is, it is a huge boon, because I don't have any gadgets. I'm not that kind of scientist, after all.

Do you believe in aliens?
Yeah, but I think we ought to be worried about what's already here on earth.

What are your goals for the future?
Find Doctor Connors and cure him, which will hopefully lead to me escaping this dead-end job. Beyond that..? I really don't know. I can't do this forever, but it feels irresponsible to quit.

You lived in New York for a while now, right? What do you think of the city?
I feel like it's given me Stockholm Syndrome. Staten Island and Brooklyn are my haunts, and I've gotten nearly killed in both places more times than I can count. But I still feel a connection to it.

How much technology do you use on a daily basis?
It's the modern day, it's impossible not to use technology daily. I like analog when I have the choice, but it's usually not convenient.

What do you like?
Despite several traumatic ocean experiences, I still like freediving a lot. I listen to a lot of instrumental music, it helps me focus. If I didn't like marine biology I wouldn't have bothered studying it, so I like that. And I like street food, the cheaper the better.

What do you dislike?
As of recently, alligators and alligator-adjacent things make the top of that list, both dislike and fear. I've never liked coffee, either. Not a fan of my job, I spent too long on this degree to clean tanks!

Do you think true evil exists?
Yeah, call me a pessimist, I guess.

What’s your favorite color?
Purpley-blue, I dunno the names of colors. Sorry.

Favorite song?
"Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens. I miss home sometimes, cut me some slack.

Anything else to add?
Sea Spiders are not actual spiders. The fact that I keep getting called 'The Spectacular Sea Spider' drives me up the wall. Argyros rolls off the tongue just fine!

What are your thoughts on these people?
Other Spider-Folk: Eugh.. I dunno. Maybe I'm just an ass, but I kind of resent them. I mean, in a way they're my inspiration. But also, and I know it's stupid, but it feels like the second they come onto the scene, the world goes crazy. It's not fair to hold it against them or blame them, but.. here we are.

Doctor Curtis Connors: I feel like Ahab chasing my white whale. He was my mentor, and I learned so much from him. I respect him a lot, and I want to help him. But he's also terrifying. He's a semi-aquatic alligator gar monster now, and I've seen his teeth puncture solid steel with barely any strain.

Becca & Tyler: I care about them a lot. They are my best friends, the best friends I've ever had. Our friendship is.. messy right now, that day on the boat complicated things. I want to be a better friend to them, but it's hard when I have to split my focus on vigilantism.

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With people detailing their vigilantism I decided I wanted to get in on that. I didn't do much but I ended up adding a slight bit of detail at the end of Oliver's story, showing some of the people he's had to fight. Didn't want to add a ton of description, just give an idea of some of his enemies beyond Doc Connors.

With that, I think he's for real good to go. Looking forward to the OOC drop!

I do wonder if anyone noticed bob doesn't have spider sense, or that I did that because it works well with his gloves which spread his weight out over a much surface when web swinging

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I noticed. I thought it was an interesting choice, but wasn't sure on the why.

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Yeah, he is gonna be in a disadvantage in fights but since I read that Spider-man uses his spider sense to determine good spots to attach to his web to while and I saw the gloves in the art I used for Weaver I got that idea. It was originally for another Spider-man rpg I considered joining a while back but I never got to making a character sheet

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It's going to be interesting to see how he compensates for that. Especially when he comes across our story's enemies.

Sorry guys, I think I'm gonna drop out. I'm probably taking too long on my sheet, and I've been very busy and distracted this week. Hope you guys have fun, tho! :D

my wip!ik its kinda very unfinished, but ima finish it today, no worries. id love to be apart of this rp :)

Nadia Romanhoff [+]

All right, let’s take it from the top, one more time…

What’s your name?
Nadia Romanhoff is my real name, and i don't really have a alias- people call me the golden spider though. I guess its the color.

How old are you?
21

What do you look like?

this is.. what i look like. i wear different kinda clothing usually, but i look like this most of the time. sometimes i wear a pony tail? i dunno what you want me to say honestly.

this is my spider costume!

What's your story? What was it like before and after becoming a Spider-Totem?
(Lay your backstories on me, guys. Good, bad, Uncle Ben moments, etc. Your character will have been bitten at any point within the past 5 years after a young Spider-Duo appeared on the scene. Also note that 5 years of your life has essentially been rewritten to add pain and misery where there wasn't any after being bitten. You don't have to disclose your original history now. Just keep that in mind for later.)

Powers and Tech
(Let's see what kind of Spider you are. What sets you apart from your fellow heroes?)

Do you believe in aliens?
I mean, i guess?

What are your goals for the future?
(These can be your goals as a newly-minted superhero, or mundane goals like going to college and paying the bills. Hey, Spider-Manning doesn’t pay the bills; everyone’s gotta have an ambition, right?)

You lived in New York for a while now, right? What do you think of the city?
the city is alright, its a lot of fun for parties and doing stupid shit, but god knows this place isn't the party house its put up as.

How much technology do you use on a daily basis?

What do you like?
(Hobbies, talents, interests, things you like and are good at.)

What do you dislike?
(Fears, food you hate, things you consider not-good or bad.)

Do you think true evil exists?
(Heavy question, eh? Just answer honestly. No pressure.)

What’s your favorite color?
(Self-explanatory; also a place to put your text color if you have one.)

Favorite song?
(What song defines your character?)

Anything else to add?
(Miscellaneous. Anything that wasn’t covered upstairs, or anything you think is worth mentioning.)

What are your thoughts on these people?
(Relations. List each character by name, in their respective color, and your character’s current thoughts on them. Most characters should be aware of each other at least a little. To what extent is up to you.)

my wip!ik its kinda very unfinished, but ima finish it today, no worries. id love to be apart of this rp :)

Nadia Romanhoff, AKA the golden spider [+]

All right, let’s take it from the top, one more time…

What’s your name?
Nadia Romanhoff is my real name, and i don't really have a alias- people call me the golden spider though. I guess its the color.

How old are you?
21

What do you look like?

this is.. what i look like. i wear different kinda clothing usually, but i look like this most of the time. sometimes i wear a pony tail? i dunno what you want me to say honestly.

this is my spider costume! i made it myself- i love it. I wanted it to be dark in color but have accents that fit my vibe. Really accentuated the fact that I don't really stay in the publics eye much

What's your story? What was it like before and after becoming a Spider-Totem?
I've always been 'the life of the party', ever since high school. I was.. popular, to say the least. I had a lot of friends, i still do- i just had a lot more.
I got bit in my senior year. I was reaching a great point in my life- i knew what i wanted to do, and i had friends and fun that i enjoyed. Everything was going well, hell i got a fucking girlfriend. I was at a party- everything was fine. It was fun, but i was just having a drink and.. a spider dropped down and bit me. I freaked out a little- i felt sick, but i just thought i was overreacting. i mean, I've always had a dislike to bugs.
I left the party early, my girlfriend Seo Chin-sun took me home and she slept over to make sure that i was okay. I mean, that's a plus, right? Anyways, when i woke up, everything was weird- i was sticking to things and stuff and i was kinda freaking out- Seo was there too, freaking out with me, because it was really weird. I mean, who wakes up and then suddenly you don't even need your contacts, and you stick to everything and create WEBS from their wrists? Nobody, that's who.
Seo was the one who helped me through everything- Especially when my dad died. He got mugged one night, and he apparently was taking too long to get his wallet out. I hated seeing his body on the concrete- bleeding out. Hell, i ran after the guy who killed him. i.. i almost killed him.. um.. anyways, she.. she made me realize i could be a hero like the ones i kept seeing, the other spiders. Seo didn't want me to get hurt though, so we compromised- I try to keep myself in the dark and save the people who need saving. the people who arent seen. The minor and daily. So i can use my abilities for good.. and not get me or my family hurt.
Seo is like the girl in the chair- Whenever i go out, she goes on comms and helps me a little. While she isn't a nerd, shes happy to help. She's the heart behind the operation, and i adore her for it. She knows a shit ton about martial arts, so when i got my abilities she helps and teaches me. Honestly, we're always hanging out these days- at least ever since i became the golden spider.
Ive been doing this for a while now- i work with my girlfriend and we tackle crime and helping the community, staying in the shadows so i don't get my friends and family don't get hurt. I don't really have any villains, i do have a couple groups who want me dead, but.. they're not that important, we're staying as safe as we can.

Powers and Tech
I have some basic things- i have organic webs produced from my wrists, got the good ol spider sense, better eyesight- and i can camouflage! Its one of the things i like best- makes me being, well, in the shadows, a lot easier. I don't know what spider bit me, it was just some weird spider.

Do you believe in aliens?
I mean, i guess?

What are your goals for the future?
i want to pay the bills- and don't tell SEO, but.. i want to move in with her. We already spend so much time together, it would only make sense if we moved in together.

You lived in New York for a while now, right? What do you think of the city?
the city is alright, its a lot of fun for parties and doing stupid shit, but god knows this place isn't the party house its put up as.

How much technology do you use on a daily basis?
well, technology not related to being a vigilante? All the time. I like social media, and i like catching up with the news and even to see the few photos of my sitings- its really funny some times!

What do you like?
i really like fashion, which seems so stereotypical for.. well, who i am, but i do love it. I also lovvee biology, specifically marine biology. I dunno, i love martial arts. love my girl friend. Sorry, I've said that a lot. My bad.

What do you dislike?
i.. have a fear that one day someone will find out my identity. Find out who my girlfriend is and hurt her. Thats why i try to keep on the down low- so that she's safe. That im safe. Uh, on a much less serious note, i genuinely hate bugs. I also hate getting my hair all messy, its so annoying.

Do you think true evil exists?
... not really. I know people can be horrible people. So many times, people believe or do things that are truly evil. Some actions are true evil. But.. nobody is true evil. Actions can be, but no person is true evil. Everyone has a reason why they do something, and most of the time they might think that they're doing the right thing. Seo has to remind me of that often though- i forget often. Some people feel like true evil, but.. Seo reminds me the true. God, i do talk about her a lot. I owe ozzy so much money.

What’s your favorite color?
orange! I love wearing red though.

Favorite song?
Space ghost coast to coast by glass animals! I love glass animals in general, but i really like this song the best.

Anything else to add?
Uh.. I'm an only child?

What are your thoughts on these people?
Seo Chin-sun - My girlfriend! Shes the best girlfriend i could ever ask for, and she.. she compliments me so well, and I'm so happy to have her.
May Romanhoff - Myy mom. She tries her hardest, ever since dad died, but i love her no matter what.
Alex Romanhoff - my dad. he died a while back.. its been a bit of a struggle, but ill.. ill get through it.
Other Spider-folk - I.. don't really care about them. I feel like some go for the large crimes and done really stick around for the underground shit like i do. They go for robberies and big villains and forget how many peoples lives get ruined by the little things. Thats why i stay to the shadows- i don't want to get adicted to the spotlight and forget about the people I'm actually trying to protect.

my wip!ik its kinda very unfinished, but ima finish it today, no worries. id love to be apart of this rp :)

Nadia Romanhoff, AKA the golden spider [+]

All right, let’s take it from the top, one more time…

What’s your name?
Nadia Romanhoff is my real name, and i don't really have a alias- people call me the golden spider though. I guess its the color.

How old are you?
21

What do you look like?

this is.. what i look like. i wear different kinda clothing usually, but i look like this most of the time. sometimes i wear a pony tail? i dunno what you want me to say honestly.

this is my spider costume! i made it myself- i love it. I wanted it to be dark in color but have accents that fit my vibe. Really accentuated the fact that I don't really stay in the publics eye much

What's your story? What was it like before and after becoming a Spider-Totem?
I've always been 'the life of the party', ever since high school. I was.. popular, to say the least. I had a lot of friends, i still do- i just had a lot more.
I got bit in my senior year. I was reaching a great point in my life- i knew what i wanted to do, and i had friends and fun that i enjoyed. Everything was going well, hell i got a fucking girlfriend. I was at a party- everything was fine. It was fun, but i was just having a drink and.. a spider dropped down and bit me. I freaked out a little- i felt sick, but i just thought i was overreacting. i mean, I've always had a dislike to bugs.
I left the party early, my girlfriend Seo Chin-sun took me home and she slept over to make sure that i was okay. I mean, that's a plus, right? Anyways, when i woke up, everything was weird- i was sticking to things and stuff and i was kinda freaking out- Seo was there too, freaking out with me, because it was really weird. I mean, who wakes up and then suddenly you don't even need your contacts, and you stick to everything and create WEBS from their wrists? Nobody, that's who.
Seo was the one who helped me through everything- Especially when my dad died. He got mugged one night, and he apparently was taking too long to get his wallet out. I hated seeing his body on the concrete- bleeding out. Hell, i ran after the guy who killed him. i.. i almost killed him.. um.. anyways, she.. she made me realize i could be a hero like the ones i kept seeing, the other spiders. Seo didn't want me to get hurt though, so we compromised- I try to keep myself in the dark and save the people who need saving. the people who arent seen. The minor and daily. So i can use my abilities for good.. and not get me or my family hurt.
Seo is like the girl in the chair- Whenever i go out, she goes on comms and helps me a little. While she isn't a nerd, shes happy to help. She's the heart behind the operation, and i adore her for it. She knows a shit ton about martial arts, so when i got my abilities she helps and teaches me. Honestly, we're always hanging out these days- at least ever since i became the golden spider.
Ive been doing this for a while now- i work with my girlfriend and we tackle crime and helping the community, staying in the shadows so i don't get my friends and family don't get hurt. I don't really have any villains, i do have a couple groups who want me dead, but.. they're not that important, we're staying as safe as we can.

Powers and Tech
I have some basic things- i have organic webs produced from my wrists, got the good ol spider sense, better eyesight- and i can camouflage! Its one of the things i like best- makes me being, well, in the shadows, a lot easier. I don't know what spider bit me, it was just some weird spider.

Do you believe in aliens?
I mean, i guess?

What are your goals for the future?
i want to pay the bills- and don't tell SEO, but.. i want to move in with her. We already spend so much time together, it would only make sense if we moved in together.

You lived in New York for a while now, right? What do you think of the city?
the city is alright, its a lot of fun for parties and doing stupid shit, but god knows this place isn't the party house its put up as.

How much technology do you use on a daily basis?
well, technology not related to being a vigilante? All the time. I like social media, and i like catching up with the news and even to see the few photos of my sitings- its really funny some times!

What do you like?
i really like fashion, which seems so stereotypical for.. well, who i am, but i do love it. I also lovvee biology, specifically marine biology. I dunno, i love martial arts. love my girl friend. Sorry, I've said that a lot. My bad.

What do you dislike?
i.. have a fear that one day someone will find out my identity. Find out who my girlfriend is and hurt her. Thats why i try to keep on the down low- so that she's safe. That im safe. Uh, on a much less serious note, i genuinely hate bugs. I also hate getting my hair all messy, its so annoying.

Do you think true evil exists?
... not really. I know people can be horrible people. So many times, people believe or do things that are truly evil. Some actions are true evil. But.. nobody is true evil. Actions can be, but no person is true evil. Everyone has a reason why they do something, and most of the time they might think that they're doing the right thing. Seo has to remind me of that often though- i forget often. Some people feel like true evil, but.. Seo reminds me the true. God, i do talk about her a lot. I owe ozzy so much money.

What’s your favorite color?
orange! I love wearing red though.

Favorite song?
Space ghost coast to coast by glass animals! I love glass animals in general, but i really like this song the best.

Anything else to add?
Uh.. I'm an only child?

What are your thoughts on these people?
Seo Chin-sun - My girlfriend! Shes the best girlfriend i could ever ask for, and she.. she compliments me so well, and I'm so happy to have her.
May Romanhoff - Myy mom. She tries her hardest, ever since dad died, but i love her no matter what.
Alex Romanhoff - my dad. he died a while back.. its been a bit of a struggle, but ill.. ill get through it.
Other Spider-folk - I.. don't really care about them. I feel like some go for the large crimes and done really stick around for the underground shit like i do. They go for robberies and big villains and forget how many peoples lives get ruined by the little things. Thats why i stay to the shadows- i don't want to get adicted to the spotlight and forget about the people I'm actually trying to protect.

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I love her sm. Pls tell me none of the bad things will ever happen to her or Seo

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lucky for you, I've decided against killing Seo in a good old 2nd peter fashion. couple goals.

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Couple goals indeed! Though I suppose that doesn't protect her from getting hurt aye?