Player Name: Mattmanganon
Character You Wish To Play: Spider-Woman (A.K.A. Jessica Drew)
Moral Alignment (Hero, Villain, Walking the Line): Hero
Affiliation: Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (S.H.I.E.L.D.) (Later on, she'll switch over to join S.W.O.R.D.)
Character Origin & Backstory:
When Jessica Drew was about a year old, her parents moved from England to a small enclave in the outskirts of Wundagore Mountain. Her father, Jonathan Drew, geneticist and research partner to the man who would later become the High Evolutionary, found large amounts of uranium in their property, which gave them the financial resources to build a research facility to keep working on their controversial studies of evolution, genetics and cell regeneration.
In the course of the next three years, life was good, until little Jessica became ill, poisoned by her long-time exposure to the Uranium that was so prevalent in their land. Jonathan, being an expert on the regenerative and immunological properties of arachnids' blood, injected Jessica with an untested serum made with the blood of several uncommon species of spiders, in the hopes of stopping the tissue damage and immunizing the girl from the Uranium radiation in her blood.
Then, he sealed her in a genetic accelerator created by Herbert Wyndham (A fellow Scientist) to speed the process, but it only seemed to work at a very slow rate. In stasis for decades, her aging greatly slowed, she awoke with no memories of her past, to a world in which both her parents had disappeared mysteriously, and possessing powers that made everyone around her scared and resentful. She spent a lot of time on the streets, but remained behind in the area, Jessica eventually found work as a barmaid in a nearby village. She also experienced her first romance, which ended when it turned out that he was a Vampire... Moments before she was bitten, he had his arm cut off by a man known as Blade, a Vampire hunter that had been tracking him. He kidnapped her and ran, getting to a place he thought was safe, but her fear in the situation accidentally triggered a bioelectric blast that killed her former boyfriend, exploding him into dust. Whitnessed by a local law-man, she was accused of witchcraft and murder, Jessica fled from an enraged mob into the countryside, into the arms of Blade who took her back to his base.
Blade trained her in the ways of Vampire Hunting, martial arts, espionage, Her tactics integrated different methods utilized in Karate, Boxing, Capoeira, Judo and swordfighting. Over their many years working together, other powers seemed to make themselves known, such as her Wall-Crawling, Venom blasts and Super-Senses, Blade nicknaming her "Spider-Girl" After many years of fighting alongside him, they finally caught the attention of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division of the United States Military. The Vampires set a trap for Blade and Jessica to get them onto S.H.I.E.L.D.'s wanted list, by tricking them into killing a number of their familiars in full view of the public, using their super-powers. They were hounded, every corner seemed to have a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent around every corner, they split up to better hide. Unfortunately, this meant that they could no longer count on each other for assistance. Jessica was quickly captured and brought before Nick Fury, who gave her 3 options.
1) Go to a Maximum security prison for the rest of her natural life.
2) Give up Blade's location and help lure him into a trap.
3) Work for them as a spy.
Naturally, only one of those options allowed her to continue her work. She was told to take up a special code-name. Her partners nickname for her seemed appropriate. And so, Spider-Woman was born.
Powers and Abilities (What can you're character do? What can't they do?):
Superhuman Strength: Spider-Woman's muscular density and strength have been extraordinarily enhanced and enable her to lift about 7 tons.
Superhuman Speed: Spider-Woman is capable of running and moving at speeds much greater than even the finest human athlete.
Superhuman Stamina: Spider-Woman's musculature generates less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human. She can exert herself at peak capacity for several hours before fatigue begins to impair her.
Superhuman Durability: Spider-Woman's body is somewhat tougher and more resistant to injury than an ordinary human's, although she is far from invulnerable. She is capable of withstanding impact forces that would severely injure or kill an ordinary human with only mild to moderate discomfort.
Superhuman Agility: Spider-Woman's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels beyond the human body's natural limits.
Superhuman Reflexes: Spider-Woman's natural reaction time and reflexes are enhanced to levels beyond the human body's natural limits.
Superhuman Flexibility: Spider-Woman's body is extraordinarily limber and her tendons and connective tissues are twice as flexible as the average human being's, despite the augmented musculature and its enhanced strength.
Superhuman Senses: Her sense of smell, hearing and sight are far superior to most natural creatures
Wall-Crawling: Spider-Woman's limbs can adhere to surfaces via electrostatic attraction. Spider-Woman can hold and carry a considerable amount of extra weight while sticking to walls without falling off; it's safe to assume that the weight she can carry is dozens of times her own, and the limits of how long she can do this before fatigue sets in are still unknown.
Venom Blasts: Her body possesses an inordinate amount of bio-electricity that she has learned to channel and discharge through her hands, in controlled bursts of what she calls "Venom Blasts". These energy projections vary in power; they mostly affect the nervous system in humans. Spider-Woman can regulate them from simply a stun to potent enough to kill an average-sized man in the same way that a lightning bolt could kill him.
Pheromone Secretion: Her metabolism generates certain types of pheromones that can create fear, elicit attraction and/or repulsion on others, depending on unknown factors which might include gender and mood.
New York City, they say the city never sleeps. Well, tonight, nobody could sleep. A large scale arms-deal going down for a man the locals are calling "The Kingpin." He was meeting in one of the cities swankier restaurants. He was taking no chances, the Law officers in his pocket were working beats that would give him the optimal amount of protection. He had even hired a few people to protect him, a sniper who's world had been rocked by the deep, conniving lips of Jessica, his hands working their way up her seductive body. Her hands also at work, sliding up his neck and his entire world went blank. There was a thud as his body hit the gravel. Jessica wiping her lips on her sleeve. "Dammit..." she moaned, that being said, she knew it was the easiest way to deal with him. Her view quickly changed as she took his position behind the sights of the high powered rifle before tapping an earpiece. "Nest, this is Spider-Woman. stage 1 complete." she said.
"Proceed to stage 2, did the sniper reveal anything about the Kingpin?" replied the earpiece.
"Negative. Just that he was bald... I can see at least 5 men meeting that description." she replied.
"Observe, but do not engage unless ordered."
"Roger." she watched the inside of the restaurant... She remembered that place... She saw a bullet-hole in one of the walls and sighed as she remembered 5 months ago when she and Blade burst in and killed a Vampire council meeting. "Good times..." she muttered with a smile. She then saw a large bald man getting up and shaking hands with the man he had been having dinner with, a small man with long white hair. They began leaving and after leaving the door, they were met by a Limo. She tapped her comm again. "Nest, suspect meeting targets description spotted, leaving with unknwon accomplice. Permission to engage." she said.
"Stand by..." it replied. She watched them getting into the car.
"Last chance, that Limo looks bullet-proof." she said.
"Stand by..." his head disappeared into the limo.
"Target is out of range..." she sighed, angrily.
"Return to base." it said. Jessica hung her head and seethed silently.
"Roger..." she said before taking off the ear-piece and throwing it, hard, to the ground "FUCK!!!" she got up and looked at the Sniper, who was rousing from his unconsciousness. Sauntering towards him, she grabbed his head and slammed it back down on the ground, knocking him out again. "Thanks for the gun." she said, before stepping over the edge of the building and walking down towards the ground, where her Motorbike awaited.
