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Lucas "Luke" Bishop



Alias: Redguard
Age: 18
DOB: June 3rd, 2005
POB: The Bronx, New York City, USA
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 221 lbs
Eyes: Brown (red when using powers)
Hair: Dark Brown
Occupation: Clerk (Sammy's Hardware Store, part-time), Student (formerly)

Special Talents & Skills

Gifted Athlete (Basketball)
Mixed Martial Arts Training (Moderate)
Fluent in Japanese and Spanish (Speak, Read & Write)

Powers & Abilities

Energy Absorption & Redistribution (Red Plasma)
Enhanced Physical Senses (When Focused)

Biography

Luke was born to a single mother in a tiny apartment in the Bronx, never having known his father. She did her best to raise him, worked three jobs, went to night school, and eventually became a paralegal at a respected law firm. This allowed their living standards to increase as well, and Miss Bishop and her young son finally moved into a decent-sized home. She continued her education over the years, eventually becoming a full-fledged lawyer. 

Once in middle school, Luke became interested in sports. He tried out track & field for a few months, but ultimately found his calling in basketball. This followed him into high school, though by his junior year he had given it up to focus on martial arts, which he studied under Mr. Hajima, a Japanese-American neighbor who lived in his building. The old man taught him the importance of being competent in multiple styles over a mastery of only one. 

During the Summer between Luke's junior and senior year, Mr. Hajima took him on a trip to Japan to study under a variety of instructors in Karate, Jūdō, and Shōrinji-Kempō. Tragically, the old master suffered a fatal allergic reaction when he was stung by a hornet, and Luke returned to the United States alone after the funeral. 

During his senior year, he continued to study in honor of Hajima, using mostly online resources. He focused hard on maintaining a high GPA, with the ultimate goal of being accepted into the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis and one day joining the Navy SEALs. He also began working part-time at Sammy's Hardware Store down the street, building up a savings little-by-little. 

High School Graduation came and went, but Luke hadn't been been able to secure enrollment at the Academy. He had managed to earn a nomination from New York Senator Robert Kelly, but not in time for the admissions deadline. The panel urged him to try again the following year, and he remained hopeful. 

Not knowing what to do with his time while he waited to reapply, he considered taking classes at a community college or some other vocational training. He was mulling over a few different options, but decided to put that to rest for the time being and attend the massive Independence Day celebrations being put on at multiple places around the city. Although it was a fair distance from his apartment, he ended up at Hunter's Point South Park, where one of his favorite bands -- Jaggerdaw -- was playing. This also provided an optimal vantage point of the East River when the barges began the Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular. He did not, however, anticipate the blue mist that was about to completely change his life forever...



Donald "Donny" Blake



Alias: Thor
Age: 19
DOB: August 13th, 2003
POB: London, England, UK
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 206 lbs
Eyes: Blue (electric blue when using powers)
Hair: Dirty Blonde
Occupation: Guitarist, Student (formerly, on his second gap year)

Special Talents & Skills

Gifted Athlete (Rugby)
High Physical Tolerance (Pain, Alcohol, Narcotics)
Unwavering Charisma (Charming, Persuasive, Confident)

Powers & Abilities

Enhanced Strength & Stamina (Passive)
Electricity Manipulation (Blue Lightning)

Biography

Donny was never the sharpest in his youth, something that was constantly pointed out by his younger half-brother, Owen. He barely achieved passing marks in primary and secondary school, spending most of his time playing rugby and chatting up girls at house parties. While he hadn't a hope of acing an exam to save his life, he could outplay and outdrink all his peers. He also took a liking to playing the guitar and was in and out of several local bands.

Somehow, he managed to struggle through his GCSEs and A-levels, but his instructors doubted his ability to get into university more than once. Deciding he wasn't ready to go into further academics just then, he took a gap year to pursue music... which then turned into a second gap year. Owen teased him relentlessly for this, pleading with him to admit he was just too stupid for book studies and to accept his fate as a custodian. 

During his gap years, however, he began to significantly improve his guitar-playing skills, and by the time he met Waylon Maximoff, he could really shred. He was invited to join Waylon's band, Jaggerdaw, and soon they formed a new sound that took the world by storm. They were quickly picked up by a record label and scheduled the PowerVoid World Tour in 2022, which resulted in a number of viral videos uploaded by concert goers. They enjoyed the fame and glory, and Donny's guitar solos inspired fellow headbangers. 

The following year, Jaggerdaw was invited to perform at Hunter's Point South Park in New York City for the Fourth of July celebrations in 2023, and Donny ended up bringing along his brother Owen, who had actually grown to enjoy their music as well. Little did they know how much their lives would change...



Owen Blake



Alias: Loki
Age: 18
DOB: March 26th, 2005
POB: London, England, UK
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 174 lbs
Eyes: Blue (does not change when using powers unless he willingly does so)
Hair: Dark Brown
Occupation: None currently, Student (formerly, on his first gap year)

Special Talents & Skills

Unwavering Charisma (Charming, Persuasive, Confident)
High Intelligence (Linguistics, History, Art & Literature)
Fluent in German, French, Greek, & Latin  (Speak, Read & Write)

Powers & Abilities

Enhanced Reflexes & Stamina (Passive)
Visible Light Manipulation/Illusion Conjuration (Green Mist (when not cloaked))

Biography

Owen was always the target of bullies when he was young, as he was skinny, geeky, and awkward. While his half-brother might be outside most of the time, Owen preferred to spend his days reading and writing. While never particularly adept at athletics, he was gifted with a keen mind and often outsmarted his tormentors as he aged. He grew to fancy picking on those who couldn't match his intellectual prowess, his brother chief among them. 

He earned highest marks all through school, and his prospects of being accepted to Oxford were bright. Initially, he intended to go right to university, but upon learning of an in-depth months-long Roman History educational tour in Italy, he elected to take a gap year to pursue that prior to applying at Oxford. Such a program would allow him to visit multiple sites of historical significance during the Roman Empire, which overjoyed his young mind. 

With some time to spare before the tour started, Owen elected to join Donny and Jaggerdaw on their trip to the United States, having taken a liking to the band's music of late and wanting to see New York. Like the others, however, he was not prepared for the turns their lives were about to take...



David Banner (before and after Terrigenesis)




Alias: The Hulk
Age: 18
DOB: December 14th, 2004
POB: Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 141 lbs
Eyes: Brown (bright green when using powers)
Hair: Dark Brown (green when using powers)
Occupation: Student (currently an intern at Grayburn Labs, a subsidiary of Stark Industries)

Special Talents & Skills

High Intelligence (Life Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics)
Fluent in Spanish, French, & Klingon (Speak, Read & Write)
Eidetic Memory (Innate, Non-Mnemonic)

Powers & Abilities

Enhanced Physical Structure (Passive/Active)
Body Mass Transmutation (Green Blood, Skin, Eyes, & Hair)

Biography

David's parents knew he had a gifted mind from a very early age. He could speak clearly while still a toddler and was reading at a college-level by the time he was ten. He was seen as geeky and awkward by the neighborhood kids in Bloomington, and to avoid further bullying and to try and fit in, he choose not to skip ahead in school and stay in classes with children his own age. While trying to uphold the facade of normalcy outside, he delved into independent study online when at home. 

During these difficult years, he found solace in the world of science fiction, developing a fierce obsession with Star Trek and Star Wars, as well as the works of writers Isaac Asimov,  Robert A. Heinlein, and Arthur C. Clarke. He perused online streaming services for educational videos to better understand both science fiction and science fact, and even wrote a number of articles and short stories that he published anonymously. 

Upon entering high school when he was fourteen, his chemistry teacher took immediate notice of his cognitive prowess, and persuaded him to undergo a series of intellectual assessments administered by a panel of science educators. Upon completing these, he was labeled a genius and given a slew of various examinations to quantify his current wealth of knowledge. 

Despite being overwhelmed by all these changes and the sudden attention he was getting, David became determined to succeed and soon found his way into a youth program at Harvard College focusing on undergraduate studies in Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Biology. By the time he was eighteen, he was ready to transition to Harvard University and the graduate program, with the ultimate goal of earning multiple PhDs. As part of this ongoing education, he joined a Summer internship at Grayburn Labs, a subsidiary of Stark Industries occupying several floors in Stark Tower in Manhattan. 

Participating in a work-study arrangement under Dr. Samuel Sterns, David received first-hand access to Project Blue, which he would later discover was a veil for the secretive Project Terrigenesis. The former focused on enhancing individual cells in a controlled environment, while the latter planned for actual human testing. 

Leading up to the week of July Fourth, Sterns had become angry that his superiors had rejected his timeline for progressing to human trials, and as David would soon learn, Sterns was willing to go to any lengths to see Project Terrigenesis come to fruition...

<Snipped quote by CaptainManbeard>

With Kate, I'm thinking of enhanced vision definitely, like that of the Ultimate version of Clint Barton. I might like to give her the ability to make small hand-held objects into projectiles much like 1610 Clint and/or Bullseye. Also, I may give her enhanced speed, agility, reflexes, and stamina comparable to that of Daredevil.

I'm not sure what I want to do with her biography and personality yet, though I do want to keep the sexual assault as part of Kate's history. Keeping that in should justice her having some self-defense training and perhaps a little boxing. Of course, she'll be a trained archer.

And, yes, I'm open to having Lucas and Kate be family.@Raistlin Majere

Okay, that all sounds good. 

It's cliché but what do you (does everyone) think of a Sue Richards metamorphosis for Black Widow.

Natasha would remain a crack assassin but be able to turn invisible and either skate around on invisible waves or shoot invisible rays or both. The invisible rays are my choice to stay. The rays would be absorbable and not cause too much damage. Then, there's the force field. It won't be on Invisible Woman's scale, but it can stop a bullet or a medium energy bolt. Input?

She will be who she's always been. I'm going to look up several histories to use as source material for her history. And, as far as her personality goes I think I'd define her as optimistic, realistic, fast, and stable and well enough to cover her own ass.@role model

That all sounds fine, so long as she is not too overpowered. Though I would like to remind everyone to keep in mind that the RP is supposed to focus on them when they are teenagers and thus largely untrained besides what they would have normally studied in school or martial arts classes or archery classes or whatever. In the case of Black Widow, if you wanted her to be an assassin from the start, you could say she is still in training and her class is on an extended field trip from Russia to spy on politicians in the UN while they are visiting New York as sort of their first field test. Though ultimately it's up to you. Initially she could be spying on the Young Avengers and reporting back to her superior, and then either betray her master or betray the Avengers at some pivotal moment.

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