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Grant Finley: Soldier #34366609 A.K.A The Hammer

Age 23
Male
Offensive Power: Claws, retractable, well mostly. They darken and point sharply at indestructible tips. While otherwise being stubby they only extend further outward willfully in times of danger.
Defensive Power: Super Strength
Enhanced Power: Enhanced Agility

Bio: Grant Finley led a normal life growing up in Jefferson City, Missouri. Normal parents, normal friends, normal habits. He'd hit 6 foot tall by freshman year. Tall like his old man and just as fit. 180 pounds stuck tightly on his body with defined muscle. He'd never worked out a day in his life, but his shirts were always struggling to contain his arms and chest. Brown hair, brown eyes, and a farmboy tan, he was a plain looking guy who liked nice company and good music.

In high school his athleticism seemed to know no bounds. By senior year his biggest problem was finding time to win state champion at wrestling and carry the school football team to another perfect season. The "Olympian To Be!"; the "All American Champion"; "The Record Setter" was known by every small town paper in the county and took notice round all the schools in the United States. Strength and agility to match, Grant impressed every college in the nation, full ride scholarships were offered to him and his future as a famous athlete seemed inevitable. Grant's brown haired mop head mugshot was getting famous all up to his first year of College. A state University to stay close to his parents. He was a good, christian raised country boy and didn't need a flashy named college education from somewhere he'd never been to take him away from his family. However, unbeknownst to him, Grant would not be staying near his family long, and his small town paper headline titles were changing to something very different.

He'd soon be known to the US Marine Corps as Soldier #34366609 AKA "The Hammer"

College proved to be very difficult for Grant. He'd focused little on his education, as one my expect. After failing every course at the end of his first semester Grant was banned from competing in the school's sports. Losing his ability to play meant losing his scholarships. In 6 short months he'd gone from athletic prodigy to college dropout. There seemed nowhere he could go without admitting to everyone he was completely without an education. Grant found his was to the military where he thought he could at least do right by his strength and help people in need. War was hell.

Grant detested the fighting. His power, which seemed to have been getting stronger every day since, made him a useful asset on the front. He hammered through the enemy lines earning himself a sickening nickname. Uncle Sam called him "The Hammer." He felt more like the nails. Grant found he could grow his fingernails to sharpened daggers strong enough to cut into steel! Thickened armor plating on vehicles; tough barricaded roadblocks; and bunkered down fox holes couldn't withstand the might of US Marine Corps newest weapon of war: The Hammer! After weeks of winning countless battles, Grant and his fellow marines came to a true realization; Grant was not a normal country boy. He was something more.

When the fighting slowed, and the war had been somewhat won. The league of nations came to the US Armed Forces with a proposal for their weapon. Assign him to their league of other superheroes, station him in their newest HQ base in California, and he can serve the world while maintaining a loyalty to the US. The reassignment was swift and Soldier #34366609 was discharged with a medal of honor. Grant was moved to a superhero Headquarters lead by Tia Clark.

Just a good, christian raised country boy who wanted to help people. Trained for combat and run a trial by fire. Awarded a medal of honor. Grant stepped off the plane outside the San Francisco airport. Cabs buzzed around him. The gold star medal shined in his hand. With a scowl Grant crushed it in his fist and let it fall between his boot and the gutter. A black SUV pulled up alongside him and took him to the compound.

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