Presuming I am cleared to join the game, I’m passing with Moon Knight but I will be going forward with some other ideas. One of which might be familiar to some. Still on board with Susan Storm and Madeline Joyce, but I need to update their sheets and make sure its kosher to go ahead with them. Also, I do understand the second of my prospective Iron Man arcs are trying something I did in a previous game in another one but assuming our SHIELD legacy players are potentially cool with it I can try melding it cohesively in working here.

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[center][h1][color=853333][b]IRON MAN[/b][/color][/h1][color=7e6e75][sub][b]“Call it as my way of committing to my civic duty, Rhodey— you know how it goes, I can’t help myself. I’m a bonafide patriot. Call me the Iron Patriot. I mean apparently you guys are incompetent as hell that you get overrun by a few nazi’s; what is this, 1942? Plus it’s a really slow and boring Sunday, so chalk it up to boredom. Got it? Cool.”[/b][/sub]

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	[color=853333][sub]N A M E[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75]Tony Stark[/color][/indent]
	[color=853333][sub]A G E[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75]20[/color][/indent]
	[color=853333][sub]A L I G N M E N T[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75]Hero[/color][/indent]
	[color=853333][sub]A F F I L I A T I O N[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75]Stark International[/color][/indent]
	[color=853333][sub]P R O F E S S I O N[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75]Inventor
Engineer
Programmer
Innovator
CEO
[b]Superhero[/b][/color][/indent]
	[color=853333][sub]O R I G I N[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75][color=853333]◉◉◉◉ [b]EARLY LIFE & CAREER[/b] [i]1996-2013[/i][/color]

Anthony “Tony” Stark was born in the late 20th century in Manhattan, New York. Destined for greatness, Tony was to follow in the footsteps of the genius that the Stark dynasty had come to be known for. Stark International had evolved over the past century since its formation as Stark Industries in 1851 by Issac Stark Sr, transforming from a simple weapons manufacturer to a enterprise of multiple fields including automobiles, energy, pharmaceuticals, mass retail, and real estate. This dynastic industrial enterprise and legacy was inspiring to a young Tony Stark— a child who was soon discovered as a child prodigy the likes of which seemed fantastical and simply unreal. When Tony Stark found himself at a private school to prepare affluent youths for the future in 2006 he realized even the halls of prestige were boring to him as he soared to the top of the graduating class in a matter of months. However with the intellect that he held Tony was even more immature and pompous then the most precious of America’s elite. When he was socially shunned Tony cared nothing for his peers, believing that they were jealous of his genius and just bottom of the barrel morons and tools who would never amount to anything. As he prepared to graduate from his private school he was interviewed by a young girl from his school.

By the age of fourteen, Tony Stark had been in-and-out of several colleges and universities— seemingly taking what he needed to know before acquiring credentials he felt he barely even needed. He was compared to Professor Reed Richards in a TIME article that featured his prodigal genius in 2007; an article where Tony’s pompousness and ego came out in public view as he excessively gloated about his achievements and ambitions. However this side of Tony made his parents wary of him as he lacked the humility and wisdom of the previous geniuses of the Stark dynasty. Tony could feel the nervousness his mother felt when they shared a room and averted her eyes to focus on his younger sister. Tony distanced himself from his parents with bitterness and he focused in his ambitious research into state of the art mechanical engineering projects.

Tragedy struck a year later when Tony’s parents were killed in a fatal car accident. Edwin Jarvis, Tony’s maternal grandfather, would take the reigns as guardian of the surviving children during this time. Tony however had enough of being treated like a child and despite being only fifteen decided that given his understanding of business and science could easily stand on his own. Before long the young Tony Stark was working at Stark International as the future face of the company as he began to work alongside Obadiah Stane, the acting CEO of the company following the death of Tony’s father. Following his employment, Tony’s brilliance would bring Stark International many contracts as a weapon manufacturer with the young inventor’s development of repulsion technology that armaments such as the Jericho Missile and Centurion Bomb. Nations such as Markovia, Kaznia, Symkaria, Vlatava, and Pokolistan would be financial parties that sought out these military contracts for their own defense or for their own gain. The “morality” of war was a thing Tony was generally unconcerned with— something that would change in the near future.

However, following several terrorist attacks in eastern asia and the middle east things became a clustered mess; something that Stane’s leadership of Stark International would bring great profit for. As the year carried on the real battle for Tony was only just about to begin. 

[color=853333]◉◉◉◉ [b]GENESIS[/b] [i]2014[/i][/color]

Finding himself on the edge of what Tony believed to be a breakthrough that could fundamentally advance science, the new year found itself beginning to an excellent year for him. Combining his father and grandfather’s scattered research on Arc Reactor technology he found himself nearing the conclusion to over seventy years of research. But before he could work any further on the project he found himself visited by Stane who asked Tony to head to Madripoor where he was needed to showcase the Jericho MK2 missiles. Realizing the importance of business Tony took flight to the country that was facing a difficult precedent with Syria at the time. This would be the trip that would change Tony’s (and the world’s) life forever and bring upon the genesis of who he was to become. Following the demonstration to an investor, the testing grounds are attacked by a terrorist cabal called The Ten Rings. During the attack Tony finds himself injured and when he wakes discovers the fact that he has been captured by the aforementioned terrorists. Half-dead and suffering from the effects of the injury he finds himself using trickery and his own genius he develops a powered suit with only scrap metal and a prototype power source. Using the suit to escape he finds his eyes open as he realizes how his own weapons are being used and what the consequences are for such. He finds himself an oddly changed man as he passes out several miles out from the compound before he is rescued by a SHIELD convoy who take him back to the United States. 

Weeks after his initial recovery at a SHIELD-sponsored hospital Tony finds himself bemused with questions that have no answers as he resolves to remove the excess of these weapons from play. Taking charge of his company he finds himself causing friction between himself and Stane; friction that Stane sees as an immediate threat to his interests. As more answers begin to unravel, Tony’s re-creates and develops a new power suit based on updated blueprints of his prototype that he used during his initial escape before returning home. The suit would be a key piece to setting things “right”. Iron Man debuts in the following weeks as it hunts down caches of Stark International weapons that have been seized by The Ten Rings as well as defusing conflicts the terrorist cabal becomes active in. Tony Stark becomes “Iron Man”.

However things come to a clash in the skies when Stane attempts to kill Tony before he does any more ‘damage’, believing the inventive prodigy had outlived his usefulness. Stane dons the “Iron Monger” armor, an inferior replica of Tony’s original prototype. Stane’s inferior handling, outdated energy source, and lack of modifications leads to his defeat and in the end is injured before being arrested by SHIELD operatives. Questions begin to rise about Iron Man in the aftermath and under the influence of alcohol Tony answers the question matter-of-factly: Tony Stark is Iron Man.

[color=853333]◉◉◉◉ [b]WHIPLASH & AVENGERS[/b] [i]2015[/i][/color]

With Stane gone, Tony found himself dealing with his company in full. As CEO he immediately shut down a good deal of the company’s weapons manufacturing assets as he reminded himself of what he had seen at the hands of The Ten Rings. It was a bold move for the company and many people questioned his reasons due to his previous attitudes in interviews about weapon development and doubts of his character. But Tony didn’t care for his perception and due to the physical pain he still felt as a consequence of The Ten Rings incident he indulged haphazardly into alcohol and other vices; sometimes making a public spectacle out of the parties he would organize.

As Iron Man, Tony found himself working closely with SHIELD liaison James Rhodes as part of an arrangement to “accept” his activities as a super-powered vigilante. Tony finds the “military babysitter” entertaining and begins to find ways to annoy Rhodes whilst he does his job overseeing Iron Man. However it becomes evident of the dangers looming in the aftermath of Stane’s defeat when Anton Vanko, a Russian engineer and assassin is hired by Artemus Pithins to assault Tony Stark at one of his ‘infamous’ parties in an attempt to kill Tony Stark so Pithins, the next in the pecking order on Tony’s board of directors could take charge of the company much like Stane had in the previous years. Surviving the first incident with Vanko (aka Whiplash) Tony tries to modify his suit before the assassin returns to finish the job. At the same time, Virginia “Pepper” Potts, a consultant and ‘problem solver’ Tony hired to fix the financial problems left by Stane & Tony’s actions detects shifty maneuvers by Artemus Pithins and discovers his plot as well as a revelation that Pithins has outsourced weapons to foreign buyers despite Tony’s policy changes. Between Pepper, Tony, Rhodes, and a Stark International computer technician & programmer named Rumiko Fujikawa, Pithins’s plot is revealed and dismantled. Whiplash is defeated and incarcerated whilst Pithins flees the country before SHIELD apprehends him.

A few months after dealing with Whiplash, Tony was led to suit up in his first "team" experience as the heroes of Earth contended with Galactus; Iron Man declined an invitation to an official Avengers group following, feeling that with SHIELD's grubby hands over it that it would not be a sensible choice.

[color=853333]◉◉◉◉ [b]A NEW PATRIOT[/b] [i]2016[/i][/color]

Many things are on the horizon for Tony Stark, but what?

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	[color=853333][sub]C A S T[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75]
[hider=Friends & Allies][b]Antoinette Stark[/b] – Tony’s teenage sister that has an estranged relationship with. Currently enrolled at a preparatory academy in California, Antoinette in Tony’s eyes is a painful reminder of his parents as well as the universe’s failed attempt at making him take up responsibility.

[b]Edwin Jarvis[/b] – Tony's grandfather on his mother's side. 

[b]Harold Hogan[/b] – A former soldier assigned to Tony Stark as his personal bodyguard after the September 11th terrorist attacks that shook New York. In the beginning Tony saw Hogan as a drone and insistently teased him like he had done to others but eventually grew as friends. Even after becoming Iron Man Tony still considers Hogan as his confidant and perhaps one of his closest friends.

[b]James Rhodes[/b] – A member of SHIELD’s air response team, and the SHIELD liaison to Tony Stark or more accurately Iron Man in a move to keep watch on Tony’s activities. In an odd way, his cooperation with Tony Stark has lent him an understanding for the unhinged “man-child” being not so much what Tony appears to be. After the Whiplash incident he has been an ally to Iron Man as War Machine.

[b]Rumiko Fujikawa[/b] – A genius computer programmer and technician. Responsible for aiding Tony with the development of the JARVIS AI.  

[b]Virginia “Pepper” Potts[/b] – A young woman with a knack for marketing, finance, and general business management. Pepper Potts has become one of the youngest consultants on those willing to keep their business afloat and find out what members in their business are not doing their jobs. Initially hired by Tony Stark because she “caught his eye”, Pepper has stayed with Stark Industries even past her routing of Justin Hammer’s operations. Her reasons for staying with Stark Industries past her initial “mission” is unknown.[/hider][/color][/indent]
	[color=853333][sub]T A L E N T S[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75][b]Genius Level Intellect:[/b] As evident from his time as a child prodigy, Tony Stark is unmistakably brilliant with ingenious capacities for invention, tactical perception, scientific development, and adaptability in tight situations. As one of the smartest individuals on the planet, Tony ranks among other geniuses on Forbes top 25 scientific minds of the twenty-first century and the egotistical scientist and inventor prolifically ranks in the top ten.

[b]Power Suit:[/b] A state of the art technological suit that offers the user superhuman abilities. Not only is the Iron Man suit durable and strong it can also project energy in a multitude of ways including shielding, repulsor rays, energy beams, and energy discharge. It is also equipped with a variation of missiles and small arms.[/color][/indent]
	[color=853333][sub]A R C S[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75][b]Armor Wars:[/b] Following his grandfather's funeral, things spiral out of control for Tony Stark when Ezekial Stane, the son of Tony’s first real enemy as Iron Man surfaces in Vlatava as he starts his own company— Stane Industries. This would’ve been seen as problematic if not for the fact that Stane had evidently stolen Stark International technology as a focal point of the company before hiring ex-Soviet scientists to strengthen the products. Product that included the Iron Monger armor. Stane desires revenge.

[b]Iron Patriot:[/b] In the worst timing [i]ever[/i], a new revival of the terrorist faction known as HYDRA attacks military and public targets in the United States. The “re-emergent” leader threatens the populace with a video leaked on youtube and attempts to begin a new era of terror. Tony gets in contact with the obscure federal agency known as SHIELD as he offers to put his chips down and help despite his misgivings about big government.[/color][/indent][/hider]
[hider=Writing References][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/3012561][b]#1)[/b] MC2: Dawn of Justice[/url]
[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/3812376][b]#2)[/b] MC3: Shadows Among Us[/url]
[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2635178][b]#3)[/b] MC1: Insurrection[/url]
[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/62755-a-crown-of-bones/ic#post-2004278][b]#4)[/b] A Crown of Bones[/url]
[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/76817-something-wicked-this-way-comes/ic#post-2418102][b]#5)[/b] Something Wicked This Way Comes[/url]
[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/3793563][b]#6)[/b] Blood Runs Over Westeros[/url]
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[b]EDIT:[/b]

[hider=The Invisible Woman]
[center][h1][color=0072bc][b]INVISIBLE WOMAN[/b][/color][/h1][color=7e6e75][sub][b]“I'm a smart girl. I'm smarter than you.”[/b][/sub]

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	[color=0072bc][sub]N A M E[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75]Susan Storm[/color][/indent]
	[color=0072bc][sub]A G E[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75]23[/color][/indent]
	[color=0072bc][sub]A L I G N M E N T[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75]Hero[/color][/indent]
	[color=0072bc][sub]A F F I L I A T I O N[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75]Empire State University
The Baxter Building
The Future Foundation
[b]The Fantastic Four[/b][/color][/indent]
	[color=0072bc][sub]P R O F E S S I O N[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75]Quantum Physicist
Astrophysicist
Epidemiologist
Psychologist
Geneticist
Cytologist
Educator
Engineer
Chemist
Surgeon
[b]Superhero[/b][/color][/indent]
	[color=0072bc][sub]O R I G I N[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75][color=0072bc]◉◉◉◉ [b]EARLY LIFE & CAREER[/b] [i]1993-2013[/i][/color]

Susan Storm was born in New York City in 1993 to a wealthy prestigious family line of inventors, savants, and innovators through the fraternal line of the family. Though none had been as successful as Susan’s father, Franklin Storm, in matters of science— a fact that was clear with the acclaim Franklin Storm received as a renowned quantum physicist when he was featured on several magazines including TIME in 1985. A born humanitarian that pushed for equality and scientific progress, Franklin took the foundation his grandfather built with The Baxter Building and looked forward to the future with full belief that a new form of energy was out there that could replace old oil and new nuclear with none of the costly effects of either. Juggling teaching students at Empire State University and working at the Baxter Building, Franklin had little time for his wife and children; that is until the death of Mary Storm in a car accident when Susan was seven years old. Realizing his folly and distraught in his grief, Franklin began taking his role as his children’s sole parent more seriously as reality forced him to re-evaluate his priorities. Taking a leave of absence from the Baxter Building he made it clear that his two children were his entire world.

As Susan grew up she continued to adore and admire her father, continuing to be fascinated by what his idealistic career in science was to the point that she would strive to learn everything she could about it. By the age of nine, Susan’s prodigal intelligence and astute mind that she had inherited from her father came out after one evening when her father noticed an open notebook of Sue’s that detailed modifications to several of his equations as well as completed some of his unfinished written projects within the field. Such modifications were found to be [i]correct[/i] without any errors at all. He started taking her with him after her school days to the Baxter Building to see what the limits of her intelligence possessed as he became fascinated by what she could do. Susan’s life thereon shifted uphill and before she or her father knew it she had cut through high school by thirteen and several universities by eighteen with various accolades. A “mirror” of her father, Sue became known for her grasp on quantum physics and soon received a recommendation for employment at The Baxter Building to work alongside her father. It was here that she met an overeager, ambitious, and young Reed Richards who became one of the few people she could relate to that was her own age. 

Two years working at the Baxter Building and things financially had started to take a dive despite the innovations the building had promoted since the eighties— her father admitted that despite the great inventions they were responsible for a lot of the focus had been on non-profit administrations and without actual financial backing as well as the loss of several of their financial supporters that the time for the foundation that he had expanded on would be over; he could not keep it afloat on his own bank account alone. With Susan mid-way into a theoretical aerospace engine drive that ran through an unknown energy source she believed that if she had enough time she could convince not only the scientific community but the government about the applications of the new form of energy that could prove profitable in many ways. It was here that her and Reed Richards worked against the clock to finish the project before there would be no “Future Foundation” left. Reed had a prototype for an experimental shuttlecraft, she had a prototype for what she coined as a [i]quantum drive accelerator[/i] and the two despite being nervous knew they had little choice as their investors started cracking down on the completion of a project before they threatened to leave like their former peers had done in the past. With no options they enlisted who they could and prepared for the worst. The flight would break records that NASA had set and surely bring more investors in or at least that is what Reed believed. 

It would be a flight the world would never forget. 

[color=0072bc]◉◉◉◉ [b]THE FANTASTIC FOUR[/b] [i]2014-2015[/i][/color]

The group were struck by a malfunction in the drive when cosmic rays struck them on the trip back from Mars that neither Susan or Reed could detect as they hit a “storm-like anomaly” in space. The spacecraft took massive damage but due to Johnny Storm the four did not simply perish in space—they would crash in the Atlantic Ocean before falling unconscious themselves. The recovery of the four members was a risk for the foundation, but it oddly served as a big event for the national media as the scientists lay in a coma for a few days at a private hospital in Upstate New York. Throughout the next few months they found themselves changing in radical ways as the apparent radiation (or the negative quantum energy itself) had affected them.

Thus the Fantastic members of the Future Foundation were born– Susan Storm’s “year one” involved not much further outside of initial tests and studies that Reed attempted to work against the clock to halt or minimize their radiation-brought mutation. Radiation experts like Dr. Elizabeth Ross were brought in but it was generally to no-avail. However, as they fought to come to grips with their new powers a devastating chemical spill occurs and a scientist in the center of the event mutates into a giant monster and begins to attack local neighborhoods nearby to the Future Foundations base of operations (which the four including Susan had returned to after awakening from their coma). Reed deduces they are likely the only response team capable for immediate resolve and begrudgingly the Four approach and surprisingly contain the threat before it does massive damage. Reed brings a sample of the creature back to his lab for study. 

This would be a trend that continued for several years.

[color=0072bc]◉◉◉◉ [b]LAYING THE FOUNDATION[/b] [i]2016- [/i][/color]

Four years since a journalist coined Susan and her friends as [i]The Fantastic Four[/i], things seemed to have sorted out. Reed was equally as brilliant as she was and with his contacts in the scientific community it was here that they had saved the Baxter Building from becoming a distant memory. Her father retired from the project seeking to focus on teaching new minds at Empire State University especially so after seeing what Reed and Susan were bringing to the foundation. Susan still continued to visit her father frequently as she continues to operate as a superhero, scientist, and humanitarian. Under Reed’s suggestion the nonprofit scientific organization was officially coined as “The Future Foundation” as they continue to passionately define a better future for the next generation. She is either unaware or too unable to express the connection she has with Reed; though the feelings on the other side of the fence may be much more dynamic. [/color][/indent]
	[color=0072bc][sub]C A S T[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75]
[hider=Friends & Allies][b]Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards):[/b] Essentially Susan’s best friend, confidant, scientific equal, and at times rival. Known as “Mr. Fantastic” and the founded of the superhero team called the Fantastic Four, Reed has been a constant presence in Susan’s life. Whilst they are not dating a certain tension and attraction exists between the two even though Susan seems oblivious to it.

[b]The Human Torch (Johnny Storm):[/b] Susan’s younger, cocksure, and impulsive younger brother that has become known as “The Human Torch”. 

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[b]Professor Franklin Storm:[/b] Susan’s father and mentor, Franklin spends most of his time teaching at Empire State University bringing a high level of prestige to the school.[/hider]
[hider=Enemies][b]The Wizard (Bentley Wittman):[/b] The first major villain the Fantastic Four fought and defeated.[/hider]
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	[color=0072bc][sub]T A L E N T S[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75][b]Genius-level Intelligence:[/b] Susan Storm is one of the smartest individuals on the planet— ranking among Forbes top 25 scientific minds of the twenty-first century, the blonde-haired scientist and inventor prolifically ranks in the top ten.

[b]Invisibility:[/b] Due to the effects of the expedition to Mars, Susan can manipulate her own personal visibility and if pushed the visibility of others by effect the wavelengths of light around them. This makes her have [i]complete[/i] invisibility as she is undetectable by all basic appearance to the human eye.

[b]Psionic Energy Manipulation:[/b] Also due to the effects of the expedition, Susan can also dynamically create and control psionic energy by sheer willpower alone. Through this concentration she is able to project fields of energy that serve as invisible barriers, shields, and weapons that can be utilized in a variety of complex ways. She can additionally use this energy to levitate her own personal body into the air giving the illusion of flight. [/color][/indent]
	[color=0072bc][sub]A R C S[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75][b]The Terrific Trio[/b] – Johnny Storm takes a leave of absence from The Fantastic Four as he begins to want to take more heroic and adventurous chances as he finds the formulaic day-to-day of The Baxter Building’s Future Foundation as dull and alienating. Reed pours his dissatisfaction into his projects as a byproduct whilst Susan begins researching a cure for a new epidemic in Africa.

[b]Return of the Wizard[/b] – Despite being the Fantastic Four’s first major villain four years ago, Dr. Bentley Wittman has gone “dark” for several years, but now he plots his revenge on the Fantastic Four after realizing they are at their weakest with the hiatus of Johnny Storm. He sees an opportunity and he targets all of them from the shadows. Can the team reunite briefly and reject The Wizard’s revenge?
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