[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]21[/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]1995-2012[/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 2005 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 2006; 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 Temasika, Vorozheika, Symkaria, Sokovia, and Madripoor 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]2013-2014[/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 Sharzhad 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]