[quote=@TimeToRP] [img]http://i.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/mg/c/40/537bb479ab0fc.jpg[/img] [h1]Player Name: TimeToRP[/h1] [h1]Character You Wish To Play: Luke Cage, Carl Lucas[/h1] [h1]Moral Alignment: Walking The Line[/h1] [h1]Affiliations: Avengers, Thunderbolts; Marvel Knights DareDevil's Unnamed Super-Hero Team, Superheroes for Hire Secret Defenders Nightwing Restorations Fantastic Four, Defenders, Bloods[/h1] [h1]Origins & Backstory[/h1] [color=aba000][b]Born[/b] and raised in Harlem, Carl Lucas spent his salad days in a gang called the [b]Bloods.[/b] With his friend Willis Styrker, he fought the rival group the Diablos and committed minor thefts, often on behalf Sonny Caupto, also known as H.A.M.M.E.R. In and out of Juvenile homes throughout his teens, Lucas dreeamed of becoming a major New York racketeer until he realized how his choices we're affecting his family. He sought to be a even responsible person as an adult, finding legitimate employment. Meanwhile, Willis rose through the ranks of crime, but the two grown men remained friends. When Styrker's activities angered the Maggia, he was badly battered in a mob hit, saved by only Lucas's intervention. When Stryker's girlfriend, Reva Connors, broke up with him in fear of his violent work, she sought solace from Lucas. Convinced that Lucas was apart of the break-up, meanwhile when Stryker was planting heroin in Lucas's apartment a drug that was STOLEN from King-Pin, Cornell Cottonmouth tipped off to report to the police. Lucas was arrested and sent to prison and attempted to contact his family, it was dismissed due to one of Lucas's brothers who lied to him that his father was dead, and after the consumption of rage over Stryker's betrayal and his father's supposed death, encaging in frequent battles and [b]EVEN[/b] trying to escape. Eventually transferred to the Seagate Prision off the coast of Georgia, he became the Favorited target of the sadistic guard Albert "Billy Bob" Rackham whose brutally ultimately led to a demotion that he blamed on Lucas. Later, research scientist Dr. Noah Burstein recruited Lucas as a volunteer for experimental cell regeneration field conducted by an organic chemical; when he left Lucas unattended, Rackham misused the experiment controls, hoping to kill or at least MAIM Lucas. Lucas's treatment was accelerated past it's intent, inducing body-wide enhancement that gave him super-human strength and durability. He used this power to escape Sea-gate and make it back to New York, where he used his powers- for good. Adapting to the alias Luke Cage, donning a set of distinctive clothing for his super-hero career. While Lucas was a hero, he growed foward to have a relation-ship for 3 short years, after experiencing a hard break-up he found heart-breaking. This caused him to be a bit violent and not trusty with other people. Soon he was hired to J. Jonah Jameson to capture Spider-Man, the wise-cracking adventurer [/color] (WIP)