[center][b][h1][color=9d36ff]S H A D O W C A T[/color][/h1][/b][b]Katherine Ann Pryde[/b], 17 (b. 1951)
[i][sub]Vigilante based in WASHINGTON, D.C., NEW YORK CITY.
Active since approximately WINTER 1963[/sub][/i]

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[color=999999]Katherine Ann Pryde had always been 'on a list.' From the moment in second grade a dodgeball passed through her abdomen it was only [i]reallyp[/i] a matter of time before someone made their list known. In Winter on 1963 with the gunshot heard around the world, a president dead and a black van in front of the Pryde family home in Illinois - the course of Katherine's life would be drastically altered. Recruited by shield to be in their second generation of agents, she was trained on black sites from the time that she was twelve to fourteen. This training was in the art of swordplay, hand-hand combat and utilizing her abilities to disarm and destroy any opposition Kitty became a force to be reckoned with in S.H.I.E.L.D. Katherine grew to learn how to socialize, it was a key factor in the success of her missions. But there was a coldness bred in the woman from an early age. Above all else she could focus on the task at hand. 

Katherine partook in various missions, mostly in Russia in which he brand of mutation was invaluable for S.H.I.E.L.D. With the ability of 'phasing' or forcing intangibility of her atmoic structure, she was nearly the perfect agent. Taught in Her main area of expertise was infiltration and reconnasaince - an easy task when you may simply lie in wait in the foundation of the building listening to all those who share secrets above you. Due to the nature of Katherine's work, however, she is on leave for at least a month. The more an operative is used, the more the Russians can hear her callsign over a radio wave - or find her handler in Saint. Petersburg. 

When Katherine is on leave, she is waitress living in Hell's Kitchen. She keeps a few firearms in her apartment, one in the radiator, anotehr in the toilet tank, another inside of the pillow she lays her head on for sleep at the end of a long day. During her off-days in New Jersey she keeps up appearances as a preppy, somewhat Naive young girl simply trying to make ends meet after running away from her family home in Illinois.

Clearly this is a drastically different take on the character of Kitty Pryde. However, I believe it is one with a great deal of merit as her ability set lends to the spy role so well. I will be developing Kitty Pryde fairly independently of the comic canon - as should be clear by this point, and I just want to reaffirm anyone, feel free to interact with Kitty. When she is in Hell's Kitchen, she is a vigilante and she Kitty. She isn't Katherine until she's on a mission - if this makes sense. 

Regardless, the genereal direction I will be taking Katherine is one of international intrigue and other such fun, hope it's a great ride.  [/color]
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[i]November 22nd 1963[/i] - Katherine is recruited into S.H.I.E.L.D.
[i]May 7th 1964[/i] - An Apartment in Hell's Kitchen begins to have its rent paid for. Katherine would not see this apartment for three more years.
are objective failure.
[i]June 1st 1965[/i] - Katherine's first critical mission success. Thwarted a classified threat to the American Embassy in Moscow and a greater threat to S.H.I.E.L.D.
[i]July 6th 1965[/i] - Katherine's first confirmed kill.
[i]January 7th 1966[/i] - Katherine's first solo mission. Twenty confirmed kills.
[i]November 22nd 1966[/i] - Exit exam, Katherine's final assisted mission. 
[i]February 15th 1967[/i] - Katherine is put on leave for five months, moves into Kitty Pryde's apartment in Hell's Kitchen.
[i]June 10th 1967[/i]  - Katherine completed multiple assasinations in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon. Ending the six day war.
[i]1968 - Katherine is put on leave once more. This time, for longer.[/i][/hider]
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[hider=Supporting Cast]
Terry Sloane - The leader of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the one in charge of Katherine's missions. Though she hasn't interacted with him much, due to her continued success she has been briefed and debriefed by him personally on high stakes missions. (E.G. The six day war mission).

Валентин Логиновский (Valentin Loginovsky) - Katherine's handler in Saint Petersburg. He rarely meets with her face to face, instead communicating through dead drops of notes located within bricks and cinder blocks that she retrieves via phasing.[/hider]

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[color=999999]List previous posts for reference of your writing ability. Important.[/color]
[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/3781086]Golden Years: Introduction Post Indie Carrington[/url]
[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/3932158]Starkissed: The inevitability of marriage [/url]
[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/3878099]Heroes of Beacon: Bianca Nuit’s post-kidnapping/torture reconciliation [/url]