[hider=Luke Cage, Hero For Hire] [center][hider=Sweet Christmas][img]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/vsbattles/images/a/a3/Luke_Cage_Live_Action.png/revision/latest?cb=20171219060553[/img][/hider][/center][b]Name[/b] - Carl Lucas [b]Alias[/b] - Luke Cage [b]Faction[/b] - Independent [b]Race[/b] - Human Mutate [b]Age[/b] - 37 [b]Powers[/b] - For the most part, Luke has powers similar to X-Men member Piotr Rasputin, aka Colossus. He can turn his skin into an organic substance similar to solid steel at will (the process being almost instantaneous), boosting his durability and strength to superhuman levels as well as boosting his height. He can stay in this form as long as he wants, though if knocked unconscious he will immediately revert back to his human form which is much more vulnerable. [b]Personality[/b] - Like one might expect from a career criminal, Luke isn't exactly the kindest guy around. He is brash, sarcastic, and greedy as all hell, and whenever he opens his mouth it's more than likely to lash out at whoever he's talking to. The only exception to this is his friend Danny Rand, also known as Iron Fist; while Luke doesn't spare him entirely from taunts and sarcastic jabs, he will still help his friend when he's in need. The same applies to anyone he manages to get close to. [b]Experience[/b] - Luke has been a criminal since as far back as he can remember, and has been operating as a 'hero for hire' for a little under a decade. [b]Appearance[/b] - Luke is a tall and muscular man of African-American descent, standing at 6'6 and weighing in at 247 pounds. Normally his hair is shaved, but on the few occasions he lets it grow out people can see it's normally curly and black, and his eyes are a dark brown. When he takes on his steel form, his skin is a dark bronze color and it is hard to see any difference save for the smooth sheen it gives off when light hits it. He also becomes much taller and heavier, standing at 7'4 and weighing in at 504 pounds. [b]Bio[/b] - Our story begins in Harlem, New York, with retired NYPD Detective James Lucas and his wife Esther. After 15 years of marriage, the two were finally graced with a son, who they named Carl. Little Carl grew up in a rough neighborhood, and at an early age got into a life of crime with a group of friends. Most of his childhood and adolescence was spent in and out of juvy, and at 16 he dropped out of high school to instead focus entirely on his 'career'. His father was disappointed, and urged Carl to do something more with his life, like join the police force or the military. Carl chose the latter and joined the army, going through basic training with soaring colors. This caught the attention of several higher ups, and Carl was chosen out of hundreds of others to participate in an attempt to recreate the Super-Soldier process. The serum used was created using the DNA of Piotr Rasputin, and through it Carl gained Rasputin's ability to turn his skin into organic metal. Eventually, Carl finished his tour of duty and returned to his home of Harlem and his life of crime. However, eventually his luck ran out, and at 25 Carl was incarcerated due to a botched robbery. Various fights with other prisoners and guards as well as escape attempts led to him being transferred to Seagate Prison, one of the toughest prisons in the US. However, eventually Carl managed to escape by hijacking a bus, but later it was found crashed into a lake. Carl was nowhere to be found, and was presumed dead. Of course, this wasn't the case, as Carl had intentionally done this. Moving back to New York, he changed his appearance by shaving his hair and beard, as well as changing his name to Luke Cage. Deciding to lay low and avoid his former life, he became a mercenary, offering his services to those who could afford it, eventually taking on the title of 'Hero For Hire'. One day a few months back he was hired by Danny Rand, playboy son of some resident millionaire, who wanted to play superhero but needed the extra muscle after getting his ass kicked once or thrice. After a few months together, the two were shaping up to become regular partners and became good friends. One night Luke and Danny got particularly drunk, and went to Danny's father's home and vandalized it. The security cameras caught this, and it led to Danny's father cutting him off. Feeling sorry for Danny, both because he was a part of it and because Danny was now a rather good friend, Luke let Danny move in and the two became the Heroes For Hire. With the Ultimate War on the rise, it seems like Luke and Danny are in for a [i]lot[/i] of business. [b]Supporting Characters[/b] - Iron Fist [b]Notes[/b] - N/A [b]Power Grid[/b]: [i]INTELLIGENCE[/i] 3/3 [i]STRENGTH[/i] 3/6 [i]SPEED[/i] 2/2 [i]DURABILITY[/i] 2/6 [i]ENERGY[/i] 1/1 [i]FIGHTING[/i] 4/4 (score in human form/score in metal form) [/hider] [hider=Peter Parker, The Amazing Spider-Man] [center][hider=Does Whatever A Spider Can][img]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/spiderman/images/7/7a/Spider-Man_%28Ben_Reilly%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120711014438[/img][/hider][/center] [b]Name[/b] - Peter Parker [b]Alias[/b] - Spider-Man [b]Faction[/b] - Iron Man [b]Race[/b] - Human Mutate [b]Age[/b] - 18 [b]Powers[/b] - After being bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter was granted superhuman abilities correspondent to a spider. His strength, speed, and durability were all enhanced, he was granted the ability to crawl on walls, and he has a sixth sense for danger which he has since dubbed his 'Spider Sense'. In addition, he has a pair of gadgets which he designed himself called 'web-slingers' on both wrists; these allow him to fire webbing, for uses ranging from disarming a target to swinging across the cityscape. [b]Personality[/b] - Peter Parker is still the typical nerd no one knows or loves, quiet, awkward, and lacking in self-esteem. He's never late for high school (where he's a senior about to graduate), he's a member of the math club, and he always heads home after school to spend some time with his Aunt May. Peter is just that nerdy kid everyone forgot was there half the time. Meanwhile, Spider-Man is still the typical jokester everyone knows and loves, living on the edge, fighting crime, and slinging webs. To most it appears he doesn't take his job as New York's protector seriously, but deep down he does, taking his Uncle Ben's advice of 'with great power comes great responsibility' to heart. Spider-Man, though he doesn't show it, has been tempered by various tragedies such as the deaths of his Uncle Ben, Captain George Stacy, his girlfriend Gwen Stacy, and his own (accidental) murder of the robber who killed his uncle and Charlemagne. Overall, though not the inexperienced kid in way over his head he was five years ago, he still has a lot to learn. [b]Experience[/b] - Five years, see bio for details. [b]Appearance[/b] - Peter is a man of average height and build, standing at 5'10 and weighing in at 174 pounds. Most often he slouches, making him appear even more unobtrusive, and his brown eyes are hidden behind horn-rimmed glasses. His short brown hair is often neatly combed to the side, and he takes to wearing rather preppy clothes such as sweater vests or suits. Overall, he gives off the appearance of a quiet nerd, exactly the way he wants to appear. [url=http://i.imgur.com/6ZYVehP.jpg]Picture for reference.[/url] [b]Bio (TL;DR)[/b] - Peter became Spider-Man at thirteen following the death of his uncle. During his early years as a vigilante he teamed up with Wolverine. At 15, Peter began to date Gwen Stacy. Her father, Captain George Stacy, died and with his last words told Peter to keep Gwen safe. When Peter was 17, Gwen Stacy died, Green Goblin was impaled by his glider, and Peter contemplated quitting. During this time he went to Berlin, teaming up with Wolverine again and accidentally killed former KGB agent Charlemagne. Peter is pro-Registration, and is a member of Iron Man's faction. [hider=Full Bio] Peter was born in 1990 to Richard and Mary Parker. The two were intelligence agents, often spending time undercover during which time Peter was cared for by Richard's older brother and his wife, Ben and May. One particular case left Richard and Mary dead, and Peter was raised by Ben and May as if he were their own son. Fast forward to 2003, when Peter was 13 and just entering his eighth grade year. His class had gone on a field trip to OsCorp, where he was bitten by a spider that was irradiated by a particle accelerator. He thought nothing of it at the time, until he was walking home from school and was almost hit by a car but sensed it coming and got out of the way. He managed to not jump out of the way of the car, but jump [i]over[/i] it. Realizing that he now had superhuman abilities, Peter tested out the limits of his powers, discovering he was stronger, more agile, could crawl on walls, had reflexes bordering on a sixth sense, and had much better eye sight (though he decided to continue wearing his glasses to avoid raising suspicion). He chose to use his new powers in the show business, making a costume and entering an amateur wrestling competition by lying about his age. Peter went with the name 'the Human Spider', however the announcer didn't like the name and instead called him 'Spider-Man'. Peter's first match was a swift and easy victory, though when he went to get paid the owner skimped him out. Moments later when he was leaving, a man ran past Peter, and the owner came running out of his office claiming the man had robbed him. He asked Peter to help, but Peter merely shrugged. "Not my problem," the teen spat out bitterly, leaving not long after the robber. Later on, Peter came to regret this decision. Later that night he went to the front steps of the local library- he had told his Uncle Ben he was studying there and Ben was to pick him up at 9 -only to find a crowd of people and police officers. He approached the scene, only to find his Uncle Ben dying from a gunshot wound to the stomach. Peter knelt down and asked his uncle who did this. From his uncle's short description, it was the man Peter had let escape. With his dying breath, Ben repeated the advice he had often told Peter throughout his life: 'with great power comes great responsibility'. Peter didn't cry. Instead, he was gripped by rage. Wearing his wrestling costume, Peter played vigilante his first time that night. He tracked the robber down to an abandoned warehouse where he was cornered by the police, yelling at the man in a tearful rage before shoving him. With Peter's enhanced strength, the man went flying from the shove, and fell out of a three story window to his death. Stunned, Peter escaped before the police could catch him. Peter was struck by grief at the death of his uncle and the fact that he had killed a man. The only thing that got him out of his depression was his uncle's last words. "With great power comes great responsibility." A week after his uncle's death, Peter resolved that he would fight crime with his newfound abilities. That day, Spider-Man was born. Peter used his wrestling costume and began to fight crime as Spider-Man. In his first month, he invented a pair of gadgets with artificial webbing called 'web-slingers' which allowed him to entangle criminals or swing about the city. His first two years as a vigilante from age 13 to 15 were spent mostly alone, though there was that one time he helped Wolverine out. He also first battled the Green Goblin, Lizard, Rhino, and Sandman around this time. When Peter was 15 he began to date Gwen Stacy, and, as Spider-Man, had a rather belligerent relationship with her father George, a police captain. Eventually Captain Stacy was killed when Spider-Man battled a new super-villain, Doctor Octopus, on top of a roof and Stacy was killed saving a child from falling debris. With his dying breath, George told Spider-Man he knew his identity and asked him to take care of Gwen. Peter often views Captain Stacy's death to be a turning point in his career as a vigilante, especially so considering he began wearing a new outfit not long after that event. He began to take his job as a vigilante more seriously, and found the perfect balance of his life as Spider-Man and Peter Parker. For a time, all was well and perfect. One night, when Peter was 17, the Green Goblin captured Gwen Stacy and kept her captive on Brooklyn Bridge. He battled the villain, accidentally being thrown into Gwen Stacy and causing her to fall off the bridge. Acting quickly, Spider-Man shot a web out at Gwen, hoping to catch her. Peter heard a snap. Gwen was already dead from the whiplash caused by her sudden stop, but he continued to pull her up praying she was alive. Obviously, she wasn't. Enraged, Spider-Man continued to fight the Green Goblin, and in the fight that ensued Norman was impaled and killed by his own glider. Spider-Man left immediately after. For a short time Peter contemplated quitting his vigilante activities, taking a vacation to Kurfürstendamm where he got wrapped up in some of Wolverine's affairs involving an ex-KGB agent named Charlemagne. During this time, Wolverine deduced Spider-Man's identity. At the end of the whole fiasco, Spider-Man and Wolverine fought, and Spider-Man accidentally killed Charlemagne after the fight when she snuck up on him while he was still tense. Peter, though disgusted with himself that he had killed someone, resolved that, like with the robber, it was an accident and that it wouldn't happen again. Peter returned to New York, continuing as Spider-Man. When the Superhuman Registration Act was passed, Peter was pro-Registration and registered himself. The Avengers were split apart due to conflicting views on the act. Peter joined Iron Man's pro-Registration faction, being gifted a new, tech-enhanced suit from Tony Stark because of it. War is on the rise, and Peter, tempered by his relatively short but eventful career as a superhero, is ready for it. [/hider] [b]Supporting Characters[/b]: [i]Allies[/i] - May Parker (Peter's aunt), Iron Man and all who are allied with Iron Man. [i]Enemies[/i] - Too many to count; most notable are Curt Connors/Lizard, Aleksei Sytsevich/Rhino, Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus, and Flint Marko/Sandman. [b]Notes[/b] - Peter has worn two different outfits earlier on in his career as Spider-Man. [url=http://pre13.deviantart.net/d6a8/th/pre/i/2012/229/d/9/spindel_by_fishnones-d5bg8zp.png]The first when he was just starting out[/url] which he wore from 2003-2004, and [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcomicsfanon/images/e/e3/Spidermanearth890.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140403000245]the second he made after many attempts[/url] which he wore from 2005-2008. He has been wearing his latest outfit for a month; it was gifted to him by Tony Stark and includes built-in web-slingers as well as a number of other features, of which there are too many to name. Norman Osborne/Green Goblin and Gwen Stacy have been dead for a year; Peter still hasn't met Mary Jane Watson. Over the course of his career, Peter has interacted with many heroes and villains, including teaming up with Wolverine the two aforementioned times, teaming up with Tigra briefly, fighting Nightcrawler, being frenemies with Deadpool, fighting Force when they were on opposite ends of the law, and, recently, he had a run-in with the Heroes For Hire the three have taken to calling 'the Sombrero-Wearing Dwarf Incident' the few times they've met up together after it. For a short time Otto Octavius impersonated Spider-Man as 'the Superior Spider-Man', but Spider-Man managed to put an end to this before it got too out of hand. A few people have emerged with similar powers to Peter who also use some variation of the Spider name, but Peter has no affiliation with them. [b]Power Grid[/b]: [i]INTELLIGENCE[/i] 4 [i]STRENGTH[/i] 4 [i]SPEED[/i] 3 [i]DURABILITY[/i] 3 [i]ENERGY[/i] 1 [i]FIGHTING[/i] 4 [/hider]