[b]Name:[/b] Luke Rand

[b]Alias:[/b] Lucas Rand-K'ai, The Iron Fist

[b]Age:[/b] 21

[b]Powers:[/b] [hider=Chi Augmentation] Through concentration, Luke can harness his chi to augment his physical and mental capabilities to superhuman levels.[/hider]
[hider=Chi Manipulation] The Iron Fist grants Luke with many abilities that he has possibly not yet learned, such as channeling the Shou-Lao chi into a ranged weapon, such as a gun or bow, to increase its striking capabilities; this technique was used both by Orson Randall and his father.[/hider]
[hider=Iron Fist Punch] By summoning his chi and focusing it into his hand, he can draw upon the superhuman energy derived from the heart of the mystic serpent Shou-Lao and make his fist inhumanly powerful and super humanly resistant to injury and pain on a superhuman scale. This "iron fist" technique does not involve a physical transformation of any kind, simply a psychic channeling of concentrated natural energy. With his fist in this state, Luke can shatter wood and brick, rip through steel, and punch his opponents with extraordinary concussive force without sustaining injury to himself. [/hider]
[hider=Enhanced Senses] Luke has unusually keen eyesight, but it is unclear if it extends to superhuman level. He can focus his hearing so intensely that he can hear sweat rolling down someones face. [/hider]
[hider=Enhanced Durability] Luke can generate a chi-based "aura" radiating from his body to protect himself from energy based attacks to a certain degree, and make himself more resilient against physical damage. [/hider]
[hider=Enhanced Healing] "The Iron Fist is not a weapon but a force of will which could perform miracles including healing". If he sustains injury or illness, Luke can focus his chi for the purposes of healing his injuries. By focusing enough he can even purge his own body of poison, however Luke will experience great pain in the process. He can also channel this energy into other people. [/hider]
[hider=Master Martial Artist] Luke is trained in K'un-Lun's martial arts and is proficient in many of Earth's, including but not limited to: Kunlunquan, Shaolinquan, Judo, Aikido, Ninjutsu, Karate, Boxing and even loose street fighting tactics. He also has access to the knowledge, experience and skills of all Iron Fists before him. [/hider] 

[b]Weaknesses:[/b] 
-Every time he uses Chi, it tires him out immensely. 
-Still a normal human when not using his powers, can be killed if tired out.

[b]Personality:[/b] Quiet, Focused, Inhumanly 	persistent. 

[centre][b][u]Appearance[/u][/b][/centre]
[centre][img]http://i.imgur.com/4Rhq4lQ.jpg[/img][/centre] 

[b]Brief bio:[/b] Born in the Eternal City of K'un-Lun, Lucas was raised from birth to be his father's successor. Daniel Rand apprenticed his son to the martial arts master Lei Kung the Thunderer. Lei-Kung was the immortal martial arts master of K'un-Lun, charged by the ruler of K'un-Lun to train all the males of the city in hand-to-hand combat. He was an unparalleled master of K'un-Lun's martial arts, and trained generations of K'un-Lun's inhabitants. Among his students were Lucas' father (Daniel Rand, the previous Iron Fist) and all of Daniel's immediate predecessors. Lei-Kung trained every man and woman to ever bear the title Iron Fist.

Lucas' training under Lei Kung was rigorous. At age sixteen, like his father, he earned the Crown of Fu-Hsi, king of the vipers, vanquished five foes in the ritualistic Challenge of the Many, which was one more than his father when he went through the same harsh gauntlet, and defeated Shu-Hu, a mechanical being whose name means "Lightning". Lucas diligently conditioned his hands by thrusting them into tubs of hot sand, then gravel, and finally rock.

At age nineteen Lucas was given the opportunity to gain the power of the Iron Fist. He was sent to battle the enormous fire-breathing serpent that all previous Iron Fists had to kill named Shou-Lao the Undying which lived in a cave outside the city and ferociously guarded a brazier containing its heart, which had mystically been removed from its body. In their battle Lucas used all his martial arts training he knew to distract Shou-Lao so he jump onto its chest. Seeing his opening he grabbed the serpent's body, which bore a black scar resembling a dragon. Killing the serpent by thrusting both of his fists into the scar, it somehow imprinted itself upon Lucas' chest, Shou-Lao had now experienced his 68th death. After he made sure Shou-Lao was dead, Lucas plunged his hands into the now unguarded brazier containing the serpent's molten heart and his palms shone with a quasi-mystical force and earned the title "Iron Fist."

Wishing to see his father's home on Earth, but unable to due the fact that K'un-Lun only phases onto Earth every 10 years, Lucas was forced to wait another 8 months until he could leave. Hours before K'un-Lun was due to arrive on Earth, Daniel Rand was brutally killed by his rogues gallery led by the son of Lie Kung, Davos. Who had smuggled himself and the other villains into K'un-Lun 10 years earlier in a conspiracy and waited all these years, preparing to murder their old foe and his son to take Shou-Lao's power for himself. After assassinating Daniel they attempted to kill Lucas, before being attacked themselves by Lie Kung who along with an enraged Lucas chased them off back onto Earth. By now K'un-Lun had fully phased in Earth's dimension, Lucas immediately grabbed the ceremonial garb of Iron Fist that belonged to his father and gave chase to Davos, the trail had already run cold. Recently Lucas has tracked Davos down somewhere in New York.

[b]Notes:[/b] Named after Daniel Rand's friend, Luke Cage.