Ultimate Avengers
Character bios:
Name: Captain America aka Steven Rogers
Age: 95(chronologically) 28 (physically)
Appearance: Identical to his Ultimate counterpart.
Personality: Similar to his mainstream marvel counterpart. Strong willed, persistent and dedicated to his duty. He suffers from PTSD from his time during World War II, where he was frozen in ice after destroying a nuclear warhead in mid flight. He suffers memory flashes of his time in WWII when his actions correspond to actions in the present. After being revived by SHIELD scientists he was assigned as team leader to the Ultimate Avengers. He has trouble communicating with several of his teammates, as they tend to not respond to his military demeanor, although he has managed to adjust with time. His 1940's mannerism is considered strange, but understandable by his teammates. He also has trouble with down time, afraid of gaining a sense of piece for fear of losing it. He also feels isolated from the modern world due to his time frozen in ice (many of his war time allies and friends are either deceased or were declared MIA). He doesn't have a particularly friendly relationship with Tony Stark. Rogers knew his father as a young scientist during the World War and greatly respected Howard, and although he recognizes Tony's genius intellect, he has stated he's very little like his father (a comment Tony both enjoys and despises). He has a better relationship with Stark Enterprise's super hero Ironman (Unaware of his true identity as Tony). He also has a deepening bond with Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow), who also is older than she appears (50 years of age due to genetic experiments that kept her from aging). He is on good terms with the rest of the team, including Hawkeye. He has also struggled to cope with the increasing amount of government secrecy and gray areas of modern warfare. He has also reconnected with his wartime friend James Howlett (Logan aka Wolverine) who has warned him that the government they both served is gone.
Powers: due to the super soldier serum, Captain America has enhanced reflexes, stamina, speed and durability. His strength is at superhuman level (Blows are powerful enough to hurt the Hulk). He posses an enhanced rate of healing, able to expel and destroy most toxins and pathogens as well as heal injuries at an accelerated rate. He also posses a shield composed of Vibranium and adimantium. These combined metals render the shield virtually indestructible.
Name: Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow
Appearance: Identical to her ultimate counter part, although two wrist mounted gauntlets have been added to her uniform.
Age: 50 (chronologically) 26 (Physically)
Personality: Serious, determined and dedicated. Widow is a master assassin trained by the KGB after being given a variant of the super soldier serum. As a result she ages much slower than average. Due to this she has tried to distance herself from emotional attachments, to prevent the feelings of emotional loss. Despite this she has made several attachments to her allies at SHIELD. Nick fury, after recruiting her from the KGB, which left her for dead after a failed assassination attempt. He acts as her mentor and friend. Clint Barton (Hawkeye) is her espionage field partner and former lover, both parted after their romantic involvement caused problems on missions. They remain close as friends and as team partners (widow even being made Godmother to Clint's son Francis). She personally recruited Jessica Drew (Spider Woman) and Felicia Hardy (Black Cat) into SHIELD's agents program and has personally trained them. She is close to them in a way similar to a big-sister relationship. She is also aware of Tony Stark's dual identity as her teammate Ironman, although she keeps this a secret, as only herself and Fury know his identity. She has a deepening bond with Steve Rogers (Captain America) as they have similar life experiences. She dislikes Tony Stark's fake personality (purposefully acting like a douche), as she believes he is not being true to who he really is. She is also aware of his medical condition (shrapnel to the heart), but keeps it a secret on request (although Fury also knows).
Powers: Due to the KGB super soldier serum, Widow's speed, stamina and reflexes have all been greatly enhanced. Her strength is at peak human levels. She is an accomplished marksman and a trained assassin. Normally wields two automatic pistols.
Name: Thor
Age: unknown
Appearance: Identical to his ultimate counter part
Personality: Loud, rambunctious, loyal, and a fierce fighter, Thor is the reincarnated god of thunder. After Ragnarok occurred on Asgard, all asgardians were reincarnated as mortal humans, with no memory of their previous identities. After Odin's recent return to life and subsequent restoration of Asgard, all Asgardians regained their true identities and powers. Thor is a fierce protector of the Earth and frequently supports environmental protests. He has become a strong ally to the Avengers (although some doubt his proclaimed godhood). Despite this, he has become good friends with both Captain America and Ironman. He has adapted to earth customs (still remembering his time as a mortal), although he makes constant remarks on what life was like in Asgard. Thor possesses an ego, but it has been tempered by his fellow teammates as well as his human friends. He has also tried to reconnect with his brother Loki (in an attempt to bring him back to Asgard) but is rebuffed by his brother who still feels insecure about his identity (unsure if he is a god or just mentally ill). He has some anti-government qualms, but he is hopeful that humanity can move pasts its flaws (though he recognizes his own and the flaws of his other gods). He also searches for his other lost Asgardians in an attempt to restore Asgard to its full after its fall during Ragnarok. He has reconnected with the warriors three (Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg), Baldur, Sif and an Asgardian known as Valkyrie.
Powers: As an asgardian Thor posses an expanded lifespan and enhanced senses. He is stronger than his fellow gods and has been said to be the most powerful meta-human on Earth. He wields the enchanted hammer Mjolnir (a cross between a hammer and an axe) that gives him control over the weather as well as the ability to fly. His hammer is indestructible and can produce lighting and other various forms of weather phenomenon. His hammer is enchanted so that only the worthy are able to wield it (if unworthy the hammer cannot be lifted), it can also return to Thor on command. His armor and clothes are also from Asgard and offer him increased protection and strength.
Name: Tony Stark aka Ironman
Age: 21
Appearance: His first armor is similar to the ultimate avengers movie version; his second and primary armor is the standard ultimate incarnation.
Personality: Tony stark is a genius and billionaire inventor who inherited his company from his parents when they died in a car accident (secretly killed by his cousin Morgan Stark) at the age of 19. Although first overwhelmed at the prospect, he was aided by his college friends, James 'Rhodey' Rhodes and Pepper Potts (although both are older than him, 25 and 24 respectively). He specialized in Stark Enterprise's weapons technology, weapons that were usually sold to the highest bidder. During a trip to Asia, a terrorist group known as the Ten Rings kidnapped Tony by staging an ambush. During the ambush a load of shrapnel was embedded in his heart. Another kidnapped scientist, Dr. Ho Yinsen, saved his life by implanting a magnetic device to block out the shrapnel. The two were forced to design weapons for the terrorist, but Tony crafted two sets of specialized armored suits for himself and Yinsen. During their escape Yinsen took an RPG to save Tony's life, dying in the genius's arms. Tony was later picked up by an American convoy, which returned him to the US. Disgusted at himself for creating weapons that terrorist had used, Tony had Stark Enterprise abandon the creation of weapons, instead focusing on electronics and medical technology. He later redesigned his suit of armor to pose as his company's personal bodyguard Ironman (using the suit to perform heroics to honor the sacrifice of Yinsen). He was aided in these endeavors by Rhodey, Pepper, his personal chauffeur and ex-boxer Happy Hogan, and his family' loyal butler Jarvis. Fury (having deduced his identity) recruited Tony into the Ultimate Avengers as Ironman. He first turned this offer down, but later reconsidered when he aided the team against the Hulk. He has developed an unlikely friendship with Thor as Ironman, while he has developed a begrudging relationship with Captain America (who is cynical of Tony's seemingly carefree life style). Although in both of his identities he acts cocky and uncaring, his true personality is a young man trying to make amends for past mistakes. He secretly cares for all his friends and teammates and despise those who use his own technology to hurt innocents. He is willing to sell weapons to SHEILD on the condition that if they are ever stolen or sold to others, he will personally quit the team and retract his funding for SHEILD. He has a dysfunctional relationship with his older brother Gregory (Who is hospitalized after a heroin overdose). He is also aware of his cousin's role in his parent's deaths and has thwarted Morgan's attempt at seizing Stark Enterprise, even having him arrested for is parent's murder.
Powers:
Red and Gold Model: Gives him superhuman strength and durability, includes rockets in both the forearms, and repulsors on the palms. His suit can fly and project force fields to protect himself and others. The suit has a built in support system and can be aided by Jarvis. The suit also possesses EMP generators and a unibeam. The suit was damaged after the Jackal's raid on the Baxter Building (See Ultimate Spiderman Reboot). And has subsequently been replaced, although Stark keeps a prototype set of the armor for emergencies.
Ultimate Version: His latest model is identical to his ultimate counterpart and mimics many of its features. It contains repulsors on its palms and forearms (The repulsors can be adjusted to create an energy blade on the forearm, powerful enough to injure the Hulk, the beams on the forearms can also be set to a rapid fire mode), the suit also posses several incendiary explosives around its torso as well as shoulders. The arms also contain thought scrambling 'neural scramblers' as well as sonic cannons, and electric tipped knuckles. The Suit has EMP generators (the armor itself is shielded), force fields, rocket boots, super-human strength and durability. The armor has also been equipped with an anti-magnetic field generator to counter magnetic forces (i.e. Magneto). Tony's heart is visible through a device implanted on his chest to keep the remaining shrapnel from reaching his heart, although the device itself is incredibly durable.
Name: Hank Pym aka Giant-Man/ Ant-Man
Age: 34
Appearance: standard ultimate incarnation, his Ant-man helmet is stored in two pods on his back that connect when he shrinks/activates it.
Personality: Unlike his ultimate counterpart, Hank is much more gentle and less abrasive, although he can suffer from anger and rage at times. He is a genius inventor, but feels he might not be fit to be on the Ultimates. He also has trouble with his wife, Janet (Wasp) as they have several arguments, several of them involving the two fighting physically with powers. Despite this he still loves her, and feels she deserves better. Has a genius level IQ and is a key member of the Triskelion's research team (alongside His wife, Banner, and Betty Ross).
Powers: With the use of a specialized particle he has discovered (appropriately named Pym Particles) that allow him to change size at will. His suit helps to regulate the amount of particles he uses as excess particles can cause physical pain to his body. He can grow to about a max of 230 feet, and can shrink to about 2cm tall without encompassing any pain. He can further alter his size but exceeding these limits can cause physical problems. His strength as Giant man vastly increases with proportion to his current size. The exception is when he shrinks as he still has the full strength of his normal size. His helmet allows him to control ants and other insects, using them to swarm enemies or destroy structures by having them erode the foundations of objects.
Name: Janet Van Dyne aka Wasp
Age: 30
Appearance: Identical to her ultimate counter part.
Personality: similar to her ultimate counterpart, but more headstrong and confident. Her relationship with her husband, Hank, has been rocky since joining the Ultimate Avengers. They have had several arguments that have turned violent, resulting in the use of their powers during the fight. Despite their problems Janet still loves Hank and is attempting to smooth out the problems plaguing their marriage. Jan is good friends with Betty Ross and relates to her over their mutual relationship problems (due to Betty's troubled relationship with Bruce Banner/Hulk). She is also a member of the Triskelion's science division alongside her husband, Betty, and Bruce.
Powers: Wasp possesses the ability to shrink down to the size of a wasp (although she still remains as strong as a normal human woman). She also has insect like wings that allow her to fly. She can produce powerful blasts of bio energy, which she has titled her stinger blasts. She can utilize her blasts in both her human and miniature form. The blasts can paralyze or kill normal human beings. they have also been shown to affect post-humans such as the Hulk with significant results.
Name: Clint Barton aka Hawkeye
Age: 35
Appearance: Identical to his Ultimates 3 counterpart, but has a bow as his main weapon, although he does carry to pistol side arms.
Personality: Clint Barton is the sarcastic and snarky archer of the Ultimate Avengers. He is a highly trained assassin who was first brought to SHIELD after he killed a man (Reasons being because he could). Fury recruited him and erased his previous life giving him the new name Clint Barton. During his time as a SHIELD agent, he was frequently partnered with Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff). This eventually led the two into a romantic relationship, however they decided to end it as friends when it began to interfere with their espionage work. With his new life Clint has started a family with his girlfriend Laura, fathering three young children: Francis (7), Barney (5), and Nicole(5). He keeps his job and Identity secret from them, but he secretly fears that his oldest son Francis has inherited his abilities. His formidable archery skills were enhanced by an unknown organization known as the 'Program'. He has subsequently been made a member of the Ultimate Avengers team but has difficulty getting along with his teammates, specifically Ironman. He has formed a solid friendship with Captain America, although he believes that Steve needs to be less stiff. Hawkeye is sure of himself to the point it borders on cockiness, although this never really interferes with his judgment. He has no qualms over killing his enemies and was even willing to kill the Hulk against Fury's orders. He is less friendly to his other allies (Giant-Man, Wasp, Ironman and Thor). He doesn't believe Thor is a god (Thinking he is a nutcase with super powers) and he distrusts Ironman for his reluctance to join the team until civilians were in danger instead of before. Despite this, he looks out for his teammates and never needlessly endangers their lives.
Powers: Hawkeye's already formidable archery skills have been greatly enhanced by the 'Program'. The experiments have altered his eyes to contain over 400 million rods while he has fewer cones. This means he can adjust his vision to magnify his line of sight and see a better form of contrasts, allowing him to see what's real and what's not. The side effect of this enhancement is he sees primarily in black and white. He has un-paralleled aim with both a bow and any projectile weapon. He is also a skilled acrobat, able to fire from virtually any body angle. He also well versed in hand-to-hand combat via training by Black Widow and Fury. His arsenal consists of twin repeating machine pistols with various forms of ammunition. His primary weapon is his compact bow. It is reinforced with carbon nano-fibers. He has access to a wide array of trick arrows.
Name: Bruce Banner aka the Hulk
Age: 37
Appearance: both Banner and Hulk are identical to their ultimate counterpart
Personality: Very similar to his Ultimate marvel counterpart. Banner is a well meaning but troubled scientist who has been pushed over the edge by circumstances beyond his control. His team of scientist were assigned to duplicate the super soldier serum that gave Captain America his powers. Instead the use of Gamma radiation contaminated the sample and caused an explosion. The resulting release of radiation transformed Banner into the Hulk. While in his Hulk state the normally reclusive and reserved Banner becomes aggressive and violent to point of being a complete sociopath, cannibalizing his victims and destroying anything in his path. It is hinted (and feared by Banner) that the Hulk personality may have existed inside of Banner's consciousness for years, being reinforced with his repressed rage. Despite subsequent attempts to cure himself of his condition, all have failed. Banner is currently held in an Isolated cell in the Triskelion while still listed as a member of the Ultimates and a member of SHIELD's science division. Banner currently maintains a strained relationship with Betty Ross. Banner secretly fears that he will never be rid of the Hulk as he has begun to realize that the Hulk and himself are not two separate beings, but one in the same.
Powers: Banner possesses a genius level IQ and is an expert in genetics and Gamma radiation. He transforms into the Hulk in moments of increased stress or extreme anger. As the hulk he possesses near limitless strength that increases exponentially as he grows angrier. The Hulk seems to display enough intelligence to form partial sentences and rationalize things slightly above that of an animal. However his rage is his key weakness as well as his strength, he is nearly indestructible and has an extreme healing factor. His senses are all heightened and he can absorb gamma radiation from other sources, the use or purpose for doing so remains unclear however. The Hulk possesses powerful adaptive survival abilities, able to withstand hostile environments such as the ocean, volcanoes and complete vacuums. The Hulk is able to create dense amounts of carbon underneath his skin increasing his durability. His lungs can hold air while under going intense stress for about 15 minutes. Banner is able to direct the Hulk's rage at a singular target or group, causing the Hulk to attack the intended target with extreme prejudice. He will not hesitate to kill or destroy anything in his path however. AN unrelated ability that Banner has is the ability to see astral projections; it is unaware if SHIELD is aware of this fact.
Name: Pietro Maximoff aka Quicksilver
Age: 20
Appearance: Identical to his ultimate Marvel counterpart
Personality: similar to his mainstream counterpart. Pietro is the Ultimates resident speedster and jerk with the heart of gold stereotype. He is brash, impulsive and easily irritated. As such he doesn't like authority and rubs most of his teammates the wrong way (with the exception of his sister). Despite this, he is loyal to the team and has come to appreciate their acceptance of him due to his and his sister's (Wanda Maximoff) status as mutants. He and his sister act as mutant ambassadors to Gensoha at the request of their father Magneto. Quicksilver is very protective of his sister to the point of threatening Captain America when the latter berated Wanda's attitude towards certain missions. He has a strained relationship with his father, unsure of whether to trust him or not. He shows a good deal of mutant pride and is very protective of other mutants. This does not prevent him from acting against his own kind when they endanger the lives of innocents.
Powers: Quick silver is a mutant who can run at speeds exceeding Mach 10. He has enhanced reflexes and a healing factor due to his accelerated powers. He has enhanced strength and durability.
Name: Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch
Age: 20
Appearance: Nearly identical to her ultimate Marvel counterpart, she has several red streaks in her hair.
Personality: Wanda is an aloof and sometimes spooky person. She rarely interacts with any of her teammates (save her bother) and is frequently avoided by any of the SHIELD personnel. Fury believes she may be one of the most powerful mutants on the planet. She is secretly scared of being abandoned or rejected by both her teammates and her brother. She has made some attempts to become more social with her team but has only succeeded with Wasp and Ironman. She is protective of her brother and has a dysfunctional relationship with her father Magneto, despite this she still acts as a mutant ambassador for Genosha alongside her brother. Ironman has encouraged her to come out of her shell, advice that she has followed to some degree of success. She is willing to kill her enemies, but always seeks another way (she has admitted to Wasp that "murder leave a bad taste in her mouth").
Powers: The Scarlet Witch has the mutant ability to alter probability. This normally occurs in the form of extreme bad luck for her opponents, such as causing the ceiling to collapse on them or knocking off their aim. She can also project this ability to create blasts of energy. She can also sense the emotional states of others to a certain degree (though she admits several emotions feel similar and are thus confusing to her, such as anger and rage).