SAMPLE APPLICATIONS
NOTE: These examples are given to show the different ways you can give your character a background that can fit the plot while still maintaining some relevancy to their source material. Please do not copy the information written here and instead, try to create your own unique backgrounds to fit each character you apply for. These are just a starting point meant to give you a direction.
EXAMPLE 1: BLACK WIDOW/NATASHA ROMANOFF
Full Name: Natalia Alianovna Romanova (Natasha Romanoff) Nickname or Alias: Black Widow Birthday: 22 November 1928 (Physically looks 34) Occupation: Lawyer Faceclaim: Scarlett Johansson Backup Faceclaim: Marina Aleksandrova
Briefly talk about your character's background and their experiences with their powers or the paranormal in relation to the plot
Natasha was born in 1928 during the peak of heroes, in Stalingrad, Russia. She lost her parents in a fire at an early age and was raised by a man named Ivan. Ivan took care of her but due to his character, her life was always threatened by his enemies. In order to give Natasha a better life she was taken to a KGB training program called "The Red Room", aimed to train young girls and make them super spies for their motherland. Natasha struggled at first to fit the program's strict regime, but soon found herself raising among the ranks and becoming their best student. When she was just 14 she successfully completed her first mission, gaining the favor of her superiors. She later fell in love and married a Russian air-force pilot, her marriage disapproved by her commanders, her husband supposedly died, leaving her a widow. This was how she earned her title of the Black Widow. Distraught, Natasha continued to work for the Red Room now being injected with a serum that would enhance her body and slow her aging, allowing her to continue as a Russian spy until the 90s. That's when she was sent to assassinate a target whom she would befriend and instead defect to the States where she would expose all the information she had on the Red Room program, her missions and in return, be granted a peaceful life. Unfortunately, Natasha would not get far as her former organization would track her down, attempting to kill her, they managed to shoot her midriff, causing her to lose consciousness.
When she woke up she found herself not remembering anything due to the trauma of her attack. One of the agents that was taking care of her in the states gave her a fake recounting of her life, with an Americanized version of her name and a fake background of having been a Bolshoi ballet dancer who came to live in the States. Until the present she has not regained her memories and has been living in ignorant bliss of her past. Since then she has been seeing fleeting memories in her dreams to which she calls nightmares. Sometimes, she sees people dressed in old age clothes appear around her, disappearing just as quickly as they were seen. She's been questioning her life and came to the conclusion that something was wrong with the place she currently lived in, opting to move towards a new place in hope of ending the nightmares and visions she keeps seeing.
EXAMPLE 2: AGENT 13/SHARON CARTER
Full Name: Sharon Carter Nickname or Alias: Agent 13, Kate Birthday: 28 February 1989 Occupation: Undercover Agent, Leasing manager at the Kosmo building Faceclaim: Margot Robbie Backup Faceclaim: Rebecca Rittenhouse
Sharon grew up as the child of a wealthy Virginian couple whose main importance was to create an heir to their fortune. She was to be a prim and proper lady, raised to the values of high society that would become the future face of her parent's business. This meant that she could not live the life of regular kids or even be part of the public as her parents feared that she would be hurt if she went out into the public. Isolated from society, her only friends became the staff and her homeschooling teachers. Sharon grew up hating her life and instead sought comfort in her great aunt's stories. She loved hearing about the war and how a woman like her could go on such great adventures. Most of all, she would always be interested in hearing about the heroes who fought with her. Her great aunt had been an ally to Captain America himself! Hearing of such adventures and heroic actions, Sharon's interest in helping people and doing more than what was considered her "birth right" grew as years passed.
When she was in her teens, she enrolled in a cadet academy with the help of her aunt, much to the chagrin of her parents. Knowing they would disapprove of this, Sharon bargained with her parents, she would inherit the family business when she graduated and turned 18 if they allowed her to do this. It was a hard bargain but Sharon graduated as the top of her class in the academy, being scouted by a covert organization after her graduation to join as their secret agent. Knowing this was her only chance to follow in her great aunt's footsteps, she took the offer, attempting to juggle her business training and work as an agent. Things weren't easy and in the end she had to make a choice, choosing to continue as an agent. With her full allegiance to the organization she worked for, Sharon was tasked with her first long-term undercover mission: to join the staff of the Kosmo building and finding out all she could about the owner and their intentions.
EXAMPLE 3: GHOST SPIDER/GWEN STACY
Full Name: Gwendolyn "Gwen" Maxine Stacy Nickname or Alias: Gwen, Ghost Spider Birthday: December 2, 1999 Occupation: University senior, part-time assistant at science lab Faceclaim: Madison Iseman Backup Faceclaim: Sabrina Carpenter
Having lost her mother when she was young, she was raised by her now single father, a police captain who worked hard at his job and struggled to juggle his work hours with raising his daughter. Not having her father around as much, Gwen had a sense of independence and freedom, taking an interest in the arts. Her father however, tried to create a disciplined household, wanting his daughter to do well in her studies and get into a good college. Gwen however, wanted to be a musician and her dreams and ideals often were a clashing point for the family. It wasn't until the death of one of her closest friends that she began to take her school life more seriously, gaining an interest in science. By the time she was in high school, she was the top of her class and had earned an internship with a well known company who focused on biology and technical enhancements with the aid of her friend, who happened to be well acquainted with the CEO.
It was around the time that she turned 16 that she was helping her supervisor study rare spiders and their DNA that she was bitten by one when it escaped its tank. Afraid that the bite might be poisonous, she worked on a serum that would help counteract whatever side effects may come from the bite, injecting herself with it. Unbeknownst to her, this would cause her dna to mutate and merge with the spider's DNA giving her powers similar to an arachnid's. Having known what they do to people with powers due to her father's job, Gwen became withdrawn, wanting to keep herself hidden as to not raise her father's suspicion. When she turned 18, she went to a college that offered single room dorms, living there while also still interning in hopes of finding a cure. As the years passed by, she began to grow into her powers a little more and decided to stop searching for a cure, instead, focusing on trying to keep herself concealed while also learning the extent of her abilities. After two years of college dorminG, Gwen moved into an apartment she could call her own in the Kosmo building.