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PLAYER
Name: K
Age: 26
Personal Journal: overdoseaffliction
E-mail: DomieCafe[at]gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: BUSTERMercenary @ AIM gavinner

CHARACTER
Name: Anthony (Tony) Edward Stark
Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Age: 43
Timeline: Iron Man 3, after Mandarin/AIM blows up his Malibu mansion and he’s assumed ‘dead.’ Precise canon point is while he’s still drowning in the water, before JARVIS saves him.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

Personality:
Tony Stark is a self-titled Genius Billionaire Playboy Philanthropist. He is known through the media as playboy, known for his exploits and extravagant party lifestyle. As former CEO of a successful company, he uses his success to his advantage. He can come off as a know it all, often talking over others and sharing information when nobody really asks. This over confidence could be why he is one of the few super heroes to publicly reveal his identity. He’s also got a flair for drama, often making grand entrances to announce his appearance. His personality (and ego) seems to fill up the entire room, and he generally tends gear most attention towards himself.

Tony Stark is a born genius, described as the “Da Vinci of Our Time.” At age four he built his first circuit board (keep in mind, this is 1974 and the technology is there, just not as easily accessible as it is today) at six he built his first engine, at seventeen he graduated summa cum laude from MIT. It is assumed that during this time he began writing the program for JARVIS, a completely independent AI system capable of managing various functions including flight navigation of the Iron Man suit (though this specific function was updated into his programming much later). He took hold of Stark Industries at age 21, a few years after his parents’ death in a tragic car accident. This made him the youngest CEO of a fortune 500 company in the world. Over the years Stark Industries’ profits grew under Tony’s leadership and became the leader in militarized weapon manufacturing. Weapons like the Jericho missile were the cutting edge in weapons technology. Tony is also capable of making due with limited technology in order to make extraordinary things. During his time in Afghanistan and with the help of his fellow captive Yensid, he was able to create a miniaturized Arc Reactor (a technology that had been assumed to have little benefit) and the first prototype of the Iron Man armor (Mark I). The two were able to create these breakthroughs in technology with little supplies and under extreme pressure. It can be assumed that some of Tony’s best creations have been made when under pressure. A prime example of this would be the new nameless element he created using is father’s notes. At the time, Tony was dying due to palladium poisoning. The pressure of dying and SHIELD’s own pressure helped Tony create the element (it’s still unnamed… he’ll get back to the Nobel committee with a name when he’s not busy saving the world). He also can pick up on most scientific research instantaneously. This can be seen when he became an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics overnight.

Tony often likes to think out loud. Whether this is due to the fact that he’s used to JARVIS around, or he just likes to hear his own voice is unknown. If there is someone around, he will voice his thoughts aloud whether or not they want to hear them. He is also constantly thinking of new ideas, inventions, programs, solutions to problems, etc. His mind is often on overdrive and he gets very little sleep due to the fact that he is always working either in his workshop (his preferred place of work) or elsewhere via Starkpad or Starkphone. Unfortunately he only works on what he actually wants to work on, versus anything that actually needs to be done.

When it comes to people, he is often very social around others, making easy conversation but he will often keep most people at arm’s distance. There are very few that he truly cares about and trusts. When asked serious questions by people he’s not close to (members of the press, employees, etc.) he often deflects and changes subject. Often times he will turn the questions around on others, and not really take anybody seriously. Most of his conversations are generally light hearted but lack any seriousness if he really wants to avoid the subject. He often makes pop culture references and cracks a lot of one liners. Most people are enamored with Tony’s larger than life personality, as he’s known for always having fun and partying. He has an air of confidence about him (more than likely over confidence) that tends to make others want to work with him or directly challenge him.

Tony has been described to have ‘Textbook Narcissism.’ He’s very self-centered and tends to not take others into consideration. This can go for opinions, suggestions, anything really. He’s often far too wrapped up in himself and his own problems to pay attention to anybody else. This often puts a strain on the few relationships he has with those he cares about whether romantic or platonic. Probably the most obvious example of this would be his relationship with Pepper Potts. Due to Tony’s own self-centered tendencies, he has put a strain on their romantic relationship. He’s put her in dangerous situations, blatantly ignored her, and has taken advantage of the various things she has done for him. At one point he bought her strawberries to apologize, only to be reminded that Pepper is indeed allergic to the fruit. His excuse was ‘I remembered something about strawberries.’ Tony does acknowledge that he has these tendencies, but it wasn’t until after the battle of New York that he tried to actually change this about himself with very little success.

When left on his own, Tony will often give in to his own obsessive tendencies. These obsessions tend to lean towards technology and intellectual subjects. Since stepping down as CEO of Stark Industries, he has become the head of Research and Development. This has led to him creating various inventions, software, and Iron Man prototypes. He has been known to spend days in his workshop not sleeping and constantly working or ‘tinkering’ as he says. He only comes out to occasionally get food (often times a slice of pizza or something else unhealthy). He has even attempted to go fake ‘dates’ with Pepper with the by remotely controlling Iron Man suit in his place while he continues to work. While this obsession has led to leaps and bounds in technology, it has often distanced him from people and human interaction. These obsessive tendencies also come out when he is faced with emotional and personal problems. He’d much rather distract himself with technology than face any personal issues.

After the battle of New York, Tony showed symptoms of undiagnosed PTSD (because why diagnose a problem he doesn’t think he has? He’s totally fine. Panic attacks? What panic attacks? Nope, he has no idea what you’re talking about). This shows up in the form of severe panic attacks and nightmares. It can also be assumed that he had some form of PTSD after Afghanistan, but the symptoms were not as noticeable and he had buried himself in the creation of the Iron Man suit (Marks II and III). However, after New York, he couldn’t sleep because he was worried and stressed about new threats that he couldn’t take care of alone as Iron Man, and obsessively Assembled the Iron Legion.

Tony has been known to make very rash decisions without fully thinking (or caring) about the consequences. Often times he will act on instinct and emotion. A prime example of this would be the challenge he made to the Mandarin on national television which lead to the destruction of his Malibu mansion and his assumed ‘death.’ These decisions also show some of his self-destructive behavior. In the battle of New York, Tony intercepted a missile ready to kill millions of civilians and propelled it through the portal created by the tesaract. There was very little chance of him returning to earth, and despite knowing these odds, he went through it anyways.

Tony can drink too much on occasion. He is fully aware that this can be a problem, and has caused problems in the past (the drunken Iron Man armor fight with Rhodey is a prime example). He is also fully aware that he might be dependent on alcohol, but he really doesn’t care enough about it to fix that about himself. This behavior could be attributed to watching his father constantly drink while he was a child. Tony’s relationship with his father was very strained. He describes his father as being cold, distant, and always disappointed. However, it was his disappointment that gave Tony the drive to become what he is today and make Stark Industries an even more powerful company than Howard Stark could ever dream of.

Background: God this is so long I’m sorry

Abilities: As described above, he is a scientific and engineering genius. He’s capable of thoroughly learning complex scientific subjects overnight. Despite his vast scientific knowledge, he prefers engineering and mechanics. He’s an expert on robotics and weaponry as well as computer programming. He is also capable of basic hand to hand combat (Dirty Boxing as described by Happy Hogan) and knows self-defense. Tony is also fluent in English, French, and has basic knowledge of various other languages.

At the time of arrival, he does have the Mark XLII Armor with him, which is equipped with various weapons and repulsors. It is capable of assembling onto him when he makes a certain gesture, or if he is in imminent danger. This is thanks to the control nodes implanted into his forearms that can react to both his brainwaves as well as gestures. JARVIS is also uploaded to the suit but it cannot access any Stark satellites or servers. The armor is not perfect as it is still in its prototype stages and does not have all of its programming uploaded, which is disappointing to him because he hardly has any music uploaded to it. Mark XLII also sometimes has trouble finding its way to Due to both its unfinished state as well as the battle that it was previously in, the Mark XLII will be almost useless unless Tony can find a proper power source. Until then, he may use the suit sparingly.

First Person:

[The feed blinks on, and Tony’s face pops into view. There’s a few cuts and scrapes cross his face and bits of plaster in his hair. He’s obviously tired, but he has a look of concentration on the camera as he’s obviously playing with the device that’s recording him. Suddenly his eyebrows rise as he realizes he’s being recorded.]

Alright, so we've got a steam punk phone with Face Time on it. Great. It’s H. G. Wells’ wet dream come true.

SO look, I get that I’m in the middle of BBC period television, buuuut I can’t stay here. You see, there’s this terrorist called the Mandarin killing off a bunch of people - it’s real complicated stuff. It's on the news. You can Google it. Anyways, I kind of need to figure out where I am so I can know where to go.

[From behind him there’s the loud clunk of metal falling and Tony looks away from the camera to something behind him. He gives a sigh of frustration before turning back to the camera.]

I also need power for this guy right here. [The camera turns to show the Iron Man armor crumpled on the floor. The helmet seems to have fallen off.]

So if anybody could tell me where I am and where I can get a power source large enough to turn this guy on and tuna sand which, I might appreciate it.