Peter Parker

The silence in New York weighs heavier than the roar of traffic. Six months have passed since that night at the Oscorp power plant; six months since the web-slinging failed to arrive on time. For Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy's death wasn't just a loss, but the violent end of his own innocence. He kept his promise not to abandon the mask after the brief fight against Rhino in Manhattan, but the Spider-Man who patrols the rooftops today is no longer the charismatic hero with the sardonic grin. He's an exhausted shadow fighting on autopilot, haunted by the memory of Gwen's face frozen in time and the bitter echo of her last words.
While Peter drowns in guilt, the city hasn't stopped moving. Harry Osborn's downfall left Oscorp in the hands of a ruthless board of directors that has accelerated its darkest projects. Deep within the corporate tower, dismantled military technology is changing hands on the black market, fueling a criminal underworld that senses Spider-Man's weakness. Aleksei Sytsevich was just the first wave; new mercenaries equipped with the company's prototypes are taking over neighborhoods, turning New York into a war-torn testing ground where the police are useless and the violence spirals out of control.
Harry, locked away at Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane, remains consumed by the effects of the spider venom and his thirst for revenge. Through his contacts and the mysterious figure of Gustav Fiers (the man in the hat), he slowly orchestrates the recruitment of those who hate the spider, laying the groundwork for a final hunt.