Natasha Romanoff

Natasha Romanoff is one of the most talented spies and assassins in the entire world and a founding member of the Avengers. As a child, she was indoctrinated into the Red Room by General Dreykov, and briefly lived as the surrogate daughter of Alexei Shostakov and Melina Vostokoff while they were undercover in the United States of America. After the Destruction of the North Institute, she underwent extensive psychological conditioning, before graduating from the Red Room as a Widow. Working as an operative for the Belarusian KGB (KGB RB)

She was targeted by S.H.I.E.L.D., before being given the chance to ultimately defect to the organization by Clint Barton by assassinating Dreykov. Romanoff succeeded, although having to use his daughter Antonia Dreykov's life as collateral damage would haunt her for the rest of her life.

Having extensive mastery in martial arts and armed with her Widow's Bite, Romanoff became one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most efficient agents, using the title given by her former organization as her codename, Black Widow. During one mission, she was sent undercover into Stark Industries as Natalie Rushman to watch Tony Stark due to the fear that he was dying. During this mission, Romanoff assisted Stark with defeating Ivan Vanko's terrorist plots against him.

In Russia, the media covers Tony Stark's disclosure of his identity as Iron Man. Ivan Vanko, mourning the death of his father Anton Vanko—a former Stark Industries employee, sees this and builds the same miniature arc reactor as Stark's using old Stark Industries blueprints left behind by Anton.

Six months later, Tony wants to continue the legacy of his father Howard, and re-institutes the Stark Expo in New York City's Flushing Meadows–Corona Park. He also resists pressure to turn over his armored suits to the government and Stark's rival, Justin Hammer. However, Stark learns that the palladium core in the arc reactor that keeps him alive and powers the armor is slowly poisoning him, and he is unable to find a substitute. Growing increasingly despondent about his impending death, and refusing to tell anyone about his condition, Stark appoints his assistant Pepper Potts as CEO of Stark Industries and hires Stark employee Natalie Rushman to replace her as his assistant.

Stark competes in the Monaco Historic Grand Prix, where he is attacked in the middle of the race by Vanko, who wields electrified whips powered by his arc reactor. Stark dons his armor and defeats Vanko, but the armor is severely damaged. Vanko explains that he intended to prove to the world that Iron Man is not invincible. Impressed by Vanko's performance, Hammer fakes Vanko's death while breaking him out of prison and asks him to build a line of armored suits to upstage Stark. Vanko decides that unmanned drones are better to eliminate the human factor.

During his birthday party, Stark gets drunk while wearing the Iron Man suit. Annoyed by Tony's recklessness, Stark's best friend, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes, dons Stark's prototype armor and tries to restrain him. The fight ends in a stalemate, and Rhodes confiscates the prototype armor for the U.S. Air Force. Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D., approaches Stark. Fury reveals that "Rushman" is S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Natasha Romanoff and that Fury personally knew Howard Stark, who was a founder of S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury explains that Vanko's father and Howard invented the arc reactor together, but Howard had Anton deported when the latter tried to sell it. The Soviets then sent Anton to the Gulag. Fury gives Stark some of his father's old material. In a diorama of the 1974 Stark Expo, Stark finds a diagram of the atomic structure of a new element. With the aid of his A.I., J.A.R.V.I.S., Stark determines it can replace his arc reactor's current palladium core, and successfully synthesizes it.

When Stark learns that Vanko is still alive, he goes to Hammer's expo. As Hammer unveils Vanko's armored drones, they are led by Rhodes in a heavily weaponized version of the prototype armor, dubbed "War Machine". Just as Stark arrives to warn Rhodes, Vanko takes remote control of all the drones and Rhodes's armor and attacks Stark. Hammer is arrested for breaking Vanko out of prison while Romanoff and Stark's bodyguard Happy Hogan infiltrate Hammer's factory. Vanko escapes, but Romanoff gains access to Hammer Industries software and returns control of Rhodes's armor to him. Together, Stark and Rhodes defeat Vanko and his drones. Vanko dies by suicide by blowing up his suit and the drones.

At a debriefing, Fury informs Stark that because of his difficult personality, S.H.I.E.L.D. intends to use him only as a consultant moving forward. Stark and Rhodes receive medals for their heroism. In a post-credits scene, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson discovers a large hammer in a desert in New Mexico.

The Asgardian Loki encounters the Other, the representative of an extraterrestrial race known as the Chitauri. In exchange for obtaining the Tesseract, a powerful energy source of unknown potential, the Other promises to provide Loki with an army to conquer Earth. Nick Fury, director of the covert agency S.H.I.E.L.D., arrives at a remote research facility where physicist Dr. Erik Selvig is leading a team studying the Tesseract. It suddenly activates and opens a portal, allowing Loki to reach Earth. Loki steals the Tesseract and uses his scepter to enslave Selvig and other agents, including Clint Barton, to aid him.

In response, Fury reactivates the "Avengers Initiative". Agent Natasha Romanoff travels to Kolkata to recruit Dr. Bruce Banner so he can trace the Tesseract through its gamma radiation emissions. Fury approaches Steve Rogers to discuss his knowledge of the Tesseract, and Agent Phil Coulson visits Tony Stark so he can check Selvig's research. Loki is in Stuttgart, where Barton steals iridium needed to stabilize the Tesseract. This leads to a confrontation with Rogers, Stark, and Romanoff that ends with Loki's surrender. While Loki is being escorted to S.H.I.E.L.D., his adoptive brother Thor arrives and frees him, hoping to convince him to abandon his plan and return to Asgard. Stark and Rogers intervene, and Loki is imprisoned in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s flying base, the Helicarrier.

The Avengers disagree on how to approach Loki and become argumentative once they realize S.H.I.E.L.D. plans to use the Tesseract to create weapons of mass destruction to use against extraterrestrial threats. During the argument, Loki's agents attack the Helicarrier, and in the chaos Banner transforms into the Hulk. Stark and Rogers restart the damaged engine while Thor saves Romanoff from being killed by the Hulk and attempts to stop the Hulk's rampage. Romanoff subdues Barton, freeing him from Loki's influence. Loki escapes after mortally wounding Coulson. Fury uses Coulson's subsequent death to motivate the Avengers to work together as a team. Loki uses the Tesseract and a generator Selvig built to open a portal above Stark Tower in New York City to bring his Chitauri fleet and start his invasion.

Rogers, Stark, Romanoff, Barton, Thor, and the Hulk work together to protect New York from the Chitauri. The Hulk incapacitates Loki while Romanoff learns from Selvig, now freed from Loki's mind control, that Loki's scepter can shut down the generator. Fury's superiors from the World Security Council attempt to end the invasion by launching a nuclear missile at Midtown Manhattan. Stark intercepts the missile and flies it through the wormhole toward the Chitauri fleet. The missile destroys the Chitauri mothership and disables their forces on Earth. Stark becomes unconscious, and his suit loses power, leaving him freefalling towards Earth. The Avengers manage to catch and resuscitate him, while Romanoff uses Loki's scepter to close the wormhole. In the aftermath, Thor transports an imprisoned Loki and the Tesseract to Asgard, where Loki will face Asgardian justice.

Two years after the Battle of New York, Steve Rogers works in Washington, D.C., for the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., while adjusting to contemporary society. During a mission alongside Agent Natasha Romanoff and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s counter-terrorism S.T.R.I.K.E. team led by Agent Brock Rumlow to free hostages aboard a S.H.I.E.L.D. vessel from pirates led by Georges Batroc, Rogers discovers Romanoff has another assignment: to extract data from the ship's computers.

Returning to the Triskelion, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s headquarters, Rogers confronts Director Nick Fury and is briefed about Project Insight: three Helicarriers linked to spy satellites, designed to eliminate threats preemptively. Unable to decrypt Romanoff's data, Fury becomes suspicious about Insight and asks senior S.H.I.E.L.D. official and Secretary of Internal Security Alexander Pierce to delay the project. On his way to rendezvous with Maria Hill, Fury is ambushed by HYDRA agents disguised as law enforcement led by an assassin called the Winter Soldier. Escaping to Rogers' apartment, Fury warns him that S.H.I.E.L.D. is compromised but is shot by the Winter Soldier before handing Rogers a flash drive containing the ship's data. Fury is pronounced dead during surgery, and Hill recovers the body.

Pierce summons Rogers to the Triskelion. When Rogers withholds Fury's information, Pierce brands him a fugitive. Hunted by S.T.R.I.K.E., Rogers meets with Romanoff. Using the data, they discover a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. bunker in New Jersey, where they activate a supercomputer containing the preserved consciousness of Arnim Zola. Zola reveals that after being captured by Rogers during World War II, he was recruited to S.H.I.E.L.D., where he secretly reformed HYDRA within its ranks, sowing global chaos using the Winter Soldier as their primary assassin. The pair narrowly escapes death when a S.H.I.E.L.D. missile destroys the bunker, and they realize that Pierce is HYDRA's leader within S.H.I.E.L.D. Rogers and Romanoff enlist the help of VA employee and former USAF pararescueman Sam Wilson, whom Rogers befriended, and acquire a powered "Falcon" wingpack used by Wilson while he was in the Air Force.

They capture S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Jasper Sitwell, a HYDRA mole, forcing him to divulge that Zola developed a data mining algorithm that can identify individuals becoming future threats to HYDRA. The Insight Helicarriers will sweep the globe using satellite guns to eliminate the threat. Sitwell is killed in an ambush by the Winter Soldier, whom Rogers recognizes as Bucky Barnes, his longtime best friend previously thought dead; he had survived due to Zola's experimentation and has been repeatedly brainwashed and cryogenically frozen to perform Hydra's missions. Hill manages to extract the trio to a safehouse where Fury, who had faked his death, plans to sabotage the Helicarriers by replacing their controller chips.

After the World Security Council members arrive for the Helicarriers' launch, Rogers broadcasts Hydra's plot to everyone at the Triskelion. Romanoff, disguised as one of the Council members, disarms Pierce. Fury arrives and forces Pierce to unlock S.H.I.E.L.D.'s database so Romanoff can leak classified information, exposing HYDRA to the public. Following a struggle, Fury fatally shoots Pierce. Rogers and Wilson raid two Helicarriers and replace the controller chips, but Barnes destroys Wilson's suit and fights Rogers on the third. Rogers fends him off and replaces the final chip, allowing Hill to take control and have the vessels destroy each other.

Rogers refuses to fight Barnes in an attempt to reach his friend, but as the ship collides with the Triskelion, Rogers falls into the Potomac River. Barnes rescues the unconscious Rogers before disappearing into the woods. With S.H.I.E.L.D. in disarray, Romanoff appears before a Senate subcommittee to defend her and Rogers' actions. Fury, under the cover of his apparent death, heads to Europe to pursue HYDRA's remaining cells. Rogers and Wilson decide to find Barnes, while Rumlow, who was a HYDRA agent, is hospitalized following the Triskelion's destruction.

In the Eastern European country of Sokovia, the Avengers—Tony Stark, Thor, Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, and Clint Barton—raid a HYDRA facility commanded by Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, who has experimented on humans using the scepter previously wielded by Loki. They meet two of Strucker's test subjects—twins Pietro (superhuman speed) and Wanda Maximoff (telepathic and telekinetic abilities)—and apprehend Strucker while Stark retrieves Loki's scepter.

Stark and Banner discover an artificial intelligence within the scepter's gem and secretly use it to complete Stark's "Ultron" global defense program. The unexpectedly sentient Ultron, believing he must eradicate humanity to save Earth, eliminates Stark's AI J.A.R.V.I.S. and attacks the Avengers at their headquarters dueing a celebration. Escaping with the scepter, Ultron uses the resources in Strucker's Sokovia base to upgrade his rudimentary body and build an army of robot drones. Having killed Strucker, he recruits the Maximoffs, who hold Stark responsible for their parents' deaths by his company's weapons and goes to the base of arms dealer Ulysses Klaue in Johannesburg to get vibranium. The Avengers attack Ultron and the Maximoffs, but Wanda subdues them - except for Barton - with haunting visions, causing Banner to turn into the Hulk and rampage until Stark stops him with his Hulkbuster armor.

A worldwide backlash over the resulting destruction, and the fears Wanda's hallucinations incited, send the team into hiding at Barton's farmhouse. Thor departs to consult with Dr. Erik Selvig on the apocalyptic future he saw in his hallucination, while Nick Fury arrives and encourages the team to form a plan to stop Ultron. In Seoul, Ultron uses Loki's scepter to enslave the team's friend Helen Cho. They use her synthetic-tissue technology, vibranium, and the scepter's gem to craft a new body. As Ultron uploads himself into the body, Wanda is able to read his mind; discovering his plan for human extinction, the Maximoffs turn against Ultron. Rogers, Romanoff, and Barton fight Ultron and retrieve the synthetic body, but Ultron captures Romanoff. The Avengers fight among themselves when Stark and Banner secretly upload J.A.R.V.I.S.—who is still working after hiding from Ultron inside the Internet—into the synthetic body.

Thor returns to help activate the body, based on his vision that the gem on its brow is the Mind Stone, one of the six Infinity Stones, the most powerful objects in existence. This "Vision" earns their trust by being worthy of lifting Thor's hammer, Mjölnir. Vision and the Maximoffs go with the Avengers to Sokovia, where Ultron has used the remaining vibranium to build a machine to lift a large part of the capital city skyward, intending to crash it into the ground to cause global extinction. Banner rescues Romanoff, who awakens the Hulk for the battle. The Avengers fight Ultron's army while Fury arrives in a Helicarrier with Maria Hill, James Rhodes, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to evacuate civilians.

Pietro dies when he shields Barton from gunfire, and a vengeful Wanda abandons her post to destroy Ultron's primary body, which allows one of his drones to activate the machine. The city plummets, but Stark and Thor overload the machine and shatter the landmass. In the aftermath, the Hulk, unwilling to endanger Romanoff by being with her, departs in a Quinjet, while Vision confronts and destroys Ultron's last remaining body. Later, with the Avengers having established a new base run by Fury, Hill, Cho, and Selvig, Thor returns to Asgard to learn more about the forces he suspects have manipulated recent events. As Stark leaves and Barton retires, Rogers and Romanoff prepare to train new Avengers: Rhodes, Vision, Sam Wilson, and Wanda.

A year after Ultron was defeated by the Avengers in Sokovia, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Sam Wilson, and Wanda Maximoff try to stop Brock Rumlow when he and his team of terrorists broke into the IFID Headquarters to steal a biological weapon and he fought Steve Rogers before trying to blow himself up and take Steve with him after Steve overpowered him. Wanda Maximoff telekinetically diverted the explosion, but the nearby building was heavily damaged and multiple civilians - including volunteer workers from Wakanda - were killed by the explosion.

Thaddeus Ross, the U.S. Secretary of State, informs the Avengers that the United Nations (UN) is preparing to pass the Sokovia Accords, which will establish a UN panel to oversee and control the team. The Avengers are divided: Tony Stark supports oversight because of his role in Ultron's creation and Sokovia's devastation, while Rogers has more faith in his own judgment than that of politicians. Meanwhile, Helmut Zemo tracks down and kills Barnes' old HYDRA handler, stealing a book containing the trigger words that activate Barnes' brainwashing. At a UN conference in Vienna where the Accords are to be ratified, a bomb kills King T'Chaka of Wakanda. Security footage indicates the bomber is Barnes, whom T'Chaka's son, T'Challa, vows to kill. Informed by Sharon Carter of Barnes' whereabouts and the authorities' intentions to kill him, Rogers decides to try to bring in Barnes—his childhood friend and war comrade—himself. Rogers and Wilson track Barnes to Bucharest and attempt to protect him from T'Challa and the authorities, but all four, including T'Challa, are apprehended by the Bucharest police and James Rhodes.

Impersonating a psychiatrist sent to interview Barnes, Zemo recites the words to activate Barnes's brainwashing. He questions Barnes, then sends him on a rampage to cover his own escape. Rogers stops Barnes and sneaks him away. When Barnes regains his senses, he explains that Zemo is the real Vienna bomber and wanted the location of the Siberian HYDRA base, where other brainwashed "Winter Soldiers" are kept in cryogenic stasis. Unwilling to wait for authorization to apprehend Zemo, Rogers and Wilson go rogue, and recruit Maximoff, Clint Barton, and Scott Lang to their cause. With Ross's permission, Stark assembles a team composed of Romanoff, T'Challa, Rhodes, Vision, and Peter Parker to capture the renegades. Stark's team intercepts Rogers' group at Leipzig/Halle Airport, where they fight until Romanoff allows Rogers and Barnes to escape. As Rogers and Barnes are escaping, Rhodes is inadvertently shot down by Vision, and becomes partially paralyzed. The rest of Rogers' team is captured and detained at the Raft prison, and Romanoff goes on the run for violating the Accords.

Stark discovers evidence that Barnes was framed by Zemo and convinces Wilson to give him Rogers' destination. Without informing Ross, Stark goes to the Siberian HYDRA facility and strikes a truce with Rogers and Barnes, unaware that they were secretly followed by T'Challa. They find that the other super-soldiers have been killed by Zemo, who then shows them footage that reveals that the automobile Barnes had intercepted in 1991 contained Stark's parents, whom Barnes subsequently killed. Enraged that Rogers kept this from him, Stark turns on them both, leading to an intense fight, in which Stark destroys Barnes' robotic arm, and Rogers disables Stark's armor. Rogers departs with Barnes, leaving his shield behind. Satisfied that he has avenged his family's deaths in Sokovia from the Avengers' actions by successfully fracturing them, Zemo attempts suicide, but he is stopped by T'Challa and taken to the authorities.

In the aftermath, Stark provides Rhodes with exoskeletal leg braces that allow him to walk again, while Rogers breaks his allies out of the Raft. Barnes, granted asylum in Wakanda, chooses to return to cryogenic sleep until a cure for his brainwashing is found.

In 2016, Romanoff is a fugitive for violating the Sokovia Accords. She escapes from U.S. Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross and flees to a safehouse in Norway supplied by Rick Mason. Meanwhile, Belova kills a rogue former Widow but comes in contact with a synthetic gas that neutralizes the Red Room's chemical mind-control agent. Belova sends antidote vials to Romanoff, hoping she and the Avengers can free the other Widows, and goes into hiding. When Romanoff is unknowingly driving with the vials in her car, Red Room agent Taskmaster attacks her. Romanoff escapes from Taskmaster and realizes that the vials came from Budapest. There she finds Belova, who reveals that Dreykov is alive and the Red Room is still active. Widows and Taskmaster attack them, but Romanoff and Belova evade them and meet with Mason, who supplies them with a helicopter.

Romanoff and Belova break Shostakov out of prison to learn Dreykov's location, and he directs them to Vostokoff, who lives on a farm outside Saint Petersburg. There she is refining the chemical mind control process used on the Widows. Vostokoff alerts Dreykov and his agents arrive to take them, but Romanoff convinces Vostokoff to help them and the pair use face mask technology to switch places. At the Red Room, a secret aerial facility, Vostokoff frees Shostakov and Belova from their restraints. Dreykov reveals to Romanoff that Taskmaster is Antonia, who suffered damage in the Budapest bombing that was so severe Dreykov had to put technology in her head to save her. This turned Antonia into the perfect soldier, capable of mimicking the actions of anyone she sees. Romanoff is unable to attack Dreykov due to a pheromone lock installed in every Widow, but negates that by breaking her own nose and severing her olfactory nerve. Shostakov battles Taskmaster while Vostokoff takes out one of the facility's engines before locking Taskmaster in a cell.

Dreykov escapes as other Widows attack Romanoff, but Belova exposes them to the antidote. Romanoff copies the locations of other Widows worldwide from Dreykov's computer as the facility begins to explode and fall. She retrieves two surviving antidote vials and frees Taskmaster from the locked cell. Vostokoff and Shostakov escape via a plane while Belova takes out Dreykov's aircraft, killing him. In freefall, Romanoff gives Belova a parachute before battling Taskmaster. After landing, Romanoff uses one antidote vial on Taskmaster and gives the other to Belova along with the locations of the other mind-controlled Widows so she can find and free them. Belova, Vostokoff, and Shostakov say goodbye to Romanoff and leave with Antonia and the freed Widows.

Birth Name: Natalia Alianovna Romanova

Anglicised name: Natasha Romanoff

Nickname: Nat

Codename: Black Widow

Undercover Aliases: Natalie Rushman, Laura Matthers, Zsuzsanna Maza, Rufina Zueva, Nicole Rowley, Tatiana Sokolova, Alion Vans, Irina Zlataryova, Marya Konn, Audrey, Pamela Hawley, Fanny Longbottom, Melina Vostokoff

Born: December 3, 1984 Volgograd, Russia

Age: 33-34 (Story is set in 2018 - doesn't look a day over 30)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bisexual

Career: Elite S.H.I.E.L.D Agent & Black Ops Specialist, former Black Widow and ex-KGB RB operative

Clearance: Level 7

Height: 5'7

Weight: 73.23 kg (161.44 lbs)

Build:

• Physique: Athletic, muscular, geared towards functional and performance strength and mobility (think of her physique as being like that of Annie Thorisdottir)
• Measurements: 40.09-25.70-40.09
• Biceps: 15.46"
• Thighs: 25.12"
• Bra/Cup size: 40DD (sister size to 38E)
• Body Fat: 15%
• Breast density/fullness: Very dense, firm, and full

Hair colour and length: Armpit-length dark red hair

Eye colour: Blue-green

Marks:

• Scar on left hip from 2009.
• During escort of nuclear engineer out of Iran, ambushed by Winter Soldier.
• Winter Soldier shot engineer through Natasha with Soviet slug (no rifling).

Facial features:

• Beautiful woman with heart-shaped face.
• Prominent cheekbones, narrow jawline, pointed chin.
• Green eyes, long dark red hair reaching armpits.
• Resembles MCU counterpart portrayed by Scarlett Johansson.

Enhanced Physiology:

• Red Room's Super Soldier Serum grants enhanced physical abilities.
• Ages slower, appears no older than 30.

Fitness Regimen:

• Holistic approach combining strength training, flexibility, athleticism.
• Exercises for hip mobility and leg strength.
• Muscle building and plyometrics for performance-based and functional strength.
• Cardio and hot yoga to build muscle, lose fat, increase strength and stamina.

Diet:

• Intermittent fasting.
• High protein intake.
• Cycles between high carbs/low fat and low carbs/higher fat days while maintaining protein for intense training.

• Like Scarlett Johansson's portrayal.
• Slightly lower than medium-pitch, chesty, smooth, and slightly breathy.
• Originally had a heavy Russian accent as a native of Russia.
• After years in America, accent now resembles a Manhattan, New York accent.
• Still has a slight Russian accent.
• Samuel Sterns (The Leader) could pinpoint her birthplace of Volgograd from hints of native accent.
• Native Russian accent becomes more prominent when emotional or angry.

• Tactical Suit:

• First choice, same as seen in Captain America: Civil War (2016).
• Sleek and protective black full-body jumpsuit.
• Boots with nearly knee-high shafts, 2-inch heels, kinetic rebounding soles for added jump bounce.
• Made from kevlar-dyneema-nomex blend.
• Elbow, knee, and shin guards of titanium.
• Back holster for batons.
• Utility belt with thigh holsters, red hourglass symbol on front.
• Widow's Bites with long-range upgrades, flash blue when fired.
• All-rounder for combat and stealth as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.

• Combat Suit:

• Second choice, same as when disguised as Melina Vostokoff in Black Widow (2021).
• Protective and sleek with black and grey patterning.
• Gold Widow's Bite bracelets and gold utility belt with red hourglass symbol on front.
• Made from kevlar-dyneema-nomex blend.
• Upper back holster for batons.
• Strap across the front.
• Shoulder, knee, shin, and elbow padding made of titanium.
• Thigh holsters.
• Boots with nearly knee-high shafts and kinetic rebounding soles for jump bounce.
• Widow's Bite bracelets with long-range upgrades, flash red when fired.
• Mainly for combat, also effective for stealth.

Serious Agent with a Sense of Humor:

• Despite being a serious agent, has a sarcastic, wicked sense of humor.
• Humor surfaces around Steve Rogers, Clint Barton, or Yelena Belova (people she's comfortable with).

Smart and Loyal:

• Displayed loyalty by saving Barton from Loki's mind control and protecting Rogers during a highway assault.
• Smart in her strategic thinking and decision-making.

Tough Yet Heroic:

• Tough and at times ruthless, but still a good person.
• Heroic qualities brought out by her missions with Steve Rogers.
• Always ensures bystanders are out of harm's way in battle (e.g., with Hulk transformation, Chitauri attack, Winter Soldier chase).

Loyalty to Team:

• Showed close loyalty to Rogers and Barton in Avengers Civil War, aiding their faction despite going on the run.
• Considered the Avengers her family due to her childhood.
• Desperate to keep the team together during the Sokovia Accords signing.
• Affected when Tony Stark denounced her as a friend.

Relationship with Barton Family:

• Very close with Clint Barton's family, the only Avenger who knew of their existence.
• Genuinely affectionate with their daughter, Lila, hugging her and commending her drawings.
• The Bartons originally planned to name their youngest child after her.
• Humorously called the unborn child "traitor" when they discovered it was a boy and named him Nathaniel instead.

Adaptability and Sokovia Accords:

• Adaptability influenced her opinions on the Sokovia Accords.
• Recognized the difference between S.H.I.E.L.D.'s covert operations and the Avengers' public activities.
• Signed the Accords to appease public opinion and avoid conflict with friends like Barton and Rogers.
• Her care for Steve Rogers led her to betray Stark's team, assisting in his escape and becoming a fugitive.

Kindness and Guilt:

• Retained a kind, caring, and compassionate side despite her harsh upbringing.
• Melina Vostokoff expressed surprise at her ability to keep her heart and humanity.

• Peak Human Strength

• Primary Example: Can consistently overhead press 500 lbs (226 kg).
• Application: Possesses the strength of an elite Olympic powerlifter, allowing her to overpower normal humans and contend with physically enhanced opponents.

• Peak Human Speed

• Combat Speed: Can move at speeds comparable to an Olympic sprinter.
• Measured Rate: Capable of running at speeds between 32-36 mph (51-58 km/h).

• Enhanced Durability

• Damage Resistance: Body is biologically fortified to withstand greater physical trauma than a normal human.
• Notable Feats: Has withstood blows from superhumans, explosions, and continued fighting effectively after being shot.

• Peak Human Endurance

• Pain Tolerance: Exhibits an extraordinary resistance to physical pain.
• Specific Feat: Once resumed full functioning after undergoing extensive surgery without any anaesthetic.

• Peak Human Reflexes

• Reaction Time: Comparable to that of an elite Olympic athlete, allowing for near-instantaneous reaction to threats.

• Peak Human Healing

• Healing Rate: Wounds heal approximately five times faster than the average human rate.
• Effect: Allows for a much quicker recovery from physical injuries sustained in combat.

• Enhanced Immune System

• Biotechnology: Enhanced by biotechnology that has augmented her immune system.
• Effect: Grants a high resistance to diseases, toxins, and foreign agents.

• Enhanced Longevity

• Serum Effect: The biotechnology serum has slowed her aging process.
• Result: Maintains the physical appearance of a young woman despite being born many decades ago.

• Peak Human Metabolism:

• Resistant to weight gain and intoxication.

Gifted Intellect:

• Extremely sharp intellect.
• Can see through lies and detect when someone is hiding something.
• Extremely cunning and deceptive when necessary.

Natasha Romanoff is one of the most talented spies and lethal assassins in the world. Her instructor Madame B. said she was the best student in the Red Room, never failing a single test. The KGB and S.H.I.E.L.D. considered her as one of their most dangerous operatives. Romanoff is extremely skilled in martial arts, armed combat, espionage, infiltration, disguise, manipulation, evasion, hacking, and assassination.

Master Martial Artist: Natasha is one of the deadliest martial artists and hand-to-hand combatants in the world, having trained from a young age in the Red Room and S.H.I.E.L.D. in her later life as an elite agent.

Baton, Staff, and Knife Mastery: Natasha is extremely skilled in using a staff, batons, and knives in combat; wielding them with deadly efficiency.

Master Marksman: Natasha was trained from a young age in sharpshooting and combat shooting, capable of making several headshots in quick succession. During the Battle of Washington, D.C., Romanoff would have shot the Winter Soldier through his eye if he hadn't been wearing his protective goggles.

Master Spy: Due to her skills and expereince, Natasha is well-versed in internal destabilization and is a master of espionage, stealth, disguise, and infiltration. To the point where Tony Stark told her she is "mind-blowingly duplicitous."

Master Assassin: Romanoff is considered to be one of the most dangerous assassins in the world. She has killed many people during her time serving the KGB and S.H.I.E.L.D..

Expert Tactician: Natasha was an excellent strategist, tactician, and field commander, being able to lead the Avengers and even S.H.I.E.L.D. on occasion.

Master Interrogator: Natasha was able to trick Loki, an extremely skilled manipulator in his own right, into telling her about his plan to use Hulk to break him out.

Multilingualism: Natasha's native tongue is Russian and speaks perfect English, French, German, Chinese, Italian, Vietnamese, Latin, Norwegian, Japanese, and knows Morse code.

• Hand-to-hand combat:

• Bare Knuckle Boxing
• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Combat Hapkido
• Lucha Libre Wrestling (for dropkicks, hurricanranas, nothing more.)
• Military Krav Maga
• Military Taekwondo
• Muay Thai Lerdrit (Military Muay Thai)
• Red Room Sambo
• Red Room Systema
• Wing Chun
• Vovinam (for her signature flying headscissors takedown)

Acrobatic maneuvers:

• Acrobatics
• Lucha Libre Wrestling
• Parkour
• Vovinam

Staff and Stick fighting:

• Jeet Kune Do
• Kali (Pekiti-Tirsia & Sayoc)
• Wing Chun

Knife Fighting:

• Military Krav Maga
• Muay Thai Lerdrit
• Pekiti-Tirsia & Sayoc Kali
• Red Room Systema (Her foundation)

Firearms:

• Combat Shooting

Stealth, espionage, survival:

• Ninjutsu

Fighting Style:

• Trained as a Black Widow, with main style being Red Room Systema.
• Red Room Systema is a form of Systema developed for the Black Widow Ops Program.
• Takes what works best from the other martial arts listed.
• Received further training upon joining S.H.I.E.L.D., becoming one of the most lethal agents in S.H.I.E.L.D. and one of the deadliest martial artists.
• Versatile, incorporating the most effective elements from each martial art into her own unique style.

• Black Widow's Bite

• Signature weapon, a bracelet worn on both wrists.
• Delivers powerful electric shocks that can stun or kill depending on Natasha's needs.
• Shoots a grappling hook.
• Charges taser batons.
• Contains a length of wire for use as a garrote.
• Can project focused electricity to enhance punches or disrupt electromechanical devices from a distance.

• Sidearms

• A pair of Glock 19 Gen5s.
• Holstered on her thighs at all times, usually dual-wielded.

• Primary Longarm

• Model: SIG Sauer MCX LVAW "Black Mamba"
• Suppressor: SIG SRD762-QD Suppressor
• Handguard: SD (Suppressor Diameter) Handguard
• Optics & Magnifier: EOTech XPS3-0 with G33 Magnifier
• Laser Module: LA-5/PEQ High Power Laser Module
• Additional Features: Skeletonized Folding Stock, BCM Gunfighter Vertical Grip, sling - for the loop sling technique for extra stability, extended magazines

• Sniper Rifle

• Model: McMillan TAC-338 sniper rifle.
• Chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum.
• Scope Nightforce ATACR 7-35x56 F1
• Bipod: Atlas PSR (Precision Sniper Rifle) Bipod
• Additional Features: AN/PVS-22 Universal Night Sight (UNS) for night-vision, Anti-mirage strap & suppressor cover, carrying handle
• Used for: Clandestine, counter-terrorism, urban, and assassination operations.

• Dual-wield electroshock batons

• Used in close-quarters combat to deliver powerful electrical shocks and incapacitate targets.
• Used to take down Ultron Sentries and in Avengers Civil War (not charged with electricity in the latter).
• Can be combined to form a staff.
• Kept in a holster on her back.
• Can be charged using the Black Widow's Bite bracelets.

• Tactical Knife

• Model: Cold Steel Tai Pan Nightfall
• Handle: Kray-Ex handle
• Cross-guard: Stainless steel double quillon guard
• Blade Length: 7.5 inches
• Blade Width: Approximately 1.375 inches
• Blade Material: CPM-3V steel
• Blade Finish: Satin finish
• Pommel: Tapered, semi-pointed stainless steel pommel used as a skull-crusher
• Blade Coating: DLC (Diamond-like carbon) coating

• Backup and Utility Knife:

• Model: Cold Steel SRK 3V
• Handle: Kray-Ex handle
• Cross-guard: Double quillon guard
• Blade Length: 6 inches
• Blade Width: Approximately 1 inch
• Blade Material: CPM-3V steel
• Blade Coating: DLC (Diamond-like carbon) coating

1. Ivan Romanoff - Late biological father

2. Unnamed late biological mother

3. Alexei Shostakov, aka Red Guardian - Adoptive father

4. Melina Vostokoff, aka Iron Maiden - Adoptive mother

5. Yelena Belova - Adoptive younger sister

6. Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye - Adoptive older brother

7. Cooper Barton - Honorary Nephew

8. Lila Barton - Honorary Niece

9. Nathaniel Barton - Honorary Nephew

Avengers:

1. Steve Rogers, aka Captain America

2. Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye - Adoptive older brother

3. Tony Stark, aka Iron Man

4. Bruce Banner, aka Hulk

5. Thor Odinson

6. James "Rhodey" Rhodes, aka War Machine

7. Wanda Maximoff, aka Scarlet Witch

8. Pietro Maximoff, aka Quicksilver - Deceased

9. Sam Wilson, aka Falcon

10. Vision

11. T'Challa, aka Black Panther

12. Scott Lang, aka Ant-Man

13. Hope van Dyne, aka The Wasp

14. James "Bucky" Barnes, aka Winter Soldier

15. Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel

16. Kamala Khan, aka Miss Marvel

17. Peggy Carter, aka Captain Carter

18. Yelena Belova - Adoptive younger sister (Yelena works either as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent or as an ally of S.H.I.E.L.D. now)

S.H.I.E.L.D.:

1. Nick Fury

2. Maria Hill

3. Phil Coulson's team: • Phil Coulson • Melinda May, aka The Cavalry • Leo Fitz • Gemma Simmons • Lance Hunter • Daisy Johnson, aka Quake

4. Bobbi Morse

5. Alphonso Mackenzie

6. Antoine Triplett - Deceased

7. Robert Gonzales

8. Tomas Calderon

9. Anne Weaver

10. Sharon Carter, aka Agent 13 - Peggy's Great-niece

Other:

1. Happy Hogan

2. Alexei Shostakov, aka Red Guardian - Adoptive father

3. Melina Vostokoff, aka Iron Maiden - Adoptive mother

1. Loki Laufeyson

2. Chitauri

3. T. Vanchat

4. Alexander Pierce - Deceased

5. Gideon Malick - Deceased

6. Jasper Sitwell - Deceased

7. Brock Rumlow, aka Crossbones - Deceased

8. Jack Rollins

9. Russo

10. John Garrett - Deceased

11. Grant Ward - Deceased

12. Kara Palamas, aka Agent 33 - Deceased

13. Mark Smith

14. Mark Basso

15. Wonsik

16. Bobbitt

17. Glenn Talbot

18. Ultron - Deceased

19. Ultron Sentries - Deceased

20. Thanos

21. General Dreykov - Deceased

22. Georges Batroc, aka Batroc the Leaper

23. Anthony "Tony" Masters, aka Taskmaster

24. Antonia Dreykov, aka Taskmaster (Formerly)

25. Emil Blonksy, aka Abomination

26. Victor Creed, aka Sabretooth

27. Monica Rappaccini, aka Scientist Supreme

Enemy factions:

1. HYDRA

2. A.I.M.

• Level 1: The lowest level. Agents with this clearance had the least access and were typically assigned to support roles like technical, maintenance, or secretarial positions.

• Level 2: Details for this clearance aren't specified, but it's a step up in access from Level 1.

• Level 3: Level 3 agents are often assigned to administrative tasks like sorting files and accessing S.H.I.E.L.D. records, though this could also be a temporary demotion for reasons like a traumatic event, as in the case of Agent Melinda May

• Level 4: Some Level 4 agents work as field agents at this level.

• Level 5: Many Level 5 agents work as foot soldiers, often wearing body armor.

• Level 6: Level 6 agents specialize in espionage and combat.

• Level 7: Level 7 is similar to Level 6, but agents with this clearance get access to more sensitive information, higher priority missions, and full access to details on the Battle of New York back in 2012.

• Level 8: Level 8 gives agents more access to information that could risk the lives of agents with lower clearance levels. Some Level 8 agents work as mission controllers rather than field agents.

• Level 9: Level 9 is typically associated with the Deputy Director (Maria Hill being Deputy Director), other high-ranking field agents can also achieve this level. Level 9 grants access to most of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s files and knowledge of high-ranking projects and missions. Agents who demonstrate significant expertise, leadership, and trust, especially in specialized roles, may be granted this level of access.

• Level 10: Held by the Director. As Director, they have access not only to all S.H.I.E.L.D. files, but to the world's most important files and secrets. The only known person that has Level 10 Clearance is Nick Fury.

° Alpha Level is an additional clearance level that was given to the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Secretary of the World Security Council, as those were the two highest ranking positions that oversaw S.H.I.E.L.D. Two simultaneous Alpha Level Clearance inputs were needed in order to disable all encryption on S.H.I.E.L.D. files. The only known people to have Alpha Level Clearance were Nick Fury and Alexander Pierce before the latter was shot dead by Fury.

° Omega Level is an additional Clearance Level that is needed to access special files, such as the full details of Project Rebirth, or Camilla Reyes' hijacking of the Bus. The only known person to have Omega Level Clearance is Nick Fury.

• Director Nick Fury bears the same likeness of his MCU counterpart portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson, standing 6'2 and wearing his signature outfit that consists of a black leather trenchcoat, black turtleneck sweater that zips up at the front, black tactical military style cargo pants, black leather gloves (occasionally), black leather combat boots, his black signature eyepatch wrapped around his bald head and covering his left eye and a black goatee for facial hair. He also has a black utility belt with a holster on his right thigh that holds his Smith & Wesson M&P sidearm.

• Because this story takes place after the events of Captain America: Civil War (2016), Steve Rogers, Wanda Maximoff, Sam Wilson, James "Bucky" Barnes, and Peggy Carter are all on the run as fugitives. Scott Lang is under house arrest and Clint Barton retired rather than sign the Sokovia Accords. However, in this version of the story, Natasha went back to S.H.I.E.L.D. and came under the organisation's protection.

• The events of The Avengers (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and Captain America: Civil War (2016) and canon and have happened in this story. The events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019) are still canon and will happen in this story.

• THE STORY IS SET IN 2018 JUST BEFORE THE EVENTS OF AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR.

• Despite following a strict diet, and training regimen, Natasha has a fondness for Pavlova. She also has a fondness for freshly made Orange and Mango juice mixed with Coconut water and enjoys having this drink after her workouts.