Full Name: Anthony "Tony" Stark
Occupation: Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist.
Education: High School and private school.
Known Relatives: Howard Stark (Dad) and Maria Stark (Deceased)
Current Alias: Iron-man
Aliases: Invincible Ironman, Ultimate Ironman, Mr Stark, etc
Identity status: Secret
Alignment: Good
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: New York City
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 180 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Age: 18
Skills: Boy genius scientist and inventor.
Powers & Weapons: The Ironman armour.
History: Tony was raised into a very wealthy family with a genius inventor for a father. It goes without saying that that genius is genetic as Tony himself is just as if not better than his old man at what he does. Unfortunately his mother did not live to see this as she died soon after child birth and so growing up as an only child with a father who loves to drink and spend nights with the ladies... would eventually shape Tony's own life style.

A natural genius, incredible inventor and son to one of the world's richest men, Tony was always in the best private schools and his friend's were introduced to him through employee's of his Dad's during business meetings. Most notably Virginia 'Pepper' Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes who all met in the early years and grew up with one another as a modern day three amigos team. Of the three however Tony was the self appointed leader and with an ego bigger than life, his friends soon took on the roles of 'Voices of Reason' for Tony as he tended to get a little crazy with money spending and displays of ego.

As they grew up however, Tony's father Howard Stark was being targeting by terrorist groups who wanted Stark Tech and money for their own agendas. To get at Howard and his tech, they kidnapped Tony during an over seas visit and during the attack that lead to his capture, the shrapnel from a nearby grenade hit Tony's chest and he was at risk of death as the pieces began to sink in towards his heart. Were it not for the emergency aid of Ho Yinsen, another captive, Tony would be dead today but thanks to a car battery powered magnet, the shrapnel was kept at bay.

Once back on his feet, the terrorist leader gave Tony the choice to either build him Stark grade weaponry and eventually be allowed to see his father again after a hefty ransom was paid or be tortured to death. Grudgingly Tony accepted but not without an agenda of his own as his genius went fast to work. His first order of business was of course to build a more compact and reliable way to keep himself alive and with his fathers Arc Reactor in mind, he set about making a miniature version that would sit in his chest.

Once this was complete, ideas and experiments from his childhood when he had an obsession with robots came back to inspire him and he fooled the terrorists into thinking he was building them Stark Tech for them when really... he was building it for himself and soon enough Tony escaped with the use of his Mark 1 armour. Unfortunately during the escape his savior and friend Ho Yinsen was killed and it was a moment in Tony's life he would never forget because the man gave his life so that Tony could have his.

Returning to America, Tony's safety was celebrated and a huge media buzz occurred but he never gave details of exactly how he escaped, preferring to simply displaying gratitude for his father's military friend's bringing him home. If anything though, while one would think such an event would humble one to live more cautiously, Tony seemed more determined to experience life and kept up with his billionaire, playboy antics which was a source of concern and great head ache for his friends Pepper and Rhodey. He ever went as far as to transfer out of private school into a public high school for his final year to experience that side of education much to his friend's nightmares as that would only introduce the narcissist to short skirted cheer leaders and all the other appealing outfits that non-uniform required students chose to wear and considering his genius intellect and bigger ego.. there was no telling what as to come.

What he kept in the dark for quite some time was the project he was working on in his private workshop after his return which was a complete redesign and upgrade of the Mark 1 armour he built over seas. He had seen what greedy men were willing to do to get their hands on his father's tech and what they'd do to people to get it and he was determined to put a stop to that and so the red and gold armour clad hero Iron-man was created and his double life began. His secret identity would have remained a secret had his best friends not known him as well as they did and cornered him into spilling the beans about where he was always vanishing off to when Iron-man would show up... especially considering that glowing chest piece that was incredible familiar for some reason.

Pepper and Rhodey both swore to secrecy of what Tony was up to but insisted they wanted in. At first Tony refused, insisting that this was his mission and he could not allow them to be put in harm's way as he had been which was a remarkably selfless act for him and showed a maturing of his character they hadn't seen before but none the less... they persisted on wanting their own sets of armour should he ever need back up. They even went as far as to hack into his workshop and steal the Mark 2 to prove that they could work it just as well as Tony did. Furious that they did this, Tony suits up in his prototype Mark 3 and a battle between Rhodey and himself explodes over the New York Skyline. It soon became clear that Tony was not the only one capable of wearing the armour and considering the power core that was keeping him alive could also be his death if it ever got damaged in battle, eventually the boy genius reluctantly agreed to make his friends their own unique armoured suits which would become known as War-Machine and Rescue.

What Tony never realized however is that his father was well aware of what Tony and his friends were up too and the only reason he didn't say anything was because the timing wasn't right as he kept in regular contact with Colonel Nick Fury and continued to work out the plans for their Avengers Initiative.