Iron Fist is a martial artist who often worked with Luke Cage. has been with the Avengers, Defenders, Midnight Sons, and Heroes for Hire.
Character History[]
Danny Rand was born in Manhattan, New York City to Wendall and Heather Rand on May 15th, 1986. When Daniel was nine, his father traveled to Tibet along with Heather and his business partner Harold Meachum in search of the nexus to K'un-Lun. Toppling off a treacherous mountain passage, Daniel dragged his mother and father over the ice shelf with him. While he and his mother landed on a ledge below, his father dangled over the sheer drop of the mountainside and called to his partner for help.
Hoping to take over Rand's share of the business, Meachum instead caused him to lose his grip and plunge to his death. Though Meachum offered to help Heather Rand and her son, they spurned him. Attempting to make it back to camp on their own, Heather and her son spied a long suspension bridge as a pack of wolves attacked. Heather tried to hold them off long enough for her son to get to safety and was killed in the effort.
Soon thereafter, denizens of K'un-Lun found the boy and took him to their city. There Daniel was brought before Yu-Ti, who had secretly plotted the murder of both Wendell and Heather. Yu-Ti apprenticed Daniel to the martial arts master Lei Kung the Thunderer.
At age nineteen, Rand was given the opportunity to gain the power of the Iron Fist. He was sent to battle the enormous fire-breathing serpent called Shou-Lao the Undying which lived in a cave outside the city and which ferociously guarded a brazier containing its heart, which had mystically been removed from its body. In their battle, Rand grabbed the serpent's body, which bore a scar which imprinted itself upon Rand's chest. Killing the serpent, Rand plunged his hands into the now unguarded brazier containing Shou-Lao's molten heart when his hands shone with a quasi-mystical force and he earned the title "Iron Fist," for he could now summon superhuman energy to reinforce the power of blows struck by his hands.
He returned to the United States when the nexus reopens and befriended other superpowered and skilled individuals like Colleen Wing, Misty Knight, Moon Knight, Blade, Blindspot, and Daredevil. He also met another hero by name of Luke Cage in which became best friends with and worked at his place of business called the Heroes for Hire.
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2[]
Iron Fist works for the anti-registration forces in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. He is one of six characters whose faction is immutable. While he is playable in Vicarious Visions version, he only appears as NPC cameo in n-space version (barring DS version) and originally meant to be playable there as well.
Available: After choosing Anti-Registration; or, after the first chapter of Act III if you choose Pro-Registration.
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3[]
While Luke Cage is busy helping his fellow heroes on cleaning up a riot at The Raft caused by Sinister Six, Iron Fist and Daredevil immediately storms inside the Shadowland Castle, upon learning that Kingpin somehow gain an unknown crystal similar to the one of the Infinity Stones from an unknown source. Though he, Daredevil and Jessica Jones are unaware that Elektra Natchios is also there too, but being ambushed and brainwashed by the The Hand's sorcerers. By the time Luke join The Ultimate Alliance and manage to secure the prison, they help Iron Fist to fight off The Hand ninjas at the main gate, then catches with Daredevil and rescues Elektra into joining their ranks, and finally proceeds to defeat Bullseye and Kingpin. As the universe is in danger because Thanos and his Black Order are hunting the stones for the worst outcome, Iron Fist and his fellow Defenders, including Elektra joins the Alliance full time until the quest is over.
Gameplay[]
Trivia[]
- Iron Fist originally planned to be playable in the first game, albeit as one of PSP exclusives alongside Longshot and Captain Britain, but was debunked.
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