Ian Quinn

Ian Quinn was a scientist, an industrialist, and the owner of Quinn Worldwide. He was recruited by the Clairvoyant, and became involved in Project Deathlok. During an encounter with S.H.I.E.L.D., Quinn was arrested after being ordered by the Clairvoyant to shoot Skye in the hopes that it would lead the Clairvoyant to the truth behind the resurrection of Phil Coulson. During the HYDRA Uprising, he assisted HYDRA in developing a synthesized version of GH.325, and was able to retrieve the Gravitonium before deciding to leave HYDRA. Unfortunately, he was betrayed by Raina, who caused him to be absorbed by the Gravitonium the same way Franklin Hall was absorbed.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
====Work with Franklin Hall====
Quinn attended University of Cambridge with Franklin Hall, and the two became friends through their mutual belief that ideas belong to no one and that knowledge should be free to anyone who could use it. It was during this time, that Quinn saw the potential of Hall's then theoretical element Gravitonium, despite Hall's fear of the danger posed by it.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1.03: The Asset
====Quinn Worldwide====
Quinn later practiced this new belief, using Franklin Hall's and others' ideas and turning them into Quinn Worldwide, a huge multi-national conglomerate. Outwardly a generous and benevolent philanthropist with charitable donations exceeding more than eight billion dollars; in truth, he was ruthless in all his own business practices, shunning regulation and oversight to the detriment of the environment and local populations. During this time, he began a twenty-year search for Gravitonium to restart those experiments.
Seeking to avoid regulation and legal blowback, Quinn moved his operation to Malta, where he obtained citizenship and could operate free from legal persecution from other nations. It was during this time, after twenty years and twelve mines on six continents, that he finally discovered a large deposit of Gravitonium.
===Profiting off Terrorism===
====Locating Gravitonium====
Quinn, wishing to have the expertise of Franklin Hall, and believing that Hall would want to be a part of the experiments, arranged to have Hall kidnapped from his position as a S.H.I.E.L.D. asset, and brought to Malta. What Quinn did not anticipate was that it was Franklin Hall himself who leaked the information necessary to enable his own kidnapping. Hall had heard of Quinn's discovery and sought to destroy the Gravitonium for the safety of the world.
While Hall remained downstairs working on the Gravitonium, Quinn hosted a party on his property, with many rich and well respected guests. One of the guests approached Quinn and introduced herself as Skye, claiming she worked for the Rising Tide and had hacked into his security systems to get herself invited. Impressed by Skye's skills, Quinn told her he would speak to her again before he gave a speech discussing the threat S.H.I.E.L.D. and other agencies posed to the world's security.
Quinn later discovered Skye sneaking around the facility's corridors and attempting to break into one of the rooms. Skye confessed that she had been recruited for S.H.I.E.L.D. but assured him that her loyalties remained with the Rising Tide as she wanted to bring down S.H.I.E.L.D. Quinn accepted this explanation and invited her into his private office as he spoke to Skye in length about her involvement with the agency, with Quinn insisting that S.H.I.E.L.D. preyed on the weak, lonely, and the desperate to get recruits. During their conversation, Skye seemed distracted and checked her mirror before placing it on the table.
However, as they were speaking, Quinn was informed that a S.H.I.E.L.D. team had managed to get onto the island and Quinn realized that Skye had tricked him and used a gadget to hack the security systems. Quinn threatened Skye with a gun, pinning her against the wall; however, Skye's recent self-defense training came into action and Quinn was quickly disarmed. However, when Quinn asked if she was truly willing to kill him, Skye told him she was not and jumped out the window into the pool and was able to escape.
When Hall activated the Gravity Field Generator to overload, Quinn saw the effects and realized that Hall was trying to destroy the Gravitonium and kill Quinn in the process. He ordered the evacuation of his compound and escaped by way of his private helicopter. Hall's attempt to destroy the Gravitonium was stopped by a S.H.I.E.L.D. extraction team led by Phil Coulson, who deactivated the generator, seemingly sacrificing Hall in the process. The Gravitonium was confiscated by S.H.I.E.L.D. and stored in an unmarked vault at The Fridge.
====Further Dealings====
Some time later, Quinn attempted to buy an Atmospheric Moisture Freezing Device created by S.H.I.E.L.D. cadets Donnie Gill and Seth Dormer. However, when their activities led to Coulson's Team investigating and discovering their plans, Quinn backed out of the deal. In an attempt to damage S.H.I.E.L.D., Quinn requested a demonstration of the device which lead to the formation of an icy 'superstorm' over the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy of Science and Technology.
====Kill Order====
Quinn paid ten million dollars for a Cybertek Prosthetic Leg for Mike Peterson. S.H.I.E.L.D. investigated the purchase and Skye infiltrated Ian Quinn's Villa, discovering the Deathlok program. Upon finding Skye, Quinn and Carlo Mancini disarmed her and held her hostage. He awoke Peterson and gave him the Prosthetic Leg. He asked Peterson if he would kill Skye, to which Peterson said that those were not his orders and left to execute the Cybertek team.
When Skye demanded answers about what he had done to Peterson, Quinn followed the orders given to him by the Clairvoyant and shot her in the abdomen, as she began to fall Quinn caught her and shot her a second time point blank in the gut, fatally wounding her. He laid her down on the floor as she began to bleed out. Quinn apologized for what he had done and claimed that it was because he had been given his own orders. He then left her for dead and awaited S.H.I.E.L.D.'s arrival.
Before long, Quinn was informed by Smith that S.H.I.E.L.D. had arrived. Quinn calmly walked through his mansion as Grant Ward stormed in and shot his guards with I.C.E.R.s before Phil Coulson held a gun to Quinn's head. Spotting the blood on Quinn's hand, Coulson demanded to know where Skye was; however, Quinn refused to answer and instead mocked Coulson's dedication to the young agent. Coulson responded by hitting Quinn in the face with his gun and Quinn was subsequently captured by Coulson's Team and taken to the Bus.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1.13: T.R.A.C.K.S.
====Questioning====
While on board the Bus, Quinn was locked inside the Cage to await questioning. Melinda May stormed into the room and immediately began beating Quinn senselessly by bashing his head against the desk and hitting him repeatedly out of revenge for shooting Skye. Eventually Phil Coulson and Grant Ward charged into the room and convinced her to stop but not before Quinn was left a bloody mess, barely able to stand.
John Garrett and Antoine Triplett arrived on a plane to take Quinn into custody. As Grant Ward and Triplett fought due to conflicting orders concerning Quinn, Coulson stopped the fight and convinced Garrett to leave Quinn in his custody until Skye could recover, if she could recover, from her gunshot wounds. Upon finding a means to that recovery in the Guest House facility, Coulson's Team turned Quinn over to Garrett, who told him that the Clairvoyant had used him and left him to rot before he took him to the Fridge.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1.14: T.A.H.I.T.I.
===HYDRA Uprising===
====Meeting the Clairvoyant====
Quinn was then freed from the Fridge after HYDRA revealed its existence inside of S.H.I.E.L.D.. He was then brought to Havana, Cuba, to meet the Clairvoyant, who turned out to be John Garrett. There, he was brought to HYDRA's Barbershop Headquarters. At first, Quinn expressed his anger that Garrett had no real powers; however, Quinn's qualms about him were set aside when Garrett gave him his Gravitonium back as compensation, so Quinn said "thank you" and rejoined the Centipede Project.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1.18: Providence
Once he got his hair cut by Ernesto for a low price that surprised him due to the high rates he was used to, Quinn spoke to John Garrett and Grant Ward, with Garrett calling Quinn the new face of HYDRA. Ward questioned how a wanted criminal could be the face of their organization but Quinn insisted that with S.H.I.E.L.D. disgraced, his destroyed reputation could be restored in the aftermath, noting that the disgraced S.H.I.E.L.D. had been his critic for years beforehand. Garrett joked that this was the reason why he had not ripped Quinn's tongue out while questioning him earlier on the Bus.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1.21: Ragtag
====Meeting in Washington====
Quinn then left for Washington, D.C. and met with representatives of the United States Armed Forces, Generals Jacobs and Jolnes, both of whom had strong doubts about working with Quinn and his designs. Quinn explained that, with S.H.I.E.L.D. now defunct, he could sell to them a thousand Deathlok Soldiers for the after they took a tour of the new facility he had in New Mexico. He used the example of how just one Deathlok soldier had been able to singlehandedly attack a secret hideout in Bogotá, Colombia to kill drug lord Alejandro Castillo with brute strength alone.
====Leaving HYDRA====
When John Garrett was nearly killed by Leo Fitz, Garrett ordered Raina to inject him with the only reminding dose of the G.H. drug, saving his life. However, the drug also caused Garrett to lose his grip on reality and gain enhanced strength. Quinn spoke to Raina on board the Bus as they watched Garrett rip a door off its hinges and begin carving strange symbols into the glass. Quinn complained that without the G.H. formula his Deathlok Soldiers were no longer indestructible as he had promised.
Quinn invited Generals Jolnes and Jacobs to explore the Cybertek Manufacturing Facility where he showed off how he would be able to mass-produce Deathlok Soldiers which would be able to replace the modern military. He showed them the Project Deathlok Installer, which would be able to upgrade the human body in a matter of seconds and transform them into a near unstoppable soldier.
While giving a tour of the Cybertek Manufacturing Facility to the United States Armed Forces, Coulson's Team attacked. Quinn told the officers that it was a drill and everything was fine. Garrett and Grant Ward interrupted the tour and Garrett began to argue with General Jacobs, when Jacobs demanded to know who Garrett was, Quinn answered that he was their strategy consultant. Garrett ultimately killed Jacobs by ripping out his rib while ranting about having seen the future.
Horrified by John Garrett's brutally violent outbursts and failing mental health since he had injected the GH.325, Quinn and Raina decided to take the Gravitonium and leave HYDRA for good, as they believed that Garrett had become more of a danger to them and their operation than ever before as he had destroyed their chances of selling the Deathlok Soldiers for a huge profit. While Quinn loaded the Gravitonium onto a van to leave, Raina spoke to Grant Ward and convinced him to let them leave.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1.22: Beginning of the End
====Betrayed by Raina====
After leaving HYDRA, Quinn and Raina had been travelling to an unbeknownst location with the container of Gravitonium. Quinn had given Raina his undying loyalty while under the impression that Raina had contacted John Garrett, claiming that he did not want any part of HYDRA's plans but rather the Gravitonium. Shortly after, Raina had betrayed Quinn, opening the container of Gravitonium, claiming that "it" wanted him instead; Raina watched as Quinn was suddenly enveloped inside.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 5.16: Inside Voices
For years, Quinn, still alive has spent time under rage alongside Franklin Hall, who was enveloped in the Gravitonium earlier. When Carl Creel attempted to absorb the Gravitonium to replicate its properties, he was haunted by the voices of both Hall and Quinn, and then later joined them when he was enveloped by the Gravitonium himself.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 5.18: All Roads Lead... Quinn, Hall and Creel were all killed when the Gravitonium-infused Glenn Talbot was ejected into space by Quake and later perished.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 5.22: The End
==Personality==
Quinn can be best described as typical power-hungry businessman who only cares about personal power over others through economical means, not caring in the slightest to whom are affected. During his attempts to wield the Gravitonium despite warnings from his colleague Dr. Hall and when he tricked Donny Gill and Seth Dormer into using their Atmospheric Moisture Freezing Device with no intention of following up on their deal. He has been known to leave most important matters to his underlings unless absolutely necessary and is shown to have surprising resilience despite his lack of preference for action, maintaining his composure even during interrogation from the likes of Melinda May. Quinn is very self-centered and quick to anger, not shy of vocalizing his frustration to John Garrett over his interrogations with Coulson's Team and voicing his doubts over his deal with HYDRA. Despite this the promise of the Gravitonium and success is enough to convince him to stay even despite Garrett's growing instability after the latter ingests the recreated GH.325. After the fall of the Cybertek Manufacturing Facility Quinn shows a surprising amount of gratitude to Raina for saving him from the battle, promising her undying loyalty. Unfortunately Quinn's ignorance and self centered nature would force him to pay the price as the Gravitonium that Quinn treasured absorbed him thanks to Dr. Franklin Hall's essence and hatred giving it life, with Quinn becoming another voice in the metal along with his colleague.
==Abilities==
*Master Businessman: Ian Quinn created a multinational corporation, Quinn Worldwide, that is known for its acts of philanthropy, when in actuality, it is ruthless in its business practices. When the United States proved incompatible for Quinn's desires, he moved to Malta where the tax breaks were more advantageous. He made a deal with Seth Dormer to obtain the Atmospheric Moisture Freezing Device, but quickly backed out when he realized Dormer was not able to control it.
*Expert Scientist: Quinn followed the studies of Franklin Hall. He defied what others believed by finding Hall's theories accurate and searching for what was thought to be a theoretical element. Quinn was obsessed with the theoretical element: Gravitonium.
==Equipment==
===Weapons===
*: Quinn threatened Skye with this gun after realizing she was actually spying on him for S.H.I.E.L.D.. However, she quickly disarmed him of the pistol.
*: With this pistol, Quinn threatened to kill Mike Peterson and directed Peterson to kill Skye, wondering if Peterson would defy the Clairvoyant's orders. After Peterson left the room to follow his actual orders, Quinn shot Skye in the stomach twice at point blank range and left her to die.
===Vehicles===
*Bus: Quinn was held for questioning on the Bus by Coulson's Team while they struggled to find a way to save Skye's life. He was beaten by Melinda May and questioned by Phil Coulson and John Garrett before getting transferred to the Fridge.
===Other Equipment===
*Gravitonium: Quinn found the Gravitonium and wanted to use it for money. He enlisted help in his friend, Franklin Hall, who tried to turn on him. After the Gravitonium was taken and Quinn was arrested, John Garrett enlisted Quinn's help in exchange for the Gravitonium. After obtaining it again, Raina killed him with it.
==Facilities==
*Ian Quinn's Mansion: Quinn held a party at his mansion, but in the lower levels, Franklin Hall was studying Gravitonium. During one such party, he met with Skye, who allowed S.H.I.E.L.D. to infiltrate. When Hall tried to kill Quinn, he evacuated the mansion.
*Ian Quinn's Villa: Quinn used a villa in Italy to house Mike Peterson. While Quinn met with his employers, Skye infiltrated the villa. Quinn activated Peterson and gave him a prosthetic leg. At the Clairvoyant's orders, Quinn then shot Skye in the stomach and was taken into custody on the Bus.
*Barbershop Headquarters: Quinn worked with HYDRA at their Barbershop Headquarters, where he received Gravitonium.
===Prisons===
*Fridge: Quinn was held prisoner in the Fridge for shooting Skye and working with the Clairvoyant. He was later broken out by John Garrett and Grant Ward.
==Relationships==
===Allies===
*Quinn Worldwide
**Smith - Bodyguard
*Todd Chesterfield
*Donnie Gill - Contact
*Seth Dormer † - Contact
*Cybertek
**Carlo Mancini †
**Sofia †
**Joseph Getty
**John Knight
**Alexa Borel
**Candace Daniels
**Benjamin Froyd
**Rachid Zarrak
**Catherine Hasavari
*HYDRA
**Centipede Project
***John Garrett † - Former Enemy
***Grant Ward † - Former Enemy
***Mike Peterson/Deathlok (under HYDRA coercion)
***Ernesto
***Kaminsky
*United States Marine Corps
**Jacobs †
*United States Army
**Williams
*United States Navy
**Jolnes
===Enemies===
*Franklin Hall † - Former Friend
*S.H.I.E.L.D.
**Phil Coulson †
**Melinda May
**Skye - Attempted Victim and Final Killer
**Antoine Triplett †
**Leo Fitz
**Jemma Simmons
*Raina † - Former Ally and First Killer
==Appearances==
Appearances for Ian Quinn
==Trivia==
*Quinn has been, albeit indirectly, responsible for the superpowers of all the villain characters derived from the comics whose powers were acquired during the events shown in the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. As such, Lorelei, Blackout and Scorch, are exceptions, as they acquired their powers before the events of the first season.
**Quinn kidnapped Franklin Hall, found the Gravitonium and constructed the Gravity Field Generator into which he fell.
**Quinn was the potential buyer of Donnie Gill's Atmospheric Moisture Freezing Device, which gave him cryogenic abilities after an accident.
**Quinn bought and procured Mike Peterson's Cybertek Prosthetic Leg to allow him to follow his orders as a Centipede operative.
*Quinn predicted that his shooting of Skye would allow the Clairvoyant to learn the secret of the Resurrection of Phil Coulson; with John Garrett's raid of the Guest House and stealing of the drugs within, his prediction was true.
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