Natasha Romanova

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Black Widow

Laura Mathers, Nancy Rushman, Nat Krylenkova, Natalia Shostakova, Natasha Romanoff (Aliases)

### Relatives

Alexey Shostakov (Foster Father)
Melina Vostokova (Foster Mother)
Yelena Belova (Foster Sister)
Marina Fyodorova (Foster Daughter)

### Affiliation

Shield (Agent)
Red Room (Former Member)
Sentinels (Former Member)
Black Widow Program (Former Member)

## Biographical Information

### Marital Status

Divorced (Nikolai Krylenkov, Ex-Husband)
Exes (Clint Barton, Winter Soldier and Tony Stark, Ex-Lovers)

## Background Narrative

### 1936 - 1950

Natalia's early life is a mystery. Her own earliest memories concern her life in a cramped tenement with her unmarried mother in Stalingrad. There are no documents that identify her mother's identity and Natalia only knew her as "mother."

During the battle of Stalingrad, Natalia's mother was killed by a stray bullet. The crying girl was found by Alexey Shostakov (aka the Red Guardian — a cheap Soviet knock-off Captain America) and rescued from the carnage. For the remainder of the war, Natalia would live with Alexey's in-laws who lived in a remote pig farm far away from the war front. On occasion, Alexey or his lover Melina Vostokova (aka the Iron Maiden — the first successful Black Widow) would look in on Natalia.

At the end of the war, Natalia would be joined by a Ukrainian orphan Yelena Belova who was rescued by Melina. With the war over, Alexey and Melina retired to the farm to make a family with Natalia and Yelena. Much of Natalia and Yelena's childhood was spent doing farm chores and being trained by their foster parents in the skills of the trade fitting a soldier and spy.

For five years, Natalia was happy. She knew her life was not normal, but she loved her makeshift family. Unlike her much younger foster sister, Natalia understood that neither Alexey nor Melina were her real parents, but that did not matter to her. The love was real. Natalia gathered that whatever experiments were done to her foster parents had made them unable to have children of their own, so raising war orphans allowed them to fill that void in their life.

At times, the peace of the cobbled-together family would be broken when Alexey or Melina would be called upon for a covert mission. When both parents were away due to the duties to the Soviet Union, Natalia would look after the younger Yelena. One such time when both parents were away, Natalia was in the midst of Yelena's bedtime routine when masked soldiers kicked in the doors of the farmhouse and stormed in.

### 1950 - 1980

Natalia and Yelena were taken into custody and separated. Natalia was questioned for months about her foster parents' whereabouts. Natalia knew nothing, but her captors felt otherwise. The interrogation became torture and then progressed into brainwashing. When the captors became convinced the girls knew nothing, Natalia and Yelena were not returned to their foster parents and instead were taken to the Red Room where they were indoctrinated and trained. Unlike her peers, Natalia and Yelena came from an upbringing that gave them an edge in the Red Room's training. Both were regarded as ideal candidates for the Black Widow program and having each other to rely on, both would survive the dangerous training.

Upon completion, Natalia was injected with the "Soviet Spider-Soldier Serum." Survival was not guaranteed, but Natalia proved able to handle it. Transformed into a Black Widow, Natalia entered service as an assassin, seductress, spy, and saboteur. She often worked alone, but would also undertake missions with other Black Widows (Including being reunited with Yelena and Melina), a new Red Guardian (Whom Natalia would marry as part of an extended undercover mission), and the Winter Soldier (The only Soviet assassin with a higher body count than Natalia herself).

Eventually all the red in Natalia's ledger got to her. She transferred to the Red Room and began working as an instructor. Wanting to fill the void of a child to raise, Natalia allowed herself to grow close to one of the Red Room's trainees — Marina.

When the day of Marina's own injection neared, Natalia suspected there was something off, but she failed to act on these instincts. Natalia's love for Marina clouded her dedication to the Red Room. When Marina stole her serum and escaped with the aid of American agents, Natalia blamed herself and volunteered to prove her devotion by bringing Marina to justice and retrieving the stolen serum.

One small hitch. Tracking Marina to America, Natalia found her living a happy life with a husband and, more importantly, pregnant with a child. Unable to pull the trigger and afraid what would await her if she returned empty-handed, Natalia fled.

### 1980 - 1989

Natalia worked odd jobs as she moved from place to place, living on the lam, in an attempt to save up funds to return home to rescue her family — starting with Yelena. When Nat caught wind of Yelena working undercover in Hungary, she took a chance. Nat was walking into a trap, but with the intervention of SSD Sentinel Clint Barton, Natalia avoided Soviet capture but she didn't get away as Barton delivered her to me.

## SHIELD Analysis

### Special Value: 4

* **Augmented Physiology:** Romanova is biochemically enhanced. She has received the Red Room's version of the Super-Soldier Serum, created by Dr. Lyudmika Kudrin to greatly enhance her immune system, bodily condition, and longevity.
* **Augmented Physicality:** Romanova can deadlift 500 pounds (226 kilograms), run at speeds of 32-36 MPH (~55 km/h), has reflexes beyond what is capable of normal people, withstand greater physical injuries than others, and can even undergo unbearable surgery without anesthesia while keeping a pistol trained on her surgeon. Romanova's immune system and nervous system are also greatly enhanced. She is immune to a variety of toxins and poisons and is highly resistant to electric shock and other stimuli which might stun her or render her unconscious.
	+ **Longevity:** Romanova is nearly six decades old, but she looks less than half her true age. She received her injection at the age of eighteen, over forty years ago. Since then she has only aged to the equivalent age of someone in their late twenties meaning she ages about five times slower than normal people. Likewise, Romanova heals five times faster than normal.
	+ **Infertility:** As a side-effect of the serum, Romanova cannot become pregnant.

### Heuristics Value: 6

* **Marksmanship:** Romanova is an exception marksman of nearly all firearms, particularly handguns.
* **Martial Arts:** Romanova has mastered many fields of hand-to-hand combat including aikido, judo, karate, savate, boxing, and various other martial arts. During her work as a Red Room operative, Romanova held her own against the Winter Soldier and several operatives of the Sentinel's Weapon program including Weapon X.
* **Weaponsmaster:** Romanova is an expert with most handheld and thrown weapons.

### Intellectual Value: 5

* **Strategy:** Romanova's training allows her to quickly process environmental information to assess threats and rapidly respond to changing tactical situations.

### Expertise Value: 5

* **Acrobatics:** Romanova is an extraordinary skilled gymnast, acrobat, and aerialist.
* **Dancing:** Romanova is an expert dancer, having worked as a professional ballet dancer (and thus fulfilling childhood dream) for a time while living on the lam.
* **Espionage:** Romanova is one of the world's best assassins and spies. She is a master of poisons, disguises, demolitions, infiltration, stealth, seduction, and associated skillcraft.

### Logistics Value: 5

* **Linguistics:** Romanova is fluent in Russian, English, French, German, Chinese, and Japanese. She knows enough to carry on limited conversations in several other languages.
* **Piloting:** Romanova is an expert driver of most ground and water vehicles. She can also pilot helicopters and jet aircraft, including the new Shield Quinjet prototype.

### Director's Value: 7

* **Black Widow:** "Natasha has been granted Level 7 security clearance. I would give her a higher status, but my deputies insist that I cannot afford to grant her that level of access until her loyalties are no longer in question—despite the fact that the U.S.S.R. is no longer a thing. It is my hope that as relations with the Russian Federation continue to improve my subordinates can move out of the Cold War mentality and embrace Nat as I have. As Barton's criminal past puts him in a similar boat as Natasha, I tend to assign them to missions as a pair. The pair have proved themselves to be quite capable."

### Threat Assessment

* **Special Value:** 4
* **Heuristics Value:** 6
* **Intellectual Value:** 5
* **Expertise Value:** 5
* **Logistics Value:** 5
* **Director's Value:** 7
	+ **TOTAL:** 32

## Trivia and Notes

### Notes

* Natasha Romanova resides in Subsidiary-Reality M, within Murum Locus.
* Black Widow is a character originating from *Marvel Comics*.
* Her appearance is based on the actress Scarlett Johansson, who portrayed her in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
	+ Her family relationship with Alexey, Melina, and Yelena are nods to the *Black Widow* film.

## Gallery

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## Fury Files

Fury Files Natalia Romanova.jpgFury Files: Natalia Romanova

## Links and References

* Appearances of Natasha Romanova

1. ↑ Fury Files: Natalia Romanova