Black Widow

**Natasha Romanoff**, better known as **Black Widow**, is a major character in the MCU and a member of The Avengers.

## Black Widow

* MCU
* Comics

## Character Information

### Home:

Stalingrad, USSR (Formally)
Red Room (Formally)
Avenger's Campus (Formally)

### Occupation:

KGB Agent (Formally)
HYDRA agent (EMH: Only)
S.H.I.E.L.D agent
Avenger Member

## Other

### Significant other

Hulk (MCU only)
Captain America (Former Crush MCU only; BF only Comics)
Winter Soldier (Comic only; formally)
Daredevil (Comics Only;formally)

### Hobbies:

Hanging out with her Family
Training
Flirting

## Physical Description

### Appearance:

Slender pale female, Red hair, emerald blue eyes , s wearing black, figure-hugging suits, mostly with Widow's Bite

## Background

### Comics

Natasha Romanoff was Stalingrad, USSR where she was trained to become an Agent for the KGB during the Cold War by the Red Room, her name Romanoff is a hint that she is related to the Romanoff family, who were killed during the Russian Revolution. She later team up with the criminal archer, Hawkeye. They later came in contact with Iron Man a local hero in New York city. She later reformed to became an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and later on became an Avenger like her criminal partner. She was later kidnapped by the Red Room, again to fight against her teammates along with the Swordmaster. She was a supporter Superheroes Registration Acts during the Civil War, and was in team Ironman. She was later indifferent because her enemy was former lover Bucky Barnes. After Scarlet Witch kill her partner Hawkeye and went on to espionage trade to defend team Captain America, which imprisoner them in Stark's prison in a different planet. After the law was abolished she was kidnapped by her longtime rival Yelena Belova and replace her in both Dark Avengers and the Thunderbolts.

### MCU

Born Natalia Alianova Romanoff On November 22nd 1984, she was taken into the KGB, where she was trained in the Red Room, a Soviet training program to create brainwashed assassins. Natalia was exceptionally gifted in the arts of spycraft and soon became one of the most ruthless students there. With her reputation, she became the master assassin the **Black Widow**. After years of acting as a Soviet assassin, she made herself a known threat to S.H.I.E.L.D., prompting Nick Fury to dispatch Clint Barton/Hawkeye to kill her. However, Barton decided against killing her, and recommended her for recruitment, which Fury approved. Thus, Natalia defected from Russia and became a prominent S.H.I.E.L.D. operative, developing a lasting partnership and friendship with Hawkeye. While employed by S.H.I.E.L.D., she changed her name to Natasha Romanoff and became a Level 7 S.H.I.E.L.D. operative.

## Personality

Out of all the Avengers, Natasha appears to be the one with the smallest ego. She is usually very calm and collected, as evident in Iron Man 2. She is able to keep her emotions in check. As described by Stark, she is something of a mystery. Before her time at S.H.I.E.L.D. she was regarded as extremely versatile, mysterious, and ferociously dangerous, to such an extent that they sent the likes of Clint Barton to deal with her.

She is certainly extremely fearless, as well as stoic, efficient, cunning, intelligent, and unpredictable. She does not normally show any fear whatsoever in the face of any danger, even if it is an immortal being from another dimension. She appears to adopt multiple personalities to keep her true colors invisible, making her incredibly hard to read. However, in The Avengers, she is shown to get emotional, being wary and perhaps afraid of Dr. Banner and what he is capable of doing. When Dr. Banner transformed into the Hulk, she showed fear for the first time. Luckily, Thor intervened in time to prevent the Hulk from attacking her. Natasha quickly put her fear aside to stop a mind-controlled Barton, whom she seems to deeply care about.

Her fear appears a second time when she battles the Winter Soldier - she tries to fight the assassin, but when she is beaten, she tries to retreat (She actually runs from a fight), and when the Winter Soldier critically shoots her, there is a visible look of terror on her face that has never been seen before, shows that her previous encounter with the Winter Soldier - and the injuries she sustained as a result - have marred her somewhat. In spite of this, when she recovered, she returned to the mission without hesitation.

Loki suspected that she harbored a romantic interest in Barton, which she dismissed. The two of them appear to have a close friendship, as she helped him realize that his actions under Loki's control were not his fault. Most importantly, she is haunted by her past and tries to make amends with that past, one day at a time, or as she puts it, she has "red in her ledger" and would like to wipe it out. Her personality becomes increasingly more detailed with every film she appears in. Her past is hinted at in very minute portions, and it is extremely hard to tell if anything she says is genuine.

Natasha, because she does not tell much about herself and does not react emotionally to narrowly anything, is also extremely difficult to trust because her loyalty is always ambiguous to an extreme. She is very pragmatic, shown when she calmly explains to a press conference, after the events involving the Winter Soldier, that she and her friends will not be incarcerated by the authorities because, chaotic and unpredictable or not, the Avengers will always be needed. Also, she is extremely goal-oriented, sacrificing her opinion for her efficiency when it came to completing a mission, making an effort not to make things too personal if she can avoid it and preferring to observe, calculate and deal with the facts of the mission, so that she doesn't become dissuaded by her own opinion.

Natasha's relationship with the other Avengers varies with each individual. She is seen in Iron Man 2 to be Nick Fury's second-in-command and the person who reports back to him on Tony Stark, and she is visibly shocked when he apparently dies. With Tony, she acts in a very aloof and stoic manner, immune and indifferent to his (Constant) attempts at flirting with her. She even described him to display 'textbook narcissism', however she might have warmed up to him a bit the more she worked with him. Natasha and Thor do not explicitly get time together, so their relationship is uncertain.

With Bruce Banner, she initially acts with incredible caution because she is actually afraid of him, acting as if she is on a knife's edge. His transformation into the Hulk is the first time she shows fear, but she becomes more easygoing with him later on. She even develops strong feelings for him and is the only one who is able to properly tame his Hulk form. She develops romantic feelings for him during the course of their time on the team. Her relationship with Clint Barton is that of best friends. They first met when Clint was sent to hunt her down, but instead he spared her and they became friends. Natasha first met Steve Rogers on the Helicarrier when he was recruited to S.H.I.E.L.D. and she appeared to respect his authority. They also worked fiercely together against the Chitauri.

Their relationship developed later on when they were outlawed by their own bosses and hunted by the Winter Soldier, and Natasha appeared to see him as a genuine friend. However, he found it painfully hard to trust her because he didn't know where her loyalty lay, and she always seemed to be working for a second party whilst deceiving him. She also flirted with him subtly throughout this particular adventure, and the two made an incredible team. After the dissolution of S.H.I.E.L.D., she learned that he was planning on going after Bucky, and warned him to be careful as he might not like what he found, and even kissed him, showing that she is developing less aloofness towards at least one Avenger.

While one of the members of the Avengers that is completely human and without superpowers, (other than Barton and Stark, however, his armor makes the difference between the three), she is shown to be just as formidable as any of the other members, as she is a gifted spy, trained in combat, weapons, and various other skills.

## Abilities

* **Master Martial Artist:** Natasha is an expert in the field of martial arts. She is proficient in karate, judo, aikido, savate, boxing, and multiple styles of kung fu.
* **Expert Acrobat:** She is an Olympic class athlete, gymnast, acrobat, and aerialist capable of numerous complex maneuvers and feats.
* **Expert Marksman:** Natasha is a very accurate marksman skilled in sharpshooting and knife throwing.
* **Multilingual:** She is fluent in Russian, English, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, and various other languages.
* **Gifted Intellect:** According to Marvel, Natasha's intellect is at level 3, putting her on par with Steve Rogers. She possesses the ability to quickly process multiple information streams (e.g., threat assessment) and rapidly respond to changing tactical situations.
* **Graceful Dancer:** Natasha is a profound ballet dancer.
* **Expert Tactician:** She is a very effective strategist, tactician, and field commander. She has led the Avengers and even S.H.I.E.L.D. on one occasion.
* **Talented Hacker:** Natasha can hack into all computer systems without tripping any firewalls or security with ease.
* **Master Seductress:** She is an expert in the field of seduction. Natasha has been infamously known to bend many different men to her will and sometimes even get them to do her bidding for her. She sometimes continues deceiving certain men through means of acting if she still has a further use for them.
* **Expert Spy:** Natasha is a dangerous secret agent trained in espionage, stealth, disguise, infiltration, and demolitions. She displays an uncanny affinity for psychological manipulation and can mask her real emotions perfectly. Her talents and years of experience have enabled her to reach a high ranking as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* **Conditioning:** Being a master shield agent, Natasha is far stronger, faster, and more agile than most ordinary humans. Capable of out-preforming even the finest Olympic athletes:
	+ **Speed:** Natasha is capable of running on-par with the finest Olympic athletes. She was able to out-pace the Winter Soldier's henchmen, run under a overpass within seconds, and even blaze through H.A.M.M.E.R Tech guards.
	+ **Agility:** Natasha can preform flips, rolls, and jumps beyond typical humans.
	+ **Reflexes:** Her reflexes are at such a degree, she can dodge point blank gun-fire (if there's enough distance).
	+ **Stamina:** She was able to fight alongside the likes of Captain America, Iron-Man, and the Hulk for long periods of time during the invasion.

### Equipment

* **Costume Specifications:** Synthetic stretch fabric which has been augmented to be highly resistant to damage even small arms fire and high temperatures. Microscopic suction cups on her costume allow her to scale walls and cling to ceilings, just as her namesake.
* **Personal Weaponry:** The Black Widow's Gauntlets are wrist cartridges containing various tools of the spy trade: tear-gas pellets, a radio transmitter, and spring-loaded cable.
* **Special Weaponry:** Various automatic weapons and firearms, combat knives, and explosives as needed. She also uses a device often referred to as the Widow's Bite that is capable of emitting highly potent electric shocks with a maximum of about 30,000 volts.
* **Source of Paraphernalia:** Formerly Soviet Union, S.H.I.E.L.D., Avengers.

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