Adrian Shroud

Titanium

Tony Stark (Adopted Father)

X-Men (honorary member. never officially joined)

Titanium

Avengers: Alliance

Adrian Shroud is Titanium. He previously used the name "Iron Kid" until he was 16. He is Iron Man's sidekick.

# Iron Kid

## The Extremis Saga

During the battle of New York, Tony Stark was forced to make a choice between saving Adrian's family in an apartment building and helping Thor and Captain America stop Ymir. He would choose the latter, which Adrian to lose his family and be orphaned. Tony felt horrible about this and decided to adopt him. He told Adrian very quickly about the battle of New York, but Adrian didn't have any grudges against Tony. Tony started to raise young Shroud in his new mansion, and would eventually show Adrian his armors. Adrian would then actually offer some good advice on upgrades he could make in the future, and Tony actually listened to him. At the same time, Tony was funding Aldrich Killian's healing project at Stark Industries called "Extremis." Tony would go to announce Extremis at the Stark Expo, but would be forced to suit up when a mysterious armored man, calling himself "Wireframe," attacked the Expo and attempted to steal the Extremis formula. Tony would be nearly beaten by him, but Adrian would show up out of nowhere in one of Tony's old armors, codenamed "The Heartbreaker," which Adrian had modified himself. Adrian helped to fight off Wireframe, but he still managed to escape. Tony reprimanded Adrian after the battle, but Adrian would start to modify the Heartbreaker armor in secret for the next few months while Tony looked into what Wireframe wanted with Extremis, only to find that he actually wasn't trying to steal the formula, and was actually trying to kill Tony. Aldrich Killian had hired Wireframe to kill Tony in exchange for some of the Extremis formula, so that Killian could take all of the credit for Extremis. Tony would then attempt to have Killian arrested, only for him to reveal that he had taken an unstable, early version of the Extremis Formula, and had been given fire-based abilities. Killian then kidnapped Tony and was planning to kill him in front of Adrian, who he had grown close to. Wireframe had also shown up. Adrian, however, had researched Wireframe and discovered that he was actually a 60 year old man with an inoperable brain tumor, and Killian had promised him a sample of the finished version of Extremis, which could theoretically cure him, in exchange for helping to kill Tony. Adrian would use this information later, as he was being forced to watch as Killian and Wireframe were about to kill Tony, only to suddenly receive an electric shock and be pushed back. Tony was surprised to look over and see that the shocks had come out of Adrian's hands. Adrian then called the Heartbreaker armor, which he had renamed "The Iron Kid Mark I." Tony then called in his most upgraded armor, and the two would team-up to take down Killian and Wireframe, though Adrian convinced Wireframe to switch sides, telling him that he didn't need to be the bad guy and that Tony would give him some Extremis once everything was over. Wireframe agreed, and the three managed to overpower Killian. In the aftermath, Wireframe would receive treatment from the Extremis, but then go to prison. Tony would allow Adrian to operate as his sidekick, but would ask Adrian what was going on with the electricity, only for him to reveal that he was a mutant, and that his mutant gene had activated when his family died during the battle of New York. He had the ability to create shields around himself and manipulate electricity. Tony would then enroll Adrian in Charles Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters, but would have Adrian still live with him, and have him simply go to the school on the weekdays to learn how to better control his abilities.

While at the school, Adrian became close friends with Wilma Matthews, a mutant who had her gender changed to female due to her mutation, and had gained the ability to change into any woman. She and Adrian began to hang out a lot, as they both had similar interests, and Adrian eventually asked her out. She accepted after thinking hard about it, and the two have been dating ever since.

Rest is TBA

## Appearance

Adrian Shroud, when he first appears, appears as an average, but slightly overweight, 14 year old with brown hair and brown eyes. His armor was a modified Heartbreaker armor with more blue and silver accents added.

In the modern day, Adrian Shroud is still slightly overweight and has a mustache. Additionally, his Titanium armor is now completely red with blue and silver accents, and his mask has two layers that need to close on his helmet, like the Mark V.

## Powers and Abilities

* Electricity Manipulation
* Genius-Level Intellect
* Can create clear, blue shields around whatever he wants to. This is a mutant ability, not part of his suit.

Additionally, his armor gives him the following abilities:

* Detachable rocket boosters that can be used in three different ways. They can reattach to the right arm to increase the impact of a punch, they can fire mini-unibeams, and they can reflect lasers.
* Flight
* Fire repulsor blasts and lasers out of his hands
* Unibeam
* Access to his AI, A.L.I.A.S.
* Connection to other Stark Tech to speak with others
* High Durablity
* Hacking tool
* A piece of his Titanium armor was enchanted by Dr. Strange to make him immune to magic when inside the armor. As long as he keeps putting the piece in his new armors, this will continue.

## Trivia

* This was the first Original character created for MR.
	+ He was actually created around 2013 or 2014. He predates the Avengers Assemble episode where Iron Man himself uses the alias. RealGechoman44 distinctly remembers seeing that episode and thinking "They stole my name!".
* Adrian is not replacing War Machine. They will eventually co-exist.
* Aluminum and Platinum were considered for his second alias before Titanium was chosen.
	+ Titanium Man will eventually meet him and the two will argue about who stole who's name.
* His personality is based on RealGechoman44 himself, though he is not nearly as smart as Adrian. When writing the character, RealGechoman44 makes him do what he would do in the situation.
* Adrian considers Tony's nanotech and extremis armors downgrades, due to how much easier they are to damage. Because of this, he never uses extremis and only uses a small amount of nanotech in his armor.