Iron Fist (Danny Rand)

**Iron Fist** (real name **Danny Rand**) is a master of K'un-Lun's martial arts. Wealthy, awesome kung fu skills, head of a company, Danny has it all. Always calm, always in control, always there to aid and assist. Despite his laid-back personality, Danny takes things very seriously and is always able to keep his cool. He loves to meditate, doing it whenever possible to practice his Zen.

He provides his S.H.I.E.L.D.-sanctioned team with insightful advice and teachings from his past experiences in K'un-Lun. Iron Fist is the glue that holds the team together.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Chi-Powered Physiology:** After plunging his fists into the molten heart of Shou-Lao, Rand received the power of the Iron Fist, allowing his body to start using Chi, limitless spiritual/life energy within all living things, therefore enhancing his natural abilities to extraordinary levels. He can even manipulate the chi inside the body of other beings. It is unknown if he can absorb other being's chi to enhance his own powers.
	+ **Superhuman Strength:** He has the strength to knock out many powerful opponents or chatter multitudes of concrete with one strike.
	+ **Superhuman Speed:** He has shown to be able to move & react much faster than the like of Luke Cage.
	+ **Superhuman Durability:** He can take hits from even the most serious superhuman without even getting injured.
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor:** He is able to regenerate from even the most deadliest of infections or toxins from his body, as witnessed when he healed from Scorpion's poison within a very short timespan. This may also extend his health, vitality & longevity.
	+ **Dream Walking:** He was able to enter Spider-Man's nightmare in order to awaken him.
	+ **Healing:** He can even "give Chi", in order to heal other beings from a near-death-like state. Through his mastery over the Yin & Yang's chi, he can control another beings chi in order to either heal them or disrupt their bodily functions. An example would be how he used his power over Nick Fury's chi to slow down his heart rate to almost a halt, thereby aiding Spider-Man, Ant-Man & Power Man in their quest to "purge" Nick Fury from Octo-nanobots.
	+ **Paranormal Harming:** Due to the fact that Chi is a supernatural energy source, it can harm beings who are supernatural, in origin & power, like Dormammu.
* **Maximum Human Conditioning:** Via rigorous training, Danny can push his body's speed, strength, and durability to the max of human potential. It is believed that he is superior to the finest Olympic Athletes in the world. He is very dangerous to his foes and a powerful aid/ally to his friends & allies.
	+ **Nigh-Superhuman Strength:** He has the strength to physically combat & overpower beings like Spider-Man and Power Man, both whom are Meta-humans.
	+ **Nigh-Superhuman Speed:** He has shown the speed to quickly react & dodge attacks from being who are faster than himself. He also runs much quicker thanOolympic level athletes.
	+ **Nigh-Superhuman Acrobatics:** He has shown extremely remarkable acrobatic prowess that is seemingly superhuman.
	+ **Nigh-Superhuman Endurance:** He is also more resilient to physical & mental trauma than normal people. He takes hits from Spider-Man's superhuman strength & is always still standing. His stamina as also at the peak of human potential.
	+ **Nigh-Superhuman Metabolism:** His naturally-enhanced metabolism allows him to heal much better than normal people & much more rapidly than normal humans. It makes him much more resilient to pain, age, & fatigue than normal humans.

### Abilities

* **Master Martial Artist:** Danny is a master of K'un-Lun's martial arts.
* **Skilled Acrobat:** Danny has proven himself to be a skilled acrobat and is able to perform aerial maneuvers with ease. Overall, his agility is roughly on par with Spider-Man as he once was able to effectively copy his maneuvers.