Steve Rogers

Steve Rogers is a supersoldier, also known as Captain America, who's fighting in the US Army against the German Nazis.

## Steven Grant Rogers

* 1944
* Pre-Serum

### Relatives

Sarah Rogers (Mother) ✝
Unnamed Father

### Occupation

Captain
Soldier

## Physical description

### Height

1,83 m
1,60 m (Pre-Serum)

## Childhood

Steve was born in 1918 to Joseph and Sarah Rogers in New York. His father lost his life in World War I, so Steve grew up with his mother, a nurse, in Brooklyn. Unfortunately his mother contracted tuberculosis while working in the hospital and got terminally ill. So Sarah called her son to her to tell him one thing: Although his body was fragile, he had a heart ten times his size and she made him promise to never give up his dreams – and to stay out of trouble as best as he could. His mother died in 1936.

### Friendship with Bucky Barnes

Steve was never the strongest young boy, neither in school nor on the playground. He was smart but spend a lot of time in class drawing little doodles of everything that came to his mind. In sports class he could never compete with his best friend, Bucky Barnes, but he didn't have to. He was proud of Bucky, who was quite the high-archiver in school. The both of them had met on Tenth Avenue, as some bullies wanted to steal Steve's money and a young boy appeared to help him. The both of them fought of the thugs – even though all Steve did was hitting someone with a trash can. From this day on the both young men were inseparable. He could not imagine a life without Bucky by his side.

### Fighting

After he graduated from George Washington High School Steve got a scholarship at Auburndale Art School in New York, mere weeks before the second world war destroyed the peace. From this moment on the little boy from Brooklyn had nothing but one goal: Bring justice back to the world. He never wanted to go to war to kill people, even if it was a necessity. He only ever wanted to save people from oppression and give them a free life. In his opinion this wasn't too much to ask. Unfortunately, no army doctor was stupid enough to give Steve the pass in the medical examination, but he didn't give up. Steve even used fake names and backgrounds to reapply – again and again.

### Training as a Soldier

It was the evening of the Stark Expo 1943, the evening he had to say goodbye to the person that meant most to him in the world, that he finally got his chance. Dr. Abraham Erskine didn't care about his small body or his asthma or anything, he only asked a few questions, and the next thing Steve knew was being driven to Camp Lehigh in New Jersey for his training. There he meets Peggy Carter, a strong British woman. Steve admired her strength and respected her probably more than all the men in camp put together. Even in training he wasn't the strongest but in some tests, he collected points with his wit. He tried to look at things from another perspective – not because he was smaller than anyone else, but because he didn't rely on toxic masculinity to pass the tests. Some things just couldn't be solved with brute force. He even proved his courage and selflessness as he threw himself on a grenade – even if it was a fake it counted.

## Project Rebirth

So it was Steve, the weakest of all the recruits, to be chosen for Project Rebirth. They brought him to a secret base behind a tailor in Brooklyn where he was supposed to get a serum injected, that should make him the first ever super soldier. Even though Bucky was already in Europe, Steve wished he would have been at his side for this special day. But he would show him in a few days, when he finally joined the fighting. The injecting and the gamma rays hurt him, nonetheless the process was successful. The euphoria quickly turned to grief as a traitor amongst them killed Erskine and tried to get away with the serum. Steve chased him through the streets of Brooklyn, while having to get adjusted to his new powers. As it turned out the guy was part of an organization called HYDRA but committed suicide before he could ask any more questions.

## Fighting in Europe

In the following weeks Steve tried to join with the forces they already had in Europe, but America had other plans for him. He quickly became a mascot, the face of the war. What Uncle Sam couldn't sell, Captain America could. This was not what Steve imagined his new life to be. One day he was brought to Europe, to motivate the troops stationed there. But they only made fun of him, what he could kind of understand. He felt like a dancing monkey in a circus. He was supposed to turn the tides of war, not perform stupid shows. Yet he was happy to see Peggy again, who was stationed there. While talking to her he found out that the 107th – Bucky's Troop – was ambushed before and the remaining soldiers were either dead or badly injured. He immediately raced to the Colonel and asked about Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes, his heart was racing fast. Steve was told the chances of Bucky being dead were very high, but he didn't believe a single word. It was at this moment he had finally found the strength to free himself from the strings attached to him and went on his first ever mission: Finding Bucky Barnes. And destroying HYDRA in the process.

## Personality

Steve defines himself by his courage, patriotism and righteousness. Through the serum he gained super strength, but he still knows that true strength comes from having the courage to fight against injustice and abuse and having compassion for the innocent. No matter what happens, he will never give up his values, after all he made a promise to his mother and also himself. Even though he is Captain America and a super soldier, what makes Steve himself is his humanity.