The Black Cat

Felicia Hardy (**Black Cat**) a New York City expert thief depicted as a cunning and playful femme fatale. Her criminal activities are often tempered by a reluctant altruism, making her an inconstant villain and occasional heroine.

## History

### Early Life

Felicia Sara Hardy is the daughter of Lydia and world renowned cat burglar Walter Hardy. As a young girl, she witnessed her father get sent to prison, where he was beat to death by Lonnie Lincoln (Tombstone). Vowing revenge for her father's murder, she began preparing and training to kill Tombstone herself.

### Felicity

While attending Empire State University, she worked at The Sandbar Lounge as a dancer under the stage name, Felicity. Felicia quickly became a favorite of the dancers, earning herself the final acting performance of the club. However, her true intentions were to get closer to completing her revenge on Tombstone, who not only was Hammerhead's right hand man, but also a frequent customer of the club. And Felicia's biggest fan.

## Physical Appearance

Felicia is a very attractive thin and petite young woman with green cat-like eyes, sun-kissed skin, white-platinum blonde hair, and luscious full lips. She often uses her feminine allure to distract or manipulate her male opponents. She is always seen in fashionable clothing: usually, her outfits are two pieced: a slim, flattering top paired with a matching bottom set, and complimentary graphic styled makeup, with sharp winged eyeliner being one of her staples. Felicia has also grown out her nails to a claw-like look, capable of using them as weapons.

## Personality

Felicia is a woman who is defined by pride and temptation. Being a high-profile burglar, she is skilled in espionage, so she is able to keep herself from being known. She also has a high interest for jewelry, particularly that of high value and rarity.

She's a cunning and morally ambiguous individual, whose playful and flirtatious demeanor masks an intelligent and relentless burglar with a powerful self-righteous streak. She is displayed as the embodiment of attraction and a pinnacle of dominating superiority, specifically over men. She isn't afraid to make explicitly suggestive comments and frequently flirts with others on numerous occasions.

Despite her morally dubious behavior and multiple counts of criminal activity, Felicia is, ultimately, not devoid of morality or repentance as she only steals from wealthy individuals or from criminals—people who in her eyes deserve it. She's portrayed as an antiheroine, often doing the wrong things for the right reasons.

## Abilities

* **Master Acrobat**: Felicia, as a former gymnast, is shown to be highly skilled in various acrobatics, including pole dancing and other agile maneuvers, often incorporating agile moves while fighting opponents. She is incredibly nimble and agile, being able to perform complex flips, maneuvers, somersaults, and various other acrobatic acts.
* **Talented Combatant**: She is a highly formidable armed and hand-to-hand combatant. When in a fight, Felicia uses her acrobatic skills to best her opponents. Her formidable hand-to-hand combat skills are augmented by her cat-like speed, reflexes, balance, and flexibility. She is capable of taking on several armed assailants and incapacitating them without being injured herself.
* **Thievery Expert**: Felicia is a skilled thief in stealth, picking locks, escapology, evading alarms and cracking safes. She has been taught stealth, hacking, hot-wiring, lock-picking, thieving by her father.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

* **Black Cat Costume**: The skintight costume features retractable razor-sharp claws in her gloves and spring-action climbing pitons in her boots. Felicia's costume is designed to give her maximum flexibility and movement while providing her some anonymity, and stealth. Her outfit consists of a black suit with white accents and black goggles.
* **Infrared Goggles**: Felicia is in possession of black infrared goggles, which assist her in thievery and allows her to be extra stealthy when stalking her enemies by night.

### Transportation

* **Grappling Hook**: She has a miniature grappling hook device hidden in each glove, which enables her to swing from buildings. She can also use the cable from this device as a tightrope, wall scaling device, swing line, or as a weapon in combat.

### Weapons

* **Retractable Claws**: The gloves of the Black Cat's costume contain steel micro-filaments that form retractable claws at the tip of each finger when she flexes her fingers by triggering a magnetic surge which condenses the filaments into polarized talons. These claws are highly durable and razor sharp, allowing her to tear through most substances and to easily scale walls.

## Relationships

### Family

* **Walter Hardy** † - father
* **Lydia Hardy** - mother

### Allies

* **Tamara Blake** - former co-worker
* **Flash Thompson** - college classmate, love interest
* **Bruno Grainger** - family friend, former co-worker
* **Detective Mercedes Knight** - former enemy
* **Venus** † - former co-worker
* **Paolo Nefaria** - former co-worker
* **Silver Sable** - former enemy
* **Spider-Man** - former enemy, love interest
* **Defenders** - allies
	+ **Luke Cage**
	+ **Jessica Jones**
	+ **Daredevil** - college classmate, temporary enemy
	+ **Iron Fist**
* **Elektra Natchios**
* **Colleen Wing**

### Enemies

* **Hammerhead Crime Syndicate**
	+ **Hammerhead**
	+ **Tombstone**
	+ **Owl** - former ally
	+ **Chameleon**
* **Tombstone's Gang** - attempted killers
	+ **Chris Giambone** - former co-worker
	+ **The Magino Twins**
* **Nefaria Crime Family**
	+ **Giulietta Nefaria**
	+ **Vittoria Nefaria**
	+ **Giuseppe Nefaria**