Bucky Barnes

## Background

### 1917 -1939: Bucky Barnes

James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes was born March 10, 1917 to George & Winnifred Barnes. The eldest of two, Bucky became quite the overachiever in school & his extracurricular activities. He spent most of his time with his best friend Steve Rogers, who he regularly protected from bullies. When not defending Steve from bullies, Bucky was training at Goldie's Boxing Gym or taking care of his sister.

In 1939, Barnes & Rogers found out that the United States of America had joined the World War II while out for lunch. By this time, Barnes was now the three-time YMCA welterweight boxing champion. The two debated on enlisting but Barnes was unsure as he was his sister's last immediate family after their parents' deaths. He went along with Steve to visit the US Recruiting & Induction Center where Rogers was classified as 4F & rejected from service. On the other hand, Barnes enlistment was accepted into the United States Army, where he earned the rank of Sergeant & underwent sniper training.

## Romantic Relationships

* Betsy Ross: Girlfriend (1940 - 1942)
* Natasha Romanoff: Lover (1996 - 1997); On & Off (2007 - )

## Personality

Ever since his youth, Bucky willingly in his heart wanted to save the lives of innocent people and defend his country, though he remembers many terrible things he had done when he first became the Winter Soldier. As a brainwashed assassin, he showed no regretful thoughts or feelings when he committed assassinations. Recently, Bucky's mind was restored & he regained his humanity. He began to risk his life to protect the weak & was determined to support the good of mankind.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Artificially Enhanced Physiology:** Barnes was one of many prisoners of war used in Zola's quest to recreate the Super Soldier Serum & received an alternate formula variation. There were no apparent effects at the time of his rescue by Steve Rogers, but the changes the serum caused in Barnes' body were sufficient to let him survive to plunge into an icy river at the bottom of a fall that should have killed him. Zola further refined Barnes' body in the Winter Soldier Program, ultimately creating an enhanced soldier with physical abilities equal to the Captain America, but without mental enhancements or psychological instabilities. He was also equipped with a titanium arm capable of deflecting bullets & was later given a new Vibranium arm after losing his original one.
	+ ***Enhanced Strength*:** Barnes' strength is enhanced to the peak of human potential. He is strong enough to break a solid wall with a single punch, as well as effortlessly lifting a full grown man over his head with one arm & throwing him. This strength extends to his legs, enabling him to leap several times high eight out in a single bound & smaller heights into the air without a running start.
	+ ***Enhanced Speed*:** Barnes is capable of running & moving at speeds faster than any Olympic-class runner, enabling him to run at speeds of 55-60 mph. He was able to move fast enough to exit a building as it was exploding.
	+ ***Enhanced Stamina*:** Barnes' musculature produces considerably less fatigue-toxins, allowing him to physically exert himself for several hours before showing any sign of fatigue or tiring. He can also hold his breath underwater for longer periods of time.
	+ ***Enhanced Agility*:** Barnes' equilibrium, coordination, dexterity & flexibility is enhanced to levels that are beyond the physical limits of any Olympic gold medalist. He was able to leap at longer distance from one building to another building, swing on a large flag or pole with great performance & also evade several missile explosions that targeted him in mid-air.
	+ ***Enhanced Durability*:** Barnes' physical body is much harder & more resistant to physical injury than the body of a human being. He's withstood very strong blows from superhumans like Spiderman, electrocution, several gunshots, puncture wounds & a fall from several stories with little to no injury.
	+ ***Enhanced Reflexes*:** Barnes' reflexes are similarly enhanced & rival those of Captain America or Spiderman. His reaction speed is superhumanly fast which makes it possible for him to easily dodge multiple gunshots at point-blank range simultaneously. He even dodged bullets from multiple gunmen while underwater.
	+ ***Enhanced Endurance*:** Barnes exhibits extreme pain tolerance. He was able to endure temperatures below -40 degrees when he climbed mountains without aid supplies.
	+ ***Accelerated Healing*:** Barnes' rate of healing is much faster than normal humans. He is able to heal broken bones, torn muscles, several gunshots, knife wounds, & various other injuries within several days, like regenerating damaged cells from his heart. Most lesser injuries (i.e. cuts, bruises, scrapes, burns) heal within a few hours.
	+ ***Longevity*:** The Super Soldier Serum in Barnes' blood has completely stopped him from aging. The formula extends Barnes' lifespan & youth which resulting his appearance of a man in his early 30's despite being born in 1917.
* **Bionic Arm**: Barnes had his left arm removed by HYDRA & had it replaced with a cybernetic one. After his original arm was destroyed, Barnes received a new Vibranium arm from T'Challa. The arm gives him extraordinary superhuman strength, superior to that of Captain America's strength. Winter Soldier was able to rip open a S.H.I.E.L.D armored SUV, rip apart Falcon's EXO-7 suit & smash concrete by punching it. With his bionic arm supporting his already enhanced natural strength, the Winter Soldier was shown to be able to overpower Captain America in a fight. It is incredibly resistant to physical damage. The cybernetic arm is shown to be bulletproof, made evident when Barnes used the arm to block several gunshots from a German officer. His new arm grants him even higher durability due to it being composed of vibranium, as well as the benefit of being vibration absorbent
* **Weaponry:** He is proficient at wielding many weapons including pistols, rifles, knives, grenades, etc.
	+ ***Marksmanship*:** Barnes is an extremely accurate marksman & very skilled in sharpshooting & knife throwing. His perfect accuracy was shown when he shot twelve men at different locations at the same time. As a teenager, he was the best sniper in his division.
	+ ***Expert Shield Fighter*:** Barnes became rapidly proficient with his former partner's shield. He is able to throw it with near perfect aim, striking multiple targets in a single throw & achieving a ricochet return after throwing it at a person or object.
	+ ***Knives***: Winter Soldier excels in knife fighting with an emphasis in Kali knife fighting. The Winter Soldier usually resorts to his combat knife in close quarters combat.
* **Acrobatics:** He performs very excellent acrobat that is superior to any trained finest athlete & is capable of accomplished many difficult acrobatic feats.
* **Espionage:** Ever since he's been brainwashed, Winter Soldier has lived in complete anonymity with most of the intelligence community not even believing he exists.
* **Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts:** Barnes is an extremely skilled & formidable martial artist & unarmed combatant, excelling at improvisation & weapons handling. Originally, he was a three-time YMCA welterweight boxing champion. As the first Winter Soldier, he received vast training from HYDRA, as well as the US Armed Forces. Combined with his enhanced physical abilities, Barnes became a dangerous master assassin who can slaughter dozens of enemies alone, take on & even overpower extremely skilled combatants such as Black Widow & Falcon with relative ease, be in charge of training the other Winter Soldiers & go toe-to-toe with the likes of Black Panther & Captain America.
* **Military Protocol:** Over the years of studying Captain America, he is excellently skilled in all Armed force disciplines including intellect gathering, escape arts, assassination, demolition, survival tactics, hunting, swimming, mountaineering, interrogation, map making and reading, disguising, communication systems, explosions, computers, reading & making wood craft signs, & other secret code languages.
* **Multilingualism:** Barnes is fluent in English, Russian, German, Japanese, Chinese, & a little French. He might be able to speak other languages.
* **Stealth:** He can appear from place to place without being detected. Barnes is a very gifted scout & adept at concealment.
* **Tactical Analysis:** He is a very skilled strategist & has led groups with excellent planning to ensure victory.
* **Master Assassin:** Barnes is one of the most lethal assassins, rivaling others such as Bullseye or Elektra. During an operation on the Russian Front with the Invaders, Barnes threw thrown a 60cm long knife to penetrate the winter uniform outer garment of a German soldier with such accuracy as to pierce his heart in high arctic winds. He has mastered & implemented several methods to silently eliminate sentries with bladed weapons, garrotes or his bare hands, making him as lethal in his own way. He is a master at stealth & tracking & is very intelligent. He was able to render Wolverine's superhumanly acute senses such as smell completely useless by luring him to an abandoned warehouse that was completely soaked on the inside with oil & even soaking himself to make it so that Wolverine could not detect him. Barnes has made a habit out of constantly studying his surroundings & depicting what he can & cannot do in whatever situation he should fall in. Black Widow stated to Tony Stark that he was one of the most dangerous men she knew. He's been credited with dozens of HYDRA's most crucial assassinations in the last 50 years.

### Weaknesses

* **Electromagnetic Pulses:** They could theoretically render his bionic arm useless. However, his arm is capable of emitting an EMP itself & thus must have some degree of shielding.

### Ratings

* **Acumen:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Might:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Quickness:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Mysticism:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Gadgets:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Projection:** 4 - High / Trained
* **Tactics:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Battle:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **TOTAL:** 144 - Power Level 3 / General Threat

## Trivia

* He appears to be in his mid 30s.
* Bucky believes that he assassinated Hitler while under HYDRA's control.
* His sister was sent to boarding school when he enlisted.

## Notes

* The original character of Bucky Barnes belongs to the Marvel Universe.
* His alias White Wolf was the codename of Hunter, a foreigner adopted by T'Chaka who became an anti-hero and the head of the Hatut Zeraze.