* Kate is born to Derek & Eleanor Bishop, with an older sister named Susan.
* Kate and Susan both went to boarding schools.
* Eleanor dies, devastating Kate. In an effort to make her mother proud, Kate continued her work with the poor.
* Kate is brutally attacked in Central Park while on a school trip. Nothing was reported to the police or the school.
* Kate spent months in seclusion, feeling helpless and defenseless.
* On her way to a visit with her therapist, Kate sees a flyer for a self-defense course in the trash, the idea a catalyst for the change into a stronger woman.
* Kate took to the lessons easily, moving quickly into lessons in jujitsu, boxing, and other combat styles.
* Had been taking fencing lessons, along with the cello, for a good part of her young life.
* Began taking up archery lessons.
*** IC ***
*Kate graduates High School and gets accepted into Columbia for Pre-Med.
* Kate begins her new job as a hero, donning a disguise and patrolling Central Park.
* Kate is discovered by Clint Barton, Hawkeye, and is tested and trained as an Avenger-in-training.
*** TimeJump ***
* Kate finds the heroes who call themselves Young Avengers and joins, helping to finance and lead the group.
* During Civil War, the group splits. Some, including Kate, join Captain America, while the others went to join the 50 States Initiative.
* Kate goes off on her own for a short time before being called back to become an official Avenger under Steve Roger's directorship of SHIELD.
FOCUS: Kate is shaped by two things: privilege and past tragedy. She realizes she's lucky to have so much due to her family's wealth and she wants to give back to society and the community. On the other hand, being assaulted also now drives her to take a more active role in fighting crime and evil. Her focus on not allowing herself to be hurt makes it harder for her to get close to some people.
STRONG WILLED: Kate is very strong-willed. Once she makes a decision, she's quite unmoved. Like most of Kate's traits this can be good and bad. This means that she'll never back down and never give up, even when it looks like she's wrong, or that it will put her in danger. It seems as if she gets momentum, or is even more willing to stand up when the goal is set higher.
KINDNESS: Kate loves to dive into charity work, and other acts of kindness. This was built into her from a very young age, from when she would go with her mother to various charity works, and volunteer with different organizations. She didn't do it to make her look good, she did it because it made her feel good. As a superhero, she tries to find ways to continue that work, even if it has to be anonymously.
MARTYR: Kate is self-sacrificing. A bit too willing to jump into danger. She doesn't have a death-wish, and she's not suicidal. She just feels responsible for every bad thing that happens, whether she was there to prevent it or not. She has no problem with stepping in front of a bullet if it would allow someone else to live. She has no powers. She knows she has no powers, and she still does not see anything wrong with that. If she can save at least one life, even at the loss of her own, she can consider it being even.
DRIVEN: Kate's primary motivation is the protection of others. This stems from the time that she was attacked in Central Park at a young age. Everything she's done since then has been to make her stronger, and to make her able to take down anyone who tries to do the same thing to somebody else. She'll be a 'hero' for as long as she possibly can.
HEADSTRONG: Once Kate has her mind set, she needs to be really swayed to change her mind. Even when she sees that she's wrong, she has a hard time with letting go on a decision or stance. This is also to her merit, because it was this same strong will that allowed her to become an Avenger in the first place, not giving up after so many people tried to talk her out of it.
YOUTH: Kate's not a teenager, she's reached her late teens/early twenties. However, she's still in college, and is considered far too young to be in the hero business. She's often sold short and misunderstood because of her age and inexperience.
EXHAUSTED: Kate's strength and reflexes are limited to the normal human limit of exhaustion. After using her abilities for too long, she becomes tired and eventually her system will shut down.
EXCEPTIONAL TRAINING - ENHANCED REFLEXES: Due to Kate's training in both gymnastics and hand-to-hand combat, she has superb reflexes. They're not superhuman, but her reaction time to stimuli is rather quick. The limitation to this is human exhaustion, which can slow her reaction time.
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT - ENHANCED DURABILITY: Kate is well-versed in hand-to-hand weapons and is an expert with the bow. Again, she has no superhuman skills, but she is one of the best humans on the planet that handle these weapons. Due to the heavy use of these weapons, the material that they're made out of is more enhanced then your avaerage weapons. These bows and arrows will not be found in your normal sporting goods store. The materials are special order and Kate has a specific supplier that her money can afford.
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT - WEAPON: Kate's versatility with weapons lends to her skill with each weapon. She can fight up close and personal with blades and broadheads, or she can attack and depower you from afar with a series of trick arrows at her disposal.
CHIP ON HER SHOULDER: Kate is quick to temper and even quicker to fight. She jumps headfirst into the action due to feeling totally powerless during her attack. She might get a D8 in situations where time is of the essence and over-planning may ruin the timing. She may get a D4 when her decisions are rash and more planning should be made.
DANGEROUSLY BRAVE: Kate is the Girl Without Fear. Well, not exactly. She doesn't hesitate to run into battle, despite the dangers that it might bring to her. She may get a D8 in situations where her bravery inspires others to join the fight. She might get a D4 if her bravery leads to more danger to herself then expected.
SOCIETY GIRL: Kate lives within the social circlez of the well-to-do in the Northeast. Her family is connected with most of the more affluent, long-named families in the United States. As much as she likes to work with the unfortunate and loves her charity work, she's a sucker for a good debutante ball or other form of high-nosed soiree. She might get a D8 when the situation calls for Kate to blend into a social scene. She might get a D4 when she needs to stay away from the crowd and needs to stay incognito.
COMPOUND BOW: Kate prefers a sporty Compound Bow to other variations. It holds a 150lb draw weight and sends an arrow at 300 feet per sec. It's easy to carry over her shoulder, along with a quiver of arrows. It's a complex instrument, made up of many moving, mechanical parts and needs to be constantly tuned. If it does not stay tuned and oiled, it can fall apart, or become damaged, hindering Kate's Archery skill. She can shoot off up to 3 arrows in one pull.
ARROWS: Along with the bow, Kate carries a quiver of about 36 arrows. All the arrows are made of the same alloy as the battle staves. She uses them from a distance, and mostly at non-human targets. Again, if shot at a being of living flesh, they could be fatal.
QUIVER: Kate carries her arrows in a standard quiver, the type that sports archers carry.
BATTLE STAVES: Two sticks about two feet in length each made of a sturdy metal alloy. These are used close up, more for subduing criminals then for taking anything out. Her costume has sheaths for the sticks, one along each leg.
PERSONAL: Kate's father, Derek, is a publishing mogul in New Jersey and Kate is an heiress to the Bishop Publishing empire whtehr she likes it or not. She uses this unique position to help finance her heroing ventures.
AFFILITATIONS: Kate's made some friends and connections along the way in her short career as a superhero. She's still very close with her friends who were in Young Avengers. She speaks with Billy Kaplan and Teddy Altman on a regular basis, however she's lost contact with Eli Bradley and Tommy Shepard. Though there was disappointed when Cassie Lang left the group to join 50 States, she still misses her friend and would do anything for her. Kate's also become close with her mentor, Clint Barton, and has become friendly with the other Avengers after becoming a full member.
ACROBATICS EXPERT: Due to Kate's training in martial arts, along with her gymnastics training, Kate is an expert in acrobatics.
COMBAT EXPERT: Instead of focusing on a specific martial arts form, Kate has learned from a handful of styles. She's also an expert with weapons, including swords, staves, and archery.
MENACE EXPERT: Kate tends to stay in the shadows. Not only is it a good defense for someone who isn't super-powered, it also helps with maintaining a psychological upper hand. She'd much rather scare away a perpetrator then lock into combat with them.
POLITICS NOVICE: Kate wants to help the less fortunate in the City and is thinking of switching her major from medicine to ploticial science and pursuing a career in politics.
PSYCH EXPERT: Kate is used to manipulating people, in one form or another. Whether it's to get a new donation from her father for her latest cause or if it's to lead others into combat, Kate knows how to use people to get what she needs.
VEHICLES EXPERT: Kate has had her own drivers license from as early as she could get it, forgoing the driver and car that her father would prefer her to use. Kate can control any vehicle that shares the same controls as a car. Anything alien or needing flight training is out of her league for now.
SECRET IDENTITY: Kate is not known to be Hawkette. She wears a mask to hide this. Her own family doesn't know of her extra-curricular activites, and it would be bad all around if her identity was made public.
DARK SECRET: When Kate was in middle school, during a school trip through Central Park, she was brutally attacked, which was the catalyst to becoming the hero. She never wanted to be a victim again, and wanted to protect those that couldn't protect themselves. No one knows of this besides her family, and her therapist.
GEAR: Kate's equipment is made of special materials, but even that material can give way after prolonged and extended use.
