Origins.

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When he was 13 years old James Parker was shopping with his parents and younger brother in Hudson City, New Jersey. They had recently left the store and were on their way to the car when James and his brother Richard noticed movement within the nearby alleys and caught sight of two strange people, both men in suits. As the family got into the car the boys could not stop but to wonder who those men were but noticed one thing, their parents Tom and Maria Parker began to show signs of stress as the car would not start up.

All of a sudden bullets ripped through the vehicle as Two rival Hudson gangs entered a full scale gang war....and the Parkers were caught in the crossfire. Tom Parker was instantly killed as a bullet hit him in the chest and Maria was hit in the legs, paralyzing them. In one last act of love for her children, Maria urged James and Richard to run and promise to always protect each other. As the boys fled the battle they watched as the car and their dying parents erupt in an explosion.

However, as the children were almost out of the crossfire they were intercepted by two men wanting to make sure there were "No witnesses". As they dragged the kids to a remote alley Richard began to erupt in flames his eyes glowing a fiery orange. flames were sent in every direction burning buildings and gang hoodlums alike, then everything whent black.

James woke up in a charred alleyway, not knowing where his brother went.

Young James was placed in the care of his Uncle Charles, who was then acting as the third Shadow Web, a Vigilante moniker that had been passed down the family line for years. James was next to bear this if he wanted. For the next five years James finished school and patrolled the Hudson City streets alongside Shadow Web as "Redback". By the time he was 18 he felt he needed to travel, to get away from it all and find himself. With his uncle's blessing James took the nearest barge out of Hudson City. Unsure where his path would go.

The barge made port in Bejing, China. James managed to escape detection from the workers and made his way into the city. For two months James was a nomad, a street rat. He had learned quickly how to effectively avoid detection and steal food to survive. Eventualy, James started to explore and visited Hebei, Shandong and jiangsu where he met a middle aged man by the name of Henry. Henry took notice of James quickly and for weeks followed and observed him. James finaly found out about his watcher and confronted him. Henry then after some proding, revealed that he was an agent of a large group of warriors known as the Arachnid Brotherhood. James was given an offer to come with Henry to the mountains of Tibet, where the brotherhood was based. James, knowing that there was no other choice than continue a street rats life took Henry's offer and went along with the man.

Once they reached the location, an old Tibet village with a large temple. James was taken inside the temple and introduced to the Sensei or mentor of the brotherhood. The sensei revealed James was born with gifts that "Transended bloodlines" through a meditive ritual.

There James discovered that he was a Mutant born with advanced human qualities. Strength, speed, agility, senses all supernaturaly hightened. As well as an above average healing factor. James then accepted the sensei's offer of joining the brotherhood and was assigned to be Henry's personal apprentice.

7 years passed after the death of his parents and the disappearance of his brother. In those years James had learned to master his powers as well as learning several martial arts. Soon James would become a full member of the clan and gain the right to have an apprentice of his own. As James and Henry conversed on tactics plans the village alarm sounded, indicating of an attack by the local bandits that have been preying on the village and the clan for years. When James got to the village streets and began to engage the bandits he came in contact with their ringleader who instantly lashed out against him. The duel between James and the ringleader led them into a rocky canyon near the village where James finally defeated him.

With their leader defeated the last of the bandits retreated and fled into the mountains. Upon returning to the sensei, James was inducted as an official member of the brotherhood. With his training in Asia complete James left the monastery to make his way back to the U.S.A.

James ended up in Africa where he met a follower of Anansi the African spider god and helped him take out poachers and drug dealers in the area. In turn the follower taught James hunting techniques as well as a more furious form of martial arts. After his training with the follower was compleate James left another ally behind and began moving back to the states.

As James moved on to the states he cut a path through the Middle East where he met a group of black ops agents from America. After they saw him jump into a conflict between them and a group of hostiles, they offered a chance for James to assist them in a raid of a hostile camp. James accepted and went with them into the area around the camp and waited until dusk, When night fell the black ops and James attacked, the battle went on for the rest of the night but in the end the team stood victorious. After this James decided to join them as an ally. For two years James and the Black ops team learned from each other James teaching them the skills of the eastern ninjas and the team teaching him marksmanship and munitions skills. After he learned all the team could teach him James left them on good terms and moved forward.

James arrived in Europe soon after his departure from the Middle East. Here James came apon a secretive group of monster hunters after saving one of their own from a vampire. They then took him in and slowly traded secrets with the stranger. During this time, James came into contact and learned to deal with Vampires, Werewolves and other supernatural creatures. Soon after a few months James bid farewell to the hunters and moved on.

James arrived in the Canadian wilderness where he came in contact with a shaman who through a powerful ritual sent James into his own consciousness where he destroyed his inner demons and embraced his true powers. After his meeting with the shaman James made his way across the border into the states after 12 years he was finaly returning to where it all began.

James entered Millennium City ready to begin his new life. But when he returned home he found out that the alien race known as the Qularr were invading and throwing the city into chaos. Acting fast James donned a makeshift disguise and put his new skills to good use by helping the MCPD and local heroes alike to push back the invasion. In the end the Qularr were defeated and the city saved. Afterward James went to work developing his new persona as "Night Spider" he created a suit of combat armor, developed enhanced non lethal weapons and began his new crusade to help those in danger and put the criminals behind bars.

Night Spider now works mainly on street level crime in Westside but is known to go where he is needed.

Tales From Spider's Den

Four Years Of Vigilance Date: 8/30/2013 Deep within the caves beneath Millennium City, a singular cavern is located under the Parker Technologies building. This is Spider's Den, home to Detroit's resident Arachnid Detective, Night Spider. Within the caves, past the titanium doors lies the Den, where a planning table, a main computer and a trophy room stands before flowing out into the hangar and exit caves. It is dark, the only light coming from The Webwave and several hanging light fixtures. Night Spider sits at the main computer, where he usually is. He stares through his expressionless mask at the keyboard, his mind distant. He removes his mask to reveal 28 year old James Parker. James gets up from his seat and moves to another end of the cave, mechanical Spider Drones going about daily maintenance pass him by as he reaches the Archives, where the vigilante keeps items taken from his most daring and memorable adventures. Among the small trinkets and items lies three large glass cases that hold three Costumes. The one on the left holds the original costume of Shadow Web, a vigilante moniker used by James grandfather, father and uncle. Three members of the Parker Family wore this costume, before being archived. On the far right stands Night Spider's Arachnid Brotherhood tunic from his training days, the Tibetan crafted uniform marked his place among Tibet's Spider Clan. At the foot of this costume lies a single black katana, engraved with ancient words and symbols. Many enemies fell to this blade during James younger days. But at the center of the three lies perhaps the most symbolic relic to Night Spider's very career, A tall mannequin holds a black trench coat and military styled combat armor. James stares into the suit's lifeless faceplate, and drifts down memory lane once more. Date: 8/28/2009 (The Qularr Invasion) It was a day unlike any other... The Qularr, a race of insectoid aliens launched a frenzied attack on Millennium City. Force fields were put up across town to block off human resistance while the invading forces tore through the streets, attacking MCPD, MARS and other law enforcement and civilians alike. A shadowed figure moves through the chaos. Dressed in nothing but a black jacket and grey pants with normal boots and wielding a black Katana, the figure's face is unidentified while wearing an article of black cloth around his face. He moves through the streets like a ghost until five large Qularr Soldiers stop his progress. 4 Hours Ago... James Parker, the recently thought dead son of The Parker Family, one of Hudson City's philanthropic families rides to Millennium City on a high class airplane from Canada over to Michigan USA. He was on his way to start a new life after completing his final portion of Training from a Canadian Shaman who was affiliated with the Arachnid Brotherhood, a clan of warriors dedicated to protecting the innocent from the forces that would prey on them. With his training now complete, he goes to where it all began, in the heart of Millennium City. As the plane lands he walks through the doors of the airport, carrying no luggage of his own. Dressed in a black jacket with steel grey pants he now makes his first steps into the city. James walks through the streets, taking note of how different it felt and looked since he was last there, almost over a decade ago. He now enters Downtown, and approaches City Hall when suddenly, blue ray fields envelop the city in portions and insectoid invaders began an assault in the city, The Qularr Invasion had begun. A squad of Qularr soldiers enter the area and begin to destroy buildings and harm innocent civilians. Two such creatures approached James as he was ready to defend himself, however a black streak cuts in front of him. Armed with a black katana and dressed in a samurai inspired suit of armor, the hero cuts down the attackers with animalistic ferocity. After taking down three of the bug invaders the hero turns to James, only to be shot down by a fourth Qularr. The hero lands hard in the streets, bleeding as the fourth attacker moves off to other duties. James knells down speechless as the hero takes his last breath. The now bewildered Parker watches on to see others fall to the same invaders, and The Champions nowhere to be seen. James takes the fallen warrior's blade and tears a part of the samurai's black scarf off to wrap around his face. Before moving off James closes the heroes' eyes as a show of respect. James now moves off and heads to aid law enforcement, his identity now hidden. A few munities later.. James is now confronted by five Qularr, all armed and ready to blow him to pieces. He jumps into the fray with his weapon and makes short work of them. Using his training to dodge and eviscerate the invaders, a squad of MARS troops are getting surrounded while reinforcements are unable to come. James heads over to aid them, much to the surprised troops. After tearing through the first wave James looks to the captain who then says, "Who are you?" "Someone who's trying to help out. Is there any high concentration of these things in a certain area?" James replies as the captain then speaks up. "These creatures seem to be targeting the Champions HQ, but we've lost contact with Defender and our radios are being jammed!". James then looks into the distance, about a block or so away to the now swarmed Champions HQ. "Get your men to high ground, I'll go see if they need help!" James then departs as the troopers move to City Hall to defend the mayor, he moves through the streets like a shadow, cutting down any invader that stands in his way. He eventually reaches the Champions HQ after stopping to save a group of paramedics from the Qularr. He can see the battle unfold, Ironclad defending the exterior of the HQ along with UNTIL. There is a giant Qularr mother ship hovering just above the force fields. James rushes to the scene to aid Ironclad and five other heroes who were defending a big cannon, for what James had no idea. Together with the five heroes, James dueled the aliens for ten munities until there was a clear in the swarm. Ironclad jumped into the cannon and the heroes ran into the HQ to aid Defender. James was left with the remaining UNTIL troops when the next wave was upon them. Suddenly, the cannon fired Ironclad himself through the force field into the Mothership. James sword was knocked out of his hand by a larger swarmlord Qularr, but just as it was about to strike him the creature began to shriek in pain, taking this chance James grabs his sword and runs the beast through. Covered in qularr muck and his jacket partially torn, James watches as the entire invasion force retreats. A week later.... Repairs to Millennium City have begun, the invasion was over and people were safe once again. However as the Champions begin to enlist other heroes who aided in the battle to their cause, James was ahead of them. Now in his normal street wear, James Parker stands in Westside, facing an old wall on the north end. He then walks over to a nearby manhole, and uses his strength to pry off the cover. He descends into the sewers, rats scattering as James makes his way around in the dark. He eventually reaches a wall within the labyrinth, after a short study he feels the wall for something, as if he's been here before. He finds a weak brick in the wall and presses it. The brick retracts into the wall and the wall opens like a door, revealing a long cavern. Snapping a glow stick that he had brought with him. James goes through the caverns until he reaches a large cave, already equipped with rusty platforms and an aging table in the center, to the platform on the left there is a table covered in dust and cobwebs and on it are aged lab equipment and tools. To the right there is a large room, one that holds a single item. James moves to this room and stands in front of an aged and a rugged mannequin, on this stands a well preserved suit, 50's wear, formal with an added webbed cape and fedora. James was looking at the suit of Shadow Web, his predecessor. Four Years Later... James stands on the very exact spot he stood four years prior. Staring into what was originally the cave built by his Grandfather, Desmond Parker. More memories flooded James mind, how the cave was before the battle of Detroit, and how he and his family used it to survive Dr. Destroyer's onslaught of the city. Desmond Parker died from his injuries at the hands of a destroid in these very caves. With James, his father and mother Tomas and Maria, and his uncle Edward watching as Desmond gave his last breath. And how in 2009, only a few days after the invasion how he had created his first combat suit and gadgets, the very ones he wore and used when he became Night Spider for the first time. Striking fear into Hudson City and Millennium City's gangs. James now stands here in 2013, four years after he had begun his career and already so much has happened. He remembers every detail, how he made his first Spider Drone, And when he joined The X-pelled Mutant Academy to learn about the nature of his powers and that of fellow mutants. Even when he encountered Killshot and Warblood for the very first time and meeting many new allies in the forms of Bloodryn and others. And meeting his first ward Roki, and training him in these caverns. James could do nothing but remember every moment as if the caves recorded them in an Archive of its own. Even surviving his first encounter with Ebony Tarantula and the fall of The Titian Institute. To now where Nexus Academy is growing, but yet having issues of its own. James now exits the cave and takes a lift to his penthouse, only a block away from Parker Technologies. He walks through the lavish place he now calls home. Putting his costume safely away in his office, he now walks up the stairs into the bedroom, Jessica Cross, his girlfriend, sleeps soundly in the bed as James walks past, making sure not to wake her. He stares out of the penthouse windows out into the city. "I started as a man of twenty four, now here at twenty eight. Four years of watching this city...Four years of experience. Four years of Vigilance." James thinks to himself "And there is still much to do.." James Parker decides to retire for the night. For tomorrow is a new day.. The End

X-pelled

As Night Spider first came onto the scene James began wanting to understand his mutant powers from a scientific perspective. One day he saw an ad for the X-pelled Mutant Academy and decided to apply as a student there. As the weeks turned into months James learned more and more about mutant kind and met other mutants from all walks of life and became friends with most of them His first "Combat experience" with the academy was when he went on a field trip with the other students to the Battle of Detroit museum where they found the hired assassins Killshot and Blood Virus robbing the place. They eventually fled the scene leaving a few students defeated in combat, including Night Spider himself.

After the museum experience Night Spider went through more changes developing more armor and gaining more control over his powers. When fall came around the academy organized a thanksgiving party aboard the SS. Bayou Queen as the party went underway a strange feeling overcame Spider, A feeling something bad would happen soon and sure enough the party is crashed by a masked villain who claimed the ship was rigged to blow and held the trigger to detonate the hidden bombs. As the academy director confronted the villain outside on the docks Night spider and the other students helped evacuate the boat and find and disarm the bombs. Soon after that a series of events led to Night Spider and many others to leave x-pelled while it started to close down.

While the memory of X-pelled has faded somewhat, it proved useful by giving Night Spider more hands on experience in the field and taught him how to expand his sensory powers.

Powers/Skills

Natural Powers

Adhesive Powers: Night Spider is able to cling to most surfaces by manipulating the electromagnetic energy in his body.

Sensory Powers: Night Spider's enhanced senses can spread out in a 360 degree radius giving him a wide view of his surroundings and detect movement of any kind be it friend or foe. The full power of his senses are undiscovered. However it is known that most, if not all of the Parker Family had this skill.

Acrobatics: Night Spider can move faster than an Olympic level human and can jump two stories into the air. Many of his joints are extra flexible allowing him to pull off almost superhuman feats of agility. Night Spider's reflexes and equilibrium is much higher than an Olympic level human as well.

Strength: Night Spider can lift a few tons of weight and is capable of bending small steel bars. Night Spider rarely uses his full strength due to how much damage he could cause.

Healing factor: Night Spider has a Healing factor above that of an average human being. He can still be critically injured and possibly killed. Basic injuries such as cuts and light fractures take a day at the most to heal, where other more serious injuries take longer. The extent of Night's healing process is still unknown. Night Spider frequently uses Etir Boosters (A gadget taken from his experiences with The Arachni) that can boost his healing factor in battle and cleanse his body of poisons.

Skills

Stealth Experience: Stealth and distraction are crucial parts of Night Spider's tactics. Night has had years of training in Tibet and other parts of the world in this skill. In combat Night Spider uses these skills to get behind an opponent and blindside them.

Expert Hand to hand combatant: Over the course of 12 years Night Spider has trained with two masters from the Arachnid Brotherhood and has learned many forms of fighting from Ninjisu to military combat, these skills make Spider a fighting force to be reckoned with. He however, never can stop learning.

Expert Marksman and Hunter: During his training Night Spider learned to use almost all forms of guns and projectile weaponry (However focused on Shuriken and Boomarangs). Also he has mastered hunting techniques from Africa as well from other places, combined with his senses night can track a single target for miles through almost all terrain.

Tech Savy: Night Spider has a natural talent for technology. He can hack computer grids and has invented his own arsenal of gadgets. While not on par with super geniuses, Night can handle himself well in the tech field.

High Pain Tolerance: Through years of training and meditation Night has gained a high tolerance of pain being able to will himself to "Work through pain" to levels where he can partially ignore pain and continue fighting.

Skilled Pilot: Prior to his years as Night Spider, James Parker was taught how to fly aircrafts by his uncle. This skill came in handy years later as Night can now fly jets, helicopters and VTOLS with little effort.

Weakness

Bio Attacks: Bio attacks such as blood manipulation or certain poisons can weaken or completely disable Night Spider's healing factor. In recent years however, he has been training himself to have slightly better resistance to Blood Manipulation. The training proved useful in November 2013, when he faced off against Blood Virus for the second time.

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Sonics: Due to the nature of Night's sensory powers some frequencies of sound can give him a bad headache or disable his senses entirely.

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Magic: Although magic won't kill James, he has no natural protection from Magical attacks. He makes up for this with enchantments added to his suit by Ebon Widow.

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Night Spider is vulnerable to any attacks that could injure or kill a normal human being.

Equipment (Changed regularly)

Spider Grenades: These small spherical devices are stored within Night Spider's belt and shoulder pads the types of grenades include:

• Small non-lethal explosives.
• Smoke bombs.
• Gas. (Knockout gas tear gas ect.)
• Cryo bombs.
• Flash bangs.
• Acid bombs. (only used to melt through walls silently)

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Web Grenades: These small projectiles contain a sticky glue that comes from a rather big carnivorous plant on Monster Island. Similar to webbing, this glue is strong as steel and can be used to pin down foes of all sizes. It is fire resistant, however continued heat would melt the glue.

Web Trap: The size of a hand grenade, this device explodes into a web-like net on detonation. The web can reach over 50 feet in width and 20 feet in height. Like the Web Grenades this is also made from a glue from a plant that grows on Monster Island.

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Cyber Bracer: A special device mounted on his right gauntlet, this device holds many features such as,

• A computer and database.
• A scanner.
• Control pad for special functions in the jet.
• A hacking device

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Web Hook 2.0 : Designed by Lawrence Materdore. This small device is mounted on Night Spider's right glove. Small and compact, this new version of the Web Hook fires a nearly unbreakable cable made from pure energy. The cable can reach up to 500 miles before running out of power, the Web Hook runs on energy cores supplied by Parker Materdore Dynamics.

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Spider Tracers: These small devices are inspired by standard MCPD tracers and bugs. Spider tracers come in two forms, Audio tracers and GPS tracers. Audio tracers allow Night to listen in on whatever sounds or conversations that are picked up on the tracer. GPS tracers allow Night to track the tracer and whatever it is stuck to via GPS. The trackers and Audio are displayed in Night Spider's helmet or mask HUD interface.

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Charge Foam: Developed at Parker Technologies this device sprays a charged foam that hardens on contact and when detonated can create an explosion similar to Plastiqe.

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Spider Blades: Made from carbon steel and inspired from Shuriken and Boomerangs, these small metal devices are disigned to be mainly non leathal the two forms for the Spider Blades are:

• Sharp (used for cuting ropes and poping tires)

• Heavy (Used to knockout enemies during combat)

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Ricochet Spider Discs: Similar to Spider blades these devices are somewhat larger and less leathal than the others, Ricochet Spider Discs are made out of a metallic alloy which absorbs the shock of an impact and uses the potential kinetic energy to ricochet off of many different surfaces. These devices come in just as many forms as the Spider Blades do, save for a few additions these include:

• Explosive

• Electrical Shock

• Gas (Knockout, Tear gas, Smoke)

• Remote Controll (Direction can be controlled by Helmet interface and cyber bracer)

• EMP blasts

As with all these additions Spider Grenades can also be attached to these discs for extra effect.

Costume

Arachnid Combat Armor MK III: After the injuries he sustained during The Orion Crisis, James donned the Arachnid Combat Armor Mark three. Made from Questionite alloy James obtained and a special polymer under suit. This suit can take a good amount of punishment from balistics, acid and the elements before breaking. However, the suit is not completely invincible and can only take so much. Point blank shots with armor percing rounds can damage the suit quickly (although not break it immediately). Night Spider uses this as a replacement for his normal armor. The suit also has been programmed with info on all of Night's previous rouges and villain encounters. These include files on weaknesses and suit programs designed to combat a certain enemy.

Suit features:

• Helmet (Night Vision, Thermal Vision, Crime Scene Scanner, Voice Modulator, Rebreather)

• Quickfire Shuriken (Non lethal, Exploding, Electric Shock, Remote Control)

• Quickfire pellet granades (Exploding, Gas, Web bomb, EMP, Cryo)

• Built in mini computers in the gauntlets

• Suit is usable in space travel and under sea areas

• "Breaking Point" program (Marks the weak points on an opponent by scanning them. Allowing Night to aim his attacks for greater damage)

Transportation

Webwing Fighter jet: This sleek stealth aircraft was designed and built at Parker Technologies. Originally it was a silver metallic color the aircraft now dubbed "The Webwing" was painted a pure black coating and integrated with top line military tech such as:

• Duel Plasma beam cannons.

• Stealth feild tech. (Invisible to sonar and thermal imaging)

• Heat seeking missiles.

• Built in computer with connection to the Webwave in Spider's Den.

• Built in Radio system.

• Advanced Jet fuel and thruster systems.(At top speed the webwing can cross from the U.S to Aisa in 19 minutes)

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SpiderCycle: The new vehicle in Night's arsenal. This fully weaponised hover bike allows Night to cross the cityscape with ease or chase down a fleeing vehicle. Painted a light black with icy blue accents, this bike possesses a fully functional stealth field and dual plasma beam cannons, along with other weapons.

Spider Drones

Spider drone T3: A recent addition the T3 Spider drone acts more as a companion to Night Spider however, should a situation demand it the drone is perfect for recon missions and can move through the smallest of entry points and can get into areas normaly out of nights reach, the droid also has hacking upgrades allowing it to break into databases and gather information. The only other well known aspect is the drone's almost feline personality that has led the droid into mischief more than once.

Currently T3 and over 500 drones enjoy their part in maintenance and security work at The Nexus Force building.

The Spider Drones also come in different sizes, the largest drones guard Spider's den armed with energy weapons. These drones also "project" their mood via hologram emotion Icons ( :) = Happy >:D = Crazy ect.)

Spider Drone Swarm: Night Spider has also created a special sub type of Spider Drone for weapon and intimidation reasons. About the size of a silver dollar and painted pure black, these drones are in all ways meant to resemble an actual spider. Once a target or multiple targets is tagged, a swarm of these bots teleport in and attack with Taser charged fangs. Their sole job is to distract and terrify those they attack, allowing Night Spider to take them by surprise. Additionally, these small droids act as spy drones and can access almost any building and guarded zone unnoticed.

OOC notes: Here is a link to a prime example of the Spider Drones' design http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ-ut3sO92o (Look 30 seconds in for the droid)

Hideout

Spider's Den

Spiders Den is an undergound bunker stationd in Millenium city, after realizing that he could not keep the majority of his equipment at his penthouse without risking discovery. James ventured into the sewers under the city where he eventualy found a hidden door leading into the catacombs, after some exploration into the tunnel system he re-discovered a cave a few miles under the city's surface. The cave was occupied previously by James' grandfather Desmond Parker, otherwise known as Shadow Web. Currently the Den has expanded into several other areas of the city underground, resulting in more caves for Night Spider to use.

Cave features list

Computer with Satellite Surveillance, Internet Access, Frequency Interception, Response System and Holographic Projectors

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• Exits into other parts of the city catacombs

• New tunnels that lead to the outskirts of Millenium city

• Security measures

• elavators and acsess doors located in James offices at Parker technologies and The Titan Institute

• Landing bay for the Webwing

• A medbay

• Armory containing James armor models and other costumes

• Weapons room where james stores and upgrades his current tech/gadjets

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Trophy room contents

• A tooth and Claw from the monster Warblood

• The armor of the first Black Goblin

• A .50 caliber bullet from the assassin Killshot

• James old Arachnid Brotherhood tunic

• Night Spider's first costume

• The first Shadow Web outfit

• Dozer's chestplate

• A newspaper clip that shows the first recorded pictures of Ebony Tarantula

• Albion's old Titan Institute comm link

• A ball of magically solidified water given to NS by Pyrolun during the Dr. Y case.

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Other Den Locations: Night Spider recently expanded into the Millennium City underground to create more mobile bases to use. These include...

Westside Spider's Den: Located under the Westside Docks, this cave is currently being used by Roki Uchisama, Night's first apprentice and vigilante Azure Mantis.

City Center Spider's Den: Located under the east portion of City Center, near PSI and ARGENT headquarters. Currently in use by Ebon Widow

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Caves outside of Detroit

Hudson City Spider's Den: Located under the Parker Family's estate on the outskirts of Hudson City. This Den is the largest of them all. Built by Charles Parker and home of the Shadow Web for over a decade. James sees no use for this cave other than trips outside of Michigan. However, he still keeps it well stocked just in case.

Friends and Allies

The Spider Family

Shadow Web (Charles Parker): Charles Parker is James' uncle and has been his guardian since the death of his parents. Charles served as the vigilante Shadow Web after Thomas Parker died and even took a young James under his wing and began to train him, prior to James departing to Asia he was Shadow Web's partner Redback. Since James returned and donned a costume and identity of his own, Charles, now too old for field work, has taken to fighting crime in Cyberspace. And aids Night Spider with a constant flow of information and advice from the Spider's Den in Hudson City.

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Roki: During his short intern at the X-pelled Mutant Academy, James met Roki, a young man with telekinetic powers. After the academy closed down, Night approached Roki with an offer to join the Titian Institute and to join him as his partner. After the Titian Institute was destroyed, Roki was one of the survivors who moved on to The Nexus Academy and later the Nexus Force. Roki now aids Night in his fight against injustice. He frequently helps protect and lead the Nexus Force when James is not around to do so. Roki eventually completed his training under Night Spider and has now struck out on his own as The Azure Mantis, employing a samurai armor to reflect his heritage. Recently, Night Spider aided Roki in defeating his brother, Sora. With Sora now behind bars in Stronghold, Roki now rests easy and has been less volatile than ever. He is now training with The Arachnid Brotherhood while recovering from recent injuries.

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Night Web: Jessica Cross came into contact with James during his years as a member of the Arachnid Brotherhood. Jessica, like James was a member of the order and during a mission in the Middle East, the two fell in love with each other. After James left for Millenium city to begin a new life, Jessica continued her training and eventualy became a master of stealth and one of the order's most talented agents. After a year in Millennium City with her beloved, James and Jessica are now engaged and plan to be married one day.

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Ebon Widow: Recently, Night Spider has come into contact with the daughter of Ebony Tarantula. Ebon Widow, known as Regina was her father's top trained assassin until she defected after Ebony killed her brother for failing him. James took Regina in without hesitation and has become her provider for both money, equipment and other resources. Regina has begun to slowly follow her "Uncle"'s footsteps and is now a new addition to the crimefighting community under the guise of Ebon Widow. Regina has made leaps and bounds in recent years, becoming more social than her mentor. She is now a mother and a grandmother. She has also been credited for defeating Orion during the Orion Crisis and for numerous victories against The Arachni.

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Night Shroud: Tiberius Warren came to Night Spider recently seeking guidence and training. Tiberius is the son of Ebony Tarantula and brother to Regina Warren (Ebon Widow). Tiberius is a Half human half Shadow Demon hybrid with an array of supernatural powers. While having an anger problem and prone to violence, Tiberius wanted to become a better person than his father did and turned to his "Uncle" James Parker for guidence. James took Ty in and gave him an apartment in downtown Millennium City as well as beginning his training, just as he has done to Tiberius's sister. Tiberius has been inactive as of late.

Other

Dr. Mallick Orson (Deceased): Mallick Orson has been a longtime friend of James since the Titan Institue. A powerful technopath, Orson is able to command and adapt technology in whatever way he whished. Dr. Orson was instrumental in turning Ebon Widow and Dark Knight to Night Spider's side and has provided James with many tech plans and equipment that is hundreds of years ahead of modern tech. Mallick at one point was murdered by Ebony Tarantula only to have his soul and corpse reanimated by Ebony's partner, the demon Zephyon. Orson was brought back due to a memory chip located in his old body's brain. Through the cloning tech in his lab. Night Spider cloned a new body for Orson and used the chip to transfer Orson's mind into this body.

Recently, Dr. Orson was involved in Night Spider's conspiracy to cure a mentally imbalanced Lawrence Materdore. However prior to this he sought to kill Lawrence before he could do any more damage, this resulted in an attack which left Lawrence missing an eye. Mallick redeemed himself after Ebon Widow convinced him to non-lethally help. He removed a faulty implant from Lawrence's brain and treating him with a restorative element, thereby curing him. In June of 2014, Mallick's soon to be daughter-in-law Cathrine Ryland took up a personal, and undisciplined war against The Arachni. She launched kenetic strikes from space which destroyed the Arachni's base in the Bermuda Triangle. To save her relationship with Nexus Force and his son, Mallick took the fall for the attacks and died not too long after, when Ebony Tarantula killed him for the second time.

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Juanita: Juanita is a very well known ally of Night Spider's family. An immortal sorceress, Juanita has aided and guarded the Parker family for generations starting from Michael Parker during the American Civil War. She is a very dear ally to James and he trusts her with his life. To this day Juanita acts as the guardian angel of Night Spider and his family. Recently, Night Spider has not seen Juanita. However, she sometimes calls him in to investigate certain cases for The Ring of Water.

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Lawrence Materdore/Forge: James met Lawrence Materdore during his time at The Titan Institute through Lawrence's son, Chris. During the years that followed, the friendship between the kindred inventors grew, although Lawrence kept many things secret from James. In 2013, Lawrence vanished after staging his death which led to James buying out his company and creating Parker|Materdore Dynamics prior to Lawrence's return later in the year. James' relationship with Lawrence was strained when Lawrence accidently caused The Orion Crisis with his ARC Server. After the crisis was avoided, James discovered that Lawrence was slowly going insane due to a faulty implant in his brain, and he was also creating an army of giant robots called Sentinels along with a second ARC. Night Spider engaged in a cold war with Lawrence soon after that, which resulted in Lawrence loosing his left eye after a botched assassination attempt by Mallick Orson.

James then staged a kidnaping and abducted Lawrence, before having Dr. Orson (who was convinced to help by Ebon Widow) perform surgery to remove the implant and treat the brain with Etir. The Etir had an inverse effect however, it healed him, but gave him superhuman attributes and amnesia along with it. Night Spider brought his friend back up to speed (although left out their cold war and the second ARC) and helped Lawrence control his newfound strength, training him and equipping him with weapons. Lawrence took up the moniker Forge and became a vigilante and mercenary for hire. While Forge does aid Nexus on occasion. Lawrence has since then retired from his post and former place as Network, and his nighttime activities as Forge remain a secret between him and Night Spider.

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