Name: Raven Phyllis Marie Fury
Codename: Excalibur
Raven Fury was born September 14th as the daughter of Amelia H. Fury nee Jackson and Nicholas J. Fury, the Director of SHIELD. She was kept secret as well as a baby can be. When Raven was four years old, Amelia Fury was killed on a mission. After that, Raven and Director Fury mutually decided to start training her to be an agent, despite Raven being four years old, partially so Raven cold learn to defend herself and partially because they had decided she was ready. Taught by several hand-picked agents, Raven was one of the fastest trained agents in the organization. She was mission ready at the age of six, and she did indeed start doing missions at the age of six. Academic education via tutor was kind of arranged around her missions, never actually joining a private school or the public school system. Raven was lethal and ruthless, anyone doubting how good of an agent a six year old was found themselves on the ground with black eyes and likely a lot worse from that very six year old. Raven received the name Excalibur after one of her first missions in which she went head to head with a target and defeated him with one of the decorative swords on the wall. Excalibur became a big name around the organization as she went on increasingly more and increasingly more dangerous missions, as well as ones composed of teams where her skills were showcased. She continued to train everyday; even if there was a modicum of respect for being an agent and being the directors daughter, it also meant that she constantly had to prove herself. Her first kill was at the age of seven. The mission was a simple rescue and retrieval mission, but, cornered by the enemy leader, she shot him and killed him, and legend has it without a blink. She has only continued to earn more blood on her hands. But with her first blood and showing no sign of stopping, added with her tendencies to act like an innocent little girl then suddenly turn menacing to scare the new recruits (apparently, to Raven and the agents usually tasked with introducing new recruits, this was a hilarious prank), Excalibur became a name that people respected and feared, SHIELD and enemy alike. Then, Raven earned another title. Exploring a strange occurrence, she came across a small group of Asgardians who were also hunting the source of the occurrences. After dueling each one to a draw and then, after talking and coming to an agreement, hunting the source together, an Asgardian criminal, and capturing him, they proclaimed her a pint-sized warrior and christened her with an honorary Asgardian name and title: Halle, Midgards Warrior Maiden Champion. After this, Director Fury gave her the nickname/pet name Hal. But there was one mission that was the critical turning point of her career. It was later labeled The Massacre and it was very costly, which is all that the average agent knows about it, but Excalibur was there. Director Fury put together a ten agent team, including Raven, to take down a man who was assembling a threat. They had been expecting an industrial complex but it turned out to be a military science lab once inside. Once inside, five agents ended up betraying the other half of the team; they had been led into a trap. The mission quickly turned into a battle for their lives for Excalibur and the four other agents still on her side. But that wasnt the worst part. Excalibur was alone when she came across some scientists. They had created a gamma-based life-threatening illness. She couldnt stop them from using it on Hope Banner, and Excalibur went on a rampage, killing the scientists, getting the Banners and killing every enemy she saw. In the end, only one other agent that went with her lived to make it out with her. However, once they were out it was just as bad. The other agent, Codename Andromeda, was injured badly, both of her arms mauled and mutilated, and Excalibur had been shot a couple times. They all almost died, but then a miracle occurred and Raven struck a deal with Odin. No one is really quite sure what the deal entails, but it seems like the Banners got the memory of the event hidden and rescue was brought in exchange for a favor to be called in at any time. They were found and taken back to SHIELD. Both agents were the only agents to live, however Andromedas arms had to be amputated but were replaced with top-of-the-line prosthetics and Excalibur herself had to spend several days healing. Raven told her father, Director Fury, Ive spilled more blood this day than all of my life before. Apparently it was so tragic or distressing and worrisome that it would get out that Director Fury brought in an agent, a psychologist, so Agents Excalibur and Andromeda could have mental blocks and barriers to hide away The Massacre and it was never spoken of again. Word still got around, but only of the missions famous name and its deadliness. Director Fury had Raven go back to training during the recovery period, this time more based on espionage, thinking spy work would be better suited, at least for the time being. During recovery and training, Raven struck up a friendship with Hope Banner, who slipped in and out of the illness randomly and so was being kept at SHIELD for treatment and observation, which was an amazing feat for Raven considering that after The Massacre, Raven was mostly unwilling to trust others and felt alienated by other SHIELD agents. According to SHIELD, despite the mental blocks and barriers, Raven knows its there and has never been able to trust or love again like she could before The Massacre, and she has also since refused to do team missions, opting for solo. When her recovery and training period was over, Raven started going into solo spy missions. These were longer missions, and usually infiltrations, during which she posed as a foster kid to some of the biggest hidden threats in the country in order to gather information and taker them down. A couple of times, she got caught, and it often turned bloody but SHIELD agents stationed nearby would get in and rescue her before it got out of hand. After every mission, she would fake her alias death. Her aliases are: Benjamina Fletcher (According to Excalibur: She was a boss, expert in martial arts and history. Still cant believe my cover didnt get blown; she was like me in temperament and I hated that name.), Mary Mark (According to Excalibur: A quiet bookworm that, when she did speak, everyone stopped to listen.) Ursula Von Larsen (According to Excalibur: Top actress who turned dressing completely in black from Goth to high end fashion.), Carmen Murray (According to Excalibur: The singer and guitarist who funded the rock band Stars Fall, which now commemorates her in everything they do as the girl who tragically gave their life for them, Carmen Murray.) and Jean Costello (According to Excalibur: She was known as Mean Jean the Basketball Queen.). After her last mission, things died down a bit, but then a SHIELD scientist put together a super soldier serum. When Director Fury began to go through a list of potential candidates and Excalibur heard about it, she volunteered. Director Fury didnt refuse. After a long prep, she was injected with the serum. There were complications, as in the rest of it was destroyed, but it worked, the super soldier serum was inside Excalibur and it was successful. Soon after, Raven was sent on a long-term mission as Raven Fletcher to protect a group of persons of interest. Apart from a minor failed group mission to apprehend a target, Raven Fury has been undercover on that long-term mission. Only Director Fury knew the true number of Ravens kill count, but the average agent thinks it at least over 100 people, if not more. Raven Fury died on September 14th, the day she turned sixteen, when she was shot four times and was caught in a small explosion.
