Hawkeye II

Kate Bishop is the youngest daughter of well known publishing magnate Derek Bishop. Her mother was killed five years ago while working with a charity in Africa. She has an older sister, Susan.

Background
Growing up, Katherine Elizabeth Bishop lacked for nothing. Kate to her family and friends and the youngest of two daughters of Derek and Eleanor Bishop, her life was never destined to be mundane. Her father's massive publishing empire is worthy of envy of every businessman. Her mother was the perfect wife for such a magnate. Eleanor was active in humanitarian and charitable foundations all around the world and, it was she who Kate took after. Her mother taught her that even one girl could make a difference. But all of that seemed to come crashing down when her mother was killed while on an overseas trip to a small third world country. Kate was fourteen at the time. Her father threw himself into his work even more aggressively if that were possible, focusing only on the bottom line in an industry rapidly losing its edge to the advances of digital media.

As he focused on converting his empire to a new medium, he failed to notice Kate was growing up even when she was the victim of a sex crime in Central Park. His outrage was turned to the police for not doing enough but never focused on the wellbeing of his own daughter; that was left to her older sister Susan and counselors Kate refused to go see.

Kate began to pursue more and more dangerous sports and hobbies. Everything from Parkour and Free Climbing to sword fighting, martial arts and archery. She began to find some sense of peace within martial arts and it did help rein in her wild nature if only for a short time. Her sister had become engaged and, on the day of the wedding, gunmen decided to try and extort their father's fortune by holding the wedding party hostage. Even though, officially, SWAT moved in and subdued the gunmen, Kate had her own small part in it, using her training to take down two of the dozen gunmen in the chaos and largely unnoticed.

It was like no adrenaline rush she'd experienced in the six years of "rebellion" she'd been living out. Combined with the rise of other costumed heroes, heroines and even vigilantes all around New York City, the one thing no one expected of this 18 year old wild child was that she'd use her monthly (and sizeable) allowance from Daddy to build up a Vigilante's Toolkit - appropriately themed armor, weapons and other supplies - and would begin her own personal crusade against smalltime thugs and the rapists that continue to plague New York's dark streets and alleys every night as the 'new' Hawkeye. The codename isn't hers originally, but with Clint Barton out of jail and no longer seeming to need it.. why not just work to put a good reputation back behind it?

Personality
Kate is the youngest daughter of a publishing magnate. She has never wanted for anything in her life. Silver spoon, definitely, yet she has a down to earth sensibility learned from her parents. Her mother being involved with international charity programs had a huge influence on Kate, especially after travelling abroad to see how much of the rest of the world lives (survives) first hand. She cares deeply about her friends and family and as a result, has hidden her activities as Hawkeye from all of them. She doesn't' want them to get hurt for her own decisions.

Through her father's example in publishing, she has learned a strong sense of what is morally right and wrong with society and she is not afraid to speak her mind when challenged on issues. Though she is largely grounded in common sense, she also likes to have fun. She is not above going out to socially or doing something crazy on a moment's notice. She is, after all, a young woman. If she weren't prone to moments of ill-thought-out-acts she'd never have committed to the mantle of Hawkeye.