Grant Ward (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Grant Ward is a male television character who features in Marvel Agent's of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Biography

Grant Douglas Ward was a male human born on January 7, 1983 as the son of prominent politicians where he had a number of siblings. Among these included an older brother named Christian Ward and a younger brother named Thomas Ward. It was noted that Grant had a difficult childhood with his eldest brother often forcing him to beat up their younger sibling. In addition, his parents were said to had been worse with Ward suffering from abuse from both his mother and father. According to him, he also had a sister but he came to eventually lose contact with her.

An incident in particular that had a profound effect on Ward was when Christian Ward threw Thomas Ward into a well and would not allow Ward to rescue him. As Thomas desperately cried out for Ward to save him before he drowned, Christian warned him not to throw him the rope, or he would be thrown into the well with him. Ward eventually managed to pull Thomas up to safety without his brother knowing, however, this event had caused Ward to feel true hatred towards Christian, as well as his mother and father for the first time. In 1999, Ward went AWOL from the military academy to which he had been sent, stole a car, drove over a thousand miles home, and set fire to his parents' home in a furious rage. Unknown to Ward, his older brother Christian was inside and came close to burning to death in the fire. Christian survived but had Ward arrested by the police and pushed for the courts to try Grant as an adult to get the maximum punishment against him.

While being detained inside a Juvenile Detention Center in Plymouth, Ward was unexpectedly called for a visit, as he was surprised to be greeted by a man who introduced himself as John Garrett. Garrett explained that the quarter master at Ward's military school was an old friend of his, who had told him about Ward's skills in training before going on the run, stealing a car before attempting to burn his family home to the ground, with Garrett claiming that this history had intrigued him. As they sat down together, Ward was asked by Garrett if he had known that Christian Ward was in the house when he set it on fire, which Ward denied. Garrett told Ward that he had also been a pyromaniac as a child, which he made into a career. Garrett then explained that he had come there to make Ward a one-time offer, explaining that his family's lawyer would be arriving in twenty minutes, as his family would be putting charges against him for arson and attempted murder, but Christian was also petitioning for him to be tried as an adult, to get the maximum sentence. Garrett suggested that Ward could spend the next twenty years in prison, blaming his mother and father for his situation, or he could allow Garrett to set him free and teach him how to be a man. As Ward remained silent, Garrett explained that he worked for a secret organization that was looking to recruit men like him. Remaining unsure of Garrett's intentions, Ward had then questioned why he should trust Garrett, to which Garrett insisted that he should never trust anyone again, especially not him, much to Ward's surprise. With Ward still unsure, Garrett explained that if he went with him, it would be the hardest thing he ever had to do, but he promised that if he did, then nobody would ever attempt to screw with him ever again. Garrett told Ward to say yes, once again promising that it would be hard, but fun, before giving Ward ten more seconds to make a decision before he walked away. Finally, Ward said yes to Garrett's offer, and he was immediately interrupted by armed guards bursting into the room and demanding that everybody get down, as the shocked Ward looked to Garrett, who commented that he promised it would be fun.

Grant Ward operated as a highly skilled Tier 1 operative tasked with a sensitive retrieval mission in Paris, where he successfully infiltrated a secured apartment to secure a high-tech "Link" from a group of hostiles. After neutralising multiple threats using close-quarters combat and extracting the device, he was brought into a secure facility for debriefing, where he expressed a strong preference for working alone and a blatant disregard for the more social aspects of intelligence work. Despite his protests, he was recruited by Phil Coulson for a specialized mobile unit tasked with investigating newly emerging superhuman threats. Ward underwent a rigorous security clearance update and a tense interrogation session with a truth-inducing drug, during which he maintained his professional stoicism and revealed his skepticism regarding the team's disparate skill sets. Upon the team’s deployment to Los Angeles to track down an unidentified individual with extraordinary strength, he acted as the primary field muscle, providing tactical overwatch and attempting to secure a perimeter around a burning building. He clashed initially with the team's civilian consultant, whom he viewed as a security risk, and remained focused on the tactical necessity of neutralising threats rather than the ethical nuances of their origin. During the final confrontation at a busy transit hub, he prepared to take a lethal shot to prevent a catastrophic explosion, but he ultimately followed Coulson’s lead, providing cover while a non-lethal solution was implemented. By the time the mission concluded and the team boarded their mobile command plane, he had begrudgingly accepted his role as the group’s primary combat specialist, though he remained emotionally distant from his new colleagues. (Episode: Pilot) Grant Ward traveled to the Peruvian jungle as the team’s primary tactical specialist to investigate an object of unknown origin discovered at an ancient Incan archaeological site. Upon arrival, he maintained a high-security perimeter and expressed immediate frustration with the lack of field discipline shown by the team’s scientific experts, who were more focused on the artifact than the potential threats surrounding them. When a local military police force led by a former acquaintance of Phil Coulson arrived, Ward remained on high alert, his hand never far from his weapon as he assessed the sincerity of their supposed alliance. This suspicion proved well-founded when the soldiers eventually turned on the group, seeking to seize the powerful 0-8-4 device for their own government. During the ensuing skirmish, Ward utilized his superior combat training to defend the team, eventually helping to secure the artifact and retreat to the mobile command aircraft. Once airborne, however, the situation escalated into a desperate fight for survival as the Peruvian soldiers launched a coordinated hijacking attempt from within the plane. Ward found himself physically outmatched by the sheer number of armed hostiles until he was forced to coordinate with his teammates, whom he had previously dismissed as being "soft." He played a crucial role in the tactical plan to blow a hole in the fuselage to create a pressure differential, using the resulting chaos to regain control of the cargo bay. By the end of the journey, he shared a silent moment of professional acknowledgment with his fellow agents, drinking a beer on the ramp of the plane while realizing that his role as their protector would require more than just solitary combat skills. (Episode: 0-8-4)

Overview

Personality and attributes

In his youth, he noted that he had been filled with rage and that he wanted revenge. This ultimately led to him choosing to join HYDRA which he would later admit that he did for petty, personal, selfish reasons. In it, he came to find father figure, an opportunity for vengeance and also for getting closure for his issues.

Powers and abilities

He came to be attached to a secret HYDRA program called the Centipede Project which looked to create supersoldiers.

After dying on Maveth, his dead remains came to be used as a host body for the ancient Inhuman known as Hive.

Notes

• Grant Ward was created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen where he was portrayed by actor Brett Dalton and featured in the setting of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Alternate Versions

• In the Framework, an alternate version of Grant Ward existed within the virtual space created by Holden Radcliffe.

In other media

Comics

• In All-New, All-Different Marvel Point One v1 #1 (2015), a version of Grant Ward came to be introduced into the Marvel Comic books set on Earth-616.

Appearances

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.:

External Links

• Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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