Dani Rand (Earth-981)

Overview
Iron Fist has supreme command of all forms of Martial Arts, as well as a secret weapon; ''The Chi. With intense ''concentration, Rand can focus all of his energy into his fist. Turning his body into a super weapon that could cut through almost anything.

Early Life
Daniel Rand was the son of businessman Wendell Rand, who had once lived in the fabled city of K'un-Lun, which exists in another dimensional realm. As he was older, Wendell decided to find the mystical city again with his son, his wife and his partner Keniuchio Harada. Harada, who is in love with Wendall's wife Hezā, sends Wendall to his death. When Hezā refuses to leave with him, Harada abandons her and Danny to their icy fate. Danny and his mother finds their way to K'un-Lun but unfortunatley, Hezā sacrificed herself to a pack of hungry wolves so that her son could live. Danny was then adopted by the citizens of K'un-Lun, a magical land of immortals with many ancient secrets. There, he is raised to be a mighty fighter and warrior by his teachers. He grows to be an expert at combat and even elects to fight an actual fire breathing dragon known as ''Shou Lao the Undying. ''Such a beast that no man has beat in years, Danny fought with bravery, as he cut the chest of Shou-Lao, the energy of the dragon entered his body, creating in his chest the shaped brand of the dragon. This also gave him the ability of making his arm a powerful weapon, the legendary Iron Fist. Eventually, Danny used this power to prove that he was the mightiest of all warriors in K'un-Lun. As such, he won the right to eat the tree of immortality, however, Danny refuses for his heart was filled with hatred for the man that killed his father. Rather than immortality, Danny chooses to leave K'un-Lun to seek revenge.

Rand returned to Tokyo, Japan to reclaim his name and seek vengeance against his father's killer which soon fell into conflict against the evil ninja clan known as the Hand when he had learned that Keniuchio Harada (now known as the Silver Samurai) is the leader of the Hand and took over his father's company and was using it to sell his own heroin. Rand challenged Harada and soon joined forces with his father's ally Lei Kung and his new friend Colleen Wing. Along the way, Danny faces other enemies as well, such as Bakuto and a mutant Elisa Sinclair AKA Viper, the Hand's dangerous assassin who gained a number of abilities similar to those exhibited by some venomous reptiles. Having at last fulfilled his mission to defeat the Hand,  Danny decided to take upon the path of a hero. Iron fist then continues his work as a super powered warrior in Japan.

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Powers
Chi Augmentation: The power of the Iron Fist is granted to a single warrior of the Elders of K'un-Lun,, and empowers that person allowing them to channel their chi for a variety of effects. The effect is typically accompanied by a brilliant yellow luminescence emanating from the wielder's hands, or in Danny's case his right hand. The empowerment is temporary, effectively draining the wielder's chi until it is spent, and is then inaccessible for a time until the chi is replenished. The Iron Fist is also bound to the mental state of its wielder, and can be rendered inactive as a result of the wielder's emotional state, or inhibited by the effects of pacifying drugs. Danny's incomplete training has resulted in partial mastery of this power.