History[]
Early Years[]
A direct descendant of the Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan himself James Edward "Jimmy" Woo (born April, 1976) was the only son and child born to Kim and Margaret Woo. Both of whom were high-ranking members of the Ten Rings and loyal followers of its founder and leader The Mandarin. That is until they discovered they were pregnant with Jimmy. Where after they did the Woo couple realized they did not want the life they had led for their son, but knowing Wenwu would never let them leave the couple faked their death and fled to the United States, where Jimmy was born shortly after. Having no idea about his parents past. Which would continue until he reached adulthood.
Until then Jimmy simply thought his parents were Chinese immigrants, who had left their home country to give him a better life than they had. For that was the story the Woo's had created to fool their son. Especially since it was partially true, and Jimmy's parents did want him to lead a better life than they did. Which is why the couple began encouraging their son to pursue a career in law enforcement after they noticed how much he idolized prohibition agent Eliot Ness, and other law enforcement related individuals, as a child. So with this love for law enforcement, and his parents unconditional support, Jimmy went to college and majored in criminal justice, where after he earned his degree he applied and was accepted to the F.B.I. Ready to live out his childhood dream.
Federal Agent Woo[]
After getting into the FBI Jimmy graduated top of his class at training at Quantico. After which he found himself back out west in his home state of California, assigned to the bureau San Francisco Field Office. Where he was assigned to the organized crime unit, particularly in relation to Chinatown. Given his background. Once this was the case Jimmy went to work, establishing good relations with the locals. He also found himself investigating several cases linked to a mysterious and ruthless Chinatown gangster known only as Yellow Claw. Who was in fact a local business mogul named Plan Chu, who felt Jimmy was getting to close to uncovering his identity. As such he sent his niece, and top enforcer, Suwan to investigate Jimmy and then kill him. However as Suwan spent time with her target she found Jimmy to be a good and honorable man, that helped her regain a sliver of her own humanity. As such she revealed the truth of her actions to him and decided to aid Jimmy in taking down her uncle and his criminal empire.
During the course of this Jimmy and Suwan soon found themselves under attack from a group of enslaved mutants Plan Chu had acquired to kill the pair, after learning of his nieces treachery towards him. But through ingenuity and quick thinking Jimmy and Suwan managed to free the mutants under Plan Chu control. Shortly after which they found themselves aided by S.H.I.E.L.D., specifically agents Melinda May and Monica Chang, in taking down the crime boss. In the aftermath of which Jimmy was offered a chance to join S.H.I.E.L.D. by May, who recognized his talents during the Yellow Claw investigation. Faced with this Jimmy decided to take up May on her offer and soon found himself working amongst S.H.I.E.L.D.