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When Davos was a child he knew his destiny was great. He didn't understand why no one else recognized his potential. Not theYu-Ti. Not theThunderer,his own father. At every turn he's been held back. Is it a wonder he has a problem with authority? He takes what little they have to offer. These insect. These ants. He rips their life force from their bodies and heals his wounds. Flesh bubbles closed. Blood coagulates. Bones fuse. He takesit all so that he may stand while they fall. If he had enough of it, the Chi ofShou-Lao... could he heal his heart, too? And if he was simply given the love he needed in the first place... butK'un-Lun was never a place for love. All it offered was fire and blood. Can you blame him for accepting?

Early Life[]

Davos was the first son ofLei-Kung the Thunderer, a fearsome martial artist and trainer of the Iron Fist legacy from the city ofK'un-Lun. In order to live up to his father's legacy he trained hard and knew that one day he would become one of the most powerful martial artists to leave K'un-Lun with the power of Iron Fist.^[4]

Iron Fist[]

However, there was one obstacle he had to overcome. He had to defeat the other person in line for the Iron Fist name:Wendell Rand-K'ai, son ofYu-Ti, August Personage in Jade and ruler of K'un-Lun. Davos proved unsuccessful in this attempt and was soundly beaten by Wendell. He refused to give up despite this beating but eventually Yu-Ti announced Wendell the winner which infuriated Davos who accused Yu-Ti of being biased towards his own son. Lei Kung told his son to stay silent and sent him away. Davos' pride and anger got the better of him and he went to challenge the dragonShou-Lao in his cavern and gain the power of Iron Fist despite his loss. Shou-Lao scarred Davos over his left eye but Davos knew the secret to defeating the Dragon: to block the power of its heart with his body. However, the pain was too much and Davos soon succumbed to the Dragon's power. Lei Kung found his son defeated in the snow and took him back to the city. Yu-Ti then exiled Davos to Earth, stating that he could never return to K'un-Lun. Despite this, Wendell did not challenge Shou-Lao and also went to Earth. Tuan eventually died and Wendell's brother took his place and had a son named Daniel who would take the power of Iron Fist. It was here that Davos began plotting to kill Daniel and take the power of Iron Fist for himself.^[5]

Danny Rand[]

Davos attempted many times over the years to kill Daniel by absorbing the power of Shou-Lao. He allied himself withJoy andWard Meachum to be able to close in on Rand.^[6] They watched the battle between Iron Fist andRadion on television, hoping he would survive so they could get their revenge.^[7] Joy asked Davos to investigate her uncle Ward, he complied as he agreed to work for them until he killed Danny Rand. Davos acted as Joy’s bodyguard during her meeting with Danny.^[1] When theGolden Tigers attacked the Meachum Building, he saved Joy Meachum instead of attacking Iron Fist despite her orders, telling her he would choose the time and place of Iron Fist's death himself.^[8] Davos confronted Ward threatening him to quit and disappear and leave Joy to run the company. He told her that his debt was paid in full and it was now time for his revenge.^[9] He attacked Iron Fist, he tried to absorb the power of Shou-Lao, but Iron Fist broke free weakened. Davos called his true name "Daniel Rand-K'ai", showing his knowledge of K'un-Lun. He walked away with a warning.^[10] He later found Danny trying to stop some criminal steal a shipment fromRand-Meachum, Inc. He attacked him and tried to absorb the power again but left him to absorb more of his power later.^[11]

Spider-Man[]

Davos later challenged Danny to combat under the laws of K'un-Lun, signed the Steel Serpent. However when he found Davos there and not Lei-Kung, Davos revealed that he was Lei-Kung's son and the new Steel Serpent. The two fought but was interrupted bySpider-Man, who got in the way, giving Davos the upper hand. He grabbed Danny and drained the power of Shou-Lao from his body. He was about to kill Danny, but was stopped byMisty Knight.^[12] He tried to kill Danny in the hospital but Spider-Man stopped him. Iron Fist revived and challenged Davos to a rematch. Although Davos relied too much on raw power, Danny was weak and could not fight back. Colleen Wing told the others to stay out of the fight as it was up to Danny to defeat him. The power however began to build up in Davos' body, turning against him. Danny absorbed his powers back but Davos was consumed by the energy in the process.^[13]

Contemplator[]

When Davos died he was absorbed into the Anomaly Gem where he met the spirits of dead Iron Fists and furthered his martial arts from their teachings. Whilst in the Gem he met with theElder of the Universe known as theContemplator who tricked Daniel into gathering all the pieces of the Anomaly Gem and thereby releasing Davos from his imprisonment. His plan was successful and then the released Davos once again absorbed Iron Fist's power and finally crossed the threshold to K'un-Lun and declaring himself its new ruler.^[3] However, Danny with the power of his friends managed to fight against Davos and restore his power one more time. Davos was forced to leave K'un-Lun.^[14]

The Hand[]

Davos was captured by theHand and was defeated in battle by their young leaderJunzo Muto. He drained the mystical serpent energy from his body.^[15]

Immortal Weapons[]

Davos powers were restored by theCrane Mother in exchange for becoming the Champion of the mystical land ofK'un-Zi. He was created to replace theCrane Champion who was killed many years ago byOrson Randall the past recipient of the Iron Fist. The Crane Mother could only give birth to a new Crane Champion every 300 years.^[16] He was given the power in exchange for killing Randall. He increased his powers further by absorbing theChi of theCrane Daughters.^[17]

Davos started working withHydra and planned to strip Rand-Meachum Inc.'s Randrapid train to build a tunnel through the K'un-Lun mountains. Davos found Randall inThailand.^[18] He escaped toNew York and sent agents disguised asN.Y.P.D. to pick him up from the airport, but Randall determined the truth and broke free.^[19]

Davos met withMr. Xao,Wai-Go Industries, who were a front for Hydra. He was angered by their failure to take out Randall. He killed the agents that failed him and sent another group after Danny and Orson.^[20] Hydra turned against Davos and sent an army of agents andMechagorgon against him. He killed all the agents and destroyed the robots. He then received back up of more Crane Daughters.^[16] He then attacked Danny and Orson at theRand Building.^[21] However during the fight Orson gave his Chi to Danny increasing his powers against Davos. But Lei-Kung and Yu-Ti arrived to them that it was time for the Tournament of the Heavenly Cities.^[22]

At theHeart of Heaven, theImmortal Weapons were the champions of theSeven Capital Cities of Heaven. They would face each other in various arena's.^[17] He revealed that he now was known as the Steel Phoenix.^[2] During his match withTiger's Beautiful Daughter, he beat the girl soundly and she was about to yield, but Davos wanted her death not her submission. His left hand was cut off by her war fan but it did not stop him from defeating her and demonstrating his new powers. Lei Kung interrupted the fight and stopped his son from killing the girl.^[2]

In his next match however, he was defeated byJohn Aman the Prince of Orphans. After the tournament had ended, he was able to rejoice for a while and even listen to the other Immortal Weapons' stories but it was short lived when John Amon revealed to them the Yu-Ti's activities and intentions.^[23]

• Chi Absorption: Davos has the ability to absorb chi out of other beings. Using this ability, he has absorbed theIron Fist from Danny Rand himself twice.^[12][3]

• Master Martial Artist^[2]

• Iron Fist Power: Davos was not skilled enough to handle the power of the Iron Fist. He relied too much on raw power, which began to build up in his body, turning against him. Danny absorbed his powers back, and Davos was consumed by the energy in the process.^[13]

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