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Elektra Natchios, usually simply called Elektra, is a fictional character in Marvel Comics' Marvel Universe. She was created by Frank Miller for the Daredevil title. Elektra is a ninja and an assassin who wields a bladed sai as her trademark weapon. Elektra is one of Miller's more memorable creations for Marvel, and subsequent writers' use of her is controversial among comic book fandom.
In the film Daredevil, Elektra was played by Jennifer Garner; her story arc in the film roughly followed that of the original Frank Miller comics. Garner reprised the role in a film spin-off, Elektra, continuing Elektra's story arc with her being resurrected. The film was released on January 14, 2005.
Elektra was the daughter of a Greek ambassador, and the college girlfriend of Matt Murdock, the man who would become Daredevil. When her father was killed in a kidnapping, she lost faith and hope, and she turned to the Hand, a sect of mystical ninjas, who trained her as an assassin. She came into conflict with Daredevil several times; after one such conflict, she was fatally stabbed by Bullseye with one of her own sais. Her body subsequently disappeared, and it was revealed years later that she had been resurrected, her evil aspect having been split apart from her in its own body during a ritual performed over her body after her death. Her two halves were reunited, and she wandered the world becoming acquainted with Wolverine. She received her own series twice; the second series was published under Marvel's Marvel Knights imprint before being moved back to Marvel's mainstream line of comic books. Code Name: Elektra
Real Name: Elektra Natchios
Employer: The Order of the Hand
Occupation: assassin
Height: 5'9
Weight: 115 pds.
Eye: Blue-Black
Hair: Dark Brown
Age: 24
History: Elektra once defined herself by the men in her life: She was the daughter of a powerful Greek diplomat and powerful member of the crime syndicate, and the girlfriend of blind American law student Matt Murdock. But her father's assassination left her emotionally shattered, and Elektra withdrew from the world. Her choice led her to Japan, where she attempted to penetrate the secret fraternity of martial artists known as the Hand. Befriended by the organization's leader, Stick, Elektra honed her fighting skills. However, Stick saw that her hatred of the world was all-consuming and ultimately asked her to leave the Hand. Determined to prove herself to her mentor, she infiltrated the organization. Wise to her plan, the Hand instead tricked Elektra into killing the sensei with whom she had studied before Stick. Elektra continued to serve the Hand thereafter, becoming corrupted by their ways. Eventually, she rebelled against her handlers and fled Japan.
For years, Elektra worked as a bounty hunter and assassin for hire. Having undertaken a contract in New York City, she crossed paths with the blind adventurer Daredevil, whom she learned to be Matt Murdock, her ex-flame and a former student of Stick. Daredevil vehemently disapproved of Elektra's chosen profession, but the two still cared deeply for one another. Together, they fought the Hand, until the Kingpin, the most powerful figure in East Coast organized crime, hired Elektra as his chief assassin. In that role, Elektra clashed repeatedly with Daredevil. Finally, she was contracted to kill his best friend and law partner, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson. When Foggy recognized her, Elektra realized she could not carry out the contract and spared his life.
Soon after, the psychotic criminal Bullseye determined that the only way to regain his status as the Kingpin's chief assassin was to kill Elektra. Bullseye impaled Elektra on her own sai, and she died in Matt's arms. Unwilling to part with one of its most talented operatives, the Hand attempted to resurrect Elektra and place her fully under their control through a mysterious mystical ceremony. Stone, a member of Stick's order, completed the process, bringing Elektra back to life after Daredevil had purified her spirit through sheer force of will. Now purged of the Hand's corruption, Elektra left Matt's side determined to find her own place in the world.
She works now in New York under the watchful eye of the Order of the Hand carving her place out amongst the demons inside of her and around her.
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