Morgan Miller (Earth-22701)

Highschool student, Morgan Miller, known better as Spiderling, is the resident hero of Earth-22701.

At 13, while on a T.A.G. (Talented And Gifted program) field trip to OsCorp's primary lab, Morgan was bitten by a genetically altered spider. This incident gave them spider-like abilities, which they were hesitant to use up until the death of their long-time friend, Harry Osborn. Overwhelmed with guilt, they found inspiration in the New York urban legend of Spider-Man and threw themself headfirst into life as New Orleans' own vigilante.

Despite the current lack of a hero community in Earth-22701, Morgan quickly found comradery with other spider-heroes across the multiverse early into their career. Although seemingly always caught up in some sort of plot or scheme, they are always willing to lend a helping hand to the vast community of spiders.

Early Life
Content Warning: This section will contain vague mentions of domestic violence and child abuse.

Morgan Main Miller was born on March 10th, 2105, to Leah Aarons. At the time of Morgan's birth, Leah worked as a receptionist for OsCorp (located in New Orleans' Central Business District) before being laid off due to her use of extended maternity leave. After her abrupt unemployment, Leah moved back in with her parents, who helped raise Morgan through most of their infancy. This period of time is not remembered by Morgan, but fondly mentioned by their mother on multiple occasions.

Around three years after the birth of Morgan, Leah met David Miller. Although ill-tempered, David was an extremely passionate man, a quality Leah found herself completely enamored with. After only six months of dating, Leah proposed and the two eloped, making David Morgan's legal parent. The newly formed Miller household moved from Morgan's grandparents' home into a small two bedroom apartment, where they would stay for most of Morgan's life.

Due to Leah, a Jewish women's, unwillingness to convert to Catholicism and refusal to allow Morgan to be baptized, the Miller family made the decision to participate in a mixture of both Jewish and Catholic traditions and holidays. As they got older Morgan would show clear preference for the Jewish faith, but continue to celebrate the more "secularized" Catholic holidays to appease their step-father up until their high school graduation.

If one thing was ever consistent with the Miller family, it was how fast they moved. After a brief honeymoon period, tensions between Morgan's parents has already began to solidify. Due to Leah's previous termination from her job with OsCorp effectively blacklisting her from most jobs in the area, and the unstable job market making almost impossible for David to hold a job for longer than six months, the Miller household were in a constantly unstable financial situation. This did nothing to help the already strained relationship. Fights between the two would become more and more intense over time, and by the time Morgan was enrolled in kindergarten, they had escalated into becoming physical. This would mark the start of Morgan's abuse.

Despite the now constant abuse at home, Morgan would excel in school. Assigned the ever allusive title of, "a pleasure to have in class," Morgan was a favorite among their teachers. Their unique way of learning was clocked by their district's T.A.G. program as a sign of a gifted student, when in reality it was most likely a sign of undiagnosed autism. This only helped alienate Morgan from most of their peers from an early age.

The Spider Bite (WiP)
At thirteen, Morgan is taken on a field trip to the headquarters of OsCorp. The trip, intended to fuel interest in the company and the STEM field in general, goes awry when Morgan slips away from the main group in an attempt to find a bathroom.

Easily lost in the maze of hallways and corridors, they eventually find themself in front of an unlabeled door. Curious and a bit desperate, they enter, only to be met with a room filled with many different species of spider. A quick glance over the labels on a few of them doesn't give many answers, but as a result of their dawdling a spider that had managed to escape it's enclosure lands on their and bites Morgan.

This fact goes unnoticed by Morgan for the remainder of the field trip and for the rest of the day. The morning after, however, they wake up dangerously sick and fight off an unknown illness (later attributed to the bite) for a week straight.

Becoming Spiderling (WiP)
It's all about baby steps, y'know?

Personality (WiP)
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Relationships (WiP)
This is mainly so I know what I actually need to write

Powers and Abilities (WiP)
THIS ONE IS GONNA SUCK SO MUCH. BOO TOMATO TOMATO