Kingpin

"When I was a kid, I used to dream what it would be like to live somewhere far away from Hell's Kitchen. But then I realized the city was a part of me; it was in my blood. And I will do anything to make it a better place."

- Wilson Fisk

Wilson Fisk is a powerful businessman whose interests in the future of Hell's Kitchen in New York City bring him into conflict with Matt Murdock. Through his career as a crime lord, Fisk has grown with the idea that his actions are right, leading to his sympathy with many who oppose Daredevil.

Early Life
"Keep kicking him, keep kicking him, keep kicking him!"

- Wilson Fisk

Fisk was born in Hell's Kitchen to a caring mother and an ambitious but cruel father. When he was young, Fisk's father, Bill, ran for the city council of Hell's Kitchen believing it would make him and his family rich. Fisk helped his father putting together signs an promoting his campaign. The campaign was a failure; however, and Fisk soon became ridiculed by his neighbor. When his father found out about this, he took Fisk to the bully and beat him to the ground, ordering Fisk to keep kicking him.

Murdering His Father
Having lost his campaign, Fisk's father's drinking habit got more out of hand as the pressure of owing money to local mobsters got to him and he began beating his wife, during these beatings he would order Fisk to sit and stare at a blank wall. During one of these beatings Fisk decided to put an end to it, he grabbed a near-by hammer and repeatedly hit his father over the head with it, killing him. Fisk and his mother then cut up his body and began dumping it in the river every night for the next week.

Away from Hell's Kitchen
After that incident with his father, his mother send him to live on a farm with relatives. Fisk later moved to Asia were he spend most of his time abroad, wich reflects on his behaviours and clothing he wears inside his house.

Criminal Enterprise
"I'm just a man with a dream."

- Wilson Fisk

Many years later, Fisk returned to New York City and became a powerful criminal businessman and developed a plan to pull Hell's Kitchen apart and rebuild it. He recruited Russian, Japanese and Chinese mobsters into his organization.

Meeting Vanessa Marianna
"People always ask me how we can charge so much for what amounts of just variations of white, I tell them it's not about the artist's name or the skill required, not even about the art itself, all that matters is, how does it make you feel? "It makes me feel alone."

- Vanessa Marianna and Wilson Fisk

Fisk visited Scene Contempo Gallery and stared at a pure white painting; he was approached by a beautiful woman called Vanessa Marianna and the pair discussed art and this painting. When Marianna asked him how the painting made him feel, Fisk told her it made him feel alone. Fisk agreed to purchase the painting and hung it in his bedroom. Fisk later returned to the art gallery and, despite his shyness, asked Marianna if she would like to join him for dinner. Although she told him she was busy that night, she told him she would still happily join him. At dinner the pair discussed their past. At one point, Marianna mentioned Fisk's cufflinks, which he would often touch while speaking; Fisk told her that they were his father's and he wore them to remember him. As the dinner wore on, the pair enjoyed each others' company more and more. Eventually they were interrupted when Anatoly Ranskahov charged into the restaurant, saying that he had accepted Fisk's offer. Desperate for Marianna not to learn of his criminal undertakings, Fisk told her to leave with him and ordered James Wesley to put Ranskahov in the car. Fisk walked Marianna home and apologized for the interruption. When he asked her if he would be able to see her again, she told him he was not sure. Furious to have been embarrassed, Fisk traveled to Wesley's location and dragged Ranskahov from the car. He proceeded to brutally beat Ranskahov, eventually putting his head between the car door and crushing his skull. Fisk wiped the blood from his face and noticed that his suit had been damaged in the fight, so he told Wesley to contact Melvin Potter for a new one. When Wesley mentioned that the killing of Ranskahov would start a war with the Russians, Fisk told him that he was counting on it.

War with the Russians
"The Ranskahovs are no longer a part of our organisation. "Since when? "Since I removed Anatoly's head with my car door"

- Wilson Fisk and Leland Owlsley

While his car was being cleaned of Ranskahov's blood and brains, Fisk and Wesley had a meeting with Leland Owlsley, Madame Gao and Nobu. Fisk explained to the group that the Ranskahovs were no longer a part of their organisation since he had removed Anatoly's head. The group all showed horror and anger at the news, demanding to know why they were not consulted on the matter. Gao asked her her was meant to move her heroin, Fisk told her to continue dealing with the Russians until he could fully take over the distribution, promising to split the profits evenly between them all. The group begrudgingly accepted the proposal, Nobu told Fisk not to forget the promises he had made to him, as the group left Fisk walked Gao to her car.

Later that night, Fisk invited Vanessa Marianna for a second dinner; before going inside Fisk spoke to James Wesley about recent events involving a Russian who attempted to rat out Fisk to the police. Wesley then recommended a wine for Fisk to order in the restaurant. Marianna did show up, although she admitted she had considered not coming. Fisk assured her that however she wished she evening to go would be the way it would happen, he then admitted that although he was a shy man who did not like being questioned, he would always be honest with her. The pair sat down to dinner and spoke about their lives, Fisk admitted that his assistant and friend Wesley was the one who chose the wine and Marianna asked him about his cufflinks which he told her belonged to his father.

As the night wore on Fisk asked Marianna what was the model of the gun in her purse. They spoke about Fisk's plans for Hell's Kitchen. Marianna made it clear she knew he was involved in criminal activities, Fisk told her that he planned to change the city for the better with force, he told her that the city needed to die so it could be reborn. Marianna then gave Fisk her gun, knowing that she was safe next to him. During their dinner, Fisk's men detonated bombs in the warehouses of the Russians, killing most of them, Fisk and Marianna watched the fires from the window.

Speaking to the Man in the Mask
"I admire your conviction, the lone man, thinks he can make a difference."

- Wilson Fisk speaks to the man in the mask

After his date, Fisk joined James Wesley in their limo; Wesley received a call informing him that although the Russian's strongholds had been destroyed, Vladimir Ranskahov had escaped with the help of the man in black. Fisk became nervous, knowing that Madame Gao would be disappointed that the situation had not yet been resolved. They were later informed by Blake that the man in the mask had seemingly taken a young police officer hostage. Fisk ordered them to take down the men, but was told it was more complicated as journalist Ben Urich was also on the scene, who could expose their schemes. Fisk ordered for Urich to be shot in front of the cities' media. Fisk was given a police radio and used it to contact the man in black after Blake and Carl Hoffman had ensured that all other officers than changed channels. The man took the radio and the pair began speaking, Fisk told him that they had a lot in common but the man insisted that they were nothing alike and he would bring him down. Fisk told him that the man's part in their drama would end tonight as the man would be blamed for the bombings. Fisk offered the man a choice to kill Vladimir Ranskahov and go free. Fisk told him that he respected the man's convictions but he would ensure that he city would turn against him; Fisk then ordered his men to shot Ben Urich and release footage of the man attacking police officers. Fisk then told the man they would not speak again and hung up. He later learned that Ranskahov was been killed in a firefight and the man escaped.

Sleepless Nights
"I didn't do it for her, I did it for me. That's why I still wear these, to remind myself that I'm not cruel for the sack of cruelty, that I'm not my father, that I'm not a monster, am I?" "No Wilson, you arn't."

- Wilson Fisk and Vanessa Marianna

Throughout his sleep, Fisk found himself haunted by bad dreams of his father's murder which would often keep him awake, sitting in his bed he would stare at the painting he had bought from Vanessa Marianna. Ignoring the visions, Fisk instead chose to continue with his strict daily routine where he would make himself the same breakfast, eating it alone, before putting on a similar black suit with his father's cufflinks. Often as he would look in the mirror, he would see his reflection as his younger self, covered in his father's blood, he'd stare at the vision for a short while before leaving his penthouse.

At a Union Allied warehouse, Fisk and Wesley had a meeting with Nobu, who was furious that his transportation of Black Sky had been ruined by an encounter with the man in the mask and another man. Nobu insulted Fisk's organisation as he felt Fisk had not come through with his promises, Fisk however insisted that although the Black Sky was now dead, Fisk had in fact fulfilled his part of their arrangement by keeping the police away. When Nobu suggested that they should renegotiate the terms of their arrangement, Fisk apologised for any offence he may have caused. Nobu instead threatened Fisk before leaving, Wesley believed he needed to be taught respect but Fisk told him to leave it alone.

That night in his penthouse, Fisk was speaking to Vanessa Marianna on the phone when he was interrupted by Wesley who informed him that Detective Blake had just woken up in hospital. Fisk suggested they use Blake's partner Carl Hoffman to assassinate Blake. Fisk had a meeting with Hoffman where he tried to convince him to kill his friend and partner. Although Hoffman was initially unwilling to betray his friend of 35 years, Fisk was able to change his mind by pointing out Blake's flaws, claiming Blake was responsible for the masked man gaining valuable information from Vladimir Ranskahov. Fisk began giving subtle threats when Hoffman asked how long it would be until he was in Fisk's firing line, finally Fisk allowed Hoffman to choose his own payment for the assassination, Hoffman chose a price and agreed to murder his friend.

Due to recently being attacked by the masked man, Fisk took Leland Owlsley went to Melvin Potter's workshop to be fitted with a kevlar suit. When Owlsley asked what should be done for him to keep him safe from the masked man, Fisk told him that he would keep with somewhere safe with an armed guard. Owlsley stated that if the masked man dropped him off a roof then a lot of money would fall with him, Fisk asked if that was a threat but Owlsley insisted he was just stating the obvious. James Wesley then arrived and informed them that although Blake had been successfully assassinated, the man in the mask had gotten into the hospital and got information out of him.

Coming into the Light
"My name is Wilson Fisk, and together, we can make this city a better place."

- Wilson Fisk

Madame Gao arrived at Fisk's home to discuss the recent events, Fisk poured her tea which he had bought during his last trip to China. Although Gao said she approved of the tea, it was not the reason she was there, she then began speaking English and told Fisk that she was aware that he did not need Wesley to translate as he spoke Chinese and Japanese fluently. They began speaking to each other in Chinese and asked Wesley to wait outside. They discussed how neither Nobu nor Leland Owlsley were happy with Fisk's handling of recent events, she called him sloppy and emotional and said if he did not restore his business to order, she would cut him out of their organisation. After she left, Fisk threw the table over in fury and ordered Wesley to get out of his home.

Wesley later returned, finding Fisk in the same spot as he left him, although Fisk tried to get him to leave, Wesley revealed he had brought Vanessa Marianna with him. Fisk, still emotional, asked Marianna to leave, she instead asked him to tell her the truth, he revealed that he was afraid of how she would look at him if she knew the truth about him. Fisk then revealed the story of how he had murdered his father and covered it up by cutting up his body and dumping it in the river. He told her his plans for the city and how so many people were trying to bring him down and destroy what he was trying to achieve but he would not let them.

Marianna spent the night with Fisk and in the morning, after they enjoyed breakfast together, helped him pick out a new suit with different cufflinks, to help him enter a new stage in his life. Fisk then made a public statement to the people of Hell's Kitchen, revealing his name and damning the work of the masked man. Fisk used the recent attack on Leland Owlsley as an example, calling Owlsley a pillar in their finical district, and claimed the masked man was trying to destroy the work he was doing to save his city and ordered the people of Hell's Kitchen to stand up against him before announcing his name to the media.

Encounter with the Masked Man
"I'm gonna kill you" "Take your shot."

- Masked Man and Wilson Fisk

While Fisk and James Wesley discussed Fisk's new position in the media and Carl Hoffman, who had disappeared after murdering Detective Blake. They were interrupted by the arrival of Nobu, who stormed in and tried to break the hand of Fisk's security guard Francis. Although Wesley began translating for Nobu, he threatened that if he continued, Nobu would cut out his tongue. Nobu revealed he was furious that Fisk had not delivered the city block that he had been promised, Fisk tried to offer another as the original was proving difficult to clear but Nobu insisted on getting the one he wanted. Fisk then asked Nobu to assist him with finding and killing the man in the mask.

Fisk arrived at the Scene Contempo Gallery to meet Vanessa Marianna, there he was introduced to Matt Murdock who was looking to purchase some art. When Fisk was asked his advice on what Murdock should purchase, he simply told him to buy whatever Marianna told him to buy. Murdock however reminded him that they should not being talking as they were on opposing sides of a law case. Fisk began to explain his plans on improving Hell's Kitchen but Marianna stopped him. Murdock then decided to leave, saying that he needed to consider the cost of the art works before he purchased them.

Fisk ordered the assassination of Elena Cardenas, one of the tenants from the building Nobu wanted, he was later approached by the media about her death and claimed that he was mourning her death and called it a tragedy. Fisk later arrived at the warehouse where Nobu had fought the man in the mask until his death. With the masked man still alive but terribly wounded, Fisk confronted him, thanking him for killing Nobu for him and admitted to organising the death of Mrs. Cardenas. The masked man claimed he would kill him, and the two began fighting, Fisk was able to easily overpower the wounded man and beat him mercilessly. At one point the masked man tried to cut him but Fisk was saved by his armoured suit. With the masked man lying, nearly dead on the ground, Fisk ordered James Wesley to shot him, but the masked man was able to leap out of a window and escaped.

Personality
Despite being one of New York's most powerful crime lords, Wilson has a very shy and introverted demeanour. He did not like crowds and was uncomfortable around other people (until Vanessa's involvement). Wilson almost had an "OCD-like" mindset, being a creature of habit and hating when things in his life changed, or went against how they were planned. Fisk's broken childhood had a lasting effect on him, still causing him nightmares even into his later years. He is a man of respect and manners and thus expected it from his subordinates, attacking those who did not show him and his loved ones respect. Fisk is a man of deep sophistication, enjoying the high class life despite his poor origins. He enjoyed fine suits, fine dining and classic literature and music.

However, if Fisk was provoked he had an unstoppable rage. His aggression was immense, nothing could get in his way, if those he cared about or his plan for the city were in danger. This was largely due to his abusive father who taught him to keep hitting someone even when they were bloodied and beaten. While he can be a brutal, cold, calculating machine, he honestly believed what he was doing for Hell's Kitchen was righteous.

There are only four people that Wilson has ever cared for in his life. Fisk's mother was the only person that showed him love and respect, and thus Fisk would kill to protect her, killing both Ben Urich and his own father for her. Vanessa became the love of his life, Wilson once brutally beat a man to death for simply interrupting their date. James Wesley was the only man Fisk ever called a friend, he was emotionally distraught upon learning the death of Wesley, even kissing the forehead of his dead friend. Fisk had a deep respect and almost fear of Madame Gao, and her opinion of him.

Abilities

 * Expert Tactician: Wilson has managed to cause a fair deal of the criminal activity of Hell's Kitchen for years without revealing his identity to the public. Even when he revealed himself, he fooled the public into rooting for him and viewing Daredevil as a terrorist.
 * Expert Combatant: Fisk is a man of immense brute strength. He can lift a grown man into the air with a single arm, and was able to toss Daredevil across an alley. Despite having no formal combat training, Fisk's size and pure muscle make him a very formidable opponent. He was able to fight the highly-trained Daredevil almost to a standstill in their second meeting. He was capable of using his strength to beat men to death with only a few hits. He is also strong enough to kill a man with only a few punches.
 * Multilingual: Fisk is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Japanese.

Family

 * Bill Fisk † - Father and Victim
 * Marlene Vistain - Mother
 * Martin - Former Stepfather
 * Arthur Vistain † - Stepfather

Allies

 * Vanessa Marianna - Lover and Fiancé
 * James Wesley † - Subordinate and Friend
 * Melvin Potter - Armor Dealer
 * Nobu † - Associate
 * Matt Murdock
 * Marcel
 * Francis
 * Senator Randolph Cherryh
 * Cornelius Van Lunt
 * Doctor Rosenberg

Enemies

 * Daredevil
 * Anatoly Ranskahov † - Associate turned Victim
 * Vladimir Ranskahov † - Associate turned Enemy
 * Leland Owlsley † - Associate turned Victim
 * Ben Urich † - Victim
 * Madame Gao - Associate turned Enemy