Grant Ward

"I'm clearance Level Six. I know that... Agent Coulson was killed in action before the battle of New York. Got the full report." "Welcome to Level 7."

- Grant Ward and Phil Coulson

Grant Ward is an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Though he is highly trained in combat and espionage, he sometimes fails at interpersonal relations. He’s a man of few words, but always cool under fire and ready for action. Fiercely loyal, he would give his life for S.H.I.E.L.D.

Early life
"Have you ever killed anyone?" "Yes, a few. High-risk targets. But they were terrible people who were trying to murder nice people. And I didn't feel good afterwards."

- Skye and Grant Ward

Grant Ward grew up in the Massachusetts area amid a difficult childhood. He had an abusive older brother who would frequently beat Ward and his younger brother. It was for this reason that Ward took up self-defense arts.

At some point in time, he joined the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (S.H.I.E.L.D.), rising through the ranks. Agent Maria Hill gave Ward top marks in combat and the highest espionage rating since Natasha Romanoff, giving him low marks only in his people skills.

Mission in Paris
"Something turns up like this Chitauri neural link... we get to it before someone bad does." "Any idea who Vanchat was planning to sell it to?"

- Grant Ward and Maria Hill

in 2013, Grant Ward was assigned to a mission in Paris, France. He was assigned to break into a hidden vault belonging to international criminal, Vanchat and steal a Chitauri neural link which Vanchat was going to sell. After taking the link he was discovered and fought his way to the top of the building, where he was extracted by helicopter.

Coulson's team
"This is definitely not protocol."

- Grant Ward to Phil Coulson

When Agent Phil Coulson assembled a new team of specialists to investigate new, strange and unknown threats, he wanted Ward on his team, and promoted him to Level 7 clearance. With fellow team members, Phil Coulson, Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons, Melinda May, and hacker Skye they travel the globe searching for possible threats to both the people and S.H.I.E.L.D.

While undercover in Zloda, Belarus, attempting to maintain the cover of compromised S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Akela Amador, Ward infiltrated a research facility where he observed a complex equation believed by the higher-ups at S.H.I.E.L.D. to possibly be alien in origin.

Personality
Grant Ward generally has a bad temper but is able to stay calm and collected during sticky situations. He is slightly anti-social with strong morals and is known to be 'deadly'.

Relationships

 * Phil Coulson - Team leader
 * Leo Fitz - Teammate
 * Jemma Simmons - Teammate
 * Melinda May - Teammate
 * Skye - Enemy turned teammate
 * Vanchat - Enemy
 * Michael Peterson - Saved life
 * Akela Amador - Enemy turned ally