Defenders (MCU)

"You think the four of you can save New York? You can't even save yourselves."

- Stick

Formed in New York, the Defenders was an alliance of street-level heroes against the common threat of the Hand. The group consisted of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, who were all drawn together through separate run-ins with agents of the Hand, with Matt Murdock (the secret identity of Daredevil) being called in to defend Jessica following her arrest while investigating the group while Cage and Rand clashed when they both broke up a drug operation being run in Harlem. Initially refusing to work together, the quartet finally came together when Rand stormed Midland Circle, the center of the Hand's operations, and was swiftly overwhelmed by their agents, only to be saved by Cage, Jones, and Murdock, leading to a massive fight in which the group narrowly escaped, pursued by Elektra, the Hand's greatest assassin and Matt's seemingly dead ex-girlfriend.

After the battle, the group took shelter in a Chinese resturant, where they were approached by Stick, Matt's mentor, who explained the Hand's leadership, the Five Fingers, were going to destroy New York to access the source of their immortality, and that the Defenders were the only hope of stopping them. The group agreed to work together, investigating the Hand's efforts into New York and protecting each other's loved ones, but briefly fractured when they discovered that as Iron Fist, Danny was key towards helping the Hand access the source, which was hidden behind an indestructible wall under Midland Circle. The infighting distracted the group long enough for Elektra to stage an ambush, and she effortlessly defeated the Defenders, killing Stick and kidnapping Danny before leaving the others to get arrested.

While the rest of the Defenders escaped from the NYPD, with allies Colleen Wing, Misty Knight, and Claire Temple in tow, Danny was lured into the catacombs by Elektra, who had usurped the Five Fingers as leader of the Hand, and tricked into using the Iron Fist to destroy the wall, enabling the Hand to access what it protected: an ancient dragon skeleton whose bones had regenerative abilities. Setting explosives to level the building and trap the Hand once and for all, the Defenders stormed the catacombs and battled the Fingers, killing or defeating all of them save Elektra, who Matt stayed behind with to try and redeem while the others escaped. Having saved New York, the group disbanded, but resolved, in Matt's honor, to stay in touch, helping each other whenever they needed it.

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