The Scarecrow/Ebenezer Laughton by aznnerd
Ebenezer Laughton was a circus performer in Hell's Kitchen with the Gifted ability of contortion-ism, able to move his extremely flexible and agile body in a limitless variety of positions due to heavy training. S.H.I.E.L.D. was a bit wary of Laughton on the basis that due to his checkered past, he might use his abilities for criminal activities, so they added him to their Index and sent one of their case workers to apprehend him, call off any future showings of his performance, and use his limber ability in private. However, their intervention led to the opposite effect on Laughton, causing him to realize the potential his abilities may have on his financial gain, leading him to sign on for future work as a criminal, offering his contortion talents to the highest bidder in the crime underworld as a mercenary or assassin. Laughton thus disguised his appearance under a set of old tattered rags, a burlap sack, and a worn-out suit, taking on the alias of the Scarecrow within the ranks of Wilson Fisk's restored criminal enterprise.
Later on after a failed confrontation with Daredevil, Laughton became an employee of the sinister Zoltan Drago and became a test subject in fear-inducing mutagenic experiments, paving the way for the rise of the Fear Masters in Hell's Kitchen.