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Real Name
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T'Challa
Current Alias
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Aliases
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The Orphan King, King of the Dead, Panther, Great Cat, Luke Charles, Black Leopard, the Client, Coal Tiger, Mister Saint, Black Cat, Cat-Lover, Young King, Liberator



Alignment
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Affiliation
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Kingdom of Wakanda, Avengers, Future Foundation (benefactor), Illuminati (co-founder and former leader); formerly Fantastic Four

Relatives
Golden Tribe (family tree): Bashenga (paternal ancestor; deceased), Azzuri the Wise (paternal grandfather; deceased), Nanali (paternal grandmother; deceased), Chanda (paternal grandfather; deceased),
N'Jobu (paternal uncle; deceased),
S'Yan (paternal uncle),
T'Chaka (father; deceased), N'Yami (mother; deceased), Ramonda (stepmother),
Shuri (half-sister),
S'Yunde (nephew),
M'Kelle (niece);
N'Jadaka (paternal cousin);
Hunter (adoptive brother);
Ororo Munroe (wife),
Reema (daughter),
Nyeki (daughter),
Azari (son)

Universe
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Base Of Operations
Wakanda

Characteristics
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Eyes
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Hair
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Unusual Features
Vertical Pupils

Status
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Occupation
King of Wakanda & Chieftain of the Panther Clan, scientist, adventurer; former school teacher

Education
Highest educational attainment in Wakanda; Ph.D in Physics from Oxford University; masters and doctorate degrees in Engineering, Economics, Political Science, and Psychology (various institutes)

Origin
Origin
T'Challa gained the role of King of Wakanda and the title of the Black Panther after his father was killed. He consumed the Heart-Shaped Herb to enhanced his abilities.

Place of Birth
Wakanda, Africa

First appearance

Modern Comics: Avengers Vol 1 50


History

Quote1 Vengeance has consumed you. It is consuming them that it has caused this domino effect of catastrophes. I've let it consumed me before, but I realized, it will do no good to those who believe that I can do better than my persecutors. It's not too late to make a new choice. Quote2
Black Panther

Early Years

T'Challa (born late 1979) is the first biological son of T'Chaka, then King of the African Nation of Wakanda nearing the modern era. His mother, N'Yami, died while giving birth and his adopted older brother, Hunter, blamed him for her death. His second mother, Ramonda, left the family when T'Challa was only eight. T'Chaka believed that Ramonda had run away with Baron Macabre, a Wakandan who contrasted their isolationist traditions, and so pledged not to speak of the old queen in his presence again. Only a few decades later did T'Challa find out that Ramonda had been kidnapped by Narobian terrorists who wanted access to Wakanda's technology, though T'Challa and the Dora Milaje would rescue her from her captivity, bringing his second mother back to Wakanda as the rightful Queen of Wakanda once more. In time, Ramonda forgave T'Chaka for his spiteful accusations at her.

Young and Free

As a young man, T'Challa traveled to both America and Europe for a more immersive school. He gained a Ph.D. in Physics from Oxford University. B'Tumba, his childhood friend, was sent by his father N'Baza to study together. Due to his gifted intelligence, he bested at every sport and every endeavor. Throughout the years, T'Challa also befriended a young woman named Ororo Munroe in his time in New York for half a year, wherein their closeness led to the point that she revealed her status as a mutant and as a member of the X-Men, much to T'Challa's adoration for her selflessness and bravery to look out for her fellow mutants. The pair shared a blooming romance and spent much time together. Unfortunate for him, T'Challa's status and duties as a prince along with Ororo's secret life as an X-Man prevented them from further exploring their undying mutual attraction, especially when T'Challa flew back to Wakanda. The two remained separated by their heroic responsibilities, and wouldn't even be completely reunited by the strings of fate until the next following decades, specifically during the tragedy brought by Ultimate War, giving the two a chance to rekindle their lost love for each other.

Long Live the King

After finishing his education in America and Europe, T'Challa returned to Wakanda, only later to witness his father got assassinated by Ulysses Klaue who created a vibranium sound-based weapon, and used it to kill the king. Due to his father being assassinated at the hands of Klaw, T'Challa eventually replaced his father as the king of the Kingdom of Wakanda, and took mantle of the role of protector of his tribe, the Black Panther to honor his father’s memory and avenge his death by later hunting the man who killed his father and serve him justice, or even vengeance if he deems it justifiable and necessary.

The Black Panther

Prince T'Challa would later become the continuous king of Wakanda after defeating his uncle, King S'yan, in a once-a-year ritual that allowed anyone of Wakandan royalty to become king/queen by defeating the current ruler in hand-to-hand combat. Given the fact that the ruling Black Panther possessed enhanced and superhuman abilities from digesting the Wakandan Heart-shaped Herb, the chance of an average man defeating a Black Panther was slim. However in the end, T’Challa succeeded. He also digested the Heart-shaped Herb, which gave him superhuman senses and provided him with enhanced agility, strength, and over all physical capability.

All Hail the King!

Over a few years, the Black Panther had encounter several adversaries throughout inside and outside Wakanda, including those who challenged T'Challa for the throne from factions within his own country. At one time when his two most recognizable foes conspire to destroy Wakanda and claim the kingdom own their own, T'Challa teamed up with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross, the members of the Dora Milaje, Wakandan special forces, and even his former rival, M'Baku himself in the every end was convinced, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a anarchic civil war. Thankfully, with all the combined efforts of T'Challa and his collected allies, both Klaw and Killmonger were defeated and were taken into custody for a long while (before their eventual escape), keeping the nation of Wakanda safe once again from the hands its attempted invaders.

Enemy of the State

In the wake of Erik Killmonger's defeat in an attempt on dethroning the King of Wakanda himself, the international terrorist started to commence his back-up plan against T'Challa and his Royal Family, which was using and exploiting all of Wakanda's deepest, darkest secrets throughout the rest of the entire world against them, specifically every other governments all around the world, with the help of his new situational allies, Ulysses Klaw and a few members of the Intelligencia, who were also one of Black Panther's mortal archenemies.

When these two foes conspire to destroy Wakanda once again, the Black Panther must team up with Everett Ross, the Dora Milaje, and now, with the special help of his newly-found allies, such as some members of the heroic teams, X-Men and his most oldest trusted team, the Fantastic Four, to prevent him and Wakanda from being the public enemy of the rest of the entire world, including some of his own allies from turning against him, before its too late.

Ultron Offensive

Shortly after the unhinged A.I. Ultron's first duel with the Avengers, he immediately traveled to the coasts of Africa, specifically Wakanda, in order to obtain Vibranium from black marketer and supervillain Ulysses Klaue (known by many as Klaw), which Ultron intends to use to create a new body. The current king of Wakanda, T'Challa donned his Black Panther attire after hearing the news of Ultron's arrival and assault on his kingdom and went into the scene to prevent the making situation from ever worsening that would cause more destruction in the kingdom of Wakanda.

He and his kingdom's forces decided to charge and defend the kingdom from Ultron's assault and his sentries. The Panther even successfully apprehended his long-time archenemy Klaw once again, though he manages to escape and later, he confronted and tried to fight the megalomaniacal machine until his forces was eventually defeated and is close to being killed until the Avengers have arrived, and helped Black Panther retreat and leave Wakanda with the stolen Vibranium.

The Avengers alongside their newest ally, T'Challa finally clashes with Ultron alongside the latter's newly born yet benevolent son Vision, and destroy all of the sentries and his synthetic bodies so that he couldn't escape, mostly ending up in Ultron's defeat. From that time on forward, Black Panther eventually becomes an official member of the Avengers afterwards, helping them defeat new faces of threat on Earth to prevent worldwide chaos and destruction from ever happening and if not, then at least they would be avenging it and protecting innocent lives.

Vibranium Global

When T'Challa decided not to rebuke some of the old ways of his people and abandon the centuries-long traditionalist system of Wakanda, the nation's reformed council consisting of righteous minds decided to slowly unveil Wakanda's secrets to the rest of the world via the United Nations, and eventually offer their resource of Vibranium in the construction of projects mainly aimed at philanthropy and altruism, as well as helping out with more scientific breakthroughs and technological advancements aimed at the overall betterment of humankind. Unfortunately, the negative consequences of Vibranium as a weapon of destructive proportions at the hands of criminals became more and more apparent, no thanks to Klaw, Killmonger, and other perpetuators who initiated the smuggling of Vibranium in the black market across the Western Hemisphere and some parts of the eastern parts of the globe.

Together with the Dora Milaje, the Hatut Zeraze (War Dogs), and with the help of intel from the Avengers, the Black Panther first tracked down Vibranium-enhanced criminals in 2016, while also helping out his sister Shuri with the Wakandan Design Group in establishing their overseas branches in trusted cities outside Wakanda as a part of the new Wakandan Council's mission to get more involved with the rest of the world with the mission of helping the innocent and the world the catch up on their technology. Throughout the years, T'Challa once again faced off against his spiteful older adoptive brother, Hunter, who wanted to retain Wakanda's isolationist notion by sabotaging every Vibranium-based tech outside their nation, whether it's used by criminals or not. In New York, the Black Panther's heroic actions inspired an officer by the name of Kasper Cole to use a modified version of the Panther Habit in order to stop the local mobs from using Vibranium weapons. Having gained allies aside from T'Challa and Shuri later on, Cole also had the assistance and support of Monica Lynne, an activist who strongly advocated for Wakanda's progressive plans yet was cautious of Vibranium due to its cases of weaponization by both criminals and governments.

The rising global issue of Vibranium in early 2017 had also spread to the underwater kingdom of Aztlán (also known in legends as Atlantis), where T'Challa would once again come face to face with his on-and-off rival, King Namor. The Atlantean monarch initially fought T'Challa and blamed him for allowing the likes of the perpetuators who tried to invade the gates of Aztlán using Vibranium tech and weaponry, although their misunderstanding was eventually cleared thanks to the interventions of Shuri and the Fantastic Four, both of the kings' longtime mutual allies. Pinpointing the responsible parties of Aztlán's attempted invaders to the leadership of bloodthirsty mutate Merrano and its mastermind, Krang, Atlantis' former Minister of War. While Aztlán had yet to be a publicly acknowledged nation by then due to its legendary reputation, T'Challa couldn't let his Wakandan forces be fully involved in helping the Atlanteans although he and the War Dogs would personally assist Namor and his army in the Atlantean depths in fending off and taking down Merrano and Krang's alliance, ending in the rulers' victory and T'Challa's discovery that smaller yet abundant amount of Vibranium had also been integral to the foundation of Aztlán. Agreeing to cool off their tensions with one another, T'Challa and Namor came to an agreement to keep Atlantis' Vibranium into good hands and only use it in the name of protecting their respective countries rather than attacking others.

Access to Vibranium would also be discovered in the Savage Land, leading T'Challa and his allies to establish contact and eventual alliance with the likes of Ka-Zar and Shanna, among other residents of the lost paradise as they agreed to help each other with keeping more Vibranium from being used for weaponry and violence by misguided and malicious beings. While T'Challa was absent in Wakanda to deal with these threats and handle his new alliances, the neighboring country of Niganda attempted an invasion under its exploitative dictator, M'Butu. While Wakanda's Dora Milaje held off the attacks of the outsiders, T'Challa returned in time with the War Dogs to protect his country and was able to take down the Nigandan Army and their recruited supervillains. The United States Army and the C.I.A., under Director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, tried to get involved under the pretense of their assistance by sending in the Thunderbolts, but the Wakandans were able to see through their ulterior motives of extracting their resources and, with additional intel from Everett Ross, told the United States to stay out of their country and used the attempted invasion as a example to remind the rest of the world that while they would keep on helping and protecting the world with Vibranium, they would not hesitate to protect their home from the nations who wish to invade them. In time, Wakanda had gained respect and praise by most individuals as a selfless and philanthropic nation who pledges not to leave any part of the world behind in their endless mission for progress.

Panther Bequest

In the aftermath of Thanos' defeat in the end of the Infinity War, T'Challa returned back to life along with his sister Shuri and the rest of half the universe after a long year, only to find his beloved nation on the verge of facing invasions or even igniting a civil war due to rising political tensions and their lost of faith on a kingdom that had sworn to protect and serve them. T'Challa's absence has led to aggressive neighboring countries or nefarious organizations from across the globe attempting to overtake Wakanda, or at least regions of it, the same way they did years ago. However, most of these assailants would end up kneeling to the Kingdom of New Heliopolis, a sovereign nation in Africa founded mainly by the new avatars of Ra and Khonshu during the year after the Decimation, the Sun King and Midnight. While the new nation seemed to be a benevolent body that offered salvation and prosperity to countries who struggled with development and lost leadership, those who resist their provisory providence would face their wrath by annexing weaker nations through militaristic force.

Dealing against the great threat of the New Heliopolis, Black Panther and all the active forces of Wakanda joined alliances with the likes of Storm, Vibraxas, Scarlet Scarab, Zenzi, Hunter's Moon, and Marc Spector, the previous eponymous Moon Knight who sought to confront Khonshu about the god's suddenly more extreme change of approach since he got snapped into dust by Thanos. T'Challa was disheartened to find out that the Sun King was the former Watch Dog and his former lover, Nakia Shauku, although it was a catalyst that has led to him discovering a new set of power with his newfound connection to the deceased, most especially the previous generations of the Black Panthers, and in doing so it allowed him to convene with Bast, the Panther Goddess. Throughout the span of a month, the War of New Heliopolis would reach its end when the reborn Black Panther and the Wakandan Alliance cornered the Sun King and Midnight alongside their closest acolytes in a final battle that severed their connections to Ra and Khonshu after striking a mutual deal with the two along with most of the Ennead, dismantling New Heliopolis and ending their threat on the nations of Africa.

In the wake of the Wakandan Alliance's successful defense against the Acolytes of New Heliopolis, M'Baku wanted to honorably return the crown to T'Challa, but still feeling bewildered and intrigued by his mystical experience of dying and coming back to life, decided to entrust M'Baku to keep leading Wakanda as its king for the foreseeable future while he deals with his grief through soul-searching by working with the counsel of the Vodu-Khan, a journey that would help T'Challa connect with and further understand the extent of his source of powers as one of Bast's warrior avatar — the Black Panther — and King of Dead.

Wakanda Forever

To be added.


Powers and Abilities

Powers

The Power of the Panther: T'Challa was given powers and enhancements by the Bast's (Panther Goddess) ancient serum called the Heart-Shaped Herb, when he became the King of the Dead. All his peak human powers have been enhanced to superhuman levels, but to what extent is unknown. T'Challa is empowered by the Heart-Shaped Herb to attain a physically enhanced state superior to a normal man. Being the "King of the Dead" granted T'Challa the power to draw all the knowledge, strength, and experience from every Black Panther before him, albeit not all of them at the same time nor a duration no longer than a few hours.

  • Hyper-Cosmic Awareness
    • Black Panther Knowledge
    • Clairvoyance
  • Superhuman Acute Senses
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Speed
  • Superhuman Stamina
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Superhuman Healing
  • Superhuman Agility
  • Superhuman Reflexes
  • Momentary Necromancy
  • Spirit Energy Constructs
Power Grid [1]
Intelligence
Strength
Speed
Durability
Energy Projection
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Fighting Skills


Abilities

  • Genius Intelligence
  • Master Martial Artist
  • Weapons Master
  • Master Acrobat
  • Expert Marksman
  • Master Tactician
  • Expert Tracker & Hunter
  • Multilingual
  • Master Inventor
  • Highly Influential Connections
  • Diplomatic Immunity

Strength level

Class 10+

Weaknesses

  • Heightened Sense Weaknesses
    • Overwhelming Lights
    • Sonic-Based Noises
    • Distracting Scents


Paraphernalia

Equipment:

Black Panther Suit Earth-61615

The Panther Habit

Golder-Vibranium Black Panther Suit Earth-61615

The Golden-Vibranium Armor

  • Panther Habit Suit
    • Vibranium Microweave Mesh
    • Anti-Metal Claws
    • Energy-Dampening Boots
    • Cloaking Technology
    • Teleportation device
    • Hard-Light Shielding
    • Vibranium Energy Daggers
  • Heavenly Golden-Vibranium Armor
  • Kimoyo Card

Transportation:

  • Sky-Cycle
  • Advanced Wakandan aircraft

Weapons:

  • Ebony Blade


Notes

  • T'Challa's name literally translates to "he who put the knife where it belonged." However, the French name "Toussaint" is also considered to be a counterpart to T'Challa, and thus could also be translated to "All Saints."
  1. Modern Comics: Avengers Vol 1 53


Trivia

  • Although he often teases and banters with her, T'Challa couldn't be more proud of have Shuri as his smarter younger sister. Being both geniuses, T'Challa and Shuri bonded over sci-fi films in their childhood, noting the Back to the Future trilogy, Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Metropolis, and Avatar to be among their favorites.
  • Growing up, T'Challa has become fascinated with learning all about cultures outside of Wakanda, such as African-American history and countries that were colonized by Western countries. Exploring various arts, music, literature, and media, T'Challa seeks to help with preserving and promoting the identities of other cultures that struggled against oppression and colonization, something that he believed that Wakanda could've done for a long time, if it weren't for their previous isolationist policy.



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