Nathaniel Richards

**Nathaniel Richards**, also known as **Kang the Conqueror**, is a recurring antagonist of *Avengers Assemble*.

He is the main antagonist of the *Into the Future* arc in Season 3: *Ultron Revolution* and one of the secondary antagonists (along with Arnim Zola, The Execuioner & The Enchantress) of the *All-New All Different Avengers* arc in Season 4: *Secret Wars*.

He is a time-traveling conqueror from the 30th century and an enemy of the Fantastic Four and Avengers. In Season 3: *Ultron Revolution*, he took control of A.I.M. and used his ship to try and destroy Manhattan before he takes the Avengers to the 30th Century. The Avengers and a small group or rebels fought him with Captain America travelling with him at different points in time before getting Kang stuck in the past. In Season 4: *Secret Wars*, he became a member of teh second incarnation of the Cabal and scattered the Avengers across time and space. In a dystopian future where he rules it, he recruited Falcon into stopping a black hole until Falcon with Vision and Wasp prevent Kang from using it to further his conquest.

## History

Kang's future technology ends up the hands of various villains, like Whiplash and A.I.M.. When Iron Man accidentally ends up in Kang's time, Iron Man had a brief fight with Kang before they both head back to 21st century. Kang finds that A.I.M. has been harvesting his technology and takes control of A.I.M. present before disappearing. Kang later returned with his ship Damocles as the Avengers worked to prevent Damocles from firing a mega cannon that would annihilate Manhattan. Although the Avengers disable the cannon, Kang takes Damocles back to the 30th Century alongside most of the Avengers.

The Avengers meet an elderly Thor, a future Black Widow, and several rebels who help fight Kang and his Kangbots. When Kang plans to use his device to travel to other worlds, Captain America grabs onto him as they both end up in World War II and then the Jurassic Period where their fight is interrupted by an Allosaurus. Afterwards, Captain America takes the time-travel device, leaving Kang stranded in the Jurassic Period. While angered that he was thwarted by the Avengers, Kang states that this setback will give him time to prepare.

In the part 1 and part 2 episode of *Avengers No More*, Kang appears as a member of the second incarnation of the Cabal which also consists of Leader, Arnim Zola, Enchantress, and Executioner where they assist Leader in his plot to build the Static Expander with the stolen Arc Reactor prototype and Vibranium from the Wakandan Consulate in order to scatter the Avengers across time and space.

## Biography

Kang is a time-traveling warlord from the 30th century with technology so advanced that is almost indistinguishable from magic.

## Powers, Skills, and Abilities

### Powers

* **30th Century Human Physiology:** Kang is considerably more advanced than the humans of the 21st century because of his time era.
* **Decelerated Aging:** The humans of the 30th century have superior physiology compared to the humans of the 21st century, such as possessing a slowed aging process.
* **Superior Intelligence:** The humans of the 30th century are far more intellectually developed compared to most of the brilliant minds of the 21st century. Kang is an extraordinary genius, an expert historical scholar, and a master physicist (specializing in time travel), engineer, and technician. He has created technology which are far more advanced than event he most refined technology in the 21st century.

* **Kang's Armor:** Kang possesses an exoskeleton which is much slimmer and sleeker than Iron Man's armor. The armor is constructed from rare synthetic elements and unknown metallic alloys from the 30th century, and is neuro-kinetic, enabling him to command the armor subconsciously.
* **Superhuman Strength:** The armor grants him increased physical strength, allowing him to combat superhuman beings like Captain America in terms of physical power.
* **Force Field:** His armor possesses on-board force-field system which allows him to tolerate a lot of physical damage, making him appear nearly invulnerable.
* **Technology Hacking:** He can summon a system on his armor's arm which can hack into even the most advanced technology of the 21st century and weaponize it as well. He used it to turn Iron Man's armor against the Avengers, until Hulk as forced to smash it.
* **Life-Support Systems:** Kang's armor has a self-contained atmosphere, 30 day supply of food, and waste disposal system. The armor has a built in force-field that extends from 2 feet away from his body, outward to 20 feet in all directions. It can withstand even a nuclear strike at point blank range.
* **Energy Projection:** Kang's armor can manipulate and project blasts of energy as offensive attacks.
* **Hologram Projection:** He can project holograms of himself wherever he pleases. He uses this to mock the people of the 21st century as his advancements being viewed by them as magic.
* **Combat Protocols:** His armor possesses combat functions which allow Kang to physically engage in hand-to-hand combat with Captain America.

## Paraphernalia

### **Equipment**

Kang possesses a vast array of advanced weapons and equipment from the 30th century, including, but not limited to: a vibration-ray projector, neutrino-ray warhead missile launcher hand-gun size, and nerve gas sprayer, and a highly advanced battle armor that enhances his strength and durability.

* **Battle** **Armor:** Kang's battle armor is produced from a rare synthetic alloy from the 30th century, and endows him with rough equivalents of superhuman abilities. It is neuro-kinetic, meaning it responds to his subconscious thoughts.
* **Kang's Shield**
* **Force-Field Projection:**
* **Video Communicator:** Built into the right wrist is a video communicator, which he can use to stay in contact with his bases from any point in the time-stream.
* **Time Travel:**Kang's armor can create temporal divergences, giving him the ability to travel through and manipulate time.
* **Time** **Manipulation:**

### **Transportation**

* **Hover-Pad:** Kang has often made use of a hover-pad in his battles.
* **Sword of Damocles**

### **Weapons**

* **Anti-Gravity Device:**Kang has a device in the gauntlets of his armor that allows him to render objects weighing up to 2.2 tons weighless.
* **Matter Control**
* **Laser Sword**
* **Concussive Bolts:**Kang can fire concussive blasts from the finger tips of his gauntlets; these blasts have the force of several tons of dynamite.
* **Weaponry:**By cracking his fingers, Kang can summon any number of weapons which are transported to him through time-stream instantly.
* **Electric Shock:** By flexing his muscles, Kang can activate a powerful electric shock.
* **Survival Kit:**Kang's armor has a self-contained atmosphere, 30 day supply of food, and waste disposal system.