Khan Noonien Singh

## **Biography**

Khan Noonien Singh was born in 1947 to Armand Robur and Hira Dakkar on the date India’s independence was officially recognized. Hira Dakkar was the granddaughter of Captain Nemo. He was one of several hundred Midnight Children born at the very moment India gained independence as a meta human.  Khan was born with latent psychic abilities. He would be discovered and kidnapped by the Chrysalis Project, who was secretly controlled by Hydra and Wilhelm Strasse. Despite their best efforts, Armand and Hira could not recover Khan and though him dead, siring another son: Jack Dakkar. Khan was unofficially adopted by a kinder Indian doctor at the Chrysalis Project who gave him the last name Singh.

Khan Noonien Singh was brainwashed and forcibly sent on missions.  He operated for them from 1950 to 1959 and saw surprising success, stealing Kanamit technology for them in 1950 and being sent to the underwater City of Rapture to obtain Plasmids, pitting the different factions against each other. He then carried out missions for SPECTRE, THRUSH and KAOS, all of which were connected to Hydra. He began to break free of the mind control thanks to his mental abilities, succeeding in 1963, where he organized a rebellion which saw the burning down of the local branch of the Chrysalis Project, killing Indian Hydra scientist Dr.Cyclops. He considered becoming a Superhero, inspired by Superman, but changed his mind due to the rising Mutant cause at the time. Khan sympathized with Magneto, who expressed the belief that Mutants were the next stage in evolution and were destined to rule over humanity, based on the teaching of John Wainwright, himself an ally of Magneto under the alias of Dr.Psycho. Khan reunited with his family at this time but did agree with Magneto and visit him often. Magneto would employ many of Khan’s ideas when he liberated the island of Genosha.

In 1975, Khan Noonien Singh was present on the final voyage of Janni Dakkar, upon which he returned to India, where Prime Minister Priya Duryodani designated a state of Emergency and seized control of the country as a dictator. The Midnight Children and other metahumans were rounded up and Khan was taken. Many were depowered and sterilized with Khan’s abilities being greatly weakened, but managed to escape. He was hidden by a nam named Raghaven, who had a psychotic breakdown and believed that Singh was his son Raghu, which had been killed by police violence, a fact unknown by Raghaven. The Emergency ended in 1977 with Duryodhani removed from power but Khan wanted revenge. This had convinced him that the only way for metahumans in India to survive was to take control themselves. He formed alliances with other Midnight Children and Mutants in Britian(Dubbed the Tomorrow People there) along with Magneto’s Brotherhood of Mutants. He worked to gain power in India which included the support of Politicians which had suffered from the Emergency such as Indu Sarkar, and Vikram Malhotra(who was injured to the point of brain damage by police, Khan had a mutant heal him to earn his loyalty).

Khan devoted his time to personally infiltrating the Kaurava Party to get close to Duryodhani as a bodyguard. He personally stopped several staged assassination attempts to gain her trust. His chance casein 1984 when World War III broke out. The nuking of Tokyo by the Superhuman Akira was falsely believed to be an American attack due to a poorly timed joke by President Jonathan Cyclops(“Alright. We bomb in five minutes”), provoking a nuclear response by the Soviet Union, who released Cthulhu. Fighting in Germany, Hawaii, and the Rocky Mountains allowed Singh to personally assassinate Duryodhani and seize power, with several opposition figures also targeted and killed. Singh framed Duryodhani as a soviet agent and his regime an attempt to thwart the attempt at a coup.

After seizing power, Singh genuinely worked to improve his country, succeeding with superhuman aid. When he won the 1986 election without any form of coercion, he felt confident enough to focus on China, which was under Wu Qinghua at the time. Fu Manchu was believed to have died in battle with  his son Shang-Chi in 1982 but had in fact survived in secret, his death being a ploy to get Shang-Chi to retire in seclusion to repent for killing him and allow Fu Manchu’s schemes to proceed. After his apparent death, Evil genius Shen Yu, a Chinese criminal mastermind  named after a Hun Warlord, took over Fu Manchu’s organization.  Shen Yu had a henchman with him, Lord Kane. Another figure in China at the time was Zhang Tong, also known as the Mandarin, though that name was often used by puppet members of the Ten Rings organization, though Zhang Tong did fight Iron Man and many heroes on several occasions. Shen Yu, Zhang Tong, and possibly Fu Manchu all agreed to work with Khan Noonien Singh and established a foothold in China undying under Wu Qinghua.

By 1989, China under the 3 warlords had grown in strength with the exception of Zheng Fa, which fought for independence. Khan’s views had shifted to include anyone above human such as wizards, vampires, cyborgs and aliens. He specifically sought out victims of government projects like he had been like the Athena Project in Japan, Project firestarter in the US, and Russia’s Zener Project. Some offered like Lucius Malfoy’s Death Eaters turned him down. Khan formed other alliances that he knew intended to betray him such as Queen Beryl of the Dark Kingdom. Khan was also rejected by followers of the vampire Sariel, also known as the Master, who were still trying to revive their master at the time. This led to Khan accepting help from normal humans.

Ivan Radek os Kazakhstan, known later on for his connection to the hijacking Air Force One in 1997, was among Khan’s allies. Another Warlord ally was Zateb Kazim of Mali. Another of Khan’s allies, General Krull, took over his country in 1993. In Japan, after the death of the government in Tokyo’s bombing, the ultranationalist party had begun to grow, leading to the ascension of General Ryoichi Yoshi. Japanese industrialist Raise Yamada, organized an economic crisis which saw Prime Minister Mogataru Koga, be succeeded by Hiroshi Goto, who agreed with the views of both Yamada and Yoshi. Goto, used the Akedemi High School Murders to justify the instituting of the Battle Royale program. Goto launched an attack on several pacific islands and an attempt to cripple the US economy. The US went to war with Japan in 1991, reclaiming the islands they had taken, the attempt to cripple the economy have been repelled and most of the people who piloted mechas, commanded Kaiju and other weapons intended to use in the war outright refused or didn’t agree with the Ultranationalist viewpoints. This forced Goto to step down with Koga being restored.  A Japanese pilot, angered at the loss of his sons in the war, flew his Boeing 747 into the Capitol Building, killing the entire line of succession with the exception of Jack Ryan, who was declared President.

The same year of 1991, Draka fell into Civil War that saw Khan ally Karl Voster assume power. Khan also helped Shadaloo’s Dictator Vega in his efforts. Other allies included Genosha, and the weakened terrorist organization Cobra. Ayotollah Daryaei of Aslan invaded Quraq and began invading other countries in the Middle East with China and India supporting them. A plague was also unleashed in both the US and in Draka to support Khan’s Ally of Vorster, despite this both Vorster and Daryaei would be defeated. The period from 1991 to 1994 was largely made up of proxy wars. Jack Ryan would leave office after refusing to run for reelection. Queen Beryl, while returning occasionally, would be defeated and killed by the Sailor Senshi. In 1992, General Zateb Kazim was killed in US Delta Unit strike. Despite this Khan advanced and was declared “Absolute Ruler” of a quarter of the planet from Asia to the Middle East.

In 1993, Genosha’s mutant population rebelled, leading to an pursing that saw the oppressive regime toppled and Magneto assuming power on the island, turning it into a mutant nation.

In 1995, a meteorite containing the material later dubbed Tiberium, crashed in the Tiber river. Khan wished to obtain the meteorite for himself. Kane, who who was the immortal Vandal Savage, had been acting as the henchman for Shen Yu, acting on a long plan, he murdered Shen Yu and took control of his organization, which he would reassemble along with remnants of Scorpia into the Brotherhood of Nod. The Brotherhood had committed several terorrist acts but made their first major move on the Tiberium, being opposed in the first true direct conflict of the war by the Global Defense Initiative. Nod framed GDI and its commander Mark Jamison Sheppard for a massacre in the Arztozkan town of Bialystok which was later discovered to be a hoax. The GDI launched a successful attack on Nod based in Yudonia and a temple in Sarajevo which was destroyed with an Ion Cannon, Kane being caught in the blast, though he would survive due to his immortality, he was badly burned by the attack. A GDI mole in Nod General Hassan took over and kept Nod complacent.

In 1996,  another of Khan’s allies and new leader of Scorpia, Hank Scorpio invaded the east coast of the United States, occupying it for a brief time before being pushed out. Vega’s Shadaloo also fell with his death at the hands of Ryu, Guile and Chun-Li.

The US and Russia pushed back with strict sanctions on India and China. China caved in and Wu Qinghua was replaced by Lian Ma. Shen Yu was dead. Shang-Chi returned to finish off his father. Both Fu Manchu and the Mandarin saw their approaching collapse and attempted to summon Cthulhu, both of them dying in the battle with the creature, though Fu Manchu ironically died saving his son and sealing the monster away, which Shang Chi did with the aid of the dragon Sisu.

Khan’s native India had turned against him and the GDI invaded it under the pretense of a Brotherhood of Nod presence. Khan and his cabinet including 84 followers entered a cryogenic ship known as the SS Botany Bay, shooting off into space. The Republic of India was restored with Lakshmi Rupavathy, leader of the previously impotent opposition, became Prime Minister of India. The Botany Bay is said to have gone unnoticed due to the presence of the Harvester Fleet ships in orbit. Khan was believed killed in the following 1996 Harvester Invasion.

In 1997, in Russia Khan’s ally Ivan Tretiak led an unsuccessful coup against Russian president Sergei Karpov.

There are conflicting records as to how many died in the Eugenics War with estimates only getting higher from 30 Million to 35 Million to 37 Million. AugmentinG humanity was banned on Earth. A Doctor Stavos Keniclius was exiled and departed Earth for practicing such research. In the 2130’s Erik Soong attempted his own experiments on augments which failed and led him to pursue robotics instead. One of the augments made its way to the Klingon Empire, leading to the accidental release of a virus transforming Klingons into a more human like appearance.

In addition to relatives like Jack Nemo, the Singh family lived on. One descendant, La’an Noonien Singh, served on the USS Enterprise.

In 2267, The USS Enterprise discovered the Botany Bay in space. Khan woke and up revived his men. Their plot to take over the Enterprise was thwarted and they were exiled to the planet Ceti Alpha V. In 2285, they engineered a hijacking of an experimental device known as Genesis. The Enterprise and Kirk once more engaged  Khan in battle and finally defeated him. Khan activated the Genesis device on his ship but the Enterprise was able to escape the explosion at the cost of Spock’s life.