Black Adam

Unnamed children  (deceased)

 Shazam Family

> *"The world has not changed as much as you believe, Sivana. Pharaohs still live off slaves"*
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> *—Black Adam*
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**Black Adam** was an ancient Egyptian slave who received the powers of the Wizard Shazam. However he was imprisoned for millennia by the Wizard after he misused his powers. He was eventually freed in the modern day where he went on to battle the Wizard's new champion Billy Batson many times.

## Biography

### Ancient Egypt

Teth-Adam was a slave in Kahndaq, where almost the entirety of his family was killed by the dictators — all except his nephew Aman, whom Adam eventually managed to contact and help escape from imprisonment, being mortally wounded by guards in order to buy him time.

Aman, however, refused to abandon his dying uncle, and rescued him. Together, while escaping the underground prisons, they found themselves magically transported into the Rock of Eternity, where they were greeted by Shazam. The wizard, deeming Aman pure, offered him the role of his champion, giving him the task of freeing Kahndaq — which Aman accepted on the condition that Shazam healed Adam. Explaining that the gift bestowed upon him could be shared with his family, Shazam gave Aman his powers, healing and empowering Adam in the process.

Being returned to Kahndaq, Aman and Adam contemplated how to use their powers in order to free their people. While Adam was willing to destroy the dictators and exact revenge for their dead family, Aman wanted to save them and give them peace, stopping all bloodshed. Fearing that Aman's method would not work, Adam killed him and seized his powers for himself, seeing it as a necessary sacrifice for the greater good.

Black Adam is known in legend for having defeated the dictators and the Seven Sins, successfully freeing Kahndaq. He also battled against an alien invasion, who had come to subdue Kahndaq and the rest of the World centuries before the modern day. Adam defeated their champion in single combat, provoking the other aliens to flee Earth.

Though myth says he merely disappeared, Black Adam actually turned against the Council of Eternity and murdered all its members but Shazam — the wizard, however, managed to overpower and seal Black Adam away.

### 21st Century

In the twenty-first century, a physicist called Doctor Thaddeus Sivana broke the lock on Adam's tomb. Black Adam, enraged by his millennial confinement, slaughtered Sivana's entire study team, saving only Sivana because he spoke Adam's ancient tongue.

Sivana agreed to help Adam find the Wizard in exchange for a cure to help his dying family. Sivana brought Adam to New York City to show him how much the World had changed. Adam seemed solemn that the people of the modern era lived such sad, mundane lives without magic. Deciding to take a closer look, Adam flew down to the street level where he witnessed a protest taking place. Sivana explained that these people were protesting against a corrupt businessman who had stolen their livelihoods. Adam flew up to the businessman's office where he mercilessly dropped the man to his death. Adam saw how truly twisted the World was when instead of revering Adam for his actions, the protesters labeled him a monster and fled.

Believing he had seen enough of the modern World, Adam brought Sivana into the sewers where he attempted to access the Rock of Eternity. However as soon as he tried to enter the gateway he was shocked backwards. Adam gazed into the gateway and saw the Wizard dead on the cold stone floor. He came to the realization that the Wizard had passed his powers onto a new champion who would have to die before Adam could enter the Rock once again.

Sickened by the modern World, Adam concocted a plan to destroy it and replace it with a Utopian society of his own design. Adam travelled to an apartment in New York owned by a particularly obese man. Adam knew that a man this lazy would harbor a strong connection to Sloth of the Seven Deadly Sins, and so used him to awaken Sloth from his imprisonment. Adam knew he would need the Sins' help to bring down society and so tasked Sivana and Sloth with finding the other Sins while Adam searched for the new champion.

It didn't take long for Adam to find the new champion, as tales of his heroics in the city of Philadelphia reached far and wide. Adam attacked the new champion on sight, easily overwhelming the woefully unprepared new comer. However the champion escaped Adam's wrath by transforming into his mortal form, blending in with the crowds.

Adam immediately went on a rampage through the city, knowing it would eventually draw the champion out. Adam's rampage was soon interrupted by Doctor Sivana, who had successfully gathered all even of the Deadly Sins. Adam tasked the Sins with tracking down the most rotten soul in the city and using him/her as a conduit to wreak more havoc.

Adam was soon confronted by a adolescent boy named Billy Batson, who claimed to be the Wizard's new champion. Billy claimed to know about Black Adam's origin and began trying to talk Adam out of conquering the World. Not caring for Billy's words, Adam grabbed Billy by the mouth, stopping him from uttering the magic word. Before he could siphon Billy's powers Adam was hit by a garbage truck driven by Batson's foster family. Knowing he could use these children as leverage against Billy, Adam took the family hostage, promising to let them go if Billy gave him the Wizard's power. However instead of casting the spell of empowerment on Black Adam, Billy cast it on his family, gifting them all with the power of the Wizard.

Four of the family's members immediately began helping civilians evacuate the battle zone, one more of the family's members battled the Seven Deadly Sins who had successfully possessed a rotten soul. This left Billy alone to confront Adam. Like before, Adam easily overwhelmed Billy. Knowing he couldn't defeat Adam in a physical fight Billy reverted back into his mortal form and convinced Adam to do the same. However Adam hadn't taken into account how long he had been in his immortal form and so as soon as he transformed into his mortal state he crumbled into dust due to his old age. With Black Adam dead the Sins fled their host and scattered into the winds.

### Resurrection

After Adam's death, Shazam scattered his enemies' ashes in the deserts of Kahndaq so he could be one with his homeland. In the modern day Kahndaq was ruled over by an oppressive puppet of the Americans who called himself Ibac after the ancient barbarian. Seeking to free their country from oppression, an extremist rebel group known as the Sons of Adam gathered Black Adam's ashes in the hopes that he could be resurrected.

### Present

Adam currently acts as a villian around the world and the cosmos, wanting to change the Earth and rule it into his image, bringing it back to the days of magic, kingdoms and everything he'd known for so long. He often fights heroes who disagree with his mission.

## Personality

Teth-Adam was originally a slave within the magically hidden kingdom of Kahndaq, possessing knowledge of the hardships slavery brings, and has since then abolished it under his rule. As king of Kahndaq, Adam possesses an enormous amount of pride for his homeland, with all his actions being taken with its best interests in mind. To the people, Adam is a kind and courageous ruler, one who has provided safety, security, and stability throughout the land.

## Physical Appearance

Adam, or rather, Adam's avatar, stands at an imposing 6'3", and weighs approximately 250 LBS. He is dressed in an elegant, black-and-gold suit with a bright white lightning bolt plastered in the middle. He also dons a jet-black cape with golden trims, the same going for his boots.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

Black Adam can switch to Teth-Adam's body by speaking the magic word, "SHAZAM". He possesses:

* **S for the Stamina of Shu:** Using Shu's endurance, Black Adam can withstand and survive most types of extreme physical assaults. additionally, he does not need to eat or breathe and can survive unaided in space.
	+ ***Superhuman Endurance:*** His godly metabolism provides him with far greater than human endurance in all physical activities.
	+ ***Self-Sustenance:*** Sustained by the magical energies coursing through his body. He does not require air, food or water. Black Adam is immortal.
* **H for the Swiftness of Heru:** By channeling Heru's speed, Black Adam, on earth can fly and move at speeds in excess of Mach 10 (2.5 miles a second) and at the speed of light in space. While not as fast as the Flash, he has been shown easily running at a speed of over Mach 500, while less powerful (Black Adam's speed was being drained by the Flash).
	+ ***Superhuman Speed:*** Ability to sharpen his awareness and increase his temporal flow, appearing to move faster than humanly possible. He can move at incredible speeds, possibly equal to Superman. He can move fast enough to not register in the normal peripheral range of humans and seemingly vanish and disappear at will. At this speed, his mind processes information at least on a subliminal level that he is aware of his surroundings.
	+ ***Flight:*** Black Adam can also mystically fly through the atmosphere through sure act of will, enabling him to soar through the atmosphere at sub-orbital levels and travel across the planet. He is immune from the effects of extreme height, such as dizziness and lightheadedness. He can travel from the earth to the moon, but he requires extra-precautionary paraphernalia for interstellar travel. Black adam is capable of flying at light speed.
* **A for the Strength of Amon:** Black Adam has a phenomenal level of super strength that enables him to lift 100,000 tons effortlessly, he can effortlessly bend steel, punch through walls and lift massive objects. Adam's strength is enough that he can easily defeat beings such as Captain Marvel. Black Adam is numerously referred to as the strongest metahuman on Earth. Black Adam has on more than one occasion held his own against the entire JSA. He has once fought and defeated the Great Ten, and even the entire Marvel Family( which was composed of Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, and Captain Marvel jr ). He has held his own against a group of superheroes composed of the JSA, Doom Patrol, JLA, and Teen Titans and even they couldn't seem to be able to stop him.
	+ ***Superhuman Strength:*** Godly flesh and bone are about three times as dense as similar human tissue, contributing to the Olympians' superhuman strength and weight.
* **Z for the Wisdom of Zehuti:** Black Adam has instant access to a vast level of scholarly knowledge. The wisdom of Zehuti also gives Adam clairvoyance and provides him with counsel and advice in times of need.
	+ ***Superhuman Knowledge:*** Can recall knowledge and facts that he normally should not and/or would not know.
	+ ***Clairvoyance:*** An uncanny awareness of his circumstances that allows him to turn disadvantages into advantages, an understanding of divine interactions with the mortal world.
	+ ***Omni-lingual***
	+ ***Hypnosis:*** Can hypnotize people as well, through this power.
* **A for the Power of Aton:** Besides fueling the magic thunderbolt that transforms Adam, it also enhances Adam's other physical abilities and allows for inter-dimensional travel. Adam can use the lightning bolt as a weapon by dodging it and allowing it to strike an opponent or target. He can channel the Power of Aton and the other Gods to increase the power of his attacks to God like levels, whilst doing this he has hurt the likes of Spectre himself. He rarely resorts to this.
	+ ***Mystical Transformation***
	+ ***Physical Enhancement***
	+ ***Spell Source***
	+ ***Advanced Healing***
	+ ***Inter-dimensional Travel:*** This can only be used to travel to the Rock of Eternity.
	+ **Electrokinesis**
* **M for the Courage of Mehen:** This aspect is partly psychological, and gives Adam superhuman amounts of inner strength to draw off of, while also making him indestructible and practically invulnerable to conventional physical injury like the great snake itself.
	+ ***Superhuman Inner Strength:*** He is always supported by an innate and harmonious presence of goodwill and strength of perseverance that he never backs down from a challenge.
	+ ***Invulnerability:*** If he were somehow wounded, his godly energies would enable him to recover instantly. It would take an injury of such magnitude that it dispersed a major portion of his bodily molecules to cause him a physical death. Even then, it might be possible for a god of significant power, such as Ra, Anubis, and Osiris or for a number of Egyptian gods of equal power working together to revive him.
* **The Power of Isis:** He has recently acquired the Power of the Goddess Isis. When Black Adam utters the magic word he not only gains his usual powers but all of his original powers are greater in strength because of the extra power he gains from Isis. The Power of Isis also grants him:
	+ ***Nature Control:*** Ability to control various aspects of nature. Although Black Adam has never used this power, Isis's power grants him control over all of the elements. This power should allow him to summon a mighty wind to sweep across the land, or cause geysers of molten lava to spontaneously rise from the ground.
	+ ***Telekinesis:*** Ability to move objects with the power of the mind.

### Abilities

* **Egyptology**: Since he lived through the time period, Adam has a rich understanding of ancient Egyptian culture.
* **Intimidation**: Adam was considered intimidating enough to be conducted in the Sinestro Corps.
* **Leadership**: Adam rules the African nation of Kahndaq.
* **Meditation**
* **Multilingualism**: Adam speaks English, ancient Egyptian, Kahndaqi, and Arabic.
* **Occultism**: Due to the nature of his powers, Adam has a decent understanding of magic.
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)**: Adam has admitted he's had a lifetime of experience as a Champion of the Wizard.He also battled against an alien invasion, who had come to subdue Kahndaq and the rest of the World centuries before the modern day. Defeating their champion in single combat, provoking the other aliens to flee Earth

## Weaknesses

* **Magical Vulnerability:** Only significant magic can affect him.
* **Lightning:** Lightning attacks that cause damage and can cause Black Adam to revert back to Theo Adam.

## Equipment

Adam has no set equipment or weapons he uses.

## Relationships

### Family

* Shiruta † - Wife
* Aman † - Nephew
* Unnamed † children

### Frenemies

* Shazam Family
	+ Shazam (Billy Batson) - Team Leader
	+ Darla Dudley
	+ Eugene Choi
	+ Lady Shazam (Mary Bromfield)
	+ Pedro Peña
	+ Shazam, Jr. (Freddy Freeman)
* Justice League

## Trivia

* Adam is currently wanted by various earth governments for crimes against humanity.