Kamala Khan

## Background

### 1994 - 2010: Kamala Khan

Kamala Khan was born in Jersey City as the daughter of Yusuf Khan & Muneeba Khan. Her parents & her older brother, Aamir Khan has moved to the United States from Karachi, Pakistan prior to Kamala's birth. Though close with her family, Kamala spent a lot of her time with her best friend, Nakia Bahadir, who she had met in kindergarten. Like Kamala, Nakia was a practicing Muslim and the daughter of immigrants.

When Kamala was entering the second grade, Kamala became friends with one of her new classmates, Bruno Carrelli. Their teacher, Ms. Bartholomew, told the Kamala's parents that Bruno's mother had recently lost custody of Bruno & his younger brother Vick. The brothers had been sent to live with their grandparents, immigrants from Italy & their family had been struggling to make ends meet. They had not been able to pay for Bruno's activities & young Bruno had become an outcast, leading to bullying from other students. Feeling bad for the child, the Khans offered to pay the boy's fees & had Kamala become his friends. Though reluctant at first, Kamala & Bruno soon formed a close bond over their shared background coming from immigrant families. In time, Kamala became inseparable from Bruno & Nakia, both who became regular visitors of the Khan residence.

Though proud & respectful of her heritage & faith, Kamala always felt different & was often mocked by her other peers for her nerdy interests & strict parents. She found solace with her two best friends, something she sorely needed. In addition to her friendships, Kamala found escape in her love of video games, social media, fan fiction & above all, superheroes. She devotedly followed the career of Captain Marvel.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Inhuman Physiology:** Kamala is a human with latent Inhuman heritage whose powers were activated by the Terrigen Bomb, causing her to become a polymorph. Her cells manifest mutable properties due to the fact that she is able to share her mass through time with different versions of herself. On a molecular level, Ms. Marvel time-travels whenever she uses her powers. Kamala can stretch, deform, expand, or compress her entire body or parts thereof into any contiguous shape she can imagine for a variety of uses
	+ ***Elongation*:** Kamala can extend her limbs, torso, or neck to great distances.
	+ ***Size Alteration*:** Kamala can adjust her height and stature adding upon her already impressive physical abilities, from shrinking to the size of an action figure, to grow as tall as a building structure. With this ability she has also made her body as thin as paper.
	+ ***Accelerated Healing*:** Kamala is capable of rapidly healing from injuries such as bullet wounds. However, use of her other powers interrupts the healing process, requiring Kamala to maintain her normal appearance while recovering. Extensive healing also leaves Kamala heavily-fatigued & hungry, although it appears the more she utilizes her healing ability, the less malleable her cells become, which prevents her from utilizing the full range of her morphogenic abilities.
	+ ***Appearance Alteration*:** Kamala possesses the power to alter her physical appearance including her hair & clothing, and could even alter her appearance enough to mimic inanimate objects.
	+ ***Bioluminescence*:** Kamala's body emits a glowing yellow energy signature when using her morphogenic powers.
* **Biokinetic Polymer Suit:** Invented by her best friend Bruno, when the polymer (or "super snot") is applied to a flexible substance, the substance becomes extremely malleable. The increased elasticity allows Ms. Marvel to focus less on transforming her clothing during her metamorphoses.
* **Compartment Bracelet:** A series of bangles with hollow compartments inside, modified by Bruno into a single bracelet worn on Kamala's left arm to hold her cell phone & other small items. They were originally used by Kamala's great-grandmother Aisha to smuggle money out of Bombay during Partition & had since been passed down to her daughter & granddaughter, Muneeba.

### Weaknesses

* **Electromagnetic Pulses:** Ms. Marvel's body is vulnerable to EMPs, which can weaken her elasticity.
* **Overexerted Healing:** Overuse of her healing factor temporarily weakens Ms. Marvel's elasticity powers.

### Ratings

* **Acumen:** Unknown
* **Might:** Unknown
* **Quickness:** Unknown
* **Mysticism:** Unknown
* **Gadgets:** Unknown
* **Projection:** Unknown
* **Tactics:** Unknown
* **Battle:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* Some of her nicknames include Bendy Girl, Bigfoot, Big M, Giant Girl, Marv, MM, Ms. Skepta-Marvel & Mystic Marvel.
* She is a prolific fanfiction writer under the pen name "SlothBaby." She mostly writes stories about the Avengers, Captain Marvel & the struggles of parents coping with adventures of their super-powered babies.
* In Arabic, *Kamal* means "perfection". Her parents gave her this name because they believed they could not conceive another child.
* Kamala plays *World of Battlecraft* where she belongs to a guild known as the Iron Legion.
* She is a member of The Forums social media network.
* She actually has a much darker complexion than most of the Pakistani population due to the fact that prior to the Partition of India in 1947, her family resided in Bombay.
* Kamala becomes a "grinch" at Christmas time since her family doesn't celebrate it, even though she would like to.

## Notes

* The original character of Ms. Marvel belongs to the Marvel Universe.
* *World of Battlecraft* is a *World of Warcraft*-style game.