Adam (He-Man)

Adam is the one of the main protagonists of Netflix's *He-Man and the Masters of the Universe*, and the alter-ego of the titular hero, **He-Man**.

He is a member of Team Redeemers.

## Appearance

As a child, Prince Adam was noticeably youthful. Sporting blue eyes with freckles beneath, short blonde hair and adorned in blue upper-class wardrobe with suede shoes, a belt and golden medallion hanging around his neck. When first picking up the Sword of Grayskull he gained an ornate armlet which connected him to the family heritage.

Some ten years after being found and adopted into the Tiger Tribe by Cringer. Adam had grown handsomely as a young man, physically lean and now sporting a red sleeveless hoodie dotted with tiger stripes, while wearing a checkered pattern shirt underneath with long pants. He now has bark-like bracelets, grieves and shin guards, all of which, shoes included, are wrapped in red bandages.

After defeating Skeletor for the first time, Adam changes his outfit, donning a blue hoodie, lined with golden marks, with his family crest on his chest, over his heart.

### He-Man

His alter ego, He-Man, stands several feet taller and boasts a greater muscular physique than Adam. Boasting armor fashioned after the technology of Castle Grayskull with breast plating, along with metallic bracers and a baldric sporting his insignia, and neon lit boots reaching up to his knees. Beneath his plating and baldric, he wears a grey, sleeveless mail. His arms catch alight with ceremonial tattoos when actuating the Power of Grayskull, his Sword of Grayskull also elongating when being charged with the cosmic energy.

He-Man's outfit evolves after Adam finds his inner truth, his ability to sacrifice his immense power. The inner part of his mail glows and glitters like space, along with the mail of his bracers, which extend into fingerless gloves. His baldric glows with the golden power as well, making his insignia much more pronounced on his chest.

## Personality

At the start of the series, Adam is a young and wayward youth, uncertain of his place in the world because he could not remember his past, with only a metal bracelet the one thing he had of the past he could not remember and unable to let it go due to a half-hope that his true family would yet one day find him.

Regardless, he is brave, kind, considerate and appreciates the people in his life, like his foster father, Cringer, and his foster sister Krass, as well as the Tiger Tribe.

Meeting Teela and later Duncan, and standing up to the wicked Evelyn and ruthless Kronis, he displayed real bravery and a willingness to stand up to bad people despite the odds, while he held nothing against Teela and Duncan, quickly seeing them to be good people.

Adam was perplexed and shaken by his first transformation into, what his friends called, He-Man, and shocked to meet his uncle Keldor who revealed his father is King Randor, all of which Adam found overwhelming, though he was not afraid to oppose his uncle when Keldor revealed hsi true villainous self.

Upon arriving at Castle Grayskull and faced with the villains while his friends were held hostage Adam showed himself to be clever and cunning, stalling to give his friends enough time to get free of their restraints, and figuring out the Power of Grayskull could be shared as he did so with his friends, giving them new powers and weapons and armor.

Adam became determined to use the Power of Grayskull to oppose his uncle when they suspected Keldor yet lived, though Adam bore some anxiety about the father he could not remember, reluctant to meet Randor until Cringer encouraged him to do so... only for the reunion to turn bittersweet, for though Randor was happy to see his son again he made it clear he wanted to shape Adam into his own ideal version of a prince and demanded he and his friends relinquish the Power of Grayskull, causing Adam to run off, to his and Randor's mutual dismay and disappointment.

Later, father and son were able to mend the gap after Randor witnesses Adam face off with Skeletor alongside the other Masters.

This begins the growth of their relationship.

Though determined to use the Power for good, Adam is still young and has an impulsive side, getting cocky and was certain he and hsi friends could easily defeat his uncle and his cohorts, only to find Keldor-turned-Skeletor had infused his lackeys with the Power of Havoc and managed to break the Sword of Power, cutting Adam and his friends off from the Power itself.

But they regrouped, reforged and repaired their weapons, and restored their connection to the Power of Grayskull before rallying to face Skeletor and the Dark Masters when they led the mind-controlled Red Legion to attack Eternos.

However, they made the hard decision to return to Castle Grayskull to prevent its destruction and though they had lost the battle the war was not yet lost.

## Powers, Skills & Abilities

* **Innate Connection to Castle Grayskull, and the Power of the Universe:** As a son of the royal family of Eternos, Adam was born with an innate connection to Castle Grayskull. Even after Castle Grayskull was destroyed and having given up the Power of Grayskull, Adam, having become a true Master of the Universe himself, Adam was able to channel the Power of the Universe through the castle and then throughout the rest of Eternia, so that all could potentially come into their own and find the Power within themselves as Adam and his fellow Masters had.
* **Wielding and Sharing the Power:** When Adam first went to Castle Grayskull (after being abducted by his uncle) he picked up the Sword of Power to wield it to defend the Eldress. in doing so, Adam proved himself worthy of the Power and to be the Champion. After regaining the Sword a decade later, he tapped into its power for the first time, transforming him into He-Man. After getting the idea (inadvertently from his uncle), Adam found he can share the Power of Grayskull with his friends, transforming them all into the Masters of the Universe. At first, they thought Adam had to be the one to call upon the Power to transform them, until Cringer discovered they can independently call upon the Power to transform and don't need Adam to do so on their behalf. However, the Power is channeled through the Sword to the Masters' tools and weapons; when the Sword was broken, they were cut off from the Power until they reforged the Sword using Kirbinite. In doing so, they "upgraded" their weapons, allowing them to combine their powers. After the Masters know themselves, their power increased, amplifying their already mighty powers. He-Man, in particular, can channel various powers through his blade and body far more easily, allowing for greater attacks. Adam later channeled the Power through the Castle and then throughout Eternia, so that all could potentially come into their own and find the Power within themselves as Adam and his fellow Masters had.
* **Superstrength:** As He-Man, Adam possesses incredible strength, allowing him to move, lift and carry massive heavy objects no normal person could. He also demonstrated the ability to leap great distances.
* **Lightning Strike:** He-Man's primary battle technique, it allows him to channel the force of lightning through the Sword of Power and hurtle it into a focused energy slash or blast towards his targets.
* **Combined Skills:** After reforging the Sword of Power and the other Masters' weapons with kirbinite, the Masters of the Universe (He-Man and Battle Cat, and the Sorceress and Man-at-Arms) discover they can combine thier skills to unleash even more powerful attacks. More combinations are revealed to be possible.
* **Sword Riding:** During an aerial race against King Stratos, He-Man nearly falls from the sky, but in the process, rises above the clouds riding his sword like a hoverboard. Electricity arcs below the sword as though it were being propelled by it all the while.

## Family

* King Randor (Father)
* Marlena (Mother, Status Unknown)
* Keldor/Skeletor (Uncle)
* Cringer (Foster Father)
* Cassandra Reventon (Foster Sister)

## Voice Actor

* Yuri Lowenthal
* Max Stubington (young)