Doctor Fate(Kent Nelson)(1459)

**Dr. Kent Nelson** is a physician who came across the helmet of Nabu and became **Doctor Fate**.

## History

ent Nelson was the son of archaeologist Sven Nelson and, around the year 1920, the two of them were exploring the Valley of Ur in Mesopotamia when they discovered an underground pyramid. It contained Nabu, an ancient immortal from the planet Cilia who had been held in suspended animation for thousands of years.

Kent released him, but the lever accidentally unleashed a poisonous gas that killed his father. It would later be revealed that Nabu engineered this situation to gain a new host. Nabu decided to mentor the young boy in the secrets of the universe, giving him incredible powers through total molecular control and taking his grief away from him. He would serve as an agent of the Lords of Order in their never-ending battle against the Lords of Chaos. Having finished his training, Nabu gave him an amulet, cloak and helmet to become a champion of good as Doctor Fate. Kent would go on adventures as Fate, although Nabu's spirit would always guide him through the helmet and he would awaken with little memory of his own exploits. He would go on to meet a beautiful college student named Inza Cramer while traveling through Alexandria, and she would become his long-time romantic partner and confidante. His first battle was against the evil sorcerer Wotan, who struck at him through Inza using an agent named Thomas Frawley.

### Early Career

Doctor Fate went on to fight evil threats with his powers along with Inza. Having locked Wotan for good, Fate stopped Magno the Mighty, he recovered and destroyed the Lost Book of Toth, defeated two species of evil space men, and stopped the Norns.

Like this, Fate accomplished many feats against supernatural threats. Eventually, Doctor Fate was challenged by the evil genius Karkull who later joined forces with Wotan to defeat Fate, without success. Afterwards, Doctor Fate was challenged by the evil Mister Who on more than one occasion. Fate later encountered other villains like Clock and the Red Sage.

Kent Nelson became dissatisfied with his current situation and he decided to become a real medical doctor in order to save more lives. Shortly afterwards, Kent became engaged to his faithful companion, Inza and they spent more time together.

### Justice Society

Early in his career, Dr. Fate's first encounter with a hero of that era was the Spectre, the wrath of God. Together they destroyed a military gateway to a netherworld of demons. It was World War II and America was pulled into the war, Dr. Fate and many other mystery men help defeat an assassination attempt of President Roosevelt's life. At Roosevelt's request, they formed the Justice Society of America.

his activities came to an end, when he was framed for crimes by the US Goverment and institutionalized.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

the greater part of Doctor Fate's powers come from the mystical Helmet of Fate. However, Kent Nelson has trained throughout his career to become an accomplished adventurer as well as amassing his own personal sorcery skills.

* **Magic**: inside this power is this great array of abilities:
	+ **Magic Sense**: He can feel the presence of magic in his surroundings.
	+ **Awareness**: He can be tuned in with the cosmos and feel incoming mystical events.
	+ **Aura Detection**: He can sense other people's aura and determine if they are aligned with good, evil or none.
	+ **Astral Projection**
	+ **Clairvoyance**: He knows a ritual to see through a brasier what is happening in a far place.
	+ **Chronokinesis**
	+ **Dimensional Travel**
	+ **Divination**
	+ **Eldritch Blast**: Ankh-shaped blasts.
	+ **Energy Construct Creation**: At the beginning of his career, Fate transported various JSA members through the Atlantic with energy generated tentacles.
	+ **Energy Negation**: He destroyed the creative power of the Norns.
	+ **Energy Resistance**
	+ **Flame Spell**: In his early career, it was Fate's primary spell. Fate learned this ability in the Lost Book of Thoth.
	+ **Force Field**: one of his fields could withstand the attacks from Aquarius during one full week.
	+ **Healing**
	+ **Illusion Casting**
	+ **Invisibility**
	+ **Magnetic Manipulation**
	+ **Hypnosis**
	+ **Molecular Reconstruction**: This affects organic matter.
	+ **Necromancy** [*citation needed*]
	+ **Phasing**: Kent wore this spell to enter in his Tower of Salem.
	+ **Resurrection** [*citation needed*]
	+ **Telepathy**
	+ **Teleportation**: Both regular teleportation and ankh-shaped warps.
	+ **Bio-Fission**
	+ **Divine Empowerment**: Nabu knows the true name of Ra, and can use his divine power to momentarily increase his own magic (or others).
	+ Dr. Fate could make Superman immune to magic if he wanted.
* No emotions: With the helmet, Fate feels no emotion, and is completely immune to Psycho-Pirate's powers.

Without his helm, Kent Nelson has only the following magical abilities:

* **Immortality**
* **Invulnerability**: Dr. Fate could withstand military weapons and a explosion which could destroy a mansion.
* **Telekinesis**: when used in conjunction with his helmet, this ability was powerful enough to move a planet. Without it, Fate could be strong enough only to lift cars.
	+ **Flight**
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: Fate's strength is transferable while he wears the Helmet.

### Abilities

* **Archaeology**
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)**
* **Occultism**
* **Medicine**: In his adventures in More Fun Comics, Kent was a physician.
* **Multilingualism**: He speaks Portuguese and Spanish and ancient languages as an archaeologist/occultist.

### Weaknesses

* **Separation From Helmet**: Although Kent Nelson is an accomplished magician and crime fighter, without his helm he is significantly weakened.
* His invulnerability does not protect him against gas-attacks.
* After long mystical battles or casting powerful spells, Fate's power would be depleted and needs to restore his mystical energy.
* In the early days, Doctor Fate would be invulnerable to almost everything except gas of any kind or he could also be completely paralyzed if he was deprived from air to breathe.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

* **Amulet of Anubis**
* **Cloak of Destiny**
* **Helmet of Fate**
* **Orb of Nabu**: This artifact was stored inside his Tower of Salem.
* He once wore a magic ring that could locate people.