Black Panther

## History:

King T'Challa (Formerly Prince T'Challa) aka the Black Panther is the head of state or king of a technological advanced nation called Wakanda which paints a really big target on his back. He is responsible for looking after all of the nation and the world not only as a solo superhero but as the new leader of The Avengers team. He earned his title of King by working hard and persevering through the most tumultuous times of his life and he changed Wakanda forever especially by making it a public nation and expelling his older adopted brother Hunter from the nation due to leading a horrible organisation called the Dogs Of War or the Hatut Zeraze. They acted like the secret police thinking that they could do what they want for the "benefit of the homeland".

## Since The Worlds Collided:

T'Challa like everyone else goes into the merge unscathed and he seeked out The Avengers, unfortunately he heard that the team broke up and that made him slightly despondent. When his sister Shuri reminded him who he is however, he quickly grew confidence back and recruited Wanda Maximoff of Earth-199999 to his Avengers team. He is also currently constructing a palace for the Avengers to reside for their new headquarters. The new team have their eyes on Hawkeye, Widow and Cap from Earth-616 Panther's home universe. As the team grew in size so did Panther's confidence/problems in his life.

### Cordis Die Invasion:

One of those problems was the invasion of the Nexus via Cordis Die the international terriost organisation. He fought hard against the intital assault of goons

## Personality:

Responsible and regal. T’Challa has a warm sense of humour with those closest to him, but for the most part he projects a calm, dignified demeanour worthy of a king. T’Challa’s deeply passionate about protecting his people, but he’s much more of a stoic, strategic royal than a hotheaded superhero. As T’Challa tells his father, “I want to be a great king, Baba. Just like you.”

## Powers and Abilities:

### Powers:

**Divine Empowerment:** T'Challa was originally enhanced by the Heart-Shaped Herb which granted him to have Super Soldier powers. His body is enhanced to near the pinnacle of human physical perfection. He was given additional powers by the Goddess Bast, when he became the King of the Dead. This blessing seems to have restored him to the same power levels which he possessed as the chosen Black Panther. Aside from his senses, T'Challa's natural strength, speed, agility, durability, healing, stamina, and reflexes have been augmented to nearly superhuman degree.

* **Black Panther Knowledge:** After being crowned "King of the Dead," T'Challa has the power to draw all the knowledge, strength, and every experience from every previous Black Panther.
* **Superhumanly Acute Senses:** T'Challa's five senses are highly acute, although not superhumanly so like Daredevil's. He can see with greater clarity and greater distances than any ordinary human. His vision extends into the ultraviolet and infrared areas of the electromagnetic spectrum, allowing him to see in near-total darkness and retain the same level of clarity. T'Challa's hearing is similarly enhanced, enabling him to detect sounds normal humans can't and sounds they ordinarily could but at much greater distances. T'Challa can memorise tens of thousands of scents. His sense of smell enables him to recognise people/objects by scent, even if they are well hidden. He can track a target by scent and track them to the exact location, can smell fear, and detect if someone is lying by change in body odour. T'Challa's sense of taste is sensitive to the point that he is able to taste the exact ingredients of any particular food he is eating.[*citation needed*]
* **Peak Human Strength:** T'Challa's strength is enhanced to the peak of human potential. He received a blessing from the Panther Goddess Bast, which elevated his strength between peak human and superhuman levels. His physical strength is noticeably superior to any Olympic-class weightlifter and far superior to normal humans, allowing him to press lift approximately 800 lbs (363 kgs). His legs extends with his strength enabling him to vertically leap approximately 10 feet off the ground and 15 feet in a standing broad jump. He was able to bulldog a 3000 lb. black rhinoceros, and a 5-ton black rhinoceros. He has been seen to easily lifting a grown man with one arm and throwing him, tearing through a thin wall with just one hand, and wrestling a 20-foot long crocodile while using both of his hands.
* **Peak Human Speed:** T'Challa is able to run and move at speeds superior to any Olympic-class runners, able to run at speeds up to 35 mph. However, when pushed to his limit, T'Challa can potentially run up to 41-45 mph. He also has the ability to attack faster than the eye can follow. His combat speed seems more enhanced than anything else, as he has frequently kept up with other enemies in combat, and blitzed people before they pull their trigger fingers.
* **Peak Human Stamina:** T'Challa's body eliminates the excessive build-up of fatigue-producing poisons in his muscles and his musculature generates considerably less fatigue toxins than the muscles of an ordinary human being, granting him exceptional endurance, and lung capacity. He can physically exert himself at peak capacity for an hour before fatigue toxins begin to impair him. His lung capacity is at the peak human levels, enabling him to hold his breath underwater for 6 minutes. He was able to run for 15 miles in the New York sewer with little to no fatigue toxins begin to impair him.
* **Peak Human Durability:** His skin, muscle, and bone tissues are augmented to levels that are much denser and harder than normal humans, making him far more durable and resistant to damage to various degrees. He withstood getting smashed on his head by a glass bottle with no visible injury or discomfort. T'Challa can withstand blows from superhuman opponents like Killmonger, who have the strength to overpower and kill an adult bull elephant with his bare hands.
* **Peak Human Regeneration:** T'Challa's enhanced healing speed and capabilities allows him to have a conditioned metabolism and immune system that enables extraordinarily efficient healing.
* **Peak Human Agility:** T'Challa's equilibrium, balance, flexibility, dexterity, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels superior to any Olympic-level athlete that has ever competed. This gives him cat-like agility. T'Challa has been seen to run barefoot on utility pole wires, and leap across an entire opera room.
* **Peak Human Endurance:** T'Challa's endurance is about double that of an Olympic athlete. He continued to function for thirteen hours while fighting Killmonger despite being exhausted.
* **Peak Human Reflexes:** T'Challa's reaction time are beyond the natural limits of an Olympic-level athlete, allowing him to dodge multiple gunfire at point-blank range with ease. He has been noted to have reflexes faster than an actual panther.

**King of the Dead:** As King of the Dead, T'Challa possesses other powers as listed below:

* **Necromancy:** T'Challa is able to take command of the dead itself. He was able to take control of an entire army of zombies and order the spirits of the Necropolis to aid him in his fight with Tetu.
* **Spirit Energy Constructs:** T'Challa learned he could create weapons out of spiritual force through his title as King of the Dead. Creating a spear out of ectoplasmic energy with which to affect both the material and ethereal planes.
* **Hyper-Cosmic Awareness:** T'Challa's exposure to Galactus's mind before and after his transition from the devoured to seeder of worlds due to his odd means of warping to his world ship, he began experiencing visions in his dreams and day to day life. He was beginning to see and sense the cage around The Marvel Universe and the goings on outside it in the Multiverse as well. An unknown effect that intake of the Heart Shaped Herb has, is that it also connects the head of the Panther Tribe to the precious metal which mutated it. Kings of the secret nation possess a sixth sense for the unique energy signature Vibranium gives off, letting them know when it is stolen out from Wakanda and where it's thieves are headed with it.

### Abilities:

* **Genius Intelligence:** T'Challa is a polymath genius and has an eidetic (aka photographic) memory. His knowledge of physics and engineering ranks him among the top eight intellects of the world.  He possesses accomplishments such as a PhD in physics from Oxford University. He also combined alchemy with science to create a new scientific field called Shadow Physics, a dangerous discipline which allowed him to track Vibranium on a quantum level, craft weapons which would be particularly effective against Vibranium, and create an unstable teleportation device which at the time ripped apart anyone using it with great healing ability.

* **Master Martial Artist:** T'Challa has been groomed to be a warrior since birth. He is a master in practically all forms of armed and unarmed combat, having mastered various styles of martial arts from around the world. He is considered to be one of the best martial artists to have ever walked the Earth. He has stalemated, and at times even gained the upper hand against various highly skilled martial artists such as Captain America, Daredevil, Iron Fist, and many other dangerous opponents in hand-to-hand combat. He was able to overpower Wolverine twice without much difficulty, even when Wolverine was using his claws. Captain America himself said that when he won against T'Challa, T'Challa was not his usual self, seeming weaker than he actually was. He was shown to be skilled enough to defeat the skilled combatant Karnak with a single blow to the head..

* **Master Acrobat:** T'Challa is a rigorously trained gymnast and acrobat. He is particularly accomplished at gymnastics, acrobatics, and brachiation (swinging from one branch to another using one's arms).

* **Expert Marksman:** He is a master marksman adept with hunting knives, firearms, and other projectile weaponry.[*citation needed*]

* **Master Tactician:** T'Challa is a genius tactician, strategist, and leader who is practically peerless. He was taught tactics and strategies in his youth by his father who encouraged him to always think two steps ahead of his enemies and three steps ahead of his friends. His prowess is such that he is able to out think and out maneuver individuals such as Tony Stark, and other geniuses.

* **Expert Tracker & Hunter:** Even without his superhuman senses, T'Challa is a master tracker and hunter. He can pick up a prey's scent and memorise tens of thousands of individual ones.

* **Multilingual:** T'Challa can fluently speak his native language, English, and other various languages.

* **Master Inventor:** He can invent various devices with special properties when needed. He possesses engineering abilities and intellect that makes him a peer and has proven to be able to invent and create weaponry that rivals their engineering capabilities. T'Challa can also duplicate practically any other technologies after learning how they work or by glancing at the designs.

* **Highly Influential Connections:** As king of Wakanda, the Panther has access to a vast collection of magical artifacts, technological and military hardware, as well as the support of his nation's wide array of scientists, adventurers, and superheroes.[*citation needed*]

* **Diplomatic Immunity:** As the leader of a sovereign nation, he often visits the United States or the United Nations for political reasons. He enjoys diplomatic immunity during these trips, and his embassy is considered foreign soil.

* **Musical Skill:** T'Challa is a skilled musician and can play the flute.

* **Substantial Wealth:** T'Challa is Wakandan Royalty, thus he has access to a vast amount of wealth due to the advanced technology he has created/invented, and the stores of vibranium possessed by his country. His wealth surpasses that of Tony Stark, whose net worth is in the billions.

### Physical Strength

T'Challa strength is enhanced to the peak of human potential. He is strong enough to lift approximately 800 lbs. As with all his powers/abilities, his strength may have been enhanced further as King of the Dead, but to what extent is unknown.

## Weaknesses:

Due to his heightened senses, bright lights, loud noises, & strong smells can potentially overwhelm him.

## Paraphernalia:

### Equipment:

**Kimoyo Card:** An extremely powerful and versatile PDA. It functions similarly to the Avengers' communicards, but with many more practical applications. In one instance, the Panther called up a schematic of a jumbo jet's cockpit controls and took command of the plane, landing the plane safely in a river. "Kimoyo" is Bantu for "of the spirit".

**Panther Habit:** As chieftain of the Wakandan Panther Clan, the ruler is crowned with a ceremonial regalia in the form of a Vibranium laced panther habit. T'Challa received this crown-like garb after being judged by the Panther Goddess. The appearance of the suit has changed over time, but has retained its ability to absorb vibrations via its Vibranium lacing, as well as negate or lessen powerful kinetic based attacks such as bullet shots, penetrating blades, and crushing blows. The lenses in the mask cut glare and enhance the Panther's natural night vision, and allow him to see in infrared and other visual spectrum. The suit features:

* **Vibranium Microweave Mesh:** The microweave robs incoming objects of their momentum; bullets do not ricochet off, but simply fall to the ground when they come in contact with the weave. Likewise, the Panther cannot be stabbed; however, the costume can be cut if the attacker slashes along the uniform's grain.
* **Anti-Metal Claws:** The Claws in the gloves are made of Antarctic Vibranium-based "Anti-Metal" that can break down basically all metals at the molecular level.
* **Energy-Dampening Boots:** Energy regulators create varying fields from the Vibranium in the molded soles of the boots, enabling Panther to land soundlessly without any injury from heights of 50 feet. Given enough momentum, the Panther can also scale walls or skim across water. The field can be also used offensively to shatter or weaken objects, or defensively to rob incoming objects of their momentum as shown when he stopped a car thrown by the Hulk from crushing him by using the Vibranium in his boots.
* **Disguise Technology:** The cloak can be elongated, shortened or eliminated with a thought, and the entire costume can be reconfigured by a light energy pulse allowing it to pass as normal street clothes or render T'Challa completely invisible.
* **Teleportation device:** T'Challa has also been shown using a teleportation device as part of his standard gear. The range is not known as of this moment.
* **Hard-Light Shielding:** T'Challa was shown using a small shield comprised of hardened light, to defend himself and others as part of his standard gear.
* **Vibranium Energy Daggers:** Energy constructed blades, the wielder has the ability to gauge between power levels, releasing a beam, powerful enough to slice through various structures and foes. This weapon can also be fired as a projectile. Energy daggers are T'Challa's default weapon of choice in armed combat situations.
* **Force Push:** T'Challa can use the stored kinetic energy in his suit to either enhance his strikes or release it as an omnidirectional energy burst.

**Heavenly Armor:** Lightweight body armor covering the user from head to toe in a similar fashion as Iron Man that operates by thought. It offers flight at high speeds, enhanced strength, and more protection in combat. The armor provides protection against mystical attacks and is equipped with various weapons.[*citation needed*]

**Vibranium Armor:** A special armor used during the Superhuman Civil War.

**Wakanda Hulkbuster:** a Hulkbuster Armor created by Black Panther to take the new Hulk, Amadeus Cho, down.

### Weapons:

**Spear of Bashenga:** a Vibranium spear first used by the second Black Panther, King Bashenga, and passed down from Panther to Panther down the royal line of Wakanda.

**Other weapons:** swords, spears, shields, knives, clubs, bows, quivers and arrows. A large variety of firearms and other weapons used for close range, as well as technological weapons and devices such as a large 'power glove".

**Ebony Blade:** A magical blade forged by Merlin and Sir Percy from the Starstone meteorite. The Ebony Blade was enchanted to cut through any object, to prevent the death of its wielder, and to deflect any magic, but it also carried a curse that would slowly corrupt any user and cause a lust for violence, bloodshed, and death. According to Knull, Merlin lied about the true nature of the Ebony Blade, and it can only be wielded by the impure of heart -- drawing out their negative emotions until they become bloodthirsty berserkers.

**Excelsior:** During the invasion of the Cotati's Empyre on Wakanda, T'Challa used Hulkling's Star-Sword to fend off the alien plants.

**Mjolnir:** Black Panther was deemed worthy of wielding Mjolnir, since the mystical hammer considered his blood lineage worthy. Odin's teammate the first Black Panther was also the first mortal to wield it.

**Skybreaker:** This sword was the first object forged from Vibranium by the first king of Wakanda, it was passed down to his successors, and was a sacred symbol of Wakanda. However, T'Challa's ex-wife Storm was forced to steal it in order to participate the Ten of Swords challenge.

### Transport:

* **Sky-Cycle:** T'Challa has access to an advanced version of the Sky-Cycle.[*citation needed*]
* Advanced Wakandan aircraft.
* Can have the Panther Goddess teleport him and others to a destination of his choice.

## Trivia:

* T'Challa is also the primary funder of the Mutants Sans Frontières; an organization that is dedicated to the protection of mutant rights, which also funds the X-Men's activities.
* Black Panther was once referred to as the "Black Leopard" for a short time in 1972. Both in-universe and out-of-universe, it was changed to distance themselves from the group of the same name, though in-universe, T'Challa explains that he neither condemns nor condones their actions and that, technically, a leopard is a panther.
	+ The character predates the party of the same name, but not the Black Panther logo which was used by the party's predecessor, and by segregated World War II Black Panthers Tank Battalion. Stan Lee had denied that the character was named after these movements, which began being used after the character's creation, and cited it simply as "a strange coincidence".
* Black Panther was ranked 51st on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes in 2011.
* T'Challa was two-times *Time* magazine's "Person of the Year" and six-times *People* magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive."
* Black Panther is a fan of *A Song of Ice and Fire*. He even threatened Deadpool's life when Wade speculated the ending of the series during a battle with him out of fear Deadpool might have actually spoiled it.