King T'Chaka (Audio File Set)

**King T'Chaka** is a collectable Intelligence set added in War for Wakanda. The set consists of five files.

## Files

### To: Princess Shuri From: Zawavari

As a historian I applaud your efforts to connect with your roots, Princess. But... as a man who has seen three Black Panthers fall, I must warn you of a few things.

Many eyes follow the path you are about to walk down, and not all of those eyes approve. This is a blight on Wakanda's great history that resulted in the exile of the Jabari tribe from our nation. After thousands of years of unity under the Black Panthers, your father failed. There are those who want that to be the way he is remembered. Then there are those, like your brother, who believe T'Chaka inherited an infection that was already inside our country.

Your father was a great man, but... there have always been great men. Just because your brother holds onto T'Chaka's image does not mean that you have to. A family that mourns in perpetuity risks losing themselves forever. While the people can afford to live in myth, you cannot.

Perhaps you know all this already, and are looking to free T'Challa once and for all from his father's shadow. A noble goal. But are you prepared for the consequences if you succeed?

### To: S'Yan From: Shuri

Uncle,

If you are anywhere near my brother when you are reading this, step away quietly. I know no one in this country can keep a secret for more than a few hours, so I assume the old man has told you what I plan to ask. Still, I would prefer T'Challa not know that I am reopening these old wounds. If I could do this without hurting either of you, I would.

But even in the depths of the Kimoyo archives, I have been unable to open any records involving my father's murder. I know only the few things my mother was willing to tell me, and she was not there. T'Challa refuses to say anything on the subject.

I ask only that you give me the clearance I need to uncover the information myself.

You do owe me, Uncle. You knew I was preparing to challenge you the day my brother became King, and you let him through ahead of me anyway. If I had won that day, this information would be available to me already. Giving me access is the least you can do.

Your niece,
Shuri

### After action report "The Assassination"

As there are no surviving witnesses to the event other than Prince T'Challa (who the Queen Mother has asked not be questioned while he recovers), the following information was gathered from GPS and biomedical data retrieved from King T'Chaka's Kimoyo bracelet.

The King's heart heart rate increased thirty-six minutes after entering the mute zone village just east of Birnin Bashenga. His heart rate ceased no more than fifteen minutes after that. A coroner reported cause as blood loss from a gaping wound on his back.

Fifty mute zone citizen were also killed in the attack. The six Hatut Zeraze that accompanied the king and his son, Prince T'Challa, were not found at the scene. Their Kimoyo bracelets were removed prior to arrival at the mute zone.

Prince T'Challa was found unharmed beneath the King's body.

### To: T'Challa From: Shuri

T'Challa,

I am guessing our Uncle was the one that told you? I saw the look you gave me at dinner. I just want to know. Was he afraid? Did he suffer?

I started all this because I cannot stand being left out of our family's secrets anymore. But the closer I get to the truth, the farther away from you I become.

I am no longer the girl who needed to be protected from the details of her father's death. I am one of the most powerful people in Wakanda, whether you approve or not. I can handle the story.

Please, brother. Do not leave me in darkness.

Shuri

### To: Shuri From: T'Challa

Shuri,

Father knew the peace talk with the Jabari tribe were a sensitive issue, but he could never resist me when I asked to learn how to be a great King. We took six Hatut Zeraze with us. No one else.

The mute zone village was quiet. When we arrived at the square, there was a stage for our father and the Jabari ambassador to speak from. I remember thinking a lot of people had come to watch, but now I know there were only fifty.

I had heard Father practice his speech so many times I could have given it. I mimed along with his motions, mouthing the words. When he raised his hand in an open palm, I raised my hand - and it began.

All six Hatut Zeraze knelt before the Jabari ambassador before turning their weapons on our father. The ambassador demanded no witnesses. His own guards began killing the crowd, one by one.

I have never seen our father fight harder than he did that day to get to me. He was the Black Panther every second of his final moments.

Father reached me just as a traitor raised his claws in front of me. But no strike came. I was pressed to the ground, the wind knocked out of me. I did not remember closing my eyes, but when they opened, Father's face was close to mine.

I did not move. I did not breathe. I pretended to be dead beneath our father's corpse. I begged Bast to let me live, and she sent me a miracle. Believing me dead, the traitors left. The quiet returned.

Was he afraid? The look in his eyes was not fear. Did he suffer? No. One moment he was there, and the next Bast took him.

Shuri, you may not be the girl who cried on my shoulder as mother told you what happened, but that boy beneath his father's body, frozen in cowardice, is still within me.

Regret cannot alter what one has done, but it can fuel what one does next. I hope the truth does for you what it could not for me.

Your Brother