Khalid Nassour

## Doctor Fate

### Education

Trained the magical arts by Kent Nelson; Graduated with honors in medical science at Brooklyn College

## Relationship Information

### Affiliation

Lords of Order; Excalibur; Justice League

### Occupation

Agent of Order; Sorcerer; former Medical Student; EMT: Intern Physician

## Equipment

### Item(s)

Helmet of Fate

**Khalid Nassour** is an Egyptian-American medical student chosen by the Egyptian Gods to become the latest incarnation of **Doctor Fate**, following in the footsteps of his great uncle Kent Nelson.

## Personality

Khalid is known for being an exremely gentle and compassionate person with excessive levels of wisdom despite his young age. Thanks to years of training with Kent Nelson to one day take his place as Doctor Fate, Khalid had knowledge regarding the Lords of Orders none were even aware of. He formed great friendships with Zatanna Zatara, Wanda Maximoff, and Perseus Lykaios during the latter's childhood before the Night of Ashes. This catestrophic eventually led Nelson to isolate Khalid from the rest of the world out of fear, limiting his exposure to the magical world in hopes of stalling the inevitable. Khalid would forget much of his training and values of becoming a leader, instead focusing on studying healing practices.

Following Kent Nelson's death by the Upside-Down Man and Klarion, Nabu's words d inspired Khalid to embrace the values gained from working in the medical field and merge them with Nelson's teachings.

Unlike Superman, Khalid trusted Perseus and didn't believe in a world of good and bad. This belief stemmed from the teachings gleamed by the Lords of Order, where true Order is a world of equillibrium that orchestrates everything's function, but ensures there's darkness within the light.

## Appearance

Khalid is an eighteen year old Egyptian-American boy with curly black hair and brown eyes. He often wears jeans and light blue sweater covering a black top.

Khalid is always manifested as Doctor Fate wearing the same uniform as previous hosts. The uniform consists of a golden helmet that covers the entirety of the host's head, excluding the ears and, occasionally hair, if it should be long enough. Fate wears a long, high collared cape, fastened with two large buttons. Beneath is a blue shirt with a golden oval set in the chest. He also dons a large golden belt with a circle in the center, and deep blue pants with golden boots.

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

* **Egyptian Magic**: Descending from a line of ancient pharaohs, Khalid is a *Homo Magi* with a genetic predisposition towards Egyptian-based magic. This grants him an affinity for performing magic without using the Helmet of Fate. His abilities were boosted when channeling Nabu's power, even being described as one of the most powerful sorcerers and magical warriors in existence. Without using the Helmet's powers, Khalid's abilities tend to focus on living things; manipulating plants, animals, the body, and healing. He casts his spells by using a combination of Latin, Classical Greek and Arabic.

### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect**: Khalid was stated to being extraordinarily intelligence despite his young age, with enhanced giftedness in various medical fields thanks to his magic specializing in healing.
* **Magical Knowledge**: Khalid was the the protégé of Kent Nelson, the previous Doctor Fate whom was considered to be one of the most powerful sorcerers in the world. He had gained an immense amount of magical knowledge regarding ancient spells employed by the House of Life, including having information onlu accessible to Khalid when using the Helmet of Fate.
* **Master Physcian**: Khalid is an emergancy medical technichian trained to provide emergancy treatment. He's a graduate from Brooklyn College whose earned a *summa cum laude* honors in the medical field. Khalid can apply his knowledge regarding biology and genetics for healing purposes, having assisting Perseus in creating the Regeneration Cradleand other gadgetry highly useful to superheroes for medical necessities.
* **Multilingualism**: Khalid is able to speak English, Mandarin Chinese, and the Egyptian language.

## Equipment

### Weapons

* **Staff of Power**: A gift from Thoth himself, the Staff of Power is a magical staff in which resonates with those who possess the blood of a pharaoh. Khalid once wielded it against Anubis, allowing him to challenge the death god within his own realm of power.

### Other Equipment

* **Helmet of Fate**: After becoming Nabu's champion, Khalid Nassour inherited the extremely powerful magical artifact known as the Helmet of Fate from Kent Nelson, his great uncle and the previous Doctor Fate. Because of the Helmet's connection to Thoth, Khalid is capable of effectively utilizing the inherent magic derived from his ancestors with nearly unrivaled mastery, including receiving abilities inaccessible to magicians of the House of Life. Despite this, Khalid is required endure a lot of anguish whenever his body is harmed; This is because Nabu possesses the host body and any harm sustained carries onto the host itself.
* **Amulet of Anubis**: As Doctor Fate, Khalid was gifted the amulet when he first bore the helm of Doctor Fate, typically manifesting only when he wore the helmet. The amulet has protective charms in which prevents individuals other than Khalid to wield the artifact and its power.
* **Cloak of Destiny**: Doctor Fate wears a powerful cloak granted by Nabu, which enables him to levitate and hover in the air, taking more ground against his enemies. During combat, Fate protects himself from attacks using the Cloak of Destiny, which had the ability to resist various strong forms of magic and even suppress them.