Karnak Mander-Azur (Earth-616)

**Karnak Mander-Azur** is an Inhuman and the second son of Mander and Azur. After their first son was severely physically transformed during his Terrigenesis, Karnak's parents elected not to expose him to the Terrigen Mists. Instead, he has undergone rigorous physical and mental trainings to grant himself near-superhuman abilities.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

**Inhuman Physiology:** Even without the Terrigen Mists, centuries of selective breeding have given some Inhumans certain advantages over humans. Due to his eugenically superior Inhuman heritage, Karnak also possesses certain advantages over other Inhumans.

* **Superhuman Strength:** Karnak possesses a degree of superhuman strength derived from his eugenically superior Inhuman heritage and his intensive regimen of regular exercise.
* **Superhuman Speed:** Karnak's Inhuman metabolism also affords him slightly greater speed than the human race's most perfect physical specimen.
* **Superhuman Reflexes:** His reflexes are slightly greater than the human race's most perfect physical specimen.
* **Superhuman Stamina:** His stamina and endurance are also slightly greater than the human race's most perfect physical specimen.
* **Longevity:** The average Inhuman lifespan is 150 years.

**Superhuman Durability:** Karnak has toughened all of the striking surfaces of his body, particularly on his hands, so that they are covered with dense callus. He is capable of shattering wood, cinderblock, and even mild steel with his hands.

**Autonomic Manipulation:** Karnak has physically conditioned his body and mind to their peak levels of efficiency. This results in him having voluntary control over most of his body's autonomic functions, including his breathing, heartbeat, bleeding, reaction to pain, regeneration, etc.

**Weakness Detection:** Through mental discipline and training, Karnak has gained the extrasensory ability to perceive the stress points, fracture planes, or weaknesses, whether physical or psychological, in all objects or people around him. By striking and applying pressure at these points, he can split or shatter objects made of seemingly invincible substances or incapacitate beings of far greater strength than he. This mental discipline is virtually effortless, and Karnak can maintain this state of awareness for extended periods of time.

* **Precognition:** At one point, Karnak was able to see fragments of the future by bending the definition of his powers.
* **Superhuman Intuition:** An after-effect of Karnak's ability to discern faults also includes an innate understanding of the logical conclusions stemming from a person's rationale.

### Abilities

**Unarmed Combat:** Karnak is a highly skilled martial artist who is capable of taking on multiple opponents with his martial arts skills, sometimes defeating monsters with a single strike and nothing but his martial ability. He has easily beaten the likes of Black Widow and Fantomex and even briefly fought Daredevil, Taskmaster, Black Panther, and Mantis before being defeated. He is easily the best martial artist of Attilan and is one of the world's finest hand-to-hand combatants.

**Agility/Flexibility:** Karnak is extremely lithe and flexible. He is able to expand and contract his muscles and contort his body into seemingly painful positions without experiencing pain.