T'chaka

T'chaka was the King of Wakanda until 2003.

He was born in 1962, from a line of rulership unbroken for millennia. His father was Azzuri The Wise, and his mother the Amazon of Bana-Mighdall called Nanali. At the age of eighteen, he undertook the trials necessary to become a true Prince of his people and the future ruler of that nation. Consuming the Heart-Shaped Herb granted him incredible physical capabilities, and ancient technology in the palace educated him on sciences otherwise unavailable to his people.

T'chaka's rule expanded Wakanda's influence and helped push the changes set in place by Azzuri after the conclusion of World War II. T'chaka's son, Prince T'Challa, became an ambassador to the UN and the future bearer of the title Black Panther. In 2003, the raider Ulysses Klaw tried to purchase Vibranium from Wakanda. When T'chaka refused, Klaw assassinated him. In T'chaka's place, his old friend S'Yan stepped into place as regent to hold the throne until the prince would come of age.