[b]Real name:[/b]
Prince T'Challa of Wakanda

[b]Alias:[/b]
Black Panther, Luke Charles, Enzi

[b]Age:[/b]
18

[b]Appearance:[/b] 
[img]http://i58.tinypic.com/2quhxds.png[/img]
[img]http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/9241/745328-001.jpg[/img]

[b]Costume:[/b]
[img]http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h35/Danger-a-doom/2788214-black_panther_5_zps4fbb3194.png~original[/img]
[img]http://www.geeknewwave.com/sites/default/files/styles/in-node/public/field/image/Black_Panther_The_Man_Without_Fear_Vol_1_523_Textless.jpg[/img]
[img]http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/6/64293/1595946-shadowland_after_the_fall_black_panther.jpg[/img]

[b]Abilities:[/b] 
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[b]Genius-level Intellect:[/b] T'Challa is also a polymath genius and has an eidetic (aka photographic) memory.

[b]Master Martial Artist:[/b] He has been groomed to be a warrior from birth. An expert in practically all forms of armed and unarmed combat, and a master of all martial arts including African and unknown forms. He is a master of stealth, disguise etc. He is considered to be one of the best martial artists to have ever walked the Earth. This is evident by him being able to stalemate and even gain the upper hand at times against opponents such as Captain America, Daredevil etc. in hand to hand fights to an extent that in his full potential, he was able to defeat Captain America in a few moves, and overpower Wolverine twice without much difficulty, even when Wolverine was using his claws. Captain America himself said that when he one won against T’Challa, T’Challa was not his usual self, seeming weaker than he actually was.

[b]Weapons Master:[/b] The Panther has mastered all known weapons.

[b]Master Acrobat:[/b] T'Challa is a rigorously trained gymnast and acrobat.

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

[b]Master Tactician[/b]: 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.

[b]Expert Tracker & Hunter:[/b] Even without his superhuman senses, he is a master tracker and hunter. He can pick up a prey's scent and memorize tens of thousands of individual ones.

[b]Multilingual:[/b] T'Challa can fluently speak his native language, English, and other various languages.

[b]Master Inventor:[/b] He can invent various devices with special properties when needed. While not all of his inventions are as good as others made by Tony Stark and so on, 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.

[b]Highly Influential Connections:[/b] As prince 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.

[b]Diplomatic Immunity:[/b] As the son of the king 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.[/hider]

[b]Personality:[/b] Shrewd. Prepared. Regal 

[b]Brief bio:[/b] 

The young royal heir known as T'challa is descended from a long line of same named panther warriors who have led Wakanda a technologically advanced African state with a monarchy as older than recorded time. 

T’challa was born to king T’chaka and his wife N’yami after years of trying to have a child of their own and adopting the orphan Hunter. His biological mother N'yami died in childbirth, earning him the enduring hatred of his adopted elder brother, Hunter, who also resented T'Challa for supplanting him in the royal household. His father re-married a second time to a woman by the name of Ramonda who gave birth to T'challa's younger sister Shuri(pictured above)

As he came of age and went on his ‘walkabout” he met and fell in love with future X-men leader and goddess Storm who was at the time a thief. They also shared their first intimate experience together. Duty however caused him to leave her side and return to Wakanda. Knowing his people were highly Xenophobic and suspicious of outsiders he chose to study abroad in a foreign land to teach them trust and tolerance. While in America he cultivated a new civilian identity and a masked vigilante identity while carrying on his studies at Gotham University.

Taught by his father to think two steps ahead of enemies and three steps ahead of friends, T'Challa saw the world's super-beings as potential threats to Wakandan interests and co-opted with the Young Avengers team in order to gather insight to better assist his nation's interests going forward.