N'Jadaka (Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda) (Earth-616)

N'Jadaka
Name	N'Jadaka
Aliases	Erik Killmonger
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Orisha, Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda
Relatives	Spouses: Nareema (wife) Children: Zenzi (daughter)
Host(s)	Erik Killmonger
Host of	Unnamed symbiote
Marital Status	Married
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Black
Unusual Features	Claws, fangs, and a prehensile tongue while bonded with the symbiote
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human, later transcended to a deity and merged with his symbiote
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	Wakandan
Occupation	Conqueror, emperor, deity, former warrior
Base of Operations	Wakanda Prime, Earth, Sol, Milky Way Formerly Birnin T'Challa, Bast, Benhazin System
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Ta-Nehisi Coates, Daniel Acuña
First	Black Panther (Vol. 7) #2 (June, 2018)
First	Black Panther (Vol. 7) #2 (June, 2018)
Death	Black Panther (Vol. 7) #25 (May, 2021)
Death	Black Panther (Vol. 7) #25 (May, 2021)

There will be no ferrenting... only purging. And as for mercy counselor... every breath you take is a mercy from me.

—Lord N'Jadaka[source]

History

Emperor N'Jadaka

A warrior, N'Jadaka became a hero to the proud Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda after he retrieved a shard of the M'kraan Crystal from the Shi'ar Empire, during the Shi'ar War; however, the then Emperor feared that N'Jadaka would overthrow him, so in order to prevent that he sent N'Jadaka and his squad on a secret suicide mission to claim the Matrix of Mamadou, which was inhabited at the time by Kronans, Symbiotes, and Shadow People. Upon arriving on a planet within that galaxy, they were attacked by the Between. He and his team fled and hid in a cave where N'Jadaka came across a symbiote that he was able to bond with, since the two both shared a hatred for the Wakandan Emperor. They defeated the Between and after returning to the Empire, killed the Emperor and became the new ruler of the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda.

During his time as Emperor he married a woman named Nareema and conceived a daughter, Zenzi.

Later during his reign, N'Jadaka found out that T'Challa from Wakanda Prime had arrived after he passed a test, and he feared that T'Challa would join the rebel group called the Maroons. In order to prevent this, he had T'Challa and Manifold, who was accompanying T'Challa, tricked and conscripted into the Nameless, but T'Challa and a group of other slaves escaped and joined the Maroons anyway. Soon after this event, N'Jadaka approached the Gods of Wakanda, and after recounting his origin to Bast, he battled the current avatar of the goddess and seemingly killed her by draining her divine power into himself. After his daughter Zenzi defected to the Maroons, joining T'Challa in orbit above the planet of Agwé, N'Jadaka with his armies subsequently attacked them; however, the defeated goddess Bast had possessed Zenzi and betrayed N'Jadaka by making his Askari crash their Masai Fighters into the Emperor's Imperial flagship while the Teku-Maza's rebel commander rigged the planet's core to explode as a last ditch attempt to stop N'Jadaka; resulting in the sacrifice of thousands of lives and the apparent death of the Emperor; however, the symbiote survived and carried the soul of its former host.

While the Empire's army attacked Wakanda, the symbiote, along with Tetu and Zenzi, retrieved the coffin containing the corpse of Erik Killmonger, the original N'Jadaka. At the Altar of Resurrection, the symbiote bonded to Killmonger, allowing Emperor N'Jadaka to possess the body of the man whom he was named after. Returning to space to lead his embattled empire, N'Jadaka addressed his troops but almost collapsed as the resurrected Killmonger attempted to regain control of his body. Retiring to the lavatory, N'Jadaka argued with Killmonger, threatening to return him to death and mocking his vow to master the symbiote. As their invasion went on, Storm used her powers to heat the air of the imperial ships, including N'Jadaka's, but thanks to the symbiote they were able to endure it, and the personalities agreed to work together to win the war. However, Captain Nakia Cabral betrayed the empire and used her ship to destroy the emperor's, seemingly killing him again.

Killmonger and N'Jadaka survived and agreed to put their differences aside for the sake of revenge against T'Challa, leading an attack on Wakanda Prime and its allies. However, N'Jadaka was distracted by the sight of his daughter Zenzi, who had been claimed as an avatar by Bast, allowing T'Challa to stab them through the heart with Bashenga's spear, seemingly killing them and enabling Bast to reclaim her full power.

Attributes

Powers

Black and Yellow Symbiotic Costume grants:

• Superhuman Strength
• Superhuman Durability
• Superhuman Stamina
• Superhuman Speed
• Superhuman Agility
• Superhuman Reflexes
• Regenerative Healing Factor
• Constituent-Matter Generation
• Shapeshifting

Panther God: After draining Bast's energies, N'Jadaka possessed her powers.

Weaknesses

Former Weaknesses

• Heat
• Sonics

Notes

• He was named after Erik Killmonger's Wakandan name.

Trivia

• His relationship with his symbiote is reminiscent of the relationship between Eddie Brock with Venom or Cletus Kasady with Carnage, since N'Jadaka had both referred to himself and the symbiote as "I" and "we".

See Also

• 10 appearance(s) of N'Jadaka (Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda) (Earth-616)
• 6 minor appearance(s) of N'Jadaka (Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda) (Earth-616)
• 4 mention(s) of N'Jadaka (Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda) (Earth-616)
• 14 image(s) of N'Jadaka (Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda) (Earth-616)
• 2 quotation(s) by or about N'Jadaka (Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda) (Earth-616)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by N'Jadaka (Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda) (Earth-616)