T'Challa was forced to defend himself and Nicole, easily taking down Kamal and his gang. Another student, Kamal Rakim, was angered T'Challa was dating a white person and attacked the two. It was during this time that he met another student Nicole Adams and the two had a short romance. While in the US T'Challa used the alias "Luke Charles" to remain incognito. B'Tumba, his childhood friend, was sent by his father N'Baza to study alongside him. Īs a young man, T'Challa traveled to America and Europe for school. The pair shared a romance and spent much time together, however, T'Challa's duties as a prince prevented them from further exploring their burgeoning mutual attraction. He saved a young orphan girl named Ororo Munroe from kidnappers, who then later used her mutant powers to control the weather to take out the same would-be kidnappers and killers when they came for him. When T'Challa was a teen, he was sent on the Wakandan rite of passage to roam the land. Only decades later did T'Challa learn she had been kidnapped and brought back to her native South Africa.
Not long afterwards, Ramonda left Wakanda abruptly. After Klaw was disarmed by Zuri, T'Challa took his sonic blaster and maimed the invader's right hand, forcing him to retreat. Klaw prepared to kill the young prince instead, but T'Chaka shielded him, and died. When Klaw's sonic weapon overwhelmed his father, T'Challa ran to his aid. Klaw was backed up by a group of mercenaries, who opened fire as soon as T'Chaka refused. He became the reason why Ramonda decided to stay in the country, and she ended up marrying T'Chaka.ĭuring a ceremony held in the border of Wakanda, T'Chaka was approached by physicist Ulysses Klaw, who attempted to petition for the mining rights of the nation's rare metal called Vibranium. After meeting T'Chaka, Ramonda remained in Wakanda and became a mother to T'Challa. When he accompanied his father on border inspection for the first time, T'Challa got lost, but was found by outsider explorer Ramonda. T'Challa was taught the properties of Vibranium when he was still a kid, and his lessons in royal duty began at age five. T'Challa's adopted older brother, Hunter, blamed him for her death. His mother, N'Yami, died a week after giving birth to her son as a consequence of a rare autoimmune disease she had contracted during pregnancy. T'Challa was the first biological son of T'Chaka, king of the African nation of Wakanda, a secluded technologically advanced country that contained the only source of the rare ultra-durable metal known as Vibranium. 1.39 The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda.1.27 Back To Wakanda and the Skrull Invasion.1.14 Rescuing Ramonda & Joining the Pendragons.