Eric Killmonger

N'Jadaka, also known legally as Erik Stevens, was a former American black ops soldier of Wakandan descent, whose actions earned him the nickname Killmonger. As a child, T'Chaka killed his father N'Jobu for betraying Wakanda, so N'Jadaka planned to forcibly dethrone T'Challa in order to seize Wakanda's resources and stop what he perceived as the world's oppression of African people.

Having manipulated and murdered Ulysses Klaue to gain access to his country, N'Jadaka defeated T'Challa in ritual combat and took the throne, becoming the Black Panther. But just before he could unleash his plan, T'Challa returned and defeated him. Rather than being cured and imprisoned, N'Jadaka chose to die.

Due to Shuri's thirst for revenge to kill Namor and avenge Ramonda, N'Jadaka met her in the Astral Dimension, giving her advice not to be like her past relatives, convincing her to kill her enemy mercilessly as he did, however, Shuri would end up rejecting being like N'Jadaka.

[Living in the United States]
Erik Stevens, born N'Jadaka, was the son of the Wakandan prince N'Jobu and an unknown American woman. Raising his son in Oakland, California, Stevens' father promised his son that he would one day take him to Wakanda, claiming that the sunsets there were the most beautiful in the world. He had also found his father's book which featured many secrets of Wakanda, including N'Jobu's royal Wakandan ring and the way to enter the secret country.
As Stevens grew up, N'Jobu realized that Wakanda's policies of anonymity were causing African Americans around the world to suffer and be oppressed. He decided to take action and started a global revolution. To further his cause, he revealed the location of his country and what was in it and teamed up with black market arms dealer Ulysses Klaue to enter Wakanda and steal the Vibranium. Klaue's actions resulted in the deaths of several Wakandans, but Stevens was unaware of this and continued on with his normal life.
One night, while Stevens was playing basketball with his friends, his father was visited by the King of Wakanda, T'Chaka, who learned of his brother's betrayal through James, who was secretly T'Chaka's friend Zuri and had gained N'Jobu's trust in order to learn of his plans against Wakanda. T'Chaka went to Oakland and confronted his brother in his apartment, threatening to return him to Wakanda to face the Tribal Council. In response, N'Jobu attempted to kill Zuri for spying on him. T'Chaka reacted quickly to the attack and killed N'Jobu by stabbing him in the chest with the claws from his robe.

Stevens then saw a ship flying over his apartment and quickly decided to go back inside, only to find his father dead on the floor with claw marks on his chest. Devastated by the death of his only remaining family, Stevens held his father's body and cried, before retrieving his father's journal with his royal ring, as well as everything Stevens needed to know about Wakanda.
《Seeking revenge》
[Becoming Killmonger]
As an adult, Stevens earned top grades in school, attended and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis at age 19 and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a master's degree, before joining the United States Navy SEALs. As a SEAL, Stevens was deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Africa, where he had the highest confirmed kill record among his unit. Stevens also served on several missions in the United States.
Eventually, Stevens was recruited into a CIA-affiliated Joint Special Operations Command shell unit as a highly skilled black ops mercenary. Operating within the unit, USSOCOM, he went off the grid to commit assassinations and take down foreign governments on behalf of the United States.

While in the United States Armed Forces, Stevens would cut his skin with the tribal scar of crocodiles, with one for each murder, claiming that he has murdered people in the United States as well as in Afghanistan and Iraq. Due to his savagery while serving in the Armed Forces, Stevens earned the nickname "Killmonger".

《Working with Ulysses Klaue》
Seeking to carry out his plan to return to Wakanda, Erick Stevens teamed up with weapons mercenary Ulysses Klaue, who had previously worked with his father and had his own history with Wakanda. Together, they discovered a Vibranium weapon that was being displayed at the Museum of Britain. Stevens and Klaue made a plan to steal the weapon, with Stevens personally going and infiltrating it.
While looking at the African masks on display, Stevens spoke with Thomas, the museum director, who was interested in their stories. As Stevens pointed out each mask, Thomas explained its origins while she sipped her tea. Finally, Stevens asked about the Vibranium hammer, which Thomas claimed was from the Fula tribe of Benin, but Stevens corrected her and explained that it was actually from Wakanda.
Stevens then claimed that he would take the axe from them, confusing Thomas, who noted that the items were not for sale, to which Stevens pointed out that Thomas' ancestors had stolen all of the artifacts like many others in African history.
When Thomas tried to request her to leave the museum, Stevens revealed that her tea had been poisoned by Linda, just as Thomas succumbed to the poison she collapsed to the ground, causing security to divert their attention to Stevens and go to help her.
When Stevens called for help, pretending to be concerned for Thomas, Klaue and his partner Limbani arrived on the scene disguised as paramedics and proceeded to execute Thomas and two of the security guards. Stevens then watched as Klaue told the last security guard he could leave, before shooting him, while Klaue explained to Stevens that littering the crime scene made them look like rookies. Linda had also hacked into the security cameras to ensure no one was watching the scene.

Stevens and Klaue approached the Vibranium axe on display, as Klaue used his prosthetic arm to break the glass to take it, he then proceeded to remove the rust from it by placing his hand on it as Klaue confirmed it was true, he stated to Stevens that they would soon be rich. Stevens advised Klaue to sell it quickly, to which Klaue explained that they already had a buyer as he and Limbani put the axe away and prepared to leave.
However, Stevens noted that whatever they did, the Wakandans would likely try to stop him, to which Klaue simply expressed his excitement at the prospect of killing more Wakandans while making more profit. Stevens then observed a Dogon Mask on display, telling Klaue that the mask was not made of Vibranium, he just liked the design and stole it for personal use.
Having obtained the Vibranium weapon, Stevens and the rest of his team escaped, while Klaue and Limbani put Stevens on the stretcher and carried him to the ambulance where Linda was waiting for them. Once out of sight, Stevens stood up and kissed Linda while Klaue closed the door and Limbani drove. As the next stage of their plan progressed, Stevens stayed out of sight as Klaue prepared to sell the axe to its buyer for a suitcase full of diamonds.
Unsurprisingly for Stevens, Ulysses Klaue's attempt to sell the Vibranium weapon they had stolen from the museum to the CIA got him caught by the Wakandans and the Black Panther. With Klaue being interrogated by the CIA, Stevens reunited with Linda and Limbani as they prepared to free Klaue, Stevens donning a bulletproof vest and the Dogon Mask he had stolen earlier to conceal his identity.

While Linda hacked into the CIA security cameras to ensure they weren't seen, Stevens and Limbani took up position outside the facility as Stevens placed explosives on the wall where Klaue was imprisoned. Before anyone inside the facility could react to the attack, Stevens detonated the explosives, bringing down the wall as Klaue screamed in hysterical excitement as he realized his friends had come to rescue him.
However, as Stevens headed towards the van while still firing towards the facility, the Black Panther attempted to stop them to prevent Klaue from escaping, but Stevens shot him with a grenade launcher, incapacitating him but he absorbed the impact with his Panther Robe. Stevens then climbed into the van as his team drove away, watching as the Black Panther unwittingly saw his Wakandan Royal Ring, as he successfully rescued Klaue from custody.
《Betraying Ulysses Klaue》
Having escaped, Stevens and Ulysses Klaue headed to a junkyard where their escape plane was waiting. They prepared to leave South Korea, as Stevens had asked Klaue if he had always sold his weapons to the CIA. As they loaded all of their equipment aboard the plane to leave, Klaue promised to make sure Stevens was paid, but requested that Klaue drop him off in Wakanda, but Klaue refused due to a confrontation he had with T'Challa.
Stevens then insisted on going to Wakanda, betraying Klaue by shooting Limbani twice in the chest. Sensing this betrayal, Klaue took Linda hostage, demanding that Stevens drop his gun or he would kill his girlfriend. Linda apologized before Stevens assured her that everything would be okay, and then proceeded to shoot her, intending for the bullet to pass through her, but missed and she died, but managed to wound Klaue, who attempted to escape while Stevens followed him.

While hiding in the cockpits of scrapped airplanes, Klaue opened fire on Stevens, but Stevens, having better aim, managed to shoot Klaue in the chest. Seeing Stevens approaching, he tried to tell him that the Wakandans were savages, pointing out the scar they had left on his neck when he stole the Vibranium in 1992. But Stevens did not care much about that and showed him his scars that he got during his time in the United States Navy SEALs.
With Klaue insisting that he could never enter Wakanda, Stevens revealed his War Dog tattoo beneath his lip, which N'Jobu had given him as a child. Seeing this, Klaue realized that Stevens was actually a Wakandan and had considered Stevens to be a crazy American. As Klaue laughed at him for the recent revelation, N'Jadaka shot him in the head, killing him once and for all.
《Meeting T'Challa》
After successfully killing the arms dealer, Stevens packed Ulysses Klaue's corpse into a bag and put it on his escape plane. Upon landing on the Wakandan border, he met the leader of the Border Tribe; W'Kabi and gave him Klaue's body as an offering. Shocked that an outsider had successfully killed his greatest enemy, W'Kabi brought Stevens before Tribal Council where he was presented before King T'Challa, who was guarded by the Dora Milaje, who kept a close eye on Stevens to ensure that the King was not attacked. Once allowed to speak, Stevens stated how he had brought justice to the Wakandans, who had been responsible for the previous attack on Wakanda and had stolen Vibranium, pointing out that T'Challa had failed to bring justice himself.

Angered by this insult, T'Challa rose from his throne and approached Stevens, closely followed by Okoye. T'Challa made it clear that he did not care if Stevens brought Klaue's corpse, telling him that the only reason he did not kill him right now was because he knew who he really was. T'Challa questioned what Stevens wanted, and stated that he wanted the throne, while Zawavari became emotional at this revelation with all the other council members.
Arguing that two billion people around the world were dying, enslaved, and Wakanda had what it took to free them, referring to Vibranium. Aggressively, T'Challa responded that he was not going to start a war, against the rest of the world, though Stevens claimed that the King of Wakanda should be responsible for all the black communities that were being repressed around the world. Ramonda stated that they had heard enough from Stevens when she demanded T'Challa to reject her request for the throne of Wakanda.
Refusing to leave, Stevens suggested that they ask him who he really is, to which Shuri intervened and claimed that Stevens was simply a Navy SEAL named Erik Stevens, but Stevens denied that that was not his real name. T'Challa, however, refused to ask for his name and ordered the Dora Milaje to take him away, soon being asked by the River Tribe Elder for his true name, to which Stevens revealed himself to be N'Jadaka, son of N'Jobu. Speaking in Xhosa, N'Jadaka revealed that N'Jobu was his father, having been killed by T'Chaka years ago, but Ramonda claimed that he was lying, W'Kabi confirmed that N'Jadaka was telling the truth by revealing his royal ring. With royal right, N'Jadaka demanded to challenge T'Challa for the mantle of King and Black Panther, and T'Challa accepted his challenge.

《Duel for the throne》
N'Jadaka and T'Challa were led to the ceremony, as the Tribal Council watched intently. N'Jadaka was given a spear and a sword, but decided to break the spear in half. He then watched as Zuri stripped T'Challa of his powers and prepared for ritual combat while also watching Zuri. T'Challa offered to let him drop his weapons but arrange it another way. Instead, N'Jadaka removed his flak jacket and shirt, revealing his scars, and told him of his kills around the world, including Afghanistan, Iraq, and Africa, just to get to him and kill him. As the battle for the throne began, N'Jadaka's military training allowed him to push back T'Challa, who could barely defend himself. When N'Jadaka grew frustrated, T'Challa endured severe blows several times until he was finally left weaponless, and asked N'Jadaka to surrender. N'Jadaka, however, refused to back down once he was back on his feet, T'Challa continuing to gain the upper hand as he slashed N'Jadaka across the face. After N'Jadaka refused, the latter once again overpowered him, gaining the upper hand, slashing T'Challa across the inner thigh. As Shuri encouraged her brother, N'Jadaka continued to pummel him by slashing him across the chest and forearm, causing T'Challa considerable pain. When T'Challa attempted to strike him, N'Jadaka responded by impaling him in the abdomen with his spear. With T'Challa now mortally wounded, N'Jadaka was able to easily defeat him by leaving him on the ground in near defeat in front of his entire horrified nation. N'Jadaka prepared to kill T'Challa, however, Zuri intervened, stating that he was the one truly responsible for their father's death and that he must take his life. N'Jadaka happily did this arguing that he would kill them both, angering T'Challa.

He lunged at N'Jadaka once more, but missed, as his anger did not allow him to think clearly about his next moves. N'Jadaka dodged his attacks, and stated that T'Challa could never lead them into the future, and that he was not worthy of being the King of Wakanda or the Black Panther. Once his opponent gathered enough strength, N'Jadaka lifted T'Challa onto his shoulders and threw him off the waterfall into the river. Concluding the challenge with T'Challa, N'Jadaka told everyone that he was now the new King, while Nakia took Ramonda and Shuri to safety before N'Jadaka could arrest them in order to secure his own power over Wakanda. N'Jadaka then received the royal necklace in front of the Border Tribe and the Dora Milaje, saluting the new King of Wakanda as N'Jadaka looked at his subjects.
[King of Wakanda]
《Burning the herb garden》
According to tradition, N'Jadaka entered Death City by undergoing the ritual when a King of Wakanda must consume the Heart Herb and speaking to the spirit of his ancestor within the Astral Plane, becoming the Black Panther. The shaman woman ordered the others to bury N'Jadaka after the herb's fluid began to take effect throughout his body.
Once N'Jadaka was buried in the sand, he woke up inside his Oakland apartment. N'Jadaka walked over to a closet in the apartment and opened a wall, finding a book. Looking through the book, he looked through Wakandan literature and found his necklace hooked to a ring. N'Jadaka put it on and was happy to have it back.

Until he was interrupted by his father who had told him not to go through his things without his permission. N'Jobu then smiled at N'Jadaka and asked him what he had found, to which N'Jadaka replied saying that he found his home. N'Jobu was keeping his secret in hopes of finding his home but he was afraid that they won't find it. N'Jadaka told his father that maybe his home was lost and that's why they can't find him and his father. Waking up from the astral plane, N'Jadaka stood up from the sand and got a little scared and they asked him to calm down and brought him to the center of the room to breathe. N'Jadaka asked the shaman what she had just experienced, and she told her that it was part of the ritual and they planted each herb for other future kings. N'Jadaka asked the shaman about other kings and she replied that if another king needs to be appointed, they will be ready. Hearing this, N'Jadaka ordered them to burn the herb garden, but she refused as it was part of tradition. Frustrated by that comment, N'Jadaka fiercely strangled her and picked her up. N'Jadaka told her that when he tells him to do something, he means it. Releasing the shaman, N'Jadaka ordered the rest of the shamans to burn all the herbs so that his status as King of Wakanda would be permanent and to prevent anyone from challenging him. While the shamans burned the garden, N'Jadaka watched the place to make sure that all of them were burned.

[Sitting in power]
The next day as his reign took hold, N'Jadaka entered the Tribal Council room, walking up to the throne and sat down on it, breathing heavily at his accomplishment. Once the other tribal leaders were seated, N'Jadaka spoke about his whereabouts of where he came from, the African descendants started a revolution but never had the chance or resources to fight back against their oppressors and asked where Wakanda was when it needed them. Continuing the discussion on Wakanda's ruling, N'Jadaka told the tribal Elders that all the oppression the African descendants faced will now end. Using examples, N'Jadaka expressed that spies are placed in every nation and know how the colonizers think, using their strategy against them. N'Jadaka proposed the idea of ​​sending Vibranium weapons to the War Dogs, offering their resources to other people of African descent to conquer their oppressors. Rising from the throne for a moment and laying out a plan, N'Jadaka declared that the people of African descent could finally rise up and kill those in power, including his children and anyone else who sides with them, continuing to say that the world will now know the truth about Wakanda. Sitting back down on his throne, N'Jadaka listened to Okoye's objection to N'Jadaka's goal, stating that Wakanda had survived for years by only fighting when necessary. While others agreed with Okoye's take on Wakanda's history, W'Kabi told Okoye that the world is changing and that it would be enough for the outsiders to catch up, stating that they will soon be either the conquerors or the conquered. While listening to W'Kabi's opinion, N'Jadaka accepted his idea and while telling Okoye to follow his orders he proceeded to form his plan of conquest.

[Battle at Mount Bashenga]
In order to come up with his plan, N'Jadaka prepared shipments of Wakanda's weapons to be distributed to operatives around the world, so that they can distribute them to others according to his father's plan. Walking outside the aircraft carriers, N'Jadaka asked W'Kabi if any spies had been alerted, to which he replied that he had. He delivered the weapons to the War Dogs located in various parts of the world, such as London, New York, and Hong Kong. Notified by this, N'Jadaka told W'Kabi that the Wakandan military will attack there first and other spies will come to help. Grabbing a sonic lance, N'Jadaka explained that it could stop a tank and metal detectors would be unable to register them, declaring that the world would know exactly that they are Wakandans. Overseeing the ships taking off, N'Jadaka watched as one of the ships mysteriously crashed, and to his surprise saw T'Challa emerging from the wreckage while wearing his Panther's Cowl. As his name was called out, N'Jadaka greeted T'Challa upon his return to Wakanda. Demanding that he never gave up and did not die, N'Jadaka mockingly rejected his offer to take up the challenge and stated that he was now the King of Wakanda. Proceeding to continue his mission by sending out the ships, N'Jadaka ordered W'Kabi and his army to assassinate T'Challa, despite Okoye's attempts to stop him, W'Kabi led his tribe and the ships in the direction of T'Challa. Furious at his evil nature, and now free to voice her opinion as he had just lost his legal right to the throne, Okoye yelled at N'Jadaka, stating that his heart was filled with hatred and that he was unfit to be King. While Okoye sent half of the Dora Milaje to battle T'Challa, N'Jadaka reached for his two weapons and donned his panther robes to confront them.

As Okoye and the Dora Milaje furiously attacked him, N'Jadaka managed to withstand their blows and took Xoliswa hostage. Okoye begged him not to kill her, as she muttered her last words, N'Jadaka killed her by slitting her throat, causing Okoye to scream in rage as the Dora Milaje resumed their attack. Dodging all of their blows, N'Jadaka was caught between their vibranium spears, attempting to remove his collar and disable his suit. N'Jadaka released the kinetic energy of his suit, sending Okoye and her soldiers crashing into the battlefield. As Nakia and Shuri arrived at the airship's platform, N'Jadaka spotted them as they began to attack him. As Nakia attempted to attack him, N'Jadaka dodged and escaped out of their reach and engaged Shuri, but was struck by sonic waves from her Vibranium Gauntlets. After being attacked by Nakia's blows, N'Jadaka slashed Nakia's thigh with his Habit's claws and then threw her across the field. N'Jadaka was then subdued by Shuri's sonic waves, continuously causing the Habit to temporarily deactivate. Staring at her spear, N'Jadaka quickly destroyed her Gauntlets and defeated her. Seeing her retreat, he cornered Shuri on the ground, mockingly calling her a princess the first time she came to the council chamber. Preparing to kill her, N'Jadaka overheard Shuri telling her that he will never be a true king. Ready to stab her with his spear, N'Jadaka was knocked down by T'Challa, as he saw his sister in danger, causing them both to fall into the Great Mound.

[Duel on the Great Mound]
As they fell several stories high, N'Jadaka began trading blows with T'Challa, leading them to land on the train rail. On the platform, N'Jadaka delivered an incoming attack to T'Challa but he dodged it and they fought on the tracks of one of the Vibranium transport trains. Both N'Jadaka and T'Challa released their kinetic energy, causing an impact that separated them both. T'Challa then asked Shuri to activate the train, knowing that the stabilizers would disable both his and N'Jadaka's habits. As his habits wore off, N'Jadaka again argued with T'Challa over his reign. When N'Jadaka claimed that the world had taken everything from him, N'Jadaka threatened him that he would be tracking down anyone who was once loyal to him and kill them like Zuri. The two cousins ​​proceeded to fight again in a frantic fight, with T'Challa gaining the upper hand by knocking him off the railroad. N'Jadaka then noticed his spear and began attacking T'Challa with it. With each strike, N'Jadaka attempted to push T'Challa towards the edge when he attempted to take him out with his knife, he used it against him and stabbed him, severely injuring him. In pain, N'Jadaka deactivated his mask taking a moment to catch his breath, he congratulated T'Challa on the smart move he used. N'Jadaka began to tell him about a memory he had with his father telling him that the sunsets in Wakanda were the most beautiful in the world and promised to take him to see it one day. Hearing this, T'Challa led N'Jadaka to an elevator.

[Choosing to die]
As they walked along a cliff behind the Great Mound, N'Jadaka and T'Challa walked over and sat down. Looking out at the sunset, N'Jadaka was struck by how beautiful it was. T'Challa offered to heal N'Jadaka of the wound he had given him, but N'Jadaka refused. Saying that he would rather die free than be locked away for his actions. Rejecting his offer, N'Jadaka told T'Challa to bury him in the ocean like his ancestors who were brought by their oppressors and jumped off their ships, as they knew it was better to die that way than to be locked away. Earning T'Challa's forgiveness, N'Jadaka chose to die, painfully removing the spear from his body, he bled to death.

A power-hungry individual obsessed with overthrowing his cousin, T'Challa; N'Jadaka was completely regarded as a psychopath as he showed no interest even in the lives of his allies. He betrayed Ulysses Klaue in a junkyard, killing him and using his body and resources to enter Wakanda, even killing his girlfriend when Klaue took her hostage in an attempt to escape. However, this sociopathic nature was only due to the Royal Family abandoning him following the death of his father and the wrongful imprisonment of his mother, an act that left an orphaned N'Jadaka to fend for himself on the streets before becoming a ruthless military assassin.

He seemed to take pride in his capabilities as an assassin and his high body count, as evidenced by the scars he gave himself to mark the number of people he murdered. He also displayed a great sense of sadism, as shown when he brutally killed Zuri for the sake of the throne and to avenge his father's death. He is also suicidal, as he preferred to die free than live imprisoned. Despite his bloodthirsty nature and violent methods, N'Jadaka truly believed that he was doing the right thing. He saw the world as a brutal and violent place that has been irreparably corrupted by colonialism and imperialism and believed that the only solution was to destroy global society in its entirety and rebuild a new world order under his rule. He sought to empower poor, marginalized, and oppressed groups around the world (particularly racial and ethnic minorities, especially those of sub-Saharan African descent) and allow them to exact revenge against powerful nations such as the United States.

However, N'Jadaka was also a hypocrite whose hatred, bigotry, and selfishness blinded him to the fact that he was ultimately no different from the imperial powers he despised. Ironically, his belief that Wakanda should rule 'lesser nations' for their own good was the same logic that 18th and 19th century colonialists used to justify their subjugation of the very minority groups he now claims to champion. This is made especially obvious when he arrogantly states that "the sun will never set on the Wakandan Empire," referencing a famous saying about the British Empire during the height of its power.

N'Jadaka's paranoia and narcissism also led him to throw out the Wakandan tradition of allowing the other kings to ascend the throne, for fear of losing the throne he fought so hard for. This also led him to destroy all of the heart herbs used by the Royal Family to imbue the rulers with the Black Panther's power, claiming that they would no longer be needed as Wakanda would have no more kings after him. Interestingly, he did not seem concerned by the fact that he would eventually have to leave behind a successor to lead the empire he built and preserve his legacy after his death. It was speculated by Everett Ross that he was following his training as a CIA operative, attempting to destabilize Wakanda's rules of succession and system of government despite this contradicting his stated intentions.

This suggests that his plan to create a lasting and stable Wakandan empire would have been doomed to failure even if he had won and that his success would likely have brought nothing but more chaos and bloodshed to the world; even when T'Challa angrily pointed this out during the final battle, N'Jadaka angrily claimed that the world deserves such a fate in revenge for his poor upbringing. This also suggests that he did not truly want to free the descendants of Africans as he claimed, but instead used it to justify his crusade and as a means to bring chaos and bloodshed to the world.

Although N'Jadaka may have failed in many of his goals, he did succeed in one of them. He managed to see a beautiful sunset that his father told him about. Furthermore, his actions led T'Challa to change his mind about keeping Wakanda isolated. As a result, Wakanda's technology and resources would be shared with the people of Oakland, as Erik's father intended, albeit in a much less extreme and violent manner.

Heartgrass Enhancement: After consuming the Heartgrass, N'Jadaka's physical attributes are greatly enhanced to levels comparable to a super soldier such as Steven Rogers. These powers are long-lasting, at least until N'Jadaka drinks a serum to negate the herb's powers for fair fights such as in ritual combat.
Superhuman Strength: The herb granted N'Jadaka strength proportional to that of his cousin. After consuming the herb, he lifted a shaman farmer by the neck with one hand after she disobeyed his order to burn the remaining herbs. As the Black Panther, N'Jadaka was able to engage both T'Challa and the Dora Milaje in hand-to-hand combat, proving to be a near-infallible fighter. He threw Nakia a great distance after subduing her by severing her leg with his vibranium claws.
Superhuman Durability: N'Jadaka is far more durable than a normal human being. Even when not wearing his Panther Habit, he can survive blunt force trauma, however, Vibranium weapons could pierce his newly dense skin, as T'Challa managed to fatally wound him, with his own spear.

Superhuman Speed: N'Jadaka can run and move at speeds greater than a normal human being. He was fast enough to avoid being hit by the Wakandan Mine Train even while dueling with T'Challa.
Superhuman Agility: N'Jadaka's agility is outstanding, far greater than that of Olympic-level athletes. This allows him to leap great distances with precision. He skillfully launched himself over a hoop thrown to him by Nakia and quickly recovered from the landing. He can even jump off a very high platform and land on the train track during his final fight with T'Challa.
Superhuman Stamina: N'Jadaka's musculature produces less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an average human, and his body eliminates the excessive buildup of fatigue-producing chemicals in his muscles. This allows him to exert himself at his maximum for several hours before tiring or slowing down, granting him exceptional stamina and lung capacity superior to that of normal humans.

Superhuman Reflexes: N'Jadaka's reflexes are superior to those of a human athlete.
Regenerative Healing Factor: N'Jadaka's rapid healing abilities grant him a conditioned metabolism that allows him to recover extraordinarily quickly. He quickly healed from the cut on his face that T'Challa inflicted on him.

Master Martial Artist: Due to his lifelong training as a SEAL mercenary, N'Jadaka was an extremely skilled and formidable hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist, making him one of the best and most powerful fighters on the planet. N'Jadaka's skill was great enough during their first duel, in which both of them had no superhuman physical abilities, he was able to fight with T'Challa and even ultimately defeat him, though his victory was aided due to the fact that T'Challa was currently conflicted over recent knowledge of his father's misdeeds and unwillingness to land a fatal blow. After drinking the Heart Herb, N'Jadaka became even more formidable due to gaining superhuman powers, to the point that while wearing the Panther's Habit, he could fight members of the Dora Milaje and kill one of them before being subdued and quickly defeat Nakia despite her having the aid of Shuri using her gauntlets to subdue him. In their final fight, with T'Challa now struggling to kill him, N'Jadaka proved capable of stalling and even at times overpowering T'Challa using his panther habit, only being beaten due to T'Challa exposing his suits by being away from the sonic fields of the Wakandan mine train. N'Jadaka applied the same martial arts as the Navy Seals, such as boxing, judo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Krav Maga, and Muay Thai.

Sword Mastery: Killmonger was extremely skilled in using a sword for combat. He was able to use it to confront T'Challa in their duel for the throne and even defeat him, and then easily defeat many members of the Dora Milaje and Nakia by himself. He killed Xoliswa with the Vibranium sword Ikakalaka.
Spear Mastery: N'Jadaka was extremely skilled with spears (both standard and short) for combat. He was able to use a short spear to confront T'Challa in their duel for the throne and even best him and then easily defeat many members of the Dora Milaje and Nakia single-handedly, then kill Zuri with the Spear of Bashenga.
Master Marksman: As a former American mercenary in a ghost unit, N'Jadaka was an extremely skilled marksman with incredible accuracy with firearms. He was able to wield both high-caliber assault rifles and pistols with great precision. This was best demonstrated when he killed several guards while rescuing Klaue and later when he betrayed Klaue, he was able to shoot him through a window after finding his position. He also shot and killed Limbani and Linda.

Master Acrobat: Upon acquiring the powers of the Heart Herb, N'Jadaka's vastly enhanced agility made him an extraordinary gymnast and acrobat, allowing him to duel T'Challa to equal ends.
Master Assassin: Due to his extensive experience as a Navy SEAL and mercenary in a shadow American unit, N'Jadaka is highly skilled in assassination techniques as well as espionage, intelligence gathering, infiltration, and sabotage. He earned the nickname "Killmonger" due to his considerable kill count which, according to Everett Ross, "racked up kills like a video game."
Master Tactician: N'Jadaka was a skilled strategist, able to formulate and execute cunning strategic plans. N'Jadaka was able to find a Wakandan weapon made of Vibranium within the Museum of Britain and, with his group, helped Klaue steal the weapon. When T'Challa finally managed to capture Klaue after thirty years of pursuit, N'Jadaka and his group were able to strategically save him.
Multilingualism: N'Jadaka speaks his native English and was taught to speak Xhosa by his father.

[Weapons]
Springfield Armory 1911 Loaded MC Operator: N'Jadaka used this pistol with a threaded barrel when he betrayed Ulysses Klaue, quickly killing Limbani and shooting Linda when Klaue took her hostage. He chased Klaue down and shot him in the chest, killing him with another bullet to the head once he revealed himself to be from Wakanda.
BCM Recce-14 KMR-A13 with M203 LMT 2003: While donning his Dogon mask, N'Jadaka carried this rifle fitted with a grenade launcher to rescue Ulysses Klaue. He opened fire on the CIA site, shooting Everett Ross in the back with a round as he was shielding Nakia. He continued firing as he escaped, firing a grenade at the Black Panther to prevent him from pursuing him.
M67 Grenade: N'Jadaka used this grenade to cover his escape from the CIA's South Korean Black Site, rescuing Ulysses Klaue from CIA imprisonment.
Ikakalaka Vibranium Spear: N'Jadaka wielded a spear that he had broken down to the size of a small, knife-like spear. He used it to fight T'Challa for the throne. He kept this weapon as a trophy and wielded it again while fighting the Dora Milaje as they surrounded him with their spears.
Ikakalaka Vibranium Blade: N'Jadaka wielded a sword he had obtained to fight T'Challa for the throne. He kept this weapon as a trophy and wielded it again while fighting the Dora Milaje as they surrounded him with their spears.
Spear of Bashenga: Prepared to kill T'Challa in the ceremonial duel, he was about to kill him when he was stopped by Zuri, who asked to kill him in T'Challa's place. However, N'Jadaka replied that he would kill them both and fatally stabbed Zuri with his own spear.

[Other equipment]
Royal Ring of Wakanda: The royal ring worn by N'Jadaka is one of a set originally worn by Azzuri, which he gave to T'Chaka and N'Jobu, and later to his sons. N'Jadaka obtained the ring following N'Jobu's death in Oakland.
War Dog Tattoo: In his youth, N'Jadaka was given a war dog tattoo, a symbol given to Wakandans to mark them as members of the War Dogs.
Dogon Mask: N'Jadaka stole a mask from the Museum of Britain that he could use to conceal his identity. N'Jadaka wore the mask when he rescued Klaue from interrogation.
Bulletproof Vest: N'Jadaka wore this bulletproof vest when operating on missions, most notably when breaking Klaue out of interrogation.
Kimoyo Beads: Vibranium technology, N'Jadaka used the Kimoyo Beads to prepare shipments of Wakanda's weapons to be distributed to operatives around the world, so they can spread them to other people of African descent.
Panther's Habit: N'Jadaka took an updated version of the habit capable of absorbing and manipulating energy for various purposes.

[Real name]
N'Jadaka (birth name)
Erik Stevens (legal name)
[Nicknames]
Killmonger
Child
Clyde
Stranger
American insane
Charlatan
American undercover operation
Mercenary
Son of Prince N'Jobu
Descendant of N'Jobu
New King
Monster
Black Panther
Unworthy King
Coward
[Species]
Human
[Nationality]
United States
Wakandan
[Gender]
Male
[Death]
July 2016
[Titles]
King of Wakanda (formerly)
Black Panther (formerly)
[Membership]
United States Naval Academy (formerly)
MIT logo (formerly)
SEALs symbol (formerly)
Golden City
Tribal Council
[State]
Deceased
[Physical]
Erik is a tall, muscular man with black skin, African-American features, dreadlocks, a body full of self-inflicted scars (one for each murder), dark eyes, white teeth and his canines appear to be slightly more pointed, similar to those of an animal, and he has a tattoo of the "House Dogs" below his lower lip on the inside of his mouth, which is often used to identify Wakandans.
[Attitude]
He is usually a very serious, cold and not at all affectionate person, not even with his ex-girlfriend, Linda, whom he killed mercilessly in order to get what he wanted. He is usually depressed but never shows it. It is rare for him to trust someone else, but if he does, it is something to be appreciated.