D'Ken (X-Men: The Animated Series)

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Evil-doer

Full Name

D'Ken Neramani

Alias

None

Origin

X-Men: The Animated Series

Occupation

Emperor of Shi'ar (formerly)

Powers / Skills

Leadership

Deception
High Intelligence
Unlimited authority and control over the Shi'ar empire
Command over the Shi'ar military forces and technique
The M'Kraan Cystal granting him:
Nigh-omnipotence
Earthbending
Shapeshifting
Telekinesis

Hobby

Reigning terror over the galaxy.

Antagonizing Corsair.
Fighting and trying to destroy the X-Men and Starjammers.
Insulting, humiliating and trying to kill his enemies.
Torturing his enemies either for his goals or for his own amusement.
Ruling the Shi'ar empire.
Making experiments over the Earthlings.
Enjoying his wealth and power.

Goals

Obtain the M'Kraan Crystal by any means (succeeded).

Destroy and recreate the entire universe under his control with him reborn as a god (failed).
Destroy the X-Men, Lilandra and Starjammers (all failed).

Crimes

Abuse of power

Mass murder
Terrorism
Attempting to assist uiversal domination
Torture
Unethical experimentation
Attempted sororicide
Attempted omnicide

Type of Villain

Tyrannical God Wannabe

“	In the name of Sharra and K'ythri, and the sacred ancestors of the Shi'ar...I call upon the nine dying stars, and the world that has no name! Unlock the power of the M'Kraan and make the galaxy mine!	„
	~ D'Ken upon obtaining the M'Kraan Crystal.

“	Fear what I have become, sister? Let the others watch as I repay you for your treachery in opposing me.	„
	~ D'Ken about to kill Lilandra.

D'Ken Neramani is the main antagonist of "The Phoenix Saga" in season 3 of X-Men: The Animated Series, and also returning in a flashback during the episode "Orphan's End". He is Lilandra and Deathbird's brother as well as the tyrannical emperor of the Shi'ar, obsessed with gaining ultimate power via the M'Kraan Crystal in order to take over and rule the entire galaxy. D'Ken's ruthless quest of obtaining the ultimate power led him to the confrontation with X-Men superhero team, who allied with Corsair in order to defeat D'Ken and stop the insane tyrant from his evil plan of galactic domination. He is also Corsair's archenemy as well as the murder of his wife Katherine Summers.

He was voiced by Patrick Hickey Jr., who also voiced The Yellow Rabbit and WIlliam Afton in Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit, Sugamechanger in The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, a clown in Joker, and Professor Kindly in Moville Mysteries.

He is based on the comic character of the same name.

Biography[]

Past[]

D'Ken's past before the events of the series is largely unknown. He was born in the Shi'ar empire and eventually became its emperor and ruler. It's unknown how he obtained the throne of Shi'ar. It's unknown whether he legally obtained the throne of the empire or usurped it. Corsair mentioned during the dialogue with Cyclops that throughout his ruthless conquest of the galaxy, D'Ken destroyed millions of innocent people in his pursuit for ultimate power. At some point of his life, D'Ken learned of the M'kraan Crystal and decided to use its power to take over the entire galaxy and become a god. Also, D'Ken's relationships with his younger sister Lilandra is largely unknown, but at some point, Lilandra rebelled against her evil brother and betraued him, deciding to stop D'Ken from obtaining the M'Kraan Crystal.

Decades before the show's main events, D'Ken abducted Major Christopher Summers and his wife Katherine for experimentation after they were forced to give their two sons, Scott and Alex (a.k.a. Cyclops and Havok respectively), the last parachute in their family plane that was on fire. When the Starjammers came to spring the couple loose, D'Ken killed Katherine right before her husband's eyes. From that point on, Christopher sought revenge against D'Ken for killing his wife and became Corsair, leader of the Starjammers.

X-Men: The Animated Series[]

After Lilandra steals the M'Kraan Crystal, D'Ken sends his forces (including Erik the Red) after her in hopes of getting the incredibly powerful artefact back. However, X-Men learned about this and Lilandra begged the heroes to help her stop her evil brother and not allow him obtain the crystal. However, Starjammers intervened and stole the crystal. When the Starjammers retrieve the crystal themselves, Corsair connected D'Ken and bargained with the evil alien emperor to give it to him in exchange for half of the Shi'ar Empire's treasures (although he secretly plotted to have Cyclops kill him by pretending to offer him as a present for D'Ken's amusement). D'Ken seemingly agrees to Corsair's terms under sacred oath, but then broke his promise and tries to have Corsair killed by the Royal Guard as soon as he gets his hands on the crystal. Just then, the X-Men arrived and save the two Summers, but D'Ken unlocked the crystal's power while threatening to have Gladiator kill Lilandra if the heroes make any false moves. Just then, the power of the artefact was unleashed and everyone, including the evil alien emperor, his royal guards and the X-Men, then gets pulled into the crystal's universe. D'Ken appeared before the X-Men and tried to kill Lilandra, by using his newfound powers of the M'Kraan Crystal. The X-Men tried to stop D'Ken from killing his own sister. The Shi'ar royal guards also betrayed D'Ken and joined the X-Men, helping them save Lilandra. The heroes were seemingly helpless before the immense power of the villain, but the Phoenix intervened and saved Lilandra from D' Ken. After an intense battle with the X-Men as well as his former Royal Guard while also causing widespread disasters on Earth, the Phoenix stopped him from destroying the galaxy by containing the crystal's power and then depositing the crystal itself in the sun.

Given that the crystal is said to be indestructable, D'Ken is presumably sealed within it for the rest of eternity.

Personality[]

D'Ken was an extremely ruthless, power-hungry, megalomaniacal and psychopathic tyrant, who was obsessed with gaining and obtaining the ultimate power in order to rule the entire galaxy. His most fampus and notorious traits were his extreme megalomania, sadism, egotism and arrogance, which eventually led to his defeat. He was an extremely authoritative and violent ruler, as it was mentioned by Corsair that he had already killed millions of people before the events of the series. He possessed the reputation of the insane and megalomaniacal tyrant, who was feared by everyone, including his own followers and his enemies as well. D'Ken's dream was to rule the galaxy by achieving the power of the M'Kraan's crystal and for this goal he was willing to cheat, trick and betray anyone, whether it was enemies or even his own supporters.

While he hated Corsair and Starjammers to the bottom of his heart, but he was still willing to negotiate and make deals with them, such as when he bragained with Corsair to pay his archenemy the laf of Shi'ar royal treasury in exchange for the M'Kraan's crystal. However, D'ken ultimately proved that he lacked any honor and dignity and broke his deal with Corsair, before trying to kill him with his royal guards. Also, D'Ken sincerely hated his sister Lilandra and desired to kill her for foiling his plans multiple times, even taking her hostage and threatening to kill her, before trying to kill her himself when he was trapped together with X-Men in the M'Kraan's dimension.

Also, besides his immense megalomania, egotism and ruthless nature, D'Ken's another famous traits were his savage nature and his harsh treatment of his own followers. Throughout all of his appearances, D'Ken showed absolutely no signs of courtesy and was savage and rude to everyone. Whenever he talked he either boasted in his megalomania and lust for power, or insulted the people he hated. Arguably the best effort he ever did in terms of affability was the time when he made a deal with Corsair and even then it sounded a hostile tone.

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External Links[]

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