Farouk, better known as the Shadow King, is a minor antagonist in the television series Wolverine and the X-Men.
He was voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson, who also voiced Chairman Drek in Ratchet & Clank, the Imperium in Justice League, Joker in The Batman, General Aguila in TMNT and Trigon in Teen Titans.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- He was an abusive caretaker to Storm when she was a child, even calling her “an ungrateful beggar”. He often sent her out to steal money from people and was implied to be constantly upset with her, despite thieving being a difficult task.
- He attempted to kill Charles Xavier when Storm brought him to his house.
- When Storm returned to Africa as an adult, the Shadow King possessed numerous hosts to get to her. He went from a dying man, to a man with a camel, to a man with a gondola, to a woman, to a little girl, to a buff man, to a crowd of servants giving their offerings to their "Goddess of the Weather", Storm.
- After Shadow King used her servants to get to her, he said that he was “like a father to her”, a village elder was shocked to see Storm possessed so he told everyone to go back to their homes.
- Shadow King made Storm think Africa was burning, which caused her to create a thunderstorm to stop the "fire", had she continued, she would have destroyed all of Africa. As a result of this, Charles Xavier, who was in the future, told Wolverine to stop her. The X-Men arrive to find Storm is raining on Africa in desperation to rid Africa of its “fire”. Despite the fact that the elder stated that there was no fire.
- As a result of Storm’s hallucinations, she started a flood in Africa, which could have killed many people.
- Shadow King attempted to kill the X-Men by making Storm see the X-Jet as a fireball.
- Shadow King taunted Storm that her plan wasn’t working so she sent ice shards over Africa which destroyed the top of a house causing it to fall on Iceman which made him fall in the river.
- Whenever Emma went into Storm’s mind she was kicked out by Shadow King.
- Attempted to possess Wolverine but was stopped by Emma using her astral form.
- Shadow King attempted to possess Cyclops but was stopped by Emma again.
- Getting mad at Emma Frost, he had a showdown with Emma and even managed to get the best of her for awhile, Shadow King only stopped because he realized he was dying and needed a host, only for Emma Frost to stab and kill him.
- Storm returned to the X-Men to stop the dystopian future ruled by Master Mold after learning that Charles Xavier told them about Shadow King's machinations.
- While he only appears in one episode, he sets the standards for all minor antagonists in the series due to appearing right after the pilot, and not working in businesses, teams, factories or having any help from anyone.
Trivia[]
- He is the only Wolverine and the X-Men villain to be Pure Evil.
External Link[]
- Shadow King on the Villains Wiki
