Farouk, Amahl
 
COSTUME GALLERY
CANON LOOKS
Shadow King (possessing Donald Pierce)-
 X-Treme X-Men Annual #2001
(2001)		 Shadow Thief
 Nightcrawler #8
(2014)		 Shadow King
 Nightcrawler #8
(2014)		 Shadow King (astral form)
 Nightcrawler #10
(2015)
     
Shadow King (astral form)-
 Astonishing X-Men #5
(2017)		      
ALTERNATE UNIVERSES
Marcus
 (Earth-295)
X-Calibre #4
(1995)		 Shadow King
 (Earth-295)
X-Calibre #4
(1995)		 Shadow King-
(Earth-1610)
Ultimate X-Men #89
(2008)		 Shadow King-
(Earth-1610)
Ultimate X-Men #89
(2008)
Shadow King-
(Earth-2301)
X-Men: Phoenix Legacy of Fire #2
(2003)		 Shadow King-
(Earth-7964)
X-Men Legends
(2004)		 Shadow King
 (Earth-8096)
Wolverine and the X-Men #4
(2009)		 Shadow King-
(Earth-92131)
X-Men The Animated Series Episode 16
(1993)
 
Devil with the Yellow Eyes-
(Earth-TRN620)
Legion Episode 5
(2017) 		Devil with the Yellow Eyes-
(Earth-TRN620)
Legion Episode 5
(2017) 		Amahl Farouk
 (Earth-TRN620)
Legion Season 2 Promo
(2017) 		 

-Micro by Darksun

PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME

 Amahl Farouk
ALIASES Shadow King; Karma (Xi'an Coy Minh), Cypher (Douglas Ramsey), Jacob Reisz, Ananasi
IDENTITY Secret
OCCUPATION Manipulator, would-be conqueror; former crimelord
CITIZENSHIP Egyptian
PLACE OF BIRTH Egypt
PLACE OF DEATH Cairo, Egypt
CAUSE OF DEATH After a telepathic duel with Charles Xavier, Shadow King was unable to return to his body, leaving Amahl Farouk "dead".
MARITAL STATUS Single
KNOWN RELATIVES Unrevealed
GROUP AFFILIATION Employer of various groups of humans, Shadow-X, and Gladiators.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
HEIGHT 6'1"
WEIGHT (As Farouk) 330 lbs., (as Shadow King) no weight/noncorporal
EYES Red
HAIR No Hair

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES

 As Shadow King, he has black skin. Some of the beings the Shadow King possesses take on his appearance or drastically alter their own.
POWERS & ABILITIES
POWER CLASSIFICATION Shadow King is an Alpha-Level mutant.
STRENGTH LEVEL Normal human male with little regular exercise when alive. As an astral entity, Shadow King has no physical strength.
POWERS Farouk is a telepath of a very high order (he was said to be second only to Professor X, but this has probably changed since other telepaths have since surfaced).

Shadow King is able to possess other beings while on the astral plane.

Farouk can control the astral plane (which only the most powerful telepaths can do).

As an astral form he can only be harmed by attacks able to damage such a form, such as psychically or using certain magic weapons. He has demonstrated the ability to live beyond the death of his physical body.
LIMITATIONS Having no corporal body, Farouk is restricted to the Astral Plane, though he can connect to most anyone with a drop of telepathic awareness.
ABILITIES Unrevealed
NOTES Amahl Farouk was an evil mutant telepath. Defeated by Professor Xavier in a mental duel, his evil essence remained on the astral plane, unable to reclaim his body.
PARAPHERNALIA
WEAPONS None known. When manifested as a gladiator on the Astral Plane, Shadow King usually appeared armed with Roman weapons.
OTHER ACCESSORIES None
BIBLIOGRAPHY
FIRST APPEARANCE X-Men #117 (1979)
ORIGIN Unrevealed