List of Black Panther supporting characters

• T'Chaka - T'Challa's father and former King of Wakanda. He was killed by Ulysses Klaw.
• N'Yami - T'Challa's biological mother marries her husband T'Chaka for Bast's approval until she fell ill and died from childbirth.
• Ramonda - T'Challa's caring stepmother and biological mother of Shuri.
• Shuri - T'Challa's half-sister and Ramonda's biological daughter.
• S'Yan - T'Challa's uncle and T'Chaka's brother. He was later killed by Doctor Doom's soldiers.
• Azari - Son of Black Panther and Storm and future Black Panther from the Earth-555326 timeline.
• Jakarra - T'Challa's half-brother.

These are the known Black Panthers besides T'Challa:

• T'Chanda or Azzuri The Wise[1] - T'Challa's grandfather and T'Chaka's predecessor. He is well known for easily outmatching his ally Captain America and repelling Nazi super-powered invasion forces from their invasion during World War II.[2] Unlike his grandson, Azzuri is more hostile and suspicious of the outside world.
• Benhazin - One of T'Challa's predecessors who took the role of Black Panther. During his reign, he negotiates with the Nigandans to create the Alkama field to help support their people during the drought. However, the Hyena Clan's interference in raiding the crops forces Benhazin to wage conflict against the Nigandans to which he never agreed. Enraged by this, Behazin captured the Hyena Clans and banished them from Wakandan. He later annexed the Alkama field from Nigandans and established the Hatut Zeraze to counteract the Hyena clan's plan. Benhazin's legacy has shattered the relationship with Niganda and affected Hatut Zeraze's act of betrayal by the White wolf.[3]
• Hu'nahn the Defiant- One of T'Challa's predecessors and one of the many carriers of the generations-old mantle of the Black Panther.
• Mamadou Fall - A Jabari warrior who has served as One of T'Challa's predecessors and one of the many carriers of the generations-old mantle of the Black Panther. He successfully removed Xe'Ntra from the throne during Individual combat and became the first Jabari to take the title of the Black Panther. [4]
• Mosi - Also known as The Black Panther of 1,000,000 BC. He is the first Black Panther chosen by Bast and T'Challa's ancestor who survived the heart-shaped herb fatally. He joins the Avengers of 1,000,000 BC to fight against outside threats such as the celestials, the broods, and demons until he died from his wounds. His death causes the Panther Tribes to live in isolation from the outside world.
• Nehanda - One of T'Challa's predecessors who took the role of Black Panther during the 11th century. A founder of the Dora Milaje, she is the first woman who took the mantle of Black Panther. Under the tutelage of her mentor Zawavari, she is also skilled in magic and sorcery when she manifested the heart-shaped herb as a result. By the time when her mentor was kidnapped, Nehanda used her glamour spell to depart her duty as queen for her absence and continues her rescue mission soon after. She joins the Avengers of the 11th century to prevent the cult from summoning the Atlantean Tyrant, Suma-Ket. Unlike her predecessors, Nehanda is the only Black Panther to remain heirless.
• Negus - One of T'Challa's predecessors who took the role of Black Panther during his time. He is a skilled drummer who used his mystical drum, based on the combination of sound and vibration, to fend off the Jambazi's attempt to resurrect the dead.[5]
• Olumo Bashenga - T'Challa's paternal ancestor. After being granted powers from Bast and serving as a Shaman, he becomes the second known Black Panther who founded the panther cult, establishing a sovereign country and anointed himself as Wakandan's first king after discovering the mounds of Vibranium.[6]
• S'Yan - He took up his role as Black Panther after his brother was killed and chose to concede the throne to his nephew.
• Shuri - She has taken up the role of Black Panther and is currently the ruler of Wakanda after T'Challa was badly injured by Doctor Doom.
• T'Chaka - He took the role of Black Panther after he succeeded his father Azzuri The Wise who dedicate his role to protecting Wakanda. He was killed by Ulysses Klaw.
• T'Konda The Wall- One of T'Challa's predecessors who took the role of Black Panther during his time.
• Turkana The Peacemaker- One of T'Challa's predecessors and one of the many carriers of the generations-old mantle of the Black Panther.
• Xe'Ntra the Bereft - He took over the throne after Negus until he was deceived by the Hyena Clan when they resurrect his deceased lover, Nanti, and manipulated him into attacking the neighboring nation, Mohannda. He was subsequently defeated by the Jabari warrior Mamadou Fall, resulting in his disgrace by his people.

• Changamire - A former Wakandan philosopher and T'Challa's tutor who was exiled for teaching anti-monarchy which inspires Tetu to commit terrorism. As a pacifist who opposes violence, he later serves as a scholar and later conceded that T'Challa is less tyrannical than he would've expected.
• N'Gassi - T'Challa's former adviser and acting regent when T'Challa departs Wakanda for other missions.
• W'Kabi - T'Challa's competent second-in-command, completely loyal to his liege.
• N'Kano - A Wakandan mutate who was exposed to energized Vibranium from the Vibrasurge Project by accident.
• Zawavari - A Wakandan shaman who assists T'Challa in terms of magical and mystical affairs.
• Zuri - A grumpy and gigantic elderly warrior. A close friend of the late T'Chaka, and one of T'Challa's most trusted advisers.

A group of warrior women who served as Black Panther's professional bodyguards. They are known as the Adored Ones. They are highly skilled in the use of various weapons and styles of martial art.

• Aneka - A former leader of the Dora Milaje and a formidable warrior. She is arrested and put on trial after killing a corrupt tribal chieftain. Aneka and Ayo later become the Midnight Angels and start a revolution in Wakanda.
• Ayo - A former member of the Dora Milaje and a fierce warrior. She and her lover Aneka become the Midnight Angels.
• Okoye - One of the former Dora Milaje, a ceremonial betrothed/bodyguard of T'Challa. Okoye is of the J'Kuwali tribe and acted as a traditional, proper concomitant to the king, speaking only to the king and only in Hausa, an African language widely spoken in Wakanda and thus affording the king and his wives a measure of privacy.
• Midnight Angels - The subgroup of Dora Milaje established their name as a strike force under Shuri's leadership. Having lost faith in T'Challa's leadership, their leader Ayo and Aneka formed their independence to help fight against women's persecution from corrupted men.

• Bast - A Heliopolitan who is known as the Panther God by Wakandans. She was responsible for creating the Black Panther royal lineage and Wakandan monarchy, following the discovery of the Heart-shaped herb and mounds of vibranium. She also formed the Wakandan Pantheons known as the Orisha after banishing the Originators into the Neither-realms. She tests T'Challa's leadership after taking his enhanced powers and abilities.

• Jabari Tribes - A tribal cult who are exiled for its destructive actions caused by the White Gorilla Cult. Before the leadership of M'baku and the death of King T'Chaka, they rivaled the Panther cult for dominance resulting in their banishment, and later served as allies for Intergalactic expansion.

• Abner Little - A shrewd businessman and negotiator who aids T'Challa on his quest to recover the mystery of King Solomon's Golden Frogs and his treasures. They later reunite while confronting Zanda for her possession of the frog.
• Everett K. Ross - A U.S. State Department employee, whose job was to escort foreign diplomats onto American soil. His world changed forever when he was assigned to T'Challa, the Black Panther, the ruler of Wakanda.
• Queen Divine Justice - Ce'Athauna Asira Davin is the street-smart queen of the Jabari tribe of Wakanda raised in Chicago and former Dora Milaje of T'Challa. She originally went by the name Chanté Giovanni Brown.[7]
• White Tiger - A former NYPD cop and a vigilante who adopted the moniker of Black Panther and later the White Tiger to fight against crime. T'Challa contact him for his help in exchange for his training and was respected as his ally.