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T'Challa and Shuri's Allies
Everett Kenneth Ross
Deputy Task Force Commander Everett Kenneth Ross
"You step out of line, you're dealing with me. Please, step out of line."
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): USAF (formerly), CIA (formerly)
Portrayed By: Martin Freeman
Voiced By: Juan Antonio Edwards (Latin-American Spanish dub), Jesús Maniega (European Spanish dub), Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese dub), Julien Sibre (French dub), François Sasseville (Canadian French dub)
Appearances: Captain America: Civil War | Black Panther | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Secret Invasion
A CIA officer in a command position in the Joint Counter Terrorist Center.
- Ace Pilot: Was a former Air Force member before joining the CIA. He single-handedly fights off the air force of the Wakandan weapons exporters in a remote-controlled ship. Shuri flat-out says he has one of the greatest track records known to the US military.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Everett Ross and Valentina Allegra de Fontaine have never met each other in the comics. Here, the two of them were formerly married, and have a frosty relationship in the current day.
- Adaptational Badass: He's a much better bureaucrat than his comic alter ego, with much more power than Ross properly earned in the comics.note This version is also a CIA operative and former Air Force ace pilot with some combat skills, rather than just a State Dep. aide.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Ross in the comics is a bit of Politically Incorrect Hero, which is an aspect largely excised from the films.
- Affectionate Nickname: Shuri (and Okoye on occasion) call him "colonizer," but in a teasing, humorous fashion.
- Age Lift: Everett's exact age is never specified in the comics, but he's fairly young for someone of his position (which was much lower than his rank in the MCU), enough to pass for a child at times. Meanwhile, Ross's actor Martin Freeman, admittedly is quite boyish, but is also a significantly older man in his early fifties.
- AM/FM Characterization: Ross's reappearance in Wakanda Forever has him jogging to "Can't Stop" by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- Ascended Extra: Everett doesn't have a particularly large role in Civil War, but plays a bigger part in Black Panther, and likely future installments.
- Audience Surrogate: Largely fulfills this role in Black Panther once he's brought to Wakanda, as the Westerner who discovers a world that was totally unknown to him, and marveling at the technological wonders there.
- Badass Bureaucrat: When he's introduced in Civil War, he appears as someone who would be more comfortable behind a desk than in the field. When he's introduced in Black Panther, however, he has no problem being in the middle of gunfight and is revealed to have a distinguished military record.
- Breakout Character: After only having a minor role in Civil War, Everett's presence in the MCU began to grow considerably. He would become a major character in both Black Panther films, and also is set to appear in the Secret Invasion Disney+ series.
- Butt-Monkey: Even though he is significantly more competent than his comic book counterpart, Ross always draws the short straw in Black Panther when crossing paths with T'Challa again. In Korea, T'Challa's intervention screws up his original plan to apprehend Ulysses Klaue. Later, Ross gets shot taking a bullet for Nakia and would've died had it not been for T'Challa bringing him to Wakanda to be healed by Shuri. He also gets teased and bullied repeatedly by several Wakandans for being a foreigner with M'Baku joking about feeding him to his children. Then, in Wakanda Forever, his assistance to Okoye and Shuri, and then his warnings to Queen Ramonda about the US planning action against Wakanda, get him arrested for treason.
- Celebrity Paradox:
- In the UK version of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Steve Rogers' list includes the BBC series Sherlock, in which Martin Freeman plays Watson.
- The Avengers (2012) implies that The Lord of the Rings exists. If The Hobbit also exists, Martin Freeman plays Bilbo.note The Falcon and the Winter Soldier establishes that the original novel The Hobbit definitely exists in the MCU when Bucky Barnes flat-out states that he read it “in 1937, when it first came out”.
- The Comically Serious: He ends up falling into this role quite a bit in Black Panther, if only because many of the Wakandans he meets don't have any respect for him.
- Deadpan Snarker: He can make some effectively witty comebacks, mostly because he is played by Martin Freeman.
- Determinator: During the final battle of the film, despite knowing that the force field window is almost broken by a flying drone machine gun, he continues, not caring whether he’d die any second. All so he could prevent the ships from escaping Wakanda. That takes a lot of mental strength to do.
- Fire-Forged Friends:
- The events of Black Panther have made Ross a close ally to the Wakandan royal family. In a deleted scene, he greets Nakia, Ayo, and Okoye quite familiarly as well, with the latter being quite notable considering their slightly mutual disdain of each other at the beginning of T'Challa's solo film.
- In Wakanda Forever Ross's friendship with the Royal Family is enough that he barely makes a show of complaint before providing Okoye and Shuri with classified intel, and later commits treason against his government to warn Queen Ramonda about an impending covert action from the United States. When discovered, he steadfastly defends his actions on these terms. Later on, Okoye repays this loyalty by rescuing him from federal prison or worse, despite the Wakandan government technically having little reason to do so.
- Fish out of Water: Becomes this during the second act of Black Panther, having been brought to Wakanda for life-saving medical treatment.
- Friend on the Force: Of a sort. Ross is T'Challa's biggest political ally outside of Wakanda and lets him in on the goings-on with the international political climate. He extends his allyship to Shuri and Wakanda as a whole following T'Challa's sudden death in Wakanda Forever, although it's deconstructed there in that his willingness to feed classified intel a foreign nation makes him susceptible to charges of treason.
- Give Me a Reason: As his image caption indicates, he dares his prisoners to do something that will provoke him into tormenting them.
- Heroic Sacrifice:
- Zigzagged in Black Panther. During the climatic battle, one of Killmonger's ships drops down into the Mound and starts blasting at the remote control chamber that Ross is using to go after the transport ships loaded with Vibranium weapons for black supremacist cells. Despite Shuri's admonitions to escape, Ross reengages the controls and continues trying to take down the transport ships, knowing he could be killed at any moment if the ship's fire breaches the defensive walls. Subverted in that Ross manages to complete his mission and escape seconds before the ship can kill him.
- Also from Black Panther, his Taking the Bullet for Nakia, without a moment's hesitation.
- Hidden Depths: Black Panther reveals that he formerly served in the US Air Force and was one of the best fighter pilots they ever had. He also knows enough about magnetic levitation to make casual talk with Shuri, a prospect that clearly delights her.
- Insult of Endearment: Shuri first greets him as "colonizer" in Black Panther. The "nickname" sticks and Okoye calls him by it regularly in Wakanda Forever, to his chagrin.
- I Owe You My Life: Wakanda Forever makes it clear that he feels a deep gratitude towards Shuri due to her saving his life and repairing his spine in Black Panther. This leads to him commiting treason to give Shuri and Okoye information on Riri Williams, and give Queen Ramonda advanced warning that the US is planning to take action against them.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While he makes it clear that he thinks all superhumans should be locked up and enjoys taunting his prisoners, he closely works with and helps out T'Challa when in need — a dynamic which gets deepened in Black Panther, where he outright admits that he likes T'Challa and actively supports the Wakandan royal family and their allies, even Taking the Bullet for T'Challa's beloved, Nakia, whom he'd only met the night before.
- Mirror Character: To Jimmy Woo. Both of them are agents of the US government who initially are introduced as Obstructive Bureaucrats, but later on prove themselves to be more competent and willing to help. The main difference is that Ross is relatively composed and stoic even during rather crazy situations compared to Woo. They also represent different branches of the government, with Ross working for the CIA and Woo being a federal agent.
- The Mole: By the second movie, he's feeding information to Wakanda. He's eventually found out and arrested.
- Nerves of Steel: Played with. During the final battle of Black Panther, Ross is tasked with remotely piloting T'Challa's ship in order to chase after the planes transporting weapons outside Wakanda. However, Erik finds out and orders the lab to be destroyed. When Ross hears that the bulletproof glass between him and the massive gun outside is only at 50% capacity, he visibly psyches himself up before asking, "How much time do I have?" and continuing with the mission.
- New Job as the Plot Demands: In Civil War, he's Number Two in an international counter-terrorism task force. In Black Panther, set mere a couple of weeks later at most, he's a field agent running a sting operation. There is no explanation of this apparent demotion.
- No-Respect Guy: Needless to say, a man like Ross sticks out a lot in Wakanda, which results in no one but T'Challa taking him seriously. Shuri initially dismisses him as a colonizer when he accidentally scares her, and M'Baku decides to terrorize the man for pure shits and giggles when he tries to speak to him.
- Obstructive Bureaucrat: Spends most of Civil War yelling at everyone else for violating the Accords. Subverted in Black Panther where he's much more of a Reasonable Authority Figure.
- Odd Friendship: With Princess Shuri. Although she treats him with little respect at first, she warms up to him considerably after he takes an interest in her work and is audibly concerned when he forgoes his safety to finish shooting at the escaping weapons transports.
- Oh, Crap!:
- Has this look on his face when trying to apprehend Ulysses Klaue in a sting operation, only to immediately recognize T'Challa when he shows up, realizing things are about to get complicated.
- Has another one when he tries to speak up in M'Baku's court and the latter threatens to feed him to his children. Luckily for him, M'Baku was only yanking his chain.
- Upon seeing the massive gun shooting at him from the outside of Shuri's lab, Ross is justifiably freaked out.
- One-Steve Limit: He shares a surname with General Ross, and both of them appeared in Civil War together. No relation.
- Pay Evil unto Evil: It's pretty bad form to taunt a helpless and suicidal prisoner, but considering what Zemo had done, it's hard to condemn Ross too much.
- Shut Up, Kirk!: On the receiving end of one of these from Zemo that effectively takes the wind out of his sails.Ross: [Smug] So how does it feel? To spend all that time, all that effort, and to see it fail so spectacularly?
Helmut Zemo: Did it? [Ross's smile falters] - Suspiciously Similar Substitute: He seems to have replaced Coulson as the normal guy who is the link between the authorities and superheroes. Ironically, Coulson is a creation for the MCU while Ross had existed in the comics for decades.
- Taking the Bullet: In Black Panther, he takes one for Nakia during Killmonger's breakout of Ulysses Klaue, which leads to him being brought to Wakanda for life-saving medical treatment.
- Token White: The only named white guy on the good guys' side in Black Panther (Bucky Barnes sits out most of the movie and just shows up for The Stinger).
- Took a Level in Kindness: In Civil War, Ross mainly comes across as an obstructive Jerkass. In Black Panther, he is much more reasonable and helpful. Justified, as in Civil War, he is dealing with a terrible terrorist attack on the UN that has killed several people with the main suspect being a deadly super soldier assassin and the threat of rogue superheroes, thereby making him a Properly Paranoid Jerkass Has a Point at the time. In Black Panther, he was originally occupied with a simple black market arms seller and murderer wanting to peddle a dangerous artifact. Everyday assignment, most likely, which is why he is shown to have cooled down the next time he is seen in an MCU film.
- Turn in Your Badge: Exaggerated. Val manages to catch him speaking with Queen Ramonda via Shuri's beads, resulting in him being arrested by his own ex-wife. He's on his way to prison in the film's final moments, only for Okoye to help him escape before the van he's in arrives.
- Two First Names: His first name is "Everett", and his last name is "Ross", which can also be used as a first name.
- Uncertain Doom: His fate after Thanos's snap is left unknown. Although may be a moot point, considering the snap was later undone.
- Undying Loyalty: After the Wakandans save him in Black Panther, he becomes fiercely loyal to them. He actually commits treason against his home country all for the sake of helping Wakanda in Wakanda Forever.
- Universal Driver's License: Justified. When he is given control of a Wakandan drone fighter, Shuri makes the interface resemble an American fighter jet so that it will be familiar to him. Before this is made clear, he raises it as a concern himself.
- Working with the Ex: In addition to being his boss, Valentina is also his ex-wife.
Riri Williams / Ironheart
- See the Other Superheroes page
Stephen Strange's Allies
Dr. Christine Palmer
Dr. Christine Palmer
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Rachel McAdams
Voiced By: Edurne Keel (Latin-American Spanish dub), Isabel Valls (European Spanish dub), Élisabeth Ventura (French dub), Geneviève Désilets (Canadian French dub)
Appearances: Doctor Strange | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
A fellow surgeon (and ex-girlfriend) to Stephen Strange who tethers him to his old life, even after he turns to mysticism.
- Amicable Exes: She's Stephen Strange's ex and they still maintain an amicable friendship. She even does her best to help him adjust to his life-altering injury, but a bitter Stephen rejects her help and insults her, something he comes to deeply regret. After some time in Kamar-Taj, he apologizes and they manage to resume their friendship, though Christine makes it clear that their romance won't resume. Strange reasserts that they're amicable exes when he attends her wedding in Multiverse of Madness.
- Alternate Self: Has a variant on Earth-838.
- Anywhere but Their Lips: When Stephen attempts to kiss her on the lips, she pointedly avoids it and kisses him on the cheek, instead, before he decides to leave for good.
- Arbitrary Skepticism: Extremely guilty, as her first reaction to Strange explaining what he's been up to in his absence has her jump to "cultist" despite coming after Strange was explaining to her via an Astral Projection that he's dying and what she needs to do to save him being the last thing they were doing together, along with some poltergeist-like happenings in the spirit realm between Strange and one of Kaecilius' zealots. Luckily, she gets over it rather quickly and the next time they see each other (which is maybe an hour later when Strange rushes the dying Ancient One into her operating room) she elevates to Seen It All when passing by the Cloak of Levitation idly floating nearby and only pays it the briefest of minds.
- Composite Character: It was another of the Night Nurses, Linda Carter, who had a relationship with Strange.
- She may have also taken the role of Dr. Gina Atwater, who was Steven's love interest in the 2007 animated movie.
- Decomposite Character: She's one of the Night Nurses in the comics, but that role has more or less gone to Claire Temple in the MCU. Here, she's simply a surgeon.
- Demoted to Extra: In Multiverse of Madness she only appears briefly when Strange attends her wedding, with her variant from Earth-838 playing a bigger role in the story.
- Fantastically Indifferent: While she's a little startled when Strange teleports into the hospital after having been stabbed and uses his astral form to talk her through removing the blood that's compressing his heart, and is clearly shaken when Strange's astral form gets in a ghost battle with one of Kaecilius' goons, she quickly gets over that. When she spots the Cloak of Levitation floating behind Strange a short while later, she doesn't even blink; her expression says she's 100% done with being shocked by anything connected to this man.
- Hospital Hottie: You're gonna get this when Rachel McAdams is playing a doctor.
- Last Kiss: At the end of Doctor Strange, she kisses him on the cheek after Strange decides to leave for good.
- One-Steve Limit: The MCU's second Christine, after Christine Everhart.
- The One That Got Away: She and Strange used to date, but broke up, though it's heavily implied that Strange stills holds a torch for her, keeping a watch she'd gifted him even after it breaks and being left with tears in his eyes after Christine declines to rekindle their romance. She marries another man in Multiverse of Madness and Strange attends her wedding, telling her he only wants her to be happy.
- Satellite Love Interest: Only really exists story-wise in relation to Stephen.
- Wedding Episode: She marries another man at the beginning of Multiverse of Madness and Strange attends the wedding.
Dr. Christine Palmer (Earth-838)
- See the Earth-838 page
Xu Shang-Chi's Allies
Katy Chen
Katy Chen (陈瑞文, Chen Ruiwen)
Species: Human
Citizenship: Chinese-American
Portrayed By: Awkwafina
Voiced By: Farahnaz Nikray (Japanese), Priscilla Concepcion (Brazilian Portuguese)
Appearances: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
"I've been by your side for half your life. I get there are things you never wanted to talk about, and I never wanted to push... but a guy with a freakin' machete for an arm just chopped our bus in half, Shaun!"
Shang-Chi's friend of ten years, now coworker.
- The Ace: Far more than Shang-Chi. Where he's maintaining a low end job because he's hiding from his father, she's doing it because she masters skills easily, gets bored, and moved on. She has a master's degree from Berkeley, and is parking cars as a valet. Demonstrated in the film when she masters archery in a few days sufficient to deliver the killing blow to the Dweller in Darkness.
- Action Survivor: At most, she strikes Razor Fist from behind when he corners Shang-Chi. Otherwise, she manages to hold up running and jumping in scaffolding, and drives pretty well, but is non combative. At least until pushed into being an archer, managing to shoot a miraculous arrow on the Dweller's throat.
- Badass Driver: She and Shang-Chi discuss that being a valet is challenging for requiring driving skills, and she demonstrates hers are impressive when forced to take over a dubiously controllable bus after the driver is KO'd, even if she totally wrecks the thing - and just about every car parked by the sidewalk. Even more when driving the heroes to Ta Lo, following directions from a strange creature being translated by a washed-up Cloudcuckoolander actor - and succeeds.
- Big Damn Heroes: Just as Dweller-In-Darkness had almost absorbed the Great Protector's soul, Katy shoots a Dragon Scale arrow at the Dweller-In-Darkness' neck, weakening him, allowing the Great Protector, Shang-Chi, and Xialing to defeat him.
- Brilliant, but Lazy: Most of her mother's frustration with her stems from the fact that she rarely applies herself, especially since she graduated valedictorian from Berkeley. Her archery teacher also lampshades this, stating that if "you aim at nothing, you hit nothing."
- Canon Foreigner: There is no Katy Chen in the comics. The character was specifically created for the film.
- Confusion Fu: She first met Shang-Chi by saving him from a racist bully, by shouting the lyrics of "Hotel California" at him which left him so baffled they were able to run away. She tries the same thing on one of the Ten Rings ninjas, but it unfortunately doesn't work for long.
- Deadpan Snarker: Not even getting caught up in a mystical adventure or learning Shang-Chi's true heritage can put a damper on her snarkiness.
- The Ditherer: She says that she attempted to learn or work with many things, but gave up. And then someone makes a decision for her, pushing her onto the archery range, and it works out well.
- Drives Like Crazy: Even before the bus scene, her very intro is taking a rich man's sports car and doing some reckless driving (first speeding, then donuts), while working as a valet. Shang-Chi, who is nearly having a fit in the passenger seat, is not amused.
- Eating the Eye Candy: More subtle than other examples, but when Shaun enters the arena shirtless, she seems to be enjoying the view.
- Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: She's an archer partnered with the martial arts master Shang-Chi.
- Heritage Disconnect: While she's able to address her grandmother in Chinese and is capable of understanding some Chinese, she identifies more as an American and points that out after her mother says their family did not move from Hunan for Katy to be a slacker. She also had trouble pronouncing "Shang-Chi" and is referred to as an "ABC" (American-born Chinese) by Jon Jon. Wenwu asks her for her Chinese name, to which she briefly had to think about, though that may have been nerves what with sitting down to dinner with an international crime lord.
- Instant Expert: For having only a literal couple days of archery training, she's able to pick it up almost immediately to the point of making a seemingly impossible long-distance shot that turns the tide of the climactic battle.
- Karmic Jackpot: Dive with your friend into a strange battle, vowing to protect him to the bitter end? You end up saving the world, and becoming an Avenger!
- Like Brother and Sister: Katy and Shang-Chi's relationship seems to be very close (Shang-Chi delivers a Curb-Stomp Battle to anyone who threatens Katy), but purely platonic, despite what Katy's grandmother may think. While the latter half of the movie suggests something more, they never definitely break out of this mold.
- Muggle Best Friend: Follows Shang-Chi into danger to save the world, despite not having any powers or special training.
- Platonic Life-Partners: She became friends with Shang-Chi when she defended him from a bully who called him "Gangnam Style" and then they stole the bully's Ford Mustang keys and took it for a joyride. They've been friends for a decade since then, working as hotel valets together and often coming over to her house to eat breakfast. She denies her grandmother accusing her and Shang-Chi of having feelings for each other (and he tells the same grandmother they're not getting married, they're just friends). It becomes spottier the longer the movie goes on. By the end, they follow Wong with Katy taking Shang-Chi's arm after he offers it to her, which can be taken either way.
- Ship Tease: While they're mostly Like Brother and Sister, Katy doesn't seem to mind seeing Shang-Chi shirtless. The ending of the Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings also sees Katy walk off taking hold of Shang-Chi's arm, which could be interpreted any way - and then immediately after, the song played during the Creative Closing Credits is very clearly a love song, one that even states “I’m calling it now, you’ll find love with me somehow”. So far it's Shrug of God which way this relationship is gonna go.
- The Straight and Arrow Path: After the heroes arrive in Ta Lo, a few days before Wenwu and his forces plan to invade, Katy winds up taking up the bow-and-arrow in an effort to help, roped into it by an elder of Ta Lo who either identifies her as a potential archer or thinks "Hey, let's get this useless girl out of the way for a while.". This officially becomes her heroine niche as she partners with Shang-Chi transitioning into the superhero life at the end of the movie.
- True Companions: Shang-Chi and Katy's friendship is unshakable. Katy learns the truth about "Shaun" after being attacked on a bus by Razor Fist and his goons, and what does she do? She goes to Macau with him to find his sister even though he clearly intends to go by himself.Katy: You can explain on the plane, Shaun!
- Undying Loyalty: To Shang-Chi. Despite being justifiably angry that he deceived her about most of his life and identity she never even considers not going with him on a dangerous mission and no matter what strangeness comes their way never considers leaving.
- Unwitting Muggle Friend: Shang-Chi deliberately kept her in the dark about his true identity, trying to disappear into the persona of "Shaun the hotel valet". It was almost working out until Razor Fist and the other Ten Rings goons showed up. Given the traumatic way she was first exposed to his past, she is not happy about it, and forces "Shaun" to fess up right then and there as he's preparing to head to Macau after dealing with the Ten Rings goons and helping her stop the bus.
Xu Xialing
- See the Ten Rings page
Trevor Slattery
- See the Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.) page
The Eternals's Allies
Dane Whitman
Professor Dane Whitman
"Mors Mihi Lucrum." Translation
Species: Human
Citizenship: British
Affiliation(s): Natural History Museum
Portrayed By: Kit Harington
Voiced By: Elliot Leguizamo (Latin American Spanish), Eiji Hanawa (Japanese)
Appearances: Eternals
A human who gets entangled in the Eternals' exploits due to his relationship with Sersi.
- Adaptational Nationality: In the comics, while being descended from Briton knights, he was very much an American. In the film, he's portrayed by Kit Harington with his London accent fully intact.
- Adaptational Wimp: In the comics, he's the superhero Black Knight with a magical cursed sword. In Eternals, he's Sersi's coworker and boyfriend who becomes acquainted with her race. He doesn't even tag along with the Eternals, staying in London while they go on their actual quest… but in The Stinger, he opens up the chest containing the cursed Ebony Blade and psychs himself up to grab it, presumably in desperation at Sersi's abduction, but is interrupted by a mysterious voice before he actually touches it.
- Arbitrary Skepticism: Played with. Despite Sprite apparently having dropped many hints about the Eternals and Deviants, and living in a world where superheroes are famous, he initially doesn't believe her and instead suspects Sersi is a wizard like Doctor Strange. But once a real Deviant actually shows up, he immediately understands Sprite was telling the truth.
- Black Swords Are Better: The Stinger of Eternals has Dane slowly accepting his family's heirloom: a magical black sword known as the Ebony Blade.
- Casting Gag: Kit Harington portrayed Jon Snow, a warrior in a medieval setting in Game of Thrones, which also starred Richard Madden (Ikaris) as Robb Stark, Jon's beloved half-brother. The only scene where they physically meet is dripping with subtext due to this.
- Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: He's never referred to as Black Knight in the Eternals film as he has yet to claim the Ebony Blade, which it seems he's about to do at The Stinger.
- Cool Sword: The Ebony Blade is a black sword imbued with supernatural properties.
- Dark Is Not Evil: The Ebony Blade is a dark, seemingly cursed sword branded with a morbid Latin motto, but Dane is a kindhearted Nice Guy who only even considers taking up the sword to help his beloved girlfriend.
- The Missus and the Ex: He's the "missus". Ikaris and Sersi were married for more than a thousand years, but he abandoned her, and she started dating Dane in the present day. After Ikaris helps dispatch a Deviant in London, Dane quickly realizes that Ikaris is Sersi's ex.Dane: I'm guessing that was the pilot.
- Nice Guy: Dane is a friendly, easygoing guy who is perfectly understanding of the complicated history that comes out when Sersi is exposed as an Eternal.
- Understanding Boyfriend: Once Sersi comes clean about being an immortal superheroine, he takes it more or less in stride, and at the end of the day, they resume their relationship. It's implied that he's understanding in part because of his family history since The Stinger implies a legacy of superpowers.
- What the Hell, Hero?: In the film, he asks Sersi why the Eternals never interfered against Thanos or anywhen else during human history.
Karun Patel
Karun Patel (Hindi: करुण पटेल)
"I think we must learn from our mistakes and do better, sir."
Species: Human
Citizenship: Indian
Portrayed By: Harish Patel
Appearances: Eternals
Kingo's valet.
- Admiring the Abomination: He calls the first dead Deviant he sees "beautiful", much to Kingo's confusion.
- Audience Surrogate: Karun is the only human hanging out with the Eternals on their mission, and he behaves and makes a lot of remarks like the audience would, such as pointing to the corpse of a Deviant in awe and saying Kingo has "a very angry family".
- Crazy-Prepared: The Eternals keep destroying his cameras out of annoyance, only for him to reveal he has several spares.Sprite: How many cameras do you have, young man?Karun: I always have backups!
- Hidden Depths: He mostly acts as comic relief, but occasionally shows serious backbone. He chides Kingo for not wanting to help his family and convinces him to go with the other Eternals, and when Druig argues that Humans Are Bastards he coolly responds that he believes they can learn from their mistakes.
- In-Universe Camera: He travels with the Eternals to help Kingo produce a documentary about them.
- It Has Been an Honor: As he and Kingo bid the rest of the Eternals adieu, Karun turns around and genuinely thanks the group in his native language before leaving, under the impression that he and his planet will soon die.
- Nice Guy: His innate goodness is infectious. The brooding Druig gives him a nod of respect, and even Sprite bites back on the sarcasm with Karun.
- Secret-Keeper: He's aware that Kingo's immortal and helps facilitate his illusion of being several generations of a family of actors.
- Shoo Out the Clowns: He leaves with Kingo, the other comic relief character, before the climax, saying that it was a pleasure to be with the other Eternals. He only returns at the end, after the final confrontation.
- Tagalong Chronicler: Kingo has Karun accompany him to film a documentary about the Eternals.
- Tuckerization: Karun Patel is played by Harish Patel.
- Undying Loyalty: Recognizing that he will die if the Emergence happens, he decides to remain with Kingo for his final moments, telling the other Eternals that it was an honor to know them.
- Unfazed Everyman: He's the most prominent normal human in Eternals and he's not especially shocked by the things he sees. Understandable, since this is the Marvel Cinematic Universe and he's known about Kingo for decades.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Kingo. Apparently, Karun once tried to stake him after mistaking him for a vampire. Apart from a little friendly ribbing, Kingo apparently does not hold a grudge.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: Apparently, when he realized that Kingo was immortal, Karun's first thought was that he was a vampire and tried to stake him.
Inhuman Royal Family's Allies
Louise Fisher
Louise Fisher
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Ellen Woglom
Appearances: Inhumans
A (human) scientist at Callisto Aerospace who meets the Inhuman Royal Family.
- Audience Surrogate: She serves this purpose in the main cast.
- Canon Foreigner: Louise doesn't exist in the comics.
- I Want My Jet Pack: Louise's motivation. She actually carries her father's ashes in a necklace shaped like an Apollo rocket.He spent his entire life wanting to go to the Moon, and NASA, they didn't know if they were gonna pick pilots or scientists. But guess what? They picked pilots. And my father, the scientist, he never got to go.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: She's a scientist, and wears glasses to signify it.
- Token Human: Of the main cast.
Makapu'u Surfers
Makapu'u Surfers
Species: Humans
Citizenship: Hawaiian
Portrayed By: Kala Alexander (Makani), Creator/Ty Quiamboa (Holo), (Lucky)
Appearances: Inhumans
A trio of surfers who befriend Gorgon.
- Badass Normal: All of them can put up a reasonable fight against Auran's forces.
- Blood Knight: They tell Gorgon that they wouldn't mind a bit of trouble.
- Commonality Connection: Gorgon bonds with them due to their shared Blood Knight tendencies.
- Ironic Name: Lucky is the first casualty, as Sakas kills him in "Divide and Conquer".
- Undying Loyalty: They're willing to stand by Gorgon in spite of knowing him for a day.
Sammy
Sammy
Species: Inhuman
Citizenship: Hawaiian
Portrayed By: Faleolo Alailima
Appearances: Inhumans (first appears in Episode 3: "Divide and Conquer")
- "I woke up one morning covered in some rock-crust, next thing I knew, my hands got like this, and I accidentally burned down my house. Could have killed my family, and now I've lost them."
A Hawaiian convict who develops a friendship with Black Bolt.
- Canon Foreigner: Does not appear to have a counterpart in the comics.
- Gentle Giant: A large, brutish-looking inmate who'd rather play chess than intimidate the new prisoner.
- The Mole: Takes part in Evan Declan's plan to break Black Bolt out of prison.
- Odd Friendship: A Hawaiian convict who develops a friendship with the King of Attilan.
- Playing with Fire: We see him melt solid metal, and he accidentally burned down his home at some point before the series began.
Evan Declan
Doctor Evan Declan
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Henry Ian Cusick
Appearances: Inhumans
A geneticist specialised in Inhumans that collaborates with Maximus.
- Distressed Dude: Got taken as a hostage by both Auran and then later the Royal Family.
- For Science!: Has no ill intentions and does all of his research for genetic studies.
- Killed Off for Real: A mindless Gorgon kills the poor guy accidentally when he happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
- Unwitting Pawn: Maximus supported his research without telling him who or what he really was.
