Daken
Daken is a comic book character that first appeared in Wolverine: Origins #10
Wolverine's long lost son, torn from his mother's womb by the dark figure Romulus. Raised with a warped view on his father's abandonment and his mother's murder, he holds a grudge against his father.
History
Origin
Itsu, Wolverine’s Japanese wife, was in her last stages of pregnancy, but was murdered by the Winter Soldier while he was trying to get Wolverine back to Madripoor. Logan thinks that his son is dead along with his mother, but in fact, after Itsu's death, a strange man wearing a trench coat, who hides his identity, cuts the baby (Daken) from his mother's womb and leaves her lying on the floor. Daken survives this event because he got a healing factor from his father.After being from his mother's womb, sometime around the year 1946, he is placed on the door step of a wealthy young Japanese couple named Akihira and Natsumi. The couple thought of this as a great gift because Natsumi could not get pregnant and raise him as their own. Although Akihira named him Akihiro, the house servants and other families secretly call him Daken, a slur on his mixed heritage. Growing up Akihiro was teased by the other boys of the village, his bad treatment over the years caused Akihiro to grow cold and hateful toward everyone except to Akihira whom he loved dearly. One night Natsumi confessed to Akihira that she didn't love their adopted son, although she tried to, and after years of trying she was finally pregnant. Akihiro heard this and began plotting.
A year passed, and after the baby was born Akihiro confronted Natsumi and tells her that he has killed the baby. Natsumi was furious and disowned Akihiro, who responded by saying "Akihiro is not my real name;" Natsumi attacked Akihiro which triggered Akihiro's mutant ability, and he "popped" his claws for the first time, killing Natsumi; also in the room was Akihira who could not bring himself to harm his adopted son so he killed himself.
Kidnapped by Romulus
The mysterious being know as Romulus then came to take Akihiro away, Akihiro took the name Daken as his real name.Years later, disguised as a SHIELD officer, Daken sneaked into SHIELD headquarters and brutally stabbed Dum Dum Dugan, who has recently been confirmed to have survived. He then proceeded to cut Wolverine, who was imprisoned in the agency, across the stomach, and left him to bleed.
Daken is then seen with Wild Child. He is being whipped by his Master, who tells him to stay away from his father.
Daken is then put into a carbon freeze and placed in an abandoned SHIELD building. Cable and his group came and rescued him, taking him into the future, restoring his mind from insanity, and then bringing him back to the present.
Daken Returns
Daken has recently reappeared and confronted Deadpool and his father. He interrupts the two, as Wolverine is restrained by chains and ropes while dangling over a pool of water. Daken pops his claws and cuts off Deadpool's left hand before he can pull the lever to drop Wolverine into the water, with the intention of drowning him. Daken engages Deadpool and quickly gains the upper hand. During the fight Daken kicks two of Deadpool's grenades into the pool, which explode seconds later and freed Wolverine from the pool.
Wolverine reveals that Daken was shot with one of three carbonadium bullets made by the Tinker. The bullets where made from the leftovers from the carbonadium synthesizer witch was used to make a new pacemaker for Cyber.
Wolverine tells Daken about the effects of Carbonadium on their healing factors and that he will remove the bullet soon which will return Daken's healing factor back to normal. Wolverine picks Daken up and cradles him in his arm's and carries him out of the warehouse but not before telling Deadpool [who was a bloody mess and handless] that Wolverine let Deadpool capture him to draw out Daken and that if Deadpool comes near him or his son again he will kill him.
Wolverine eventually removes the bullet from Daken's head allowing him to heal, though an unexpected side-effect is found; the Carbonadium caused Daken to lose his memory. Logan decides to take advantage of the situation, and have a telepath put Daken's memories back in place, undoing the conditioning done by Romulus.
Logan brings Daken to San Fransisco and leaves him with his friend Tso Wen Ru and tells Ru to take Daken to a safe-house if he does not return within an hour. He then goes to Emma Frost and Charles Xavier to help with Daken's condition. When Logan fails to return in an hour Ru does as ordered, he takes Daken to an apartment belonging to Tso Ren Wu's granddaughter. Daken requests to be left alone and someone contacts him telepathically. A woman named Claudine tells him to meet her on the roof. Daken goes up and sees Miss Sinister meditating. She offers Daken a chance to regain his memories, but he refuses. Sinister then tells him Logan is not a friend and it's his fault Daken lost his memories; Daken doesn't believe her. Seeing her plan failed, Sinister calls Sebastian Shaw to continue on with his plan.
Hellfire Club
In Panama, Sebastian Shaw welcomes Daken. Shaw tries to impress his power upon Daken, offering to allow him to keep the mansion when Daken shows interest.To answer Daken's question, Shaw says he wants to help him regain his memories in exchange for a favor. Miss Sinister gets into Daken's mind, trying to find what blocks his memories. It begins well, but then she hits a wall and despite several tries she fails to break it down. She tells Daken she can't at the moment because she needs more preparation, and sends him away.
Unknown to Daken a weakened Claudine tells Shaw there is a natural telepathic block and another one—a trap. Shaw assumes it was created by Romulus. He wants to think about the situation for himself and sends Claudine to entertain Daken. Claudine follows him, joining Daken on a balcony, watching the sunset. It seems like a romantic moment, but Daken is not in the mood. Claudine is impressed by his brutal nature and they kiss.
Daken is anxious and asks Claudine when he'll get his memories. She tries to relax him and says it will take a while, since his mind is wired and needs the sacrifice of someone else. She sends a wave to his head and Daken falls asleep and is taken away to the lab. Shaw and Claudine leave him there for Xavier to find. Charles gets into Daken's mind and faces an area scar tissue bigger than his father's. He easily breaks the wall, but then finds the trap. Daken awakens and Xavier collapses. Claudine comes in and tries to plant new memories in Daken, "telling" him about their longtime relationship and his love for Shaw. To her surprise, Daken is not affected and stabs her. Daken says he has his real memories back and is sick of being messed with. He turns to the comatose Xavier and is about to pop his claws into his head, when Wolverine shows up to stop him.
Wolverine and Daken stand over Xavier's unconscious body. Wolverine tries to talk his son out of a fight, but fails and the troubled young man attacks. Taking advantage of the fight he's always wanted, Daken attacks his father viciously, yet the fight is one-sided. Logan doesn't fight back, refusing to even pop his claws, and lets the kid work on him, even going so far as to mention the "belief" he had a son. Daken strikes as hard as he can and gets angrier and angrier. Wolverine blames himself for the death of Daken's mother and tells the kid to get his revenge on him. When Logan finally does react, Daken slips even further into rage and begins attacking more fervently.
Suddenly Daken finds himself in his home town, watching a conversation between Xavier and his father. He says Logan shouldn't have told Daken he killed his mother, but Logan answers he did that so Daken would have his revenge. Charles makes him understand that it was Romulus' entire fault because he didn't want Wolverine and Daken to have a good life, a family. He shows Logan the Winter Soldier, the brainwashed assassin who was sent to kill Itsu and Romulus taking the infant Daken; but since Logan knows all that, Charles actually shows that to Daken, who stands shocked behind Wolverine.
Daken gets angry and attacks Xavier, only to realize he can't hurt him. Charles says that this place is where Wolverine and Daken's psyches meet—though for Logan it's a calming place and for Daken where he can fuel his rage. Daken blames Logan for the death of his mother and the bad life he had. Xavier corrects him that Romulus is to blame and that he's the only one who has been there when Itsu died. Daken wants to leave and Charles shows him the open door.
After thinking for a few moments, Daken asks his father to tell him about his mother. Wolverine shows him their first meeting. Daken tries to touch Itsu and gets angry when he fails. Logan apologizes that he has nothing else to offer. Daken then turns to Xavier with his claws drawn out, blaming him for trying to plant false memories in his head and take control. Charles reminds Daken that he can't hurt him, but the kid's accusations are actually toward Shaw in the real world. Daken stabs Shaw and kicks him out of a window and down to the rocks, sending a message to Romulus.
Wolverine gets back to reality and tells Daken he may have something else to offer him: revenge. After a few moments consideration, Daken accepts his father's offer. Charles wakes up and tries to prevent them from going down that dark path. Logan thanks him for saving him from being a killer, for giving him an opportunity to be a hero. Logan says that as long as Romulus is alive he'll do again what he did to them. He leaves with Daken and tells Charles he forgives him and hopes one day he'll do the same to him.
Dark Reign
When Norman Osborn came into power after the end of the Skrull Invasion, he began to put together a team of his own Avengers. He sought out Daken, knowing that his powers were similar to Wolverine and that he was an accomplished fighter. He was surprised to find that Daken wasn't just similar but was actually his father. He then, realizing that the job he had come for was a sham, was surprised when Osborn offered him a job that would also help him tick off his father. He accepted the invitation to join this new Avengers squad, donning his father's old outfit and taking on the moniker of Wolverine. Daken is seen alongside the other Dark Avengers fighting Morgana le Fay's demons. Cyclops then sees him as a liability and plans to kill him with the Muramasa blade to protect the image of the X-Men. It is revealed, however, that he agreed to join the Dark Avengers as a way to draw out Cyclops to take the Muramasa blade from his possession. He eventually attracts the X-men and Wolverine who are holding the blade. After a brief battle, he takes a piece of the blade and brings it to the Tinkerer, who then bonds the "metal" to the claws on his wrists.
Dark X-Men
Daken (in his Dark Wolverine persona) will be joining the roster of Emma Frost's Dark X-Men during the X-Men/Dark Avengers six-part crossover 'Utopia'. Whether or not he will remain part of the Dark Avengers is unconfirmed, but since his father was (is) simultaneously a member of the X-Men, the New Avengers and X-Force, there would appear to be precedent for being a member of multiple teams. Recently Daken's exposure as an X-Man and an Avenger has left him at odds with the avengers, especially Bullseye.
Powers & Abilities
Powers
Like his father, Daken's primary mutant power is an accelerated healing factor that allows him to rapidly heal damaged or destroyed parts of his body faster and more extensively than a normal human, the full extent of Daken's powers are unknown,. However, good examples of the speed of his healing factor are shown in the pages of Dark Wolverine 76 when he recovers from being beaten down from the Thing within a couple of minutes. Another example is in Dark Reign: Punisher the List. Daken is blown up by an explosive device attatched to his arm by Punisher, only to completely recover within minutes of Castle climbing out of the sewer. His healing factor can be weakened by items made of pure Carbonadium (e.g. the three bullets Wolverine had made by Tinkerer). Carbonadium has to enter the body to have any effect [NOTE: pure Carbonadium is extremely rare and the two remaining Carbonadium bullets are the only known pure Carbonadium items left]. Daken's healing factor grants him a greatly extended lifespan, He is over 60 years old but looks in his early twenties.
Daken's senses are enhanced to superhuman levels like his father's, Daken is in peak human condition, his stamina and reflexes are also enhanced. Daken's super-human senses enable him to see much further and with greater clarity than a normal human, even retaining much of this clarity even in near total darkness, to detect sounds normal human's can't and sounds they ordinarily could but at much greater distances, and to track a target by scent.
Daken recently revealed that he has a level of empathic ability during his battle with Cyber, using his powers to drive him to brink. Daken has demonstrated the ability to manipulate his pheromones (in a similar manner to Wallflower) for the purpose of suppressing his own scent to such a degree that even Wolverine's senses are unable to detect him. He can also use his pheromones to manipulate the emotional state and sensory perceptions of other beings. He has been known to use this power to instill intense fear, happiness, depression, and a false sense of security to other beings. This allows him to seemingly appear where enemies can't see him, enabling him to inflect damage before an opponent realizes it. Such tactics give opponents the belief that he can either teleport or move at superhuman speeds, though he stated during his fight with Deadpool that he doesn't possess either of those powers. His pheromone powers appear to be physical in nature, not psionic. This was evident when he used to battle Spider-Man when he broke into Avengers tower posing as Venom. He also appears to have great knowledge as to the capabilities of pheromones in general as well as their taste and smell. In conjunction with his enhanced senses and knowledge of pheromones, he can expertly judge the emotional/physical state of those around him, both animal and human.
Daken's pheremone abilities have been shown to be successful against a wide variety of people, from those ranging to his father to the God of War, Ares. However, this ability has also been shown to have its limits as the Young Avengers' Hulking is shown to immune to the effects and was able to recognize it straight away. This is possibly due to his hybrid nature of Kree and Skrull.
Skills
Daken is and excellent hand to hand fighter although his full training is unrevealed, he has beaten the likes of Deadpool and Cyber, but probably his biggest victory is against his father, Wolverine [who is one of the best fighters in the world if not the best in the world]. Daken has shown himself to be a clever fighter and a good example of this is when he uses Deadpool's own arsenal against him. Daken has shown himself to be a good strategist an good example of this is when he frees his father from the S.H.E.I.L.D base he is being held at. He is also an excellent tracker, and is fluent in German.
PERSONALITY
Unlike Wolverine, Daken has no moral regret about killing and using people (as long as they're needed and 'disposing' them after), which he’s done for professional reasons for a long time.Daken has been heavily and irreversibly brainwashed. He accepts that Wolverine is his biological father, but still has hatred toward him for unknown reasons. He has some loyalty to another paternal figure that hasn’t been revealed yet. He may not enjoy being a part of Osborn's Avengers, but he even decided once to invite Skaar, the Son of Bruce banner, the HUlk, to be on the team, who they both have a bit in common with.
Characteristics:
Appearance: Daken has blue eyes and black hair kept in Mohawk-like haircut. He also has a large tribal tattoo covering his abdomen most of left pectoral muscle whole left arm (ends at fist), as well as covering parts of his back.Why he is able to have this this tattoo is not revealed. His healing factor should negate it, as it has been established that (for example) Wolverine or Sabretooth cannot have tattoos since their healing factor absorbs the ink in a matter of hours.
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 167 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
| Super Name: | Daken |
| Real Name: | Daken Akihiro |
| Aliases: |
Wolverine Dark Wolverine Baby Wolverine |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Mutant |
| 1st Appearance: | Wolverine: Origins #10 |
| Appears in: | 106 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
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