Shuri

Origin

The Princess of Wakanda, Shuri is both the sister of Black Panther, and a potential ruler of the country of Wakanda. Shuri is T'Chaka youngest

child, only daughter and the only biological child Ramonda/ Queen Mother (T'Chaka 2nd wife) and he had together. From very young age Shuri has wanted to become the Black Panther. Against her mothers wishes she broke into the arena to challenge her uncle, S'yan for the title of Black Panther but was unable to get into the ring. By the time she was able to make her way to the ring, a masked fighter had already defeated the Black Panther and earned his title. When he unmasked the victor was none other than her older brother T'Challa. Her mother is disappointed that T'Challa is now a political target. 

 
When Klaw and his men attacked Wakanda Shuri defeated  Igor Stancheck (The Russian Radioactive Man) but she did so by using the  the Ebony Blade. Shuri took her 1st kill hard till T'Challa promised he would personally train her hand to hand combat and for the role of the Black Panther just in case she was one day needed to lead Wakanda.  Shuri is headstrong, but became considerably gifted fighter  thanks to her will and want to be a Black Panther, learning from T'Challa and her other teachers. 

Character Creation

Shuri was created by Ben Dunn

Character Evolution

Shuri

While being hailed on the ship Cannibal/G'Mal tries to make a pass at Shuri (really where he could take over her body) she replies by saying this isn't time for that (even though she had slight romantic feeling for him). Killmonger return to cell he holding them in and Shuri challenges him to a fight, he replies by saying you need to prove yourself and then maybe you'll earn a shot, he then send a group of Niganda men for Shrui to battle with. She defeats them all with ease, the cell is then blow open by  Zuri and a group of Wakandan soldiers. Once free Shuri and G'Mal talk she thanks him for helping her when she needed it and was some what shocked when he was killed by the skrull Brother Voodoo.   

Major Story Arcs

 
During Secret Invasion Shuri and S'yan lead most of the Wakandan Army outside on the battle field and T'Challa and  Ororo executed T'Challa's plan. Once Ororo gave the signal, Shuri and the rest of the Wakandan Army killed every skrull on the battle field.

In Dark Reign, Shuri is nominated to take up the Panther mantle by Queen Ororo.  She successfully went through all of the trials, and achieved a special leaf that granted her access to the Panther God.  However, instead of giving her access to the powers of her heritage, the Panther God furiously scolded Shuri.   

Shuri vs Morlun

She was told that her jealousy towards her brother, and arrogance in her God's presence have cost her the title of Black Panther, for good. Nevertheless, when Wakanda faced complete annihilation at the hands of Morlun, Zawavari convinced Shuri that Wakanda had just one possibility to survive. The country relied too much in modern weapons and technology, as much as Shuri relied in her training skills, but both of them forgot their ancient roots. Convinced that this was her destiny, Shuri took the Panther's mantle to face  Morlun and defend her brother.  

Their battle taking them right into Zawavari's home, the witch doctor used his mystical powers to transport Morlun to Limbo, who's soul-saturated essence prove irresistible to Death, who released T'Challa and Storm's souls, and kept Morlun in their place. Shuri later discovers that through her self-sacrificing act to save Wakanda, that she earned the mantle of the Black Panther.  
 

Princess-Regent

After the battles with both Death and Morlun, T'Challa discovered just how deep Doom attack went. That not only did Doom  attempt to assassinate T'Challa,but  he also infected most of the royal family and many top adies with his Nanites (microscopic devices that relayed everything the infected heard or said).   

With that knowledge T'Challa was unable to tell most of his love ones and his military of the identity attacker or enlist their aid (Shuri was left uninfected due to her Bast/Panther powers). So T'Challa, a man of science, was forced turn to magic and to go almost completely off the grid to plan to stop Doom. Shuri acted as the Princess Regent of Wakanda and The Black Panther. 
 
DoomWar 
Shuri teamed with her brother T'Challa, as well as the X-Men's Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Colossus and lead an army of Dora Milaje in an assault to gain back control of Wakanda from the Desturi. While they were successful, Dr. Doom still managed to steal the main supply of vibranium to fulfill his scheme to conquer the world. With the Fantastic Four, Storm, T'Challa, Deadpool and the remaining Dora Milaje forces, Shuri traveled and coordinated attacks all over the world in an attempt to destroy Dr. Doom's vast criminal network and recover the vibranium. While they were able to neutralize Doom's criminal network, empty his bank accounts and recover small portions of vibranium, the losses suffered were extensive. And to make matters worse, the vibranium enhanced doombot's could continuously adapt to the heroes' attacks. War Machine, coming to their aid at the secret request of Reed Richards, made a timely arrival and provided a life saving assist to Shuri and her squad of Dora Milaje. Unfortunately, they were unable to stop Doom from accessing the mystical properties of vibranium, and he became supremely powerful and took control of every object and structure across the world that contained vibranium, and used them to attack cities all over the globe. Bringing the fight directly to Doom, Shuri lead the heroes in a final assault against Doom and his forces. With the team holding their own, T'Challa executed his master plan, and used a ploy that simultaneously neutralized all of the processed vibranium on the planet and Doom's vastly enhanced power, making the metal inert and useless. Both the heroes and Shuri returned to Wakanda with the remaining portions of pure vibranium.     
 

Klaws Of The Panther 

Klaws of the Panther #1

Alternate Realities

Earth-2301

Shuri is...DOOM!