


Clearing the room, he tries to persuade Shuri that she risks waging eternal war between Wakanda and Talokan by murdering Namor and that vengeance isn’t the answer. M'Baku tries to reason with Shuri over her plan to kill Namor. Suiting up as the new Black Panther – thus confirming we were right in our predictions over the new Black Panther’s identity – Shuri gatecrashes a Wakandan meeting in the Jabari tribe’s mountain realm and informs the elders of her plan to kill Namor. Instead, she turns her attention to fighting Namor. Returning to the real world, a shaken Shuri refuses to tell Nakia and Riri about her vision. As Killmonger puts it, he and Shuri are alike because they want to burn the world down for the trauma they’ve endured. Killmonger also convinces Shuri that T’Challa didn’t have the courage to kill Killmonger and the only way Shuri will be at peace is if she does what T’Challa couldn’t, i.e.

He goads her for wanting him to show up and explains that Shuri is seeing him, rather than T’Challa or Ramonda, as she doesn’t truly believe the Ancestral Plane exists. However, she finds herself spiritually transported to Wakanda’s throne room instead, where Erik Killmonger – the villain of 2018’s Black Panther – is waiting for her. With Nakia and Riri Williams watching over her in case she goes into cardiac arrest, Shuri consumes the herb to travel to the Ancestral Plane. This is how the Talokanil, Namor included, obtained their own superhuman abilities. She’s only able to do so because the bracelet, which Namor’s mom handed down to him, contains DNA from Talokan’s own version of the vibranium-infused plant. Using the bracelet Namor gifted to her in Talokan, Shuri successfully crafts a man-made version of the heart-shaped herb with almost 100% efficacy.
