Nakia (comics)

As a child, Nakia of the Q'Noma Valley marsh tribe was picked by her tribal elders to be Wakandan Dora Milaje, "Adored Ones" or wives-in-training and spent three years training before being presented to King T'Challa; barely a teenager, she was instantly smitten with him, although he promised that her role was purely ceremonial.

[5] Embittered and cast out, Nakia developed an arsenal of weapons, including an herb named the jufeiro that gives her power over men.

In a desperate attempt to lure the Black Panther to her before she dies, Nakia tracked down a long forgotten Dora Milaje weapon called the Mimic-27 which can change and morph its shape and form as well as create ability-duplicating doppelgangers.

[7] After meeting up with her beloved T'Challa, the Wakandan King requested she aid the Dora Milaje in stopping the now out of control doomsday weapon running amok in Harlem, Massachusetts.

Nakia gained the strength of self to overcome her mirror reflection and finally quelled the mimic, but died in the process as it was also holding back the cancerous element ravaging her body.

[14] Darby Harn of Screen Rant included Nakia in their "10 Best Black Panther Comics Characters Not In The MCU" list.

[15] Nakia makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode "Welcome to Wakanda" as a member of the Dora Milaje.

[16] Nakia appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed by Lupita Nyong'o.