
The slain hero is almost certainly right, since Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross is determined to wipe out Wakanda. He encounters his cousin in the Ancestral Plane, and T'Challa warns him that his stolen power will be his downfall.

With T'Challa gone, T'Chaka allows Killmonger to become the new Black Panther. Wakanda Queen Ramonda gets in on the action in this episode. Shuri is the only one with doubts about Killmonger. T'Chaka accepts Killmonger without reservation, and further ingratiates himself by stopping the Americans' Liberator forces. In this universe, T'Chaka is still king and undoubtedly feeling guilty about killing his brother N'Jobu (Killmonger's dad) in Oakland when his nephew was a kid.

He did the same in Black Panther, but T'Challa was alive in that reality and successfully fought back against his cousin's coup. Once there, Killmonger betrays and murders Klaue, then uses the arms dealer's body to earn the Wakandans' trust.

This escalates the conflict with Wakanda, so the US military takes over Stark Industries and sends an army of Liberators to the reclusive African nation. Tony realizes Killmonger was responsible for Rhodey's and T'Challa's deaths, but his attempt to stop the Wakandan outcast with a Liberator drone fails and Tony is slain as well. Killmonger leads an army of Liberator drones as he plots to take over Wakanda. He murders his cousin T'Challa and Rhodey, putting Stark Industries at odds with Wakanda. However, it was all part of Killmonger's plan. This results in an awesome appearance from Black Panther ( the late Chadwick Boseman), who takes out Klaue's goons. James Rhodes (Don Cheadle) to get more from arms dealer (and professional dirtbag) Ulysses Klaue ( Andy Serkis). He suggests they use vibranium as a power source, and Tony decides to enlist Col. Conveniently, Killmonger developed anime-inspired plans for an automated combat drone for his doctoral thesis.
