Shadow King
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The Shadow King (Amahl Farouk) is a fictional character, a mutant supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a powerful telepath. He first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #117 under the guise of Amahl Farouk, written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by John Byrne.
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His mental powers primarily revolve around the astral plane, where he can take possession of the minds of others and also take part in battle with others that are in their astral form. One of Shadow King's major influences in the Marvel Universe began with his psychic battle with Charles Xavier (Professor X), a battle that left Farouk physically dead and unrestricted upon the astral plane. After the battle, Xavier began to construct his vision of peaceful coexistence between humans and mutants, ultimately resulting in the formation of the X-Men.
Years later, Farouk would resurface, first battling the fledgling New Mutants. Later, he would hunt down Storm, who had been regressed to a childlike body by the mutant-hunter called Nanny. From there he went on to take over the minds of the numerous mutants living on Muir Island, home of Moira MacTaggert. This battle with the Shadow King left the X-Men's ranks depleted; Professor X brought X-Factor in to assist. The Shadow King was defeated and thought killed, but the battle left Xavier once again wheelchair-bound and his son David comatose. After the battle, the X-Men and X-Factor were reorganized, with the original X-Men rejoining the team they had founded.
Some time later, the Shadow King reappeared, having taken over the African tribe that had once worshipped Storm as a goddess. He managed to mentally trap the X-Men, and a battle between him and Psylocke ensued. Th battle resulted in a psychic backlash that affected almost living beings in varying levels (from nose bleeds, deja vu, to headaches). Beings with powers psychic in nature apart from Shadow King himself, however, had their powers significantly affected. Telepaths were particularly affected in that they (temporarily) lost use of their powers. Psylocke eventually managed to defeat him, but she lost use of her own powers to keep him contained in the astral plain.