plans in motion and begins seducing several young mutants who are unsure of themselves, including Gabrielle Kinney and Rahne Sinclair. However, Gabrielle begins to suspect Farouk and is subsequently killed by Rahne, whom he had placed under his mind control. Gabrielle is resurrected, and confronted by the senior New Mutants, Farouk draws them and Gabrielle's clique into the astral plane. The young mutants confront the Shadow King, encouraging Farouk to dissolve his connection with him, restoring his human mind and personality. Scarred by his connection with the Shadow King, Farouk leaves Krakoa, with the endorsement of the New Mutants, to undergo rehabilitation. Powers and abilities The Shadow King Originally presented as a telepathic mutant second only to Professor X, the Shadow King is truly a multi-universal ethereal entity extending into each reality as a tendril of its larger self, spawned by the first nightmare and preying on the bodies of powerful psychics and using them to enslave others all the while feeding off their negative energy and causes them to slowly merge with his own essence. In its native form, the Shadow King is able to possess other beings and although he can be harmed psychically or by magic weapons, he is incapable of truly being killed or expelled permanently. He can influence many individuals telepathically but typically chooses only one host to occupy with his disembodied spirit. This host body effectively becomes the Shadow King's own. The Shadow King can somehow physically repair damage to the host. Although taking a host gives him more power on the physical plane, it also makes him vulnerable. Killing the Shadow King's host can disperse his astral essence, and it may take months or even years for him to manifest his astral form again. Amahl Farouk Amahl Farouk is a powerful psychic mutant with the ability to read minds and project his own thoughts into the minds of others which enable him to create realistic telepathic illusions and cause people to experience events which are not actually occurring. His psychic powers might have gotten stronger after becoming a vessel to the Shadow King. Reception In 2017, WhatCulture ranked Shadow King 8th in their "10 Most Evil X-Men Villains" list. Other versions In an alternate universe, the Shadow King conquered the Hellfire Club. In the Mutant X dimension, he merged with Professor Xavier to form an evil being. Age of Apocalypse In the "Age