Hunter was born in the African nation of Mohannda, but was with his parents when they died in a plane crash over the bordering Wakanda. The sole survivor, he was found by the Mtume family; Pa Mtume, assuming they had angered the gods, wished to drown the child, but Ma, who hoped for their family to have a child of their own, finally wanted to adopt it. They sought King T`Chaka to settle the argument, and he solved the situation by adopting the child for himself. Hunter was raised a Wakandan, but constantly felt that the rest of the nation saw him as an outsider. He was consoled by his fathers second wife, Ramonda, who was also a foreigner, having been born and raised in South Africa, and the two grew as close as mother and son despite sharing no blood.

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