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CADEN TAR

Real Name: Caden Tar

Identity/Class: Extradimensional (Weirdworld) normal human

Occupation: Prince (deposed)

Group Membership: Briefly Fangs of the Serpent
    formerly Tar Royal Court

Affiliations: Fangs of the Serpent, HYDRA (loose), Baron Wolfgang von Strucker

Enemies: Black Knight (Dane Whitman), Bolten Dinn, Steve Rogers, Alkyra Thash, New Avalon forces

Known RelativesZaltin Tar (father)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Near New Avalon (formerly Darkridge), Weirdworld

First Appearance: Black Knight III#1 (January, 2016)

Powers/Abilities: Caden Tar is an athletically fit and cunning strategist on Weirdworld, quick to make alliances in order to secure personal power. He has excellent broadsword-fighting and equestrian skills. While briefly allied with HYDRA, Tar was armed with a Satan Claw gauntlet; this can fire short-range concussive blasts and high voltage bursts upon contact with the palm.

Height: 6'8" (by approximation)
Weight: 230 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black

History:

(Black Knight III#1/4/5 (fb) - BTS) - Prince Caden Tar's family brutally ruled the small realm of Darkridge on Weirdworld for several generations. Caden's father Zaltin was king but was unpopular. The Tar burial chambers showed that previous Tars used mystical objects to travel beyond Weirdworld.

(Black Knight III#1 (fb)) -  Caden fled on horseback as Zaltin was overthrown by a group of rebels led by disgraced Avenger Black Knight (Dane Whitman), since stranded from Earth. Black Knight, under the dark influence of his Ebon Blade sword, swiftly executed Zaltin and took over ruling the kingdom, which he rechristened New Avalon.

(Black Knight III#5 (fb) - BTS) - Caden met up with the Fangs of the Serpent, a group of disguised descendants of HYDRA warriors (stranded on Weirdworld) still loyal to HYDRA and in contact with Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, who sought to rule all of Weirdworld. Caden believed the Ebon Blade could bridge their worlds and so was given leadership of the group and their still functioning Satan Claw. He saw opportunity for revenge when he heard three months later that Black Knight had been imprisoned by the visiting Avengers Unity Squad and Steve Rogers corrupted by the Ebon Blade.

(Black Knight III#5) - At the Canyon of Screaming Death, Caden carefully spoke to Rogers, hoping to gain the Ebon Blade from him. But Black Knight, newly freed, distracted Rogers. Caden blasted them with the Satan Claw and lunged for the Ebon Claw, clasping it and attempted to stab Black Knight. But the Ebon Blade's connection to Whitman refused to let itself pierce him. Shocked, Caden stumbled back and fell into the chasm, screaming as he fell to his death.

Comments: Created by Frank Tieri & Luca Pizzari.

I enjoyed this short Black Knight run with its foray into exploring Weirdworld. But it seems the Tar bloodline has ended, or at least this storyline.

We don't see what mystical item was in the burial chamber that was used for travel from Weirdworld but it's implied it had something to do with the Ebon Blade.

This profile was completed 8/15/2021, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 20th anniversary 's celebratory event.

Profile by Grendel Prime.

CLARIFICATIONS :
Caden Tar has no known connections to:


Zaltin Tar

Zaltin Tar was the brutal king of Darkridge in Weirdworld which had been held by his family for several generations. At one point, he visited the hallowed burial chambers  beneath the castle and found an item that allowed his forebears to travel from Weirdworld. However, Zaltin's reign was bloody and he was overthrown by a group of local rebels led by Earth-exile Black Knight (Dane Whitman). Beaten, Zaltin pleaded for his life, but Black Knight, influenced by the Ebon Blade, beheaded Zaltin in a swift execution. Zaltin's son Caden had fled already and with Zaltin killed by his hand, Black Knight was installed as replacement ruler and renamed the small realm New Avalon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

--Black Knight III#1 (4


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Black Knight III#5, p5 (main image)
Black Knight III#5, p7, pan4 (headshot)
Black Knight III#1, p17, pan4 (Zaltin)


Appearances:
Black Knight III#1 (January, 2016) - Frank Tieri (writer), Luca Pizzari (pencils & inks), Wil Moss (editor)
Black Knight III#5 (May, 2016) - Frank Tieri (writer), Luca Pizzari (pencils & inks), Wil Moss (editor)


First posted: 09/18/2021
Last updated: 09/17/2021

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