Karun Patel

"Life affords no greater duty than to protect one's family."

- Karun Patel to Kingo

Karun Patel (Hindi: करुण पटेल) is the personal valet and assistant of the Bollywood filmmaker and Eternal, Kingo, and also served as the cameraman for Kingo's personal vlogs. In 2023, Karun accompied Kingo as the Eternals reunited to stop the Emergence, bringing along several cameras to document the experience. Following the betrayal of the Eternal, Ikaris, Karun returned to India with Kingo.

Meeting Kingo
Patel met with Kingo in India. Having been shocked by Kingo's agelessness and unaware of his status as an Eternal, who is immortal by nature, Patel thought Kingo was a vampire and attempted to kill him by staking Kingo through the heart. The two eventually reconciled, with Patel and Kingo going on to enjoy a friendship that lasted for fifty years.

Assisting Kingo
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Tiamut's Emergence
"आप लोगों ने हमारे लिए जो कुछ भी किया उसका आभार। हम लोगों के लिए तो ये बहुत बड़ा सम्मान है। आप सब लोगों की बहुत याद आएगी।"

- Karun Patel to the Eternals

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Personality
"We're not gonna let everyone on Earth die, right?" "Right! I am human, I am little biased."

- Sersi and Karun Patel

Patel has a close working and personal relationship with Kingo as he has known and worked for him for fifty years. He reserves tremendous amounts of respect for the Eternals, as he recognized them as Earth's original superheroes. Patel is also superstitious to a degree, due his belief in the existence of vampires.

When Kingo was summoned by Ikaris, Sersi and Sprite to resume their war against the Deviants and Kingo was hesitant to do so, Karun spurred Kingo to join them and reminded Kingo of the importance of defending one's family, indicating that Karun tends to act as Kingo's voice of reason. Karun also demonstrated bravery and a hunger for adventure, when the Eternals were discussing the possibility of killing the Celestial Tiamut the Communicator and Kingo instructed Karun to go back home, Karun refused, preferring to join their fight against the all-powerful Celestials despite his status as a mere mortal with no superpowers.

He is also shown to be committed to his job, as shown when he carried multiple cameras with him to film a documentary about the Eternals, and continued to capture footage of them fighting Deviants even when he was at close proximity to danger.

Abilities

 * Multilingualism: Patel is fluent in his native Hindi and English. In addition to that, he could recite Sanskrit mantras during Gilgamesh's funeral.

Other Equipment

 * Handheld Camcorder: Patel brings a number of handheld camcorders to record the adventure that he, Kingo and his Eternal friends went through in order to stop the Emergence.
 * Tripod Camera: Patel brought a tripod to, Druig's Compound in Peru, to document his and the Eternals quest to find Druig. Druig later enthralled Karun and made him break the Tripod Camera.

Vehicles

 * Private Jet: Patel boarded Kingo's Private Jet with the Eternals to find Gilgamesh and Thena in Australia. Following Ikaris' betrayal, Kingo and Patel left the Domo and boarded the Jet seemingly to return to home.
 * Domo: Patel boarded the Domo, alongside the Eternals, to find Makkari.

Facilities
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Allies

 * Kingo - Former Attempted Victim, Boss and Friend
 * Sersi
 * Gilgamesh †
 * Thena
 * Druig - Former Enthraller
 * Phastos
 * Makkari
 * Sprite - Temporary Enemy

Enemies

 * Deviants
 * Kro †
 * Tiamut the Communicator † - Attempted Killer
 * Ikaris † - Former Ally