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Origins[]

Anton was born in South Africa and grew up as a racist, but deep in his mind he had feelings for black people which he suppressed for a long time.

Meeting Ramonda[]

After Ramonda was imprisoned for participating in a protest, Anton Pretorius met with her and returned every day to see her and freed her when he gave in to his obsession with this black woman. He then made her disappear via paperwork/bureaucracy and brought her to his mansion were he kept Ramonda hidden from the public circles. Pretorius took more and more risks to perpetuate his compulsion over the years. He sent photos to T'Chaka to make it appear that Ramonda had run off with another man.[1]

Over the years, Anton Pretorius had been sexually abusing Ramonda while keeping her at his house. He would calculatedly touch her until her body reacted and a need aroused in her body and mind.[2] That was when he was contacted by Patrick Slade, who revealed that he knew about him and Ramonda. Pretorius also found out about the Black Panther soon coming to Slade, who wanted some money to keep his mouth shut.[3]

Protecting his Secrets[]

In hopes to protect himself and keeping Ramonda as his own, Pretorius hired a gang of mercenaries led by Elmer Gore to kill Patrick Slade and Black Panther at their meeting.[4]

Later on, Pretorius met with Percy Boraine after the taping of another "Naked Exposures" show. This show's topic was the invasion of the Black Panther in South Africa. Pretorius wanted to meet Percy as soon as he heard of the attack on him by the Black Panther. He told Percy that the attack against him was an international incident and showed him pictures of the Black Panther, whom Percy recognized as his attacker. Pretorius assured Percy that troops were sent out to get the Black Panther. In the evening, Pretorius told the nation on TV everything about the Black Panther from his being the king of Wakanda to his illegal entrance into South Africa, and he even showed pictures of him. Pretorius assured that the parliament would take care of this situation.[5]

He later asked on TV for help from the citizens of the nation. He introduced Doeke Riebeeck to the public as the man in contact with the troops. He talked about further attacks of the Black Panther against law and order and stated that he was the son of T'Chaka. He wanted everyone to report sightings of the Black Panther to local police or Security Forces and assured everyone that the bloodshed of the Panther would soon be stopped if they all worked together.[6]

Hunting the Black Panther[]

Now on the hunt for the Black Panther, Anton Pretorius met with Doeke Riebeeck, and the two had a heated discussion about the way the troops were allowed to proceed against the Panther. Pretorius tried to explain that this could become a real problem for them if the Black Panther was killed by their troops. He then spoke to Van der Merwe that he would like to know the reasons for the Panther's actions as much as Van der Merwe did, and Doeke once again yelled at him in anger. He then told Riebeeck that the wish of the cabinet ministers was that the violence stopped without causing more deaths. He told him that the Panther could be killed if they had to do so. Pretorius asked Van der Merwe if he didn't want to heal and gave him the okay to go with Riebeeck when he wanted to. Left alone in his bureau Anton Pretorius looked broken like the glass plate on his desk because he thought the situation would get far worse.[7]

Confronted by the Panther[]

Later on, Pretorius continued to have Ramonda imprisoned by handcuffing her to her bed and locked the balcony's door. He then left her to check on the latest report on security measures and told her to not be depressed if this ended badly for the Black Panther. Pretorius later returned to her room and was in a panic because he couldn't contact Gore anymore and servants told him about madness outside. He met Black Panther for the first time. The Panther carried him to the balcony and threatened to drop him, but that was when Ramonda stopped him. Pretorius told the Panther that he always liked his courage and independence. He opened Ramonda's shackles to show as proof, only for Ramonda to throw them in his face. He told Ramonda that he loved her and asked her to stay with him, but instead, she punched him in the face and left with her son. Now alone, Anton Pretorius stood up on his balcony in sadness.[1]

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Anton was described to be a very intelligent and tactical politician and leader.

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