10 Comic Book Characters That Broke Wolverine
3. Daken
When Wolverine's first wife, Itsu, was murdered while she was nine-months pregnant, he left her, oblivious that their child survived. His son was called Akihiro but it wasn't long before he was dubbed Daken (which is Japanese for "Mongrel") due to his mixed ethnicity. Romulus took Daken under his wing and poisoned his mind, convincing him that Wolverine murdered Itsu.
When Daken finally realised Romulus had manipulated him his entire life, it was too late. Romulus had sowed the seed of hate in Daken too deeply, leaving him incapable of trusting anyone, including his father. Despite the fact Daken turned against Romulus, he was still intent on murdering his father, since it was all he had ever known.
After trying to kill the Avengers, X-23, and the X-Men, Wolverine realised Daken was only going to get worse unless he was stopped. Realising that there was no hope for Daken to change, Wolverine shoved his son's face into a puddle, drowning him to death. Wolverine was heart-broken, not just because he was forced to kill his own child but because Daken was forced to know nothing since the day he was born.