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Goran Beviin was a Mandalorian commando, a bounty hunter and contract killer active under the New Republic and in the early years of the Galactic Alliance.

Working for the Vong
"I want to hunt down every last crab-boy in the galaxy. Whether you have a deal with them or not, Mand'alor."

- Goran Beviin

In 24 ABY, Beviin was in the Bar Jaraniz on Nar Shaddaa when he was approached by a man named Udelen. Udelen was looking to kill an opposition leader on Ter Abbes named Tholote B'Leph. According to Udelen, B'Leph was a bribe-taker who had an unnatural generosity in awarding government contracts when in power, and Udelen wanted him removed before the next month's elections. Udelen promised Beviin a hundred thousand credits. Uneasy about assassinating an opposition politico and the unrest it would cause on Ter Abbes, Beviin left the bar for his Gladiator assault fighter, Beroya, contacted Mandalore Boba Fett. Fett told Beviin to take the contract, knowing Beviin was facing financial difficulties at the time. Beviin returned to the bar and accepted the deal.

On Nar Shaddaa, Beviin met two Mandalorian females, a woman named Briika Jeban, and her daughter, Dinua. Briika's husband, Dinua's father, was dead, and Beviin, knowing that no Mandalorian ever left a widow or orphan to struggle, decided to take care of the two. Briika and Dinua accompanied Beviin to a rendezvous with Udelen's forces. While Beviin and a group of other Mandalorians, including Boba Fett, waited for Udelen, they were ambushed by a type of fleet that hadn't been seen before. The strange craft was under the command of Udelen, who revealed himself as Nom Anor, a vanguard of the Yuuzhan Vong, an extragalactic alien species that intended to take control of the galaxy.

The Yuuzhan Vong allowed Beviin and Fett to board their ship, for negotiations. Fett told Beviin to keep aware on the Yuuzhan Vong's organic ship, and take small pieces of the organic technology found there. While on board, Anor told Beviin and Fett that the Mandalorians had little choice but to assist the Yuuzhan Vong with their conquest of the galaxy. Anor promised good pay for the Mandalorians' help, and Fett accepted, with the condition that the Yuuzhan Vong would leave the Mandalore sector alone in the ensuing invasion.

Anor then tasked the Mandalorians with securing a landing spot for the Vong on the Outer Rim world of Birgis. One week after the invasion of Helska 4 by the Yuuzhan Vong, Beviin and the Mandalorians attacked Birgis' spaceport. As soon as the commandos landed, Fett blew up a large water tower near the spaceport, distracting the guards and personnel. From there, Beviin and the Mandalorians rushed into the main building of the spaceport, securing it for the Yuuzhan Vong ground invasion.

After the Battle of New Holgha, Yuuzhan Vong subaltern Bur'lorr ordered Beviin and the Mandalorians to find a Jedi still down on New Holgha, and take him alive. The Mandalorians found him without much trouble, beaten and battered on a rooftop. However, the Mandalorians disobeyed their orders, and, realizing that Mandalore had no future with the Vong, allowed the Jedi, named Kubariet, to escape. A nearby Yuuzhan Vong warrior attacked Beviin after they disobeyed the Vong, but the Mandalorians ganged up and killed the warrior, although Briika Jeban was killed in the battle, which officially ended their short-lived affiliation with the Yuuzhan Vong. Beviin adopted Dinua after her mother's death.

Bloodlines
"No heir, no clan, no sense of duty. You're not Mandalorian. You just wear the armor."

- Goran Beviin to Boba Fett

After the Yuuzhan Vong War, Beviin settled down on Mandalore with his family. By 40 ABY, he had become one of Mandalore Boba Fett's most trusted lieutenants. In 40 ABY, Beviin was approached by Corellian politician Thrackan Sal-Solo, who offered him a contract to kill the whole Solo family. Beviin refused, on account that he didn't kill families, just criminals. He relayed this to Boba Fett on Taris, along with news about Fett's family; Fett's daughter, Ailyn Vel, was alive, working under the name Ailyn Habuur.

Later, Beviin was contacted by Boba Fett, who informed Beviin that Sal-Solo wanted the Mandalorians to help defend Centerpoint Station. Beviin was ordered to assemble as many commandos as he could and meet Fett in two days on Drall. After those two days passed, Beviin had been able to assemble half a dozen Mandalorians. During the Drall meeting, Beviin told Fett that he was a poor Mandalore, that after the devastation of the Yuuzhan Vong War, the Mandalorians needed more than just a figurehead. He told Fett of a man named Kad'ika, who Beviin believed to be a suitable Mandalore. After the assassination of Thrackan Sal-Solo, Beviin informed Fett of the death of Ailyn Vel.

Behind the scenes
His name derives from the Mando'a words "goran" for "smith" and "beviin" for "lance".

Though Beviin's husband, Medrit, had been mentioned in previous stories, it is not until Bloodlines, by Karen Traviss, that he first appears as a character, and readers learn that he is a male Human. This establishes the couple as the first openly acknowledged homosexual human relationship in Star Wars literature.

Appearances

 * Boba Fett: A Practical Man
 * Bloodlines
 * Sacrifice
 * Revelation
 * Invincible