Aron Peacebringer

"In true Calian tradition, we took our fight into the heart of the enemy camp."

- Aron Peacebringer

Aron Peacebringer was the Warlord of the Calian Confederacy, on the planet Shiva IV, husband of Alisande and blood brother to Kéral Longknife, the Demarch of the Twelve Tribes of T'Syriél.

Biography
From the days of his youth Aron Peacebringer was a warrior at heart, true to the warlike ways of his people. But as he matured, he envisioned a world of peace, where his people and the Twelve Tribes of T'Syriél would live as allies instead of foes. Aron married Alisande and together they had a number of children; although their firstborn, a daughter, died in infancy. When he finally became Warlord of the Calian Confederacy he and the leader of the Twelve Tribes, Kéral Longknife, agreed to a peaceful settlement and drafted and signed the Concordat of Peace to bring the violence between the two peoples of Shiva IV to an end. Longknife and Peacebringer themselves performed a blood oath to further cement the agreement.

However, despite the new peaceful order brought on by Peacebringer, some Calians were not satisfied with the state of things. War and violence had been the defining characteristic of the Calian people, and some were suspicious of their leader who would turn his back on tradition.

In first year of peace on Shiva IV, the Calian city of K'avor had mysteriously ceased all communication with the capital of Illÿriaqum. Peacebringer, Longknife, Ygal Delois, and Jain Havero set off from Illÿriaqum to find out what had happened to K'avor. Along the way they noticed the Rebel Princess Leia Organa being attacked by a band of outcast raiders. She was holding off her attackers with a blaster but was nearly overcome when Peacebringer and his companions drove them off. The group continued on their journey, bringing Leia along, and when they finally reached K'avor they discovered that the entire city had been reduced to ashes. Leia realized that the cause was an anti-matter bomb, and she desperately tried to convince her new companions not to enter the city to investigate for they would be killed by the radiation. Although Peacebringer was suspicious of her motives at first, he decided to trust her and they all returned to Illÿriaqum to continue their investigation.

Confrontation with the Empire
For weeks Peacebringer had his government agents search for the answer to the mystery behind the destruction of K'avor without success, his only clue was Leia's assertion that the Galactic Empire was responsible. But Calians weren't even aware of the existence of such an empire as their world was far from Imperial influence. Peacebringer had grown to trust Leia more and more, in fact he fell in love with her despite himself. But before he had found any proof of Imperial involvement, both he and Leia were captured by Imperial stormtroopers during the gala to commemorate the first anniversary of the signing of the Concordat of Peace.

They were brought before General Sk'ar and told of the plan to enslave Shiva IV and have its warriors become troops in the Imperial Army. And it was revealed that Ygal Delois, the captain of the guard and Peacebringer's trusted friend, had betrayed his people and sided with the Empire. However, Aron and Leia broke free of their captors and rushed to stop Sk'ar from dropping an anti-matter bomb on the city of Illÿriaqum. Together they fought against the Imperial troops but were vastly outnumbered, but help arrived when Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, and Kéral Longknife came to their aid in the battle and Lando Calrissian, piloting the Millennium Falcon provided aerial support. Eventually the battle was won and Leia deactivated the bomb; Sk'ar attempted to escape but was brought down by Chewbacca.

Although Aron and Leia had grown close during their escape from captivity and ensuing battle against the Imperials, he realized that a relationship between them would not work as she had responsibilities elsewhere and he still loved his wife as much as before.

The following days had the Calian military demolish Sk'ar's base on Shiva IV and root out the conspirators. But an Imperial Star Destroyer arrived in the Shiva system to exact revenge for the defeat of Sk'ar, and the Rebels, aboard the Millennium Falcon, met them before they came within range of the planet and engaged them in battle. They were able to defeat the Imperials by luring them near a black hole where the less maneuverable Star Destroyer was drawn into the hole, killing all on board.

Behind the scenes
Aron Peacebringer was created by Chris Claremont, Carmine Infantino and Walt Simonson. The character is an homage to John Carter of Mars created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Appearances

 * Marvel Star Wars 53: The Last Gift From Alderaan
 * Marvel Star Wars 54: Starfire Rising