AURON

Real Name: Auron (presumably)

Identity/Class: Sub-species of humanity (Inhuman) mutate

Occupation: King

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Gral

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: "Auran" (see comments)

Base of Operations: Attilan

First Appearance: (mentioned as "Auran"): Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#5 (May, 1983);
(image seen in stained glass, identified as "Auron"): Inhumans II#2 (December, 1998)

Powers/Abilities: An Inhuman king, little is known about Auron's appearance or possible superhuman abilities, though he appeared humanoid. Nothing else about his powers or abilities have been revealed.

Height: Unrevealed
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Unrevealed

History: (Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Fantastic Four 2005 - Inhumans entry (fb) - BTS) - Auron was a known Inhuman. He eventually managed to depose the former ruler Gral, who had instituted a reign of terror that forced all civilians to undergo Terrigenesis, resulting in a large expansion of non-human-looking Inhumans.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#5 - Inhumans entry (fb) - BTS/Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition I#6 - Inhumans entry (fb) - BTS) - Following Gral's downfall, Auron took over leadership of the Inhumans in Attilan.

(Inhumans II#2 (fb) - BTS) - Auron delivered his first edict under the Eastern Arch, establishing Attilan as a genocracy ratified by Council and fortified by technology, unified by evolution. The people soon adapted his words as the credo: "From diversity comes equality."

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#5 - Inhumans entry (fb) - BTS/Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition I#6 - Inhumans entry (fb) - BTS/Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Fantastic Four 2005 (fb) - BTS) - Auron helped the people accept the wonders and possibilities of genetic diversity in peace up until about 2500 years prior to the modern era.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#5 - Inhumans entry (fb) - BTS/Inhumans II#2 (fb) - BTS) - Auron was considered by many to be the most popular leader in Inhuman history.

(Inhumans II#2 (fb) – BTS) – The credo from Auron's words was later read to young Inhumans getting ready to undergo Terrigenesis.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#5 - Inhumans entry - BTS) - In the modern era, after Black Bolt took leadership of the Inhumans, he was considered the most popular ruler since Auron.

(Inhumans II#2 (fb) - BTS) - An image of Auron was immortalized in stained glass.

Comments: Created by Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson, Mark Lerer, Roger Stern, Tom DeFalco, Mike Zeck and Josef Rubinstein.

Auron's name was initially spelled as Auran in the 1980s Handbook entires but it was spelled as Auron (with an O) in later entries and appearances. I went with the latter spelling for the purpose of this entry.

Profile by Chadman.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Auron should not be confused with:

images: (without ads)
Inhumans II#2, p4, pan2 (Auron in stained glass, main image)

Appearances:
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#5 (May, 1983) - Mark Gruenwald (writer/designer/editor), Peter Sanderson, Mark Lerer, Roger Stern, Tom DeFalco (writers), Mike Zeck (Inhumans entry pencils), Josef Rubinstein (inker)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition I#6 (May, 1985) - Mark Gruenwald (writer/producer), Peter Sanderson (writer/researcher), Bob Budiansky (Inhumans entry pencils), Josef Rubinstein (inker), Howard Mackie (assistant editor)
Inhumans II#2 (December, 1998) – Paul Jenkins (writer), Jae Lee (artist), Bob Harras (editor)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Fantastic Four 2005 (2005) - Jeff Christiansen (head writer/coordinator), Sean McQuaid, Anthony Flamini, Michael Hoskin, Bill Lentz, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Stuart Vandal (writers), Jae Lee (Inhumans entry art), Jeff Youngquist (editor)

First Posted: 04/20/2020
Last updated: 04/20/2020

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