Auberon (DC)
Auberon is a male comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Auberon was born into the Faerie royal family, its only member with a direct line of succession to the throne if the current King Magnus was to die. To protect him from possible assassination and Court intrigues, Auberon's cousin Dymphna and the brownie nursemaid Bridie took him to a far-flung corner of Faerie to raise him,[9] where they used powerful wards and spells to protect him from any harm. However, Auberon could not be protected forever: when King Magnus died, an old admirer of Dymphna called Lord Obrey of Windan came to the child's house to take him back to the Court and the Throne.
As a boy-king, Auberon relied greatly on the counsel of Lord Obrey to secure the throne – who was extremely loyal. Auberon's belief in the righteousness of his claim led him to be too trusting of his subjects: he faced his rebel cousin Duke Hounnor of Grimwar alone on the field of battle and expected his surrender, not even considering that the Duke might take the opportunity to kill his rival for the throne; he took the Amadan's advice to reward Obrey's loyalty only with the thanks of a grateful king, something which drove a wedge between the two that was never repaired. Auberon was considered too naive to perform some of the grimmer duties of a king even by his supporters – when Duke Hounnor did honorably surrender to Auberon, it was Obrey who had him killed against the boy-king's instructions to pardon him – and it was on these grounds that Lord Obrey decided, after prompting from the Amadan, that the boy should be killed and that he should take the throne for the good of the kingdom. Auberon was aware of the dangerous position he was in, and slipped away before any harm came to him ostensibly to find his missing sister. His final note to his subjects appointed Lord Obrey as Regent, to rule in his stead until he returned.
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Notes
- Auberon was created by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess where he made his first appearance in the Sandman v2 #19 (September, 1990).
- The character was based on Oberon from William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Appearances
- Sandman v2: (1990)
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