Lavin Skee

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Lavin Skee
Miek. Art by Leonard Kirk.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Incredible Hulk v3 #92 (April, 2006)
Created by	Greg Pak Carlo Pagulayan
In story information
Alter ego	Lavin Skee
Team affiliations	Warbound

Lavin Skee is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. He first appeared in Incredible Hulk v3 #92 in the 2006 Hulk storyline Planet Hulk.

[edit] Fictional Character Biography

Prior to the events of Planet Hulk, Lavin Skee is the bodyguard and lover of Elloe Kaifi, the daughter of Ronan Kaia, a member of a high-ranking family on the planet Sakaar. Although deeply loyal to the Empire ever since his grandfather was made a high-ranking imperial, Skee loses his titles when the Red King removes all high-ranking officials from the army and replaced them with Death's Head robots. This is to prevent chances of revolution. Outraged at this demotion, Skee quits the guards and became a mercenary. He is hired by Ronan Kaifi, a vocal critic of the emperor's court, to serving as his personal bodyguard, developing an almost brotherly relationship with Kaifi's daughter Elloe. Eventually, however, Ronan Kaifi's objections became too loud to be ignored, resulting in his titles being stripped from him and he, Elloe and Lavin being sent to the gladiator training school, the Maw. When Ronan protests at his treatment, he is killed by the guards. Shortly after, the training battle begins. Elloe and Lavin are two of the seven survivors. All still standing becoming a team that must now work together in future battles. Skee undertakes training Lavin in the finer points of battle, she becomes a skilled student.

Shortly after this, during the group's next match against a mass of Death's Head robots, Skee is mortally wounded when an Imperial Dreadnought drops a bomb into the middle of the arena. Despite his injuries and a missing arm, he continues to fight on, helping his side to victory.

While standing over his body, Hiroim the Shamed, one of the original survivors, proposes that the other members of the gladiator team form a Warbound pact in Skee's memory. This is a promise for all members of the pact to support each other to the death. Later on, having been ordered to kill Elloe--a violation of the Warbound oath, since Skee had once served her--the Warbound break free. They are assisted with this by the Hulk's old friend the Silver Surfer, who had also been captured and forced to fight in the gladitorial games. The Warbound begin a revolution against the Red King.