piecekeeper-gaelen-hero-fullpiecekeeper-gaelen-hero-upper GAELEN PIECEKEEPER

Real Name: Presumably Gaelen Piecekeeper

Identity/Class: Alien dimension (Peregrine Magi) humanoid

Occupation: Warrior

Group Membership: Undefined band (Ivory Darc, Ort, Cody Pace, Jabot Wafloon)
    Piecekeepers seemed to be more of a title than a group

Affiliations: Ivory Darc, Ort, Cody Pace, Jabot Wafloon;
    worshipped unidentified gods

Enemies: Guardians of the Grotto, Slivigoth (of Peregrine Magi);
    AMBROSE-7 (AMBulatory RObot SEries 7), Kilobots, the patrollers, the Triad and the mechanical replicas of undefined world,

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: Lord Gaelen

Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
    apparently perished on undefined world, possibly a future Earth reality;
    formerly Peregrine Magi

First Appearance: Hero#3 (July, 1990)

Powers/Abilities: Gaelen Piecekeeper is a valiant and heroic warrior, wielding soul arrows, which he could empower to disrupt mystic fields, injure or slay foes, and destroy powerful beings and weaponry.

    His soul arrows apparently do indeed draw from his soul, affecting his sanity and reasoning.

    Apparently, given time, he could replenish his soul arrows and build his stores.

    Gaelen retained a sliced off piece of his slain enemies in his pouch as a tribute to his gods.

piecekeeper-gaelen-hero-songbowHeight: Unrevealed (approximately 6'6")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 280 lbs.)
Eyes: Dark (possibly black or brown)
Hair: Whitepiecekeeper-gaelen-hero-arrow

History:

(Hero#3 (fb) - BTS) - Gaelen obtained the religious title Piecekeeper for the practice of slicing off a piece of one's slain enemies and retaining it as the tribute to one's gods.

(Hero#3) - When the human Cody Pace -- transported to the realm of Peregrine Magi and serving the role of a heroic warrior -- reached to touch the wall of the Citadel of the Slivigoth in hopes of finding a door into it, Gaelen fired an arrow to stop him before advising him that to touch the wall would have cost him his hand. After Gaelen introduced himself, Cody assumed him to have said "Peacekeeper" and suspected that he was a police officer of some sort, but Gaelen corrected him that his title was "Piecekeeper" and explained its significance.

    Addressing him as Lord Gaelen, Cody's ally Ivory Darc told him that they -- herself, Cody, Ort and Jabot Wafloon -- were on a quest that would bring much glory to his gods and asked him if he would help them, and he replied that he already had. When he removed his arrow, it shattered, and Gaelen explained that the stronghold was protected by a spell of living darkness, and that to touch it was to die. Nonetheless, he told them that there were other ways, and he pulled another soul arrow, at which point Wafloon noted that he was supposed to have seven soul-arrows but that two of the pouches were empty; Darc suggested that perhaps that was why Gaelen was late, and that this did not bode well.

    From his depths, Gaelen issued a rumbling chant, which rose as he nocked an arcane shaft and continued to build in fervor until it reached a crescendo as he released the arrow into the stronghold. Instantly, the sky curled with streaks of unclean fire while the very air trembled, choking with sulfurous haze and the moans of terror denied. Regardless, a large rent was torn in the wall, allowing them access. The others praised him, but Gaelen related that what he did, he did for his gods, after which he told the others that they may enter.

    Within the stronghold, they were welcomed by the Slivigoth and -- despite warnings from the rest of Cody's allies -- had a meal with them.

(Hero#3 - BTS) - However, the Slivigoth subsequently transported the sleeping Cody to the wasteland outside their stronghold where he was assaulted by scorpion creatures while they moved a boulder to block the rent Gaelen had previously created.

(Hero#3) - When Cody cried out for help upon finding the entrance blocked, Gaelen and Ivory rolled the boulder out of the way to let him in and then rolled it back to keep out the scorpion-creatures. After they told Cody who had sent him out there, he joined them in seeking vengeance on the Slivigoths, who were defended by their mushroom-born Guardians of the Grotto. Eventually, Cody found the corrupt Slivigoth to keep their souls hidden in a glowing orb that he shattered, causing them to disintegrate.

    However, one of the dying Slivigoths guided one of the Guardians to slay Cody, which caused him to be reborn in another realm. Darc, Gaelen and the others magically transported to join Cody.piecekeeper-gaelen-hero-face-mad
(Hero#4) - After Cody arrived on what appeared to be a future Earth, where the Triad ruling body had enslaved all human inhabitants and replaced them with mechanical replicas, who attempted to arrest him upon learning he was organic, Gaelen and the others appeared behind Cody. As Gaelen fired an arrow at them the mob dispersed, but Ivory was concerned that they would regroup and she led the others to a temporary sanctuary. There she instructed Gaelen to snipe sentries while Jabot reconnoitered with his autolocomotive eye, and Ivory and Ort handled things inside of the government palace.

    However, Cody, frustrated with feeling that his alien associates were not telling him everything and he prepared to depart until one of the gods of the realm then appeared. Gaelen feared that his presence meant that he and his allies had failed, but the god assured them that they had done all they could but that time had grown short and that extreme measures had to be taken. The god then showed Cody images of Golgotha and its demonic ruler, Malevolos (whom Cody had previously encountered), and revealed how the only certain way Cody could get back to Earth was from Golgotha. Ivory then shared that the entrance to Golgotha was within the government palace and that as soon as they found it they would share it with. Nonetheless, Cody resolved to find his own way, figuring that this world likely had teleportational means, and he insisted to find his way home on his own.piecekeeper-gaelen-hero-death

    While Gaelen stated that there was no glory there, Ort noted that Gaelen had already fired three of the seven arrows that were powered by his soul, and that with each shot he had grown colder and less reliable. Ivory replied that if Cody Pace failed them, there cause was lost regardless.

    They were subsequently interrupted by AMBROSE-7 (AMBulatory RObot SEries 7), who advised them against exploring the outside world as they would be instantly spotted by Triad patrols. Telling Gaelen and the others that he was created by transferring a human brain without permission, Ambrose-7 noted his desire to see the Triad dead and offered to help them.

    Although Cody still departed to seek his own way, Gaelen and the others followed Ambrose-7 through sewer tunnels. However, they were confronted by security forces and multiple Kilobots, and while Gaelen was prepared to fight, he accepted Ivory's advice to surrender and conserve their resources. Reports of the group's capture and impending executions were publicized.

    As Gaelen and the others were strapped down to a platform while magnifying rays focused in criss-cross beams as the sun rose to dissect them, Cody -- having seen the news reports -- arrived to rescue them. After Cody freed them and recovered their weapons, Gaelen and the others fought attacking patrollers. When the powerful Triad attacked them directly, Gaelen -- disregarding Ivory's instruction to stop as he was the strongest after Cody and that they would need his power later -- fired soul arrows into the Triad, destroying it/them. Proclaiming "For the gods! For the Glory!," he stood in range of the exploding Triad and was apparently slain..

Comments: Created by David Michelinie and Steve Purcell.

    I didn't read the whole series for this profile, and I am uncertain whether the world on which Gaelen apparently perished was a future Earth reality or something else.

    This profile was completed 02/19/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended  for the Appendix 25th anniversary 's celebratory event.
    Thanks to Loki for recommending Gaelen to represent Hero/Cody Pace.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Gaelen Piecekeeper should be distinguished from:


images: (without ads)
Hero#3, pg. 5, panel 3 (full);
       pg. 6, panel 2 (upper);
       pg. 7, panel 2 (chanting and shooting arrow);
    #4, pg. 11, panel 6 (with soul arrow);
       pg. 22, panel 2 (insane face);
          panel 5 (death)
Appearances:
Hero#3-4 (July, 1990) - David Michelinie (writer), Steve Purcell (penciler), Sam de la Rosa (inker), Terry Kavanaugh (editor)

First posted: 09/04/2026
Last updated: 02/19/2026

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