Gerran Gerran was a Human male prince of the planet Doan . Sometime after the New Sith Wars he contracted Idolian fever , from which he was cured by the healer Serra . Gerran fell in love with Serra and the two married , albeit against his father ' s wishes . However , around that time the Doan Royal Family came into conflict with the planet ' s mining caste , and in 980 BBY the miners destroyed Gerran ' s airspeeder while attempting to capture the prince , accidentally killing him . Biography . The Human male Gerran was born into the Royal Family of Doan around the time of the New Sith Wars . He became the prince of the planet Doan , and sometime after the end of the war in 1000 BBY Gerran contracted a mysterious illness . His father hired the healer Serra to cure him , and she instantly recognized Gerran ' s symptoms , diagnosing him with Idolian fever . Serra nursed the prince back to health over the course of the next three months , and Gerran began to fall in love with her . When at last he was completely cured , Gerran proposed marriage to Serra , who accepted on the condition that her loyal friend and bodyguard , Lucia , would be allowed to remain at her side . Gerran ' s father initially disapproved of the marriage , and his efforts to discover anything about Serra ' s past were unsuccessful due to the actions of Serra ' s father , Caleb . Caleb was a healer who had refused to take sides during the New Sith Wars , but after a Sith Lord threatened to kill Serra if Caleb didn ' t heal him , Caleb forced his daughter to change her name and move offworld so that she couldn ' t be tracked down and used as leverage again . Serra kept her past a secret , even from Gerran , although he accepted that her past was unimportant . Eventually , Gerran ' s father reluctantly consented to Serra ' s request , allowing Gerran to marry her and permitting Lucia to became a member of the Doan Royal Guard . Around that time , however , the Royal House came into conflict with the planet ' s lower - class mining caste , and the miners began to rise up against the powerful Royal Family . In 980 BBY , Gelba , the leader of the mining caste , ordered that Gerran ' s airspeeder be forced into an emergency landing in an attempt to capture the prince . During the attack , however , the airspeeder was accidentally destroyed and Gerran was killed . After Gerran ' s death , Serra became very depressed , so Lucia decided to hire the Iktotchi assassin known as the Huntress to assassinate Gelba in retaliation . However , a Jedi Knight , Medd Tandar , was also killed during Gelba ' s assassination . Serra believed that Gerran would have wanted her to ensure the Jedi knew that the Royal Family had not been behind Tandar ' s death , so she traveled to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to do so . Personality and traits . Gerran was very popular among the nobility of Doan . He saw several valuable qualities in Serra , and the two deeply loved each other . Although his father ' s efforts to learn anything about Serra ' s past turned up no information , Gerran accepted that Serra ' s past was unimportant . After Gerran ' s death and the assassination of Gelba , Serra traveled to the Jedi Temple to ensure the Jedi knew that the death of Medd Tandar was not the intention of the Royal Family , as she believed that Gerran would have wanted her to do so . Behind the scenes . Gerran was first mentioned in the third novel of the " Darth Bane " trilogy , " " , written by Drew Karpyshyn and released December 8 , 2009 .