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Araki

Araki is a fictional character in Marvel Comics, an alien and prime minister of the imperial Shi'ar. He is the Lord Chancellor to the empress Lilandra.

Araki defended the Shi'ar throne against an impending coup against Lilandra by her sister Deathbird, the Brood, and the rogue Admiral Lord Samedar; this event cost him his life at the hands of the rebel's leader. This was not the end of Araki. Lilandra valued his services to the empire so much that she had him cloned using advanced Shi'ar technology, she had his consciousness transferred into his new body.

Following this Araki found himself as somewhat of an easy target as far as enemies of the empire were concerned. Araki was never a fighter and was consequently killed a further four times, each time effectively resurrected again by Lilandra, with his consciousness transferred to a new clone body.

Upon his fifth reincarnation he discovered that Lilandra was possessed by Xavier's unborn twin Cassandra Nova. He intervened before Nova's request to kill the X-Men reached the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. The Guardian heard of Araki's betrayal to "Lilandra" and was forced to kill him via Cassandra Nova's influence.

Araki was not dead for long and when Lilandra regained control of her physical body she had him resurrected a sixth time. She considered him a valuable help but this appears to have been a mistake, as Araki betrayed his Empress upon her return to her duties after the Cassandra Nova incident, supporting the ascension of her resurrected brother D'Ken. Araki may have been negatively affected by the many deaths and the process of having his consciousness repeatedly transferred. He also order the mass extermination of Jean Grey's relatives on Earth at the hands of the Shi'ar Death Commandos. The motive for the deaths of the Greys was to negate the Grey genome that has led to the Phoenix, a reality-threatening elemental force.

He was killed once again by Gladiator during War of Kings.