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Bricker, Grov

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this Corellian pirate was known for his memoirs, Planet of the Amazons: The Tale of the Pirate Ship Mourning Glory, which documented his treatment after he was captured by a group of Hapan women shortly before the Battle of Yavin. Many criticized the work as nothing more than a glorified romance novel, since it contained gratuitous depictions of the Hapan women as "amazons" who took all manner of liberties with their male prisoners. According to Bricker, the Mourning Glory was captured in the Transitory Mists and brought to Hapes, where the ship was impounded and the crew imprisoned. Bricker himself was held in a dungeon with his First Mate, the Hapan male known as Kelan Faal. When the pair refused to divulge any knowledge that they had of Prince Isolder's whereabouts, they were sentenced to be executed. Bricker began to panic, but Kelan Faal remained sure that they would not be killed. This was little consolation to Bricker, who feared for life and those of his crew. On the morning of the execution, Bricker was stunned to discover that his First Mate was actually Prince Isolder himself. Although this explained his belief that they wouldn't be shot, the Queen Mother wanted nothing to do with her son's secret life as a pirate. She nearly had them executed, until Lady Elliar helped Isolder by throwing him a gun of command. Isolder used the gun to force the Queen Mother into freeing the pirates, but she shook off its effects and forced Isolder to remain on Hapes. Bricker, finding himself free, tried to bargain for Isolder's freedom, but resigned himself to rejoining his crew and fleeing the Hapes Cluster altogether. Upon returning to Corellia, he began to write of his experiences on Hapes, a collection of memoirs that eventually became Planet of the Amazons.