WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Empyre #2 by Al Ewing, Dan Slott, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia and VC's Joe Caramagna, on sale now.
Empyre #2 just elected an Avenger into the Kree Accuser Corps -- Captain Marvel. Carol Danvers put her body on the line to save the Kree/Skrull fleet from the Cotati's influence. She let Hulkling stab her with the Sword of Space so she could absorb its energy and disperse it across the fleet. The Kree were so impressed by her selflessness that they made her an honorary Accuser and gave her the legendary war hammer called the Universal Weapon. This weapon was made famous by Ronan The Accuser -- a famous Kree extremist that waged war across the cosmos. Now that Danvers has his hammer, it begs the question, what happened to Ronan?
Ronan made his first comic book appearance in Fantastic Four #65 created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott. While Ronan is known as being a loyal Kree extremist, he's challenged the Supreme Intelligence for the rule of the Kree on multiple occasions. He was imprisoned by the Supreme Intelligence in Captain Marvel #16, by Archie Goodwin and Don Heck. After he escaped, he attempted another coup and was mentally dominated by the Supreme Intelligence until he eventually regained mental control and his position as Supreme Accuser.
Ronan has battled the mightiest heroes that Earth and the greater Marvel Universe has to offer. The Fantastic Four, Guardians of the Galaxy, and X-Men have all gone toe-to-toe with Ronan, and the Accuser has spent much of his time going to war with other alien empires such as the Skrull and Shi'ar. He tried to subjugate the entirety of the Inhumans on the basis that they were bio-engineered by the Kree Empire which brought him into conflict with Black Bolt, ruler of the Inhumans royal family.
Jonathan Hickman, Jim Cheung, Jerome Opeña, and Dustin Weaver's Infinity crossover paints a clear picture of Ronan's power and ferocity. During Jonathan Hickman, Leinil Francis Yu, Sunny Gho, and Paul Mounts' Avengers #23, we see the Galactic Order confronting a member of Thanos's Black Order, Black Dwarf. Ronan is the judge, jury, and executioner in Black Dwarf's trial which ends swiftly with his warhammer crushing Black Dwarf's skull in a cloud of gore.
The Black Vortex crossover from Sam Humphries and Ed McGuinness found the X-Men and the Guardians of the Galaxy coming into contact with a powerful Celestial artifact. Ronan eventually steals the Black Vortex away from the cosmic powered X-Men and submitted to it to gain its gift of power. However, the Black Vortex was later stolen by J'son, and even with all of that newfound power, Ronan was helpless as Starlord's father destroyed his homeworld Hala and the Supreme Intelligence.
Ronan eventually met his demise at the hands of Black Bolt during the Death of Inhumans miniseries by Donny Cates, Ariel Olivetti, and Clayton Cowles. Ronan was wandering around what remained of Hala when he was discovered by a Kree contingency that returned from deep space exploration. Ronan was tortured and experimented on by the same empire he'd sworn himself too. After he apologized to Black Bolt for all of the harm he brought to the Inhumans, Black Bolt granted him mercy and put him out of his misery as he asked.
While Ronan is generally considered a villainous figure, there's no denying he's one of the most important Kree figures in the Marvel Universe. The Kree are known as an aggressive-militaristic society and Ronan's rule as Supreme Accuser is a big reason for that. The reason the Cotati wants revenge on the Kree during this Empyre crossover is because of the heinous war crimes they committed.
However, his absence has allowed Captain Marvel to take his place, which could take the Kree to newfound heights on a galactic scale. With one of the strongest Avengers, Captain Marvel, and the Kree/Skrull hybrid Hulkling in major positions of power, the Avengers are on track to turn the Kree into Marvel's mightiest empire.
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