El-Deen

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El-Deen is a human member of the Ele Metanation, and an ambassador on behalf of the Ele Dominion. He is a former citizen of the Coreworlds who once had the surname 'Deen', along with an unknown first name. In his previous life, he served as a deckhand on an interstellar freighter, and was frightened by the concept of joining the Metanation. That fear soon passed.

El-Deen represents the Ele Dominion in the diplomatic procedures of the Trifold Union, frequently travelling to meetings on Andar Prime in the starship 'Arrowhead'. In order to travel the galaxy at large without spreading the influence of the Metanation, El-Deen and the crew of the 'Arrowhead' must be excised from the Metanation every time they leave the Dominion. This is done through the use of a lattice of alien metal surrounding the flagship. It is unknown what effect this regular disconnection and reconnection has had on El-Deen's mental state.

In his ambassadorial duties, El-Deen wears a traditional mask - the Speaker, specifically - and violet diplomatic robes. He was one of the signatories of the Union, and often encourages citizens from the Empire of the Queil and the Coreworlds Conglomerate to visit the Dominion.

El-Deen is patient with outsiders, and enjoys drinking nere tea as a social activity. He always speaks serenely.

Early in the year 2270, El-Deen was aboard the 'Arrowhead' when it intercepted the fugitive ex-Curator of the Aglostarros University Museum, Endelle Stroth, and the bounty hunter Tren Krellos, while they were fighting within the borders of the Ele Dominion. Over tea, El-Deen reassured the two that they had nothing to fear, and that they were already becoming part of the Metanation. Subsequently, El-Deen travelled with his guests to El-Kera, the nominal capital world of the Ele Dominion. El-Deen warned Stroth that approaching the strange obelisks on the surface of El-Kera is forbidden.

Upon reaching El-Kera, El-Deen instructed Stroth to choose her own mask, explaining that she was expected to follow the ways of the Ele while within the Metanation. He reassured her that wearing the mask would become more natural over time, and was pleased when Stroth - now El-Endelle - selected the Warrior mask.

El-Endelle's new neighbour in the city of Korus, El-Jevier, later remarked that El-Deen spoke with particular intensity about the idea of the Metanation, compared with most other Ele.

Later in 2270, as the Centurion probes of Project Centennial began to send back to the Coreworlds their findings from within the Ele Dominion, El-Deen was summoned to the Trifold Union. The Union sought an explanation for his failure to warn them about the Ele Metanation, which they perceived as an astropolitical threat akin to a "zombifying hive mind". When a large number of galactic citizens subsequently began to emigrate to the Ele Dominion, The Conglomerate and the Queil Empire attempted to stem this exodus by setting up checkpoints along the border with the Dominion. The Ele, in turn, took offence to this, with El-Deen noting that, while they had set few terms when joining the Trifold Union, free movement across borders was one of their main demands.