Neelan Jali

**Neelan Jali** was a male Jaharian that served as an Apostle of the Faceless and as the Sentinel of the planet Jahari sometime after the Faceless Wars. He was infamous for abolishing the Church of Primevals in favor of advancing his own power over his homeworld.

## Biography

### The Faceless Wars

Neelan Jali was born on Jahari sometime before the Faceless Wars ravaged the Cassiopeia Galaxy. For reasons unknown, Jali served as a prominent member of the Faceless during the war, as he held the title of Apostle. One could surmise that Jali merely wanted power over others, and so his actual belief in the anarchist nature of the Faceless cause was often placed in question by his own comrades.

Although Jali would survive after seven years of war, his Faceless entanglements became known to the population of Jahari.

### Sentinel of Jahari

After the end of the war, Neelan Jali would later be chosen as the next Sentinel Jahari after the death of his predecessor. While Jali reportedly claimed to have dropped his Faceless beliefs upon becoming Sentinel, he never truly stopped his worship of the Deceiver, the dark god revered by the Faceless. Many Jaharians lacked trust in Neelan Jali because of his previous cult connections. As many Jaharians were followers of the Church of Primevals, who revered the Sentinels of their homeworld as god-like beings, Neelan Jali's public image was severely complicated and controversial.

Eventually as the ruler of Jahari, Neelan Jali denounced any form of worship over his predecessors as Sentinel and declared himself the one true god who walked among mortals. Former worshipers of the Primevals were either executed, exiled, or assimilated into the new monotheistic faith. Temples dedicated to the Primevals were either demolished or reformed to worship only Sentinel Jali himself. The dismantling of the Church of Primevals on Jahari forced many to seek new homes and lives elsewhere in the Cassiopeia Galaxy. Neelan Jali's rule over Jahari was painted by blood, brutality, and forced worship.

## Personality and Traits

Neelan Jali was a Jaharian man with red-colored skin, piercing silver eyes, and long black hair. His face had a gaunt and ghastly appearance. Like other Jaharians, Jali had a set of small horns protruding from his jawline. Jali often adorned himself in lavish clothing and accessories as a sign of status.

Above all, Neelan Jali was a narcissistic man who craved power, willing to reshape his entire home planet and its culture in his image alone. While an outwardly charismatic man who loved to flaunt his status as Sentinel to the people of his homeworld and beyond, Neelan Jali was truly a cowardly man who feared the wrath of his god, the Deceiver. He heavily relied on the magic of his revered deity for his own power.

## Skills and Abilities

As Sentinel Jahari, Neelan had the ability to conjure powerful blasts of dark lightning from his fingertips with ease.

## Trivia

* Neelan was originally named Neelanjali Ruby as a former *Steven Universe* fan character.
* Originally, Neelan oversaw one of the moons of a planet called "Tetrazed", sharing its mother planet with two other moons overseen by Danton Stone and Herman Sauler.
* Neelan's Sentinel powers are entirely based off of the Force lightning ability from the *Star Wars* franchise.