Emperor Javed

**Emperor Javed (or just Javed)** is a major antagonist of the comic "Chosen One" by Kaikree.

He is a Damu lion, and the son of Duke Jeri and Duchess Lesedi. When they were both cubs, **Javed** and Dani were betrothed and were to become the Emperor and Empress of the Damu Empire.

After Empress Dani formed a romantic relationship with the tsavo lion Sachihiro while on a mission, she fell pregnant with his cubs. This news made it's way back to **Javed**, who was already on the way to let her know that her father, Emperor Aram, had passed away. Furious at losing his right to her first born child(ren), **Javed** lashed out and attacked the closest members of the Heri Sarabi as a way to punish her. Before he could harm a cub, Dani attacked him, to which he responded in turn. Before he could harm her further, Sachihiro attacked him. Not phased at first, **Javed** attempted to get his soldiers to go after Dani, but before he could finish his sentence, Sachihiro latched his teeth onto his face and ripped out his right eye. Javed ended Sachihiro's life quickly after that.

He ordered Lord Thiqa to begin the genocide of the Heri Sarabi pride, to punish the pride for "bewitching" Dani.

## Personality

Prior to Dani's mission to the Heri Sarabi pride, **Javed** seemed to be a supportive, friendly partner. After the status quo was broken by Dani and Sachihiro, however, his true personality was brought to light. He is violent, quick to anger, and would not hesitate to hurt anyone who gets in his way, including Empress Dani.
## Appearance

### Color Palette

WIP

**Javed** is a dark purply-brown with a two-toned cream mane. He has a darker brown cape on his back that is spotted with freckles at the shoulders, and lighter brown patches decorating his shoulders as well. He has distinctive lighter brown 'teardrop' markings around his eyes and muzzle and long cheek fur.

After his fight with Dani, his ears became cropped and are hidden by his mane. His right eye is now replaced with a dazzling magenta gemstone after being bitten out by Sachihiro.
## Relationships

### Empress Dani:

Dani and **Javed** were betrothed as cubs. While friendly during their cubhood and beginning of their marriage, this all changed after Javed learned of Dani's infidelity and eventual pregnancy with a lion considered much lower-class. He was furious at losing his "right" to father her first-born heir(s), and after she attacked him to defend a tsavo cub from his wrath, he attacked her in return to make her submit. He was enraged that she would "dare" to raise a claw to him. He wanted her to come back to the Capital and (in his words) "remedy" her condition and get back to her proper place as Empress, but before that could happen, he was attacked by Sachihiro which allowed Dani to slip away.

## Family Members

* Duke Jeri (Father)
* Duchess Lesedi (Mother)

## Gallery

Javed and Dani As CubsJaved's Old ReferenceJaved's Updated ReferenceJaved's Gem Eye Close-Up
## Trivia

### Interesting Facts

* Despite marrying in to the imperial family line, **Javed** holds equal power to Dani in terms of being the Emperor/Empress, which is why he isn't referred to as a 'consort'
* His name means “eternal" or "immortal" in Persian, and is pronounced Yah-Ved
* **Javed's** gemstone replacement for his missing eye was originally an idea thrown around by fans of the comic in Kaikree's official discord server, taking inspiration from the character of Aemond and his sapphire replacement eye from the book and series "House of the Dragon". This eventually became canon in **Javed's** most recent art reference