Jahari

**Jahari** was a terrestrial planet in the Cassiopeia Galaxy covered in deserts. It was the homeworld of the Jaharians, who revered their Sentinels like gods.

## Description

The planet Jahari was a rocky world located in the eastern Central Expanse region of the galaxy.

The surface of Jahari was an arid, barren world with a terrain consisting primarily of sandy deserts. The oases found scattered across the desert plains served as ideal locations for the formation of thriving civilizations. These sprawling Jaharian cities were typically built around the oases as if they were the center and heart of their cities. Places of worship like temples, often associated with the Church of Primevals, were also found within most if not all Jaharian cities.

### Government

→ *Main article: Church of Primevals*

The **Church of Primevals** served as the centralized planetary government of Jahari. This theocracy worshipped the Sentinels of Jahari as godlike beings, granting complete rulership over Jahari to their Sentinels as if they were heavenly monarchs. Previous Sentinels are referred to as the Primevals.

By the mid-60th century ASA, the Church of Primevals had been supplanted by Sentinel Neelan Jali, a former member of the Faceless who abolished the faith in Primevals in favor of advancing his own political power. An **autocracy** with Jali at its head replaced the former theocratic government.

## History

### Worship of the Primevals

The worship of Sentinels on Jahari dated back to over thousands of years before the modern era (the 6th millennium ASA). For eons, Jaharians held high spiritual regard to their Sentinels.

### The Reign of Neelan Jali

After the end of the Faceless Wars, a man named Neelan Jali was granted Sentinelhood after the passing of the planet's previous Sentinel. As Sentinel and 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.

This massive change in Jaharian society forced many citizens to flee the planet and establish new lives elsewhere in the Cassiopeia Galaxy. Many artifacts and pieces of iconography from the Church of Primevals were stolen and smuggled off-world.

## Inhabitants

The main inhabitants of Jahari were the native Jaharians, who had red-colored skin and small horns on their cheeks and jawlines. The Jaharians tended to be devout followers of the Church of Primevals, although some other different sects and religious denominations were known to have existed on Jahari.

### Sentinels

Sentinel Jahari was gifted with the ability to conjure powerful blasts of dark lightning from their fingertips. Most if not all Jaharian Sentinels were revered as deities and served as the heads of government for much of the planet's history.

### Notable Figures

* **Nabila Rahanan** - a woman who fled Jahari after Sentinel Neelan claimed power over the planet. She spent much time at the Temple of Primevals on Solitude Plaza.