Sa'al

Character with Powers Sa'al is a character that only appears in Demon Guard (2019), one of the short stories set in the Elsaverse. She is a Bary'an female from the parallel universe who was freed by Xara on her way back to the Terran High Command bringing Morland and Crow to their world's justice. Sa'al is a Tech Witch, who can cast spells to learn how machines and electronic devices work, as well as to manipulate them more efficiently; however, it's yet to be determined is this is a power as such or just a learned skill.

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Sa'al is a Bary'an, a race described as furried creatures evolutioned from tree-dwelling nocturnal animals, much smaller than the average Terran (or human being, for what is worth), and with prehensile tails. Bary'ans doesn't seem to be specially appreciated in this realm, and their small size makes them vulnerable against other races: they are usually enslaved by the Drae lizardmen, and aren't exactly friends of Terrans either. In this context, Sa'al defines herself as stubborn enough to be a better than mediocre Tech Witch in spite of her race and upbringing, although Xara considers that she's far better than just a mediocre Tech Witch. Not many details about her life are known, only that she attended a "learning coven" and, at some point, was enslaved by the Drae during their war against Terrans. She was ordered to keep an interdimensional portal running, something extremely unusual, as no one had ever kept a portal open during so much time. Sa'al didn't know where the other end of the portal was located, but she was locked in a space station for months, continuosly guarded by several Draegorai who sexually abused her during her sleep and iddle time. Unlike her predecessor, he was tough enough to endure that situation, and her skills allowed her to estabilize the energy flow through the portal and spend some valuable time infiltrating in the station systems, taking advantage of her captors' stupidity.

One day, while Sa'al was on duty, a blind Terran female came through the portal carrying other two Terrans over; after killing the three Draegorai that were guarding Sa'al, the Terran asked for help to restrain her captives and to exit the space station. Seeing this was her long-awaited chance to run away from that place, Sa'al guide her savior, Xara, through the station, while Xara killed any other Draegorai that came after them. They stole a ship and, with Xara acting as a pilot, with Sa'al helping her with the controls, they managed to escape and set course to the Terran High Command.