Shakhan

Shakhan is a major antagonist in Xenogears. He is the illegitimate dictator of Aveh who is in league with Solaris.

Appearance and Personality
Shakhan is a bald man with only a black mustache. He wears a red and blue robe with a blue cape around his waist, and a yellow tabbard.

Shakhan is a greedy individual who cares about nothing but power. He is also somewhat of a coward; he allies himself with Solaris's military unit, Gebler, to secure his position as the self-proclaimed Prime Minister despite knowing that doing so makes him little more than a figurehead.

Story arc
As the game begins, Shakhan is the current ruler of the country of Aveh. Shakhan was originally a Bishop within the Ethos and was able to have himself installed as a minister under the former king, Edbart IV. Edbart had a distrust of Gebler and through their desire to remove him and Shakhan's personal ambitions, a coup was staged with Edbart IV being slain and Shakhan taking his place as ruler, now ruling Aveh with an iron fist.

With the support of Gebler behind him, Shakhan held great military power over the country of Aveh and continued the war with Kislev. Being in his position due to Gebler's influence, he knew that he had to personally justify his position and pursued the Fatima Jasper. In order to attain it he kidnapped Bart's cousin, Margie, hoping to obtain it from her.

When Vanderkaum showed that he was incompetent as Gebler's chief representative within Aveh, Ramsus personally came to the surface along with Miang, meeting Shakhan upon his arrival. While Shakhan outwardly appeared friendly with them, he still desired to maintain his position and spied on them as they interrogate Margie. Shakhan personally attends the Battle Tournament in Bledavik along with Miang. Later, when Bart makes an attempt to retake Aveh, Shakhan sets a trap for him and comes close to killing him until Maison arrives in a Land Crab to rescue him.

The narrative changes its focus away from Aveh after this point, but we later find out that Shakhan has launched an invasion and successfully taken over Nisan. Shakhan tricks Bart and Margie into activating Fort Jasper and revealing the Omnigear Andvari that is hidden there. However due to obtaining the Andvari for himself, Bart is able to fight off Shakhan and his minions. Shakhan flees to a nearby cave that holds one of the 3 surface-based Gates hiding Solaris from the rest of the world. There Shakhan utilizes his Gear to fight off the party, personally drawing off energy from the Gate to expand the power of his Gear. Grahf also intercedes in the battle, providing Shakhan even further power. However despite this, Bart and the others are able to defeat Shakhan, and he dies along with the destruction of the Gate.