High Priest

DomZ Priest
High Priest of the DomZ

“You are the source of my powers, the instrument of my strength.”

The High Priest of the DomZ, otherwise known as "DomZ Priest" is an ancient entity that resides within "The Great Crypt". The Priest represents the monarch ascendancy of the DomZ; It embodies the collective consciousness and memories of the DomZ. It claims to be part of Jade, or rather 'Shauni' is part of 'it'; the priest stating Shauni being the source of its powers and the instruments of its strength. The High Priest of the DomZ feeds "on only the most miserable of sacrifices", and is thus able to survive without its original source of energy.

It believes that Shauni holds the key to its only way of survival, as it feels its life-force is abandoning it. It has searched for decades for her, after she supposedly abandoned it. It also states that it is part of Shauni, and when it dies, Shauni dies as well.

Origin

Sometime before the events of Beyond Good & Evil, according to the DomZ Priest, Shauni was taken from it in order to destroy it. According to its remarks, it represents a race that is close related to "Shauni" As the Priest says: "I have survived, feeding on only the most miserable of sacrifices"—it would be relatively acceptable to state that Shauni is an affinity of great importance to the DomZ Priest. The Priest states several times that life is abandoning it, commanding Kehck to profit off the last of its energy to find the girl.

The DomZ link with 'Shauni'

The DomZ Priest appears to be proud when Jade enters The Great Crypt, saying that she has finally come back to it. It is with certainty that the DomZ Priest is pleased with the way 'Shauni' served 'its' master by bringing the Hillyans to it all by herself; the Priest saying that 'they' (Hillyans) have followed her blindly. The mysterious entity states that it controls, or perhaps owns Shauni forever, and that it is a part of her. According to the Priest, 'Shauni' is not who she thinks she is, and that her origins have been hidden from her by Pey'j. Shauni is supposedly 'made' human by 'them', though she is not like them; the Priest wants to prove this by killing the human part of Shauni. Several times the Priest congratulates Jade on her fighting moves; he also keeps insisting that Shauni should join it, or rather 'us'.

Glowing eyes - Shauni's link with The DomZ

Shortly after the first encounter with a Spirit Eater, if Jade talks to Oumi, she admits that her encounter with the creature was "weird". Jade says, "I get the feeling like it knows me already."—considering the quick flashes Jade has of the DomZ Priest when looking into the creature's eye, and the phrase: "Shauni Ohmpakhan" being said, it is implied that the DomZ have been connecting with her since the beginning of the game. The Priest states multiple times during the battle that she should surrender and join her people.

Purpose

The High Priest of the DomZ serves as the architect and overseer of the DomZ and their cycle of power and destruction. 

It is a white DomZ with 3 glowing eyes, and resembles a squid or a cuttlefish. It is the final boss of the game and is shown to have many psychic powers such as teleportation, possession, and the ability to bend one's mind, as shown with Jade. 

Possession

Once the priest focuses on possessing a mind, the individual body will completely freeze and his/her mind will be stationary. The sudden green glow and 'bridge' between the Priest and his prey appear to be as if all activity within the mind of the individual is completely diverted to the Priest; that on which it feeds.

Cloning

The Priest is able to create temporary copies of a possessed individual, which turn hostile towards their target when summoned.

Manipulation

The Priest tries to manipulate Jade by showing her close friends joining the Priest. Jade's friends will pay the price for her unwillingness to surrender. The summoned copies of Double H state multiple times: "We have to abandon the fight, Miss Jade", "It is your fault that we are suffering, Miss Jade, abandon" and "Join us, Miss Jade"

The DomZ High Priest attempted to awaken 'Shauni', a mysterious DomZ entity, within Jade, so he could use it to stay alive.

Quotes

• "Bring me the girl, she holds the power, she is Shauni, we no longer have need of the humans, only the girl can save us, bring the girl to me, bring me Shauni."

• (Talking to General Kehck) "I feel life is abandoning me, profit off the last of my energy and find the girl."

• "Don't try to escape your destiny, Shauni."

• "You are mine forever, I am part of you. All your deeds are dictated by my will."

• "Surrender yourself, abandon your spirit."

• "Your will is fading, you will soon be mine once again."

• "You have changed, Shauni, the humans have transformed you. You will die with me, die with your people."

• "You belong to me, Shauni. Your spirit is but an illusion."

• "You are already losing control over this exterior."

• "You are losing control over this filthy body."