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Sahjhan
First appearance Offspring Last appearance Origin
Statistics Name Sahjhan Aliases The Timeshifter Status Deceased Classification Granok demon Affiliation Daniel Holtz Wolfram & Hart Notable powers Granok physiology grants him superhuman physical attributes superior to that of even a vampire of Angel's age, which is an inconsistency because Connor isn't as strong as his father, however, he could surpass to Sahjhan in physical strength, maybe were all by the prophecy, as well as his species' trademark viciousness. While incorporeal, he was capable of teleportation and both time and interdimensional travel, as well as bringing others from different times with him. Vast knowledge of black magic and sorcery. Ability to open interdimensional portals and break the fabric of reality. Portrayed by  Jack Conley

"- I'll take you to them. Two centuries into the future.
- Through black magic and sorcery?
- No, on a mule cart. Of course through black magic and sorcery. I'm a demon.
- What do you want from me?
- Your word. I want your word that when the time comes, you will show them no mercy."

―Sahjhan and Daniel Holtz^[src]

Sahjhan, commonly known as the Timeshifter, was a demon of the Granok species. He was portrayed by actor Jack Conley.

Character history

Sahjhan claims to have invented daylight saving time, although he has a tendency towards sarcasm and dry wit. Sahjhan is one of a race of demons known as the Granok, who thrive on chaos and violence. The Granok are pale and disfigured, with faces covered in scars and markings. Sahjhan and the rest of his kind were made immaterial by Wolfram and Hart. Mesekhtet (the little girl in the White Room) claims this was because she liked trouble, but hated the chaos the Granok were bringing. Once an immaterial being, however, Sahjhan became capable of teleporting through time and dimensions, earning him the nickname Timeshifter. Sahjhan is responsible for bringing vampire hunter Daniel Holtz to the present. Sahjhan claims to have a grudge against Angel; however, his plan is, in fact, to use Holtz to kill Angel's son Connor because of the prophecies in the Nyazian Scrolls which foretell that Connor (the one fathered by the vampire with a soul) will kill him. In order to confuse Angel and his friends, Sahjhan actually alters the passage in the prophecy about his death; the altered passage reads, "The Father Will Kill the Son", leading Wesley to the conclusion that Angel will kill Connor.

However, Sahjhan grows impatient with Holtz, who, instead of just killing Connor, lays out and executes an elaborate plan to kidnap Angel's son. Sahjhan seeks the help of Wolfram & Hart's Lilah Morgan, thus setting up a chain of events that ends with Holtz disappearing into a Hell dimension known as Quor'toth, taking Connor with him. Just a few days later, Angel, enraged over the loss of his son, uses a spell to recorporealize Sahjhan, planning to kill him in revenge for Connor's kidnapping. However, Sahjhan proves to be too powerful for Angel to handle; in the ensuing fight, Sahjhan very nearly kills Angel before Justine imprisons him in a Resikhian Urn out of revenge for Holtz's disappearance.

Two years later, Sahjhan is released under the watch of his enemy Cyvus Vail, whom Sahjhan had tried to kill on a number of occasions. Minutes later, he is decapitated by Connor, and thus the prophecy of the Nyazian Scrolls is finally fulfilled after all his efforts to prevent it, though Sahjhan's actions led to a series of events that caused his own death; by sending Connor to Quor Toth, he turned him into an extremely skilled fighter.