Jhiera

Jhiera
Name	Jhiera
Status	Alive
Classif.	Oden-Tal Demon
Affiliation	Angel Investigations(ally)
Appearances
Appeared in	"She"
Portrayed by	Bai Ling

“I am the daughter to a King, sir. A king who promised happiness and a better life for everyone. I didn’t denounce him and escape for my good alone. I did it to see his promise come true for all the women of Oden Tal. If a few have to die to protect my people..”

―Jhiera

Jhiera was the princess of the demon people from the dimension Oden Tal.

Jhiera fought an ongoing battle against the enslavement of the females of her species by the Vigories, the Oden-Tal males, providing refuge for young Oden Tal women who had escaped to Earth.

Angel helped her to evade and defeat a Vigori force that would have stopped her refugee operation. Jhiera and Angel were attracted to each other, but clashed because she was willing to let innocent Earth people get killed rather than jeopardize her mission.

Apocrypha

• Jhiera returns in the Buffy/Angel crossover novel Heat, where she and her fellow Oden-Tal women- now with full control over their heat-generating powers- are manipulated by an ancient body-jumping Chinese sorceror into helping him unlock the dimension where his dragon master was sealed centuries in the past. Realising her mistake, Jhiera ultimately sacrifices herself to give Buffy and Angel the chance to slay the dragon lord, leaving Angel to contemplate whether death can serve as a true atonement.

Behind the Scenes

• She was portrayed by Bai Ling.
• Bai Ling stated in an interview that she planned to make further appearances on the show, and after "She" aired, David Greenwalt contacted her and told her how pleased the crew was with the episode. However, she did not make any further appearances.

Appearances

• "She"