Obanak Keelen

Obanak Keelan was a Bajoran monk who served as the leader of the Pah-wraith cult until 2374.

Biography
Obanak served in the Bajroan Resistance during the Cardassian Occupation, during which time he became a friend of Kira Nerys. The occupation, however, shook his faith in the Prophets, making him vulnerable to conversion. This ultiamtely took place while he was working on a mining project on the Bajoran moon of Jeraddo, where he encountered one of the three orbs of the Pah-wraiths. Through the orb, the Pah-wraiths instructed him to locate the other two orbs in order to open their own Celestial temple. Obanak did not reveal his possession of the orb, however, instead claiming he had been converted after reading a tablet in which the Pah-wraiths apparently predicted the occupation. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen. Jewel Case booklet)

In 2374, Keelan contacted the Grigari, recruiting them to help him find the other orbs. To secure these, Obanak sought out the support of Kira and the Starfleet crew of Deep Space Nine, including the prophet's emissary Captain Benjamin Sisko. He led them to the temple, and their discoveries led them to also seek the orbs to keep them from falling into the hands of those that would use them for weapons. A second orb was soon uncovered when the Cardassian Obsidian Order scientist Prefect Terell retrieved it in a raid on Deep Space Nine. The third orb was taken by Starfleet upon a nearly botched recovery from the U.S.S. Ulysses. As Sisko attempted to secure Terell's orb, however, Obanak launched two simultaneous attacks against both of them, securing both orbs and bringing them all too DS9.

Keelan began to open this new wormhole, but was possesed by a Pah-wraith as the proceedure began. At the same time, Sisko, Kira and Lt. Commander Worf boarded the station and began to purge the Grigari. The three encountered Obanak, and shot him and his possessor into the orbs, sealing the wormhole and apparently killing Keelan. His position as leader of the cult would eventually be assumed by Skrain Dukat.

Apperances
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen (game).