# Dalen — Short Science Fiction character guide

> Dalen in Short Science Fiction by Noel Loomis.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0005-the-wealth-of-echindul

## Snapshot

A young god on the Galactic Council who argues that physically embodied beings can learn to live usefully, drawing the ire of his elders.

## Who they are

Dalen sits on the IX Galactic Council, newly arrived from the LIII Constellation Committee and already clashing with Mogar, its most senior and thunderous member. Where Mogar sees bipeds with opposed thumbs as self-destructive by nature, Dalen insists they can evolve toward wisdom, a position he defends with quiet firmness rather than open rebellion. His stubborn idealism about mortal potential sets the philosophical stakes of the story long before any verdict is reached.

## In the story

### [Day's Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_2_se/chapters/day-s-work)

Young god who proposes creating a new species, defies Mogar's opposition, and plans the experiment.

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