Sterling Zed is Verdance's father and Sally's (former) husband.
He was known among human society as the driving force behind Zedtech, a company formed to hire security personnel.
His actual identity is that of the alien ruler REPLACE_ME, who is also responsible for the death of Kirin's family.
Age: 1009 (Appears to be in his 60's using human terms)
Face: Not too much unlike Verdance's, Sterling's face is blocky with thick eyebrows and wrinkles in a very handsome way.
Frame: Sterling tries to keep himself in peak physical condition, though his base frame is similar to someone more heavy-set. He's obsessed with keeping up with it despite his age.
Sterling is very cold and calculated, and arranged his human "death" timed with his coup so he could take power in Kirin's world. Sally used him as leverage to become more powerful and to try to steer more projects, but she did not love him. He knew this and didn't care as long as he got what he wanted from their deal, which was to usurp power from Kirin's family, which he successfully did.