In the mirror universe, Dava Nikende was a Bajoran male who served as the Kai of Bajor hundreds of years prior to the 24th century. He was considered one of Bajor's greatest spiritual leaders. Kai Dava foresaw the conquest of Bajor by the Terran Empire in 2255 and the suppression of the Bajoran religion which involved the killing of its priests and the destruction of its icons such as the Orbs of the Prophets. Consequently, he preserved a fragment, known as a paghvaram, of each of them.