General Timur

Overview
Dalir Timur is best known for adopting Shades and Raven. Dalir and his wife, Kohinoor, were incapable of producing children of their own, hence, they adopted Shades and Raven, as they couldn't be with a regular family. He was assassinated in 2012 at the age of 60. He adopted Shades and Raven in 2010, when Shades was 6 and when Raven was 3. His killer was identified as Andrew Smithers, a retired sergeant who wanted to adopt Shades and Raven.

Early Life
Nothing is known about his early life.

Personality and Appearance
He wore a green jacket and pants with a hat and black shoes in formal situations and military events. His casual wear includes a grey tee shirt and black pants.
 * Caring: He was very kind towards Shades and Raven. Although Shades didn't trust him at first, she respected him and then learned to love him as her father.
 * Responsible: He makes sure Shades and Raven are safe.
 * Accepting and tolerant: He knew about Shades's and Raven's powers, and whenever Shades accidentally set something on fire, he was very tolerant of it, as it was out of her control at such a young age.

Trivia

 * He came up with the idea of gloves for Shades and Raven, although Shades's gloves usually burned. He invested 2 million dollars in creating light leather gloves for Shades.
 * Shades and Raven favor Dalir rather than Kohinoor (her mother), as they didn't have a father figure in their life.