Saru (mirror)
Saru was the name given to a male Kelpien slave who acted as a servant aboard the .

Biography 
Because he was a slave, the Kelpien did not actually have a name. However, in the mid-2250s Michael Burnham of the prime universe decided she was going to call him Saru, in honor of a respected friend.

While Burnham communicated with the primary universe Saru, he asked if there were any Kelpiens on board the Shenzhou. Burnham decided not to tell Saru about the existence of his mirror counterpart.

Later, the mirror Saru saved Burnham's life when  attempted to kill her. ()

Alternate timeline and realities 
In an alternate timeline created by  via the Guardian of Forever,  threatened to send the Kelpien to the butcher after he tried to help a fellow Kelpien servant who was going through vahar'ai. However Georgiou intervened, taking him from Burnham's possession. While helping Georgiou get ready for a public appearance, Saru told her what he knew about about Burnham's planned coup. Georgiou then said that he would be her eyes and ears for anything happening on the ship. ()  

He remained as Georgiou's servant for the next three months he was on the . While brushing Georgiou's hair Saru told her that his vahar'ai had started and he wished to be culled. Georgiou refused, instead telling him that vahar'ai isn't the end of life, instructing him to lock himself away in a room until vahar'ai passed. She also told him of another Kelpien named Saru, who had lived through vahar'ai and became the captain of a starship. He was shocked by the revelation that everything he had been taught was a lie and that his entire family had been killed for a lie and he remarked that Georgiou wasn't . 

Saru urged Georgiou to return where she had come from, but she refused. Saru was later present when Burnham put her coup into action; he rushed into the brig along side , , and another Kelpien shooting down Burnham's rebels. Saru himself killed  by throwing him into the ceiling. Saru held a dying Georgiou in his arms after her fatal duel with Burnham. Before she died, Georgiou noted that Saru had passed through vahar'ai.

After Georgiou returned to 3189, Carl revealed that what while she had failed to save Burnham, the mirror Saru in Georgiou's alternate timeline would go on to "save others, a lot of them." As a result of Georgiou saving Saru when she didn't have to and trying for peace, she passed Carl's test. ()

Appendices

Appearances 
 
  (DIS Season 1)
  (DIS Season 3)

Background information 
Like his primary counterpart, this version of Saru was played by actor Doug Jones.

External link 
 

Mirror universe inhabitants
Kelpiens
ISS Shenzhou personnel