An enemy of bureaucracy even in this timeline, Garm Bel Iblis was one of the Union's most trusted Senators--a possition he used to hide and fund the Coalition during its fledgling years. Bel Iblis has come to believe that the only way to check the darkness growing within the Union's leaders is to cut the Union off from the resources that feed it: the outer rim.
There are two or three different "official" interpritations of what Garm Bel Iblis looks like, and rather than copy completely I chose simply to base my version on those elements I liked the best. Obviously, the mug-shot in Rebellion was the biggest influence in this design.