Nima

Nima was a female human who was the founder of Pantulkonism. She started her career as a Tulkonist nun, but grew dissatisfied with what she saw as Tulkonism's near-obsessive adoration of the Tulkon. She founded the New Tulkonist movement, and their beliefs eventually grew into the entirely separate religion of Pantulkonism. Nima's movement was originally met with much controversy within Tulkonist circles, but her beliefs were eventually recognized as a separate faith rather than a denomination of Tulkonism.

Nima, upon her death, named a successor, who became the first Niman, the leader of Pantulkonism. The current Niman can trace the line of succession all the way back to Nima herself.