Figures in the Babylon 5 universe
This article describes people and characters from the universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5 . In addition to the main series , the offshoot Crusade and the associated feature films, the descriptions are also based on other publications within the canon , such as novels or short stories.
main characters
Lyta Alexander
Lyta Alexander grew up as a P5 telepath in the care of the Psi Corps. During her first visit to Babylon 5 in 2257, she penetrated the mind of Ambassador Kosh to solve the attack on the Vorlon's life. Since that experience she felt more and more drawn to his people. In the following years she turned away from the Psi-Corps. Two years later she unmasked the sleeper personality of her former colleague Talia Winters on Babylon 5 and from then on pursued the goal of getting to the homeworld of the Vorlons, which she finally succeeded in doing. Little by little she realized that her telepathic skills were massively improved there. The goal of the Vorlons was to make it a super weapon for fighting the Shadows. Eventually she became the personal assistant to Kosh and Ulkesh's successor. During this time she assisted the station's crew on many occasions, including the Shadow War and Sheridan's campaign against President Clark. After the Vorlons disappeared, their livelihoods were in jeopardy, which Alfred Bester took advantage of to bring Alexander back to the Psi Corps. In 2262 she fell in love with the renegade telepath Byron and, after his violent death, took over the leadership of the underground organization that worked against the Psi Corps. For some time she went on a research mission with G'Kar to unknown areas of space in order to avoid further conflicts. She died during the telepathic crisis that ultimately led to the demise of the Psi Corps. P. 12 ff.
Lyta Alexander was portrayed by Patricia Tallman .
Zack Allan
In 2258, Zack Allan, who had been living on Earth until then, was employed by Michael Garibaldi in the security staff of Babylon 5. When the Nightwatch was set up on Babylon 5, he joined this organization. He saw it as an easy chance to get additional weekly wages. Soon, however, he began to doubt the organization's methods and motives, as he was required to report suspicious persons who were then persecuted for their political opinions. He distanced himself from Nightwatch and ultimately helped remove their agents from Babylon 5. In 2261 he was promoted to the station's security chief after Michael Garibaldi left his post at the end of the Shadow War. He held this position for a few years until he returned to earth. In 2280 he visited Babylon 5 one last time to accompany the closure of the station. There he was the last person to see John Sheridan alive. Allan then went to Centauri Prime to work as an assistant to Emperor Vir Cotto. P. 19 ff.
Zack Allen was played by Jeff Conaway .
Marcus Cole
Marcus Cole comes from a family of mining entrepreneurs who last lived in the Arisia mining colony. During the Earth-Minbari War, he served in the Earth Force Intelligence Service. After the death of his parents, he took over the family business. In 2259, the mining colony was completely destroyed in an attack by the Shadows, killing Cole's brother. In order to be able to fight the shadows, he began training as a ranger. On Zagros 7, he set up a training camp. Soon after, the Centauri placed a blockade on the planet. Cole overcame them to ask for help on Babylon 5. There he joined the crew permanently. His combat skills and command of the Minbari language made him an important ally in the fight against the shadows. During this time he developed strong feelings for Susan Ivanova, which, however, went unrequited. Ivanova was seriously wounded in a battle against President Clark in 2261. In order to save her life, he transferred all of his life energy to her and sacrificed himself. Ivanova arranged for his body to be frozen in case it is possible one day to save Cole. Some 300 years later, Minbari doctors actually did this. Cole had a clone of Ivanova created, which was implanted with a copy of her memories. He spent the rest of his life with her on a lonely planet. P. 135 ff.
Marcus Cole was played by Jason Carter .
Vir Cotto
Vir Cotto comes from a rather insignificant Centauri family. Since his uncle thought the ambassador Londo Mollari was ridiculous and was of the opinion that Vir was a good match for him, he sent him to Babylon 5 at Londo's side in 2258 Londo trod. Nor did he make a secret of his aversion to murder. Londo ignored Vir's concerns, however. Vir was also appalled by the war and the crimes of the Centauri against the Narn. Eventually he was sent from Londo to Minbar to work as an ambassador. Vir used his diplomatic status to provide humanitarian aid to the Narn, unnoticed by his government. Shortly afterwards he worked again as Londo's assistant and was involved in the plot to assassinate Cartagia in 2261. The emperor died at Vir's hand. After Londo became Emperor a year later, Vir represented the Centauri Republic on Babylon 5. In the following years he tried to free Centauri Prime from the influence of the Drakh with an underground organization. After an open attack on the Drakh forces in 2278 and after Londo's death, Vir fled to Minbar and established a government in exile there as the new emperor. Ultimately, he managed to cleanse his homeworld of the Drakh. P. 149 ff.
Vir Cotto was portrayed by Stephen Furst .
Delenn
Delenn was born a member of the religious caste on Minbar. As a young acolyte, she served under Dukhat, the leader of the Gray Council, of which she soon became a member. Following Delenn's advice, the Minbari first contacted the humans. This ended in a catastrophe that also fell victim to Dukhat. In a rage, Delenn ordered the people to be pursued and wiped out. However, she soon troubled her conscience and tried to stop the one-sided slaughter. Their efforts were unsuccessful until the final battle for the earth on prisoner Jeffrey Sinclair was discovered to be carrying minbari souls. In order to observe Sinclair from now on, Delenn was appointed ambassador of the Minbari to Babylon 5 in 2256. They soon became close friends with him. She later received an offer to become the leader of the Gray Council. But after learning of the return of the shadows, she refused and stayed on the station to fulfill her fate there: Following an ancient prophecy, she underwent a change that gave her almost human appearance. She justified this as a contribution to international understanding. At the same time, however, she wanted to prevent Minbari souls from being reborn in humans, which was triggered by Sinclair's time travel. Through Sinclair, she was privy to the activities of the Rangers from the start and introduced John Sheridan to them in the face of the threat from the Shadows. Although she always tried to find peaceful solutions, she repeatedly proved herself to be a capable commander in combat. From Sinclair she took over the role of leader of the Rangers. Her relationship with Sheridan intensified over time, until they became lovers and eventually a married couple. When civil war broke out on Minbar between the religious and the warrior caste, Delenn was able to peacefully resolve the bloody conflict. She then re-occupied the Gray Council, granting the working class a majority for the first time. She played a key role in founding the Interstellar Alliance, of which she became Vice President in 2262. In the same year she left Babylon 5 with Sheridan to live on Minbar. Their son David was born the following year. In 2279 she replaced Sheridan as President of the Interstellar Alliance and made him run the Rangers. After Sheridan's death, she retired for many years and lived as a hermit. She last appeared in public in 2362 to defend Sheridan's memory. P. 172 ff.
Delenn was played by Mira Furlan .
Stephen Franklin
As the son of a general, Stephen Franklin decided against his father's will to go to medical school. When he was supposed to help in the Minbari-Earth War to develop biological weapons against the Minbari, he refused and destroyed his relevant records. In 2258, he replaced Benjamin Kyle as chief physician on Babylon 5. His unconditional commitment to the welfare of his patients repeatedly got him into trouble with his superiors; for example when he was running an illegal practice for the needy on the ward. He also helped renegade telepaths and Narn refugees from the Psi Corps during the war against the Centauri. His extreme ambition to always achieve the best made him addicted to stimulants. He quit his job to come to terms with himself. After a near-death experience, he decided not to repeat his mistakes and returned as the chief doctor of Babylon 5. With the outbreak of civil war on Earth, he clearly sided with Sheridan. From 2262 he worked as head of the xenobiological research institute on earth. There he later helped fight the Drakh disease, which he himself was infected with. He died many years later, on a distant, unexplored planet. P. 278 ff.
Dr. Stephen Franklin was portrayed by Richard Biggs .
G'Kar
As a young Narn, G'Kar witnessed the merciless occupation of his homeworld by the Centauri. After his father was killed by the occupiers, G'Kar joined the resistance that eventually freed the Narn. He embarked on a career as a politician and became a member of the Kha'ri, the supreme council of the Narn. In 2257 he became ambassador to Babylon 5. At first he appeared scheming and usually aggressive and vengeful, especially towards the Centauri people. There were always arguments with Londo Mollari, the Centauri ambassador; however, G'Kar matured over time. When he was finally ready to make his peace with Mollari, war broke out again, in which the Centauri again brutally subjugated the planet of the Narn. After the defeat of the Narn against the Centauri allied with the Shadows, G'Kar and others of his people received political asylum on Babylon 5. During this phase, G'Kar, as the last survivor of the Kha'ri, grew beyond himself. When he forcibly entered Mollari's thoughts under the influence of a drug, he recognized his guilt, but also had to realize that his people had to escape the spiral of violence in order not to perish themselves. G'Kar recognized the truth, withdrew and became a philosopher. He was captured by the Centauri and brutally tortured. Still, he managed to help Londo remove Emperor Cartagia, which eventually brought him and his people freedom. After the war against Shadows and Earth, G'Kar wrote the "Declaration of Principles" for the new alliance that John Sheridan and Delenn had initiated to promote peace and cooperation between peoples. When Londo Mollari, who developed beyond his former self and therefore became the target of scheming Centauri, needed a reliable bodyguard, he asked G'Kar to protect him and G'Kar agreed. Under G'Kar's protection, Mollari rose to emperor and released the Narn into freedom. During the wars, G'Kar wrote a book that offered a new spiritual path for the war-torn Narn. "The Book of G'Kar" was published without his knowledge and was very popular. To both of them he became a friend of Londo Mollari, whom he personally forgave, even if his people of the Narn could not do this to the Centauri for the time being. G'Kar died along with Drakh-controlled Londo Mollari in 2278, strangling each other at Londo's request. P. 285 ff.
G'Kar was played by Andreas Katsulas .
Michael Garibaldi
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Michael Alfredo Garibaldi grew up in New York City and spent part of his youth on Mars. In 2241 he became chief security officer of an ice mine on Jupiter's moon Europa. A friend had a fatal accident there, for which Garibaldi was blamed and lost his job. During this time he became addicted to alcohol for the first time. He served as a soldier in the Earth-Minbari War. He later ran a shuttle service on Mars, where he was hired by Jeffrey Sinclair. From then on, both should be close friends. In 2256 he received an offer from Sinclair to become head of security on Babylon 5. In 2258, he uncovered the plot to murder Earth President Santiago, but was seriously injured before he could warn anyone. He helped Sheridan defend Babylon 5 against Clark. In the Shadow War, he was kidnapped by the Psi Corps, which was cooperating with the Shadows. Alfred Bester used Garibaldi's conspiracy detection abilities for his own ends by manipulating his mind. The changed Garibaldi rebelled against Sheridan and resigned. He was eventually hired by entrepreneur William Edgars, who got Garibaldi to hand Sheridan over to Clark and secretly researched a virus against telepaths. After Bester found out about Garibaldi about it, he gave him back his true personality, but left a block in Garibaldi's mind that prevented him from taking revenge on Bester. Garibaldi succumbed to alcohol again. In 2262 he became head of the secret service of the Interstellar Alliance, but soon lost the post due to his addiction. After the withdrawal, he took over the company of Edgar, who had meanwhile been killed, together with his wife Lise, who was Garibaldi's former girlfriend, and married her. Their daughter was born around 2266. In his position as a major entrepreneur, he supported Lyta Alexander's underground organization against the Psi-Corps. Alexander removed Garibaldi's mental block and finally managed to track down Bester and bring him to justice for his crimes. P. 303 ff.
Michael Garibaldi was played by Jerry Doyle .
Susan Ivanova
Susan Ivanova was born in St. Petersburg and lived in Paris as a teenager. Her mother was a telepath who refused to join the Psi Corps and was therefore forced by them to take drugs that suppressed her abilities. Side effects of the drugs drove them to suicide; which is why Ivanova had a strong distrust of members of the corps. She had poor telepathic abilities of her own and lived in constant worry that the Psi-Corps might discover them. After her brother died in the war against the Minbari, she joined the Earth Forces in 2248. Among other things, she was stationed at Jupiter's moon Io until she took up her post as deputy head of Babylon 5 in 2257. A year later she was promoted by Sheridan and increasingly took on diplomatic tasks. So when she won ancient peoples as allies in the war against the shadows. On these missions she came into contact with Marcus Cole, who fell in love with her, but she did not respond. Ivanova was involved in Sheridan's resistance to Clark from the start. She took over the moderation of a newscast, which should counteract the propaganda of the earth government. In the war against Clark, she was so badly injured that Cole gave his life to save her. She then left Babylon 5 and took command of a destroyer. In 2281 Ivanova, meanwhile promoted to general, took over the leadership of the Rangers after Sheridan's death. P. 380 ff.
Susan Ivanova was played by Claudia Christian .
Warren Keffer
Warren Keffer grew up on a colony on Earth and became a fighter pilot. As a member of the Zeta Squadron on Babylon 5, he took part in a hyperspace rescue mission in 2259, during which he had an encounter with a ship of the shadows, which was unknown at the time. His squadron leader did not survive the mission and Keffer moved up. From then on he went in search of the strange ship. In another mission in the same year he was finally successful and found a structurally identical ship. Just before it killed him, he submitted a recording of the encounter. These were the first pictures of a shadow ship to be seen in public. P. 410
Warren Keffer was portrayed by Robert Rusler .
Lennier
Lennier was a member of the Minbari religious caste. He learned languages, mathematics, and fighting techniques in the Third Temple of Chudomo. Delenn selected him as her personal assistant in 2258 and brought him from Minbar to Babylon 5. Because of his education, Lennier was always a reliable helper and friend to Delenn; so he watched over her during her transformation to the human-Minbari hybrid. His great loyalty to Delenn became love over the years, knowing that she would not reciprocate. When Delenn married Sheridan, Lennier felt increasingly uncomfortable around the two of them and decided to join the Rangers. While accompanying Sheridan and Delenn on a trip to Minbar in 2262, Sheridan was in mortal danger. Lennier initially refused to help him, but shortly afterwards regretted his act and left both Delenn and the Rangers. P. 441 ff.
Lennier was played by Bill Mumy .
Elizabeth Lochley
Elizabeth Lochley grew up on earth and used drugs in her youth. After her best friend died of an overdose, she joined the Earth Forces. During her training, she met John Sheridan, whom she married. The marriage ended in divorce after three months. Lochley sided with President Clark during the Civil War, but was appointed by Sheridan in 2262 to succeed Susan Ivanova as commanding officer of Babylon 5. She did not let anyone dictate the way of running the station and was extremely successful with it. In 2267 she had contact with the Excalibur crew and had a brief affair with Matthew Gideon. She held the post of Babylon 5 leader for many years. P. 452 ff.
Lochley starred in Tracy Scoggins .
Londo Mollari
Londo Mollari was born on Centauri Prime around 2213 and initially pursued a military career. After being briefly married, he entered into three other arranged marriages. He worked as a diplomat on Earth and was sent to Babylon 5 as the Centauri ambassador in 2256. Two years later he met Morden, with whom he entered into a fateful pact: Unsuspecting that Morden was in league with the shadows, Londo allowed Morden to help the Centauri Republic to regain power. As Londo's standing at the Centauri court rose, the assassination-led attacks on the Narn - the Centauri's archenemies - led to a ruthless war between the two peoples. At the same time, Londo and Lord Refa schemed against Emperor Turhan to help Cartagia to the throne. In the following years, Londo increasingly felt guilty and he dissolved his partnership with Murden. He then turned to Refa. However, Londo forced Refa to end the alliance, as the Centauri were now embroiled in countless conflicts. When Morden poisoned Londo's lover Adira Tyree, Londo believed Lord Refa was the murderer and had him killed. In 2261 he was ordered to Centauri Prime to serve as an advisor to Emperor Cartagia. Londo realized that he was mad and that he was making deals with Murder and the Shadows. Together with his assistant Vir Cotto and G'Kar, who was imprisoned at court, he eliminated Cartagia and freed the Narn homeworld from the Centauri crew. Now appointed Prime Minister, he had murders carried out and the shadows on Centauri Prime destroyed. His former nemesis G'Kar became more and more of his friend and eventually his bodyguard. Soon Londo realized that the Centauri court was also controlled by allies of the Shadow, the Drakh, who embroiled the Centauri in a war against the Interstellar Alliance. In order to end the war, Londo submitted to the Drakh and from then on had to wear a guard who constantly monitored Londo's actions. Appointed the new emperor, he could end the war, but Centauri Prime was already devastated and the people humiliated. In the years that followed, he was only able to evade the guard temporarily by consuming alcohol. In this way he also managed to provide Vir Cotto with information for his resistance against the Drakh. In 2278 he ended his life by being strangled by G'Kar. His guardian made sure that G'Kar did not survive this either. P. 509 ff.
Londo Mollari was portrayed by Peter Jurasik .
Na'Toth
Na'Toth was born on Narn and worked as G'Kar's personal assistant on Babylon 5 from 2258 after her predecessor Ko'Dath passed away. When the Centauri bombed and occupied Narn in 2259, Na'Toth was there and was captured. After the end of the war, the order to release her was neglected until she was discovered by chance by G'Kar and Londo Mollari in the palace on Centauri Prime in 2262 and was finally freed. After that, Na'Toth returned to her homeworld. P. 534 f.
Na'Toth was played by Julie Caitlin Brown in the first and fifth seasons and by Mary Kay Adams in the second season .
John Sheridan
The son of a diplomat, Sheridan grew up in Kansas and joined the Earth Forces. There he met Elizabeth Lochley know. Both married; however, the marriage was divorced after three months. During the war against the Minbari, Sheridan was the only person who managed to destroy an enemy cruiser. After the war, in 2249, he married Anna, who was soon killed on a research mission. He was temporarily in command of the transfer station at Io and on a destroyer. In early 2259 he replaced Jeffrey Sinclair as commander on Babylon 5. There he met Delenn, who pointed out the threat from the Shadows and introduced him to the Rangers. With the command baton of Babylon 5, he formed a secret circle of resistance against President Clark in order to expose his crimes. One of Sheridan's greatest talents was the ability to unite different peoples for a common goal. So he could raise a powerful army against the shadows. At the height of the war in 2260, his wife Anna reappeared. The shadows had resurrected her, and with a changed personality they had come down on Sheridan to pull him to their side. He accompanied her to Z'ha'dum, but refused any cooperation and was critically injured and was practically dead. Lorien, the "very first", saved him and gave him life energy for about 20 years. Upon his return to Babylon 5, with Lorien's help, he was able to end the war against the shadows, which resulted in the very first leaving the galaxy. Then he turned back to President Clark. He declared the station's independence and successfully defended it against loyal troops. He then led a campaign against Clark with the help of alien forces. During the war, he was captured, tortured and interrogated, but was released. First Sheridan and his multiplanetar fleet liberated the colonies and finally the earth itself. Subsequently, he played a decisive role in the establishment of the Interstellar Alliance, of which he became the first president. He and Delenn were now a couple and they both married. He passed the command of Babylon 5 to Elizabeth Lochley in 2262. Sheridan and Delenn later left Babylon 5 to live on Minbar. In 2263 their son David was born. In 2279 he gave up his post as president. He was succeeded by Delenn while he was in charge of the Rangers. In the year 2281 the life energy he had received from Lorien was used up. Lorien was already waiting for him. Together they both disappeared and Sheridan was never seen again. P. 670 ff.
John Sheridan was portrayed by Bruce Boxleitner .
Jeffrey Sinclair / Valen
Jeffrey David Sinclair was born on Mars and joined the Earth Forces in 2237. As a fighter pilot, he took part in the decisive battle in the Earth-Minbari War in 2248, during which he was taken aboard an enemy cruiser and interrogated. The Minbari discovered that he had the DNA of Valen and thus a Minbari soul and immediately ended the war. Sinclair's memories of the incident have been erased. In 2257 he took command of Babylon 5, as he was the only person the Minbari would accept at this post. There he appointed Laurel Takashima as his deputy and Michael Garibaldi as his security chief; in addition, he soon became close friends with Delenn. Towards the end of 2258 he and his partner Catherine Sakai forged marriage plans. However, after the assassination attempt on President Santiago, Sinclair was transferred to Minbar by President Clark to work as the people's ambassador. There he soon became the leader of the Rangers, which now also included humans. Among his recruits was Sakai, who disappeared during a mission in a time warp. In 2260 he received a 900 year old letter from Valen. Following the instructions, he kidnapped the Babylon 4 station together with Delenn, Marcus Cole, Zathras and the command staff of Babylon 5. Together with Zathras, he traveled to Babylon 4 in the 13th century, underwent a change to half a Minbari and led the name Valen, the nearly defeated Minbari in the war against the shadows. He founded the Gray Council and the Rangers. At this time he met the lost Sakai again and both married. After defeating the Shadows, both of them fled into exile, as a relationship of different species was not tolerated by the Minbari. They had children, from whose line Delenn eventually emerged. This is how human DNA found its way into the Minbari family tree, which ultimately saved humanity in 2248. P. 684 ff. P. 770 f.
Jeffrey Sinclair was played by Michael O'Hare .
Talia Winters
As a P5 telepath, Talia Winters grew up in Vienna under the care of the Psi-Corps. She later worked on Mars. In about 2253 she was secretly implanted by the Corps with a second personality who oversaw Winter's activities without her knowledge. From 2258 she represented the Psi Corps on Babylon 5. At the beginning she was a telepath loyal to the Corps, but increasingly doubted its methods and practices. She even helped rogue telepaths on the ward. She received increased telepathic powers and low telekinetic abilities from her former lover, Jason Ironheart, on whom the Psi Corps experimented. A relationship developed between her and Susan Ivanova who became best friends. When Lyta Alexander returned to the ward, she exposed Talia as a sleeper agent. After telepathic transmission of the code word, the second personality took control and destroyed the original Talia. She left Babylon 5 for Earth, but at the time she had no knowledge of Sheridan's resistance against Clark. P. 810 ff.
Talia Winters was from Andrea Thompson played
Supporting characters
Alfred Bester
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Bester's parents were renegade telepaths from the Psi Corps. He was born in 2189 as Stephen Kevin Dexter. After his parents were murdered by the Corps, he came into the care of his grandfather, who was the head of the Psi Corps and named him Alfred Bester. As a level P12 telepath, he embarked on a career in the Thought Police, where his primary job was to hunt down renegade telepaths. He never made a secret of seeing non-telepaths as inferior. In order to achieve the goals of the Corps or his own, he was extremely ruthless and brutal. His work often took him to Babylon 5. In 2260 he briefly cooperated with Sheridan, because he disliked the influence of the Shadows on the Corps and since his lover Carolyn Sanderson was in cold sleep under the influence of shadow implants, and he hoped that Sheridan would find a way finds to help her. A year later he was instrumental in the mental reprogramming of Michael Garibaldi that served to expose William Edgars' plot against the telepaths. During the conflict between the Psi Corps and the telepath resistance around Lyta Alexander in the mid-2260s, Bester was responsible for countless murders and the establishment of concentration camps. After the fall of the corps, he lived on the run. In Paris he lived under an assumed name for a long time; however, he was ultimately tracked down by Garibaldi and security agencies. He was convicted of his crimes and spent the rest of his life in a Geneva maximum security prison, where he died in 2281. P. 63 ff.
Alfred Bester was portrayed by Walter Koenig .
Emperor Cartagia
Cartagia was the nephew of Emperor Turhan, whose successor he succeeded in 2259 with the help of Lord Refa. He was prone to narcissism, arrogance, and arbitrary cruelty. He allowed the Shadows to set up a base on Centauri Prime and in return wanted to be elevated to deity. He didn't care that the Vorlons planned to destroy Centauri Prime along with the Shadows. Cartagian behavior led Londo Mollari to oppose the Emperor. Mollari developed a murder plot against Cartagia, allied with G'Kar and set a trap for Cartagia on Narn. Ultimately, Cartagia was killed with a neurotoxin by Vir Cotto in 2261 and the shadows were removed by Centauri Prime. P. 98 f.
The star of Cartagia was Wortham Krimmer .
Morgan Clark
Morgan William Clark was Vice President of Earth under President Luis Santiago. He was close to the Psi-Corps and conspired with murders to assassinate Santiago in 2258 and granted the Shadows access to the corps in return for their support. After his predecessor was eliminated, Clark became president in 2259. He gradually transformed the government of the earth into a dictatorship using martial law. John Sheridan openly rebelled against the regime and was finally able to overthrow Clark with the help of aliens. This escaped his arrest by suicide. P. 129 f.
Clark was portrayed by Gary McGurk .
Draal
Draal was Minbari and Delenn's former teacher and good friend. After being depressed on Minbar due to increasing resentment among the Minbari, he traveled to Babylon 5 in 2258 to meet Delenn one last time before he would "sink into the sea." Before that, however, he was appointed by the previous and decrepit custodian of the "Great Machine" on Epsilon 3 to be its successor. Draal followed this call and found his new calling in the Great Machine. From there, he assisted the Babylon 5 crew on several occasions. P. 199 f.
Draal was portrayed by Louis Turenne on his first appearance . Then John Schuck took over the role.
William Edgars
William Edgars was the head of a pharmaceutical company and lived mostly on Mars. He was married to Lise Hampton Edgars. Edgars recruited Michael Garibaldi for various services in 2261. When Garibaldi found him on Mars, Edgars convinced him to help capture John Sheridan. That was part of his plan to use a virus to control human telepaths on earth: Edgars saw telepaths as a threat to "normal" people and therefore wanted to gain control over them. The virus he produced would kill any telepath unless he was given an antidote - manufactured exclusively by Edgars Industries - at regular intervals. The capture of Sheridan was supposed to prevent Clark from giving the Psi Corps even more power to put down Sheridan's rebellion. However, since Alfred Bester learned of William Edgars' plans from Michael Garibaldi, whom he had telepathically changed, before the virus was released, he arranged for Edgars to be murdered. The virus was destroyed by the Psi-Corps, the antidote retained. P. 240 f.
William Edgars was by Efrem Zimbalist Jr. played.
Byron Gordon
Byron was born on Mars and was a P12 highest level telepath. He worked for the Psi Corps under Alfred Bester, on whose orders Byron killed helpless people. Since he could not reconcile this with his conscience, he defected from the Corps in 2258 and gathered many supporters around him. In 2262 John Sheridan gave him permission to live on Babylon 5 with his people. There he met Lyta Alexander and they became a couple. He and his followers unsuccessfully demanded a planet of their own in order to live there in peace. His activities eventually brought on the Psi Corps. The violence escalated and Byron was forced to commit suicide. Lyta succeeded him as the leader of the resistance against the Corps. P. 318 f.
Byron Gordon played Robin Atkin Downes .
Theresa Halloran / Number One
Theresa Halloren was the leader of the resistance against Earth on Mars and was known there as "Number One". She joined the John Sheridan rebellion against President Clark in 2261 and proved to be an important ally. At the time, she was having an affair with Stephen Franklin. After the Martian colony gained independence, Halloren was elected to the new Mars government. In 2262 she took over the position of head of the secret service of the Interstellar Alliance from Michael Garibaldi and from then on lived on Babylon 5. p. 334 f.
Halloran was played by Marjorie Monaghan .
Lise Hampton
Lise Hampton was born on Mars. Around 2253 she met Michael Garibaldi and they both wanted to get married. However, Garibaldi gave up the relationship for his post on Babylon 5. She was later briefly married and had a daughter. Her ex-husband took the child after the separation. In 2261 she married William Edgars. After his death, she ran his company together with Garibaldi, whom she eventually married. Their daughter Mary was born around 2266. P. 241 f.
Lise Hampton was played by Denise Gentile .
Kosh
The Vorlon Kosh Naranek lived as early as the 13th century, where he supported Valen in the fight against the Shadows. From Valen he also received knowledge for the next 1000 years. Shortly after taking up his service on Babylon 5 in 2257, Kosh was assassinated. He was only barely rescued with the help of the ward doctor Benjamin Kyle and the telepath Lyta Alexander. Kosh stayed in close contact with Delenn and opened up to Lyta Alexander, who later became his assistant. In contrast to other representatives of his species, Kosh was also interested in the younger races. He gave secret lessons to John Sheridan from time to time to prepare him for the fight against the Shadows. When Vorlon ships attacked shadow ships on his orders in 2260, he was murdered by the shadows in retaliation. However, he was able to hide fragments of his consciousness in Sheridan's body. When he got into trouble on Za'ha'dum, Kosh asked him to jump into the abyss, which ultimately led to Sheridan's rescue. Kosh's successor as the Vorlon ambassador to Babylon 5 was Ulkesh. Since Ulkesh became a security risk due to the Vorlons' aggressive approach in the late stages of the Shadow War, he should leave the station. He refused, which caused Kosh to leave Sheridan and join Lorien to fight the ambassador. Kosh and Ulkesh met their final death. P. 422 ff.
Kosh was played by Ardwright Chamberlain and spoken in the original English by Jeffrey Willerth . Ulkesh was played by Jeffrey Willerth and spoken in the original English by Ardwright Chamberlain.
Lorien
Lorien was the first living being in the universe to develop consciousness. His species met the very first, who at that time were still young races. Among them were the Vorlons and the Shadows. He taught them, and soon he was the last of his kind. He settled on the planet Z'ha'dum, which the Shadows then chose to be their homeworld to honor Lorien. There he met the seriously injured John Sheridan in 2260 and gave him life energy for about 20 years. He advised Sheridan on the fight against the Vorlons and Shadows. When the remaining Very First were gathered in a final battle, Lorien made it clear that they must now leave the galaxy. He followed them and only returned briefly in 2281 to get Sheridan. P. 455
Wayne Alexander played Lorien .
Murder
Morden was born in Summit, New Jersey in 2223 and was an archaeologist. He had a wife and a daughter who were both killed in a terrorist attack. Together with Sheridan's wife Anna, he was part of the crew of the expedition ship Icarus, which explored the planet Z'ha'dum. There they met the shadows who killed anyone who did not cooperate with them. In the hope that they could bring his family back, Morden submitted to the shadows and became their stooge. On Babylon 5 in 2258 he looked among the extraterrestrial ambassadors for someone who could be manipulated for the purposes of the shadows and finally found Londo Mollari. His greed for power made him enter into a fateful pact with Murder that turned the races of the galaxy against one another and paved the way for the shadows to wage war. Morden also found a partner in President Clark; later also in Lord Refa, when Londo broke away from murders. He also introduced the megalomaniac Emperor Cartagia to the Shadows, who allowed them to build a base on Centauri Prime. After Londo took power and removed the shadows in 2261, he had murders carried out and his head on display in the palace garden. P. 520 ff.
Murden was played by Ed Wasser .
Neroon
Neroon was a member of the Minbari warrior caste and killed thousands of people in the war against Earth. In 2259 he became a member of the Gray Council, giving the warrior caste a majority for the first time in the council's millennial history. This exacerbated the rift between the castes, which eventually culminated in civil war. Neroon respected the religious Delenn and their leadership of the Rangers. So he finally sacrificed himself in 2261 in a ritual that was to determine the future leader of the Minbari, and cleared the way for Delenn and peace among the Minbari. P. 550 f.
Neroon was played by John Vickery .
Lord Refa
Antono Refa was a Centauri politician. After the death of Emperor Turhan in 2259, he had Prime Minister Malachi assassinated and thus helped Cartagia to the throne. He was responsible for numerous atrocities in the war against the Narn. When Londo Mollari broke his pact with murders, Refa gladly took that place in view of the power involved. However, Londo forced him to give up this partnership by giving Refa part of a two-component poison. Later, when Londo believed that Refa had murdered the only woman he ever cared about, he lured him to the Narn's home planet in 2260, where Refa fell into a trap and was killed by the angry Narn. Londo also left fake evidence declaring Refa a traitor, which also dishonored his family. P. 617 f.
Refa was portrayed by William Forward .
Catherine Sakai
Catherine Sakai grew up in Alaska and Hong Kong. She joined the Earth Force around 2242, where she met Jeffrey Sinclair. The two became a couple; after the outbreak of war between humans and Minbari they were initially separated. Later she devoted herself to the exploration of planets. Occasionally she met with Sinclair, and in 2258 they both made plans to marry. However, Sinclair was ordered as ambassador to Minbar, whereupon Sakai also went there and joined the Rangers. During a combat mission, she disappeared in a time warp, as a result of which she met Sinclair again about a thousand years earlier, who was now called Valen. She and him had children who eventually brought human DNA into the Minbari lineage. P. 637
The actress in Sakai was Julia Nickson-Soul .
Ta'Lon
The Narn Ta'Lon was a fighter pilot and was abducted by aliens in 2259. Together with John Sheridan, who was in the same situation, he managed to escape. The following year he was assigned to Babylon 5 as a bodyguard. There he met G'Kar and persuaded him to stay on the station and not face the Centauri occupiers on Narn. From then on he was a loyal supporter and advisor to G'Kar. For example, Ta'Lon convinced him that G'Kar could serve as a teacher and role model for other Narns. At the end of 2262 Ta'Lon became the Narn ambassador to Babylon 5. pp. 715 f.
Ta'Lon was played by Marshall Teague .
Brother Theo
Theo Ankises was a Trappist monk who lived with some fellow believers on Babylon 5 from the year 2260 to learn more about extraterrestrial religions. In return for the toleration of the monks on the station, he repeatedly offered to help the command staff. For example, he and his people helped track down a terrorist. Ankises sympathized with Sheridan and used his contacts on Earth to gather information about the resistance to President Clark. P. 29 f.
Brother Theo played Louis Turenne .
Valen
See Jeffrey Sinclair
Milo Virini
Milo Virini was a senator at the Emperor's court on Centauri Prime. He was a loyal subordinate of Imperator Turhan and his successor Cartagia. After Cartagia's death, Virini was appointed regent of the Centauri Republic. Shortly thereafter, the Drakh secretly took control of Centauri Prime and provided Virini with a guard who controlled his actions. In this way he was forced to start a war against the Interstellar Alliance. When his homeworld was in ruins, the Drakh let him die. So he served as a scapegoat for the disastrous situation of the Centauri and cleared the way for Emperor Mollari. P. 782 f.
Milo Virini was portrayed by Damian London .
Lou Welch
Lou Welch was a sergeant in the Earth Forces who worked alongside Michael Garibaldi in the security service on Babylon 5 until 2259. He was then promoted and transferred. About a year later he left the Earth Forces and worked as a private security advisor. Meanwhile, he accidentally discovered a cloak of invisibility in a crashed Drakh spaceship. He used the technology to track down things unnoticed, which earned him the nickname "the ghost". He also worked with Garibaldi, who was now an entrepreneur. An order led both to Centauri Prime around 2270. There Welch was exposed and murdered by the Drakh. P. 799
Lou Welch starred in David L. Crowley .
Crusade (spin-off)
Sarah Chambers
Virologist Sarah Chambers was on Mars when the Drakh plague spread on Earth. She was appointed to be the senior physician on board the Excalibur. There she developed temporary protection against the disease and on one occasion examined the pathogen more closely together with Stephen Franklin. P. 118 f.
Sarah Chambers was played by Marjean Holden .
Max Eilerson
Maximilian "Max" Eilerson was born on Mars and was a xenoarchaeologist and linguist with four degrees who was employed by the expedition company IPX. During an excavation in 2267, his group was attacked by the Drakh and rescued shortly afterwards by an Excalibur team. He joined Gideon's crew to use his skills to help find a cure for the Drakh Plague. P. 243 f.
Eilerson starred in David Allen Brooks .
Galen
After his parents were murdered, the techno-magician Galen came into the care of the magicians Elric and Alwyn at the age of 10. During a mission in 2258, there was a confrontation with Elizar, a techno-magician who was in the service of the shadows. Galen's lover, Isabelle, was fatally wounded by Elizar. Galen later put Elizar on Z'ha'dum, which Z'ha'dum did not survive. The techno-magicians soon decided to hide in a secret place from the looming war with the shadows. On the way there, Galen saved Matthew Gideon's life when he was floating helplessly in space. In 2266 he warned Sheridan of an attack by the Drakh on Earth, which could be averted, but not the spread of the Drakh plague on Earth. Due to his contacts with outsiders, Galen was expelled from the hiding place by the other magicians. He then joined Gideon's crew in finding a cure for the plague by escorting the Excalibur on his own ship. From time to time he traveled to Centauri Prime and helped Vir Cotto free his homeworld from the influence of the Drakh. P. 295 ff.
Galen was played by Peter Woodward .
Matthew Gideon
Matthew Gideon was born in 2226. As a member of the Earth Force, he served on the destroyer Cerberus, which was destroyed by a mysterious ship. Gideon was the only survivor and was saved by Galen. Later, Gideon commanded various ships, participated in many combat missions and gained experience with first contacts. In 2267 he was chosen by the President of the Interstellar Alliance, John Sheridan, to look for a cure for the Drakh plague as commander aboard the destroyer Excalibur. He received information about his travel destinations from an "apocalypse box", a secret chest that he once won at a card game. During the search, he followed the trail of a ship of the same type as the one that was responsible for the destruction of the Cerberus. In doing so, he came across a secret base of the Earth Forces, where technology of the shadows was researched and used to build modern weapons. Since this was forbidden under the laws of the Interstellar Alliance, Gideon and his crew went to Mars to publish his discovery. Before that could happen, however, he was gunned down. His consciousness lingered temporarily in the apocalypse box. P. 312 ff.
Gary Cole played Gideon .
John Matheson
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John Matheson was a level P6 telepath. At the end of the telepath crisis, reports from a rogue telepath made him suspicious of the Psi Corps. He allowed her to launch an attack on the Corps, which was disbanded shortly thereafter. Matheson then went to the Earth Forces. In 2267 he served under Matthew Gideon. At his express request, Matheson became the deputy commandant on board the Excalibur. P. 479 f.
The performer of Matheson was Daniel Dae Kim .
Dureena Nafeel
Dureena is from the planet Zander Prime and was sold into slavery by her family. She managed to escape and became a member of the thieves' guild. In 2261, her homeworld was ravaged by the shadows and she was apparently the last of her people to survive. Galen contacted Dureena as well as John Sheridan to help prevent the Drakh from destroying Earth. Matthew Gideon allowed her to accompany him aboard the Excalibur to help find a cure for the Drakh plague. During the mission, she accidentally discovered a forgotten tribe of members of her people on a planet, but they were infected with the Drakh plague. She asked Galen several times to let her in on the secrets of his power. Since he questioned her motives, he rejected her, but offered the prospect that this could change at some point. P. 536 f.
Dureena was played by Carrie Dobro .
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- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao Jason Davis: Babylon 5 Encyclopedia . 1st edition. Publishing 180, 2017, ISBN 978-0-9821005-9-2 .
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