Ambassador Delenn Species: Minbari. Later: Human/Minbari Age: 45 (31 Earth years) Position: Ambassador to Babylon 5. Also a member of Grey Council for 16 cycles. Other Titles: 1. Satai 2. Entil'zha [played by Mira Furlan]

A member of the religious caste Mir family Delenn was well groomed for her later life, chosen as an acolyte by Dukhat and subsequently taken under his personal tutelage. Dukhat's ulterior motivation for her training, that he suspected she was a descendant of Valen, was proved correct in 2242 on the eve of Delenn's inauguration as a Satai, or member of the Grey Council which she was to serve for over twenty years, when a Triluminary illuminated in response to Valen's DNA in her genes. Before Dukhat could explain this to Delenn however the Minbari made their belated first contact with a human convoy and in the confusion the humans opened fire, devastating the unsuspecting Minbari fleet and mortally wounding Dukhat who named her as his successor as he died, but his explanation of her ancestry was lost in the noise and confusion of the battle, aghast at this loss Delenn ordered that the humans be shown "no mercy" and the Earth-Minbari War began. She was later present at the Battle of the Line, selecting Jeffrey Sinclair's Starfury for capture in order to learn more about Earth's defenses prior to the planned ground attacks, and then convincing the Grey Council that the humans were the ones mentioned in Valen's prophecy and that they should cease hostilities. Despite her involvement in the war her father, who used to take her to temple on his shoulders, was heartbroken by it and he died shortly afterward, while her mother had joined the Sisters of Valeria shortly after her birth, only seeing her daughter twice since then. When Babylon 5 became operational in 2257 she was chosen to represent the Minbari Federation as she was the most traveled member of the Grey Council, and issued orders to kill Jeffrey Sinclair should he prematurely discover what had happened to him aboard the Minbari Warcruiser, and also to try to resolve the debate about whether the humans really were the race mentioned in Valen's prophecy. While ensuring that Jeffrey Sinclair was not aware of the events at the Battle of the Line she formed a close working relationship with him, providing him with information on the Vorlons prior to the arrival of Kosh on Babylon 5 for example. She was eventually expelled from the Grey Council for disobeying orders not to change into a hybrid Human-Minbari form using the chrysalis device, a process that she went through in early 2259, but was allowed to remain the Minbari ambassador to Babylon 5. As a result of this change she is widely considered something of a freak, shunned by both sides, rather than seen as a bridge between the two races that she considered herself to become according to the prophecy of Valen that she had been following. Shortly after this she assumed command of the Rangers operating within the Euphrates sector at the request of Jeffrey Sinclair who had reformed the organization soon after arriving on Minbar. As the pressures of the upcoming conflict with the Shadows grew, Delenn gradually became involved with John Sheridan, comforting him when he was doubting his value as Babylon 5's commander, explaining that the universe ensures everyone is in the right place at the right time, and defending him when his was accused of murdering Levell. Eventually giving John Sheridan, for whom she had recently declared a willingness to die for to Sebastian, joint command of the Rangers in the area following the climax of the Narn-Centauri War. Despite being formerly dismissed from the Gray Council Delenn was later to return to it in 2260, acting upon the news that they had decided not to become involved in the war against the Shadows brought to her by the Minbari Ranger, Drakhen. When the Gray Council ignored her request to help in the struggle she shamed the religious and worker castes into fighting, breaking both the Gray Council and its symbolic staff in the process. Leading three Minbari Warcruisers and the White Star to Babylon 5, she arrived in time to drive off an assault by Earth Force ships loyal to President Clark. This was an act that led to Nightwatch targeting her for assassination in an attempt to leave the Warcruisers no reason to stay and thus clear the way for a second attempt at recapturing the station by Earth Force ships. Delenn formally introduced G'Kar to the War Council shortly afterwards, suffering a great deal of emotional stress in the process as she apologized for not confirming G'Kar's belief that the Shadows had returned to Z'ha'dum, even though she knew that the Narn would die in their millions as a result. Following the departure of Jeffrey Sinclair as Entil'Zha, when he traveled back in time aboard Babylon 4, she was nominated as his successor to lead the Rangers by Rathenn, although her assumption of this position of military power was vehemently opposed by Neroon who described her as "a religious zealot propelled by prophecy into a position of military and political power". He then threatened to kill her rather than allow her to proceed, despite the Minbari taboo against this imposed by Valen, unless she turned control of the Rangers over the warrior caste under whose jurisdiction the Rangers had originally come. His determination was stymied however by Marcus Cole who challenged him to a duel, invoking both Denn'sha and then Valen's name, demonstrating to Neroon that humans were prepared to die for a Minbari while he was contemplating killing one of his own kind, a realization that finally made him accept Delenn as Entil'Zha. With the arrival of Anna Sheridan on Babylon 5 and John Sheridan's subsequent departure for Z'ha'dum, Delenn was plunged into an emotional turmoil, realizing that by with-holding information because she did not deem the time to be right to disseminate it had probably cost John Sheridan his life and promptly blamed herself for his death, beginning a fortnight of fasting that only ended when Sheridan and Lorien returned to Babylon 5. This emotional state was quickly picked up by some of the other races who refused to launch a preemptive strike against Z'ha'dum once it was revealed what Sheridan had done, believing that her motivation was simply her loss rather than a sound tactical decision - a rift that started to tear the fragile alliance apart at the seams. She summoned the Rangers to Babylon 5 in preparation for a suicidal attack on Z'ha'dum, to at least die on the offensive and started to assemble the necessary fleet of ships. Before they could strike however Sheridan returned from Z'ha'dum just in time to prevent an anti-Minbari rally and announced that the fleet was only a start; they would all need to build upon it before they could confront the Shadows and the Vorlons and try to end the fighting once and for all. As the fleet began to grow outside Babylon 5, Delenn learned of the terrible price that Sheridan had paid at Z'ha'dum; that he was living on borrowed time, and in only twenty years he would simply stop, but that did not prevent her from accepting his engagement ring, nor did the fact that entering into a relationship with an alien was strictly taboo to Minbari. Her violation of this taboo was to be tested soon after the departure of the First Ones with the arrival of her kinsman Callenn on Babylon 5 who had arrived to escort her back to Minbar to answer to her clan via The Dreaming and provide a justification for her unauthorized relationship with Sheridan. It was during this process where she belatedly learned what Dukhat had tried to tell her before he died; that she was a descendant of Valen, and only when she threatened to reveal this distressing fact to other Minbari did Callenn relent and allow her to continue her romance with Sheridan in accordance with an ancient Minbari tradition that the winning clan in a battle presented a female to the loser,or that which suffered the most deaths, as a symbol of life and rebirth. Delenn was soon to return to Minbar, following Forell's kidnapping of her in a vain attempt to obtain the religious caste some military assistance from the Drakh which brought to her attention the fact that Minbar was teetering on the brink of a civil war. When it became apparent that the warrior caste was going to win the battle on sheer force of arms Delenn covertly met with her old adversary Neroon, knowing that he felt as she did that for either clan to dominate the other would not be in the best interests of the Minbari people and plotted to end that war and reestablish a new Gray Council. These plans came to fruition at the ancient Temple of Varenni, site of the Starfire Wheel that Delenn used to confront Shakiri, the Shai Alyt of the warrior caste when he was expecting her to meekly surrender to him in a live broadcast to the whole of Minbar. Having demonstrated to the Minbari people that Shakiri's claims to lead were insincere Delenn would have remained in the Starfire Wheel until it took her life, just to prove the point, had Neroon not taken her place and in the process given her the necessary influence to end the civil war with the formation of a new Gray Council as her first act. Unlike the original however, with an even representation between the three clans, Delenn opted to give the worker caste five representatives, while the warrior and religious castes took two apiece. With her own world's civil war over, Delenn turned her attention towards that of Earth, and helping John Sheridan survive its aftermath as cleanly as possible without getting involved in the conflict directly. To this end she revealed to Londo and G'Kar the plans that they had created for the formation of the Interstellar Alliance and easily convinced them to help convince the League of Non-Aligned Worlds that the plan would work. Delenn herself assumed a role as the head the Interstellar Alliance Advisory Board, a triumvirate that also consists of Londo Mollari and G'Kar. The news was broken to the Earth Alliance shortly after John Sheridan had obtained his amnesty for his crew at the expense of his career in Earth Force, that the League of Non-Aligned Worlds had been disbanded to form a new Interstellar Alliance, which they were free to join should they wish, dedicated towards encouraging better relations, helping less advanced races, promoting free trade and above all creating a lasting peace. The keenness of the Earth Alliance to join was tempered only slightly with the news that the duly elected President of the new organization was none other than John Sheridan, although that was soon overcome when Delenn offered to sweeten the deal by providing the Earth Alliance with Minbari artificial gravity technology to placate the members of Earth Force who did not agree with Sheridan's actions. The couple were finally married later the same day, 2nd January 2262, in a secret ceremony on the White Star that took them back to Babylon 5 which was to serve as the headquarters of the Interstellar Alliance until a permanent facility could be built in Tuzanor on Minbar. Delenn lives until at least 2362, when she appeared on an educational debate to denounce the views of its panel that John Sheridan had been a psychological megalomaniac with the words "John Sheridan was a good, kind, decent man." at which point she prepared to leave. When asked by a panelist, Jim Latimere, if that is all she has to say, after so many years out of the public eye many believe her to be dead she retorted with "You came just as far to say less."

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Ambassador Londo Mollari Species: Centauri Age: 77 (45 Earth years) Position: Ambassador to Babylon 5 [played by Peter Jurasik]

The head of House Mollari and the Centauri ambassador to Babylon 5 a position to which he was assigned by Emperor Turhan after no-one else would take the job. Londo himself claims that he took the position to place a considerable distance between himself and his three wives Daggair, Mariel and Timov, the first two of which he divorced in 2259, and seven children. He nicknamed his wives "Famine", "Pestilence" and "Death", making himself by inference "War". A somewhat tragic figure, Londo yearns for the glory days of the Centauri Republic, he clings to the old ways, arranged marriages and membership of a dueling society, the Kora Predo, in which he is known as Passo Liarte or "Crazed Liarte", perhaps due to a raid he led on Frallis 12 where liarte can be found. Londo had a youthful fascination with beautiful Centauri women, visiting many of the finest clubs to watch the most exotic of the dancers, it was in such a club when feeling angry and depressed that one of the dancers told him "whatever it is, it can't be that bad" and then kissed him. They were married the next day, much to the chagrin of a sober Londo once he heard her voice the following morning, the marriage however was short lived as his family, aghast that he had married so far beneath his station, threatened to disown him and disinherit him if he did not divorce her. One of the few times that Londo actually fell in love (Centauri marriages are usually arranged) was with a dancer, Adira Tyree, but the affair ended badly when it was discovered that she was being used to gain access to his purple files, although she did agree to one day return. Despite this Londo consistently shows a compassionate side, such as placing the lovers Kiron Maray and Aria Tensus in fosterage together so that they might remain together rather than be forced into arranged marriages apart. It was as the years went by and the Centauri Republic fell into decline that he developed his desire for a return to the Centauri Republic's power of the past, a desire that was heightened when he was sent to Babylon 5 with orders to establish alliances, with the Earth Alliance and Minbari Federation in particular, and make sure that no one got the upper hand in agreements. The combination of his position and desires, coupled with continual baiting from the Narn Ambassador, G'Kar, who he recognized as being the one strangling him in a dream of his death that led to his inadvertent alignment with the Shadows through Morden. When Morden's associates returned the Eye to him after it was stolen by raiders Londo was on a slippery slope. Proceeding on his course despite the dire warnings of the Technomage Elric, his horror at the later destruction of a Narn colony in quadrant 37 leaving over ten thousand Narn dead was stymied by the attention from the Centaurum, in particular Lord Refa with whom he shared a lust for glory and entered into an alliance. Although uncomfortable with Refa's plans to seize the throne by force, and despite his being damned by Emperor Turhan as he died, Londo pressed on arranging through Morden the Shadow attack on another Narn colony, in quadrant 14, an event which led to the Narn Regime formally declaring war against the Centauri Republic, now led by Turhan's nephew Cartagia; a puppet of Refa's. Only when his long-time friend, Urza Jaddo, came to Babylon 5 seeking Londo's help in saving his honor from Lord Refa's denouncement of his name and subsequent death on Londo's cutari did his desire for power falter and he first began to question the prudence of his alliances. As the Narn-Centauri War progressed Londo's power grew rapidly, and with the Shadows to assist at opportune moments the war was largely one sided, much to the surprise of the Centauri who were hailing him as the architect of their victory. When the time came to end the Narn-Centauri War, Refa called upon Londo again, to arrange for his allies to attack the Narn fleet at Gorash 7 while they attacked the Narn homeworld itself using mass drivers. Swearing it would be the last time he would call upon Morden, Londo agreed, only to be horrified at his first hand view of the attack. Londo dutifully returned to Babylon 5 to announce the unconditional surrender of the Narn Regime, where he proceeded to list the terms imposed by the Centauri Republic, including the eviction of G'Kar from his place on the Babylon 5 Advisory Council. Although his request that G'Kar be returned for trial was denied by John Sheridan who had already granted him asylum aboard the station, a view that was rapidly backed up by Ambassador Delenn. While Londo then tried to discredit and humiliate the Narns at every opportunity he also broke off his arrangement with Morden, who divided up the galaxy and informed him that while they now had an alliance with Lord Refa he could, and would, call upon them at a later time. Londo then set about trying to convince Refa  that he should follow suit and cease any further contact with Morden, and when he refused, eventually using a poison to convince him to see Londo's point of view. This was carefully turned around by Morden, who upon discovering that Adira Tyree was returning to Londo arranged for her to be poisoned and then misled Londo into believing that it was Lord Refa who was responsible, plunging him back into the hands of the Shadows and with the words "the rest of the galaxy can burn", vowed to revenge himself on Lord Refa. Ironically this was achieved not through Morden, but an elaborate but successful plan that involved blackmailing Vir Cotto with the threat of disgrace and manipulating G'Kar into helping with the plan through the promise of 2,000 freed Narn prisoners and having Lord Refa turned over to them to deal with as they saw fit, clearing his path to the position of Emperor. When Refa was ultimately found dead in the catacombs beneath the former seat of the Kha'Ri a data crystal, also provided to G'Kar by Londo Mollari, was recovered from the badly mutilated corpse that implicated Refa in colluding with the Narn resistance in an attempt to destabilize the Centauri Republic and move his allies into positions of power. As a result of this Londo was promoted to the position of an advisor to Emperor Cartagia on matters of planetary security at the end of 2260, something that he saw as being two decades overdue and a leash to divide his time and enable the Centaurum to observe, and if necessary, dispose of him. Londo was aghast to learn that his position as "Advisor on Planetary Security" had been at the request of a badly burnt and scarred Morden, who had narrowly escaped death in the explosion at Z'ha'dum, and who had already negotiated the stationing of Shadow Warships on the Centauri Prime island of Celini with Emperor Cartagia, effectively using the Centauri people as a shield. To compound his problems Londo soon realised that Emperor Cartagia was quite insane, seeking his own deification even at the expense of Centauri Prime if that was to be the price. Salvation was to come from an unlikely source in the form of the captured G'Kar who Cartagia presented to him as a gift allowing the two long standing adversaries to enter into a pact that if G'Kar helped Londo remove the monster from the Centauri throne then he would remove the Centauri monster from the planet Narn. The final player in the assasination plan also came from an equally unlikely source; the mild mannered Vir Cotto was recalled from Babylon 5 by Londo as a patriot, someone he could trust, and someone no one else would ever suspect. Luring Cartagia to Narn so as to stage a show trial of G'Kar to demoralize the Narn and demonstrate Centauri justice, but in reality to render him vulnerable to an assassination, Londo arranged for G'Kar's kirillium shackles to be weakened so that he might break free and cause enough confusion to allow Cartagia to be killed, a task successfully accomplished, despite the chains being replaced by Cartagia's guards before the trial. Ushered quietly from the throne room by Londo, Cartagia started to rant, and then to struggle with Londo, knocking the needle of neurotoxin unnoticed from his hand, only to be killed by Vir Cotto when he turned and impaled himself on the needle. As Cartagia had left no heirs to succeed him, and there was no time to decide on an alternative before the Vorlon Planet Killer arrived at Centauri Prime, Londo Mollari was appointed as Prime Minister of the Centauri Republic, and kept his promise to G'Kar, ordering a Centauri withdrawal from Narn as his first act. Returning to Centauri Prime with Vir Cotto Londo began a desperate race against time to remove the Shadow influence on his home world to prevent the approaching Vorlon Planet Killer from destroying the planet in their attempt to rid the galaxy of the Shadows. Before this plan could really be put into motion however the Centauri Minister of Intelligence, Durano, brought Londo the truth about the poisoning of Adira Tyree, and that Morden was responsible instead of Lord Refa as he had assumed, the news sending Londo into a rage culminating in his demand that Morden be brought before him in the throne room where he demanded that Morden remove the Shadow forces from the island of Celini. When Morden refused Londo ordered his guards to kill the Shadows escorting Morden, then calmly triggered the detonation of nuclear explosives, destroying both the Shadows and the Centauri who had remained on Celini to present an air of normality to the Shadows. Finally Londo had Morden beheaded and his severed head placed on a pike in the palace gardens as a gift to Vir Cotto having recalled his aidé's confrontation with Morden in the Zocalo a few years earlier. Believing the removal of the Shadow influence on Centauri Prime complete Londo signaled the Vorlon fleet with the news and was just beginning to celebrate when the Planet Killer entered orbit, whereupon Vir realized that Londo, tainted by the Shadows, still remained on the planet. As a desperate Londo pleaded with Vir to kill him and then tell the Vorlons in a final attempt to save Centauri Prime, the Planet Killer was called to join the rest of the Vorlon fleet at Coriana 6 to help fight the Shadows. A greatly relieved Londo Mollari was quick to see that despite saving the planet from destruction by the Vorlons his decision to withdraw the Centauri occupation forces from Narn would make him unpopular and so he had Cartagia's former Minister named as Regent until the successor to the throne could be ascertained and hastened back to the comparative safety of Babylon 5. Somewhat sick of war by this point, Londo managed to convince the Centaurum that they should help Sheridan liberate Earth from President Clark as payment in kind for his help in liberating Centauri Prime from the Vorlons by openly siding with Babylon 5's commander and committing to the battle on the terms stipulated by Sheridan; that alien ships should only offer humanitarian aide and not fire unless fired upon. Londo then used his growing relationship with G'Kar following his pact to remove the Centauri occupational forces from Narn to convince G'Kar that the Narn Regime should make a similar announcement so that the member races of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds would follow their lead and also side with Sheridan, declaring their treaty's with Earth null and void, in the process keeping Delenn out of the loop so that there could be no accusations of her personal involvement. Londo's animosity towards the Narn, and to G'Kar in particular, can perhaps be attributed to his "death dream", a vision of their own death common to Centauri, as in his dream Londo sees himself as the Centauri Emperor, confronting a one eyed G'Kar in the throne room and then strangling each other to death. The prelude to this event was witnessed by John Sheridan during a time flash experienced when his time stabilizer was damaged while stealing Babylon 4, when he and Delenn were released from captivity on Centauri Prime as Londo's last hope to save the Centauri people, giving the date as being some seventeen years after Sheridan's crusade against the Shadows. When the two long standing adversaries had finally strangled each other to death Vir Cotto was free to succeed Londo Mollari as the Centauri Emperor, fulfilling the prophecy made Lady Morella that they would both be Emperor, with one following the other to power. This event was to become reality early in 2262 with the news that he was to be named as Emperor following the discovery that the Centauri Regent was terminally ill, news which coincided with his appointment to the Advisory Board of the fledgling Interstellar Alliance that was to replace the League of Non-Aligned Worlds. The pressure of his conscience finally became too great for Londo Mollari early in 2262 when he suffered a serious heart attack in his left heart that almost claimed his life, and while under the care of Dr. Stephen Franklin in MedLab he perceived a series of visions, that finally made him apologize to G'Kar for what he had caused to be done to him and his people through his lack of intervention. Shortly after his recovery Londo was summoned to Centauri Prime to tend the Regent who was gravely ill, knowing that he would be named Emperor should Milo die, and would never return to Babylon 5 except when on state visits. When questioned about his lack of excitement at the news he explained to Zack Allen that he would be the second member of House Mollari to be Emperor, and rather ominously "he too ended badly". Fortuitously prevented from leaving Babylon 5 due to a docking bay accident, Londo was saved from death when the Centauri liner sent to return him home exploded when it tried to set course, something quickly determined to have been sabotage specifically aimed at killing Londo. Concerned for the effects that Londo's murder might have upon the fledgling Interstellar Alliance, Delenn decided that he should have a bodyguard for his trip, selecting Londo's nemesis G'Kar for the role as the ultimate symbol of unity.

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G'Kar Species: Narn Age: 64 (49 Earth years) Position: Ambassador to Babylon 5 [played by Andreas Katsulas]

Born in the late 22nd century, while Narn was still under the control of the Centauri Republic, G'Kar developed a bitter resentment of the Centauri, not just from the ill treatment of his race at their hands and spending much of his childhood in bomb shelters, but from watching his father die following being tortured and left on public display after accidentally spilling a hot drink on a Centauri. Within days of his father's death G'Kar had killed his first Centauri and joined the Narn resistance in their battle for freedom, personally killing at least 25 Centauri, deciding upon their victory that the Narn Regime would never be enslaved again, and a prerequisite to achieve this was though the annihilation of the Centauri. In 2253 G'Kar became a councillor in the Third Circle of the Kha'Ri, during which he made several enemies, one of whom, Du'Rog, later commissioned a Thenta Makur assassin to kill him out of a desire for retribution, the third assassination attempt to be made upon him. In 2256 he became one of the first Ambassadors to arrive on Babylon 5, where he is as outspoken about the Narn as Londo Mollari is about the heyday of the Centauri Republic. G'Kar had dedicated himself to the advancement of the Narn people, wanting to be able to guarantee their safety above all else, going so far as to attempt to implicate the Humans and Centauri in the attempted assassination of Kosh in the hopes of forging an alliance with either the Minbari or the Vorlons. G'Kar is a firm believer in energy, matter and enlightened self-interest running the universe, and as a result feels that everything can be bought and sold, and also that the strong exploit the weak mainly because they can. He offered Lyta Alexander large sums of money in return for telepathic gene samples, and tried to recruit Michael Garibaldi as a security expert. Duty bound as a senior Narn to provide a G'Quan Eth plant for a ceremony he even went so far as to assume that he could purchase a replacement from his nemesis Londo Mollari when his was destroyed in the Tal'Quith accident, eventually obtaining it when Commander Sinclair had the plant confiscated as a narcotic. As Londo Mollari's involvement with the Shadows grew through 2258 G'Kar became more and more convinced that there was another force at work, and following the destruction of the Narn colony in quadrant 37, returned to Narn to arrange for a ship to be sent out to the rim to investigate a planet mentioned in the Book of G'Quan; Z'ha'dum. When the ship was destroyed by the Shadows after Londo Mollari mentioned the trip to Morden. G'Kar was left with no proof of his claims and was ignored. Another major Shadow attack on a Narn colony world in quadrant 14, even as G'Kar shared a drink with Londo Mollari having heard that Emperor Turhan was to apologize to the Narn, was enough to push the Narn Regime over the edge and declare war. Following the end of the Narn-Centauri War, the fall of the Narn Regime, having his ambassadorial titles stripped by Londo Mollari and his request for sanctuary on Babylon 5 granted by John Sheridan he reprised his role as a resistance fighter, procuring arms for the fight for freedom from Centauri oppression. His final words as an ambassador were directed to Londo; "No dictator… no invader… can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. The Centauri learned this lesson once. We will teach it to them again. Though it take a thousand years, we will be free." As the Centauri Republic continued to expand its reach over 2260 G'Kar learnt of the Rangers and Captain Sheridan's War Council, having observed the closed meetings involving Delenn and Sheridan confirmed by his sources and pressed for more information with offers of assistance, primarily directed at Michael Garibaldi with whom he had established a friendship, going so far as to give Garibaldi his copy of the Book of G'Quan. When Babylon 5 seceded from the Earth Alliance he seized the opportunity with both hands, placing the Narn living on Babylon 5 at Sheridan's disposal for use as replacements for the security personnel lost to Nightwatch where they played a key role in preventing Babylon 5 being captured when President Clark sent a military task force to seize control of the station and arrest its command staff. In return he eventually gained the entrance to the War Council that he had sought since the end of the Narn-Centauri War, and learnt of Delenn's silence when he had first brought news of the Shadows to the attention of the Babylon 5 Advisory Council, saying that he would have killed her if he had discovered this as Narn was being bombed by the Centauri attack fleet, and although he understood why he could not yet forgive. Following the apparent loss of both John Sheridan and Michael Garibaldi at the end of 2260, G'Kar was one of the few to concentrate on the search for Garibaldi, tracking down a part of his Starfury to a trader known as Isaac before, despite some help from Marcus Cole, he was captured by the Centauri and taken to Centauri Prime where Emperor Cartagia presented him to Londo Mollari as a gift. The two quickly entered into an alliance whereby if G'Kar helped Londo remove the monster from the Centauri throne then he would remove the Centauri monster from the planet Narn, although G'Kar was to endure days of torture and the loss of an eye before their plans could be successfully put into motion, resulting in the assassination of Emperor Cartagia on Narn and the subsequent Centauri withdrawal. Following his return to Babylon 5 his eye was replaced with a prosthetic by Dr. Stephen Franklin, which despite being subject to interference from electrical devices was capable of operating independently of its socket, something that G'Kar found "most interesting". G'Kar is also a key element of Londo Mollari's "death dream", the Centauri seeing G'Kar and himself as the Emperor of Centauri Prime with their hands at each others throats, slowly strangling each other to death, an event that occurred moments after John Sheridan and Delenn were released from captivity on Centauri Prime as Londo's last hope to save the Centauri people, giving the date as being some seventeen years after Sheridan's crusade against the Shadows. Events began to unfold in ernest at the end of 2261 when it was announced that the Centauri Regent had been taken terminally ill and that Londo was shortly to become Emperor. G'Kar however had his own increase in status with the formation of the Interstellar Alliance. As the sole survivor of the Kha'Ri and the de facto leader of the Narn people he was given a seat on the Advisory Board of the new body, along with Delenn and Londo Mollari. G'Kar has quite a literary talent, presenting a number of moving and stirring speeches before the Babylon 5 Advisory Council, he had also started writing an autobiographical work, later to be known as the Book of G'Kar in an attempt to document the events of the times he had lived through with the Centauri Republic's occupation of his homeworld. As a result of this he was chosen by John Sheridan to write both the inauguration speech and a "Declaration of Principles" for the fledgling Interstellar Alliance, finishing the work mere hours before its first use. The ability of G'Kar to fulfill other roles was soon called upon again when Delenn requested that he act as Londo Mollari's bodyguard on a trip to Centauri Prime, as a symbol of the unity offered by the Interstellar Alliance and to prevent the catastrophic consequences that Londo's death might have upon the Interstellar Alliance. G'Kar initially refused the role, but soon changed his mind when Delenn pointed out that, as Londo's bodyguard he would have to accompany him everywhere, even into the Royal Court, a fact which amused G'Kar greatly.

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Kosh Narenek Species: Vorlon Sex: unknown Age: unknown (suggestion is at least 1,000,000 years) Position: Ambassador to Babylon 5 Note: Naranek may be a honorific and not a personal name. [Voice of Ardwight Chamberlain]

The mysterious Vorlon Ambassador, who always remains in his encounter suit, not for protection from unsuitable environments, but as we later learn, to protect him from being recognised. He speaks via a translation device on his encounter suit, which has a background of musical tones - could this be the true sound of a Vorlon speaking? He does not speak all that often, but when he does it is always in riddles, which make a strange kind of sense. It is only in retrospect that a great many things he says have real meaning - although some statements always remain as riddles. Moments after his arrival on January 4th, 2257 he became the target of an assassination attempt by members of the Minbari warrior caste intent on destabilizing the entire Babylon Project. Kosh prefers not to become involved in the affairs of the other races, rarely attending meetings of the Babylon 5 Advisory Council. This changes however when John Sheridan is appointed commander of Babylon 5 - Kosh then becomes a regular attender of meetings, but usually abstains from voting in matters which never seem to be his concern. There is one matter in which he does become involved, and that is when he leaves his encounter suit to save Sheridan's life when he is in danger of a fatal fall from the sabotaged Core Shuttle. When this happens, nearly all the races present recognise Kosh as an important being from their religious belifs. The Minbari present see him as Valeria, the Narn as G'Lan and the Drazi as Droshalla and so on - Sheridan appears to see him as an Angel. Following his confrontation with Morden and his Shadow escorts, where he requests them to leave the station, and their obvious refusal to comply, he begins to work closely with Delenn preparing for the battle which lies ahead. Although he has his doubts about her, which eventually lead to his summoning an inquisitor (Sebastian), to test her and also Sheridan. He also enters Sheridan's mind while he is comatose aboard a Streib ship - it is this part of Kosh that remains after he is killed by Shadows. Kosh's last act, after some goading and threats from Sherdan, was to give Sheridan and the fragile alliance a much needed victory against the Shadows, by sending a Vorlon fleet into battle in Brakiri space, despite his insistance that it was not yet time for the Vorlons to become involved. The price was high indeed, as Kosh was killed in his quarters by Morden's escorting Shadows, as an act of vengeance, leaving only the charred and cracked encounter suit behind. While he was being torn apart by the Shadows, he was able to appear to Sheridan in a dream-vision, telling not to blame himself for what happened, and that he had been correct to act as he had in forcing the Vorlons' hand. Following his apparent death, the Vorlon Goverment sent a replacement ambassador - Ulkesh. It soon became clear however that a part of Kosh had managed to stay alive inside an unknowing Sheridan, urging him to jump into the chasm at Zha'Dum, knowing that Lorien was at the bottom of it, and would have the means to save Sheridan's life and return him (and part of Kosh) back to Babylon 5. This last part of Kosh later emerges in the violent battle with Ulkesh, a battle that results in both their deaths. Amazingly, Kosh manages to send Sheridan a final message from beyond the grave, during the Brakiri "Day of the Dead". This message in typical Kosh style states "When the long night comes, return to the end of the beginning". At the time it is almost meaningless, but in the last episode of Babylon 5 [Sleeping in Light] we finally understand.

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Ulkesh (Kosh 2) Species: Vorlon Sex: unknown Age: unknown - like Kosh, probably at least 1,000,000 years. [Voice of Ardwight Chamberlain]

The sinister Vorlon Ambassador to Babylon 5, replacing Kosh. He also appears to have been ambassador to Minbar and had a role in Jeffrey Sinclair's transition from Earth Alliance ambassador into Ranger One - Entil'Zha. He becomes ambassador to Babylon 5 after the death of Kosh at the hands of the Shadows. The Vorlon government inform Sheridan that the new ambassador is to be called Kosh. The ambassador himself informs Sheridan and Ivanova that "we are all Kosh". This Kosh has little or no respect for the younger races, even treating Lyta Alexander as a tool to be used and discarded. There is something very cruel about this Kosh. He seems to have a political agenda all his own. He is eventually killed (season 4) by the remnants of Kosh, who also died in the fight - those remnants that have survived in John Sheridan. His death was necessary as the Vorlons had begun destroying worlds that had been touched by the Shadows, and he stood in the way of Sheridan's final plans to defeat both Shadows and Vorlons.

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Ta'Lon Species: Narn Age: unknown Positions: 1. Pilot 2. Bodyguard 3. Ambassador [played by Marshall Teague]

Ta'Lon was a former Narn pilot who was taken prisoner by the Streibs and forced to fight their captives by a device attached to his head as part of an experiment. When forced to fight John Sheridan, who was also a prisoner on the Streib ship, he refused to do so and requested that Sheridan kill him. Instead Sheridan rendered him unconscious and removed the controlling device, athough breaking four of Ta'Lon's ribs in the process. Together they managed to escape the Streib ship before it was destroyed by the Agamemnon. He later returned to Babylon 5 as a bodyguard to Na'Far, making a point of seeking out John Sheridan in order to thank him for saving his life on the Streib ship. After Na'Far returned to Narn, Ta'Lon elected to remain on the station, guarding G'Kar's quarters during his period of incarceration. G'Kar's last official act before departing Babylon 5 was to appoint Ta'Lon as Narn ambassador to babylon 5.

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