List of Babylon 5 characters
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The list of Babylon 5 Characters contains major characters from the entire Babylon 5 franchise. They are sorted alphabetically by surname.
For more information, see their individual articles. See also List of minor Babylon 5 characters.
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[edit] Branmer
In the fictional Babylon 5 universe, Branmer was the name of a Minbari General. Branmer was the General who led the Minbari forces at the Battle of the Line.
Branmer's father was a member of the Warrior Caste, his mother was from the Religious Caste. Because the mother's caste took precedence in Minbari society, Branmer began life as a member of the religious caste. He was a close friend of Grey Council member Delenn. When the Earth-Minbari War began, Branmer became a General of the warrior caste. Branmer felt it was his religious duty to carry out the war against the humans. When the Grey Council ended the war, Branmer obeyed the order to stand down.
In 2257, Branmer was on a diplomatic mission when he suddenly died. He had previously told Delenn that he had wished for a simple funeral followed by cremation. However, the clan he belonged to - the Star Riders - decided to take him on a lengthy journey home, which was seen as a most unusual move. The ship carrying Branmer's body soon arrived at Babylon 5. After lying in state over night, Branmer's first officer Neroon, followed by Delenn and the station's command staff arrived at the place where Branmer's body was held. When Neroon opened the casket, Branmer's body was gone.
It was discovered that Delenn had stolen the body and had Branmer cremated. She was going to explain his disappearance as a religious mystery, that he his body had been physically taken away by the Gods. This actually was an inconsistency in the plot, later episodes had said that the Minbari did not believe in specific religious deities. (These events take place during the episode, "Legacies".)
[edit] Deathwalker
Jha'dur was a Dilgar specialist in biochemical, biogenetic, and cyber-organic weaponry, and was responsible for many of the atrocities committed by the Dilgar during the Dilgar war. Her activities earned her the nickname "Deathwalker". After the war, Jha'dur was sheltered by the Wind Swords, a militant clan of Minbari warriors, in exchange for her services as a weapons expert.
When the war began, the Wind Swords approached the Grey Council and offered them devastating weapons that Jha'dur had developed in the preceding two decades. These weapons were used against the humans, a fact that undoubtedly gave Jha'dur great satisfaction.
The Wind Swords concealed Jha'dur's existence from the other races until 2258, when she left Minbar and traveled to Babylon 5 with one of the fruits of her research: an experimental drug that retarded the aging process in humanoids, conferring immortality on whoever used it. A key ingredient in the drug could not be synthesized; it had to be extracted from living beings. The resulting genocidal wars would be her vengeance on Earth and the League for the extinction of her people.
In the episode "Deathwalker", as Jha'dur's ship prepared to embark for Earth, a Vorlon warship arrived and destroyed it, vaporizing Jha'dur and the only existing sample of the drug. With the death of Jha'dur, the last trace of the Dilgar was erased from the galaxy.
[edit] Jason Ironheart
Jason Ironheart, is a fictional character from the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. He appeared in the 1st season episode Mind War.
Ironheart was a former lover of Talia Winters when they were in the Psi Corps together. He volunteered for experimental treatments to enhance his telepathy, and also to produce stable telekinetics. The experiments succeeded, but caused Ironheart's powers to increase to an uncontrollable level. He fled from Psi-Corps, eventually coming to B5 where he set up an escape route for other rogue telepaths, but was pursued by Bester. However, Ironheart began to undergo destructive "mindquakes", releasing bursts of psychokinetic energy so powerful they threatened the station. As Ironheart realized that his abilities had grown too great to contain, he discorporated his physical form, but not before leaving Talia with a gift; enhanced telepathic shields, and even a bit of telekinesis of her own.
[edit] Pius XV
In the fictional Babylon 5 universe, Pius XV is a fictional Pope.
He was an early 22nd Century Pope of the Roman Catholic Church who was featured in the novel Dark Genesis: The Birth of the Psi Corps. In December of 2115 he called the appearance of telepaths a miracle from God. Pius XV asked the world to embrace all of God's gifts, including telepaths. This statement led to a number of Catholics providing refuge for rogue telepaths after the founding of the Psi Corps.
[edit] Turhan
In the Babylon 5 fictional universe Turhan was the Emperor of the Centauri Republic until his death in 2259. The name Turhan comes from the first name of the actor who portrayed him, Turhan Bey.
Turhan succeeded his father as Emperor of the Centauri Republic. In 2257 Turhan appointed Londo Mollari to be the ambassador to Babylon 5. In The Coming of Shadows Turhan found that his health was declining, and before he died he decided that he wanted to apologize to the Narn people for all the wrongs his people had done to them. Against the advice of his ministers, he traveled to Babylon 5 in 2259 to deliver this apology in person to G'Kar. He asked his prime minister and close friend Malachi to remain behind on Centauri Prime during this time.
Shortly after arriving on Babylon 5, Turhan suffered a debilitating heart attack. It soon became apparaent that Turhan would soon die from his condition. When he announced that he wanted to see a Vorlon before he died, Kosh decided to fulfill this wish. Turhan asked Kosh how it would end, Kosh replied, "...in fire."
Meanwhile, Lord Refa and Londo Mollari had gotten the Shadows to stage an attack on a Narn outpost. Lord Refa also had Malachi assassinated to remove a potential challenger from power. When told of the attack, Emperor Turhan whispered his last words to Londo Mollari, "You are both damned."
Emperor Turhan had no heirs of his own to assume the throne. With Malachi dead, there was no clear successor to take the throne. Following Turhan's death, a number of Centauri families made challenges for the throne. It would be Turhan's nephew, a young man named Cartagia who would assume the throne after Turhan's death.
[edit] Lou Welch
In the fictional Babylon 5 universe, Lou Welch was a member of the station's security force played by actor David L. Crowley. He served for several years on board Babylon 5, and was one of Michael Garibaldi's close friends. His first appearance was in the first season episode "Survivors". He appears in several early Babylon 5 episodes, until his last on-screen appearance in the second season episode "GROPOS". (This is approximately the same time that the character of Zack Allan was introduced into the show.) Lou Welch later died on Centauri Prime when he was murdered by the Prime Candidates and the Drakh.[citation needed]
