Luis Turenne
(Season 1)

John Schuck
(Seasons 2-3)

Draal

In 2258 Delenn's friend, teacher and mentor Draal came to the conclusion that after Dukhat's death and the Earth-Minbari War both the Minbari and the Universe in general had taken a turn to worse. Depressed by this he decided to travel to Babylon 5 to bid farewell to his old student and then leave everything behind to find his destiny in the stars. As if sensing Draal's despair about the lack of meaning in his life, the Great Machine on Epsilon 3 'woke up' while he was on the station. The alien Varn who had taken care of the machine dying and needed someone to take his place. Draal realised that he had found a meaning for his existence and took Varn's place on the planet. Since then he took care of the machine, researched its workings and archives and occasionally helping his friends with the planet's resources.

In 2260 Draal assisted the Army of Light to locate the First Ones of Sigma 957 and accidentally also the evidence of President Clark's involvement in his predecessor's murder. Later that year he also helped to move Babylon 4 a thousand years into the past and provided Jeff Sinclair with the triluminary he needed to became Valen. When both the Vorlon's and the Shadows were persecuting each other's allies, Draal also allowed B5 to send some of the refugees who were flooding the station to Epsilon 3.

Episodes: 018-019, 042, 049

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John Vickery

Neroon

Member of the Star-Riders clan of the warrior caste, Neroon was the second-in-command for Branmer, one of the greatest Minbari warriors, from 2243 to 2258. A year after Branmer's death Neroon replaced Delenn in the Grey Council tipping the balance of power in favour of the warrior caste. After Delenn dissolved the Council in 2260 and was about to accept the leadership of the Rangers, Neroon arrived to Babylon 5 determined to stop her even by force if necessary. He changed his mind after fighting with Marcus Cole and seeing how much the rangers actually respected her. He spared the ranger's life and recognised Delenn as the new Ranger One.

During the civil war on Minbar Delenn turned to Neroon for help, putting aside their former disagreements. Delenn was planning to sacrifice herself in the Starfire Wheel in order to end the war and to restore the balance of power between the castes. At the last moment Neroon switched places with her announcing that even though he had been born in the warrior caste, the calling of his heart was religious. He was burned to death and Delenn, the de facto leader of the religious caste, was given the authority to reform the Grey Council. When she restored the Council, she left the leader's seat empty in the memory of Neroon.

Episodes: 017, 033, 063, 079-080

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