![]() ![]() Initially, the two had a comically adversarial relationship: Vir was guileless, naive and extremely honest and empathetic, making him completely inept at Centauri political process, which irked Londo no end. Londo's closest friend is his attache Vir Cotto. One of Londo's few real friends is Urza Jaddo, whom Londo must kill in a duel because of the intrigues of Lord Refa. His greatest love, other than his people, is the romantic company of Lady Adira, a former slave and dancer whose benign and sincere nature pierced all the practised cynicism he has built over the course of his life. Of the three wives he possesses, the only one he does not divorce is his abrasive wife Timov (who absolutely despises him and shows him not the slightest shred of respect) because her scathing honesty is preferable to the feigned friendliness and scheming of the other two. Londo is very appreciative of his friends and reluctantly tolerant of insincerity he often chooses the friendship of people with temperaments similar to his own but with personalities suited towards brutal honesty (Michael Garibaldi) or sincere naivety ( Lennier, Vir Cotto). He yearns for honor and respect, but is often uncomfortable with the cost and responsibilities that come with it. Londo is averse to violence and is often at odds with himself over his desire for military victory and the horror he feels at the suffering and death of others when he is present at the Second Conquest of Narn, he is visibly sickened by the level of destruction and death he has semi-unwittingly caused and later challenges Lord Refa over his use of outlawed Mass Drivers in the planetary assault on Narn. His bigotry towards other races, particularly the Narns, is largely based on habituation and national identity rather than actual hatred he is rather fond of humans given the similarities in behavior between them and his own people, and speaks in obvious admiration of the human military's tenacity during the Earth–Minbari war. Londo's greatest desire is to see the restoration of the Centauri Republic to the glory and influence it held in older times, and it is this desperate longing that proves the undoing of himself and his people.ĭespite his temperamental and stodgy nature, Londo himself is largely devoid of malice. He resents the Narn for their eventual success in establishing themselves as a viable independent power and for what he feels is their part in the increasingly unimportant and humiliating political positions he has held in the latter years of his life, most of which were diplomatic titles with little significance in the royal court. These developments have wounded Londo's pride in his people and himself, and he is extremely bitter about his people's loss of face. But the decline of the expansionist tradition has weakened the prestige of the Centauri Republic in the eyes of the galactic community, particularly the emancipation of the Narn homeworld from Centauri colonial rule. A staunch traditionalist, Londo has a profound sense of pride which is tied to the heritage of the Centauri imperial history, when the republic was a vast empire with tremendous influence across the known galaxy Londo was once a military officer with several heroic accomplishments, which he relishes and often reminisces on when intoxicated. While he is an avid hedonist who is fond of drink and leisure, he is also a devout Centauri patriot and would gladly give his life without hesitation to protect the Republic. He is a mercurial personality given to extreme manifestations of anger, sadness, or joviality, depending on the power of the catalyst provoking them. ![]() Londo Mollari is a member of one of the oldest Noble Houses of the Centauri Republic. By the series' end, he finally makes things right at the cost of his own life. Mollari is also a man of honor, and the moral consequences of his plots weigh heavily on him. In doing so, he becomes largely an unwitting pawn of the Shadows, and the intrigues that he engages in are central to the show's plot. Later in the series, he is shown to be an embittered patriot of a dying empire, eager to restore its primacy. He begins as an apparent stock character assigned to the role of loud, jovial comic relief. ![]() Londo Mollari is a fictional character in the universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Peter Jurasik.Īlthough Londo began as a supporting player in the early episodes, his actions and character development as the series progressed had an immeasurable effect on the show, making him one of the more significant characters in the series. Babylon 5: In the Beginning (chronological) ![]()
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