Alkesh

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Alkesh Naranek
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Age:
Over a million years
Race / Species:
Vorlon
Rank
Ambassador (Naranek)
Background:
Influential among more Liberal Vorlons

"How's Life?" "Precious."

The most widely seen Vorlon outside of Vorlon Prime itself, Alkesh is one of the most communicative and approachable members of his species. Which is to say, he rarely speaks and occasionally shows up at public events. His greatest achievement to date was eliminating Shadow influence in United Indiastan, though he has also been responsible for several other incidents of note.

Notes

Like all vorlons, he does not actually have a name, per-se, as in most cases, Vorlons are able to instantly recognise one another, due to having spent thousands of years in one-another's company, and being highly telepathic. His original name is long forgotten to all but himself and the data-archives of the Vorlon homeworld, Alkesh is a name, like almost all used by Vorlons, derived from his membership in a 'Tendancy.' He was a founding member of the Kesh tendancy, which considers itself responsible for seeking out and destroying sources of Chaos. In most cases, the current members of this Tendancy, such as Ulkesh, interpret this to mean that they should be concerned with destroying the Shadows. The first syllable of his name denotes that he is an adherent to the Tendancy's original objectives, the (violent or otherwise) elimination of sources of strife among 'Young Races' both that caused by the Shadows and by other sources.