This
node attempts to explain the
dream Londo Mollari has in the
Babylon 5 episode The Coming of Shadows.
1. Londo is
asleep. As he is dreaming, he hears himself say, "Keep this up,
G'Kar, and soon you
won't have a planet to protect!" He sees a contigent of
Narn fighters destroying the space
station at
Ragesh 3. Within seconds, that dissolves.
The attack on Ragesh 3 occured in the first episode, Midnight on the Firing Line.
2. He sees a great, fiery
star with a
hand emerging from it,
reaching toward something...
The hand, mentioned by Elric in The Geometry of Shadows, is a metaphor for Londo's expanding power and influence: "I see a great hand, reaching out across the stars..."
3. He sees
Centauri Prime from orbit...
4. He finds himself standing on the
dusty or
sandy surface of a
planet, shielding his
eyes from
the
sun as a group of
Shadow ships fly overhead...
Occurs in The Hour of the Wolf, when he finds out Emperor Cartagia made a deal with the Shadows, allowing them the Island of Selini as a base.
5. He stands, dressed in
ceremonial clothing, his
head bowed, as a
crown is placed upon his
head...
Londo's coronation as Emperor, which occurs in The Fall of Centauri Prime.
6. He sits on a large
throne, dressed in elaborate
white clothes. He is
aged,
decrepit, and
ill.
Surveying his surroundings, he sees a Narn, his face aged and wrinkled, wrapped in a dark
cloth. It is G'Kar...
We see this in World Without End, Part Two. Londo is still Emperor in his old age, and he has not aged well. G'Kar is somehow involved with him, even then.
7. Londo once again sees the great hand, stretching further and further from the star,
grasping at
something...
8. He is back in the
throne room, in a
struggle with G'Kar. They are both trying to
strangle each
other. Londo begins losing the struggle, and he begins to fall back, as...
This was foreshadowed as far back as the first episode, Midnight on the Firing Line, and we see it in World Without End, Part Two.
9. He wakes up. He is quite
disoriented, and picks up a small clock nearby, to check the time.
"It has begun," he says.
Just for reference, it refers to Londo knowing that the attack on Quadrant 14 is about to begin, and war with the Narn will follow soon after.
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