Londo Mollari
SPECIES: Centauri
HOMEWORLD: Centauri Prime
DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown
ORGANISATION: Centauri Republic
STATUS: Centauri Ambassador to B5
ALLEGIANCE: UNKNOWN
ACTOR: Peter Jurasik

The head of House Mollari and the Centauri ambassador to Babylon 5, a position to which he was assigned by Emperor Turhan after no-one else would take the job. Londo himself claims that he took the position to place a considerable distance between himself and his three wives Daggair, Mariel and Timov, the first two of which he divorced in 2259, and seven children. He nicknamed his wives "Famine", "Pestilence" and "Death", making himself by inference "War". A somewhat tragic figure, Londo yearns for the glory days of the Centauri Republic, he clings to the old ways, arranged marriages and membership of a dueling society, the Kora Predo, in which he is known as Passo Liarte or "Crazed Liarte", perhaps due to a raid he led on Frallis 12 where liarte can be found. Londo had a youthful fascination with beautiful Centauri women, visiting many of the finest clubs to watch the most exotic of the dancers, it was in such a club when feeling angry and depressed that one of the dancers told him "whatever it is, it can't be that bad" and then kissed him. They were married the next day, much to the chagrin of a sober Londo once he heard her voice the following morning. The one time Londo actually fell in love (Centauri marriages are usually arranged) was with a dancer, Adira Tyree, but the affair ended badly when it was discovered that she was being used to gain access to his purple files, although she did agree to one day return. Despite this Londo consistently shows a compassionate side, such as placing the lovers Kiron Maray and Aria Tensus in fosterage together so that they might remain together rather than be forced into arranged marriages apart.

It was as the years went by and the Centauri Republic fell into decline that he developed his desire for a return to the Centauri Republic's power of the past, a desire that was heightened when he was sent to Babylon 5 with orders to establish alliances, with the Earth Alliance and Minbari Federation in particular, and make sure that no one got the upper hand in agreements. The combination of his position and desires, coupled with continual baiting from the Narn Ambassador, G'Kar, who he recognized as being the one strangling him in a dream of his death that led to his inadvertent alignment with the Shadows through Morden. When Morden's associates returned the Eye to him after it was stolen by raiders Londo was on a slippery slope, proceeding on his course despite the dire warnings of the Technomage Elric, his horror at the later destruction of a Narn colony in quadrant 37 leaving over ten thousand Narn dead was stymied by the attention from the Centaurum, in particular Lord Refa (shown below with Londo) with whom he shared a lust for glory and entered into an alliance.

Although uncomfortable with Refa's plans to seize the throne by force, and despite his being damned by Emperor Turhan as he died Londo pressed on, arranging through Morden the Shadow attack on another Narn colony, in quadrant 14, an event which led to the Narn Regime formally declaring war against the Centauri Republic, now led by Turhan's nephew Cartagia; a puppet of Refa's. Only when his long-time friend, Urza Jaddo, came to Babylon 5 seeking Londo's help in saving his honor from Lord Refa's denouncement of his name and subsequent death on Londo's cutari did his desire for power falter and he first question the prudence of his alliances. As the Narn-Centauri War progressed Londo's power grew rapidly, and with the Shadows to assist at opportune moments the war was largely one sided, much to the surprise of the Centauri who were hailing him as the architect of their victory. When the time came to end the Narn-Centauri War, Refa called upon Londo again, to arrange for his allies to attack the Narn fleet at Gorash 7 while they attacked the Narn homeworld itself using mass drivers, swearing it would be the last time he would call upon Morden he agreed, only to be horrified at his first hand view of the attack.

Londo dutifully returned to Babylon 5 to announce the unconditional surrender of the Narn Regime, where he proceeded to list the terms imposed by the Centauri Republic, including the eviction of G'Kar from his place on the Babylon 5 Advisory Council, although his request that G'Kar be returned for trial was denied by John Sheridan who had already granted him asylum aboard the station, a view that was rapidly backed up by Ambassador Delenn. While Londo then tried to discredit and humiliate the Narns at every opportunity he also broke off his arrangement with Morden, who divided up the galaxy and informed him that while they now had an alliance with Lord Refa he could, and would, call upon them at a later time. Londo then set about convincing Refa should follow suit and cease any contact with Morden, and when he refused, eventually using a poison to convince him to see Londo's point of view. This was carefully turned around by Morden, who upon discovering that Adira Tyree was returning to Londo arranged for her to be poisoned and then misled Londo into believing that it was Lord Refa who was responsible, plunging him back into the hands of the Shadows and with the words "the rest of the galaxy can burn", vowed to revenge himself on Lord Refa. Ironically this was achieved not through Morden, but an elaborate but successful plan that involved blackmailing Vir Cotto with the threat of disgrace and manipulating G'Kar into helping with the plan through the promise of 2,000 freed Narn prisoners and having Lord Refa turned over to them to deal with as they saw fit, clearing his path to the position of Emperor. When Refa was ultimately found dead in the catacombs beneath the former seat of the Kha'Ri a data crystal, also provided to G'Kar by Londo Mollari, was recovered from the badly mutilated corpse that implicated Refa in colluding with the Narn resistance in an attempt to destabilize the Centauri Republic and move his allies into positions of power. As a result of this he was promoted to the position of an advisor to Emperor Cartagia on matters of planetary security at the end of 2260, something that he saw as being two decades overdue and a leash to divide his time and enable the Centaurum to observe, and if necessary, dispose of him.

Londo's animosity towards the Narn, and to G'Kar in particular, can perhaps be attributed to his "death dream", a vision of their own death common to Centauri, as in his dream Londo sees himself as the Centauri Emperor, confronting a one eyed G'Kar in the throne room and then strangling each other to death. The prelude to this event was witnessed by John Sheridan during a time flash experienced when his time stabilizer was damaged while stealing Babylon 4, when he and Delenn were released from captivity on Centauri Prime as Londo's last hope to save the Centauri people, giving the date as being some seventeen years after Sheridan's crusade against the Shadows. When the two long standing adversaries had finally strangled each other to death Vir Cotto was free to succeed Londo Mollari as the Centauri Emperor, fulfilling the prophecy made Lady Morella that they would both be Emperor, with one following the other to power.