(blocked) asks:
> Will we ever learn more about Kosh I and why he was more
> sympathetic to the Second Ones than Kosh II, or is the Vorlons'
> place in the saga over?

That's a good question, and one of the things I'd like to do
(but which I can't see any way to do in the series) is the whole story
of who Kosh was, how he got to be who and what he was, why he felt the
way he did toward humans (part of it was knowing Valen)...maybe this
will have to go into one of the novels.

jms

Philip Hornsey <74053.2101@compuserve.com> asks:
> 1) Is Naranek a title and if so what does it mean?
> 2) Is Kosh a title and if so what does *it* mean?
> 3) Why are all Vorlon Kosh?
> 4) What was the relationship between Kosh 1 and Kosh 2 (they
> always seem to be together, as on B4, in Dukhat's quarters,
> backing each other up on B5), and if they were close, it that why
> Kosh 2 was such a hardass in the aftermath of Kosh 1's death? Am I
> close?

Zha is the usual reference for the future, whose meaning changes
depending on whether it's a suffix or a prefix, and what it's up
against. Isil-zha usually means change, changing the future, coming of
a new age; entil-zha is the one who creates or guides the forces
creating the future; and z'ha'dum (with the broken zha) is the death of
the future, or the dark future.

And yes, Kosh and Ulkesh were contemporaries, though Ulkesh was
the more military of the two, very isolationist, while Kosh was the
curious one, interested in the younger races, and more willing to
extend himself (with sometimes unfortunate results). Kosh always
worried what Ulkesh would do without his moderating presence...and
ultimately had to be the one to take him down to allow the younger
races to step forward.

jms

Tom Knudsen <72347.1626@compuserve.com> asks:
> Since Kosh and Ulkesh seem to have the authority to dictate
> Vorlon policy from what you've said, can we assume that they were
> near the top of the Vorlon heirarchy (whatever THAT may be)?

It's not a hierarchy as you or I would understand it...and the
weird thing is, though I kinda know how it functions, I'll be damned if
I can figure out how to explain it in words.

jms

Philip Hornsey <74053.2101@compuserve.com> asks:
> Were they friends?

No, I wouldn't call them friends. They had a certain respect
for one another, but Ulkesh always thought Kosh was soft, and Kosh
always worried that Ulkesh was dangerous. In their own ways, both were
right.

jms

(blocked) asks:
> Was Kosh II really Ulkesh?
> Why call himself Kosh?

The new Vorlon was Ulkesh, yes...the Kosh thing was meant in a
Vorlon philosophical sense. They ain't wired up like the rest of us.

jms