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\\\'\\\'\\\'[[{{Babylon5}} Lorien]], the [[TheOlderImmortal First One]]\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Greater God
* Alignment: NeutralGood
* Portfolio: LifeEnergy, TheMentor, [[NeverFoundTheBody taking followers away upon death]], TheAgeless, EndOfAnAge, EnergyBeing
* Domain: Immortality, Mentors
* Allies: Kosh
* Followers: John Sheridan and the Army of Light, the First Ones, the Shadows
* Lorien is a First Born, the first race to gain sentience in his universe. He himself is \\\'\\\'\\\'The First One\\\'\\\'\\\', making him the first sentient being in his entire universe. He and his kind taught and mentored many of the races who became First Ones later on in existence, including the Vorlons and the Shadows.
* Lorien\\\'s race was originally born immortal, kept in check by their naturally low birthrates. However, as he himself explained, later generations lost their immortality, eventually growing old and infirm, and dying. As he put it: \\\"We have lived too long; seen too much. To live on as we have is to leave behind joy, and love, and companionship, because we know it to be transitory, of the moment...we know it will turn to ash. Only those who lives are brief can imagine that love...is eternal.\\\" Some members of the Emotion, Friendship and Love Pantheons aren\\\'t sure how to interpret his words.
** \\\"You should embrace that remarkable illusion. It may be the greatest gift your race has ever received.\\\"
* Lorien is also an EnergyBeing, and he has shown himself able to travel around the stars both with and without his space ship as a result of his evolution to this higher form.
* He was able to save John Sheridan\\\'s life by infusing him with some of his life energy after the latter\\\'s death, but it would only last for twenty years before his body simply \\\"stops\\\".
* He has some points of conflict with [[StargateSG1 the Ancients]] regarding their Policy of Non-Interference. While The Ancients criticise Lorien, citing that the Vorlons and Shadows are perfect examples of why they do not interfere in the lower planes and looking upon him as a \\\'lower being\\\' not in the same \\\'Ascended\\\' state as them, Lorien states that their policy of non-interference is part of the reason why certain conflicts got as bad as they did (the Ori), and he dislikes the way they treat their fellow Ancients who break the policy, whereas Lorien cares about the younger First Ones, who in turn up look up to and respect him like a father-figure.
\\\'\\\'\\\'[[{{Babylon5}} Lorien]], the [[TheOlderImmortal First One]]\\\'\\\'\\\'
* Greater God
* Alignment: NeutralGood
* Portfolio: LifeEnergy, TheMentor, [[NeverFoundTheBody taking followers away upon death]], TheAgeless, EndOfAnAge, EnergyBeing
* Domain: Immortality, Mentors
* Allies: Kosh
* Followers: John Sheridan and the Army of Light, the First Ones, the Shadows
* Lorien is a First Born, the first race to gain sentience in his universe. He himself is \\\'\\\'\\\'The First One\\\'\\\'\\\', making him the first sentient being in his entire universe. He and his kind taught and mentored many of the races who became First Ones later on in existence, including the Vorlons and the Shadows.
* Lorien\\\'s race was originally born immortal, kept in check by their naturally low birthrates. However, as he himself explained, later generations lost their immortality, eventually growing old and infirm, and dying. As he put it: \\\"We have lived too long; seen too much. To live on as we have is to leave behind joy, and love, and companionship, because we know it to be transitory, of the moment...we know it will turn to ash. Only those who lives are brief can imagine that love...is eternal.\\\" Some members of the Emotion, Friendship and Love Pantheons aren\\\'t sure how to interpret his words.
** \\\"You should embrace that remarkable illusion. It may be the greatest gift your race has ever received.\\\"
* Lorien is also an EnergyBeing, and he has shown himself able to travel around the stars both with and without his space ship as a result of his evolution to this higher form.
* He was able to save John Sheridan\\\'s life by infusing him with some of his life energy after the latter\\\'s death, but it would only last for twenty years before his body simply \\\"stops\\\".
* He has some points of conflict with [[StargateSG1 the Ancients]] regarding their Policy of Non-Interference. While The Ancients criticise Lorien, citing that the Vorlons and Shadows are perfect examples of why they do not interfere in the lower planes and looking upon him as a \\\'lower being\\\' not in the same \\\'Ascended\\\' state as them, Lorien states that their policy of non-interference is part of the reason why certain conflicts got as bad as they did (the Ori), and he dislikes the way they treat their fellow Ancients who break the policy, whereas Lorien cares about the younger First Ones, who in turn up look up to and respect him like a father-figure.
