Technomage
A Technomage are a group of beings that feature in the Babylon 5 universe.
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History
- "Do not try the patience of wizards for they are subtle and quick to anger." - old saying stated by Elric.
Long ago, this order of beings had come to the Centauri homeworld and became secured as legends within their society. This came when the first emperor of the Centauri Republic consulted three Technomages who have him their blessing whereupon he took the throne of their empire. (Episode: Geometry of Shadows)
By the mid-23rd century, humans had become accepted into the ranks of the Technomages. Londo Mollari claimed to had not seen a member of this order for years and certain members of EarthForce had heard of them as well as their reputation but had never seen them before to the point that their existence was doubted by such individuals. They sensed the coming of the Shadow War that they considered a black and terrible storm which they intended to avoid as they sought to preserve their knowledge from being either lost or abused so they decided to depart known space. In 2259, three of their number had visited the Earth Alliance neutral Babylon 5 station. They were joined by others of their order who had met in secret with Babylon 5 security registering around a hundred of them. Ambassador Mollari saw this as an opportunity to strengthen his influence and political position within the Centauri Republic by attempting to gain the blessing of these Technomages. However, the Technomages were dismissive of any attempt at seeking an audience with them as they claimed they had no interest on affairs on that side of the galactic rim. This was because they were taking part in a journey where they had no use for issues such as money or power as it would be no use for them. After being rebuffed, Londo Mollari attempted to manipulate events by tricking Captain John Sheridan to detain them at the space station. This was partly achieved as Earth Central itself tasked Captain Sheridan with learning more about them. Mollari's slight was discovered whereupon Elric used his abilities to torment the Centauri ambassador for sometime such as using a holodemon to ravage his computer systems and an equation spell to put his financial accounts in disarray. To end this torment, Londo went before the Technomages and apologized to them for his actions. Afterwards, the Technomages departed but Elric told Ambassador Londo Mollari that he saw darkness in him where he saw his great hand reaching to the stars where the sounds of billions of people calling him name that were the words of his victims. This saw them leave onboard their starship and exit Babylon 5 space when they entered into the Jump Gate. (Episode: Geometry of Shadows)
Overview
They were noted for using science to achieve the effects of magic where they exist in the ambiguity of that ability. These mages studied the mysteries of lasers, circuits, crystals, scanner, holographic demons and evocation of equations. Such tools were used to achieve their abilities with secrets including the 14 words to get someone to love another forever or the 7 words to make them go away without pain. Set programs were able to be generated to create monstrous seemingly real creatures until they were stopped by the caster. This ability to create holograms allowed them to form simulations that fit in the palms of their hands and replay events that the Technomage had witnessed. Similarly, they were able to replicate the effects of teleportation allowing them to disappear in bursts of fire and reappear elsewhere. Holodemons were capable of being summoned that possessed data systems in order to consume data records and personal files. Equation spells were then used to manipulate data flow information to get the afflicted person's financial accounts into disarray and lead to the purchase of undesired items. These spells were able to torment specific regions such as electronics in a set area where they caused malfunctions in the lights or play music that annoyed those that heard it. Technomages also made use of glyphs, sigils and runes that they generated from their powers where they left them at sites that they visited. (Episode: Geometry of Shadows)
Technomages considered themselves dreamers, shapers, singers and makers who knew a great many secrets of the cosmos. Their spells allowed them to know how to say goodbye to a friend who was dying, on how to be poor or rich or rediscover dreams that were stolen. Seeing a Technomage was considered a rare sight as they did not like to travel as they preferred not to leave their places of power. To the Centauri, seeing more than one at a time was considered a very bad omen. Those that believed in the old ways saw it as a powerful image to be given the blessing of a Technomage. (Episode: Geometry of Shadows)
Members
- Elric : male human Technomage who led the gathering of his kind that were departing for unknown parts after Babylon 5 where he rebuffed attempts by Ambassador Mollari to meet him. (Episode: Geometry of Shadows)
- Galen :
Appearance
- Babylon 5: "Geometry of Shadows"
- Babylon 5: "A Call to Arms"
- Babylon 5: "The Lost Tales"
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