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HISTORY: Many alien races know about the Soul Hunters; most of which afraid of them and the rest refuse to co-operate with them. Minbari a brought up to fear the Shag-toth (the Minbari term for "Soul Hunter"). In the views of the Minbari, the Shagh-toth's preservation of souls is a true death, for it cuts off the spirit from the whole and diminishes the next generation. Humans seem to be the least knowledgeable of this race. It is known with surety that Earth has been visited at least once by a Soul Hunter. That visit became the basis of a few myths (vampirism?). In 2242 C.E., after an accident with a human exploration vessel, the leader of the Minbari lay dying. He was the pinnacle of Minbari evolution. It was the mission of a certain Soul Hunter to collect this great soul. The Minbari, fearing Dukhat's removal from the whole of their society, made a "wall of bodies" surrounding the dying Dukhat, to defend him against the Soul Hunter. His soul went uncollected. This was the latest, and worst, failure of his mission to collest the greatest souls. His order shamed, he became obsessed with losing more souls. Declaring he discovered a solution to his problem, he left his order. The order was horrified to learn he had turned to killing people to collect their souls. They immediately set out to destroy him. After a brief space battle which left his ship badly damaged, the renegade Soul Hunter jumped into hyperspace. The order eventually caught up with him on the Human station Babylon 5. The renegade was stopped by Commander Sinclair from the premature capture of Minbari ambassador Delenn's soul. As a result, Soul Hunters were forever barred from entering Babylon 5 and the renegade's soul collection was released by Delenn. |
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