Minbari Clans

[paladin]

Does anyone know how many Minbari Clans there were and the names of the clans?

[Patrick Degan]

The only three clans ever mentioned in the series were the Star Riders (Warrior Caste —the clan of which Gen. Neroon was a member as was his former master, the Shai Alyt Bramer), the Wind Swords (also Warrior Caste; these people sheltered Deathwalker, the last surviving Dilgar), and Ch'domo (Religious Caste, Lennier's clan). We do not know how many clans there are or all their names.

[Stormbringer]

There are nine clans and three fains in each. Patrick's got a pretty good list.

Just one thing, Mir is a also a religious class clan, Delenn's own.

[Enlightenment]

Just one thing, Mir is a also a religious class clan, Delenn's own.

IIRC isn't 'Mir' her family rather than her clan?

[Patrick Degan]

"Delenn of the family Mir" —forgot that. Thanks for the reminder.

[The Dark]

I thought it was three castes and varying numbers of clans within each caste. From what I've read, the warrior caste includes the Star Riders, Moon Shields, Wind Swords, Night Walkers, and Flame Wings. The Religious clans that I know of are House of Mir and Third Fane of Chudomo. There are also the Anla-Shok, who are members of no caste or clan.

[kojikun]

I think its interesting to note that Delenn, something of a pacifist, her family name is Russian for peace.

[Stormbringer]

I think its interesting to note that Delenn, something of a pacifist, her family name is Russian for peace.

Actually, it's intentional. JMS slipped in a few things like that under the radar.

[Enlightenment]

I think its interesting to note that Delenn, something of a pacifist, her family name is Russian for peace.

Pacifist except for that little 'no mercy' thing, "be somewhere else," her first encounter with the Drakh, and probably a few other bits and pieces, too. I've been thinking that her family name is more a matter of JMS giving some in-universe credit to Furlan rather than anything else.

[Stormbringer]

I think its interesting to note that Delenn, something of a pacifist, her family name is Russian for peace.

Pacifist except for that little 'no mercy' thing, "be somewhere else," her first encounter with the Drakh, and probably a few other bits and pieces, too. I've been thinking that her family name is more a matter of JMS giving some in-universe credit to Furlan rather than anything else.

He's said he chose it for the mir mention rather than for Mira furlan's name. And you're right, she's may be a pacifist but she's not very good at it.

[Enlightenment]

He's said he chose it for the mir mention rather than for Mira furlan's name. And you're right, she's may be a pacifist but she's not very good at it.

Bonehead's behavior was so inconsistant that it's difficult to tell if she was even remotely a pacifist, a flaming hypocrite without equal, or merely badly written. If JMS specifically chose 'Mir' for its peace meaning then he's either going for irony or he's showing the kind of ineptitude that would suggest that the last case is the most accurate description of Bonehead's character.

[The Dark]

He's said he chose it for the mir mention rather than for Mira furlan's name. And you're right, she's may be a pacifist but she's not very good at it.

Bonehead's behavior was so inconsistant that it's difficult to tell if she was even remotely a pacifist, a flaming hypocrite without equal, or merely badly written. If JMS specifically chose 'Mir' for its peace meaning then he's either going for irony or he's showing the kind of ineptitude that would suggest that the last case is the most accurate description of Bonehead's character.

IIRC, she did begin as a pacifist until her mentor died during the Earth-Minbari war. It could be a reference to her past rather than to her present state of being.