Arc Significance
- First appearance of the Technomages.
- The Technomages stop at Babylon 5 on their way to an unknown destination, traveling to avoid an (at the time) unknown future conflict.
- Londo asks the Technomage if he will have to spend the rest of his life paying for one little mistake. This is a subtle reference to the path that started down with his relationship with the Shadows.
- Londo Mollari receives a prophecy from the Technomage Elric, in which the Technomage tells him that he sees "a great hand reaching out of the stars, and billions of voices calling your name." Mollari is surprised, and asks, "My followers?" Elric replies solemnly, "Your victims."
- Introduces the character of Lord Refa.
- Londo's prestige rises, a result of the destruction of the Narn outpost in Quadrant 37.
- When conversing with Elric, Sheridan says, "If we went back in time a thousand years and tried to explain this place to people, they could only accept it in terms of magic," foreshadowing Babylon 4 being transported a millennium back in time and becoming a part of Minbari mythology.
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