Minbari Assassin

"There is a hole in your mind."

- The Assassin, insulting Sinclair.

The unnamed Minbari Assassin was the primary antagonist of the Babylon 5 pilot movie The Gathering.

He was portrayed by Greg Aronowitz.

The Minbari Assassin was a member of the Wind Swords clan, the most extreme of the warrior caste clans. This particular group of Minbari Warriors had also harbored the Dilgar war criminal Jha'dur after the Dilgar War, and benefited from her weapons research.

As Babylon 5 came on line, the Minbari Assassin met a human named Del Varner. Killing the human, he took the changeling net Varner was going to sell him. With this changeling net he was able to disguise himself as any one he wished. When Kosh Naranek arrived on the station, the Assassin disguised himself as station commander Jeffrey Sinclair, and tried to assassinate Kosh with poison. He hoped to frame Sinclair as having committed the murders and get the Vorlons to declare war on humanity.

The truth was uncovered when Del Varner's body was discovered. The staff realized that Varner had been dead for several days, but the Assassin had been seen in Varner's form more recently than that. Sinclair went to confront him, and was able to defeat him in personal combat.

Confronting the Minbari, Sinclair asked him why he had done all this. The Minbari replied that he had a hole in his mind, referencing the time during the Battle of the Line where Sinclair had been taken aboard a Minbari warship, and had his memories of the event suppressed telepathically. Using an explosive implant, the Assassin then committed suicide.

Afterwards, Ambassador Delenn was able to identify the assassin as a member of the Wind Swords clan. She informed Sinclair of this, and apologized for the actions of the Minbari Assassin.