List of minor Farscape characters
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While Farscape did not have the sheer number of characters as other science fiction series, there were several that appeared in multiple episodes, or had more than a minor impact on the storyline.
[edit] War Minister Ahkna
Ahkna (Ahhna) is an upper-caste member of the Scarran race, played by Francesca Buller. She is a Minister of War throughout the later bulk of the series, showing that Scarrans have gender parity within the upper castes (lower-caste Scarran troops have been seen as only males). She is featured in the trilogy We're So Screwed and in the miniseries Peacekeeper Wars
[edit] Bekhesh
Bekhesh is the leader of a group of Tavlek mercenaries and later gives up his life of violence. He is played by John Adam. He wears a gauntlet weapon that injects him with a narcotic stimulant, giving him increased speed, strength, and aggression, but also causing addiction. The gauntlet can also fire short energy bursts with an output that is on par with a pulse pistol blast, able to kill a target in one hit. He is featured in the episode Throne for a Loss and the trilogy Liars, Guns, and Money
He is first encountered by the crew of Moya shortly after John Crichton's arrival in the Uncharted Territories. Posing as a group of traders, Bekhesh's group attempts to rob Moya shortly after boarding. Though the theft is deterred, Bekhesh manages to kidnap Rygel, led to believe by the Hynerian that he is a valuable prisoner. Bekhesh takes Rygel to the planet below and imprisons him in a makeshift cell, burying the Hynerian halfway into the ground as he waits for the crew of Moya to pay for Rygel's ransom. Despite Rygel's supposed value, Bekhesh treats him mercilessly and does not tolerate dissent. When Rygel tries to escape, Bekhesh strangles him, nearly causing the Hynerian's death. Rygel's crewmates eventually come for him and as Bekhesh and Crichton stand in a Mexican standoff, Crichton is able to convince Bekhesh that Rygel isn't worth anything. Bekhesh gives him up, deciding that Rygel has already been more trouble than he could ever be worth.
Almost two cycles later, Crichton seeks Bekhesh out, hoping to acquire the gauntlet to use it in an assault to rescue D'Argo's son. He discovers that Bekhesh had given up his life of violence and has joined a pacifistic holy order. He is, however, unwilling to give up the gauntlet and agrees to go with Crichton. After Crichton later turns himself over to Scorpius for Jothee, Bekhesh helps stage an assault on a Shadow Depository, fighting beside D'Argo and Aeryn in an effort to rescue Crichton. After their success, Bekhesh takes his share of the loot as well as the deceased Rorf's. He promises to get Rorf's share to Rorf's mate and thanks the crew of Moya for bringing him back to his life of violence.
Unlike other Tavleks, Bekhesh wears some type of masking shield over the top of his head. Its purpose is unknown. [1] [2][3]
[edit] Dominar Bishan
Nearly 165 cycles prior to the events of Farscape, Bishan helped to depose Dominar Rygel XVI while he was sleeping, and ascended the throne of his home planet, Hyneria. He turned over his cousin to the Peacekeepers, who subsequently imprisoned the deposed Dominar on the living prison transport Moya. Immediately prior to the disruptive arrival of John Crichton, Dominar Rygel acquired the codes to free himself and the other prisoners, thus leading to their escape.
Vowing to return to Hyneria and rectify his cousin's betrayal and retake the throne, Dominar Rygel XVI tried to persuade his fellow escapees, especially the Luxan Warrior, Ka D'Argo to help him. He met with little success, and Bishan's rule remained unchallenged for some time.
However, while aboard Scorpius' Command Carrier, Dominar Rygel XVI learned that Bishan's rule was in disarray and was hopeful that if he returned to Hyneria, he would be able to easily retake his throne.
A cycle later, Bishan sent a holographic message to Dominar Rygel XVI, reaching him aboard Moya during the height of the ongoing intergalactic war raging between the Scarrans and the Peacekeepers. Bishan begged Dominar Rygel XVI to return to his home planet of Hyneria and help to unite the 16 billion subjects of Hyneria.
[edit] DRD 1812
1812 is a unique DRD modified and adopted by Crichton during his time on the dying Leviathan Elack. Crichton alters 1812, coloring him patriotic colors of "bleu, blanc et rouge" (emulating the French flag) and scrawling "1812" on the side. He also teaches the DRD to play the 1812 Overture which Crichton will sometimes whistle, sing, or hum with 1812's accompaniment. 1812 has the capabilities of all DRDs, but also exhibits some levels of independence and seems to have an R2-D2-like relationship with Crichton. Crichton brings 1812 with him on his return to Moya, where 1812 joins her already numerous DRDs. He is first featured in the episode Crichton Kicks
[edit] DRD One-Eye
One of the DRDs on Moya, a piece of Crichton's ship hits the DRD and damages one of its eye-stalks, such that it hangs useless and unlit. Later in the episode, Crichton fixes the damaged stalk with blue electrical tape, and the DRD, with the distinctive tape, is seen periodically throughout the rest of the series. He is first seen in the Premiere episode of Farscape.
[edit] Jenavian Charto
Disruptor, Peacekeeper Special Directorate. Appeared in the Look at the Princess season 2 Farscape trilogy. A Peacekeeper spy living on the Royal Planet and engaged to marry Prince Clavor, her assignment is to kill him if he assumes the throne. She also saves Crichton's life twice and is (briefly) his lover.
[edit] Jack Crichton
John Robert "Jack" Crichton, Sr. is a retired astronaut and the father of John Crichton; Jack is played by Kent McCord.
A member of the Ancients took on his form when conversing with John Crichton. Initially this was to fool John while studying human reactions (for a possible colonisation of Earth). Following John seeing his true form, the illusion was retained for unknown reasons.
[edit] Selto Durka
A Peacekeeper captain of great renown, Durka was also an inveterate sadist, and frequently tortured prisoners that came under his supervision. In Farscape, he was particularly known for torturing Rygel. He was first seen in PK Tech Girl, then in Durka Returns, and finally in Liars, Guns and Money
[edit] Furlow
Stranded on a hot desert planet, John Crichton encountered Furlow in her repair shop, where she successfully repaired the decidedly primitive and alien technology. She is played by Magda Szubanski.
In payment, Furlow demanded Crichton's observations of a nearby wormhole, which she spent the next two years investigating as a basis for a Phase Stabilizer. She intended to sell the technology to all of the major power blocs in the galaxy, believing that this course of action would make her very rich.
[edit] Tollona Javio
Tollona Javio, played by Stephen Leeder, was a Peacekeeper officer and the commander of the gammak base visited by John Crichton near the end of his first cycle in the Uncharted Territories. Javio answered only to Scorpius. Javio greeted Crichton, who had disguised himself as Peacekeeper Captain Larraq, and, like many of the men at the base, took an immediate attraction to Crichton's companion Chiana. It would later allow him to recognize Chiana, now disguised as a Peacekeeper tech, while he was trying to flee the base following a false alarm. After rejecting Chiana's offer to come with him, he tried to kill her. His shot missed, however, and ignited a gas tank which Chiana used to burn him alive. [[4]]
[edit] Jothee
Jothee is the half-Luxan/half-Sebacean son of Ka D'Argo and his late wife Lo'Laan, played by Matthew Newton, and later by Nathaniel Dean. He was estranged from his father, who left him in the care of others. Unfortunately, he somehow became enslaved, and mutilated his Luxan features as the result of teasing and abuse. He is known for his affair with Chiana, who was also romantically linked with D'Argo.
[edit] D.K. (Douglas Knox)
John Crichton's childhood friend who, along with Crichton, formulated the theory that was being tested by the Farscape project. Crichton helped D.K. cheat on his SATs, and helped get him his job at IASA. He appears in the episodes Premiere, Won't Get Fooled Again, Unrealized Reality and Terra Firma.
[edit] Larraq
Larraq is a Peacekeeper captain and leader of a group of Special Ops commandos. He is played by Paul Leyden. He and his squad board Moya after their Marauder is damaged while on its way to a gammak base. They come face to face with Moya's crew, who are posing as a Peacekeeper ship. Larraq has the Leviathan set course for the base, stating that he and his team are on a mission of utmost importance: recovery and transport of a dangerous fugitive, an intelligent virus, to the base. Not long after their arrival, Chiana's and Rygel's curiosity give the virus the opportunity to escape. The virus jumps from host to host as the commandos and Moya's crew work together to track it down, resulting in the deaths of the commandos and Larraq's eventual infection. With the virus controlling him, Larraq attempts to escape in the Marauder, stabbing Aeryn (whom Larraq had grown close to in a short time) to give him timel. Quick thinking by Crichton, however, allows Moya to ignite the Marauder's leaking cesium fuel, destroying the ship and Larraq with it.
Crichton later poses as Larraq when he attempts to infiltrate the gammak base to find a tissue sample that would save Aeryn's life.
[edit] Talyn Lyczac
Talyn Lyczac was a Peacekeeper soldier and the father of Aeryn Sun. At the beginning of the series, he has been dead for several cycles.
Talyn is rare for a Peackeeper in that he met and fell in love with another Peacekeeper, Xhalax Sun. Together, they conceived Aeryn. When the Peacekeepers discovered their relationship and the daughter they had sired, they gave Xhalax a choice. She could kill Talyn or she could kill Aeryn. Deciding to save the life of her daughter, Xhalax executed Talyn, beginning her life as an assassin.
Aeryn would later name Moya's son Talyn in honor of her father. Almost two cycles later, Aeryn tried to contact her dead father on the planet Valldon. There, an alien being claimed to be Talyn. It was soon revealed, however, that he was not Talyn, but an impostor hired by Xhalax.
[edit] Maldis
A recurring villain within the series, Maldis is among the most tormenting of the Moya crew's enemies. By his very nature, Maldis enjoys the pain and death of others, feeding off them like a vampire. Though his exact origin and nature is unknown, Maldis is a powerful sorcerer, having seemingly met his mortal end on several occasions, but always returning to cause further problems for John Crichton and his friends.
[edit] Natira
Natira is an alien woman of an unidentified species and is in charge of a Shadow Depository targeted for a heist by Stark in order to obtain funds to pay for D'Argo's enslaved son. She is played by Claudia Karvan. She is of a blue-skinned, crustaceous species with a number of tendrils that normally lie flat along her head but can extend outward into a spider-like form, which she can use to stab with. She likes plucking out and eating eyeballs with them.
Natira has some history with Scorpius, apparently helping him out when he was younger, a kindess that he repaid many times. They seem to have a sexual relationship, but neither trusts the other. After the crew of Moya robs the Shadow Depository and makes off with a shipment meant for Scorpius, it is revealed that the shipment contained a large number of metal-eating creatures disguised as money. After Crichton turns himself over to Scorpius, Natira learns from him and Scorpius' neural clone that Scorpius is planning to execute her. Knowing this, she betrays Scorpius by freeing Crichton and making him promise her that he will take her to Moya. However, when Crichton begins acting erratically due to the influence of the clone in his head, Natira abandons him, hoping to make her own escape. Her eventual fate is unknown, but it is possible that she dies in the destruction of the Shadow Depository. [5] [6][7]
[edit] Gilina Renaez
A Peacekeeper tech who was stationed on the same Command Carrier as Aeryn Sun, the Moyans first meet her when they board the dead Command Carrier Zelbinion, in PK Tech Girl. Gilina, along with several others, were left there by Captain Bialar Crais to explore the Zelbinion, while Crais continued on to search for Moya. Gilina's marauder is then destroyed by Sheyang raiders, trapping her, alone, on the Zelbinion. Crichton and she quickly become attracted to one another, and she helps the Moyans defend themselves against the returning Sheyangs. She then returns to her Command Carrier, but is reassigned to Scorpius' Gammak research base. She encounters Crichton there, in Nerveand helps him with his mission, but is killed by Scorpius while helping Crichton to flee. She is seen one more time in the series, in the Season 4 episode John Quixote, when her likeness appears in a computer game.
[edit] Dominar Rygel IX
Rygel IX was a militarily aggressive Dominar of Hyneria, the leader of the victorious Hynerian forces at the Battle of Katreen. [8] He apparently fought in the vanguard of his forces, rather than from the rear like most Hynerian commanders.[9] His victories are thought to be part of the Hynerian repulse of the Charrids, during the founding days of the Hynerian Empire. [10]
[edit] Dominar Rygel I
Also known as "Rygel the Great", Rygel the First was the first Dominar in what would be a long dynasty. Rygel XVI referred to him as his most "honored ancestor" and noted that he had lived in a simpler time, saying he "had it so very easy".
[edit] Emperor Staleek
Emperor Staleek is the Scarran emperor, played by Duncan Young. He first appeared in the "We're So Screwed" three-part story in season 4. He took an active role in the Peacekeeper-Scarran war, personally capturing John Crichton at Arnessk and later being present at the battle over the unnamed water planet where John Crichton unleashed a wormhole weapon and forced the two sides to make peace. Crichton mockingly calls him Emperor Sleestak, a play on the spelling of his name and also a smug reference to Land of the Lost, a 1970s children's Saturday morning Sci-Fi TV show, presumably remembered from John Crichton's youth.
[edit] Teeg
Lieutenant Teeg was stationed on Captain Bialar Crais' Command Carrier as early as two cycles before Moya's escape from captivity. She was his first officer and was fiercely loyal and supportive. When Crais' brother is killed, she has the solemn duty of informing him. [11]
Months after Moya's escape, Teeg and Crais receive orders from Peacekeeper High Command to withdraw from the Uncharted Territories. After Crais iss abducted and returned by Maldis, Teeg informs him of an attempt by another officer to remove him from command, an action that she has prevented. She also notifies him that she remains the only other person besides Crais who knows about the admiral's order. Making sure it stays that way, Crais snaps her neck, ending the life of his most faithful officer. [12]
Teeg's murder goes undiscovered until Crais is placed into the Aurora Chair by Scorpius several months later.
She is played by Christine Stephen-Daly.
[edit] Velorek
Velorek was Aeryn Sun's lover, as seen in the episode "The Way We Weren't". Unlike most other Peacekeepers, Velorek is tender and sensitive, and tells Aeryn that she is different from other Peacekeepers. Under the command of Captain Bialar Crais, he reluctantly oversees the project that involves killing the Leviathan Moya's original Pilot and replacing her with a new Pilot, who he has convinced to assist him despite opposition from the elders of Pilot's species. This is the Pilot who is bonded to Moya throughout the course of Farscape. The purpose of the project is to birth a Leviathan-Peacekeeper ship hybrid. Despite numerous prior attempts, the project has never resulted in a viable offspring and has caused the death of the Leviathan mothers. As a result, Velorek secretly sabotages the project by installing a contraceptive block to prevent Moya from becoming pregnant and dying. He mentions his sabotage to Aeryn, who then reports him to Crais in exchange for a new assignment as a Prowler pilot. Velorek is then tortured and killed as a traitor. Velorek is later mentioned as the possible father of Aeryn's baby.
[edit] Xhalax Sun
Xhalax is the estranged mother of Aeryn Sun, who left her daughter to continue her career in the Peacekeeper corps.
Xhalax is first seen in season three of the series, as the leader of a Peacekeeper retrieval squad sent to recapture Talyn.
She is played by Linda Cropper.
