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| Introduced | Miniseries | |
| Death | Home, Part I by triggering a landmine | |
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| Role | Priest, Colonial Fleet / Spiritual Advisor to President Roslin. | |
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| Portrayed by | Lorena Gale | |
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Elosha is a priest who attends the decommissioning ceremonies for Galactica, and later presides over services within the Fleet. She and President Laura Roslin become friends and confidants by means of a mutual spiritual awakening.[1]
At the time of the Cylon attack, Elosha is aboard Colonial Heavy 798, returning to Caprica with others who had attended the Galactica ceremonies.[2] When word came through that President Richard Adar's entire cabinet has been wiped out with the exception of Laura Roslin, the Education Secretary, Elosha officiated at a swearing-in ceremony at which Roslin was made President of the Twelve Colonies.
Following the Cylon attack, when the unified spaceborne survivors of the Colonies evade the Cylons for a time, Elosha presides over a funeral service aboard Galactica in memory of the ship's dead (Miniseries). At the time, with his crew suffering from shock and low morale, Commander Adama gave his people cause for hope, enlisting Elosha's knowledge of the Sacred Scrolls and the legend of Earth to do so.
Elosha presides over the Service of the Dead following the loss of seven of the Galactica's pilots in a freak accident during a celebration on the port hangar deck (Act of Contrition).
While she did not reveal as much to others, Elosha was having a crisis of faith. While she was versed in the Scrolls and the history of the Thirteen Tribes of Kobol, she did not entirely believe in the truth of either (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I).
Her faith undergoes a renewal when she is called to Colonial One to speak with President Roslin. Here she learns that Roslin is having visions, one of which may be linked directly to the writings of Pythia, an ancient oracle (The Hand of God).
Because of her knowledge of ancient history, and of the scriptures, Elosha becomes Roslin's confidante and spiritual advisor, and is able to help discern the meanings of Roslin's visions (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I). The process of becoming part of scripture apparently fulfilling itself is illuminating, albeit often disconcerting, to both.
Elosha becomes the fourth person to know of Roslin's terminal illness (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I). This knowledge, combined with Elosha's knowledge of the "dying leader" prophesy, confirms to Elosha that Roslin was filling this role.
Elosha accompanies Roslin (who escapes from incarceration on Galactica following her arrest in a military coup) on a Raptor piloted by Lee Adama as Roslin begins generating grassroots support for ships that want to join her search for the whereabouts of Earth using the resources of Kobol (The Farm).
On the Astral Queen, while Roslin's crew discuss their plans to explore Kobol, the priest notes, according to the Scrolls, that Zeus warns any return to Kobol would exact a price in blood.
Unfortunately, as Elosha examines an ancient gravestone marker on a discovered path towards the Gates of Hera and the Tomb of Athena, she triggers an antipersonnel landmine left by Cylon Centurions and is killed instantly. Roslin takes Elosha's copy of the Sacred Scrolls as a memento and guide and continues her journey without her trusted friend (Home, Part I).
Vision of Elosha
While on the way to destroy the Resurrection Hub, Laura Roslin experiences long visions within the normal instant of a jump, which feature a being in the image of Elosha as her guide. Elosha takes her through an empty Galactica and shows Roslin her death from cancer, surrounded by friends. Elosha tries to teach her to love, and convinces her to save Baltar. The being in the vision seems aware that William Adama is waiting for her, indicating this is not simply a hallucination. What relation this being has to the dead Elosha, other than appearance, is unknown (The Hub.)
Notes
- Elosha was originally conceived as a male priest, whom Ron D. Moore and David Eick intended as a role for Richard Hatch. However, Hatch passed on the role.[3]
References
- ↑ According to Gale and her readings of various scripts, Elosha had been a "wild child" and a "juvenile delinquent", and as such was given a choice between reform school and the monastery. She chose the monastery, where they "do a lot of drugs", i.e. chamalla. Elosha certainly knows the scriptures inside and out.
- ↑ According to a podcast conversation with actress Lorena Gale, Elosha had been on the Quorum of Twelve for some twenty years. She was present on Galactica to "cut the tape" at the decommissioning ceremony.
- ↑ Bassom, David (2005). ed. Adam "Adama" Newell Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion. Titan Books. ISBN 1-84576-0972, p. 31.
External links
- Podcast conversation with Lorena Gale on Sci-Fi Talk (about 24 minutes, BSG talk near the beginning, no spoilers)