Elosha
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Overview
Position: Priestess, Colonial Fleet / Spiritual Advisor to President Roslin
Age: Early 50s at time of death.
Martial Status: Unconfirmed, most likely celibate.
Children: Unknown
Played by: Lorena Gale
A priestess who attends the decommissioning ceremonies for the Battlestar Galactica, and later presides over services within the fleet.
At the time of the Cylon attack, she was travelling aboard Colonial Heavy 798, returning to Caprica with others who had attended the Galactica ceremonies. When word came through that President 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 suriving fleet had apparently evaded the Cylons, Elosha presided over a service aboard the Galactica in memory of the ship's dead (Mini-Series). At the time, with his crew suffering from shock and low morale, Commander Adama gave his people cause for hope: the legendary planet Earth, enlisting Elosha's help to do so.
Elosha further presided over the Service of the Dead following the lost of seven of the Galactica's pilots in freak accident on the hanger bay (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 Scriptures and the history of the Twelve Tribes of man, she did not entirely believe in the turth of either (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I).
Her faith underwent a renewal when she is called to Colonial One to speak with President Roslin. Here she learned that Roslin was having visions, one of which could be linked directly to the writings of Pythia (The Hand of God).
Because of her knowledge of anicent 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) - thus causing her own faith to undergo a renewal.
She becomes the fourth person to know of Roslin's terminal cancer (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I).
Elosha accompanies Roslin on a Raptor piloted by Lee Adama as Roslin escapes from the Galactica's brig and follows her in their search for the whereabouts of Earth using the resources of Kobol (The Farm).
Elosha was killed in "Home" by a landmine explosion and was buried on Kobol.