Definitions for "Valen"
Valen is the fictional leader of the Minbari in the science fiction television show Babylon 5. Valen is part of the back story of the show, and is said to have appeared one thousand years before the story on Babylon 5 begins in 2258. The name Valen may be a reference to Leigh Van Valen and the Red Queen hypothesis, which, amongst other things, speaks to the coevolution of species.