Lavell was a ranking member of the Minbari Religious clan the Third Fane of Chudomo. As many Minbari were, upon hearing that Babylon 5 had come under the command of Sheridan the "Starkiller", Lavell and many of his clan elders were outraged. They formulated a plan that would remove Sheridan from his command and by mid-2259 they were ready to act. Lavell was to provoke him into killing him and a witness was instructed to lie about what really happen. As the plan went, Lavell paid a human thief to steal Sheridan's comlink so that he would chase him down and bump into Lavell, where upon Lavell would attack him then which Sheridan would find a conveniently placed weapon to use. Everything went as planned and Sheridan shot and killed him with it sacrificing himself as a "martyr" to ruin Sherida