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Priest (played by Rolf Kaines ) is a character in the sci-fi TV Show '' LEXX ''.

Priest's first appearance was in season 3, as chief underling to Prince , the ruler of the planet Fire . Like all people on the planet Fire, Priest was the Reincarnation of someone who lived once before, and he wasn't born, but rather "woke up" as an adult. Priest served Prince faithfully until the arrival of the Lexx crew, when he seized an opportunity to kill Prince and gain control of the planet Fire. This idea backfired when Prince, while falling to his death, shot and killed Priest with a crossbow.

In season 4, Priest "wakes up" for a second time on the planet Earth with the name Reginald J. Priest. He is a Vietnam Veteran who was held captive for 30 years by the Viet Cong , and is swiftly elected President Of The United States with some help from Prince (in his new incarnation as head of the ATF ). Priest's first wife is murdered by Prince, so he marries the more attractive Bunny .

In the final episode (" Yo Way Yo "), Priest admits that he has no memory of being imprisoned in Vietnam, and is aware of the fact that he came from the planet Fire, which would make him unique on Earth as the only person to retain his memories from a previous life (with the exception of Prince). He escapes the destruction of Earth with Prince and Bunny on a spacecraft built by Dr. Ernst Longbore .