Asgard characters in Stargate
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In the Stargate fictional universe, the Asgard are one of the most advanced races ever encountered, and the most friendly towards Earth.
This is a list of the Asgard characters that have appeared so far in Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.
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[edit] Freyr
| Stargate character | |
 Freyr in Revelations |
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| Freyr | |
|---|---|
| Race | Asgard |
| Gender | Asexual clone |
| Rank | Counciler |
| Television portrayer | Brian Jensen (voice) |
| Key episodes | "Red Sky" (first appearance) |
Freyr is an influential Asgard and member of the Asgard High Council. He does not care as much about the humans of Earth as Thor does. However, he is strong-willed and true to his word.
Freyr was first encountered by SG-1 when the team visited the planet K'Tau, a planet protected by the Asgard under their Protected Planets Treaty. The people on the planet K'Tau worship Freyr like the people on Cimmeria worship Thor. He was also presented through a viking hologram, like Thor was on Cimmeria. Freyr appeared himself when SG-1 contacted the Asgard after their attempt to dial to K'Tau damaged its sun, endangering the lives of K'Tau's population. Freyr refused to help SG-1 to return the star to normal because it would be a violation of the Protected Planets Treaty, but when SG-1 tried to undo their mistake themselves and failed, the Asgard covertly intervened, saving both K'Tau's people and upholding the Treaty with the Goa'uld. [1]
Later, after Earth was threatened by an approaching asteroid, SG-1 again met with the Asgard High Council. Freyr and the rest of the Asgard High Council again could not intervene because the Protected Planets Treaty does not allow the Asgard to protect planets against natural disasters. Although the asteroid eventually proved to be artificially set on a collision course with Earth by Anubis, and the Asgard were in their right to assist the Tau'ri, SG-1 was forced to stop the asteroid themselves. [2]
Freyr eventually visited Stargate Command to request SG-1 for the rescue of one of their scientists. He also informed them that Thor had been killed, however this turned out to be false. He later protected SG-1, the Asgard scientist Heimdall and his studies with a fleet of three O'Neill class battleships. Anubis, who was persuing SG-1's cargoship, was forced to retreat. [3]
[edit] Heimdall
| Stargate character | |
 Heimdall in Revelations |
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| Heimdall | |
|---|---|
| Race | Asgard |
| Gender | Asexual clone |
| Television portrayer | Teryl Rothery (voice) |
| Key episodes | "Revelations" (first appearance) |
Heimdall is an Asgard scientist who was conducting research into finding a solution to the Asgard's cloning difficulties.
After an ancient Asgard ship containing three cryogenically frozen Asgard was discovered after 30,000 years being adrift, the Asgard came to believe the last perfectly preserved body might hold the key to the Asgard's failing cloning technology, and Heimdall chose to study his ancient ancestor. To prevent the Replicators from intervening, this study took place on an uninhabited planet in the Milky Way galaxy, protected by the Protected Planets Treaty. Unfortunately, his research outpost was discovered by the Goa'uld Anubis, who sent a ship under the command of Osiris to the planet. Thor attacked the invading Ha'tak according to the Treaty, but his ship was destroyed as Anubis had upgraded his fleet with Ancient technology.
As the Asgard were occupied fighting the Replicators, Freyr asked the SGC for help. SG-1, without Daniel Jackson who ascended earlier, was sent to the planet where they met up with Heimdall. He told them about his studies and asked them to help rescuing Thor. SG-1 was able to do so, although the laboratory was eventually invaded by Osiris. The team and Heimdall were able to flee on a Tel'tak together with Thor and Heimdall's research, and were finally rescued from the Goa'uld by three Asgard ships. [3]
With the Replicators defeated, Heimdall is working hard in the Ida Galaxy to find the missing link to the flaw genome with Thor. [4]
- He is based on the Heimdall of Norse mythology.
- Heimdall is voiced by Teryl Rothery, who also played Dr. Janet Fraiser in Stargate SG-1.
[edit] Hermiod
| Stargate character | |
 Hermiod in The Siege, Part III |
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| Hermiod | |
|---|---|
| Race | Asgard |
| Gender | Asexual clone |
| Rank | Technician |
| Television portrayer | Trevor Devall (voice) |
| Key episodes | "The Siege, Part 3" (first appearance) |
Hermiod is an Asgard technician assigned to the Daedalus.
He is tasked with operation of the ship's Asgard transporter and hyperdrive engine, working primarily with Lindsey Novak. Hermiod has been observed to mutter to himself in Asgard when he is displeased with the crew's demands, and has an uneasy relationship with some of the humans on the Daedalus.
During the Daedalus' first mission to Atlantis, he was ordered by Daedalus' commanding officer, Colonel Steven Caldwell to transport several nuclear weapons on board a Wraith hive ship. Hermiod expressed resistance to carry this order out because using the shared Asgard technology offensively by humans was prohibited by the Asgard. However, because the Wraith were constantly bombarding the ship he reluctantly agreed to do as ordered. [5]
After a Wraith computer virus was discovered interfering with the Daedalus' computer systems, Hermiod helped remove it from the Daedalus and the F-302's on board. He also transported Lt. Col. Sheppard and Dr. McKay into the hangar bay and rescued them from being blown out into space when the virus opens the hangar doors. [6]
Hermiod also worked with Dr. McKay on the Wraith technology during Atlantis' failed alliance with a Wraith Hive-Ship. [7]
- Script writer Paul Mullie says they gave him "a little bit of an attitude problem", [8] being an angry foreigner utterly convinced of his own brilliance above those around him, much as McKay would have been when he was in Siberia. [9]
- Hermiod is named after the Norse god Hermóðr.
- Hermiod's "Asgard" dialog is actually normal English played backward.
[edit] Translations
- The Siege, Part III
Responding to the order to beam nuclear weapons into the Wraith ships:
- Hermiod: "When will these humans learn there are consequences to action"
- The Intruder
- Sheppard: "Is he supposed to be naked like that?" (To McKay)
- Hermiod: "These humans are infants"
- Caldwell: "It didn't work, we're still on course for the coronosphere."
- Hermiod: "The incompetence of these humans is beginning to make me angry!" (This may be a reference to Marvin the Martian.)
[edit] Kvasir
| Stargate character | |
 Kvasir |
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| Kvasir | |
|---|---|
| Race | Asgard |
| Gender | Asexual clone |
| Rank | Emmisary/Scientist/Ambassador |
| Television portrayer | Morris Chapdelaine (voice) |
| Key episodes | "Ripple Effect" (first appearance) |
Kvasir was an Asgard scientist and expert in their time-dilation technology. He was less likeable than Thor, prompting Daniel Jackson to note he "missed Thor".
Kvasir visited Earth in Thor's stead, who was working with Heimdall in the Asgard home galaxy. At the time, Earth had become a hub for several different alternate realities, with teams from several alternate universes arriving through Earth's Stargate.
After Samantha Carter deduced the black hole created by the Ori during their attempt to create a Supergate near Kallana was responsible for sending the alternate teams to this reality, Kvasir proposed using a time dilation device to allow SG-1 access to the black hole, hoping to seal the rift and prevent further incursions. Kvasir himself did not risk delivering the device near the black hole himself, and remained on Earth while two SG-1's departed on the Prometheus.
After the first plan was abandoned, Kvasir loaned the SGC an Asgard energy weapon to manipulate the Stargate into returning each alternate team to their proper reality. [4]
Kvasir also assisted SG-1 during the Battle of P3Y-229, reprogramming one of the control crystals of the Supergate. After this crystal would have been reinserted, the gate would have activated, blocking the Ori's only access to this galaxy. However, this attempt failed, and his O'Neill class battleship was forced to engage the invading Ori battlecruisers. [10] While the fate of his vessel is unknown, Kvasir himself survived the battle, and was on the Odyssey helping to repair the transporters. [11]
[edit] Loki
| Stargate character | |
 Loki in Fragile Balance |
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| Loki | |
|---|---|
| Race | Asgard |
| Gender | Asexual clone |
| Television portrayer | Peter DeLuise (voice) |
| Key episodes | "Fragile Balance" (first appearance) |
Loki is a rogue Asgard scientist who planned on finding a way to cure his species from the decay of their genome caused by their constant cloning.
After O'Neill had downloaded the information from the Ancients Repository of Knowledge into his brain, it had become clear to the Asgard that human biology had evolved to a point beyond the assumptions of the Asgard. After this information was shared with the entire Asgard population, Loki came to believe that O'Neill's DNA could prove to be the key to solving the Asgard's cloning problems.
While the majority of the Asgard were searching for a new home after their previous home was destroyed by the Replicators, Loki came to Earth in order to do genetic research on Colonel Jack O'Neill. In order to accomplish this Loki cloned O'Neill so he could study the original for a prolonged period of time without arousing suspicion of the SGC. However, due to a marker placed in O'Neill's DNA by the Asgard government, the clone stopped his rapid maturation in his teens, rather than becoming fully mature.
After the cloned O'Neill remembered being abducted by the Asgard, the SGC suspected foul play and searched for a way to capture the unknown Asgard. While researching O'Neill's dream, they encountered more people who experienced the same situations as the Colonel. However, none of them ended up becoming younger. SG-1 developed a plan to capture the Asgard, and when Loki beamed up the young O'Neill, the clone was able to stun the Asgard with a Zat. Afterwards he beamed up his teammates, who discovered the Asgard's identity. Shortly thereafter, Thor arrived and revealed that Loki has been doing non-sanctioned experiments on humans for some time. Loki was taken into Thor's custody, and his experiments have come to a halt. [12]
- Loki's illegal behavior is in keeping with Loki, the Norse god of mischief upon whom he is based.
- Although the name of Loki's ship isn't mentioned, it is of the same class as Thor's ship the Daniel Jackson.
[edit] Thor
Supreme Commander of the Asgard fleet and close ally and personal friend of SG-1. He assisted SG-1 and the Tau'ri on several occasions, but also asked the SGC to help his people in their fight against the Replicators.
[edit] Other Asgard
| Name | Rank/Position | First Appearance | Status | Voiced by |
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| Aegir | Commander of the starship Valhalla. | "New Order, Part I" | Alive | Michael Shanks |
| Aegir commanded a small fleet of ships which protected Orilla and attacked the Replicator ship as it exited hyperspace. Although Aegir destroyed the ship he could not stop massive numbers of Replicator blocks from raining down on Orilla. | ||||
| Penegal | Member of the Asgard High Council | "New Order, Part II" | Alive | Michael Shanks |
| A member of the Asgard High Council. He informed Thor of the Replicators, which attacked the settlement of Orilla but the communication was interrupted. | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ "Red Sky" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Fail Safe" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ a b "Revelations" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ a b "Ripple Effect" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "The Siege, Part III" (Stargate Atlantis)
- ^ "The Intruder" (Stargate Atlantis)
- ^ "Allies" (Stargate Atlantis)
- ^ "Stargate Atlantis: Season Two Preview", TV Zone Special #64, Visual Imagination, 2005, pp. 76-77.
- ^ "48 Hours" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Camelot" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Flesh and Blood" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Fragile Balance" (Stargate SG-1)
| Recurring characters on Stargate Atlantis | Edit | |
| Tau'ri | Bates | Laura Cadman | Steven Caldwell | Kate Heightmeyer | Kavanagh | Bill Lee | Lorne | Lindsey Novak Richard Woolsey | Radek Zelenka |
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| Other | Acastus Kolya | Lucius Lavin | |
| Lists by race | All | Tau'ri | Ancient, Asgard, Asuran, Athosian, Genii, Wraith | |
| Recurring characters on Stargate SG-1 | Edit | |
| Tau'ri | Malcolm Barrett | Jacob Carter | Chekov | Adrian Conrad | Paul Davis | Paul Emerson | Louis Ferretti | Janet Fraiser Walter Harriman | Charles Kawalsky | Robert Kinsey | Carolyn Lam | Catherine Langford | Bill Lee Harry Maybourne | Lionel Pendergast | Robert Rothman | Frank Simmons | Pete Shanahan | Siler | Richard Woolsey |
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| Other Humans | Cassandra | Kasuf | Linea | Ma'chello | Martin Lloyd | Sha're | Shifu | Skaara | |
| Goa'uld | Amaterasu | Amonet | Anubis | Apophis | Ba'al | Camulus | Cronus | Hathor | Heru-ur Nerus | Osiris | Ra | Sokar | Tanith | Yu | Zipacna |
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| Jaffa | Bra'tac | Gerak | Ishta | Rya'c | |
| Other | Adria | Chaka | Fifth | Harlan | Lotan | Oma Desala | Reese | Replicator Carter | Thor | |
| Lists by race | All | Tau'ri | Ancient, Aschen, Asgard, Goa'uld, Jaffa, Langaran, Lucian Alliance Ori, Replicator, Tok'ra, Tollan, System Lord |
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