Furling (Stargate)
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| Species | Furling |
| Homeworld | Unknown |
| Governing body | Unknown |
| Alliances as of season 10 | None |
| Prior Alliances | Four Great Races |
| Key episodes | "The Torment of Tantalus (writing seen)" (first appearance) |
In the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, the Furlings are an alien race. Little is known about them, save that they were a member of the "Alliance of four great races", along with the Ancients, Asgard, and Nox. However, occasional artifacts attributed to the Furlings have been identified. Furling writing has also been seen in the show in the first-season episode "The Torment of Tantalus" along with the writings of the other great races (though only the Ancient and Asgard writings have been positively linked with their civilizations).
It has also been suggested that they are a pacifistic race, like the Nox and somewhat unlike the Ancients and Asgard, who, while they did not like it, were more willing to use military force. In the sixth-season episode "Paradise Lost" it is discovered that the Furlings had set up a Utopian community without weapons or advanced technology. The colony was destroyed by a Goa'uld who was able to smuggle in seeds for a plant that produced a paranoia-inducing chemical, causing the inhabitants to go insane and kill each other, though the Goa'uld himself was also killed.
Harry Maybourne, who had discovered the key to reaching this colony, described them thus:
- "A long time ago, some people from an advanced alien society, well they chucked it all and they formed this small, isolated Utopian community. They sent out representatives to meet and evaluate people from all over the galaxy and offer them a chance to join them. The scroll and the stone were the invitation."
It is unknown whether any of the skeletons later found at that colony were actually Furlings, or if it was a purely human community that had just been set up by them.
Jack O'Neill has concluded that the Furlings must be cute and cuddly creatures, based solely on their name. A man in the episode "Citizen Joe", who heard of the Furlings through a man who could recall O'Neill's memories, equated the Furlings to the Ewoks based on their name. Knowing that they were part of the Alliance of Four Great Races, however, they were likely very powerful and advanced. The design and artwork of their technology have been assumed to resemble Mayan and Aztec artwork.
Several unnamed races have appeared in Stargate continuity that could in fact be the Furlings. When Executive Producer Robert C. Cooper was asked "Will we ever meet the Furlings?", his answer was "Who says we haven't?"[1] The Asgard give no indication that the Furlings are dead or gone, nor do they state that they have died off or moved to a different portion of the Universe (whereas they clearly state that the Ancients are no longer active).
Joseph Mallozzi claimed that more about the Furlings would finally be revealed in Stargate SG-1's tenth season.[2] In a Sci Fi Channel advertisement for the 200th episode, Cooper stated "We're finally going to get to to see the Furlings." What was actually shown was an imagined scene from a script for a movie based on the fictional television series "Wormhole X-Treme!" within the Stargate SG-1 universe. The Furlings were portrayed as a race similar to the Ewoks. Because the scene was a fantasy, the true nature of the Furlings has yet to be revealed.
[edit] References
- ^ (February 2006) "INSIDE STARGATE SG-1: Questions from viewers". SCI FI Magazine.
- ^ Stargate SG-1 Season Ten. GateWorld. Retrieved on 2006-03-19.
| Alien races in the Stargate universe | Edit | |
| Four Great Races | Ancients, Asgard, Furling, Nox |
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| Humans | Tau'ri, Tollan, Aschen, Genii, Athosians, Prior, Jaffa: Sodan, Free Jaffa, Hak'tyl | |
| Goa'uld | System Lords, Tok'ra, Kull Warrior | |
| Other | Asurans, Iratus bug, Ori, R-75, Re'ol, Re'tu, Replicator, "Spirits", Unas, Wraith | |
