Wraith characters in Stargate
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This is a list of Wraith characters in the TV series Stargate Atlantis. The Wraith are a hive-based parasitic species that drove the Ancients out of the Pegasus Galaxy around 8000 BC.
Thus far, none of the Wraith to appear on Stargate Atlantis have had their true names revealed (Ellia doesn't count because she was named by Zaddik, see below). Because of their unwillingness to speak their own names to humans, Lt. Colonel Sheppard often gives the captured Wraith amusing earth names.
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[edit] "Steve"
| Stargate character | |
 "Steve" |
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| Steve | |
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| Race | Wraith |
| Gender | Male |
| Birthplace | Unknown, probably a Wraith hiveship |
| Television portrayer | James Lafazanos |
| Key episodes | "Suspicion" (first appearance) |
Steve (a.k.a Steve the Wraith) appeared in several episodes of the TV show Stargate Atlantis. "Steve" was played by James Lafazanos, who also portrayed other Wraith characters (notably "Bob" the Wraith). Steve is considered very popular amongst fandom. He has several music videos mourning his loss, and has created a fandom similar to the Klingon fandom amongst the Star Trek community though admittedly not to that size.
"Steve" was a Wraith commander tasked with tracking Teyla Emmagan via a short-range homing device embedded in her necklace. Upon this discovery, the Atlantis exploration team under Major John Sheppard set a trap for the Wraith, hoping to capture one to interrogate; "Steve" was the only survivor from Sheppard's trap.[1] "Steve" was held in a force field prison in the Atlantis base and it is assumed that he was under constant surveillance by two guards. While imprisoned, "Steve" unsuccessfully attempted to use telepathic hallucinations to distract the guards.
The captured Wraith would not reveal his true name, so Major Sheppard named him "Steve" while interrogating him (The Wraith replied to the name that all Sheppard needed to know was that the Wraith would be his death, prompting Sheppard to say "I prefer Steve"). Steve died after exposure to a prototype anti-Wraith vaccine,[2] developed by Dr. Carson Beckett and the Hoffans; tested on "Steve" with the permission of Dr. Elizabeth Weir, despite being a violation of the Third Geneva Convention regarding the treatment of prisoners of war. [3] Major John Sheppard originally rationalized the experiment by claiming that, when the Third Geneva Convention was assembled, the Wraith would have eaten the attendees if they had been present. Eventually, Weir was swayed to allow Steve to be used in the experiment. Steve was unable to feed on the test subject, but the vaccine caused a toxic reaction in Steve, causing his major organs to shut down simultaneously and kill Steve.
[edit] Quotes
- "I am your death."
- "Keeping me here will only hasten your doom."
[edit] External links
[edit] "Bob"
| Stargate character | |
 Bob, the Wraith Scout and Saboteur |
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| Bob | |
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| Race | Wraith |
| Gender | Male |
| Birthplace | Unknown, probably a Wraith hiveship |
| Television portrayer | James Lafazanos |
| Key episodes | "The Siege (Part 1)" (first appearance) |
Bob (a.k.a. "Bob the Wraith" to fans) was, like most male Wraith, played by James Lafazanos.
He was named "Bob" in the same manner that Sheppard named an earlier Wraith, "Steve", since "Bob" refused to disclose his true name.
Bob piloted a Wraith Dart on a reconnaissance mission to Atlantis ahead of the Wraith assault. To throw off the scent, as it were, Bob self-destructed the dart as he feinted an escape from pursuing Puddle Jumpers. [4] Unknown to the Atlantis team, he actually used the Dart's culling beam to transport into the city. There he proceeded to commit sabotage, badly injure Sgt. Bates and appear in Teyla Emmagan's dreams, during which she also saw herself as a Wraith. However it is unknown if this happened because of deliberate use of telepathic powers on Bob's part, or if she only had nightmares because of his presence. Bob was able to hide in Atlantis for approximately two weeks. Bob was finally discovered when Atlantis's biometric sensor array was calibrated to show Wraith life-signs. When he was confronted, Bob attacked Major John Sheppard with his stunner rifle. His intention to feed on Sheppard was thwarted by the arrival of Lieutenant Aiden Ford, who stunned the Wraith. Bob was then taken to a cell and interrogated. There, he refused to disclose any information about his mission, the approaching Wraith fleet, or even his true name. Teyla attempted telepathic contact with Bob, who responded by forcing himself into Teyla's mind. Sheppard was forced to shoot him several times. Since the damage was severe, and since it is possible that Bob had not fed in some time (Wraith healing ability is thought to be linked to feeding), Bob was unable to regenerate and died. [5]
[edit] Wraith Survivor
| Stargate character | |
 Wraith Survivor |
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| Wraith Survivor | |
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| Race | Wraith |
| Gender | Male |
| Birthplace | Unknown, probably a Wraith hiveship |
| Television portrayer | James Lafazanos |
| Key episodes | "The Defiant One" (first appearance) |
In the first season episode "The Defiant One," the Atlantis crew encountered a crew member of a Wraith "supply ship" that had crashed, containing hundreds of captured humans in suspended animation. He had survived over 10,000 years by feeding on the cargo of humans as well as his fellow Wraith crew members. He was killed when a team coming to rescue Sheppard and McKay fired a drone weapon at him.
He appeared different from the other Wraith because he seemed to feed on the humans not only for food, but for sadistic natures as well. However, that may have simply been a result of 10,000 years of isolation.
[edit] Ellia
| Stargate character | |
 Ellia |
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| Ellia | |
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| Race | Wraith |
| Gender | Female |
| Birthplace | Unknown, probably a Wraith hiveship |
| Television portrayer | Jewel Staite |
| Key episodes | "Instinct" (first appearance) |
Ellia is a young female Wraith who has been raised as a human. Appearing in the second season episode "Instinct," Ellia is played by Jewel Staite.
Encountering a primitive people who claimed they are being fed upon by a mysterious beast, but who otherwise seem ignorant of the Wraith, the members of the Atlantis team begin to search the surrounding forest for what they have deduced is a lone Wraith soldier. While searching in the woods for the Wraith that had been terrorizing the village, the Atlantis team meets a man named Zaddik and his adopted daughter Ellia, a Wraith whom he rescued as a baby. A lone Wraith Dart had crashed on the planet years ago and, though the villagers had slain all Wraith that survived the crash, Zaddik spared the baby he found because of its apparent innocence. Raised with compassion and love, treated as no different from any human daughter, Ellia demonstrates typical human emotions and characteristics (Including fear and guilt). According to Zaddik, Ellia has never fed on a human. When she first began craving human life force, Zaddik began experimenting and developed a serum as an alternative.
Dr. Beckett visits Zaddik and Ellia's home to study the serum, and Ellia overhears him mention a retrovirus he is developing to potentially turn Wraith into humans. Ellia hates being a Wraith, and takes the drug without Dr. Beckett's knowledge, despite the fact that it isn't yet ready. The retrovirus has the exact opposite effect intended, and increases the effects of the Iratus bug on her DNA.
Ellia confesses to Zaddik that his serum has never worked and she has been feeding on humans in the village for years. Another Wraith survived the crash, an adult male, and Ellia had been following him to feed whenever he did, hiding her involvement by only picking the scraps he left behind. The effects of the retrovirus appear to grow in intensity over time, and she becomes increasingly violent. She throws Zaddik against a tree and runs away. As he is dying, he reveals that while he was developing the serum he allowed Ellia to feed on him to relieve her hunger. He was, in fact, the missing son of one of the villagers; and his apparent age is only a result of the feeding of Ellia. Colonel Sheppard tracks Ellia down, and though he tries to convince her to return with him and be treated to reverse the effects of the retrovirus, she attacks him and begins feeding on him, and he and Ronon are forced to kill her. [6] Her attack on Sheppard, though, had consequences since she infected him with the retrovirus [7].
[edit] Michael
| Stargate character | |
 Michael in "Allies" |
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| Michael | |
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| Race | Wraith |
| Gender | Male |
| Birthplace | Unknown, probably a Wraith hiveship |
| Television portrayer | Connor Trinneer (except "Allies") Brent Stait in "Allies" |
| Key episodes | "Michael" (first appearance) |
Michael is a Wraith who was transformed into a human by the crew of the Atlantis expedition. Michael is played by Connor Trinneer, except in "Allies" where he was played by Brent Stait.
The transformation was made possible by using a retrovirus developed by Dr. Carson Beckett and his team. It suppresses the Wraith DNA and allows the human DNA that the Iratus bug absorbed to come through.
When he turned into a human, he lost all of this former Wraith memories as well. The Atlantis team thought it wiser not to inform him of this information.
Michael eventually learned about his Wraith origins and returned to the Wraith [8], only to later return in a bid to join forces with the Atlantis team to help destroy the Wraith. It was later found out that they were not intending to join forces at all, but simply trying to learn Earth's coordinates and how to modify their hyperdrive. [9]
His transformation back into a Wraith was not a complete process and he resembles a human being more than other Wraith now, which made him a pariah among the Wraith. Fearing for his life, he decided to help Col. Sheppard rescue Dr. McKay and Ronon in exchange for getting him out the hive ship. [10]
Following his return to Atlantis, Michael was stunned by Ronon Dex and then given an updated dosage of the retrovirus, then shipped off to a quarantine planet. Whilst there, he was one of a few of the humanized Wraith who began to revert to their original forms, contacted a nearby Hive Ship, overpowered the guards, and imprisoned Dr. Beckett. It is possible that the ensuing attack by the then Human-controlled Hive Ship killed him along with all other Wraith on the planet, but his fate is yet unknown. [11]
[edit] Trivia
- Connor Trinneer was unable to play Michael in "Allies" because his wife was about to give birth to their first child. He did provide the voice for Michael, though.
- The name Michael Kenmore is a reference to Royal Canadian Air Farce's Mike from Canmore, a salute to Canadian culture, as the show is filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[citation needed]
[edit] Hive Keeper
| Stargate character | |
 Hive Keeper in "Rising" |
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| Hive Keeper | |
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| Race | Wraith |
| Gender | Female |
| Birthplace | Unknown, probably a Wraith hiveship |
| Television portrayer | Andee Frizzell |
| Key episodes | "Rising" (first appearance) |
The first female Wraith that the Atlantis team meets is the "hive keeper". She takes one Athosian and then Colonel Sumner for questioning. Upon interrogating Sumner, she learns of Earth, with its huge population. Sumner refuses to give her Earth's Stargate address, so she starts draining his life away when he refuses to answer. Major Sheppard, who lead a rescue party onto the hive ship that their friends were taken to, finds Sumner having his life sucked out of him by the Keeper and shoots him to spare him more suffering. Sheppard is captured but right before the Keeper starts feeding on him, Ford appears and shoots the other Wraith. Sheppard frees himself and rams a Wraith stunner into the Keeper's stomach. Just as Ford and Sheppard start to leave the Keeper says that by killing her they will awaken all the other Wraith, and then she dies. Within seconds, the entire hive begins to awaken—and each one is aware that there is a rich new feeding ground available. [12]
[edit] Wraith Queen 1
| Stargate character | |
 Wraith Queen 1 in "The Lost Boys" |
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| Wraith Queen 1 | |
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| Race | Wraith |
| Gender | Female |
| Birthplace | Unknown, probably a Wraith hiveship |
| Television portrayer | Andee Frizzell |
| Key episodes | "The Lost Boys" (first appearance) |
The first Queen seen in the series, appears in "The Lost Boys" and "The Hive" played by Andee Frizzell.
When Lt Col Sheppard, and former Lt Ford combined their teams to assault a Wraith Hive-Ship, they were captured and Sheppard was brought before the Hive Ship Queen [13]. Inflicting similar mind control techniques on him as the Wraith keeper used on Col. Sumner, she tried to interrogate him, wanting to know where he obtained the Wraith Dart he used to board the Hive. She left when she sensed another Hive ship had pulled up alongside her own. Sheppard and the remnants of his team later escaped, only to be captured again and put into separate cells. Sheppard was put in a cell with a young woman who appeared to be a victim, but turned out to be a Wraith worshipper and was attempting to gain information from him. When Sheppard was brought before the Queen again, he revealed that he had figured out the Queen's plan. He also claimed to be a worshipper (or rather, a business partner) of the Queen of the other Hive that was currently traveling along with them and that they were planning on attacking (a lie which worked to Sheppard's advantage later, resulting in the destruction of both Hive ships). Infuriated with Sheppard, the Queen was about to feed on him when Lt Ford, having escaped his own cell, shot her with Ronon's blaster, killing her instantly. [14]
[edit] Wraith Queen 2
| Stargate character | |
 Wraith Queen 2 in "Allies" |
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| Wraith Queen 2 | |
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| Race | Wraith |
| Gender | Female |
| Birthplace | Unknown, probably a Wraith hiveship |
| Television portrayer | Andee Frizzell |
| Key episodes | "Allies" (first appearance) |
Appears in "Allies" and "No Man's Land", played again by Andee Frizzell.
She came to Atlantis under the pretenses of wanting the retrovirus. When Atlantis asked why they wanted to talk, the Wraith sent their jamming codes to Atlantis. They had the retrovirus tested on an enemy hive ship. When the "friendly" Wraith were searched the virus was found and the Wraith were killed. The enemy hive opened fire on the "friendly" hive. They returned to Atlantis to repair their ship. She gave the Wraith database to Atlantis in exchange for help in repairs. The Wraith later betrayed them by including a piece of spyware that forwarded the location of Earth, as well as the Aurora mission report (which contained how to convert hyperdrives to intergalactic hyper drives).[9] She later ostracized Michael by claiming him to be "polluted". She was killed by Sheppard after luring Major Lorne into a trap. [10]
The retrovirus did not work on her and she did not change into a human. Dr. McKay says that Dr. Beckett wondered that the females may be immune to the retrovirus. [10]
[edit] Wraith Leader
| Stargate character | |
 Wraith Leader |
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| Wraith Leader | |
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| Race | Wraith |
| Gender | Male |
| Rank | Unknown, possibly some sort of Leader |
| Birthplace | Unknown, probably a Wraith hiveship |
| Television portrayer | Dan Payne |
| Key episodes | "Sateda" (first appearance) |
Appears in "Sateda" and is played by Dan Payne.
The Wraith "king" who appeared in the episode Sateda, was the presumed leader of a hive that captures Ronon Dex. This Wraith took a very personal interest in Ronon, offering a village exemption from all future cullings in return for Ronon's capture (a deal he later went back on, after capturing Ronon the village was wiped out). When Ronon was captured, the "king" had a new transmitter placed in Ronon's back and released him on the ruined world of Sateda, where Ronon was hunted by ever increasing numbers of Wraith. However Ronon defeated all the hunters (with some help from John Sheppard and Teyla). Eventually, after Ronon taunting him via a Wraith probe, the king engaged Ronon in a one-on-one fight. Ronon forbade Sheppard or Teyla from interfering threatening them with death (Teyla dismissed his remark but told Sheppard that Ronon might never forgive them if they interrupted the fight). However it soon became clear that the injured Ronon was no match for the Wraith "king" and Rodney McKay and Carson Beckett (who were unaware of Ronon's threats to Sheppard and Teyla) ended the fight by firing a drone from their cloaked jumper and killing the "king". Beckett was the one to actually fired the drone but once he was sure Ronon wasn't angry with them for interfering Rodney claimed to have come up with the idea.
Before his appearance it was assumed that all Wraith Hives were run by Queens, however in the episode he was shown as a leader of the Hive, even sitting in the throne that previous queens have occupied. There is no Queen shown in the episode, so it is unknown if this character was the actual leader of the hive ship, or if he was simply some sort of Hunt Leader.
Dan Payne has appeared numerous other times in Stargate - he played the original Kull Soldier and over the years made many appearances as one of Anubis' supersoldiers.
[edit] Captive Wraith
| Stargate character | |
 Captive Wraith |
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| Captive Wraith | |
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| Race | Wraith |
| Gender | Male |
| Birthplace | Unknown, probably a Wraith hiveship |
| Television portrayer | Christopher Heyerdahl |
| Key episodes | "Common Ground" (first appearance) |
Appears in "Common Ground" and is played by Christopher Heyerdahl.
This Wraith was held in an old Genii prison for many years by soldiers loyal to Commander Acastus Kolya. The Wraith was used as part of a plan to get the Atlantis expedition to turn over Ladon Radim, current leader of the Genii, by having him feed on Colonel John Sheppard. He feeds on Sheppard three times before they conspire to escape from the prison, Sheppard having given the Wraith a new sense of hope. As a repayment for freeing him, he gave Sheppard back the lifeforce he had fed off, restoring his age; indeed, Doctor Rodney McKay said that Sheppard almost looked younger than he had been earlier. The Wraith was then dropped off on a planet to link up with his hive, but both he and Sheppard agreed that if they met again in the future, all bets were off. The Wraith suggests that it would be good, for both their sakes, that they do not meet again.
Heyerdahl had previously played Athosian leader Halling on Atlantis and Pallan in the SG-1 episode "Revisions."
[edit] References
- ^ "Suspicion." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "Poisoning the Well." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "Letters from Pegasus." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "The Brotherhood." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "The Siege, Part 1." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "Instinct." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "Conversion." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "Michael." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ a b "Allies." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ a b c "No Man's Land." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "Misbegotten." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "Rising." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "The Lost Boys." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "The Hive." Stargate Atlantis.
[edit] External links
- Wraith from StargateWiki. Visited May 29, 2006.
- Steve from GateWorld. Visited May 29, 2006.
- Bob II from GateWorld. Visited May 29, 2006.
- Ellia from GateWorld. Visited May 29, 2006.
- Keeper, Wraith from GateWorld. Visited May 29, 2006.
- Hive Queen from GateWorld. Visited May 29, 2006.
- Hive Queen, Michael's from GateWorld. Visited May 29, 2006.
- Hive scientist, Michael's from GateWorld. Visited May 29, 2006.
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