Cronus (Stargate)
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| Stargate character | |
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 Cronus in Double Jeopardy |
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| Cronus | |
| Race | Goa'uld |
| Gender | Male |
| Rank | System Lord |
| Birthplace | Unknown |
| Portrayer | Ron Halder |
| First episode | "Fair Game" |
In the science fiction television show Stargate SG-1, the fictional character Cronus is a Goa'uld System Lord, and is played by actor Ron Halder. His name is believed to be based on Cronus the Titan in Greek mythology.
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[edit] Background
Cronus was one of the most powerful and influential System Lords. He was the System Lord who originally banished Sokar, and was also an enemy of Apophis.
One of his First Primes was Teal'c's father. He was ordered by Cronus to attempt to win a battle that couldn't be won. When Teal'c's father returned defeated, Cronus killed him by crushing the Goa'uld parasite inside him causing the parasite's blood to mix with Teal'c's father's blood, causing a slow and painful death. This is how he later attempted to kill Teal'c. After killing Teal'c's father he exiled Teal'c and his mother. Teal'c, full of hatred for Cronus, swore to train hard to become the First Prime of Apophis, the sworn enemy of Cronus. [1]
He once sent an Ashrak after Jolinar who, at the time, had Captain Samantha Carter as a host. [2] Cronus also developed the Kormak linking bracelets which render the wearers unconscious and eventually dead if they become separated for too long. These bracelets were intended to assure that a prisoner did not escape from a Jaffa guard. [3]
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Because of his power, Cronus was sent by the System Lords to negotiate including Earth in the Asgard's Protected Planets Treaty, meaning that the Goa'uld System Lords could not attack Earth, in exchange for the Asgard allowing the Goa'uld access to the passage of Nylor. However, the Goa'uld demanded that Earth should turn over both of its Stargates as part of the agreement.
During the negotiations, he was also confronted with Teal'c. However, when Teal'c was called into Cronus' room, both of them were attacked by an invisible person. While Teal'c remained nearly unharmed, Cronus was critically wounded. Carter was eventually able to heal him with a Goa'uld Healing Device, and he subsequently agreed that the Stargate on Earth could be kept open. Apparently Nirrti had been the one who attacked the System Lord. As Cronus left, with Nirrti in his custody, he told the Ta'uri that their world would be safe from attack, although anyone caught by the System Lords should expect no mercy. [2]
Cronus eventually conquered the planet Juna, which was once freed by SG-1 from Heru-ur. At the time the Altairan robot duplicates of SG-1 were surveying the planet, and were quickly captured by Cronus' forces and brought before him. He ordered Daniel Jackson to be executed, although all people in the room - even Cronus - were shocked upon discovering Jackson's true nature. Fascinated by the machines, Cronus ordered that they should be studied.
However, as Harlan requested SG-1's aid in rescuing their duplicates, the real team was sent to Juna. As both the robot and real Teal'c were driven by their quest to kill the Goa'uld for the death of their father, the two attacked the System Lord during an audience. Although Cronus was able to overpower both of them, and subsequently attempted to kill the real Teal'c in the same way he killed his father, he was eventually shot in the back by the robot Teal'c, whose last words were "For our father". With Cronus dead, the planet was again safe from the Goa'uld. Cronus' Ha'tak was later brough back to Earth by SG-1. [4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Crossroads" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ a b "Fair Game" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Avalon" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Double Jeopardy" (Stargate SG-1)
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| Recurring characters on Stargate SG-1 | Edit | |
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| Other Humans | Cassandra | Kasuf | Linea | Ma'chello | Martin Lloyd | Sha're | Shifu | Skaara | |
| Goa'uld | Amonet | Anubis | Apophis | Ba'al | Cronus | Hathor | Heru-ur Nerus | Nirrti | Osiris | Ra | Sokar | Tanith | Yu | Zipacna |
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