Goa'uld characters in Stargate

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The tense of this article or section is not suitable for an encyclopedia. Please consider copy editing to past tense if historic, present tense if not time-based (e.g. fiction), or future tense if upcoming.

In the Stargate fictional universe, the Goa'uld are a fictional parasitic alien race that uses humans as hosts. Most Goa'uld pose as gods to control slave armies and are considered evil, egocentric megalomaniacs by those who do not worship them. The Tok'ra is a faction of Goa'uld that oppose the ways of the System Lords.

This is a list of the Goa'uld characters that have appeared so far in Stargate, Stargate SG-1, and Stargate Atlantis.

Contents 1 Amaterasu 2 Amaunet 3 Anubis 4 Apophis 4.1 Attack on Earth 4.2 Prisoner of Sokar 4.3 Second Rise to Power 4.4 Replicators and Final Death 5 Athena 6 Ba'al 6.1 War with Anubis 6.2 Rise and fall 6.3 Clones 7 Bastet 8 Bynarr 9 Camulus 10 Cronus 11 Hathor 12 Heru-ur 13 Imhotep/K'tano 14 Kali 15 Klorel 16 Marduk 17 Moloc 18 Morrigan 19 Mot 20 Nerus 21 Nirrti 21.1 Cassandra 21.2 Encounters in person 21.3 Using the DNA Resequencer 22 Olokun 23 Osiris 24 Qetesh 25 Ra 26 Ramius 27 Seth 28 Sokar 29 Tanith 30 Terok 31 Thoth 32 Yu 32.1 Personality 32.2 History 33 Zipacna 34 Other Goa'uld 35 References

[edit] Amaterasu

Stargate character
Amaterasu
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Female
Rank	System Lord
Portrayer	Kira Clavell
First appearance	"New Order"

Amaterasu was a powerful Goa'uld and member of the System Lords. She was based on Amaterasu, the sun goddess in Japanese mythology. She was one of the delegates sent by the System Lords to arrange a treaty with Earth after the destruction of Anubis' attack fleet.

Amaterasu came to the attention of the SGC after a great number of other System Lords were already dead. Her first contact with Stargate Command happened after Ba'al took over Anubis' forces after the System Lord was apparently killed by SG-1. Together with her comrades Yu and Camulus, she visited the SGC to seek an alliance with them so that they would use their Ancient weapon to destroy Ba'al's forces. Together with her comrades she ordered a Ha'tak to be sent to Earth so that they would be forced to use their weapon, although the vessel was later destroyed by Ba'al. After the negotiations broke down, she left together with Yu, as Camulus wanted to stay on Earth, and Amaterasu denounced Camulus as a traitor and coward.^[1]

The next few months saw a sharp decrease in Amaterasu's allies. Bastet and Olokun were killed, and Morrigan defected to Ba'al.^[2] During the Replicator invasion of the Milky Way, the Jaffa Resistance had planned to engage Amaterasu's fleet, although her ships were among the first to be infested by the self-replicating machines. Amaterasu's final fate remains unknown.^[3]

[edit] Amaunet

Stargate character
Amaunet
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Female
Rank	Consort of Apophis
Birthplace	Abydos
Portrayer	Vaitiare Bandera
First appearance	"Children of the Gods"

Amaunet (based on the ancient Egyptian Goddess Amonet) was Apophis's beloved Goa'uld queen. During his search for a proper human host, Apophis travelled to several worlds where he kidnapped women. Eventually, Apophis kidnapped Sha're, an Abydonian woman and wife of Daniel Jackson.

During Apophis' search for a new host, Amaunet was forced to reside inside a female Jaffa. When she was eventually presented with Sha're, Amaunet took her as her new host, after which she was introduced to Apophis' followers. Daniel Jackson however refused to accept the loss of his wife, and became a member of SG-1 to search for his beloved.^[4]

Jackson was again confronted with his wife when he, together with Teal'c, visited Abydos to tell Sha're's father Kasuf what had happened to his children. However, a highly pregnant Sha're was hiding on Abydos at the time, to hide her child from Heru-ur. According to Sha're, Amaunet allowed the host to surface, because if the Goa'uld were to awake the child would be born dead. Also, she informed Jackson that her child, fathered by Apophis, would be a Harcesis, an unpossessed human who contained all the genetic memory of the Goa'uld.

When Sha're, assisted by Daniel Jackson, gave birth to a boy, Shifu, Amaunet again took control of Sha're and ordered Jackson to hand over the child. However, he refused, and hid the boy on Abydos instead. When Amaunet returned to Apophis, she did not inform him about the presence of SG-1 on the planet, and even convinced him that his enemy Heru-ur had kidnapped the child.^[5]

When Apophis fell from power, Amaunet entered the service of Heru-ur. She led a raid on Abydos to acquire slaves, but Amaunet really returned for the boy, sending him to the planet Kheb with one of her handmaidens. She also kidnapped several Abydonians, who were shortly thereafter rescued by SG-1. During these events, Daniel Jackson followed Amaunet into her tent, where she attacked him with her hand device. To prevent Daniel from being killed, Teal'c was forced to fire his staff weapon at her, killing not only Amaunet but also Sha're. Daniel mourned over the death of Sha're, but decided to find the Harcesis, the last legacy of his wife.^[6]

[edit] Anubis

Stargate character
Anubis
Race	Half-Ascended Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Rank	System Lord
Portrayer	David Palffy Dean Aylesworth Rik Kiviaho George Dzundza
First appearance	"Revelations"

The plot summary in this article or section is too long or detailed compared to the rest of the article. Please edit the article to focus on discussing the work rather than merely reiterating the plot.

Anubis, an extremely powerful Goa'uld, was first mentioned in the episode "Between Two Fires", although he was not seen in person until "Revelations". He replaced Apophis as the show's main villain after the latter's ultimate demise.

Like most powerful Goa'uld, he had assumed (and, possibly, was the origin of) a deific persona from early Earth mythologies, in his case that of Anubis of Egyptian mythology. However, Anubis was far more dangerous than the rest of his race, and quite unlike any Goa'uld previously encountered, as he was partly ascended and thus invulnerable to being killed by conventional means.

Due to his semi-ethereal existence, depriving him of an actual corporeal body, Anubis was seen only through character, and never truly through appearance. As such, he has been played by several different actors including David Palffy, Dean Aylesworth, Rik Kiviaho and George Dzundza (Palffy previously played Sokar in the series, a similar powerful Goa'uld, who was also considered far worse than the majority of his race).

Commanding vast legions of Jaffa warriors and space-faring attack vessels (Ha'taks), Anubis was regarded as a System Lord, one of the few most powerful Goa'uld. After spending centuries away, his main contender upon returning was the System Lord Yu, the other System Lords having agreed to his reacceptance into their ranks. As most of the System Lords, Anubis posed as a god to his underlings, ensuring supreme loyalty.

While all Goa'uld were megalomanic, egotistical and arrogant, Anubis was more clever than most, and had a sound mind for complexity and convoluted schemes. Notably, he was also infamous for being even more melodramatic than the rest of the Goa'uld. At one point, Colonel O'Neill reacts to one of Anubis's melodramatic speeches with the remark, "Oh, come on. Who talks like that?" ^[7]

Unlike other Goa'uld, who are merely a parasite living inside a human host, Anubis was a half-ascended being, meaning that he is partially ethereal, having almost converted his body to energy and risen to a higher plane of existence. This transformation was first discovered by the Ancients, perhaps the most advanced race ever to exist in the galaxy, most of which have long since Ascended. Apparently, Anubis discovered the fate of the Ancients, and ascended through a combination of their knowledge and the unwitting help of Oma Desala, whom he tricked into believing that he was spiritually worthy of ascension.

Refusing to allow Anubis amongst their ranks, the Ancients somehow managed to "descend" Anubis and partially force him back to this plane of existence, stopping short of completely returning him to physical existence to 'punish' Oma Desala for her interference in the lower planes. Being partially Ascended allowed Anubis to gain much of the knowledge of the Ancients, which enabled him to use much of their technology, giving him a significant advantage over the other Goa'uld. Effectively, he became the most dangerous of all System Lords, possessing vast armies, advanced technology, and being practically impossible to destroy.

Although he could theoretically use his godlike powers against lower, mortal beings, the Ancients prevented him from doing so, as according to their rules, ascended beings are forbidden to interfere with the lower planes of existence. However, as the Ancients themselves would not interfere with mortal affairs, Anubis was allowed to do anything he could have done as regular Goa'uld, including using his highly advanced intellect and technology to cause massive destruction. ^[8]

Without a physical form, Anubis was forced to rely on an energy shield to keep his essence together. He appeared as a shadowy hooded figure wearing a large black cloak. Instead of a human face, all that could be seen under the hood was a shifting energy field. ^[9] After his defeat by SG-1 during his attempted invasion of Earth ^[10], Anubis was forced to abandon the use of the hooded force field, and began to possess other bodies for his shape, somewhat returning to the parasitical nature of his fellow Goa'uld. However, unlike other Goa'uld, he was unable to remain in the same host body for an extended period of time, as his essence was somehow 'toxic' to humans, causing his hosts to die after a prolonged period of holding him. ^[8]

Even after his disappearance, Anubis' legacy kept menacing the SGC. Knowing he would never reach his true potential as an ascended being because of the Ancients, Anubis had attempted to create a new kind of soldier, essentially ascended warriors, to fight them. In an attempt to recreate his pre-ascended DNA, he created a genetically-engineered hybrid human, later named Khalek, with all his memories and later subjected him to DNA treatments with an Ancient DNA Resequencer, putting him on the path to Ascension and giving him special powers such as telekinesis and super-hearing, afterwards placing him in a stasis chamber.^[11]

[edit] Apophis

Stargate character
Apophis wielding a hand device in The Serpent's Lair
Apophis
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Rank	System Lord
Portrayer	Peter Williams
First appearance	"Children of the Gods"

Further information: wikia:Stargate:Apophis

The plot summary in this section is too long or detailed compared to the rest of the article. Please edit the article to focus on discussing the work rather than merely reiterating the plot.

Apophis, based on the god Apep of Egyptian mythology, is a Goa'uld portrayed by Peter Williams. Apophis first appeared in the pilot episode "Children of the Gods" and was the show's main antagonist and the principal enemy of SG-1 for most of the first four seasons.

Just as in Egyptian mythology, Apophis was the nemesis of Ra, the Supreme System Lord of the Goa'uld Empire. ^[12] When Daniel Jackson and Jack O'Neill killed Ra ^[13] in the original Stargate movie, they inadvertently increased Apophis' power and allowed him to launch attacks against both Earth and Abydos through the Stargate, though these also appeared to be host raids intended to find matured humans suitable as Goa'uld hosts. During these attacks, Apophis kidnapped Daniel's wife Sha're, who became the host of Apophis' queen Amonet, as well as Sha're's brother Skaara, who became host to his son, Klorel. ^[4] SG-1's war against Apophis and their quest to find and rescue Sha're were main focuses of the show in the first few seasons.

[edit] Attack on Earth

After several minor skirmishes between SG-1 and Apophis' forces, Apophis eventually launched an all-out attack on Earth with two motherships and an army of Jaffa during season 2 of the show. Earth's nuclear arsenal proved ineffective against Apophis' Goa'uld technology, but the attack was ultimately foiled by SG-1 after Daniel Jackson discovered a Stargate address for a Stargate on one of the ships, allowing SG-1 to sneak on board and destroy the two ships, resulting in the loss of Apophis' fleet and army. Apophis himself was thought to have perished along with his mothership, he is seen to escape at the last minute through the ship's onboard Stargate. ^[14][15]

The destroyed motherships and Jaffa represented a significant portion of Apophis' forces, and his standing amongst the other Goa'uld was severely weakened. During season 2, Apophis brainwashed Teal'c's son, Ryac, in hope of compelling the shol'va to rescue his offspring, so that the virus implanted in two of Ryac's artificial teeth would kill every living thing on Earth. However, Teal'c was able to destroy the virus and save his son's life at the same time. Lastly, Apophis fathered a Harcesis as his next host and sent Amonet back to Abydos so the System lords wouldn't be aware. When the baby was born, he came to claim the child but was tricked into thinking Heur'ur took the child.

[edit] Prisoner of Sokar

He soon came under attack from the new most powerful and evil Goa'uld, Sokar. Towards the end of season 2, Sokar crushed Apophis' remaining forces and captured and tortured Apophis. He eventually managed to escape and fled from Sokar. After being pursued by Sokar's minions, he was found during an offworld mission of SG-1 after his Death Glider crashed. Apophis demanded asylum from SG-1 and the Tau'ri, his greatest enemies, who (reluctantly) granted it to him. While he was in Earth custody as a prisoner of the SGC, each member of SG-1 had the opportunity to confront Apophis one-on-one as he lay on his deathbed.

Apophis' host, a young Egyptian scribe, also briefly reasserted himself, describing the torture of being forced to watch for thousands of years as Apophis used his body to commit unspeakable crimes. Daniel promised to give the host a proper Egyptian burial. Apophis eventually died from the injuries Sokar's torture inflicted on him, and his body was returned to Sokar, who promised not to destroy Earth. Sokar then revived Apophis through the use of a sarcophagus, in order to torture him for the rest of eternity. ^[16]

Apophis became a prisoner on Sokar's prison moon Ne'tu, where his face was badly scarred. Through unknown means he was able to assume a new identity, going by the name Nao'nak, and he became the First Prime of Bynarr, the Lord of Ne'tu. ^[17]

[edit] Second Rise to Power

Apophis eventually managed to lead a rebellion on Ne'tu, on which SG-1 was also being held captive at the time, during which he saved the life of Major Samantha Carter, only so he could later torture her for information. Once again, each member of SG-1, except for Teal'c, had a one-on-one confrontation with Apophis, during which they were able to resist his torture and bravely declare their defiance against him. Using a drug known as the "Blood of Sokar" and the Tok'ra memory recalling device, he plunged SG-1 into some of their old memories, such as Carter's memory of her mother's death and Jack O'Neill's last meeting with his son Charlie, trying to find out their secrets such the IDC, the Asgard homeworld, how to get back to Earth and where the Harcesis child is.

Apophis eventually ringed up to Sokar's mothership, culminating in a face to face showdown between Apophis and Sokar. Apophis' actions combined with the efforts of SG-1 and the Tok'ra (who blew up the moon while Sokar was in orbit around it) managed to bring about the death of Sokar and the destruction of his mothership. Apophis was thought to have perished along with Sokar, but had managed to escape at the last moment by taking a Ring Transporter to Sokar's palace. ^[18]

After the death of Sokar, Apophis gained control of Sokar's massive fleet and became the most powerful Goa'uld up to that time. He also adopted Sokar's style of dress, switching from his old Egyptian look to the more Satanic wardrobe favored by Sokar. He attacked and reclaimed Chulak ^[19], killed several other Goa'uld including his long-time rival (and nephew) Heru-ur ^[20], and was one step away from destroying the System Lords and conquering the galaxy when his fleet was incinerated by an artificial supernova created by SG-1 and the Tok'ra. ^[21]

[edit] Replicators and Final Death

Apophis once again managed to escape the destruction of his fleet, only to find himself confronted by an enemy even he couldn't survive: the great nemesis of the Asgard, the Replicators. The Replicators overran Apophis' mothership and killed most of his Jaffa. Apophis attempted to seize SG-1's mothership with the aide of a captured and brainwashed Teal'c, but that ship also became infested by the Replicators, and Apophis could only watch helplessly as his remaining Jaffa were killed by the invading menace.

SG-1 managed to sabotage the mothership, causing it to crash into Delmak with both Apophis and the Replicators onboard. The resulting explosion was massive enough to be seen from space. Right before impact, he was trapped inside his own personal shield at the helm of the ship, surrounded by Replicators and unable to do anything except scream when he realized his ship was about to collide with the planet. ^[22] Even in death Apophis managed to strike one last blow against SG-1 in the form of his brainwashing of Teal'c, which lasted even after Apophis' death and required extreme measures to cure that almost cost Teal'c his life. ^[12]

[edit] Athena

Stargate character
Athena
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Female
Portrayer	Sonya Salomaa
First appearance	"Ex Deus Machina"

Athena was a minor Goa'uld, who appeared to ally herself with any System Lord in power. Most recently, she came to serve Ba'al, and was one of the Goa'uld sent to infiltrate the Trust. On Earth, she adopted the alias of Charlotte Mayfield and posed as a wealthy business woman.

Before serving Ba'al, Athena once allied herself with Qetesh and shared information that, as Athena believed, could lead the two to an unimaginable treasure left behind by the Ancients. Subsequently, Qetesh betrayed her and kept the information for herself. However, she was forcibly removed from her host's body by the Tok'ra before the treasure was located.

After Vala Mal Doran, who had once been host to Qetesh, became a member of SG-1, The Trust kidnapped her and attempted to extract the information from her subconscious memory. However, as several special operations teams interrupted the memory-retrieving procedure before its completion, Vala lost her memory yet was able to escape her captors.

Still bent on extracting the information from Vala's subconsciousness, both Athena and SG-1 searched for her. However, Athena was able to locate her before the SGC did, and sent Trust operatives to pose as SG-1 to pick her up. The car transporting the fake SG-1 and Vala crashes, however, and Vala escapes.^[23]

• Athena was named after the Greek goddess of wisdom, war and civilization.

[edit] Ba'al

Stargate character
Cliff Simon as Ba'al
Ba'al
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Rank	System Lord
Portrayer	Cliff Simon Morena Baccarin (while using Adria as a host)
First appearance	"Summit"

Further information: wikia:Stargate:Ba'al

The plot summary in this article or section is too long or detailed compared to the rest of the article. Please edit the article to focus on discussing the work rather than merely reiterating the plot.

Ba'al, played by South African actor Cliff Simon, is a Goa'uld based on the Baal of Canaanite religion. In Hebrew, Ba'al [בעל] means lord, owner, possessor or husband. First introduced in Season 5 as one of the major Goa'uld System Lords, he becomes one of the show's major antagonists from Season 8 to the present. With the Ori having replaced the Goa'uld as the show's primary antagonists, Ba'al is the last remaining major Goa'uld character on the series. He is also the longest-running villain in Stargate history. Ba'al's name in the series is pronounced [bɑːl] with a broad A, rather than the [ˈbeɪ.əl] pronunciation more common in English biblical recitation.

[edit] War with Anubis

Ba'al was first seen in the two-part episode in season five, "Summit"/"Last Stand", portrayed as one of the System Lords at the time. He also appeared to function as first among equals at the meeting, opening and leading votes. When Osiris appeared on behalf of Anubis to petition the System Lords to accept him back — on the condition that Anubis, in turn, destroy the Tau'ri — Ba'al was one of the System Lords supporting the petition.

Anubis subsequently failed in his attempts to destroy the Tau'ri and moved against the other System Lords, demonstrating an impressively powerful fleet which only the combined fleet of the System Lords could hope to take on. When Lord Yu's growing senility left him unable to lead the combined fleets, Teal'c convinced Ba'al to assume control of the fleets and lead the war against Anubis.

[edit] Rise and fall

After Anubis's fleet was destroyed by the Ancients' Antarctic outpost, Ba'al seized control of Anubis's armies and technology, including captured Asgard teleportation technology, and waged war against all the other System Lords. This led the other Goa'uld into a failed attempt to negotiate with the Tau'ri for their support against Ba'al. Ba'al quickly began to conquer the other System Lords using Anubis' forces. However, at some point Anubis managed to return and secretly re-take control of his forces from Ba'al. Ba'al was forced to serve under Anubis, much to his displeasure.

Ba'al's advance against the other System Lords was stopped only by the long-anticipated invasion of the Replicators into the Milky Way galaxy. The Replicator armadas quickly overwhelmed and destroyed the Goa'uld System Lords, and Ba'al found himself fighting a losing battle against the invaders. When knowledge of an Ancient superweapon capable of destroying all life in the galaxy was discovered, Ba'al secretly assisted Samantha Carter and Jacob Carter in modifying the weapon, along with the Dial-Home Device associated with Dakara's Stargate, destroying all Replicators in the galaxy. Ba'al then moved in to take back Dakara when Rebel Jaffa stormed his ship, forcing him to beam away.

Even with the Replicators destroyed, Anubis still intended to claim the superweapon for himself and use it to destroy all life in the galaxy. Anubis allowed Ba'al to live so that he may bear witness to the end of all galactic life. When Anubis' plan is foiled by Daniel Jackson and Oma Desala, Ba'al is left as the only known surviving System Lord (the others having been killed by the Replicators — except for Anubis, who was neutralized by Oma).

With his power base gone following the destruction of the System Lords and the rebellion of the Jaffa, Ba'al needed a place to hide, and ended up seeking refuge on Earth itself. Using his leadership over the Goa'ulds who had infiltrated The Trust, Ba'al used the Trust's resources to set himself up as a wealthy businessman to live out his exile.

[edit] Clones

Ultimately, Ba'al was abducted and publicly executed by the Jaffa leader Gerak on Dakara, causing the Jaffa and SG-1 to briefly believe Ba'al had finally been killed. However, Ba'al had secretly used the Trust's cloning technology to create multiple versions of himself. Not only was the Ba'al executed by Gerak merely a clone, but several Ba'als continued to be hiding on Earth with at least one other Ba'al presumed to be off-world, possibly in the Archeba system. Ba'al adapted well to the Earth lifestyle, and he even began incorporating elements of 21st century Earth fashion into his offworld System Lord wardrobe (such as long leather coats and turtleneck sweaters).

Using his clones, Ba'al resumed his activity in the galaxy. At first, Ba'al's schemes were largely focused on re-acquiring the power he had lost following the downfall of the Goa'uld. However, after the appearance of the Ori threatened all life in the Milky Way, Ba'al began a campaign to battle the invaders for control of the galaxy.

Most of the galaxy's surviving Goa'uld were under his command, and he also managed to regain an army by recruiting Jaffa, largely using mind control. One of Ba'al's clones initiated a scheme to take control of the Jaffa council to prevent their rise to democracy with his mind control technology, but the scheme was foiled and the clone killed by SG-1.

Ba'al also planned to rebuild his empire by using Asgard beaming technology to steal Stargates from other planets and hide them using a method developed by Nerus, Ba'al's former servant who defected to the Ori and was captured by the SGC. His plan was foiled when Nerus returned to Ba'al and accidentally downloaded a virus into one of Ba'al's motherships. The Stargates were then beamed off the mothership by the newly-built Earth ship, the Odyssey, and the mothership (along with several Ba'al clones) was destroyed by the Lucian Alliance.

Later, Ba'al arranged to have his clones captured by the SGC in an attempt to acquire their list of Stargate addresses. To this end, Agent Barrett was (presumably) brainwashed into giving one of the Ba'als his weapon, and all the Ba'als were implanted with locater chips which, when in close proximity to one another, amplified the signal they sent out.

When he discovered the existence of Merlin's Anti-Ori weapon that could not only destroy the Ori, but the Ancients as well, he found the planet where the weapon was located. His ships could not locate it, so he had to come by Stargate. However, the safeguards made by the ascended Ancient Morgan le Fay made it impossible for Ba'al to reach it. His Jaffa had abandoned him, trying to find a way to free him from a forcefield. He was then forced to work alongside SG-1 and the Orici Adria. He was transported to the tomb of Myrddin when the Ancient was awakened who, in his daze, likened Ba'al to Mordred. Ba'al attempted for the remainder of the time to find a way to dial out from the planet's Stargate, which was locked into a random system that beamed the occupants of Myrddin's tomb to random worlds in a closed gate system to prevent discovery by the Ori. This version of Ba'al would be stunned by Ori soldiers that would finally locate the world and is presumed to be dead.

Ba'al returned in the episode "Dominion". When SG-1 had successfully managed to lure Adria into a trap, Ba'al's Jaffa beamed in and took her. He had plans to use Adria to have the Ori forces leave. He implanted yet another of his cloned symbiotes within her, but also assassinated his other clones at a meeting of sorts. After SG-1 re-captured Adria, Colonel Mitchell shot Ba'al, and the Tok'ra extracted the symbiote. Ba'al was presumed dead, but Mitchell pointed out the possibility that one or more of the clones may have survived.

Ba'al makes a return in the second of the direct-to-DVD Stargate movies scheduled for July 2008. The movie will contain a time-travel plot.

[edit] Bastet

Stargate character
Bastet
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Female
Rank	System Lords
Portrayer	Natasha Khadr
First appearance	"Summit"

Bastet was a member of the Goa'uld System Lords and gave rise to the Bastet of Egyptian mythology.

One of the more recent System Lords, Bastet did not come to power until the Goa'uld's second dynasty collapsed. The exact circumstances of how she came to power remain unknown, although she has been known to be extremely ruthless and not very trustworthy. Bastet once united forces with her fellow System Lord Kali, and the two later made a treaty with the Goa'uld Sobek. Then, at the celebratory feast, they moved against him and decapitated their would-be ally. Rumor has it that Sobek's head still decorates Bastet's palace in Bubastis.

Although Bastet claimed to have suffered heavy losses in surprise attacks by Anubis, she later voted to allow the powerful Goa'uld back to his former position as a System Lord.^[24]

According to Tok'ra intelligence, Bastet was one of several System Lords eventually killed by Ba'al.^[2]

[edit] Bynarr

Stargate character
Bynarr
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Rank	Lord of Ne'tu
Portrayer	Bob Dawson
First appearance	"Jolinar's Memories"

Bynarr was a minor Goa'uld in the service of Sokar, and commanded the hell-like prison moon of Ne'tu.

Although weapons were forbidden on Ne'tu, Bynarr was allowed to possess a single hand device for himself and a Staff weapon for his First Prime. For some time during his reign on Ne'tu, Bynarr's First Prime was Na'onak, an alias of the former System Lord Apophis, who had been defeated by Sokar.

Bynarr once shared an intimate relationship with the Tok'ra Jolinar of Malkshur, who had been banished to Ne'tu after being caught spying on Sokar. The minor Goa'uld allowed himself to be seduced by the Tok'ra in his chambers. While he slept, Jolinar stole the key to access the ring transporter, allowing her to escape Ne'tu to Sokar's nearby homeworld of Delmak, where she stole a Tel'tak and was able to escape.

As punishment for allowing the Tok'ra operative to escape, Sokar ripped out one of Bynarr's eyes. Until his death, he felt betrayed by Jolinar, and wished nothing more than vengeance. Bynarr was killed with a staff blast in the back by his First Prime, who also succeeded him as lord of Ne'tu.^[17]

[edit] Camulus

Stargate character
Camulus
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Rank	System Lord
Portrayer	Steve Bacic
First appearance	"New Order"

Camulus was a powerful Goa'uld and member of the System Lords. He was one of the delegates sent to the SGC after the Tau'ri destroyed Anubis' attack fleet. He was based on the Camulus in Celtic mythology.

When the SGC defeated Anubis, he arranged a meeting with Earth for negotiating a treaty with Earth. He was, in fact, hoping to discover the secret behind the Ancient super-weapon that defeated Anubis.

He arrived on Earth in a delegation of three System Lords: himself, Amaterasu and Lord Yu. Upon arrival on Earth, Camulus insisted that he did not wish to involve himself in trivialities such as the names of the slaves he was negotiating with. Throughout the negotiation he enforced his species' dominance, despite the fact that he had arrived with a plea for aid. The delegation wanted to lure Ba'al to Earth, who was quickly defeating the remaining System Lords after Anubis's defeat. In return, they offered the SGC hyperdrive engines for an entire fleet. Dr. Elizabeth Weir, the then commander of the SGC, refused their proposition.

During an impasse in the negotiations, Camulus and the other members of the delegation ordered a Goa'uld Ha'tak vessel to attack Earth, with the intent of testing the Earth's defensive capabilities. This vessel was, however, destroyed by Ba'al en route. This attack was detected before the delegation could return through the Stargate, and Dr. Weir made them the SGC's prisoners. Then, Camulus requested Weir's presence and informed her that he wished for asylum on Earth. In exchange for information he would not be killed, as he had recently lost all of his forces. As she left, Amaterasu denounced Camulus as a traitor and coward.^[1]

Camulus remained at the SGC for several weeks, until Ba'al demanded him as ransom for the return of SG-1, whose members he alleged he had captured (he was in fact bluffing, having tricked SG-3 into "witnessing" the capture). As Camulus was desperate, he revealed the location of an offworld ZPM to General Jack O'Neill. However, Camulus had previously tampered with the device, so that it would explode with enough force to destroy an entire solar system.

Camulus offered to make the trade with Ba'al, hoping he would accept the trade and use the tampered ZPM to destroy himself, but General O'Neill gave him the depleted ZPM from Proclarush Taonas instead.^[25]

Similarly to Ba'al Camulus also accepts he is not a god, although the fact he was in chains surrounded by guards at Stargate Command at the time may have helped him make this confession.

[edit] Cronus

Stargate character
Cronus in Double Jeopardy
Cronus
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Rank	System Lord
Birthplace	Unknown
Portrayer	Ron Halder
First appearance	"Fair Game"

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.^[26]

He once sent an Ashrak after Jolinar who, at the time, had Captain Samantha Carter as a host.^[27] 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.^[28]

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.^[27]

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.^[29] Cronus is based upon the ruler of the Titans, and father of Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, and Hades, in Greek Mythology.

[edit] Hathor

Stargate character
Hathor
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Female
Rank	Goa'uld Queen System Lord
Relatives	Ra (husband) Heru-ur (son)
Portrayer	Suanne Braun
First appearance	"Hathor"

Hathor was a Goa'uld, based on Hathor of Egyptian mythology. The Queen of Ra and mother of Heru-ur, she was imprisoned in a sarcophagus in Mexico. After her sarcophagus was discovered by a couple of archaeologists, she travelled to Cheyenne Mountain, drawn to the Stargate. However, knowing she would never be allowed to leave the planet, she attempted to take over the Stargate Command briefly due to her chemical power over men.

Hathor was identified by Daniel Jackson as the Egyptian goddess of fertility, inebriety, and music, or as Jack O'Neill put it, sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

Using a weaker version of the mind-changing drug Nish'ta, she managed to disable all the men in the Stargate Command. Using the drug, she subsequently raped Daniel Jackson, and produced a new strain of Goa'uld larvae from his sperm. She attempted to transform Jack O'Neill into her first Jaffa, but was ultimately stopped by the women of the Stargate Command and by Teal'c, who, as a Jaffa, was not influenced by her powers. However, she managed to escape through the Stargate before she could be apprehended.^[30]

During the following months, she was able to brainwash a relatively large number of Jaffa, most of which originally were loyal to Apophis and Ra. However, as she had been imprisoned on Earth for almost two thousands years, she had little information regarding the status of the System Lords. In an attempt to gain access to more recent intelligence, she captured all the members of SG-1 except Teal'c.

By convincing the separate members of SG-1 that they had arrived in a future version of the SGC, she interrogated them.^[31] However, when SG-1 discovered the truth, she put a Goa'uld symbiote into Jack O'Neill to attempt to extract his knowledge. A Tok'ra spy in Hathor's midst put O'Neill into stasis instead to prevent the Goa'uld from taking control.

When the SGC learned about SG-1's whereabouts from the Tok'ra, General Hammond and Teal'c journeyed to Chulak in search of troops to attack Hathor. Her small army was subsequently defeated by Hammond's strike team, backed up by a variant Death Glider designed to fit through a Stargate. After defeating the Goa'uld symbiote inside him, O'Neill eventually killed Hathor by throwing her into what appeared to be a vat of liquid nitrogen.^[32]

[edit] Heru-ur

Stargate character
Heru-ur
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Rank	System Lord
Birthplace	unknown
Relatives	Ra (father) Hathor (mother)
Portrayer	Douglas H. Arthurs
First appearance	"Thor's Chariot"
Key episodes	"Secrets" "The Serpent's Venom"

Heru-ur (based upon the Heru-ur (Horus) of Egyptian mythology) was one of the most powerful Goa'uld System Lords. He was the son of Ra and Hathor, and inherited much of Ra's empire after his father was killed by a Tau'ri expedition on Abydos. He was a mortal enemy of his fellow System Lord and uncle Apophis. He was less cowardly than was customary for a System Lord, and fought SG-1 directly, alongside his Jaffa, rather than simply giving the Jaffa orders from a remote location.

His military capabilities were significant. Heru-ur's Jaffa wore Horus helmets, similar to those of his father, and commanded one of the biggest Goa'uld fleets in the System Lords' domain. Heru-ur was also one of the more militaristic System Lords, being described as a conqueror, and wore golden battle armor, much like Apophis.^[33] He once occupied the planet Tagrea, and was worshipped by the human slaves he had brought there. However, some three centuries ago, they rebelled against him, much like the people of Earth had rebelled against Ra five thousand years earlier. Similar to their distant cousins on Earth, they buried their Stargate to ensure that Heru-ur would never return.^[34] He had also occupied the planet Juna, although SG-1 eventually staged a revolution against the System Lord.^[29]

Heru-ur first encountered SG-1 when he attempted to conquer the planet Cimmeria, a planet under the protection of the Asgard. As the team had destroyed Thor's Hammer, the planet's only defense, one year earlier, they were indirectly responsible for the attack on Cimmeria. Heru-ur attempted to solidify his position on the planet, even building pyramid ships on Cimmeria.

Although they did not have the resources to successfully fight the powerful System Lord, they were able to contact the Asgard. When Thor subsequently arrived with the Beliskner and began to eradicate all signs of Goa'uld activity with his transporter beams, Heru-ur was forced to retreat through the Stargate.^[33]

When he learned that Amonet, the queen of his mortal enemy Apophis, was pregnant, he planned to steal the child. Although Apophis was aware of Heru-ur's plans, he was unable to protect his queen himself, and was forced to hide his queen on Abydos. Heru-ur later followed her to the planet with his Jaffa. As Daniel Jackson and Teal'c were present on Abydos at the time, they took the child themselves and convinced Amonet that Heru-ur was responsible for the theft. The two later returned to the Stargate, where they again encountered the System Lord. Teal'c, impersonating a Horus guard, claimed Daniel was his prisoner, and that Serpent guards had managed to steal the child away. Daniel Jackson proposed an alliance against Apophis, but Heru-ur was not interested, vowing to make slaves of the Tau'ri, and attempted to kill him. When Jack O'Neill and Samantha Carter arrived suddenly through the gate, Heru-ur was forced to flee by the Ring Transporter to his ship above.^[5]

Heru-ur eventually planned to forge an alliance with Apophis, despite them being former enemies. Neither trusted the other, and the two arranged to meet inside a volatile minefield in the Tobin system, ensuring mutual destruction if either attacked. However, the Tok'ra were aware of the proposed alliance, and planned to sabotage the negotiations.

By reprogramming a mine to approach Apophis' ship and explode, the Tok'ra hoped to start a war between the two System Lords. However, although everything initially proceeded according to plan, Apophis unveiled a cloaked fleet and easily destroyed Heru-ur's ship, killing him. Thus, instead of sparking a conflict between the two, Apophis was simply able to usurp Heru-ur's forces, becoming stronger than ever before.^[20]

[edit] Imhotep/K'tano

Stargate character
Imhotep/K'tano
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Rank	Leader of the Jaffa Rebellion
Birthplace	Unknown
Portrayer	Rick Worthy
First appearance	"The Warrior"

Imhotep was a minor Goa'uld who once built the Great Pyramids on Earth as landing platforms for the Goa'uld Ha'tak. He presumably served Ra, who controlled Earth at the time.

However, the power-hungry Imhotep, who had never achieved the rank of System Lord or other such power levels, decided to exploit the Jaffa rebellion for his own gain. Disguising himself as his own First Prime, K'tano, he infiltrated the organization and planned to rule the Jaffa after they succeeded in toppling the System Lords. He was a powerful warrior, and quite skilled in a style of close-range combat quite similar to capoeira called "mastaba".

To insure the success of his rebellion, which needed food and medical supplies that they were unable to procure for themselves, he attempted to create an alliance with Stargate Command from Earth. Bra'tac, who was impressed by what appeared to be a charismatic and determined Jaffa, contacted the SGC and arranged a meeting. K'tano quickly impressed Teal'c, showing devotion verging on fanaticism, and brought him and Bra'tac to the point where they would fight with him and the rest of his Jaffa army. However, Jack O'Neill did not accept K'tano's motivations so readily, concerned over his lack of consideration for the lives of his subordinates. In fact, K'tano crossed many boundaries by ordering his Jaffa on suicide missions with naqahdah-enhanced bombs, sacrificing their lives for morale-boosting yet inconsequential victories over the Goa'uld.

Despite Jack's words of caution Teal'c did not listen, and was even willing to embark on a mission for K'tano which planned on attacking Yu's homeworld. It was believed that Yu was in a vulnerable state and would be ripe for an assassination. However, when Teal'c arrived, he was quickly captured by Yu. He informed Teal'c that K'tano was a traitor and, though he was tempted to execute the shol'va, he sent Teal'c back to the rebels to expose K'tano.

After Teal'c returned to the Jaffa's rebellion planet, arriving just as the remainder of SG-1 was planning to return to Earth, he challenged K'tano to Joma'sequ, a ritual battle to decide a leader. During this battle K'tano's true identity was revealed, after which he was killed by Teal'c in the ritual battle, securing Teal'c as leader of the Jaffa Rebellion.^[35]

[edit] Kali

Stargate character
Kali
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Female
Rank	System Lord
Portrayer	Suleka Mathew
First appearance	"Summit"

Kali was one of the Goa'uld System Lords, and was also known as Kali the Destroyer.

Kali was known for her ruthlessness and was not particularly trustworthy. She and her fellow System Lord Bastet were on fairly friendly terms, as the two once combined forces and made a treaty with the Goa'uld Sobek. However, during the celebratory feast, they moved against him, and he was eventually decapitated.

During the first months of Anubis' rise to power, Kali was one of the several System Lords who had been the victim of multiple surprise attacks by the then unknown Goa'uld. Kali herself had lost an outpost on the planet Cerador along with two motherships to him.

During one of these attacks, Kali's First Prime had been able to board one of the enemy motherships. Although he was killed soon after, the Jaffa did manage to inform his master that the ship was crewed with Jaffa bearing Olokun's mark. Therefore, she initially suspected him to be the mysterious attacker.

Eventually, it was discovered that these losses were in fact caused by the ancient Goa'uld Anubis, who wanted to rejoin the System Lords. Despite having been attacked several times herself, she later voted in favor of allowing Anubis to rejoin the ranks of the System Lords.^[24]

• Kali was named after the Hindu goddess Kali.

[edit] Klorel

Stargate character
Klorel
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Relatives	Apophis (father)
Portrayer	Alexis Cruz
First appearance	"The Serpent's Lair"

Klorel was a young Goa'uld, and the son of Apophis and his queen. Apophis also chose the host in which his son was to live out eternity, the Abydonian Skaara.

When Apophis had finally gathered an army with which to attack the Tau'ri, Klorel joined his father in the campaign against Earth. However, unknown to him, SG-1 had boarded and sabotaged his Ha'tak. Although Jack O'Neill, who had known Skaara before he was taken as a host, was determined to get through to him, he was eventually forced to shoot Klorel to keep him from killing Jackson with a hand device.^[15]

Eventually, Klorel was revived with a Sarcophagus and was forced to escape alongside his father through the Stargate on board his ship when SG-1 and Bra'tac were successful in destroying the two attack ships. However, this defeat severely weakened Apophis' position among his fellow System Lords, and probably affected Klorel's position the same way.^[14]

Two years later, Klorel was chased by two Ha'tak's dispatched by the System Lord Heru-ur, and was forced made his way to the planet Tollana. The Tollan, who possessed advanced technology, destroyed the two motherships, and Klorel subsequently crash-landed on the planet in a death glider. His injuries allowed his host to surface, who asked the Tollan to have the symbiote removed from his body.

The Tollan subsequently set up a triad, the Tollan equivalent of a private law proceeding, to decide who would permanently be in charge over Skaara's body. In the end, the swaying vote fell to Lya of the Nox, who declared Klorel should be removed from Skaara's body. The verdict was carried out, and Klorel was removed by the Tok'ra. He was presumably sent through the Stargate to a Goa'uld world of his choice, although it remains unknown if he survived long enough to possess another host.^[36]

[edit] Marduk

Stargate character
Marduk
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Portrayer	Alexander Kalugin
First appearance	"The Tomb"

Marduk was a powerful Goa'uld, possibly a System Lord, based on the Marduk in Babylonian mythology, who defeated the beast Tiamat and split it in two, creating the Earth and the sky. Marduk possessed an advanced piece of technology, the "Eye of Tiamat", which could be combined with five other similar devices, including those held by Apophis, Osiris and Ra, to form a most powerful weapon.

Marduk was rumored to be so evil that his own priests eventually rebelled against him. They sealed him inside a Sarcophagus with a creature that would continually consume his flesh as the Sarcophagus worked to keep him alive, a very slow and agonizing death.

However, the symbiote would not go so easily. He left his host and took possession of the creature, and subsequently managed to survive in the Sarcophagus for thousands of years. When a Russian Stargate team found its way into Marduk's ziggurat temple and accidentally freed him, he killed them all and consumed their flesh.

When SG-1 discovered Marduk's temple and evidence that a Russian team had once visited the planet, the SGC contacted the Russian military, who sent another Russian team to investigate the temple alongside SG-1. However, after the two teams eventually became trapped inside the ziggurat temple, Marduk left the creature and took over a Russian team member. When he eventually revealed his true nature to Jack O'Neill, Marduk was incapacited by an exploding grenade, but survived. Tracking SG-1 to the site of his sarcophagus, O'Neill detonated C-4, and Marduk was buried in rock when parts of the temple collapsed.^[37]

[edit] Moloc

Stargate character
Moloc
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Portrayer	Royston Innes
First appearance	"Sacrifices"

Moloc was a powerful Goa'uld who controlled several planets and vast armies. It is unknown if Moloc was a System Lord, but it is very likely.

Some thirty years before SG-1 met a group of Jaffa women formerly in his service, Moloc decreed only male children born in his domain would be allowed to live, as only they would lead his warriors to victory in the wars against his enemies. Female Jaffa children were supposed to be sacrificed in the Ceremony of Fire, in which they were burned alive.

However, Ishta, Moloc's high priestess and the Jaffa responsible for performing the Ceremony of Fire, couldn't watch her sisters die and brought many of them to a planet she called Hak'tyl, meaning "liberation". The Hak'tyl eventually became an impressive resistance group which performed regular attacks against Moloc and his Jaffa.^[38]

Eventually, Moloc did learn of the Hak'tyl, and launched a surprise attack on one of their meetings with the Jaffa Rebellion. He also captured and tortured Ishta, although he was eventually killed by two missiles fired by the SGC through the Stargate, which were aimed at his chest by Aron.^[39]

In the Fandemonium novel Trial by Fire, SG-1 visits a planet where Moloc is the ruling Goa'uld. However, Moloc actually turns out to be Ba'al.^[40]

• Moloc was named after Moloch, a Phoenician god and particular kind of sacrifice.

[edit] Morrigan

Stargate character
Morrigan
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Female
Rank	System Lords
Portrayer	Bonnie Kilroe
First appearance	"Summit"

Morrigan was a powerful Goa'uld, and one of the System Lords.

Little has been revealed about Morrigan. However, she was well-known among the Goa'uld for using her human servant to draw out strategic information from the servants of her enemies, as she once did with one of Yu's previous lo'tar slaves.

Morrigan was one of the System Lords who attended a Goa'uld summit in 2002 to discuss the possibility of forming a new order. She voted in favor of allowing Anubis to rejoin the ranks of the System Lords.^[24]

In 2005, after Ba'al had gained control of most of Anubis' former military assets, Morrigan was forced to capitulate to him.^[2] She has not been seen since.

• Morrigan was named after the figure in Irish mythology.

[edit] Mot

Stargate character
Mot
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Portrayer	Victor Talmadge
First appearance	"Prophecy"

Mot was a minor Goa'uld and underling in the service of Ba'al.

Mot controlled the world of P4S-237, whose people were terrorized into mining the almost depleted naqahdah mine. He kept Ba'al in the dark regarding a still-active stash of naqahdah provided by the planet, keeping the spoils for himself. He intended to ultimately use the collected naqahdah to build an army and to rise up against his master.

When SG-1 assisted the people of P4S-237 to liberate themselves, several villagers remained loyal to Mot and informed him of the planned uprising. Mot himself came to the planet to quell the rebellion, and captured SG-1. He subsequently attempted to extract Jack O'Neill's Iris code to destroy the SGC, although this plan was eventually foiled when one of the villagers, a girl called Natania, shot him in the back, presumably killing him.^[41]

• Mot was named after the Semitic god of death.

[edit] Nerus

Stargate character
Nerus
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Birthplace	Unknown
Portrayer	Maury Chaykin
First appearance	"Beachhead"

Nerus, played by the actor Maury Chaykin, was a minor Goa'uld based on the Nereus of Greek mythology. He is closely associated with the character Ba'al. Known for his "many appetites", he who had served Ba'al for many centuries. Nerus claimed to be responsible for inventing many Goa'uld technologies, including the Goa'uld holographic projector. However, he prided himself with figuring out how to dial all the Stargates in the Milky Way simultaneously, as he claimed he did for Ba'al during the Replicator invasion of the Milky Way.

However, some time before he eventually contacted the SGC, Nerus was intercepted by the Ori, or more likely a Prior, who successfully convinced him that they were the closest thing to pure godliness. They subsequently instructed him to travel to Earth and supply them with disinformation to trick SG-1 into actually helping them establish their first Supergate.^[42]

Claiming to have information about the Ori and their intentions to establish a beachhead from which to launch their invasion, Nerus was brought to the SGC. Eager to meet SG-1, he was disappointed when he found out that Jack O'Neill and Samantha Carter were no longer with the unit. He revealed that it was he who spread the virus the SGC sent to disable Ba'al's Stargate to the entire network.

It was the Ori's intention to create a working Supergate to allow their fleet to enter the Milky Way. However, as even the Ori were unable to project the energy required through the Stargate, they were forced to rely on outside help. Knowing both the Free Jaffa Nation and the SGC would react, they convinced Nerus to relay information regarding the invasion to SG-1, who subsequently sent the Prometheus to the planet.

Playing right into the Ori's hands, SG-1 and several Ha'taks fired on the force field and detonated a Mark IX nuclear warhead inside the shield. Their combined efforts provided enough energy to allow the shield to completely envelop the planet, which subsequently crushed the planet into a micro black hole. If Vala Mal Doran hadn't inserted a Goa'uld Tel'tak in place of the last link of the gate, causing a power surge that prevented the completion of the device, the Ori's plan would have been successful.

After Nerus' treachery was discovered, he hoped that the Tau'ri would kill him after they discovered his plan, thus allowing him to Ascend. Instead, General Landry locked him in Area 51, with the threat that if he did not help Stargate Command fight the Ori, he would not be allowed to eat.^[42]

Eventually, when Ba'al began stealing Stargates in an elaborate plan to rebuild his former empire, Nerus confirmed General Landry's suspicions regarding the mysterious thefts. In exchange for Ba'al's supposed location, Nerus was later released. It was only after he had returned to Ba'al's ship that he became aware of the tracking device implanted in his stomach.

As Landry had not only been tracking Nerus, but had also implanted a computer virus into one of his devices, Ba'al's Ha'tak eventually lost power. After annoying Ba'al with circumlocutions, Nerus was shot by Ba'al and presumably killed.^[43]

[edit] Nirrti

Stargate character
Nirrti
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Female
Rank	System Lord
Birthplace	Unknown
Portrayer	Jacqueline Samuda
First appearance	"Singularity" (first mentioned) "Fair Game"

Nirrti was a Goa'uld System Lord who is based on Nirṛti of Hindu mythology. She was interested in creating an advanced human, also known as a "hok'tar," to be used as a perfect host. For this purpose, she experimented on humans on several planets. She had a vast knowledge of genetics which she also used to create living bombs. One of these living bombs was sent to Apophis, where the person in question blew up, destroying everything in the surrounding area. She also developed a personal cloaking device, which worked by phase-shifting based on her studies of the Re'tu.

[edit] Cassandra

One of the planets on which she was experimenting was Hanka, where she spent years performing genetic experiments on the population from a secret laboratory in a forest. She was even able to create several humans with telekinetic abilities by the use of a retrovirus. When Stargate Command first came through the Stargate she unleashed a deadly virus, killing nearly everyone on the planet, including one SG team. There was only one survivor of the plague, a human girl named Cassandra.

Cassandra was later discovered by SG-1, who brought her back to Earth. There, she was soon found to contain the explosive elements of Nirrti's human bombs, and it was only due to the quick thinking of Carter that Stargate Command was not completely destroyed. Meanwhile, back on Hanka, Jack O'Neill and Teal'c were engaged by Nirrti's Ha'tak, but were able to flee through the Stargate in time.^[44]

[edit] Encounters in person

SGC met Nirrti in person when she was one of the three Goa'uld System Lords who went to Earth to negotiate with the Asgard regarding the inclusion of Earth in the Protected Planets Treaty. During this meeting however, she used her cloaking device to attack Cronus and Teal'c, mortally wounding Cronus. Although she pretended to be unable to heal him with a Goa'uld healing device, her lies were discovered and she attempted to flee. She was quickly captured by the personnel of Stargate Command, despite her personal cloaking device, and was handed to Cronus as a prisoner.^[27]

After SG-1 killed Cronus, she was able to flee and continued with her experiments. When Cassandra began exhibiting signs of telekinesis, SG-1 went back to Hanka, where they found Nirrti's laboratory. As she was present in her laboratory, Nirrti followed the team back through the Stargate, and arrived at the SGC where she tried to come near Cassandra. When Cassandra sensed her presence, she alarmed the base and the Goa'uld was captured when she attacked O'Neill and Dr. Janet Fraiser.

When she was ordered to heal Cassandra, Nirrti demanded to be let free along with a sample of Cassandra's blood. Although General Hammond at first refused, he later agreed, although he would not allow her to keep Cassandra's blood. After Nirrti healed the girl, she was allowed to leave the base, but told the SGC that she would continue with her experiments. She also mentioned, while she found their willingness to go along with the deal instead of merely killing her honorable, she doubted that she would have done the same herself.^[45]

[edit] Using the DNA Resequencer

Nirrti later came to a world, the name of which is unknown, where she found a device of the Ancients, the DNA Resequencer, which allowed her to read and alter a person's genetic code. With this device, she started to experiment upon the local population under the guise of helping them, and gave them various mental powers such as telepathy and telekinesis. However this led to them becoming badly mutated and deformed. After being warned of this, Stargate Command sent two Stargate teams through the Stargate on a mission to kill or capture her, but both were instead captured.

She performed her genetic experiments on both Samantha Carter and Jonas Quinn. In the meantime, Colonel O'Neill convinced one of the aliens, Eggar, who has developed telepathic abilities, to read her mind, where he found out that she was only using them for her own ends. Another native, Wodan, who is telekinetic, subsequently strangled her using his power, and then killed her by breaking her neck, despite O'Neill's urging to keep her alive. Eggar, however, first read her mind to discover how to fix the damage she had done to them all.^[46]

[edit] Olokun

Stargate character
Olokun
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Rank	System Lord
Portrayer	Kwesi Ameyaw
First appearance	"Summit"

Olokun was a powerful Goa'uld and one of the System Lords. He attended the Goa'uld summit to consider the possibility of a new order in 2002.

As Anubis was rising to power at the time, the enigmatic Goa'uld had conducted several surprise attacks against his fellow System Lords without revealing his identity. Kali subsequently accused Olokon of being in league with the System Lords' enemy when some of his Jaffa were encountered on one of the mysterious attacking ships.

However, Olokon confessed that some time ago, one of his Ha'taks was captured by Anubis, and that the Jaffa on board had betrayed him, switching their allegiance after being defeated in battle rather than fighting to the death. Although Olokon had suffered losses during Anubis' attacks, he eventually voted in favor of allowing him to rejoin the System Lords.^[24]

Although Olokun had voted in favor of Anubis, he was eventually attacked by his Kull warriors. His Jaffa were unable to keep their ground, and were slaughtered. As the Tok'ra had a spy within Olokun's ranks at the time, the Jaffa Rebellion asked the Tok'ra to assassinate the System Lord in the hopes that his Jaffa would be free. However, the Tok'ra feared that Anubis would instead usurp Olokun's armies, and refused to do so. This created tension between the two groups, and eventually led to the end of the Tok'ra-Tau'ri-Jaffa alliance.^[47]

According to Tok'ra intelligence, Olokun was one of several System Lords eventually killed by Ba'al.^[2]

• Olokun was named after the great-great-grandson of the first-existing deity in Yorùbá mythology, born from a raped mother who birthed fifteen others.

[edit] Osiris

Stargate character
Anna-Louise Plowman as Osiris
Osiris
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	male persona in a female host
Rank	Underlord of Anubis, formerly System Lord
Portrayer	Anna-Louise Plowman
First appearance	"The Curse"

Osiris is a Goa'uld based on the Osiris of Egyptian Mythology.

Though the exact circumstances are unknown, thousands of years prior to the events of Stargate SG-1 Osiris was trapped on Earth with his mate Isis, each in a separate canopic jar. The two jars were found by archeologists at an unspecified date in the early 20th century, though they were presumed destroyed when the ship transporting them to America was lost at sea. Although Isis was dead, when the jars were recovered in the early 21st century Osiris managed to escape and to take a new host: Sarah Gardner, a woman who had worked with and dated Daniel Jackson when the two of them worked under Dr. David Jordan in their pre-PhD days. Osiris hid his identity from Daniel Jackson, partly by making Daniel believe that Sarah's research partner, Dr. Steven Rayner, was the host to Osiris. However, Osiris revealed himself to Daniel and his comrades when Dr. Rayner returned to the tomb where the canopic jars were found. Now known to be in control of Sarah, Osiris fled from Earth on his ship located under the desert sands. During his meeting with Daniel, Osiris learned what had become of his mate, Isis, his brother Seth, and many of the other Goa'uld.^[48]

During the Goa'uld reign on Earth, Osiris possessed the body of a male and took on a male persona, the Goa'uld often assuming the gender of their longest possessed host. As a result, there is continued use of 'him' and 'he' to refer to the symbiote, despite its current possession of a female host.

Osiris reentered Goa'uld society and, with the assistance of Zipacna, eventually came in contact with Anubis, with whom he allied himself. Osiris even represented him on a meeting with the other System Lords, finally revealing to them who was dealing them so much damage. During the meeting he also saw Daniel, who had disguised himself as Yu's Lo'tar. Osiris did not reveal Daniel's identity to the other System Lords, but confronted him in secret. However, Daniel was able to use the Re'ol derivative on him, deluding him into believing the cover story. Later in the summit, Osiris negotiated with the other System Lords about Anubis' status. Although Daniel was ordered to flee, he instead planned on taking Osiris with him to save Sarah. His plan failed when Yu intervened and Daniel had to escape without Sarah.^[49][50]

Osiris later appeared at the end of season five, when he commanded a ship in search of a hidden Asgard laboratory. When Thor arrived to protect the lab, Osiris destroyed his ship and imprisoned him. When he finally found the lab he discovered only Samantha Carter there. The research had already been removed. While interrogating Carter, Osiris learns that Daniel is dead (in fact he ascended), which shocks him.^[51]

In season seven, Osiris returned to Earth to try and gain access to the location of the Lost City of the Ancients, which he believed was stored inside Daniel's subconscious mind. During one of his attempts to extract the information from Daniel, SG-1 managed to capture him. Osiris was then removed from Sarah Gardner, restoring her to her original self, except for all of the memories of what the Goa'uld had done while in control of her body.^[52]

[edit] Qetesh

Stargate character
Qetesh
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Female
First appearance	"Prometheus Unbound (first mentioned) "

Qetesh (goddess of Love and Beauty in Egyptian mythology and Canaanite religion) was the Goa'uld who possessed the body of Vala Mal Doran.

Qetesh ruled over multiple worlds, including P8X-412, where she forced the inhabitants to mine naquadah deposits. When quotas were not met she instituted both mass executions and mass torture. Qetesh allied herself with Athena in search of the Clava Thessara Infinitas but Qetesh betrayed Athena and kept the information for herself. Eventually, Qetesh was captured by the Tok'ra who removed her from Vala.

In the alternate reality created in Stargate: Continuum, Qetesh is Ba'al's queen.

[edit] Ra

Stargate character
Ra in Stargate
Ra
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Rank	Supreme System Lord
Birthplace	Unknown
Relatives	Hathor (wife), Heru-ur (Son)
Portrayer	Jay Williams Jaye Davidson (film)
First appearance	"Stargate"

Further information: wikia:Stargate:Ra

Ra first appeared in the movie Stargate as an extraterrestrial villain, and subsequently in the television show Stargate SG-1 as a Goa'uld. The character is related to the Ra of Egyptian mythology. When Ra became angry in the movie, the outline of another humanoid could be seen within the host. This appears to contradict information established in the Stargate SG-1 series where Goa'uld are a serpent-like creatures that occupy the brain stem in order to control the host. The contradiction is not addressed in the series.

Originally the most powerful and influential of the Goa'uld System Lords, Ra was responsible for finding humans on Earth (the "Tau'ri") and discovering that the Goa'uld could use them as hosts, maintaining their bodies indefinitely with their advanced technology. Ra stumbled upon the planet Earth around 8.000 B.C., and took an Egyptian boy as his host. He posed as a god to enslave its people, and ruled over the planet for thousands of years. ^[13] During this time, he took humans from Earth and seeded them all across the galaxy, using the Stargate Device. These human colonies worship the Goa'uld as gods, serve as slave labor, and mostly have no idea that their true origins lie on Earth. ^[53] One of the planets colonized by Ra was Abydos, where the people remained mining naqahdah for thousands of years.

Approximately five thousand years ago, the peoples of Earth rebelled against him and buried the planet's Stargate somewhere in Egypt. ^[13] Originally believed to have been instigated by the Oannes, in Season Eight of SG-1 the timeline was altered so that the rebellion was instigated by a version of SG-1 from an alternate timeline, after they had travelled back to the past to retrieve a ZPM. ^[54] In order to insure that none of the peoples he ruled over would ever again rise up against him, Ra outlawed reading and writing on most of the planets he controlled, including Abydos. ^[13]

Ra was the most cunning and ruthless of the Goa'uld System Lords. His Queen was Hathor ^[30], and his son was Heru-ur. ^[33] He was also the brother - and enemy - of Apophis. He was also opposed by the Goa'uld Shaq'ran, and defeated the Tok'ra queen Egeria. ^[55] His power and intelligence so overshadowed the others that he was awarded the title Supreme System Lord and became the de jure Emperor of the Goa'uld, though this would be a very nominal title as the others never ceased their attempts to usurp the position.

In the film, the Stargate was rediscovered in 1928 by a team of archeologists led by a Dr. Langford. As it would take several years before the Tau'ri's technical capabilities allowed them to operate the device, the United States Air Force eventually discovered how to activate it, and sent Colonel Jonathan "Jack" O'Neil, Dr. Daniel Jackson, Lt. Col. Charles Kawalsky, SrA Louis Ferretti, and others through the gate to Abydos. It should be noted that Stargate SG-1 depicts both Kawalsky and Ferretti being U.S. Air Force Majors.

Not knowing what to expect, O'Neil, under covert orders from General West, had brought a nuclear bomb from Earth with orders to detonate it if there was any indication of a hostile threat. When the team was confronted with Ra, and learned of his previous dominance of the people of Earth, O'Neil moved to activate the device. Ra discovered the plot against him and planned to instead send the nuclear bomb back to Earth with a shipment of the mineral, which would have the effect of multiplying the explosive force of the nuclear weapon by a factor of one hundred. The resulting explosion would most probably have destroyed all human civilization at the very least.

Before the bomb could be sent, however, the humans managed to escape Ra's clutches and launched an attack on his landed spaceship. Ra was defeated before he could dispatch the warhead and decided to flee Abydos, his empire crumbling when the natives rebelled (as had happened on Earth) when Daniel revealed that Ra was not a god. O'Neil had, unfortunately, already activated the nuclear device, and was unable to deactivate the bomb, apparently modified by Ra. Jackson sent the bomb up into Ra's spaceship by way of a ring transporter, destroying the ship and killing Ra.^[13]

Although the death of Ra in the film was an enormous victory, it would however attract the attention of the other System Lords and alert them of the threat Earth posed. Also, the power vacuum created after Ra's death allowed Apophis to become even more powerful. ^[4] Ra has appeared only once on Stargate SG-1, in the season eight episode "Moebius", in which the SG-1 crew, using an Ancient time machine, traveled to Earth's past before the revolution against Ra. His face was not shown - he remained in masked form only.

Ra also appear in comics based on the Stargate movie and SG-1 series. In the SG-1 comics, he first appeared in flashbacks of the Abydos uprising (the original movie storyline) before featuring in the Ra Reborn series of comics which depicted a storyline involving surviving the explosion of his ship.

[edit] Ramius

Stargate character
Ramius
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Portrayer	Sean Whale
First appearance	"Evolution, Part I"

Ramius was a minor Goa'uld lord who once attempted to form an alliance with Tilgath, a fellow minor Goa'uld.

During the negotiations for the alliance, he suffered losses at the hands of Anubis's new supersoldier, including the death of his First Prime. However, Ramius was able to escape, and subsequently returned to his base of operations.

Teal'c and Bra'tac, who later visited the same planet and barely survived their encounter with the same supersoldier, realized that Anubis had attempted to murder both minor Goa'uld to usurp their armies in preparation for his war against the System Lords. As the SGC did not want to see Anubis grow more powerful, SG-1,3,12 were sent to Ramius' homeworld, where they attempted to stop another supersoldier bent on killing Ramius.

However, SG teams' attempts to stop the soldier failed, and the teams were captured by Ramius' Jaffa. Ramius did not believe that the SG teams had come to his aid, and almost executed them. However, eventually Jack O'Neill was proven right as Ramius was killed by another supersoldier when attempting to flee to a nearby Ring transporter. Anubis likely absorbed Ramius' army into his own.^[56]

[edit] Seth

Stargate character
Seth
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Rank	Cult leader
Portrayer	Robert Duncan
First appearance	"Seth"

Seth was a former System Lord, who eventually turned against Ra, and made an enemy of both the System Lords and the Tok'ra. According to Egyptian mythology, he was said to have cut Osiris into bits and thrown him into the Nile River. This later appeared to be true, in that Seth placed Osiris in a Goa'uld stasis jar and discarded him in the Nile.

When the Tok'ra attempted to locate and catalogue all System Lords, it was discovered that all records of Seth ended with the ancient human rebellion against Ra, leading the Tok'ra to believe Seth had never left Earth. Jacob Carter was subsequently sent to the SGC, where he was supposed to cooperate with SG-1 in an attempt to locate him. Because Goa'uld were known for seeking power through false religion, SG-1 searched for cults which worshipped Seth.

It was later discovered that Seth, who became trapped on Earth when the Stargate was buried several thousand years ago and was able to survive by switching hosts several times, currently led a cult somewhere north of Seattle. The cult turned out to be heavily armed, and was monitored by the ATF.

Seth controlled his followers with a powerful, mind-controlling, inhaled biological agent. According to Selmak, this agent could be killed using an electrical shock, such as the shot of a Zat. Furthermore, once someone was cleared of the agent, they could not be reinfected. Using small electrical devices contained within their ears to prevent infection from taking hold, the members of SG-1 (except Teal'c) infiltrated the cult, where they subsequently freed the other members. Although Seth tried to flee, he was eventually killed by Samantha Carter, who used a Goa'uld hand device to slam him into the floor.^[57]

Seth was one of the few Goa'uld to have a set of unique helmeted Guards, the others being the Serpent Guards of Apophis and the Horus Guards of Ra, Heru-ur and Hathor. Seth's guards were known as Setesh Guards, and their helmets were modelled after the Seth Animal. They are also the cause of many Jaffa jokes.

[edit] Sokar

Stargate character
Sokar in The Devil You Know
Sokar
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Rank	System Lord
Birthplace	Unknown
Portrayer	David Palffy
First appearance	"Serpent's Song"

Sokar replaced Apophis as the principal enemy of SG-1 for a very short period of time during the third season, until his death. Although he was mentioned as a growing threat to the galaxy in several episodes, he only appeared in person in a single 2-episode story arc, at the end of which he was killed. He was very intelligent and relentlessly harsh to his enemies.

A Goa'uld who was outcast by the System Lords, Sokar was one of the most powerful of the Goa'uld. He had posed as the god of death on many different worlds.^[16] On Earth, this took the form of the Christian fallen angel Satan.^[58] It is said that thousands of years ago, when the Goa'uld occupied Earth, Sokar's host body was that of an Unas. Sokar later became the ruler of the System Lords, but an alliance consisting of Ra, Apophis, Cronus, and others eventually overthrew him.^[16]

Sokar's homeworld was Delmak. He terra-formed the nearby moon of Ne'tu to fit the myth of hell, exposing its molten core to make its atmosphere hot and chemically toxic. There he sent his captured enemies, and enjoyed regularly hearing tales of their torture and suffering by his appointed warden, Bynarr.

The Tok'ra Jolinar of Malkshur once tried to overthrow one of the System Lords, and was defeated only when Apophis joined the battle against her. Based on the fact that Jolinar spent some time in Sokar's prison, this System Lord may have been Sokar himself. Jolinar was also the first person to escape from Ne'tu.^[17]

One of his most noteworthy enemies was the Goa'uld Apophis. After the loss of a significant portion of his forces during his failed attack on Earth, Apophis was captured and tortured by Sokar. He escaped and fled to Earth, demanding sanctuary. However, Sokar followed his enemy and nearly destroyed the iris guarding Earth's Stargate using a directed particle weapon. Sokar threatened to destroy Earth if the humans would not return Apophis to him, and after Apophis's death, they were forced to comply.^[16] He was subsequently revived by Sokar using a Sarcophagus.

Several months later, Sokar had amassed the most powerful fleet in the entire Goa'uld domain, and was days away from launching an all-out attack on the System Lords, an attack that the Tok'ra believed he would have won. He was, in fact, at war with many other Goa'uld. His plan was to attack several key System Lords in order to tip the tenuous balace of power in the galaxy in his favor.

After Jacob Carter was captured by Sokar, the Tok'ra Martouf visited the SGC searching for assistance in rescuing Carter. When SG-1 and Martouf arrived on Ne'tu, they were informed by Jacob Carter/Selmak of Sokar's massive army and his plans to attack the System Lords.^[17] The Tok'ra launched a plan to take out Sokar, launching a weapon into the core of Ne'tu to cause it to explode. Sokar's ship was in orbit, and he was destroyed along with the planet.

As Apophis, who had been forced to serve Sokar after his defeat, was also trying to assassinate his new master at the time, he was able to seize control of Sokar's massive army. Apophis took his place as the most powerful member of the System Lords.^[18]

[edit] Tanith

Stargate character
Tanith in Exodus
Tanith
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Rank	Spy
Birthplace	Unknown
Portrayer	Peter Wingfield
First appearance	"Crossroads"

Tanith was a Goa'uld symbiote, who was incubated in the Jaffa priestess Shan'auc. During this time Shan'auc was able to communicate with her symbiote and Tanith tricked her in believing that he was not like the other Goa'uld. Because of this she contacted Teal'c and Stargate Command, who then contacted the Tok'ra because Tanith wanted to join them. The Tok'ra accepted his offer and when Tanith matured he was implanted in a new host named Hebron. However Tanith quickly took over Hebron and showed his real face: he confronted Shan'auc, told her about his betrayal and finally murdered her. He then planned to work as a spy for Apophis, but the Tok'ra were aware of his betrayal. They tricked him in believing that they did not know about his betrayal so that they could use him to send disinformation to Apophis. Teal'c, who loved Shan'auc, was not happy about this situation because he wanted to kill Tanith himself but finally accepted this plan. However he hoped that one day he would be able to kill Tanith.^[26]

Tanith then stayed with the Tok'ra for nearly a year while working as a spy for Apophis but all the time being tricked by the Tok'ra. This changed when SG-1 was able to capture a Goa'uld Ha'tak, which they took from Cronus whom they killed. With this ship they wanted to help the Tok'ra relocate their base and the Stargate to another planet, which was unknown to the Goa'uld and had no Stargate. After SG-1 arrived they confronted Tanith, who was unaware of this plan, and revealed to him that they knew all about him and his betrayal. He was then imprisoned and it was planned to remove the symbiote Tanith from Hebron and let him die in the desert of Vorash (the planet where they currently resided). Despite this Tanith stayed surprisingly calm and shortly thereafter he tricked his guards, escaped and contacted Apophis, who then came with a massive fleet. Tanith then hid on the planet and planned to be saved by an Al'kesh - which however was then shot down by Teal'c. When Apophis arrived Tanith, together with some Jaffa, captured Teal'c, but Tanith was wounded by Col. O'Neill. He then brought Teal'c onboard Apophis' ship and then left it in an escape pod. Because of this he was able to survive Apophis' death.^[21]

After the death of his former master, Tanith then joined a new and more powerful Goa'uld: Anubis. Under his order he flew to Tollana, where he showed Anubis' power when his ships' shields could not be penetrated by the Tollan Ion cannon. He then remained on Tollana and ordered them to build new and powerful weapons for his master or he would destroy their world. He also planned to destroy SGC by sending a bomb, equipped with Tollan phase shift technology, through the Stargate. However, when SG-1 convinced Narim of the Tollan to destroy the newly built weapons, he led an attack on their home world, presumably destroying it.^[59]

Tanith was confronted with SG-1 one last time during the team's visit to a planet the Goa'uld had been scouting in order to set up a base. While he was chasing them with an Al'kesh, he forced SG-1 to retreat back to the SGC through the Stargate. Teal'c, who finally used this chance to gain his revenge, fired a shot directly inside the cockpit, thus apparently killing Tanith. His Al'kesh however crashed into the DHD, resulting in an emergency for the SGC as the wormhole cut out before Teal'c could depart on the other side, and they apparently had only a limited time to get Teal'c out before his pattern would degrade.^[60]

[edit] Terok

Stargate character
Terok
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Portrayer	Paul Koslo
First appearance	"The Serpent's Venom"

Terok was a minor Goa'uld in the service of System Lord Heru-ur.

An expert torture master, Terok was assigned to make an example of Teal'c's betrayal of his "god" in hopes of crushing the spirit of the Jaffa Resistance. When the Jaffa Rak'nor betrayed Teal'c and handed him over to the Goa'uld, Terok tortured him in front of a recording device.

Terok had attempted to force Teal'c to admit that the Goa'uld were the gods they pretended to be, but he was eventually unsuccessful as Teal'c held his ground. Although Heru-ur had originally planned to hand over Teal'c to his former master, Apophis, as the two System Lords were negotiating an alliance at the time, Terok swore to kill Teal'c at least once.

However, eventually Rak'nor, who had become impressed with Teal'c resolve, had a change of heart and turned on Terok, killing him. His body was subsequently sent over to Apophis' mothership in Teal'c's place. The act helped to throw the new alliance into chaos, and Apophis later destroyed Heru-ur's mothership.^[20]

[edit] Thoth

Stargate character
Thoth
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Portrayer	Ian Marsh
First appearance	"Evolution, Part II"

Thoth was a minor Goa'uld who served Anubis.

A competent engineer and inventor, Thoth was responsible for overseeing the genetic engineering and maintenance of the Kull warriors, Anubis' newly developed and highly effective army of supersoldiers.

When SG-1 had extracted the location of his home base, Tartarus, from a captured Kull warrior, the team was sent to the planet along with Selmak. They sabotaged Anubis' production facility, but also attracted Thoth's attention.

Although Thoth was armed with a hand device, he was eventually killed by Samantha Carter.^[56]

• Thoth was named after the deity in Egyptian mythology.

[edit] Yu

Stargate character
Yu in Summit
Yu-huang Shang Ti
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Rank	System Lord
Portrayer	Vince Crestejo
First appearance	"Fair Game"

The plot summary in this article or section is too long or detailed compared to the rest of the article. Please edit the article to focus on discussing the work rather than merely reiterating the plot.

This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please improve the article by adding references. See the talk page for details. (January 2008)

Yu, played by actor Vince Crestejo, is the eldest of the Goa'uld System Lords, and the one who was more friendly to Earth. Yu was an enemy of Anubis, and opposed his request to rejoin the System Lords. He commanded the System Lords' collective armies against Anubis until his old age forced him to turn over command to Ba'al. He was later killed by RepliCarter during the Replicator invasion of the Milky Way. Yu was based on two conflicting figures in the Chinese history and mythology.

Two references in the series to the historical basis of Yu show a clear contradiction on the persona Yu assumed. In a briefing at the SGC, Daniel Jackson introduced Yu as "Yu the Great. He did not assume the role of a god, per se. But may have been one of China's earliest emperors... He founded the first recorded dynasty". ^[27] Later, Jackson, impersonating Yu's servant, announced Yu's full title as "the Jade Emperor, the exalted Lord Yuhuang Shangti". ^[24] The first reference refers to Yu the Great, founder of the Xia Dynasty, a mortal who lived in 21st century BC, and "Yu" would be written as 禹 in Chinese. The second reference refers to the Jade Emperor, a deity of Taoism developed much later on, and "Yu" would be written as 玉 in Chinese.

[edit] Personality

Yu is notable in that while Goa'uld are generally megalomaniacal and obsessed with total domination, Yu is a pragmatic villain. While certainly no friend of Earth, Yu is mostly concerned with strengthening his hold on the territory he already controls, while other Goa'uld will often haphazardly waste resources trying to conquer the entire galaxy. Yu is also often fairly willing to negotiate with Earth (as opposed to other System Lords which view all humans as just livestock) and achieve a diplomatic solution and actually more or less co-existence with Earth (Much like the Wraith known as Todd is willing to form alliances with the Atlantis expedition to achieve a mutual goal). However, it is stated that this is due in no small part to the fact that the territories Yu controls are on the opposite side of the Milky Way Galaxy, and thus most of the other System Lords are located between Yu and Earth: allowing Earth to survive helps destabalize Yu's Goa'uld enemies located between the two.

Another factor is simply the persona that Yu took as one of China's early emperors, which was not really considered a "god" per se. Like many other Goa'uld, Yu does generally seem to believe their own propaganda that they are gods (unlike Ba'al who privately acknowledges the falsehood of this claim and is rather flippant about it). However, Yu does not seem particularly obsessed with this and does not frequently assert it or endeavor to force others to acknowledge it (as opposed to Apophis and Sokar, who were rather self-obsessed with their status as "gods").

[edit] History

A powerful and intelligent Goa'uld, Yu was a leader among the System Lords, and was the oldest Goa'uld to hold that rank. Historically, on Earth, Yu likely did not impersonate a god per se, but may have been one of China's earliest emperors. He also founded the first dynasty. Legend says that Yu sprang forth into the world from a dragon's body, and possessed great mythic powers.

His first modern encounter with the Tau'ri was when he, along with fellow System Lords Cronus and Nirrti, represented the Goa'uld at an Asgard-mediated summit on Earth to amend the Protected Planets Treaty. Yu was the group's key spokesman, and eventually supported the non-aggression treaty when it was discovered that Nirrti had attempted to kill Cronus and sabotage the negotiations. A contributing factor to this decision was that Yu's own interests did not lie in Earth's area. ^[27]

When the System Lords met in a summit of their own to discuss a mysterious new threat to them all, Yu was expected to attend along with his personal slave, or Lo'tar. However, the Tok'ra had enabled Daniel Jackson to impersonate Yu's Lo'tar as part of an elaborate plan to assassinate all System Lords in a single blow. ^[24] When the identity of the mysterious attacker was revealed, Yu was outraged to learn that the threat was none other than Anubis, his old enemy whom he believed to have been killed a thousand years ago. The other System Lords voted to reinstate Anubis as a System Lord, Yu was the only dissenting vote. The Tok'ra eventually called off their assassination attempt as the new System Lord, Anubis, was not present at the time.

After surviving an attack by Osiris ^[61], Yu began a battle campaign against Anubis. Despite the latter's superior technology, Yu's forces managed to hold their own. He eventually convinced the other System Lords to oppose Anubis, and led their combined forces into a battle over the planet Abydos. However, Anubis used his advanced new weapon to annihilate their fleet. ^[9]

When SG-1 offered Yu a chance to destroy Anubis once and for all, he inexplicably betrayed them and withdrew his forces from the battle. His First Prime, Oshu, expressed to Teal'c his concern over Yu's failing health. The sarcophagus no longer sustained the very old Goa'uld as it once did, and Yu had begun to exhibit poor memory and judgment. In addition, Oshu revealed that Yu could not take a new host because his Goa'uld was simply too weak. The leadership over the United Alliance of the System Lords, formed to battle Anubis, was transferred to Ba'al, who attacked Anubis at Langara. ^[62]

However, when Anubis' fleet was defeated when he attempted to attack Earth, Ba'al rose to power and made an enemy of his fellow System Lords, including Yu. As Earth had recently discovered the Ancient outpost in Antarctica and used it against Anubis' fleet, Yu travelled to the SGC along with Camulus and Amaterasu in the hopes of convincing them to join the fight against Ba'al. As the SGC was not willing to do so, the System Lord delegation left. ^[1]

The following months did not go well for Yu. In addition to his senility, his fleet suffered heavy losses against Ba'al. He eventually attended a System Lord summit organized by Ba'al to negotiate the System Lords' surrender. When the station was invaded by Replicator Carter, Yu was stabbed, and is presumed dead. ^[3]

[edit] Zipacna

Stargate character
Kevin Durand as Zipacna
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Rank	Emissary, Underlord to Apophis, then Klorel, then Anubis
Portrayer	Kevin Durand
First appearance	"Pretense"

Zipacna is a Goa'uld who was one of Apophis's most loyal underlings. He shares a name with a demon in Maya mythology.

An underlord in the Goa'uld political structure, Zipacna tends to serve whatever Goa'uld is in power. He was once allied with Apophis, and then served Apophis's son Klorel when the System Lord was killed.^[36] Following Klorel's own downfall, Lord Zipacna moved into the service of Anubis, who was just coming to power.^[24]

In 2000, Klorel, inhabiting the body of Skaara, fled to Tollana, hoping that the Goa'uld motherships, under the control of Heru-ur, pursuing him would be destroyed by the Tollan Ion cannons defending the planet. After Klorel crashed on the planet, his host, Skaara, asked to have the Goa'uld removed, and a Triad was organised to determine who could control the body. Skaara asked SG-1 to defend his interests, while Zipacna represented Klorel. The third Archon was Lya of the Nox.

However, Zipacna was unable to sway the other archons, and the Tollan decided to have the symbiote removed. Unwilling to abide by the judgement, Zipacna ordered an orbiting Ha'tak to attack the planet, using prepositioned targeting transmitters to allow the mothership to destroy the Tollan defenses before they had a chance to fire. When his plan was thwarted by SG-1, he escaped through the Stargate.^[36]

Eventually, Zipacna pledged his allegiance to Anubis, who was just coming to power at the time. He was responsible for enlisting the aid of Osiris to represent Anubis at the summit of the Goa'uld System Lords. Later, after having captured a Tok'ra spy and using Anubis's mind probing technology to find the location of their primary base, Zipacna led a devastating attack upon Revanna, wiping out the Tok'ra there.^[24] However, he failed in his secondary objective of finding the formula for the symbiote poison the Tok'ra had developed.^[61] Though the Goa'uld himself has not reappeared since, the Goa'uld Imhotep, posing as a Jaffa, carried out several successful material raids against Zipacna's Jaffa soon afterwards,^[35] and the Tok'ra Kanan's last mission was infiltrating one of Zipacna's Ha'tak's.^[63]

[edit] Other Goa'uld

Name	Known Hosts	Role	First Appearance	Played by
Ares (System Lord)		Fled from Ba'al when they made their attempts at power. The planet on which the Tok'ra had settled Harry Maybourne had previously belonged to him, and his Jaffa attempted to reclaim it. However, when Ares himself arrived, SG-1 used a Puddle Jumper to destroy his Ha'tak, killing him.	"It's Good to Be King"	Unseen
Grannus		One of Camulus' lieutenants, who was eventually killed by his own Jaffa. However, he is still worshiped by fanatical followers.	"The Ties That Bind"	Unseen
Ishkur (System Lord)		Former ruler of the Sodan.	"Babylon"	Unseen
Isis (Queen)		Queen of Osiris. She was imprisoned within a canopic jar by Seth, and killed when the jar was damaged on route to America.	"The Curse"	Unseen
"Junior"		Goa'uld larva carried by Teal'c. Was eventually killed during an ambush by the System Lords.[64] The larva carried the memories of Cronus, suggesting that the two were related.	"Bloodlines"	Unseen
Khonsu (Undercover Tok'ra)		An undercover Tok'ra posing as a Goa'uld System Lord. Had SG-1 captured by his Jaffa in order to pass on important information. He was killed by his First Prime Her'ak before this information could be passed on when his status as a Tok'ra was uncovered.	"The Other Guys"	Adam Harrington
Montu		Minor Goa'uld who served Ra, and later Ba'al when his former master was killed. His First Prime was Gerak.	"Avalon"	Unseen
Nefertum		Sekhmet's son, represented by a lotus blossom. He remains worshiped by the Bedrosians.	"New Ground"	Unseen
Pelops		Worshiped by the Argosians, and implanted nanobots into the Argosians to dramatically decrease their life to a hundred days so that he could study human evolution.	"Brief Candle"	Unseen
Sekhmet	Anna	Once served Ra. Her DNA was used by the NID to create the Goa'uld/human hybrid Anna.	"Resurrection"	Unseen
Shaq'ran		Goa'uld who once ruled the planet Pangar, who conquered it from Ra. Shaq'ran was defeated by Apophis Circa 1700 A.D.	"Cure"	Unseen
Sobek		Decapitated by Bastet and Kali. His head is rumored to be displayed in Bastet's palace.	"Summit"	Unseen
Svarog (System Lord)		Attacked the Latonans, who were protected by a powerful weapon, known as the Sentinel. He was transported away by the weapon when it activated.	"Summit"	Unknown actor
Telchak		Discovered the Ancient Healing Device and used it to develop the Sarcophagus. After Anubis learned of Telchak's study of the device, he declared war on Telchak in the hopes of stealing the device for himself. Although Anubis finally defeated Telchak, he never found the device.	"Evolution"	Unseen
Thanos		Occupied the planet Langara approximately 3,000 years ago, and managed to create a small amount of naqahdriah. His fate remains unknown.	"Meridian"	Unseen
Tiamat		Killed by Marduk. Previously possessed one of the six Eyes, which could be combined to form an extremely powerful weapon.	"Full Circle"	Unseen
Tilgath		Minor Goa'uld who was killed by a super-soldier so that Anubis could usurp his armies.	"Evolution, Part I"	Unseen
Unnamed	Adrian Conrad, Frank Simmons	Adrian Conrad willingly offered himself as host to cure his terminal illness; was then captured by Simmons, who used him to hijack the Prometheus; was shot by Simmons, then took him as host. Was eventually blown out of the Prometheus' airlock by Jack O'Neill.	"Desperate Measures"	Bill Marchant, John de Lancie
"The First One"	An Unas	was imprisoned in the labyrinth on Cimmeria, died when Teal'c kept him in Thor's Hammer.	"Thor's Hammer"	Vincent Hammond, James Earl Jones (voice)
Unnamed	Charles Kawalsky	Possessed Major Kawalsky during his first mission to Chulak. Was eventually killed by Teal'c.	"Children of the Gods"	Jay Acovone
Unnamed	Kianna Cyr	Sent by Ba'al to Kelowna to discover why Anubis was interested in the planet. She found the humans, and Jonas Quinn in particular, so interesting that she betrayed Ba'al to help them, and eventually sacrificed herself so Kyanna would survive. She was killed by exposure to noxious gases.	"Fallout"	Emily Holmes
Unnamed	Col. Steven Caldwell	Infiltrated Atlantis in an attempt to destroy it. Was eventually removed by Hermiod using Asgard transporter technology.	"Critical Mass"	Mitch Pileggi

[edit] References

v • d • e Characters in the Stargate universe Stargate SG-1 Regulars: Samantha Carter • George Hammond • Daniel Jackson • Hank Landry • Vala Mal Doran • Cameron Mitchell • Jack O'Neill • Jonas Quinn • Teal'c Recurring: Adria • Anubis • Apophis • Ba'al • Bra'tac • Jacob Carter/Selmak • Janet Fraiser • Thor Stargate Atlantis Regulars: Samantha Carter • Ronon Dex • Teyla Emmagan • Rodney McKay • Jennifer Keller • John Sheppard • Carson Beckett • Aiden Ford • Elizabeth Weir • Richard Woolsey Recurring: Acastus Kolya • Evan Lorne • Michael • Radek Zelenka Lists by race Ancient • Asgard • Athosian • Genii • Goa'uld (System Lord) • Jaffa • Prior • Tau'ri (Atlantis/SG-1) • Tok'ra • Wraith • Artificial Humans (Replicators • Asurans) • Miscellaneous