Ishta
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| Stargate character | |
 Ishta |
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| Ishta | |
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| Race | Jaffa |
| Gender | Female |
| Rank | Leader of the Hak'tyl Jaffa |
| Birthplace | A planet under Moloc's control |
| Known relatives | Unnamed husband (deceased) |
| Television portrayer | Jolene Blalock |
| Key episodes | "Birthright" (first appearance) |
Ishta is a character on the television series Stargate SG-1, played by the actress Jolene Blalock. She is the leader of the Hak'tyl Jaffa and the current romantic partner of Teal'c. She first appeared on the episode Birthright.
Her prize student Kar'yn is married to Teal'c's son Rya'c.
[edit] Background
Ishta once served the Goa'uld Moloc as his temple high priestess. One of her duties was to keep records of birth and perform the "Ceremony of Fire". During this ceremony all female-born Jaffa are killed after they are born, because Moloc thought that they won't be needed. However Ishta couldn't watch her sisters die, so she decided to rescue as many as possible. Because she had a trusted position and thus access to the Stargate, together with other loyal female Jaffa, she brought many girls to a world which they named "Hak'tyl" (meaning Liberation). They had to do this secretly because often they couldn't even trust the parents. The Hak'tyl grew to a strong resistance group that fought Moloc and stole the symbiotes of other Jaffa so that they could survive.
Her husband was a high-ranked warrior of Moloc's Imperial Guard but was killed in a battle against a rival Goa'uld.
[edit] Current
Because the Hak'tyl needed help as well as goods, they contacted the Tau'ri to offer them an alliance. Istha talked with Major Carter and informed her about their situation and later came in contact with Teal'c, to whom she grew close. She also informed her people about the drug Tretonin and several of them went to Stargate Command to test the drug. Although one of them died the drug proved to be a success and Ishta and the others accepted the drug. Ishta then left and kissed Teal'c goodbye. ("Birthright")
Ishta reappears one year later. During this time she plans to finally kill Moloc, which Teal'c however doesn't like because they should at first strengthen the rebel Jaffa. During this time one of the female Jaffa disappears and so the female resistance is forced to evacuate to SGC, while they search for a new homeworld. Ishta then goes to a meeting with Teal'c to a meeting with the Rebel Jaffa but they are attacked by Moloc's Jaffa and Ishta's Tretonin goes missing. Not only that she is then kidnapped by Moloc's First Prime and brought to Moloc, who tortures her. She is then rescued by Teal'c, while Moloc is killed by SGC. At last the Hak'tyl find a new homeworld. ("Sacrifices")
| Recurring characters on Stargate SG-1 | Edit | |
| Tau'ri | Malcolm Barrett | Jacob Carter | Chekov | Adrian Conrad | Paul Davis | Paul Emerson | Louis Ferretti | Janet Fraiser Walter Harriman | Charles Kawalsky | Robert Kinsey | Carolyn Lam | Catherine Langford | Bill Lee Harry Maybourne | Lionel Pendergast | Robert Rothman | Frank Simmons | Pete Shanahan | Siler | Richard Woolsey |
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| Other Humans | Kasuf | Linea | Ma'chello | Martin Lloyd | Sha're | Shifu | Skaara | |
| Goa'uld | Amonet | Anubis | Apophis | Ba'al | Cronus | Hathor | Heru-ur | Imhotep | Nerus Osiris | Sokar | Tanith | Yu | Zipacna |
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| Jaffa | Bra'tac | Gerak | Ishta | Rya'c | |
| Other | Adria | Chaka | Fifth | Harlan | Lotan | Oma Desala | Reese | Replicator Carter | Thor | |
| Lists by race | All | Tau'ri | Ancient, Aschen, Asgard, Goa'uld, Jaffa, Langaran, Lucian Alliance Ori, Replicator, Tok'ra, Tollan, System Lord |
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