Tanith (Stargate)

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Stargate character
Tanith in Exodus
Tanith
Race	Goa'uld
Gender	Male
Rank	Spy
Birthplace	Unknown
Film portrayer	None
Television portrayer	Peter Wingfield
Key episodes	"Crossroads" (first appearance)

Tanith is a Goa'uld in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.

Tanith was a Goa'uld symbiote, who was incubated in the Jaffa priestess Shau'nac. During this time Shau'nac 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 Shau'nac, 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 can use him to send disinformation to Apophis. Teal'c, who loved Shau'nac, 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. ("Crossroads")

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. ("Exodus")

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 planed to destroy SGC by sending a bomb, equipped with Tollana phase shift technology, through the Stargate. However, when the Tollan destroyed the newly built weapons, he led an attack on their home world, presumably destroying it. ("Between Two Fires")

Tanith finally appeared when he chased SG-1 with an Al'kesh. 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 apaprently had only a limited time to get Teal'c out before his pattern would degrade. ("48 Hours")

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
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
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