Characters Ori (Stargate)

1 characters

1.1 doci
1.2 priors
1.3 tomin , ori warriors
1.4 adria orici
1.5 anti-ori underground

characters
doci

the doci (middle) amidst 2 priors in episode origin

the doci (latin docere, teach ), played julian sands, represents ori in home galaxy , leads priors. appears in origin , fourth horseman, part 1 , stargate: ark of truth. doci chief prior acts mediator or mouthpiece ori. doci has brown hair , colored eyes, pale skin , facial markings of prior. doci introduced in origin , shown reside in city of celestis, chambers next ori s flames of enlightenment. in 1 instance, ori possessed doci speak daniel. had julian sands not been able come doci direct-to-dvd film ark of truth, producers had planned hire actor different doci in charge in celestis. although sands availability hindrance in ark of truth, producers felt better include doci forgo character.

priors

the ori served so-called priors, highly evolved human beings act missionaries of ori traveling different planets spread religion of origin. ori incapable of directly affecting material universe in milky way galaxy due protection of ascended ancients, send priors representatives circumvent rule. cooper said priors have these incredible, superhuman powers , allows them perform deeds convince people miracles, attack enemies, , resurrect dead. unleash plagues punishment not following ori. priors believe fervently in mission, , offer real religion big promises. priors have been encountered on various worlds, trying convert local population , fight tried stop them, including tau ri , jaffa.

as shown in series, priors normal humans whom ori transform evolved state of human serve missionaries reward loyalty , devoted service. process drastically alters appearance: albino skin , hair, tracery of raised lines on chin , cheeks, , indentation of skull above , behind eyes. eyes appear misty gray pupil without iris. in fourth horseman , ark of truth, sg-1 able temporarily disable prior s abilities using ultrasonic sounds deny priors access advanced areas of brains.

damaris (played william b. davis) prior makes contact sodan in babylon . sg-1 challenges him in fourth horseman , damaris killed in self-defense.
daniel jackson (played michael shanks) turned prior adria in shroud , part of plan convert tau ri path of origin. however, because merlin had downloaded memories him, daniel able maintain own personality and, after exploiting prior powers finish constructing , activating sangraal, reverts normal form.
gerak (played louis gossett, jr.) jaffa introduced in origin who, after becoming interested in promised path of ascension, turns prior in fourth horseman , dies in same episode after turning against origin. daniel jackson speculated ori had included kill switch when transformed him prior, prevent disloyalty.
prior #1 (played mark houghton) visits village of ver eger , revives vala after trial of fire in avalon . brings vala , daniel doci in city of celestis , village find more heretics in origin .
prior #2 (played larry cedar) first prior sent milky way after ori learned of existence of humans in galaxy. cameron mitchell brings him stargate command in origin , prior bursts flames after learning never again leave planet.
prior #3 (played greg anderson) governor of village of ver eger, introduced in avalon when daniel , vala first came village. reward doing duties , putting vala through trial fire, transformed prior in origin . later sent milky way , makes appearances in powers unleashing plague in defiant village, in fourth horseman turning gerak prior, , in line in sand ordering destruction of village spaceship. appeared in stargate: ark of truth, in killed.
prior #4 (played ian butcher) tries convert people of kallana in beachhead , later transforms planet micro black hole power supergate.
prior #5 (played morris chapdelaine) visits sodan homeworld in arthur s mantle , causes volnek turn on fellow jaffa , kill them.
prior #6 (played doug abrahams) prior introduced in crusade , visits ver isca , cures tomin of limp, informing him unable father children. prior #6 on board 1 of ori battlecruisers invading milky way in camelot , present during adria s birth in flesh , blood , informing parents of divine purpose. appears in quest , accompanying adria in search of sangraal. made appearance in stargate: ark of truth.
prior #7 (played peter nicholas smyth) accompanies adria in counterstrike , killed in attack jaffa dakara superweapon.

tomin , ori warriors

tomin , ori warriors in stargate: ark of truth

the ori warriors conscripted men, trained fight non-believers foot soldiers , take on milky way. introduced in crusade , shown wearing metallic plate armor , armed powerful staff weapons. first seen in combat in season 10. cooper wrote crusade intention show ori warriors not two-dimensional, though strength of belief , single-mindedness makes them fight want fight for. according cooper, ori warriors fictional mirror of events in real world, wanted people try , understand why people want go war us, or blow our buildings, or our airplanes . cooper wanted show there s no winner argument when comes religion , belief, , gods ; according cooper, there line when society takes arms instead of finding more civilized way of dialogue.

tim guinee played tomin, devout ori follower of village of ver isca, becomes ori commander in season 10. appears in crusade , flesh , blood , line in sand , , stargate: ark of truth. tomin intended representation of ori warriors, , cooper described guinee fabulous actor instantly creates humanity , empathy ... while s mass-murdering people tomin introduced in flashbacks in crusade , having found vala after transported ori home galaxy. tomin had been crippled since childhood, , therefore looked down on fellow villagers. tomin married vala , accepted pregnancy child, not knowing miraculous conception set ori. little later, prior visited village , cured tomin of limp, allowing him become warrior ori. prior told tomin truth child of ori , later orici. tomin later able forgive vala. tomin , vala depart aboard first wave of ori vessels entering milky way, , go separate ways in flesh , blood . tomin rises rank of commander within ori warrior armies, , , vala meet again in line in sand . because prior twists words of book of origin, tomin begins doubt priors , interpretations of origin s teachings, , helps vala escape. tomin plays important role in film stargate: ark of truth, in which, after seeing prior s death own eyes, learns truth ori.

adria orici

in season 10, primary antagonist switched priors , doci orici, known name adria. story presents genetically advanced human infused ori knowledge, created circumvent ancients rules ori cannot directly use powers conquer milky way galaxy. adria 1 step higher doci, equal in terms of role in milky way galaxy, lead armies of ori in milky way galaxy, converting galaxy origin in process. adria possesses several prior-like superhuman abilities, , leads armies of ori until ascension in penultimate episode of stargate sg-1. creative standpoint, adria s character created give vala mal doran story , personality arc member of sg-1 team.

adria s story begins shortly after events of beachhead , when vala impregnated ori in ori home galaxy. vala returns milky way aboard 1 of ori battlecruisers invading milky way galaxy. in flesh , blood , vala gives birth baby girl, orici. within hours of being born, child reaches apparent age of 4 , heals mother s pain, knowing vala not believer in origin. child s apparent age of seven, vala gives name adria, after stepmother, witch of woman . vala escapes when adria @ apparent age of twelve. adria starts have impact in second quarter of season, when has grown beautiful deadly young woman .

when vala, has joined sg-1 team, meets adult adria in counterstrike , adria foreshadows plans daniel. in quest , adria tricks sg-1 obtaining sangraal her. adria captures daniel before can complete device. hoping convert both earth , vala, adria attempts convert daniel path of origin , makes him prior. in shroud , however, daniel betrays , uses weapon on ori galaxy. in dominion , adria briefly implanted cloned ba al symbiote. although symbiote removed, procedure kills adria , ascends. being surviving ori after events of shroud , adria alone controls power generated followers of origin – becoming closest thing stargate universe has seen true god. continues ori s assault on milky way in stargate: ark of truth. after ancient device known ark of truth affects galaxy s believers, adria last seen in stargate: ark of truth in battle ancient morgan le fay, in cooper s view started fight in human realm of existence , continues on ascended level similar happened anubis , oma desala in threads . adria eternally distracted being able continue evil ways .

young adria played 3 child actresses – adria @ age 4 played robert c. cooper s daughter emma, replaced cast child suffered stage fright. adria @ age 7 played jodelle ferland, , @ age twelve brenna o brien. morena baccarin offered role of adult adria in phone call producers, firefly fans. orange contact lenses actress had wear made feel blind , irritated eyes, lenses dropped during shooting of quest . baccarin enjoyed whole experience [...] incredible got play character learn from. in words, adria complex character , loved trying make sweet totally bad. brad wright called adria interesting character because s ori cheating , , compared ori equivalent of harcesis. cooper considered adria becoming host goa uld marriage of old villains , new villains , compared episode enemies , first both replicators , goa uld first appeared together. morena baccarin available 1 day during filming of stargate: ark of truth, worth 6 pages of script. cooper had written more scenes between her, julian sands ( doci ) , sg-1 team, other option ended in film cut character.

anti-ori underground

in second episode of season 9, shown not humans in ori home galaxy believe gods benevolent seen in case of anti-ori underground. group of humans live dangerous life in hiding purges , fanatical followers. purpose collect enough evidence prove brethren claims of ori false. despite this, believe ori powerful; intentions doubt. though group lives in shadows of ori society, have collected number of artifacts have kept hidden, since such pieces of technology contradict book of origin , destroyed if discovered. group has number of followers in high positions within city of gods. known members of movement – harrid (played stephen park), sallis (april amber telek), fannis (paul moniz de sa), seevis (michael ironside), , denya (daniella evangelista) – die shortly after introduction. member introduced in stargate: ark of truth: hertis (chris gauthier). tomin somehow finds him , takes him meet daniel , vala in order find location of ortus malum team believes ark of truth be. suspicious of daniel , vala unaware fires of celestis out (an indication ori dead) should have spread far. apparently tomin told him far away not how far (another galaxy). in order give him proof of story, daniel, vala , tomin take him odyssey in orbit proof enough him. tells them believed location: mountain high above plains of celestis on planet. presumably returned home planet not seen again.