Teyla Emmagan

"You were born for a higher purpose -- to be the leader of our people."

- Charin to Teyla

Teyla Emmagan is the leader of the Athosians, and was one of the first to speak to the Atlantis Expedition. She is the daughter of Tughan.

Biography
While Colonel Marshall Sumner was somewhat dismissive of her, Major John Sheppard was much more friendly, and the two became quick friends. She soon became an integral part of Sheppard's team.



Teyla has been able to show great empathy for others, even to the Wraith Ellia and Michael Kenmore.

Teyla has a unique ability to sense the Wraith, due to one of her ancestors having Wraith DNA spliced into their genetic makeup. Since this was discovered, she has been able to make contact with Wraith minds on occasion, with varying degrees of success.

After Elizabeth Weir disappeared and Colonel Samantha Carter was appointed Atlantis commander, Teyla took Doctor Jennifer Keller to New Athos for routine inoculations, only to discover that the Athosians were missing. After the offworld medical check, Keller discovered that Teyla was pregnant. A famed seer named Davos soon visited Atlantis. He privately told her that he was aware of her pregnancy and that the Athosians were alive, but he did not know where they were. Teyla has still not told Sheppard or Carter that she is pregnant, but Keller has reminded her that it will soon be obvious.

She is forced to reveal the truth to Sheppard, who takes her off the team in response. She later pilots a Wraith Hive Ship to a secret Wraith Wraith cloning facility and engages a Queen in mental battle, her own abilities boosted by those of her unborn child, but her baby is nearly killed and she realizes that Sheppard was right to take her off the team.

She was later led into a trap by Michael and was captured. She learns that he was the one who kidnapped her people and turned many of them into Hybrids. He planed to use her baby to complete his research into creating the Hybrids. She was later rescued by the clone of Dr. Carson Beckett, but was quickly recaptured by Michael and taken away.

While Michael's cruiser engages the Daedalus, Sheppard, Ronon and McKay boarded the ship to find and rescue her. While Sheppard and Ronon take out the hyperdrive McKay is forced to deliver her baby, which turns out to be a boy. Teyla convinces Kanaan (the father of her baby and one of Michael's hybrids) to help them escape and got away in a Dart while the Daedalus destroys Michael's cruiser although it is speculated that Michael escaped on a cloaked puddle jumper. In the Atlantis infirmary Teyla decides to name her son Torren John, after her father and Sheppard.

Alternate realities

 * In an Alternate reality, when Sheppard traveled forwards in time by 48,000 years, he learned that Teyla had given birth to her child, but was killed by Michael, whilst the baby was used to perfect the Hybrids.