Kasuf

Kasuf was the leader of the people of Abydos.

Biography
Like the other members of his tribe he was forced to believe that Ra was a god for all his life. When a Tau'ri expedition arrived on his planet after they had recently discovered how to activate the Stargate, he believed that they were sent by Ra as one of the expedition's members, Daniel Jackson, wore an amulet bearing Ra's symbol. However, when Ra arrived he sent two death gliders to attack the village, which convinced Kasuf that they shouldn't have helped the visitors.

However, his children Skaara and Sha're thought otherwise, and began to realize that Ra was not a god. Much to their father's shock, the two helped Jack O'Neill and his team fight Ra's Jaffa. Although Kasuf initially planned to beg for Ra's forgiveness, Daniel Jackson could convince him otherwise by showing him the true nature of the Jaffa guards. Eventually, Kasuf and his tribe attacked Ra's forces, thus saving the Stargate team and his own son.

A year after the planet was freed from slavery under Ra, Daniel had married Sha're, thus making Kasuf his father-in-law. However, when O'Neill and his people returned, the people of Abydos were attacked by Apophis. Kasuf's two children, Sha're and Skaara, were kidnapped and became hosts for the Goa'uld. Bent on saving his wife, Daniel promised Kasuf that he would return one Abydos year later, with or without Sha're.

When he returned one year later, Sha're had been impregnated by Apophis, and carried a Harcesis child. As Heru-ur had planned to steal the child of his mortal enemy, Sha're, who was still possessed by Apophis' queen Amonet, had fled back to Abydos. Kasuf subsequently helped Daniel Jackson to hide the child from both Apophis and Heru-ur.

Kasuf, together with other members of his tribe, was captured by Amonet one year later. Although the SGC eventually rescued the Abydonians, both Sha're and Amonet were killed by Teal'c, as she was preparing to kill Daniel Jackson.

Kasuf called SG-1 back one year later, after he and other members of his tribe heard a strange wind whispering Sha're's name. It turned out that this "wind" was in fact his grandchild Shifu, the Harcesis.

When Abydos eventually came under attack from Anubis, who was searching for the Eye of Ra hidden on the planet, Kasuf led the Abydonian women and children to caves in the vicinity, hoping they would be safe there. When Abydos' human settlement and the Stargate were eventually destroyed by the System Lord, Kasuf was ascended to a higher plane of existence by Oma Desala, along with the rest of his people.

Trivia

 * Kasuf is a Hebrew word meaning 'silver-colored'.
 * Kasuf is one of the two only characters, the other being Skaara, who are played by the same actor in the movie and the series.