Wraithkin

"There was a planet. As was expected, every so often the Wraith came, villagers were taken; but there, on this particular planet, on several occasions... the taken came back."

- Charin Wraithkin, also known as The Taken, refers to a group of people (the only ones known are Athosians) whose ancestors were culled but spared from death and who later possessed extra-sensory abilities. Charin was the only surviving member of the Athosians who remembered stories of the Taken and eventually passed on the knowledge to Teyla Emmagan.

History
According to the legend there were a select few individuals who were returned to a planet in the Pegasus galaxy. Many believed it was a gift from the Ancients that their loved ones returned, but many others feared them, as those who returned began to behave strangely, spoke of hearing voices, and some even became violent and murderous. Eventually the villagers of this world turned on the Taken, killing all but a few.

The ones that had survived were ostracized from the community, but left through the stargate and passed on the "gift" to their children. The only known planet where Wraithkin settled and mixed with the inhabitants is Athos. However, presently very few Athosians have the abilities of the Taken.

Teyla Emmagan and the First Atlantis Reconnaissance Team discovered, in 2005, that it was because of a Wraith who was studying ways to enhance the feeding process so that humans would essentially become "tastier" to them. He was doing it against the wishes of the other Wraith, which was why he was doing it in secret. Later the Wraith conducting the experiments realized that he was enhancing his enemy with Wraith abilities and eventually gave up on the experiment. The Wraithkin all possessed the ability to sense the Wraith's presence and Teyla, once she learned she could do it and with some help from hypnosis, figured out how to use her abilities to telepathically link to various Wraith. Teyla was also vulnerable to being possessed by Wraith, but in one instance, with her telepathy bolstered by her unborn child, she was able to take control of a Wraith Queen's body instead.

Known people who are Wraithkin

 * Teyla Emmagan
 * Kanaan
 * Torren John Emmagan