Apophis

"False god. Dead false god."

- Teal'c

Apophis was once an extremely powerful Goa'uld System Lord. The brother of the Supreme System Lord Ra, he was originally in charge of a minor fleet, but he grew in strength to command the power of multiple killed System Lords, ultimately succeeding Ra as the dominant System Lord after his death. He held one human host in his life. He was one of the most bitter enemies of the Tau'ri and a personal enemy of SG-1.

1997
In the aftermath following the death of Ra, Apophis' power significantly increased during 1997, along with the knowledge of his existance. In order to find a new mate, he used the Stargate on Chulak to search various planets for appropriate females, including Earth and Abydos. Apophis arrived on Earth before it was set to be buried and kidnapped a female United States Air Force officer. Despite resistance by other soldiers, he was not stopped and was able to return to Chulak. He later arrived at Abydos, while Colonel Jack O'Neill's team was present and kidnapped Sha're and Skaara.

With his job done, he had his mate, a symbiote, check the females and killing them if they weren't adequate. Apophis killed the female officer, but accepted Sha're as his new mate. Arriving at a village in Chulak, he revealed the implanted Sha're to a group of individuals, which included SG-1. Apophis ordered SG-1 taken prisoner, and they were thrown into a large cell with other Abydonians. He returned to the cell and ordered his Jaffa servants to locate children to select the "Children of the gods". Once the children were selected, Apophis ordered the other prisoners executed and promptly left to go to the Stargate. The execution was foiled by O'Neill and Apophis' First Prime Teal'c and they, along with the rest of SG-1 and the Abydonians, attempted to stop Apophis from leaving with Skaara. Their attempts failed and Apophis and his group left to an unknown planet.

In revenge for the actions of SG-1 and SG-2, Apophis had a number of his Jaffa attempt to invade Stargate Command. However, his attempts were faltered by the SGC's Stargate Iris. Apophis eventually stopped his assault after a number of attempted invasions.

Continuing his search for the cloakable Fenri on a planet occupied by the Nox, Apophis attempted to capture a Fenri with three other Jaffa guards, including Shak'l. At the same time, SG-1 was investigating the mystical creature too. Apophis encountered SG-1, who had ambushed him, but he was able to activate his personal force field within his hand device before he could be stunned. Using one of his guards' staff weapons, he was able to kill all members of SG-1, minus Teal'c. The Nox took SG-1, along with an injured Shak'l and healed them. When Shak'l escaped, he alerted Apophis to the magical powers of the Nox, which prompted an attack. However, Apophis' attack was foiled by a revived SG-1. Jack O'Neill was ready to stun Apophis, but before he could, the Nox transported Apophis through the Stargate.

1998
Because of the problems the Tau'ri were causing the Goa'uld, Apophis, with his son Klorel, took two ha'taks in a campaign to conquer Earth. SG-1, however, had already arrived on a Stargate being carried in Klorel's mothership, and managed to rig the vessel to explode and incapacitate Klorel. Bra'tac, Apophis' former First Prime, also helped SG-1, by directing Klorel's mothership to move closer to Apophis', and damaging the Pel'tac's controls. Unable to save his ship, Apophis and Klorel ringed over to Klorel's mothership and used the Stargate to escape. But the damage to Apophis was incalculabe.

Because of the loss of two motherships and most of his Serpent guards, Apophis' standing among the System Lords was considerably weakened. Apophis attempted to take revenge on Teal'c by brainwashing his son Rya'c and using him to infect Earth with a deadly plague, though the SGC stopped him. He also impregnated Sha're, host of Amonet, with the hopes of using the child as a future host. However, Daniel Jackson and Teal'c thwarted his efforts.

1999
Within a year, Apophis' forces were nearly depleted, suffering losses to both Heru'ur and Sokar. Fleeing from Sokar's forces, Apophis demanded sanctuary among the Tau'ri, at the very least hoping to kill the Tau'ri with him. However, the Tau'ri soon turned Apophis over to Sokar, who sent him to Ne'tu. Apophis managed to assume the guise of Na'onak, First Prime of Bynarr, Lord of Ne'tu.

When SG-1 and the Tok'ra Martouf arrived hoping to rescue Jacob Carter, Apophis killed Bynarr, and incited a rebellion. He tortured SG-1, trying to learn information to make Sokar spare his life. While he greatly enjoyed torturing SG-1, all he learned was that the Tok'ra were based on Entac. Planning to kill Sokar once he was in his presence, Apophis rigned aboard Sokar's mothership. However, Sokar had already conquered Entac, and there were no Tok'ra there. Sokar ordered Apophis to be killed, but soon Netu's core began to destabilize. Apophis killed Sokar's guards and rigned to Delmak, Sokar's homeworld. There, he claimed that he had killed Sokar, and took Sokar's forces for his own. .

2000
Less than a year later, the SGC learned of Apophis' survival, after he launched an attack on Chulak, searching for the Harcesis, and later launched an attack on Kheb. He also built a new flagship, more powerful than the standard Ha'tak, and began to build a new type of mothership. The later was destroyed when SG-1 sabotaged the construction facility.

Apophis later came close to an alliance with Heru'ur, but the Tok'ra and SG-1 were able to sabotage it, hoping to start a war between the two and decimating their power. However, Apophis had brought a cloaked fleet with him, and was able to destroy Heru'ur's mothership, killing him. Absorbing Heru'ur's forces into his own, Apophis was easily the most powerful System Lord within the Goa'uld Empire.

2001
With his fleet on the way to attack the Tok'ra base on Vorash, Samantha and Jacob Carter devised a bold trap: they intended to cause Vorash's sun to supernove, hoping to destroy most of Apophis' fleet and possibly even Apophis himself. The plan worked, but Apophis survived, capturing Teal'c in the process. Apophis' mothership and a ha'tak that SG-1 hade accquired after they had killed Cronus was thrown to another galaxy, one which the Replicators were in.

The Replicators destroyed Apophis' mothership, though Apophis was able to escape along with a bodyguard and Teal'c, who had been brainwashed into believing he was his First Prime. Apophis and his forces were able to take over the ha'tak, but a single Replicator had managed to sneak aboard. The Replicators took control of the Ha'tak, flying to Delmak at incredible speeds. Though SG-1 and Jacob were able to escape, taking Teal'c with them, Apophis was trapped in the pel'tac. SG-1 was able to disable the sublight drives, causing an uncontrolled re-entry into Delmak. Apophis was killed in the crash.

First Primes

 * Kintac (1999)
 * Shak'l (1997 - 1998)
 * Bra'tac (?-?)
 * Teal'c (? - 1997)

Alternate realities

 * There But for the Grace of God:Apophis (There But For the Grace of God)
 * Point of View:Apophis (Point of View)
 * Moebius:Apophis (Moebius)