The Assassination of the Daimos was an event that took place in 2005 during the Tau'ri-Wraith war.
Prelude[]
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Battle[]
A Wraith scout ship crashed on a planet years ago with the survivors being found by nearby villagers. The villagers, unsure of what they'd found, killed the survivors and burned the bodies, but two Wraith survived: a female infant later named Ellia and an adult male referred to by the villagers as the Daimos. The Daimos fed on the humans of the planet in order to survive a few times a year and Ellia was raised by a man named Zaddik who found her and didn't want her to be killed. She eventually lost the ability to eat normal food and fed on him a few times at his own insistence making him look much older than he really was. Zaddik started making a serum out of Ferassin root to suppress her hunger, but what she didn't have the heart to tell him was that it didn't work and she fed on the villagers too, timing it so that her feedings coincided with that of the Daimos. Lt. Colonel John Sheppard and his team arrive on the planet and learning of the Daimos decide to hunt and kill it. They meet Ellia and bring in Dr. Carson Beckett to examine Zaddik's serum and he brings with him an experimental retrovirus created to turn Wraith into humans. Desperate, Ellia takes it but it works the opposite way and turns her more bug than human. Dr. Rodney McKay and Beckett end up facing the Daimos, but before it can kill them, Ellia arrives, fights it and snaps its neck, killing it. Acting purely on instinct now, she injures Teyla Emmagan somewhat and fatally injures Zaddik who later dies of his injures after reuniting with his estranged father who believed him dead. Sheppard and Ronon Dex face Ellia and she tries to feed on Sheppard but fails and is killed by the two.[3]
Aftermath[]
It is later revealed that her attempt to feed on Sheppard infected him with the retrovirus, but Beckett manages to later find a cure.[3]
Appearances[]
- Stargate Atlantis
- Season 2
- "Instinct"
- "Conversion" (Mentioned)
- Season 2