Ellia

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Ellia was a female Wraith who survived a crashed Dart, and was found, then raised by Zaddik. Several years later, after some periodic culings on the village, Ellia claimed she did not do it, as Zaddik worked on a serum to halt her dependence on feeding on humans.

[edit] Biography

When her Dart crashed on a planet, the villagers investigated the crash site and saw Wraith. Without taking any chances, they villagers slaughtered them. She and one other Wraith were the only survivors. Ellia, who was only an infant at the time, was found by Zaddik, who took her as her own child, his own wife and son having recently been lost to a fever. For a time, she ate food normally, and was able to survive, Zaddik teaching her about love and companionship as she grew, leaving her with human values, to the extent that she even called him "Father".

However, she soon began to crave the lifeforce of humans, unable to resist the biological need as much as she hated herself for it. Zaddik began to work on a serum to help Ellia, allowing her to feed on him for as long as it took. Eventually, unwilling to continue harming him as she was forced to drain his life, she just lied about the serum working, going out to feed when the male Wraith did, taking his 'leftovers' to avoid attracting suspicion. When Atlantis 1 came to the planet, and revealed that Carson Beckett was working on the Iratus bug retrovirus, she took some in an attempt to escape what she was. However, the retrovirus still had a great deal of work to be done, and the result was far from the intended one; instead of repressing the Iratus bug DNA in her, it suppressed the Human DNA in her, reverting her into an armoured form with more resemblance to the Iratus bug than normal Wraith.

Acting on pure instinct, now violent and uncontrollable, Ellia mortally wounded Zaddik, killed the male Wraith by breaking his neck, and wounded John Sheppard, who was forced to kill her with the aid of Ronon Dex; she took three shots from Ronon's gun and was still able to remain standing before John and Ronon managed to kill her (ATL: "Instinct"). Her attack on Colonel Sheppard would have more long-term consequences, as the retrovirus triggered a similar mutation in his body (ATL: "Conversion").

[edit] Behind the scene

• Jewel Staite, the actress who played her, would later star in a recurring, turned regular role as Dr. Jennifer Keller.