Crew Bio: Ven : Played by Fiona
Name: Avenahar. (Ven for short)
Family: None living, was adopted as a baby by Bra'tac. (You know - the
old jaffa who trained Teal'c)
Race: Vampire (guess I've watched too much BtVS!)
Physical Description: Female, 17 years old, shoulder length wavy dark
hair, and, the mark of the vampire - silver-grey eyes. (This is caused
by the fact that for some strange reason, vampires bodies produce
narquadha. Not so strange if you take into account that the home planet
of narquadha and the vampire are one and the same, but nobody has any
record of the stargate address for this unnamed planet)
Planet Of Origin: Ven was born on Chulak
Now for Ven's background:
Earth legend paints the vampire as a blood-drinking creature that can
only come out at night, and that to drink the blood of a vampire is to
become one. As usual, legend got a bit confused over time. In reality,
the vampire don't drink blood, but could be described as 'blood
thirsty', ie, they are very fierce fighters. Yes, they spend a lot of
time out at night, but this is because they have excellent night vision,
and it was safer for them to venture out at night. Why? Because the
goa'uld reckon the only good vampire is a dead one, and goa'uld (like
humans) don't have night vision.
Why do the goa'uld hate vampires? Simply because vampire blood is a
pretty effective poison against goa'uld, thus the goa'uld have spent
much time over the centuries trying to exterminate the vampire.
And if you've ever watched Buffy, you'll note that vampires seem to just
disappear at will. I have translated this as a telekinetic ability - ie,
they can transport themselves to whereever they please by mind power.
Bra'tac, ever the opposer of the goa'uld, was approached by Ven's
parents, who wished to keep their daughter safe from the goa'uld. As
Bra'tac's wife had just died in childbirth, along with his stillborn
daughter, Bra'tac adopted Ven, claiming her as his own daughter. Soon
after, Ven's real parents were killed on Chulak, by order of Apophis.
Teal'c has met Ven before, but was not aware of her true parentage.