Heru'ur

Heru'ur is a born warrior. The Goa'uld of the falcon god, he is a System Lord who rules by force of arms and dreams of dominating the whole empire. In the saga's mythology, he is said to be the offspring of Ra and Hathor: a prestigious lineage, and an ambition to match, which make him one of Apophis's most serious rivals.

Where other Goa'uld maneuver and scheme, Heru'ur strikes. His armies are vast, his ambitions immense, and he would happily take first place in the empire. He even tries to get his hands on the Harcesis child, the bearer of all Goa'uld knowledge, whose possession would make him a power without equal.

But it is his rivalry with Apophis that seals his fate. The two System Lords vie for supremacy, and their showdown is one of the most memorable of the era. Believing he is sealing an alliance to join forces, Heru'ur falls into a trap set by his rival. At the summit meant to bring them together, his fleet is destroyed and his troops absorbed by Apophis, who emerges considerably stronger.

In the Goa'uld empire, you never offer your hand to an equal without risking losing it. Heru'ur learns that the hard way, losing his army, his empire and his life.

The name Heru'ur refers to Horus, and more specifically to Horus the Elder, one of Egypt's major deities. Horus is the falcon god, god of the sky, of kingship and of justice, son of Isis and Osiris.

His myth is among the most famous in the land. To avenge his father, murdered by Set, Horus wages a long and terrible conflict against him to reclaim the throne and restore order. It is during this struggle that he loses an eye, the famous Eye of Horus, which would become one of the most powerful symbols of protection in all of Egypt. Every pharaoh, in fact, saw himself as a living incarnation of Horus on Earth.

A warrior god, a god of legitimate power and of the crown: it is easy to see why the Goa'uld made this name a banner of conquest.