What happened to Anubis's host?

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Anubis was a goa'uld who ascended with the help of the ascended being Oma Desala.

I'm wondering, then, what happened to Anubis's host. We've seen that when others ascend, their clothes are left behind; would the host be similarly left behind? Or would the host have ascended along with Anubis? In that case, would the host exist as a separate ascended entity, or would it still be subsumed by Anubis, or perhaps even coexist with Anubis? If left behind, would the host survive?

Jeff · Accepted Answer

Anubis does not have a host at any point when we see him in SG-1 (excepting when he possess a human after the Season 7 finale).

His human host at the time of ascension would not have been carried upwards with him simply because Anubis ascended.  That said, Anubis wanted to keep Oma thinking he was good, and Oma IS good, so it's unlikely that Anubis' host was killed.

In my mind, it's much more likely that Oma was convinced (in part) because Anubis had either allowed his host freedom (a la Tokra) and they BOTH were taught to ascend, or the human host Anubis took had no individual personality (brain dead, etc).

If Anubis allowed the host freedom, the host would have known the symbiote's thoughts and warned Oma (unless Anubis could convince him not to, which is possible).  Therefore, it's very unlikely that the host and symbiote shared ascension.

Thus, I believe that when Anubis ascended his host's body, freed of his influence, lived on.  The original personality would have re-emerged.  The host would have lived a long, full life (or been shot dead by Jaffa shortly thereafter).

PearsonArtPhoto · Answer

We know the following (Which is pulled from the Stargate Wiki):

Anubis was partially ascended.
He was some form of energy, held together by a force field.
He was roughly human size.
Ascended being seem to be about the size they were as humans.
Ascension involves being turned into pure energy.

So, I'm guessing that his host/self body was turned into pure energy, and that as it was under Anubis's mind, it was all his to control. The ancients must not have checked for Goa'uld for some reason, hence why this was able to happen.

Kalessin · Answer

I always figured that Anubis' host died or ascended independently of the Goa'uld, and that it was Anubis the Goa'uld who returned, taking human form, like a residual self-image.

Rigas · Answer

I would assume, that when the Goa'Uld ascended and turned into energy the host was either destroyed or just left "empty" to die shortly afterwards without the symbiote to sustain it.

What happened to Anubis's host?

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