Vala Mal Doran is a thief and con artist, smuggler, former Goa'uld host, and member of SG-1. Having lived most of her life a slave to the symbiote Qetesh, Vala was forced to make a living through pirating and gunrunning, only reforming her ways after a chance encounter with the Earth ship Prometheus. Brash and extremely self-confident, she has proven herself a valuable ally and resourceful adversary, but is often torn between her past and future selves.