Worf
Worf is an extraterrestrial male television character who features in Star Trek.
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Biography
Worf was a male Klingon born in 2340 on his race's homeworld of Qo'noS where he was the son of Mogh who was the head of one of the Great Houses of the Klingon Empire. When he was five years old, his father took him and his mother to the Khitomer colony where they were accompanied by Worf's ghojmoK Kahlest. (TNG: Sins of the Father) As a child, he was noted to have had a pet t'arg that was kept by the family. (TNG: Where No One Has Gone Before) His father Mogh was note to had taken his son on a ritual hunt alongside a garrison warrior named L'Kor. Worf by this point had not yet reached the Age of Inclusion and was barely able to hold a Bat'leth. During the hunt, Worf was mauled by a beast that left behind a scar and memory which he kept throughout his life. (TNG: Birthright, Part I)
The Rozhenko family eventually moved to Earth, where Sergey frequently took Nikolai and Worf camping in the Ural Mountains. At night, Worf often listened raptly to the sound of wolves howling in the distance. (DS9: Change of Heart)
After Worf returned to Earth, he pondered the meaning of his words and wondered what lay ahead. When he grew old enough, he joined Starfleet, the first Klingon to ever do so. For a time, Worf believed he had fulfilled his destiny this way, though he later wondered if there was not something else yet after recovering the Sword of Kahless in 2372. (DS9: The Sword of Kahless)
During these years of service, Worf's record was marred by a single reprimand, earned when he killed Duras in an honor duel after the latter killed Worf's mate, K'Ehleyr. Killing Duras directly affected the ascension of a new Klingon Chancellor after the death of K'mpec. (TNG: Reunion)
Worf and his security team were the first Starfleet officers in over two centuries to engage Borg drones in combat when two boarded his ship. Worf, along with Commander William T. Riker and Lieutenant Commander Data were the first officers to infiltrate a Borg cube, gathering the first real clues about the true nature of the new threat. (TNG: Q Who)
In 2364, the Enterprise-D rescued three Klingons from a disabled cargo ship, and for the first time in nearly ten years, Worf spent time in the company of (renegade) Klingon warriors. One of the rescued warriors was mortally wounded, and Worf joined in the Klingon death ritual for Kunivas, exposing non-Klingons to the event for the first time. The charismatic Korris tried to enlist Worf in taking the starship, but could not budge the officer's loyalty. In addition, Commander K'Nera also offered Worf a place in the Klingon Defense Forces, but was politely declined. (TNG: Heart of Glory)
In 2366, Worf's brother, Kurn, brought the news that Duras, of the rival House of Duras, had accused Mogh of betraying the Empire by facilitating the Romulan attack on the Khitomer colony. Worf appeared before the Klingon High Council to protest their judgment of guilt, and provided evidence that would have exonerated his father. Chancellor K'mpec dismissed Worf's defense, knowing the true traitor of Khitomer was Duras' father, Ja'rod. Considering the cost of his appeal and revelation of the truth – Duras' powerful clan inciting a civil war, and his intention to kill Kurn – Worf kept his silence and accepted a discommendation that ruined his name throughout the Empire. (TNG: Sins of The Father)
A year later, Chancellor K'mpec was dying, and he asked Picard to serve as the Arbiter of Succession. The event coincided with Worf's reunion with K'Ehleyr, an iconoclastic ambassador and Worf's former lover. K'Ehleyr took this opportunity to introduce their child, Alexander, to Worf. The Sonchi ceremony over the body of K'mpec was interrupted by an attempt to assassinate Gowron. The contenders were offended by the dishonored Worf presenting the result of the Enterprise-D's investigation, but Worf revealed evidence that implicated Duras. Concurrently, K'Ehleyr discovered the truth of Worf's discommendation as well as the scope of the House of Duras' treachery, but Duras confronted and murdered her. The question of succession was ultimately decided by Worf. Exercising his Right of Vengeance, he challenged Duras to a duel, defeating and killing him. The death of Duras allowed Gowron to become the new chancellor. (TNG: Reunion)
Overview
Personality and attributes
As a child, he was known to have had a pet t'arg. (TNG: Where No One Has Gone Before)
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Worf was portrayed by actor Michael Dorn where he made his first appearance in Star Trek: The Next Generation in the episode "Encounter at Farpoint".
In other media
Video games
- In Star Trek: Armada, Worf appeared in the setting of the real-time strategy video game where he was voiced by actor Michael Dorn.
Other
Appearances
- Star Trek: The Next Generation:
- Star Trek: Deep Space 9:
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