Worf

Worf (wo'rIv in the Klingon language) is a Klingon in the Star Trek fictional universe. This character appears in the television series ' and ' and in movies based upon The Next Generation series. Worf is played by actor Michael Dorn. He is the only character to appear as a regular on more than one Star Trek series, was the first regular Klingon character to appear in Star Trek, and has also appeared in more Star Trek episodes than any other character.

Related Topics:
Klingon language - Klingon - Star Trek - Fictional universe - Television series - Michael Dorn

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As a child, Worf was adopted by a human couple, the Rozhenkos, however he never uses their last name, but prefers to be addressed by the Klingon designation, "Worf, son of Mogh." His son by K'Ehleyr, Alexander Rozhenko, who was raised for a brief time by the Rozhenkos, does use their surname, however. The Rozhenkos raised Worf both in Minsk, and on a small farm colony on the planet Gault, a world of about 20,000 inhabitants, almost all of them humans (DS9, "Let He Who Is Without Sin"). It was during their time on Gault that the 13-year old Worf, captain of his school's soccer team, accidentally killed another boy named Mikel during a championship game by throwing himself at him as the two children went after a ball that flew into the air. This resulted in Worf's head colliding with Mikel's, breaking the boy's neck. Worf would later explain to his fellow Starfleet officer, then-girlfriend and future wife Jadzia Dax in the fifth season episode "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." that up until this event, he was the biggest, strongest and most fearless boy on the planet, uncontrollable, and that he did as he pleased, but that following this event, he was overcome with guilt, and realized that because humans were more fragile than he was, that he must always practice restraint, a sense of caution that not only became a part of who he was, but which prevented him at times from enjoying himself.

Related Topics:
K'Ehleyr - Alexander Rozhenko - Minsk - Starfleet - Jadzia Dax

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One of the emblems on Worf's sash is the crest of the House of Mogh, which he continued to wear even after Klingon Chancellor Gowron stripped the House of its title and properties when Worf refused to join in the Klingon invasion of Cardassia in the DS9 fourth-season premiere "The Way of the Warrior". Following the rapport that formed between Worf and then-General Martok by the end of the fifth season episode "Soldiers of the Empire", however, Martok invited Worf to be a part of his family, and Worf replaced the old crest with the crest of the House of Martok. From this point forward, Worf was regarded as Martok's brother, and as much a member of his family as a biological one.

Related Topics:
Mogh - Gowron - "The Way of the Warrior" - Martok

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Worf is the son of Mogh and the grandson of Colonel Worf. His parents are deceased. Following his excommunication from the Klingon Empire by Chancellor Gowron in "The Way of the Warrior," his brother Kurn's memory was erased, in order to provide with a new identity as a way to escape the dishonor and prescribed ritual suicide that would have resulted from this event. Kurn is currently living with the family of his father's friend Noggra; Kurn now has the identity of Rodek, believing, as Noggra told him, that he is Noggra's son, and lost his memory after being hit by a plasma discharge, as depicted at the end of the fourth-season episode "Sons of Mogh".

Related Topics:
Colonel Worf - Kurn

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In TNG, Worf killed Duras in a duel for killing his mate K'Ehleyr, the only rival to Gowron as Klingon Chancellor. In DS9, Worf killed Gowron in a duel, after challenging the way he was commanding General Martok to make futile troop-losing attacks, because Gowron was afraid of Martok's growing prestige.

Related Topics:
Duras - K'Ehleyr - Gowron

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