Martok, son of Urthog

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Biography
Martok, Son of Urthog

Full Name:	Martok, Son of Urthog
Species:	Klingon
Gender:	Male
Born:	24th century
Affiliation:	Klingon Empire
Family
Parents:	Father: Urthog
Marital Status:	Widowed
Spouse(s):	Sirella, Daughter of Linkasa (Deceased)
Children:	Drex (Deceased) Shen (Deceased) Lazhna(Deceased) Morjod (Deceased)
Career
Previous Assignment:	Commander of the Klingon Defense Force Contingent, Deep Space Nine
Office Held:	Chancellor of the Klingon High Council
In Office:	2375
Preceded By:	Gowron, Son of M'Rel

For the mirror universe counterpart, see Martok (mirror).

For the Changeling that replaced Martok, see Martok (changeling)

Martok, Son of Urthog, (played by J. G. Hertzler) is a Klingon male and Chancellor of the Klingon High Council. He is also the leader of the House of Martok.

Before his accession to Chancellor, he was a decorated and popular General during the Dominion War. He fought at the Second Battle of Deep Space 9, Operation Return, the First and Second Battles of Chin'toka and at the Battle of Cardassia.

His wife Sirella and his daughters Shen and Lazhna were killed in January 2376 by Gothmara and Morjod's coup d'état. His son Drex once served as first officer on the IKS Gorkon.

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[edit] Early life

Martok was born in the Lowlands of Ketha Province on Qo'noS. (DS9 episodes: "Once More Unto the Breach", "Tacking Into the Wind")

Fifteen generations before him had been warriors, although his father Urthog wanted him to be an officer. Martok managed to find someone to sponsor his entry, although Kor opposed him, destroying Martok's hopes of becoming an officer.

The "Mark of Kor" also held him back from warrior posts and Martok later joined the civilian crew of General ShiVang's flagship. The Romulans attacked that ship soon after and Martok was given a battlefield commission for his effort in fighting them. (DS9 episode: "Once More Unto the Breach")

[edit] Early service to the Empire

To be written (DS9 episode: "Once More Unto the Breach"; DS9 novel: The Left Hand of Destiny)

[edit] Capture by the Dominion and imprisonment

In 2371, Martok was hunting sabre bear on Kang's Summit, when he was captured by the Dominion and taken to Internment Camp 371. A Founder assumed his form and took his position as Gowron's chief of staff. (DS9 episodes: "The Way of the Warrior", "In Purgatory's Shadow")

During his imprisonment, Martok would fight the Jem'Hadar guards who used to for practice for the time they would engage other Klingons in battle. While fighting Ikat'ika, he lost his left eye. (DS9 episode: "By Inferno's Light")

When Worf arrived in the camp in 2373, Martok began to coach him. (DS9 episode: "By Inferno's Light")

[edit] Dominion War

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[edit] 2373

After the "Second Battle of Deep Space Nine", Martok would participate in several early battles during the Dominion War over the next three months with many of them alongside Benjamin Sisko and the USS Defiant. After receiving a minor injury to his left arm during a reconnaissance mission, he beams over with Worf to the Defiant to exchange hellos with the crew and ask for help from Dr. Julian Bashir. However, after hearing the report of the near destruction of the Seventh Fleet, Martok puts off checking into the Defiant's sickbay and instead consults privately with Sisko about what they should all do next. At first, Martok is uneasy when Sisko begins to concoct a long-term plan to re-take Deep Space Nine but is eventually in full agreement with what needs to be done. (Deep Space Nine episodes: "By Inferno's Light", "Soldiers of the Empire, "Favor the Bold", "Sacrifice of Angels")

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[edit] 2375

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[edit] Gothmara's coup d'état

[edit] The San'Tarah incident

[edit] Tezwa

In late 2379, the Tezwan Prime Minister Kinchawn claimed soverignty over the Klingon border colony of QiV'ol. Unknown to Chancellor Martok, Federation President Min Zife had installed six nadion-pulse cannons on the planetary surface for a potential tactical ambush against Dominion forces, a situation that never became necessary. As the weaponry was a clear violation of the Khitomer Accords, President Zife and chief of staff Koll Azernal, via Ambassador Worf, requested that the USS Enterprise and Captain Jean-Luc Picard attempt to negotiate a peaceful outcome, with a Klingon Defense Force fleet acting as military backup, offering the Mirka colonies as a supposedly unrelated gesture.

However, Kinchawn refused to negotiate, and opened fire with the cannons, destroying the Klingon fleet and damaging the Enterprise. Martok swore that revenge must be taken for the 6000 lives lost in the assault, and prepared a second fleet of nearly forty vessels. However, Worf was able to obtain the Fleet Command Codes and delivered them to Captain Picard, who used them to neutralize the Klingon fleet and claim batyay'a - complete control over a conquered foe. Martok realized that it could have only been Worf would could have accessed and delivered the codes, but refused to bring charges against his housemate. (TNG novel: A Time to Kill)

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[edit] 2381

In early 2381, the Borg Collective launched a brutal invasion of the Alpha and Beta quadrants, which the Klingon High Command deemed a purely internal Federation matter, despite Martok's willingness to aid their allies. However, Khitomer fell victim to an attack by a Borg cube, which was successfully defended by the Starfleet vessels USS Arimathea, USS Constant, and USS Ranger, although all three ships were lost. Using sensor data transmitted by governor Talgar and Colonel Nokar of Khitomer City, Martok organized the Great Houses and pledged the support of the Klingon Defense Force. (ST - Destiny novel: Gods of Night)

After the destruction of the fleet at the Azure Nebula, Martok took control of the IKS Sword of Kahless and led a 478 ship fleet in a defense of Qo'noS against a fleet of 294 Borg ships. During the battle, Martok's femur was fractured. After the Borg Collective was liberated by the Caeliar, Martok noted how he was the only chancellor to have the Great Hall destroyed twice. (ST - Destiny novel: Lost Souls)

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Armada
Armada II

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Preceded by:
Gowron

Chancellor of the High Council of the Klingon Empire
2375–????

Succeeded by:
unknown

Chancellors of the High Council of the Klingon Empire
	Mow'ga • M'Rek • Sturka • Kesh • Gorkon, son of Toq • Azetbur, daughter of Gorkon • Kaarg • Ditagh • Kravokh, son of J'Doq • K'mpec • Gowron, son of M'Rel • Martok, son of Urthog