The Sword of Kahless

   

The Sword of Kahless

For the legendarybat'leth featured in this episode, seeSword of Kahless.

The Sword of Kahless is an episode ofStar Trek: Deep Space Nine. It was directed byLeVar Burton and written byHans Beimler^MA. The episode aired in 1995.

Worf, Dax and Kor search for the legendary Sword of Kahless, but must face Toral of the House of Duras, as well as Worf and Kor's ambitions over the Sword.

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Characters[]

Julian Bashir •Jadzia Dax •Kira Nerys •Kor, son of Rynar •Kroval •Miles O'Brien •Odo •Quark •Benjamin Sisko •Soto •Toral, son of Duras •Worf, son of Mogh

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Gowron, son of M'Rel •Kahless the Unforgettable •Kahless (clone) •Kang, son of K'naiah •Kanjis •James T. Kirk •Koloth •Mogh, son of Worf •Molor •T'nag

Locations[]

Bajoran wormhole •Deep Space 9 •Gamma Quadrant •Habitat ring •Operations center •Promenade •Quark's

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Cardassia •Earth •Hall of Heroes •Korma Pass •No'Mat •Organia •Qo'noS •Romulus •Torna IV •Vulcan

Starships[]

USSRio Grande (Danube-class)

Races and cultures[]

Bajoran •Cardassian •Changeling •Ferengi •Human •Klingon •Lethean •Trill

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Fek'lhri •Hur'q •Vulcan

States and Organizations[]

Bajoran Militia •House of Duras •House of Kor •Klingon Empire •Starfleet •United Federation of Planets

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Clerics of Boreth •Fek'Ihri •Klingon High Council

Other references[]

bakrinium •bat'leth •Battle of Organia •bloodwine •clone •cloning •Dahar Master •Degebian mountain goat •d'k tahg •DNA •Emperor of the Klingon Empire •Emperor's Crown •Great House •heart •hemorrhage •hologram •Klingon ambassador to Vulcan •Klingon-Cardassian War •Klingonese •lava •mek'leth •pahtak •phaser •qapla' •razor •Right of Vengeance •Sabak's armor •Serpent of Xol •Sto-vo-kor •strategic operations officer •Sword of Kahless •Torch of G'boj •tricorder •Yridian brandy

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Background information[]

• A cut or unfilmed scene saw Kor dreaming about Kang's ship, whose name was given as theIKSK'tanco.Howard Weinstein used the name in theoriginal seriesMere AnarchyeBookThe Blood-Dimmed Tide.

Related stories[]

• TheFirst Cadrecadets searched for the Sword of Kahless in theSAcomic: "MangHom qaD".
• In theSTvideo game:Armada, Toral claims to have found the Sword of Kahless, although Worf retrieves the true sword to prove Toral wrong.
• TheDS9 -The Left Hand of Destinynovels:Book One,Book Two reveal that Worf, Dax and Kor brought the Sword of Kahless back to Klingon space before transporting into space, to make sure the person to find it was a Klingon. In the second novel, Worf andEzri Dax find the Sword and bring it toBoreth forMartok to yield. Also inThe Left Hand of Destiny novels,Gothmara uses Klingons altered with Hur'q DNA.

Cast[]

• Avery Brooks asBenjamin Sisko
• Nana Visitor asKira Nerys
• Rene Auberjonois asOdo
• Alexander Siddig asJulian Bashir
• Terry Farrell asJadzia Dax
• Armin Shimerman asQuark
• Michael Dorn as Worf

External links[]

• "The Sword of Kahless" article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.
• The Sword of Kahless article atWikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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