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Worf (Michael Dorn)
The first Klingon Warrior to serve in the Federation Starfleet and an influential
figure in Klingon politics ("Encounter at Farpoint" TNG).
Childhood and Family
Worf, son of Mogh, was born on the Klingon Homeworld in 2340. As a young
child, Worf accompanied his parents to the Khitomer outpost in 2346. Worf
was orphaned that year later in the brutal Khitomer massacre, a Romulan attack
which killed 4,000 Klingons were killed. Worf was rescued by Sergey Rozhenko,
a human crewmember serving aboard the U.S.S. Intrepid. Sergey and his wife,
Helena Rohzenko, adopted Worf and raised him as their own son, because it
was believed that Worf had no remaining family left on the Klingon Homeworld
("Sind of the Father" TNG).
With his new family on the farm world of Gault ("Heart of Glory" TNG) and
later on Earth, Worf found it difficult to fit into the alien world of humans
and was a bit of a hellraiser ("Family" TNG). Worf was raised along with
an adoptive brother Nikolai Rozhenko, the biological son of the Rozhenko's
("Homeward" TNG). Nikolai entered Starfleet Academy at the same time as Worf
, but later dropped out because he found Starfleet not to his liking ("Heart
of Glory" TNG).
Worf's hobbies include the building of ancient Klingon ocean sailing vessels
in a bottle, considered difficult handiwork ("PEak Performance" TNG).
Worf's adoptive parents remained close to him over the years, and made it
a point to visit with him when the Enterprise-D was docked at Earth Station
McKinley for repairs ("Family" TNG).
Worf had a son, Alexander Rozhenko, in 2367, with Ambassador K'Ehleyr, with
whom he had been romantically involved. When K'Ehleyr was murdered by Klingon
high council members Duras, Alexander returned to Earth to be cared for by
Sergey and Helena ("Reunion" TNG).
For some reason, Worf's experiences on Earth never included drinking prune
juice. When given a taste of it by Guinan in 2365, Worf pronounced it "a
warrior's drink" ("Yesterdays Enterprise" TNG).
The first Klingon in Starfleet
Following his graduation from Starfleet Academy in 2361, Worf held the rank
of Lieutenant, junior grade, and served as flight control officer (conn)
aboard the Enterprise-D ("Encounter at Farpoint" TNG).
(There is a three year period between his graduation
from Starfleet and the start of Star Trek: The Next Generation, that is still
unaccounted for.)
Worf was promoted to acting chief of security and made a full Lieutenant
following the death of Lieutenant Natasha Yar at planet Vegra II in late
2364 ("Skin of Evil" TNG). Worf felt intense guilt when Lieutenant Marla
Aster was accidentally killed on an away mission in 2366, orphaning her son
Jeremy Aster. Worf later took Jeremy into his family through the Klingon
R'uustai, or bonding ceremony ("The Bonding" TNG).
In 2368, Worf's spinal column was shattered in an accident when several cargo
containers collapsed onto him. Worf was left paralyzed, and his prognosis
indicated little hope of a full recovery. In accordance with Klingon tradition,
Worf refused treatment and opted for the Hegh'bat form of ritual suicide.
He was dissuaded from taking his life when Dr. Toby Russell performed a dangerous
experimental surgical procedure called genetronic replication, in which a
new spinal column was generated to replace the damaged organ. The surgery
was successful, in part because Klingon physiology includes redundancy for
nearly all vital bodily functions ("Ethics" TNG).
Worf once investigated a claim that his father had not died at Khitomer,
but instead was being held prisoner at a secret Romulan prison camp in the
Carraya System. Although the report was false, Worf did find a prison camp
where survivors of the Khitomer were being held. At the camp, Worf fell in
love with a half Romulan, half Klingon woman named Ba'el. Worf led some of
the prisoners to freedom, but the majority (including Ba'el) chose to remain,
regarding the Carraya prison as their home ("Birthright" TNG).
In Klingon politics
Worf was thrust into high-level Klingon politics in 2366 when he discovered
that he had a biological brother named Kurn. The Klingon High Council had
ruled that their father, Mogh, had committed treason at Khitomer. Worf and
Kurn challenged this judgment, but found the High Council unwilling to hear
evidence that the politically powerful Duras family had falsified the charges
against Mogh. Although Worf was willing to die to in the challenge protect
his family honor, he eventually chose to accept humiliating discommendation
rather then allow his brother to be killed ("Sins of the Father" TNG). Worf
later killed Duras for having murdered K'Ehleyr ("Reunion" TNG).
In 2369, Worf experienced a crisis of faith, and requested a leave of absence
to visit the Klingon monastery on Boreth. While meditating to invoke the
spirit of Kahless the Unforgettable, Worf met a very real vision of Kahless.
It was discovered that this Kahless was in fact a clone of the original,
created by the clerics of Boreth. At Worf;s suggestion, and with the support
of the High Council leader Gowron, the new Kahless was installed as the
ceremonial Emperor of the Klingon people in 2369 ("Rightful Heir" TNG).
Worf's first appearance was in "Encounter at Farpoint" (TNG). The character
was conceived by Gene Roddenberry and Bob Justman, who wanted a Klingon on
the bridge as a reminder to the audience that today's enemies can become
tomorrow's friends. Although Worf was originally intended to be little more
than a costumed extra with elaborate makeup, he has since grown into one
of the most complex and interesting of Star Trek characters.
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