After Terran rebels take over Terek Nor, Worf tries to recapture the station but is defeated by the rebels who have a new ship based on the design of the Defiant.

When Worf tries to put in his resignation from Starfleet Sisko refuses to grant it.

Worf is ordered to work with K ' Ehleyr, an assignment Worf immediately tries to get out of citing personal reasons.

Picard and Worf race to Engineering, and Worf tries to reason with Korris who is threatening to destroy the warp core and take the Enterprise with him.

When Dr. Pulaski refuses and insists the disease is contained, Anya transforms into a monstrous form, easily throwing Lt. Worf aside when he tries to intervene.

Recognizing that Gowron was jeopardizing the entire war effort, Worf tried to convince Martok that he should challenge Gowron for the leadership.

Worf managed to convince Gowron to accept Kahless as Emperor.

While on a mission to the Gamma Quadrant, Worf was captured and sent to a prison camp where he met the real General Martok and was reunited with the real Dr. Bashir, who had both been captured and replaced by changelings.

Worf challenged him for command but allowed Martok to win and retain command.

Understanding what Worf had done, Martok thanked him for reminding him of his duty as a soldier and offered him a place in his house as his brother.

Though Worf is initially estranged by his now adult son, and skeptical of his son's desire to serve the Empire, he eventually reconciles with him and his son joins the House of Martok.

When Sisko eventually returned with a fleet of Federation ships to retake the station, Worf and Martok lobbied Gowron to send Klingon ships to join the battle.

After Martok refused, Worf decided to challenge Gowron himself, citing his faulty battle planning, his dishonorable conduct in trying to discredit Martok, and poor strategies at the later stages of the Dominion War.

However, Worf declined in favor of Martok ( DS9: " Tacking Into the Wind ").

During his confinement, Martok came to respect the indomitable character and fighting qualities of Worf.

In the episode " By Inferno's Light ", Martok escapes and returns to the Alpha Quadrant with Elim Garak, Worf, and Julian Bashir, and is made commander of the Klingon forces on Deep Space Nine.

Eventually, a confrontation between Martok and Worf helped rally both the crew's warrior spirit as well as Martok's.

A grateful Martok would later invite Worf ( who had earlier been stripped of his family name by Gowron ) to join Martok's house.

Worf then kills Gowron himself, and rather than accept the title of Chancellor, gives it to Martok (" Tacking Into the Wind ").

Shortly after the end of the war, Martok and Worf leave DS9 for Qo ' noS (" What You Leave Behind ").

It was later revealed by Benjamin Sisko, Worf, Miles O ' Brien and Odo that it was the Klingons themselves who unknowingly had a Changeling in their midst, pretending to be General Martok.

Jadzia would eventually marry Worf and join him as a member of the Klingon House of Martok.

Sisko, Odo, Worf and O ' Brien infiltrate a Klingon ceremony to try to expose him in the follow-up episode " Apocalypse Rising ", but ultimately discover that the changeling is in fact Gowron's top advisor General Martok, who is killed by Gowron's men.

Worf speculates that this is an attempt to discredit his friend General Martok, who is forced to command many of these doomed offensives.

Martok, although he knows that this is indeed Gowron's intention, tells Worf not to involve himself.

) In response, Worf simply removes the comm badge, places it on the table, and informs Gowron that he's now speaking as a member of the House of Martok.

By all rights, Worf is entitled to assume the leadership of the Empire, but he refuses the Chancellorship in favor of Martok.

Hertzler and Jeffrey Lang, May and June 2003 ): Events involving Commander Worf and Chancellor Martok ( co-writer J. G.

The council members wanted him to become Chancellor, but Worf proclaimed Martok the new Chancellor.

En route, Kurn volunteers to be Worf's Cha ' DIch, a second to stand with Worf during the challenge.

Worf challenges this, but is told privately by K ' mpec, the Klingon Chancellor, to drop the challenge and return to the Federation.

The Council only accepted Duras ' charge of treason against Mogh believing that Worf would not challenge it.

Exercising his right of vengeance, Worf fought and killed Duras allowing Duras's opponent Gowron to become chancellor ( TNG: " Reunion ").

Worf believed Gowron was the legitimate ruler and convinced his brother to bring forces loyal to him into battle on Gowron's behalf.

Worf resigned from Starfleet to fight for Gowron and served on his brother's ship.

After the invasion had begun, Gowron traveled to DS9 to ask Worf to join him in battle.

After a year of war between the Federation and the Klingons, Worf joined a team sent to investigate claims that Gowron was a changeling in disguise.

In 2375, Worf became concerned with the leadership of Gowron.

After a brief battle, Worf killed Gowron ; by right he was proclaimed the new chancellor of the Klingon High Council.

Despite this, Gowron journeys to the station, hoping to get Worf to argue on behalf of the Klingons, even though Worf believes Gowron to be wrong.

Gowron angrily warns him that if Worf turns his back on him, he will reinstate the discommendation and that not even Worf's brother Kurn will be spared.

" Gowron spits at Worf, but Worf simply replies, " Except my honor.

Incensed by such a violation of Klingon honor codes, Worf disregards Martok's request and confronts Gowron, who dismisses Worf's accusation and adds that his " child's uniform "-- referring to his Starfleet uniform -- is the only thing saving him from his true fate: a duel to the death ( to wit, his own.

Gowron takes the bait, but after a hard-fought duel, Worf kills Gowron.