He then revealed his true identity, informing Worf that Duras accused their father of betraying the Klingon Empire by helping the Romulans attack Khitomer.

However by then she is shieldless and weaponless, so her commanding officer Lieutenant Commander Worf orders the crew to prepare for ramming speed.

Worf replies “ then he will die ”.

As he is then required to by tradition, Worf starts the Klingon vow of marriage, by shouting " tlhIngan jIH " ( Klingon for " I am a Klingon "), but K ' Ehleyr refuses to take the vow and storms out.

Korris attempts to persuade Worf to come with him and conquer the galaxy as a true Klingon, and then accuses Worf of being weak when he refuses.

They then prepare to destroy the Enterprise-D, but Worf uses his sensor trick again, causing the Kreechta to see a fake Federation starship.

* A scene in this episode has Geordi La Forge strumming a lute ; Worf is behind him, cocking an ear, then suddenly snatches the lute from Geordi's hand and smashes it to pieces, offering only " Sorry " as an explanation.

Claiming right of vengeance, Worf challenges Duras to a duel, and kills him, resulting in Gowron's ascension to the Chancellorship.

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

Worf is a Klingon warrior, who rescues Riker and Kira and kills the Romulan torturers.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Worf tries to convince Martok to challenge Gowron, but he refuses.

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.

) 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.

Several " tall, slim, black actors " auditioned for Worf before Michael Dorn came along, walking into the audition in character and not smiling ( Indeed, Michael Dorn found the seriousness of the role, especially during the audition, at first to be uncomfortable, since he considers himself a comedian at heart ).

Although Worf was raised by humans, he considered himself a Klingon at heart and studied the ways of his people.

Worf avoided romantic attachments with non-Klingons during his first few years on board the Enterprise-D. As Worf explained to both Riker and Guinan, he felt that non-Klingon females would be too fragile, and that he would have to restrain himself too much.

In an alternate future, Worf had been reluctant to become involved with Troi and her subsequent death led to a rift between Riker and himself as a result.

Vulcan's Forge is also mentioned in " Change of Heart ", in which Worf wants himself and Jadzia Dax to honeymoon there, as well as in episodes " The Forge ", " Awakening " and " Kir ' Shara " from Star Trek: Enterprise.

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

After returning from a bat ' leth tournament, Worf finds himself shifting between various realities of existence.

Other major changes occur: Riker is seen as Captain of the Enterprise, the Bajorans become the suppressors of the Cardassians and enemies of the Federation, Wesley Crusher is a lieutenant on the Enterprise, Alyssa Ogawa is the Chief Medical Officer, and Worf finds himself married to Deanna Troi.

Worf safely passes through the fissure, finding himself back in normality with a single Enterprise in front of him.

Commander Riker, obviously hoping to eventually command a starship himself, asks Worf for his impressions.

When Kargan activates it, he finds himself transported aboard the Enterprises bridge and held at bay by Worf.

Worf tells the Romulan that he has biological factors needed by the Romulan to survive, but the Romulan tells him that " he would rather die than be polluted by Klingon filth ".

In a cutaway of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes and Michael Dorn are seen making fun of Worf ( or rather, Worf's cranial ridges ).

Worf is the first Klingon main character to appear in Star Trek, and has appeared in more Star Trek franchise episodes than any other character.

Worf was the only character to be a regular in more than one live-action Star Trek series ( While Miles O ' Brien was featured in both The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, he was not a regular cast member in the former series ).

By late 2374, Worf and Jadzia are married less than a year when they decided to try to have a child despite the extreme difficulties posed by the disparate biologies of Trill and Klingons.

( There is precedent for a Starfleet officer to not wear a regulation uniform, however: Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation only wore regulation uniform during seasons six and seven ( followed by all the movies starring the TNG crew ), while Worf wore a Klingon sash with his uniform throughout his Starfleet career on both U. S. S Enterprises and Deep Space Nine but these series take place in later centuries than Star Trek: Enterprise ).

Dorn has appeared on-screen in more Star Trek episodes and movies as the same character than anyone else: he appeared in 175 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, missing three: " Code of Honor ", " Haven " and " Shades of Gray ," 102 episodes of Deep Space Nine, missing four during his time on the show: " Rocks and Shoals ", " The Magnificent Ferengi ", " Chrysalis " and " Prodigal Daughter " and he also appeared in five Star Trek movies, bringing his total to 281 appearances as Worf.

Saying that the Romulan officer is worth more to them alive than dead, he begs Worf to volunteer for the transfusion.

Rozhenko tells Worf and Picard that he believes offering the Boraalan culture a chance of survival is more important than following the abstract concepts of the Prime Directive.

* This is the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation to feature Klingons other than Lt. Worf.

Wesley, Geordi and Data attempt to determine why Worf seems more agitated than usual, and discover that he is upset over not participating in a key Klingon ritual.

The secondary plot point revolves around Worf who is acting more agitated than usual.