Worf
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Worf (wo'rIv in the Klingon language) is a Klingon in the Star Trek fictional universe. This character appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and in movies based upon The Next Generation series. Worf is played by actor Michael Dorn.
The character was the first regular Klingon character to appear in Star Trek and has also appeared in more Star Trek episodes than any other character.
As a child, Worf was adopted by a human couple, the Rozhenkos, therefore his legal name is Worf Rozhenko, however he never uses it. His son, Alexander Rozhenko, does however. The Rozhenkos raised Worf first in Minsk (a city in the European Alliance on Earth and was the capital city of the former nation Belarus), then on the small farm planet Gault, a world of about 20,000 inhabitants, almost all of them humans (DS9, "Let He Who Is Without Sin").
Worf's sash is symbolic of being the eldest son of his family.
Worf is the son of Mogh and the grandson of Colonel Worf. His parents are deceased. His brother Kurn's memory was erased, and Kurn is currently living with his father's friend Lorgh.
Timeline of Worf's life
- 2340 (Stardate 17938): Born into the House of Mogh on December 9.
- 2346: His parents die in the Khitomer attack. Worf (age 6) is rescued by Starfleet officer Sergey Rozhenko and is adopted by him and his wife Helena Rozhenko.
- 2357: Worf is the first Klingon to enter Starfleet Academy.
- Late 2350s: Becomes romantically involved with K'Ehleyr.
- 2359: His and K'Ehleyr's son Alexander is born, without his knowledge.
- 2361: Graduated from the academy and is commissioned as Ensign.
- 2364: Assigned to the USS Enterprise-D as relief flight control and tactical officer with the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade.
- 2365 (Between Stardates 41986 and 42073.1): Promoted to Lieutenant and made permanent security chief following the death of Natasha Yar. ("Skin of Evil")
- 2367: K'Ehleyr informed Worf of his son's existence.
- 2367 (Stardate 44995): Resigned from Starfleet to fight with his brother Kurn in the Klingon Civil War. ("Redemption, Part 1")
- 2368 (Stardate 45020): Starfleet commission reactivated, no change in rank. ("Redemption, Part 2")
- 2371: Promoted to Lieutenant Commander and put on detached leave from Enterprise. (Star Trek: Generations)
- 2372 (Stardate 49011.4): Transferred to command division on Deep Space Nine under Captain Benjamin Sisko and is excommunicated by Gowron for refusing to support the Klingon attack on Cardassia. ("The Way of the Warrior")
- Early to mid-2370s: Assigned as first officer of the USS Defiant.
- 2373 (Between Stardates 50712.5 and 50814.2): Joins the House of Martok, bringing honor back to himself. ("Soldiers of the Empire")
- 2374 (Stardate 51247.5): Married to Jadzia Dax on April 1 ("You are Cordially Invited").
- 2375: Jadzia was killed, survived by the Dax symbiote. This ended Worf's marriage.
- 2375 (Shortly after Stardate 52645.7): Becomes the Federation ambassador to Qo'noS. ("What You Leave Behind")
- 2378/2379: Worf has left his ambassadorial duties, joining the Enterprise E's crew as tactical officer during the Nemesis incident.
See also: Timeline of Star Trek