#house martok

[vesperstardust]

bISeH'eghlaH'be'chugh latlh Dara'laH'be' If you cannot control yourself, you cannot command others. - Klingon proverb

[bedlemboy]

Worf the Spy

Shortly after realizing the position of ambassador and envoy to the Klingon Empire was going to require a tad more subtlety than even he was anticipating; Worf, son of Mogh, Bane of the House of Duras and Slayer of Gowron sent a back channels message to his ex-wife, who passed it along to her husband, who passed it along to his boyfriend, and in short order found himself on Cardassia across a cafe table from Elim Garak.

Garak's anti-surveillance devices are excellent, and Worf refuses to talk about it, so no one knows exactly what was said that caused both to end up in the medical clinic twenty minutes later with six broken bones, three phaser burns and two kinds of poison ingested between them. Garak says they were "practicing."

From their clinic beds, they agree to meet next month, settling on chamomile tea as a reasonable compromise and agreeing to leave their phasers behind.

The next month, its is eleven broken bones, three poisons, two phaser burns and a knife wound. From their clinic beds, Garak gives Worf pointers on concealing weapons from hand-held sensors for next time. Worf grumbles the Garak stabs 'like a Hom Ha'DIbaH.'

Thirty years later, they still meet every month; discussing opera, theater and their mutual loathing of the Third Taylor Swift Renaissance more than spy-craft these days. They have long since moved on from concealed phasers to subspace micro-explosives, sometimes planted up to a month in advance (Garak was very impressed). They've finished their chamomile tea exactly twice.

Worf is basically immune to poisons, and can lie like a Tal Shiar. Garak has several genial contacts in the Klingon Empire (which he has leveraged into a prosperous post-occupation Cardassia), and is a member of House Martok whether he likes it or not.

They are best friends.

Julian still has the scars from the time he pointed that out.

[rosalie-starfall]

"I am Worf, Son of Mogh, House of Martok, Son of Sergey, House of Rozhenko, Bane to the Duras family, Slayer of Gowron. I have made some Chamomile Tea. Do you take sugar?"

[fauvester]

iskra trying to register herself as a member of house fdaxi after her marriage. but the thing is. she's already legally a member of House Martok because martok adopted julian after their stint in prison together. it was meant as an ornamental gesture of friendship (and also 'hey, we fucked a lot back then') but now all of julian's adopted kids are also sort of legally related to the chancellor of Qu'oronos

[r0larens]

!!! PICARD SPOILERS !!!

Live footage of DS9 fans after s3 ep3 of Picard 

TNG dudebros googling “the great link” 

[nudityandnerdery]

What is your Hogwarts house??

Did someone update the "are you a gold star lesbian" ask bot to ask about Hogwarts houses instead?

[dukeofriven]

[usstrekart]

Worf finally has to own up to his failings as a father in "Sons and Daughters" (S06E03, Stardate UNKNOWN) and it hurts to watch at times. It is a long-overdue plot resolution and though feels too quickly resolved, there is meat on the bones. The Kira/Dukat/Ziyal B-story is good for the exploration on DS9.

[bisexualbailorgana]

WORF MAKING CHAMOMILE TEA IM SCREAMING

[wounsims]

worfzia coffee date :)

[autisticbillpotts]

the thing is that odo married lwaxana who is the mother of deanna who is* soh-chlm to alexander who is the child of worf.

so odo and worf r like. ur coworker is ur childs godmothers** stepdad. also ur wifes past life had a paternal relationship with both of urs boss. so jake and alex are like basically step second cousins.

[defendglobe]

worf is really assembling an impressive collection of father figures.

[spockvarietyhour]

The evolution of Worf's Sash

Worf's Baldric has changed a few times over the course of the series he's been on. Here's a quick overview

Season 1

Just straight off of TOS, Soft,cozy, pageanty. Don't know what the symbol might be but Kang and Kor wore the same symbol.

(seems sparklier) It doesn't denote their house, so who knows.

Worf's sash remains unchanged for the entirety of the first season.

Season 2 brings Worf's iconic baldric:

It's made out of bike chains.

sometimes it goes off center and you can see how it's attached:

the next major change comes in Generations

The Symbols on it have changed, I'm guessing so it pops more on screen. The bottom one is the Crest of the House of Mogh. He'll carry it over to DS9:

although I am noticing it is now upside down. but that is how it stays.

It looks like a bug. As it is set this way by the time First Contact rolls around it is also facing the same way

The whole saga of the second and final of the House of Mogh and Worf joining the House of Martok means the crest is replaced with one ripped from his sleeve.

And while Insurrection and Nemesis barely acknowledge and actively fight Worf's time on DS9 he still has his Martok family crest.

Now this would be the end, normally, but Star Trek Picard gave us this

New baldric, probably less heavy. The Crests have changed, somewhat. The Martok family crest's arrow is now much bigger than the claw, so something might have changed in the family? and the top symbol is also differently stylized.

Worf's primary sash is unique throughout Star Trek, we've never seen any other Klingon wear the bicycle chain.

this seems to be the common sash in the KDF.

Finally, a couple of ceremonial sashes:

What's this one on his Ceremonial/Dress sash? maybe a fancy version of the family crest? or both symbols together?

And then sad Worf sash from All Good Things....

Thank you for reading thru Sash Talk.

[girlmartok]

"I am WORF, son of Mogh, House of Martok, son of Sergey, House of Rozhenko, bane to the Duras family, slayer of Gowron."

WORF in Star Trek Picard 3.03

[lucy-moderatz]

Welcome to the House of Martok, my daughter.

[your-fave-is-forklift-certified]

Worf, son of Mogh of the House of Martok from Star Trek is Forklift Certified!