Martok, Gen. Gowron's military chief of staff shows the toughness of his people, having returned from near-death during Dominion imprisonment while being replaced by a Changeling that urged Gowron to war with the Federation over Archanis in 2372-73. He had earlier disagreed with Gowron's retreat from war with the UFP after the DS9 attack when their Cardassian invasion was not only unsupported but opposed, but later was assigned to lead a Klingon contingent there after the Khitomer accords are reinstated in light of the mounting Dominion threat. Martok is a complex man, having had Kaybok of the IKS M'Char executed for disobeying orders. Later, despite Worf's humiliation of his son Drex at their first meeting, Martok later welcomed the 'homeless' and dishonored Worf into his house after the two survived the Dominion prison in 2372. After that episode, during which Martok lost his right eye but refused to commit a Klingon captive's suicide as long as hope remained to escape, Worf helped him regain his lost nerve when he was given command of the IKS Rotarran, a Bird of Prey whose defeatist crew badly needed a morale boost.
