Mogh

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Mogh
Species	Klingon
Gender	male
Home planet	Qo'noS
Affiliation	Klingon Empire
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In the Star Trek universe, Mogh was a Klingon, and considered for many years to be the traitor who allowed the Romulans to attack and destroy the Khitomer Outpost.

Mogh named his first son Worf after his father, Colonel Worf, who defended James T. Kirk and Leonard McCoy at their trial for the assassination of Chancellor Gorkon. Mogh named his second son Kurn.

In 2346, Mogh relocated his wife and elder son to Khitomer, while Kurn remained in the care of Lorgh, a family friend.^[1] Mogh, his wife, and 4,000 other Klingon civilians were killed in the attack; only Worf and his nanny, Khalest, survived. In truth, the treacherous Ja'rod, of the House of Duras, gave the Romulans the code for Khitomer's planetary shield. For the next two decades it was not known who betrayed the Klingons.

In 2366 information surfaced that Ja'rod had been responsible for the attack. Because the House of Duras was at that time a politically powerful House, the Klingon High Council felt that to expose Ja'rod as the traitor and thus dishonor the House of Duras would have caused a civil war in the empire. The council manufactured evidence that Mogh had betrayed the Khitomer outpost and ruled that Mogh and his family were traitors. As Chancellor K'mpec pointed out, no one ever thought Worf would even find out about this because he was serving in Starfleet at the time; Worf and Kurn came to challenge the ruling, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Enterprise-D quickly discovered the truth.

When it became obvious that the council was unwilling to expose Ja'rod, Worf accepted discommendation in order to keep the Empire from falling into civil war and to remain alive in order to fight for his family at another time. Until the end of 2367, the House of Mogh was looked down upon in Klingon society. When Worf aided Gowron in his bid for Chancellor of the High Council, Gowron restored the family's honor.

Mogh also appeared in novels and on a card in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Customizable Card Game. The card image was made by way of splicing together images of the character's sons, Worf (Michael Dorn) and Kurn (Tony Todd).

Mogh has never actually appeared in a film or episode, although he has a major role in the Star Trek: The Lost Era novel The Art of the Impossible (by Keith R.A. DeCandido). Mogh is the first officer on board a Klingon starship, the IKS Pu'Bekh (serving under K'mpec, the ship's Captain), and is later seen attempting to expose Ja'rod's treachery at Khitomer - giving his life in the process.