Winn Adami Winn Adami was an ambitious Bajoran religious leader and the first kai of Bajor elected after the Cardassian Occupation . A member of a frequently outspoken orthodox order , Winn was steadfastly rooted in her faith even as she proved a shamelessly arrogant and treacherous opportunist . In that regard , she often came into conflict with the Emissary of the Prophets , Benjamin Sisko , who she considered an outsider unworthy of receiving the wisdom of the Prophet s . After years of living in Sisko ' s shadow , however , and a lifetime of never receiving any guidance and affirmation from the Prophets who she had served and sworn allegiance to all her life , she eventually turned against them . However , she realized her error and died trying to undo it . Religious career . Cardassian Occupation . During the Occupation , Winn was imprisoned for five years for teaching the faith of the Prophets . She received numerous beatings at the hands of the Cardassian s for her beliefs . Winn resented the belief held by some members of the Bajoran Resistance that they alone had saved Bajor , since she had faced as much danger and suffering as they , but she did not have weapons to protect her . ( ) As a ranjen , Winn once convinced the head of her order to take a more active role in helping the Bajoran people . He allowed her to remove gemstones from their tabernacle , with which she used to bribe Cardassian officers for small acts of kindness . One of these officers was Prenar , whom she paid to divert a transport filled with Bajorans due to be executed . ( ) Vedek Winn . By the time Bajor regained its independence in 2369 , Winn was one of the more influential vedek s in the Vedek Assembly . She had some support to succeed Kai Opaka after the latter disappeared in the Gamma Quadrant , although Winn ' s rival and fellow vedek Bareil Antos was favored for the position . Winn believed the Federation presence on Bajor posed a dire threat to the Bajorans – that the people of the Federation were " without a soul " and existed in a " universe of darkness . " She also disagreed with Kai Opaka on the declaration of Benjamin Sisko , a " non - believer , " as the Emissary . Winn traveled to space station Deep Space 9 seven months after Starfleet assumed control of the station , apparently to protest the " blasphemous " teaching of scientific principles in a school newly opened by Keiko O ' Brien . Winn called for a Bajoran boycott of the school until Keiko changed her curriculum . This led to an increase in anti - Federation sentiment throughout the station , culminating in the bombing of the school room . It was suspected that Winn ' s true plan was to lure Vedek Bareil to Deep Space 9 to calm the crisis , so that Neela could assassinate him . The assassination failed , but despite Major Kira Nerys ' suspicions , no link between Neela and Winn could ever be established . ( ) Shortly thereafter , Winn secretly lent her support to Minister Jaro Essa and the Alliance for Global Unity ( or " the Circle " ) in their attempt to topple the Bajoran Provisional Government and force the Federation from Bajor . Winn agreed to bless Jaro ' s ascendance to power , in return for his assurance that she would be made the next kai . However , she turned on Jaro when evidence emerged that the Circle was being indirectly supplied by the Cardassians . ( ) With the election for kai approaching in late 2370 , Winn was in danger of losing the election to Bareil . She learned of circumstantial evidence from Kubus Oak , a collaborator with the Cardassians , that Bareil , not Prylar Bek , was the traitor responsible for the Kendra Valley Massacre . Winn granted Kubus sanctuary on Bajor , so that she could use his testimony against Bareil . After Major Kira Nerys stopped her ship to prevent Kubus from leaving , Winn requested that Kira investigate the circumstances of the massacre . Convinced of Bareil ' s innocence , Kira readily agreed . Kira discovered that it was Kai Opaka who gave the Cardassians information leading to the massacre , as she sacrificed the lives of forty - three Resistance fighters to save more than a thousand civilian lives in the Kendra Valley . Bareil was committed to protecting Opaka ' s name despite his own innocence , and withdrew his candidacy , merely days before the election . With her ascension to kai assured , Winn saw no more need to pursue the issue or even learn what Kira had found . ( ) Kai Winn . Winn was appointed to kai on Bajor , in late 2370 . Some of her first acts as kai were advising Kira , " " In time , you will learn I am not your enemy , " " and indirectly postponing an appearance with Commander Sisko in front of the Vedek Assembly . Bareil accepted Winn ' s victory as " the will of the Prophets " and privately predicted to Kira , " " [ Winn will lead us ] down paths she cannot possibly imagine . She ' s going to need our help along the way , even if she doesn ' t realize it yet . " " At Kira ' s choosing , she herself and Bareil were among those who paid initial respects to the newly - elected kai . ( ) Following the election , Kai Winn accepted Bareil ' s assistance as her most trusted advisor . At Bareil ' s suggestion , Winn initiated secret negotiations with Legate Turrel of the Cardassian Central Command , to finally establish a peace treaty between their respective peoples . Winn admitted privately that it was Bareil ' s counsel that allowed the negotiations to advance as far as a scheduled face - to - face meeting with Turrel in 2371 . Unfortunately , an accident aboard their transport severely injured Bareil , threatening to derail the talks . Winn supported Bareil ' s decision to keep himself conscious in order to guide her through the talks , since she knew her diplomatic skills were insufficient to complete the negotiations alone . Winn successfully signed the treaty with Turrel aboard Deep Space 9 , but Bareil died of his injuries soon after . ( ) Winn used his death to publically claim that she herself had been the primary party responsible for the treaty , ' defending ' her proclamations to those aware of the truth by arguing that Bareil was a humble man who would not have sought to take credit for the treaty if he had lived . Later that year , Kai Winn was appointed first minister " pro tempore " after the death of previous First Minister Kalem Apren . With the elections a month away and no other candidates to oppose her , it seemed as though Winn would become both Bajor ' s spiritual and political leader . However , Winn hoped to gain public favor by initiating a project to grow cash crops in Rakantha Province . To do so , she ordered a group of farmer s in Dahkur Province to immediately return soil reclamator s which had been leased to them by the government six months before . Most of the farmers were former members of the Shakaar resistance cell , and were led by their former leader , Shakaar Edon . Shakaar refused to return the reclamators , stating that he and his comrades had been promised access to the equipment for a full year and that the devices were needed to de - toxify the soil in Dahkur . Winn assigned Major Kira , who had once served under Shakaar , to bring back the equipment . Although Kira recommended that Winn meet with Shakaar to negotiate , Winn instead sent Bajoran Militia units to arrest Shakaar and bring back the reclamators by force . Kira helped Shakaar to escape and rally his former Resistance members in the Dahkur Hills . Undeterred , Winn ordered more civic police into the province to apprehend them . For two weeks , Shakaar and his group eluded the civic police in the mountains , all the while gaining popular support . Winn was forced to declare martial law and suspend local government in the Hill Provinces to keep order . Despite the risk of civil war , Winn was convinced anarchy would follow if Shakaar was allowed to defy the law , and that the Prophets were testing her with the crisis . Finally , Shakaar ' s group confronted their pursuers in Tanis Canyon and reached an agreement . Shakaar entered himself as a candidate for First Minister , and the Militia agreed to stand down until after the election . Realizing Shakaar ' s popularity , Winn decided to cut her losses and issue a statement of support for Shakaar . ( ) In 2372 , Kai Winn supported the appointment of Akorem Laan as the new Emissary , since he shared many of her conservative religious and social views . ( ) The following year , she returned to Deep Space 9 for a ceremony that was to signify Bajor ' s admittance to the Federation , shortly before Sisko discovered the lost city of B ' hala . Sisko ' s accomplishment finally convinced Winn that he was the true Emissary , and she attempted to reconcile with him . During her visit , she helped Sisko advance his pagh ' tem ' far visions with the Orb of Prophecy and Change . Winn disagreed with Jake Sisko ' s decision to stop the visions when they threatened his father ' s life . ( ) As war loomed in late 2373 , Kai Winn was approached by Weyoun with a nonaggression pact between the Dominion and Bajor . Winn was faced with a difficult decision . If she rejected the treaty , Bajor could be the first casualty of the coming war , and if she accepted the treaty , it could constitute the first step to Bajor ' s assimilation into the Dominion . Heeding advice from Sisko to " stall , " Winn eventually passed the treaty to the Chamber of Ministers without a recommendation . ( ) Kai Winn again visited Deep Space 9 , in 2374 , to discuss Sisko ' s removal of an ancient stone tablet from the excavation at B ' hala . She and First Minister Shakaar together submitted a formal request for its return to Bajor ; it was the first time they had agreed on anything . However , Sisko shattered the tablet under the influence of the Prophets , unleashing a Pah - wraith ( or " Kosst Amojan " ) and a Prophet which took possession of Jake Sisko and Kira Nerys respectively , and the Reckoning then began aboard the station . Winn stayed aboard to lead prayer s in support of the Prophets , but she eventually interrupted their battle with Kosst Amojan by flooding the station with chroniton radiation , because she could not tolerate the fact that Sisko ' s faith was stronger than hers – that he was willing to sacrifice himself and his son , Jake , to follow the Prophets ' path . ( ) Betraying the Prophets . In late 2375 , Kai Winn traveled to Deep Space 9 to honor an upcoming wedding between Sisko and Kasidy Yates . There , she had a series of visions which she believed to be from the Prophets , which told her the Emissary had erred and that she was to return him to the proper path . They advised her to expect a " guide , " who emerged to be the farmer Anjohl Tennan , actually Gul Dukat in Bajoran disguise . As Tennan , Dukat insinuated himself as Winn ' s closest advisor and confidante , and the two also became romantically involved . ( ) Winn was horrified to learn her visions had actually been sent by the Pah - wraiths , and more so when Anjohl revealed he was in service of them as well . Winn sent for the Orb of Prophecy to ask the Prophets ' forgiveness . However , when she stood before the orb , nothing happened : she had no vision and was not spoken to by the Prophets . Believing the Prophets had forsaken her for consorting with the Evil Ones and by having strayed from the path for so long , Winn sought Kira ' s counsel on how to again prove herself worthy to them . She knew she had , more often than not , put her own political interests ahead of the spiritual well - being of the Bajoran people and wanted to repent . She claimed she was willing to do anything to earn their forgiveness and Kira assured her it was not too late , that she could still go back to the good graces of the Prophets by setting aside the things that led her astray , such as ambition and jealousy . Though Kira suggested that Winn step down as kai because it was power that had led her astray , Winn balked at this answer , insisting the Bajoran people needed her . Kira left , knowing she had failed to get through to Winn . ( ) Winn eventually confessed to Dukat that the first time she saw the gate to the celestial temple , people all around her were in awe , feeling the love of the Prophets , while she felt nothing and simply forced a smile , because that was expected of her . Disappointed , she remarked that , in fact , the Prophets had never spoken to her , that they had never offered her any guidance nor trusted her with anything , and that she was now expected to step down as kai in order to be blessed by them ; that was the last straw for Winn , who – after this epiphany – resolved that she would no longer serve gods who gave her nothing in return for her faith and sacrifices , and who favored an alien Emissary over her . She was willing to walk the path the Pah - wraiths had laid out for her . ( ) Anjohl told Winn their mission was to free the Pah - wraiths from the Fire Caves , thus bringing about the Restoration of Bajor . With her authority as kai , Winn was the only person on Bajor who had access to the " Book of the Kosst Amojan " . Winn intentionally stabbed her long - time attendant , Solbor , after he discovered Dukat ' s true identity and that she and Dukat were working together . When Solbor ' s blood dripped onto the blank pages of the " Book " , its secrets were revealed to her . Despite her hatred of Dukat , Winn continued their alliance . However , she tried to teach him a lesson of humility , sending him away to beg on the streets of Bajor . ( ) Unleashing the Pah - wraiths . Winn eventually learned how to release the Pah - wraiths . Since the ritual required a blood sacrifice , she waited for the return of Dukat . Some days after she had put him out on the street , Winn entered the Fire Caves with him . There , she summoned the fiery Pah - wraiths . ( ) A short time later , Winn joyfully hurled her ceremonial robe into the flames , unclasped her hair , and gave Dukat a celebratory kiss . She thereafter poisoned him , though , and offered him to the Pah - wraiths . ( ) Winn was violently declined by the Pah - wraiths ; she was thrown against a rock wall by them . ( ) Winn was shocked and severely disappointed to see that the Pah - wraiths favored Dukat as their new Emissary , taking possession of his body . After Sisko arrived and the restored Dukat attacked him , Winn , realizing what she had done , tried to destroy the " Book " but Dukat took it back by making the book suddenly disappear from out of Winn ' s hands . ( ) In response , Winn urgently implored to Captain Sisko , whom she finally acknowledged as the true Emissary of the Prophets , an instruction to destroy the book . She was killed by Dukat , who engulfed her in flames . ( ) Appendices . Memorable quotes . " " Those of you who were in the Resistance , you ' re all the same . You think you ' re the only ones who fought the Cardassians , that you saved Bajor single - handedly . Perhaps you forget , Major , the Cardassians arrested any Bajoran found to be teaching the word of the Prophets . I was in a Cardassian prison camp for five years , and I can remember each and every beating I suffered . And while you had your weapons to protect you , all I had was my faith . . . and my courage . Walk with the Prophets , child . . . I know I will . " " " " I rid myself of the Prophets and shed a lifetime of hypocrisy . " " Background information . Winn was played by actress Louise Fletcher . According to the script for , the pronunciation of Winn was " WIN " . Before Louise Fletcher was cast as Winn , DS9 Producer Robert Hewitt Wolfe had a very different notion of who would be playing the part . " " My archetype was , " " Wolfe related . " " I wanted someone you just love and when you look at them , you think what a nice , trustworthy person they are and underneath , they ' re a rotten , scheming , selfish person . " " ( ) Originally , the producers of invited Louise Fletcher to portray Winn . " " They just asked me to play this outrageous part , and I thought it was this one - time thing , " " Fletcher recalled . ( " Captains ' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages " , p . 61 ) She elaborated , " " The producers more or less just parachuted me in . They gave me a thumb nail sketch [ or , in other words , a rough description ] of Winn . " " ( ) Fletcher immediately accepted the role . " " I figured if Whoopi Goldberg could do it , why not ? " " she reasoned . " " It might be fun [ . . . ] And I loved the idea of playing a ruthless and ambitious religious leader . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 27 , No . 4 / 5 , p . 99 ) Although the actress wasn ' t very familiar with the show or her part in it when she first took it , she was soon clued into these aspects . " " By the first episode , " " Fletcher recalled , " " I was pretty clear what kind of character she was going to be [ . . . ] < nowiki > [ < / nowiki > Quark actor ] Armin Shimerman , who is a friend of mine , filled me in on the history of the programme [ . . . ] as well as who ' s in the show . " " ( ) Fletcher apparently based her portrayal of Winn on someone she had personally known . David Weddle recalled Fletcher alluding to this when he met her ( during production on " The Reckoning " ) ; " " She talked about drawing upon that character from somebody she knew in childhood . She had her own Kai Winn , according to what she was saying . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 30 , No . 9 / 10 , p . 59 ) As it turned out , Fletcher enjoyed making her first appearances as Winn , in DS9 Season 1 finale followed by a second - season - opening three - parter . " " It was great , " " she noted . ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 27 , No . 4 / 5 , p . 101 ) After first establishing the role of Winn , the DS9 staff writers kept requesting for Louise Fletcher to return to DS9 . " " They kept coming back and asking me to do more . As it turned out , I was available most of the time , " " she recalled . ( " Captains ' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages " , p . 61 ) Fletcher also said , " " I think every now and then they like to do a storyline about this religious leader who comes into their affairs and messes everything up , causing a lot of problems . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 27 , No . 4 / 5 , pp . 100 - 101 ) The writers didn ' t , though , reveal inside details exclusively to Fletcher . " " I would love to see what Winn ' s daily schedule is like and what her life is like , " " the actress gushed . " " I never know . The [ producers ] never tell me , so I ' m in the dark . They just call me , send me the script and I ' m like a very obedient child . " " ( ) Having make - up , hairstyling , and costuming applied to her so she could play Winn was easy for Louise Fletcher , who stated , " " I have an elaborate hairdo and I ' m in there [ at Paramount studios ] quite a while . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 27 , No . 4 / 5 , p . 101 ) The character ' s appearance was so elaborate that Fletcher laughed , " " The costume , the hair , the whole bit was big , big , bigger than life . " " As a result of the extensive preparations , Fletcher sought some way to reduce her durations in the DS9 make - up chair . ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 27 , No . 4 / 5 , p . 101 ) She explained , " " When I was just a Vedek I didn ' t have to worry about my hair , only my make - up . . . I just had it under a hood . " " Because the hat Winn wore as a kai exposed some of her hair , Fletcher ' s visits to the makeup chair took longer as a kai than it did as a vedek , with the kai ' s makeup and hair taking approximately two hours to be applied to her , each time . ( ) Fletcher stated , " " The costumes were wonderful . All her boudoir stuff was fun , with the hair down . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 32 , Nos . 4 / 5 , p . 69 ) Louise Fletcher found remembering the words spoken by Winn was " not easy . " She explained , " " It ' s a lot of language and it ' s almost classical . I don ' t want to say Shakespearean , but [ Winn ] does have the tragic flaw of ambition and pride . " " ( " Captains ' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages " , p . 61 ) Louise Fletcher thoroughly enjoyed the way playing Winn gave her a chance to over - act . ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 27 , No . 4 / 5 , p . 100 ) " " It ' s fun to play that high drama , " " she noted . ( " Captains ' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages " , p . 61 ) The actress elaborated , " " The thing I love about doing this part is it ' s just sort of permissible over - acting . But that ' s over - acting not in a negative way , it ' s just sort of operatic , and everybody can be big , because it ' s a big environment , and the emotions are big . It ' s just like that black and white thing , the good and the evil and the power . It ' s sort of like the seven deadly sins . How do you act those in a small way ? " " ( Hidden File 04 , DS9 Season 7 DVD special features ) The DS9 writing staff enjoyed teasing audience expectations concerning Winn Adami . " " We like to allow the audience to hate [ . . . ] Winn , and then give her a speech that is basically just for Kira and the audience [ that contradicts their expectations ] , " " stated Ira Behr . " " It ' s a perverse thing to do . " " By changing the character in such a way , the writers tried to increase the realism of the part . " " The kai is a really important character on the show and she ' s not one - note , " " said Hans Beimler . " " She ' s complicated , multifaceted . That ' s because one of the things that Ira always has emphasized with us is to make the characters three - dimensional . " " ( " " , p . 406 ) In her performances as Winn , Louise Fletcher approached the role from the viewpoint that Winn was truly evil . " " Winn ' s definitely not a sympathetic character , " " the actress opined . " " She ' s the kind of person you love to hate . That ' s what I ' m striving to achieve . " " In addition , Fletcher identified Winn as a pathological liar , perverting the will of the Prophets and twisting their words to suit her own goals . " " Winn is always defining her role as the spiritual mandate from the Prophets , but in fact she is just wildly ambitious [ . . . ] [ As kai , ] Winn expects blind obedience to whatever she says , because it is the will of the Prophets . It ' s like having a direct line to God [ . . . ] Winn ' s always saying , ' walk with the Prophets ' , ' go with the Prophets ' , ' may the Prophets look down upon you ' , or ' this is the will of the Prophets ' , and she is the one that is talking to them . " " ( ) Fletcher also stated , " " I think Kai Winn just basically has a resentment for anyone else who has power . She wants to be the be - all end - all of power , and the fact that the Prophets , that she became interested in the Prophets and her basic belief structure , which we find out toward the end has all been hypocrisy anyway , she never really believed , it was all just lip - service and appearance . But what she was basically interested in was just having that power for herself . " " ( Hidden File 04 , DS9 Season 7 DVD special features ) The DS9 audience was never entirely sure what Winn was thinking . Analyzing Winn ' s psychology , Fletcher contemplated , " " I think , like most power - mad people , she just lost touch with reality . We are in denial , most of us , most of the time , and she is no exception . She had this tragic flaw of ambition and wanting power , and she let herself be fooled . I think that certainly she was spiritually lost . In fact , from some dialogue , she never really was spiritually based , and felt that she had lived a hypocrisy all her adult life . When people said that the Prophets spoke to them , or they felt the spiritual value of these Prophets , she just pretended that she did , because that was sort of the thing that was expected . It ' s just like a politician who doesn ' t really believe in civil rights , but who says he does . He has to say he does to get elected . But basically [ . . . ] he [ personally ] thinks a different way . She has tremendous pride , false pride , and ambition . Whatever ends justify the means . She believes that . I think somewhere in her she felt convinced there was a spirituality that she wanted and hadn ' t connected with . She saw proof of that by other people [ . . . ] I found her very [ sanctimonious ] [ . . . ] You just sense that there is no depth there . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 32 , Nos . 4 / 5 , p . 68 ) Louise Fletcher found Winn to be an extremely funny character . Playing the role , Fletcher occasionally felt like she had to laugh out loud . " " I did crack up a few times , uncontrollably , " " she admitted . " " Sometimes I just had to laugh [ . . . ] I never did hold them up too much [ in their production schedule ] , but sometimes I did crack up . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 32 , Nos . 4 / 5 , pp . 68 & 69 ) An idea regarding Winn and her treatment by Bajorans was , at one point , proposed by Louise Fletcher . " " I suggested at one point that little children should run in front of her dropping rose petals , you know , that she ' d become so power mad , like , you know , just out of control power mad , " " the actress explained . " " They didn ' t like that suggestion for some reason . " " ( Hidden File 04 , DS9 Season 7 DVD special features ) Nonetheless , Louise Fletcher believed Winn was similar to various humans in reality . In a interview , Fletcher noted about Winn , " " She wanted power and she was ambitious . She was sort of a Margaret Thatcher in space , or , as I used to say , I was the in space . People would say , ' Oh , you ' re doing " Star Trek " . Who are you playing ? ' I ' d say , ' Think the Pope in space , except she ' s like an ancient Pope , from the old days when Popes were ruthless and powerful and exerted their powers and fought wars and did all kinds of naughty things . " " In another interview , Fletcher likewise joked , " " I ' m the David Koresh of space . Maybe that ' s too horrible . I think I ' d rather be the pope . Kiss my ring . " " ( " Captains ' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages " , p . 75 ) Fletcher not only thought of Winn as " a kind of archbishop who was elected to Pope , " but also " sort of like Jean Kirkpatrick or William Bennet under the Reagan administration . " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 27 , No . 4 / 5 , p . 99 ) Since the DS9 writing staff didn ' t plan the show ' s last installments at the start of the seventh and final season , the writers occasionally asked each other , with some uncertainty , about what they wanted to do with Winn . Nonetheless , Ira Behr believed Winn had " never been better " than in a series - ending DS9 story arc . " " I mean , Louise Fletcher just kicked ass in that last arc , " " he remarked . ( " " , pp . 591 & 696 ) Winn was highly approved of by several members of the DS9 production staff . " " Don ' t you just hate Kai Winn ? " " Robert Hewitt Wolfe rhetorically asked . " " She ' s just another member of our beloved dysfunctional family . " " ( " Captains ' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages " , p . 97 ) David Weddle agreed , " " Kai Winn is a woman you love to hate . What a great villain . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 30 , No . 9 / 10 , p . 59 ) " " It was interesting to have her there , " " Director Winrich Kolbe commented about Louise Fletcher . " " This has nothing to do with her personality , but what she comes up with is the banality of evil . She doesn ' t go around gritting her teeth and chomping at the bit . The evil is underneath . She ' s a very normal evil person . " " ( " Captains ' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages " , p . 75 ) Director and Worf actor Michael Dorn noted , " " Louise Fletcher , I like working with her . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 32 , Nos . 4 / 5 , p . 93 ) Jeffrey Combs offered , " " She ' s just very gracious and very friendly , I mean as the character , and certainly as a person . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 29 , Nos . 6 / 7 , pp . 60 - 61 ) Damar actor Casey Biggs similarly referred to Kai Winn as a " great " recurring character . ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 32 , Nos . 4 / 5 , p . 78 ) Fletcher herself accepted with amusement the recognition that came with appearing as one of " Star Trek " s guest stars . Members of her family liked her in the role . Her children , who were " Star Trek " fans , believed it was all a lot of fun . Her brother , a former minister , thought it was " the cat ' s pyjamas . " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 27 , No . 4 / 5 , p . 101 ) Louise Fletcher herself was delighted to have played Winn , only one part of which was related to her enjoyment of portraying the character ' s " permissable passion . " Though she never watched the installments , Fletcher raved , " " I loved the whole thing . I wish it were still going . But [ . . . ] I just did it once in awhile , and that was exhausting [ . . . ] It ' s been a lot of fun , I loved playing this character . I just really had a good time . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 32 , Nos . 4 / 5 , p . 69 ) Winn had remarkable relationships with various other DS9 characters . Observed Louise Fletcher , " " Sisko just tolerates her , and she is very resentful of the fact that he has this communion with the Prophets that she doesn ' t have , and yet , he respects her in certain ways , and he treats her with deference , and she likes that , she insists on that , and they had a nice sparring relationship over the years . " " ( Hidden File 04 , DS9 Season 7 DVD special features ) Fletcher was very amused by Winn ' s envy of Sisko ' s connection to the Prophets , of which the actress said , " " I found that hysterically funny . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 32 , Nos . 4 / 5 , p . 68 ) Regarding a different relationship , Fletcher clarified , " " I don ' t think I have anything against [ Kira ] personally . It ' s just that she is a cog in my wheel [ by repeatedly defying Winn ] [ . . . ] Winn knows that Kira understands what Winn is up to , but Winn has the power to do whatever she wants . " " ( ) Recalling her own acting with Nana Visitor , Fletcher chuckled , " " We had great fun , a great relationship . I loved [ . . . ] all her [ Winn ' s ] condescending attitude [ towards Kira ] . " " Fletcher also enjoyed performing scenes in which Winn interacted with Dukat . " " They were great fun , " " she noted . ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 32 , Nos . 4 / 5 , p . 68 ) Apocrypha . Kai Winn makes a brief appearance in the first book of the " Deep Space Nine " trilogy " " , condescendingly telling Sisko that the Red Orbs of Jalbador are nothing more than a child ' s fairy tale , but warning Sisko that bringing the three Orbs together would bring the apocalypse . When the three Orbs were brought together in Quark ' s Bar , a new Celestial Temple opened inside of Quark ' s , ripping Deep Space 9 apart from the inside . Kai Winn escaped the destruction of the station but was later hanged for heresy , after the Pah - wraiths became the accepted gods of the Bajorans , with Weyoun as their kai . The entire alternate timeline was undone , thanks to the crew of Deep Space 9 . Winn ' s mirror universe counterpart appeared in the novels " The Soul Key " and " Rise Like Lions " . The former depicts her as one of the leaders of the Bajoran dissident movement against the Klingon - Cardassian Alliance as well as Jaro ' s wife , whereas in the latter , she is depicted as a vedek serving under Kai Opaka in 2378 . In the video game " " , Kai Winn makes several non - speaking appearances on the Promenade between missions .