Koloth Koloth was among the most legendary warriors , heroic military leaders and adept negotiators in the Klingon Empire during the late 23rd and early 24th centuries . He also had a son . As a product of 22nd century genetic engineering , Koloth was descended from Klingon s afflicted with the Augment virus created in 2154 . By the 24th century , he seemed to have been cured or cosmetically altered . ( ; ; ) Koloth ' s status within the Empire was revered to the extent that he achieved the status of a Klingon " Dahar " Master . His glory further succeeded him , after his death in 2370 , when he earned his own statue among the Hall of Heroes on Qo ' noS . ( ) Military career . Much of Koloth ' s early career is unknown . However , by the 2260s , he had achieved the rank of captain and was assigned as commander of battle cruiser . ( ) In 2268 , the " Gr ' oth " was on a six - month mission , assigned to patrol the border of the Klingon Neutral Zone . Around stardate 4523 . 3 , Koloth ordered the " Gr ' oth " to stop at the Federation Deep Space Station K - 7 to claim shore leave rights . Shore leave was accepted but , shortly thereafter , a brawl between his crew – precipitated by his first officer , Korax – and a group of Starfleet officers broke out on the station . Koloth demanded that Captain Kirk issue a formal apology and assume full responsibility for the " persecution " of Klingon nationals in the quadrant . Kirk , however , refused , citing a recently discovered Klingon plot to poison a shipment of grain destined for Sherman ' s Planet . ( ; ) In 2269 , Koloth captained the , while he pursued a Federation scoutship piloted by Cyrano Jones , a Federation citizen who was responsible for causing ecological sabotage to a Klingon planet and stealing a Klingon glommer . Koloth encountered and attacked the , under Kirk ' s command , in order to retrieve Jones and the glommer . ( ) Koloth later greatly regretted not ever getting the chance to meet Kirk in battle . ( ) Koloth , Kor , and Kang , who originally set out with forty legions , together held the Korma Pass against T ' nag ' s army in a glorious battle in a trinary star system . The three warriors forced the enemy to fight with the blinding light of three sun s in their eyes . The battle ended with the mountainside covered with so many dead that there was not a square meter of ground to be seen . They together feasted on T ' nag ' s heart , in celebration of their victory . ( ) In 2289 , Koloth represented the Klingon Empire in negotiations at the Korvat colony with the Federation . Koloth had little use for the Federation , and his implacable demeanor towards their top ambassador , Curzon Dax , earned him the nickname " d ' akturak " or " ice - man " . No matter how reasonable the proposal , or how much it favored the Klingon Empire , Koloth was never satisfied . ( ) During the late - 2280s , a band of depredators , led by the Albino , began raiding Klingon colonies . Three Klingon warships , led by Kor , Koloth , and Kang , were sent out to stop him . Their mission was successful in capturing most of the depredators but the Albino was able to escape . In the Albino ' s last message to the Klingons , he promised to take his revenge on the firstborn of each of the three captains . Within a few years , he kept his word and managed to infect the warriors ' three innocent children with a genetic virus that eventually killed them . ( ) The blood oath . In 2290 , Kor , Kang , Koloth , and Curzon Dax pledged a blood oath to avenge the deaths of the sons of the three Klingon captains , the offense committed by the Albino . They nearly caught him at Galdonterre , but one of their subspace messages was intercepted and he , once again , was able to escape . After decades of searching , Kang learned , in 2370 , that the Albino was on the planet Secarus IV . Kang traveled there and discovered his compound . The Albino knew immediately of his arrival and invited the trio to a " fair fight " and one last glorious battle . Kang contacted both Kor and Koloth for a rendezvous on Deep Space 9 , in preparation of their final attempt to complete their lifelong quest . Three months later , Kor , Koloth , and Kang , with the aid of Jadzia Dax , prepared their attack on the Albino ' s compound , only to discover that it was a trap . Using the element of surprise , they bombarded the compound with tetryon particles , forcing the Albino and his sentries into face - to - face , hand - to - hand combat . Koloth was fatally wounded , fighting the Albino ' s personal guard . Following a fierce duel , Kang was able to slay the Albino ( held at bay by Dax ) , before he died as well . Having fulfilled their blood oath , both Kang and Koloth died glorious and honorable deaths . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Originally , Koloth was supposed to be an ongoing role , as a foil for Kirk in many episodes of . Early in the making of " Star Trek " , Gene Coon – producer on the first two seasons of TOS – devised the concept of the recurring Klingon nemesis , with actor William Campbell in mind . However , it was decided that , since Campbell ' s first season character of Trelane was so memorable , his return would be delayed until the second season . ( " # 138 , p . 34 ) When David Gerrold wrote the script for " The Trouble with Tribbles " , he did not spell out , in the episode ' s dialogue , the notion of Koloth as a regular foe . ( " # 128 ) In fact , the installment ' s main Klingon character was initially intended to be played by Tige Andrews , though the episode couldn ' t be worked into his schedule . ( " The Star Trek Interview Book " , p . 195 ) William Campbell was then offered the part by Gene Coon . " " It was almost a year to the month [ after guest - starring as Trelane in ] that he called me about playing Koloth , " " detailed Campbell , who immediately accepted the role . ( ) Roughly eighteen months following his stint as Trelane , Campbell received another call from Coon about the possibility of featuring in half a season , beginning with " The Trouble with Tribbles " . Campbell later clarified , " " The reason for doing that show was not for doing ' The Trouble with Tribbles ' – it was just a job . Gene said , ' Bill , it ' s not Trelayne , but we ' re starting to run out of stories . We may have to do what they did with Buck Rogers and take this Captain Koloth and make him the prime adversary . " " ( " " # 128 ) William Campbell subsequently attended a meeting about the character . " " When I walked into the meeting , " " the actor stated , " " they asked me what my conception of Captain Koloth was . ' Well , let me put it this way : I would never let anyone else hurt Kirk because I ' ve got to hurt him – in fact , I ' ll never kill him because I want to make the suffering long . ' They said , ' That ' s exactly what we want . " " ( ' # 128 ) Campbell further related , " " I recall Gene [ Coon ] asking what I would do with the part . I said I wanted to play something like Flagg and Queeg from the old movie serials – always at each other ' s throats , but if someone beat up one of us , the other would rush to his aid , saying , ' No one ' s gonna beat him up but me ! " " Coon was delighted with the concept they discussed . Happy to continue in the part , Campbell signed a deal with him for a total of thirteen episodes . ( ' # 138 , p . 34 ) " " I said I ' d love it , " " Campbell noted . ( ) Forging ahead with the plan of using Koloth as a recurring villain , William Campbell worked out some details with William Shatner which influenced the on - screen depiction of the Klingon character ' s familiarity with Kirk ( and vice versa ) . Said Campbell , " " Gene [ Coon ] thought it was an element that had to be there whether it was referred to in the future or not . " " ( " " # 128 ) As it turned out , William Campbell found that depicting Koloth required " just coming in for a brief moment . " ( ) The idea of continuing the character as a recurring presence was lost due to a changeover of producer in the third season , as the departure of Gene Coon lead to the arrival of Fred Freiberger , who had his own ideas about how to carry on the series . ( ' # 138 , p . 34 ) The plans to bring Koloth back on a recurring basis were obviously even more shattered by the cancellation of TOS . ( ) In hindsight , Campbell speculated , " " What was great about the Koloth character was that I was the only one [ of the Klingon - playing actors from TOS ] who could possibly be a counterpart to Bill Shatner [ . . . ] My character age - wise and personality - wise would have been the Klingon equivalent to Captain Kirk . " " ( ) More specifically , Campbell envisioned that Koloth would have matched Kirk ' s charisma , strength and " sex appeal , " he laughed . " " I ' m taking license here . " " ( ' # 138 , p . 34 ) Campbell regarded the degree of similarity between Koloth and Kirk as a stroke of good luck and " the reason that Gene Coon asked " if he would be in thirteen episodes . ( ) Concluded the actor , " " Had they been continuing , I would have been signed for 13 episodes as Koloth and I would have liked to do that [ . . . ] I think Roddenberry zigged when he should have zagged . He never should have allowed the Kirk and Koloth thing to die there . " " ( " " # 128 ) Koloth was not only portrayed by William Campbell ; the character was also voiced by James Doohan in , Koloth ' s singular appearance in . The script for that installment introduces Koloth by describing him as a " polite Nazi bastard . " When it came time to cast , William Campbell was harder to find than Kor actor John Colicos and Kang actor Michael Ansara . As a fan of Campbell ' s movie work from the 1950s , Ira Steven Behr was considerably annoyed that nobody even seemed to know who Campbell was . Eventually , official " Star Trek " historian Richard Arnold tracked Campbell down , thanks to the actor ' s participation in various " Star Trek " benefit events . ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 25 , No 6 / Vol . 26 , No . 1 ) Campbell was once again eager to accept the part . " " I didn ' t hesitate for a second [ . . . ] I realized it would be to my advantage , not from a financial standpoint , although that comes into the equation , but to do something current for the fans . It gave me a whole new bunch of stories to tell [ at conventions ] . " " ( ) Because the DS9 writing staff naturally had no foresight – during the making of " Blood Oath " – that they would later write , they chose to have Koloth killed by the end of " Blood Oath " , a fact which later prevented the writers from featuring the Klingon in a 24th - century plot thread in " Trials and Tribble - ations " . This idea instead was ultimately written around the character of Arne Darvin . ( " " ) Koloth was immediately popular , both with fans and the creative team of TOS . ( " " # 138 , p . 34 ) Joseph Pevney said of William Campbell ' s take on the character , " " He was very good . " " ( " The Star Trek Interview Book " , p . 195 ) Gowron actor Robert O ' Reilly reckoned , " " I guess Bill Campbell was my favorite Klingon . " " ( ) Campbell himself was taken by surprise by Koloth ' s longevity , conceding , " " I never in my life thought that the " Star Trek " fans were going to remember Koloth . " " ( ) In Marc Okrand ' s " tlhIngan Hol " language , Koloth ' s name is qolotlh . ( " The Klingon Dictionary " 2nd ed . , p . 58 ) According to the script for " Blood Oath " , his name was pronounced as " KO - loth " . Apocrypha . The novel " Rules of Engagement " reveals his full name to be Koloth vestai - Lasshar . The RPG module " The Dixie Gambit " calls him Koloth zantai - Rahanz . The novel " Forged in Fire " detailed the friendship of Kor , Koloth , Kang , and Curzon Dax , and the start of their blood feud with the Albino . In the short story , " The Unhappy Ones " , Kor , Koloth and Kang were sent to Beta Thoridar to settle a dispute between the smooth - headed " QuchHa " ' Klingons and the ridged " HemQuch " Klingons . The " Koloth " - class is a playable Klingon cruiser in the video game " " , and a Bird - of - Prey class in " Star Trek Online " .