The Sword of Kahless ( episode ) Klingon Dahar Master Kor , Jadzia Dax , and Worf search for the fabled Sword of Kahless on a remote planet in the Gamma Quadrant . Summary . Teaser . " Dahar " master Kor is seated in Quark ' s , regaling a crowd with the story of the glorious battle between Kor , Kang , and Koloth , and the forces of T ' nag . Almost the entire bar is gathered around the old Klingon , except Worf , who huddles uncomfortably at the bar , quietly listening . When Kor finishes , Jadzia Dax notices Worf and invites him to meet her old friend . Worf declines , reminding her that he is considered an outcast by most Klingons , but she insists . Introduced by Jadzia anyway , Kor calls Worf a traitor and a pariah , followed by a long uncomfortable pause – after which he smiles , extends his hand , assures a visibly upset Worf that anyone so disliked at the highest levels of the Klingon Empire is a friend of his . Kor invites Worf on a mission to recover the Sword of Kahless , the mythical , millennia - old weapon of the Klingon Empire ' s first leader – an artifact missing for centuries . A Vulcan geological survey team mining bakrinium discovered evidence of the sword ' s presence without realizing its significance and gifted the Shroud of the Sword to Kor when he was ambassador to Vulcan . Dax , feeling the effects of all the bloodwine she has consumed , decides to check that the shroud is genuine the following morning . She leaves to go to bed , while Kor and Worf continue drinking . When the drunken Kor finally retires to his quarters after first speaking with Worf , he is attacked by a Lethean named Soto , who reads his mind . Act One . The next day , Dax finds Kor passed out following the attack and assumes he is merely hung over . He obviously doesn ' t remember his encounter with the Lethean , but does recount being thrown out of Quark ' s and spending some time in Worf ' s quarters . Turning to the cloth , Jadzia explains that she has verified the authenticity of the Shroud , particularly since it shows evidence of Hur ' q DNA . Kor is ready to go , but she asks him where he got it , first . Later , Captain Sisko is listening to the explanation . Apparently a Vulcan geological survey found it accidentally in ancient ruins on an uncharted planet in the Gamma Quadrant , where it must have been left by the Hur ' q . Hoping to restore Federation / Klingon relations , Sisko allows them the use of the . On the way , Kor stops to make a speech , clearly excited about the journey and feeling fortunate to be accompanied by Dax and Worf . The trip takes several hours , so Kor rests and Worf does exercise , pausing to thank Dax for introducing him to Kor . Kor has a fantastical dream of returning the Sword in the Hall of Heroes to Gowron , where the statues of Kang and Koloth come alive , reuniting with him . Soon , though , the team reaches the planet . Since the Vulcans it mapped out well , Kor knows where to look – an area that once was the Hur ' q Central Museum . However , there is a force field that Dax needs to spend time on to break through . Beaming down , they set up force field destabilizers . They successfully create an interference pattern and the field is gone . Upon arrival in a subterranean vault , the three get into a deserted chamber , but find that all the artifacts hidden there have been removed . Act Two . The three are very disappointed , but Worf , unwilling to give up , discovers another hidden chamber . Hidden by a holographic projection , it has a sensor which seemingly only admits Hur ' q life signs . Using the tricorder to fake them , they enter and finally find the Sword of Kahless . When they exit the chamber , they are confronted by several Klingons led by Toral , son of Duras , who hired the Lethean to attack Kor and learn about their plans to recover the Sword . Worf initially thinks that Toral wants to be the one to bring back the Sword to restore their family ' s seat on the Klingon High Council which they lost a few years earlier , however , he says he can lead the Empire himself . Toral also challenges Worf , mentioning the fact that Worf spared his life . Though outnumbered , Kor , Worf , and Dax brawl their way past Toral ' s group and escape into the caves . Toral ' s ship was jamming their communications with the runabout , though . Worf suggests that they try going to the surface , so Dax has Kor make sure no one follows . After a while , Kor asks Worf about his encounter with Toral . When he learns Worf declined the Right of Vengeance , he has second thoughts about him , even calling him not a real Klingon . He blames him for their current predicament , and Worf retorts that Kor earlier boasted about the mission in public , leading Toral to him . Worf goes onward , and Kor expresses regret bringing him along to Dax . Act Three . As they trek through the caves , Kor grows increasingly bombastic about plans for the Sword and the Empire when they return . Stopping to kill and cook a rat they find , Kor jokingly exaggerates their encounter with it . Worf is not amused , and further objects to Kor ' s use of the Sword to hold the meat . Kor ridicules him , and says Kahless used it to skin the Serpent of Xol . Painting Worf as an idealist , he scoffs at the idea of giving the Emperor the Sword instead of Gowron . He expresses that it would require a true warrior to unite the Klingon people , not someone like Gowron or even the reborn Emperor Kahless . Worf disapprovingly supposes Kor wants to take that role , and Kor says the Empire could do much worse . Dax tries to settle the conversation by moving the group along . Later , Worf decides that it is his destiny , not Kor ' s , to possess the Sword and lead his people . While Kor gets more food , Worf explains his newfound meaning of his vision of Kahless when he was younger to Dax . Dax is caught in the middle , but it also appears that Kor has been listening from around the corner . Act Four . The long journey takes the three of them to an abyss , though there is a ledge they can use to continue . Kor slips and loses his footing , but still gripping the Sword . Worf saves Kor by grabbing the other end . Straining , he tries to convince Kor to let go and land on a ledge below , but Kor refuses , believing Worf is deceiving him . Dax helps pull up Kor and they both look down , seeing the ledge , which is dangerously small . Kor then confronts Worf , saying he tried to kill him . He demands the Sword , but Worf instead raises it against him , and they almost start fighting . Dax holds on to the sword herself as the other two squabble over it . Later , they stop to take a break . Kor and Worf continue to bicker while Dax observes and tries to stop it . She holds the Sword and a phaser even as she sleeps . Act Five . Dax is awakened by the sound of Worf and Kor , ready to fight to the death . They are interrupted when Toral ' s party catches up to the trio and begins another battle . Kor enthusiastically takes the Sword and engages them . Worf is confident in him , as he has the Sword , and joins him . They soon subdue the whole group , however , Worf and Kor turn on each other , and Worf is on the verge of killing Kor when Dax stuns each of them with her phaser . She turns to Toral and forces him to deactivate the jamming signal , then transports the three of them back to the runabout . Later , on board , Worf and Kor realize that the Sword turned the two of them against each other , and will probably divide the Klingon people as well . Worf ponders if they really were meant to find it ; Kor firmly asserts that it was so . . . but sadly notes that they just were not meant to keep it . They make the decision to beam the sword into space , leaving it to destiny to decide when it should be revealed to the Klingon people . Memorable quotes . " " You know what I like about Klingon stories , Commander ? Nothing . Lots of people die , and nobody makes any profit . " " " " Which of us had slain him ? No one could say for certain , so we cut out his heart and all three of us feasted on it together ! " " " " Big heart . " " " " Kor ! I have someone I ' d like you to meet . " " " " Oh ? " " " " I ' d like you to meet our strategic operations officer , Commander Worf . " " " " Ah , Worf the traitor , the pariah , the lowest of the low . ( big pause then a grin ) It ' s a pleasure to meet you . Any enemy of Gowron and the High Council is a friend of mine . " " " " This is a great honor . " " " " No doubt . " " " " Worf is a great admirer of yours . " " " " Yes . Please . ( they sit ) I have heard stories about you since I was a child . Your confrontation with Kirk on Organia , your attack on Romulus , your defense of the Korama Pass . . . " " " " Everything I have done pales in comparison to what I am about to achieve . I am on a quest . A quest for the most revered icon in Klingon history . . . " " " " Damn that Ferengi and his replicated bloodwine ! " " " " A true warrior has no need to exaggerate his feats . " " " " You ' d better hope that I exaggerate , or else when they start singing songs about this quest and come to your verse , it will be " and Worf came along . " " " " " The sword will unite us if it ' s held in the hands of a true Klingon , not a politician like Gowron , or some toothless figurehead like the Emperor . The sword must rest in the hands of someone who has been hardened by battle , pure of heart , who understands loyalty and honor . A warrior like Kang and Koloth . " " " " Someone like you ? " " " " The Empire could do far worse . " " " " Did you see the look on the face of that Klingon that I killed ? It was as if he understood the honor bestowed upon him . The first man in a thousand years to be killed by the Sword of Kahless . " " " " I ' m sure he was very proud . " " Links and references . References . 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