Sirella Lady Sirella , daughter of Linkasa , was Martok ' s wife and of the House of Martok . Sirella was of noble descent , tracing her maternal lineage back to Shenara , daughter of Emperor Reclaw of the Second Dynasty . However , her 23rd maternal grandmother was actually named Karana , a concubine . ( ) Upon her marriage to Martok , she moved into his house . She " accidentally " left the door of the house open , allowing Martok ' s pet targ to escape . Even though she was responsible for the loss of the creature he had had since he was a boy , Martok later told Benjamin Sisko he would " not trade Sirella for all the targs on Qo ' noS . " ( ) Although she was completely different from the woman Martok thought he would marry , his love for her was very deep . She was opposed to Worf joining the house of Martok , but eventually accepted she could do nothing about it . A proud and headstrong woman , Sirella was originally opposed to the marriage between Worf and Jadzia Dax , believing that by allowing alien s to join her house would threaten their identity as Klingon s . Since as mistress she had the duty of approving all marriages into the family , she came to Deep Space 9 to evaluate Dax ' s worthiness . She was greeted affectionately by Martok when she arrived but she was dismissive of this and refused his offer to escort her to Dax ' s quarters . Sirella ' s views led her to set Dax ' s standards impossibly high , eventually causing a clash between them and to her canceling the wedding . Dax eventually begged her forgiveness , changing Sirella ' s mind about her . Sirella later performed the wedding ceremony . When the ceremony ended Dax bowed to Sirella and addressed her as " my lady " and the two women embraced ending their conflict . ( ) In 2375 , Sirella sent Martok several cases of bloodwine . They were purloined by Nog as part of a business deal , though Nog was able to appease Martok with fifteen cases of a 2309 vintage , superior to the ones Sirella had sent . ( ) Ezri recalled Sirella ' s words at the wedding after Worf disappeared in the Badlands later that year . ( ) Appendices . Background information . The casting of Sirella pleased Martok actor J . G . Hertzler . He reminisced , " " When I heard that Shannon Cochran was going to play her , I said , ' Perfect ! ' because she has a Shakespearean background and I knew we could really feed that into the two characters ' relationship . " " Indeed , the portrayal of Sirella ' s relationship with Martok was influenced by the connection between Beatrice and Benedick in Shakespeare ' s " Much Ado About Nothing " . ( " " , p . 504 ) Jadzia Dax actress Terry Farrell was impressed by the portrayal of Sirella in . " " Shannon Cochran [ . . . ] was really good , " " she remarked . ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 30 , No . 9 / 10 , p . 48 ) Ronald D . Moore and Ira Steven Behr thought Sirella ' s ability to make Martok cower was very funny . Behr admitted , " " I thought that Sirella was a " hoot " ! " " J . G . Hertzler felt likewise . ( " " , p . 504 ) Ron Moore was additionally happy with the way Sirella supervised the Klingon wedding ceremony in " You Are Cordially Invited " . " " Sirella really delivered the ceremony with all the dignity and panache I was hoping for , " " Moore related . ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 30 , No . 9 / 10 , p . 44 ) Apocrypha . Sirella appeared in J . G . Hertzler ' s " The Left Hand of Destiny " novels , dying in book 2 which is set in 2376 . Set in 2409 , the computer game " Star Trek Online " depicts Lady Sirella alive and supervising the family estate of the House of Martok in the Ketha lowlands on Qo ' noS . In " Articles of the Federation " , Martok finds Praetor Tal ' aura ' s voice to be similar to Sirella ' s , an in - joke by Keith R . A . DeCandido , as both characters were played by Shannon Cochran .