Grilka Grilka was a Klingon woman of the House of Grilka in the 24th century Klingon Empire . She was from the Mekro ' vak region on Qo ' noS . She was married to Kozak , though was widowed . Her most trusted adviser was Tumek . History . After Kozak died in Quark ' s in early 2371 , Quark took credit for killing her husband , even though Kozak actually fell onto his own knife . She forced Quark to marry her so she could retain control of her house . Despite Grilka ' s aversion to matters of finance , she allowed Quark to inspect her family ledgers where he discovered that D ' Ghor , Kozak ' s enemy , had been systematically attacking the House of Kozak for five year s in order to weaken it . Quark , in turn , appeared before the council presented a report of his findings . The council quickly grew weary of Quark ' s report ; but heard enough to be certain of D ' Ghor ' s guilt . Such an indirect and deceptive attack was highly dishonor able and Grilka demanded Quark confront the High Council with evidence of D ' Ghor ' s deceit , which was tantamount to challenging D ' Ghor to a duel to the death . Instead of fighting , however , Quark refused to defend himself , declaring that to ' fight ' D ' Ghor might as well be Quark ' s execution . D ' Ghor was all too willing to strike Quark down , and nearly did , but for Gowron ' s well timed interference . Gowron was thus convinced of the accused Klingon ' s guilt and had him discommendated on the spot . With D ' Ghor out of the way , Grilka was granted control of her house by Gowron and the House of Kozak became the House of Grilka . She divorced Quark ( at his request ) on the spot . ( ) In early 2373 , Grilka visited Deep Space 9 again , along with Tumek and Thopok . The recent war with the Federation had been very costly to her house in ships , lands , and warriors . Though she feigned opposition to his request , she allowed Quark another opportunity to help her house by examining their records . This time , however , Quark ' s interest was truly stirred by the " glorious " Grilka . At the same time , Worf , who had been assigned to the station the year before , also took an interest in Grilka . He attempted to pursue her as a mate but Tumek confronted him and advised him it was a waste of time . Worf ' s siding against the Empire during the war had stripped his House of its title and Worf of his honor ; it would be unthinkable for Grilka to mate with him . Upset by his failure , and Tumek ' s insinuation that he could not know anything about pursuing a Klingon woman because he had been raised among Human s , Worf decided to help Quark win Grilka ' s heart . He was successful by tutoring the Ferengi in the traditions of Klingon courtship . Grilka was warmed by Quark ' s efforts , even if she considered him a poor fighter . But Thopok was enraged by the prospect of a Ferengi pursuing a great lady and challenged Quark to a duel . With additional help from Worf , Quark defeated Thopok and Grilka welcomed his advances enthusiastically . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Grilka was played by Mary Kay Adams . Adams commented on the character , " " So many times in Hollywood , or in show business in general , women are not really allowed to be strong . We are tempered . Our power is taken away . Playing the Klingon woman was such a joy because throughout my entire career I have had directors say to me , ' OK , Mary Kay , just pull back a little bit . ' This was the first time I was ever told , ' OK , we need you to be stronger ! ' It was Christmas ! It was such a gift to be able to take it to the hilt and not be self - conscious like you can be in other roles . You ' re worrying , ' Uh - oh , they ' re going to be afraid of me now ! ' If you are a strong woman , you ' re labeled a bitch , or threatening , or difficult , or temperamental , or a whole lot of other things . " " After auditioning for the role of Chalan Aroya in the fourth season finale , Adams was told that Grilka would soon return . L ' Rell actress Mary Chieffo praised the characterization of Grilka , commenting , " " I . . . really loved in " Deep Space Nine " Grilka . I loved her story with Quark and just how she ended up having to – she worked the system , and she was able to become the leader of her own house , which was , you know it is a patriarchal species , and so that was thrilling particularly because I think L ' Rell follows in that vein . " " In fact , the actress named Grilka as her favorite Klingon female character . Chieffo went on to say , " " Grilka is definitely at the top , first of all , because she ' s full Klingon " [ . . . ] " Certainly for me , since L ' Rell is full Klingon , seeing Grilka , I love her story of eventually becoming the leader of her own house . Klingons are so patriarchal , so that was a great way to explore that story , in both episodes that she ' s in . Her relationship with Quark was so fun and wonderful , and she just owned herself in this great way . There ' s something about that I ' ve tried to transfer to L ' Rell , and it ' s that her strength and power don ' t negate her sensuality . Grilka is the one that really always comes to mind . " " Apocrypha . In " Star Trek Online " , Grilka took , a warrior on her ship during the Dominion War , as her mate . J ' nek was killed in action late in the war , but not before Grilka became pregnant with her daughter . Grilka then became romanticly involved with Worf in 2385 , and married him a year later . They had a son , , in 2388 .