Surak

Surak was a male Vulcan introduced in the original series Star Trek episode "The Savage Curtain".
==History==
Surak was a revered scientist, philosopher, and leader in Vulcan society. Born on Vulcan in the Earth year 279 AD, Surak brought about the Time of Awakening on Vulcan, leading the Vulcans to reject passion and emotion and setting them on the path of logic.
As a child Surak witnesses the violence of Vulcan society that was tearing their world apart. At a young age he witnessed the aftermath of a large battle near the family home in which several Vulcan clans fought to their mutual destruction. As his father was dying he gave Surak the Ko'na'ya, a piece of the Guardian of Forever. The stone gave Surak the dispassion and emotional control that would later become the foundation of his philosophy. A rival General Garamond came and demanded the stone. Seeing how much death and destruction the stone had caused Sarek gave up the stone, which Garamond took. Garamond would later leave Vulcan with those who marched under the raptor's wing.
By 312 AD Surak had dedicated himself to peace and logic. His new outlook caused most of his friends to fall away until a core group remained. This group included T'Klass, Jarok, Nirak, T'Mor, S'task, Sotek, and Vethek. These Vulcans would become leaders in Vulcan society - for example Surak's student T'Klass became one of the first Kolihnar Masters on Vulcan. Sotek became another one of the first Kolihnar Masters, and used his formidable mental training to help neutralize the Vulcan Mind Lords who were opposed to Surak.
During his years of service it was Surak and his closest followers who first suggested the idea of leaving Vulcan, believing that Vulcan was about to destroy itself in war, and leaving would ensure the survival of the Vulcan species. 
Before his death Surak recorded all of his writings in the Kir'shara. Surak died from radiation poisoning around 481 AD that resulted from a nuclear blast set off during one of the last great wars on Vulcan. Afterwards the Vulcans who marched under the raptor's wing left Vulcan and eventually became the Romulan species. At the death of his physical body his katra was transferred into a katric ark.
Surak's katra was rediscovered in 2137 by Syrran. By then due to covert Romulan interference the Vulcans were turning away from Surak's teachings and becoming more warlike again. Syrran took Surak's katra inside his mind and helped estalish the Syrranites - a group of Vulcans working to reestablish Surak's philosophy on Vulcan. When Syrran died in 2154 the katra was transferred into the human Starfleet Captain Jonathan Archer.
Surak told Archer that he did not blame Archer for his dislike of Vulcans, that the Vulcan society he helped establish 2,000 years earlier was not the same one Archer was familiar with. He helped Archer locate the Kir'shara, who brought it back to the Vulcan capital. There the leaders of the Vulcan government realized how corrupt the High Command was. In the fallout the Romulan V'Las was removed from his post as First Minister. The Vulcan High Command was dissolved as the rediscovery of the Kir'shara led to a reformation on Vulcan as the people rededicated themselves to Surak's teachings. After extensive studies the Kir'shara was enshrined at Mount Seleya.
Once Archer had brought the Kir'shara to the High Command an elderly Vulcan priest transferred Surak's katra from Archer into himself. From there the katra went to T'Pau. After her the katra went on to a series of Vulcan priests. Surak's katra was apparently destroyed in 2156 when the priest who had been carrying his katra was assassinated - an act which both T'Pau and Archer felt since they had been in mental communion with Surak. However by some accounts Surak's katra still survived into the 24th century, where his katra still caused volcanic rock statues to glow from inside on the Kolinahr plains of Vulcan. Deciding that the Vulcan people still needed his services, he declined to have his katra released from its katric ark at the Hall of Ancient Thought and scattered.
==Navigation==
 
Category:Star Trek Heroes
Category:Aliens
Category:Male
Category:Wise
Category:Leaders
Category:Lawful Good
Category:Deceased
Category:Presumed Deceased
Category:Paranormal
Category:Doctors and Scientists
Category:Book Heroes
Category:Live Action Heroes
Category:Status Dependent on Version