Kahless the Unforgettable

Kahless the Unforgettable was a ancient Klingon warrior first mentioned in the Star Trek original series episode The Savage Curtain.
Living during what was the 9th century on Earth, Kahless was not high born. He became a war chief for the tyrant Molor. He had served Molor well over the years but turned against his master when Molor's son tried to burn the village of M'iiriah and Kahless had killed him to prevent the destruction of the village. He became an outlaw, leading a band of outlaws to the keep of the sympathetic Lord Vathraq. There he met Vathraq's daughter Kellein. The pair fell in love with each other and decided to marry when he returned at the start of the next growing season. While he was away Molor's forces killed Vathraq, Kellein, and everyone else at the keep. 
In grief Kahless ran away and wanted nothing more than to be left alone. His friend Morath followed him and fought with him for six days and nights to convince him to return and lead a revolt against Molor. Morath eventually wore Kahless down and he agreed to return and lead the revolt. The fight would enter Klingon mythology as the pair fighting after Morath had dishonored Kahless by telling a lie, with Kahless eventually killing him. 
Over the coming years many flocked to the banner of Kahless as he fought against the tyrant Molor. After a vision enabled him to win a major battle he had a blacksmith brought to him. Gathering up a number of his opponents swords, he had the blacksmith forge the weapons into a new blade, which Kahless termed the bat'leth, or sword of honor. 
Later on Molor came down with a disease that had spread among the minn'hor beasts. Becoming old and decrepit, his fortress was surrounded by Kahless's forces. Kahless and Morath confronted him and Kahless offered his dagger to the old man so the man could end his own life. Molor attempted to kill Kahless with the knife, but Morath pushed in front and took the blade. Enraged, Kahless decapitated Molor with his bat'leth.
At some point Kahless had met another woman named Lukara, who he would eventually marry and start a family with. Uniting all the various tribes making up the Klingon people, he formed the first Empire and would give his people the laws of honor. He taught the Klingon people with a way of thinking and acting that was honorable. Before his death he promised the Klingon people that he would some day return. Pointing to a star in the skies above Qo'noS, he told the people to look for him there. 
==Legacy==
Over the centuries after his death, Kahless would become a revered and semi-divine figure among Klingons. Many Klingons worshipped him similar to how many humans worshiped the ancient human Jesus Christ. Achieving space flight, the Klingons eventually made their way to the point of light Kahless had pointed to and built a monastery on the world orbiting that point of light, naming the planet Boreth. Followers of Kahless would guide pilgrims, guard the planet's unique time crystals against misuse, and await the return of Kahless. 
In the mid 23rd century, the Klingon fanatic T'Kuvma claimed to be the reincarnation of Kahless as he attempted to reunite the 24 great houses of the Empire. 
The Excalibans once decided to make a study of good and evil and invited the USS Enterprise crew down where they were confronted with several "evil" figures from the past. One of the figures was Kahless, but as the Federation's knowledge of Kahless was limited and quite skewed, this was a warped re-creation with none of the honor of the original Kahless. A few years later Captain Kirk told Koloth about this experience, and Koloth set Kirk straight on who Kahless actually was and how the Klingons viewed the man. 
By the 24th century, the clerics at the monastery decided they could not wait any longer given the current state of the Empire. Taking genetic samples they believed to be from Kahless (but were actually those of Morath), they created a clone of Kahless. They programmed the clone with the teachings of Kahless and other knowledge, including the story of how Kahless had created the bat'leth, which had been kept secret as a means of verifying the veracity of any Klingons who came along claiming to be Kahless. Worf, son of Mogh uncovered the deception, but felt that the clone could still serve as a uniting figure for an Empire that had lost its way over the centuries. He proposed that the clone serve as the ceremonial Emperor of the Empire, a proposal which Chancellor Gowron and the High Council agreed to. 
Before returning to Qo'noS, Emperor Kahless told Worf that the original Kahless had left them with a way of thinking and acting that made them Klingons, and that it did not matter if the original Kahless ever returned. He believed that perhaps the words of the original Kahless were at that point more important than the man. 
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