House of Mogh

The House of Mogh was one of the Great Houses in the Klingon Empire.
Descended from Klingon nobility, the House of Mogh enjoyed high social and political standing in the Empire for many years. (; )
A female member of the House of Mogh represented the house on the Klingon High Council in 2257. ()
The social status of the house changed in 2366, when false documents were produced which showed that Mogh had betrayed the Empire to the Romulans in the Khitomer Massacre of 2346. (; )
In 2366, after his mother's death, Jeremy Aster went through the r'uustai ceremony and became a member of the House of Mogh. ()
The House of Mogh regained its rightful honor in 2367 due to the assistance of Worf and Kurn, the sons of Mogh, to Gowron's ascendancy to Chancellor of the Klingon High Council. () Kurn gained a seat on the High Council and the House of Mogh rose immensely in stature under Kurn's stewardship. They were feared by their enemies, respected by their friends, and there were even whispers that chancellorship of the Empire itself would pass to a member of the House after Gowron's tenure. ()
This came to an abrupt end when Worf refused to support the Klingon invasion of the Cardassian Union in 2372. In retaliation, Gowron stripped the House of its titles, lands, and military forces. Kurn, who had also opposed the decision to break the Treaty of Alliance with the Federation (but was overruled), was publicly ejected from the Klingon High Council Chamber. With his House having fallen a second time, Kurn fell into a suicidal depression and sought out Worf to end his life honorably in the Mauk-to'Vor ritual. Worf instead had his memory wiped and asked a family friend, Noggra, to take him into his house as a son. Thus the House of Mogh effectively ceased to exist. ()
Worf continued to wear the emblem of the House of Mogh in remembrance of his past until he joined the House of Martok in 2373. Jadzia Dax thought it was a sentimental gesture on Worf's part. ()
Worf's son, Alexander Rozhenko, also joined the House of Martok in 2374. ()
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== Known members ==
* Mogh
** Worf
*** Alexander Rozhenko
** Kurn
** Jeremy Aster
== Appendices ==
=== Background information ===
Commenting on why the House of Mogh was never renamed "House of Worf", Ronald D. Moore stated, "We've never explored the hows and whys regarding the naming of Klingon Houses. The House of Mogh reference was probably something that Worf carried on out of respect for his deceased father. This might be the right of a son – to perpetuate a single name for the House instead of supplanting it with his own." 
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