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In the PC game ''[[Star Trek: Armada]]'', Worf retrieved the sword from interstellar space in order to unite the empire against the forces of [[Toral, son of Duras|Toral]].
 
In the PC game ''[[Star Trek: Armada]]'', Worf retrieved the sword from interstellar space in order to unite the empire against the forces of [[Toral, son of Duras|Toral]].
   
In [[J.G. Hertzler]]'s ''[[The Left Hand of Destiny]]'' novels, the sword was retrieved by Chancellor [[Martok]] and used to quell an attempted coup.
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In [[J.G. Hertzler]]'s ''[[The Left Hand of Destiny]]'' novels, [[Ezri Dax]] retrieves the sword on behalf of Chancellor [[Martok]], to quell an attempted coup.
   
 
In the PC Game [[Star Trek Online]], [[Kahless (clone)]] gives [[KDF]] players a replica of the Sword of Kahless after seeing the sword itself.
 
In the PC Game [[Star Trek Online]], [[Kahless (clone)]] gives [[KDF]] players a replica of the Sword of Kahless after seeing the sword itself.
 
   
 
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Sword of Kahless

The Sword of Kahless

For the DS9 episode with a similar title, please see "The Sword of Kahless".

The Sword of Kahless was the first bat'leth, forged by Kahless the Unforgettable around the 1st millennium AD. According to Klingon mythology, Kahless created the sword by dropping a lock of his hair into lava from the Kri'stak volcano, and then cooling the burning lock in the Lake of Lusor and forging it into a blade. (TNG: "Rightful Heir")

Brandishing his newly forged Sword, Kahless slew the hated tyrant Molor, conquered the Fek'Ihri, and created the first Empire. Kahless would later use the Sword to skin the serpent of Xol, to harvest his father's field, and to carve a statue of his beloved, the Lady Lukara.

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Dax, Kor and Worf find the Sword of Kahless

After Kahless's death, the Sword became a revered object among the Klingon people. The Sword was wrapped in a special cloth, the Shroud of the Sword, that was also a revered object. However, both the Sword and the Shroud were stolen about 500 years later by the Hur'q during their invasion and plundering of Qo'noS.

Following the theft of the Sword, numerous fake Shrouds were "discovered" over the years. A Vulcan expedition found the true Shroud among the remains of a Hur'q outpost in the Gamma Quadrant in 2372. Using the data provided by the Vulcans, Dahar master Kor launched a quest to find the Sword itself. He, along with Jadzia Dax and Worf discovered the Sword in the same Hur'q outpost.

However, the enormous symbolism of the Sword became a matter of contention between Worf and Kor, as well as the target of theft by Toral, son of Duras. After realizing that the Sword would only serve to divide the Klingon Empire further rather than reunite it (as the legends foretold), Dax, Worf, and Kor set it adrift in interstellar space. (DS9: "The Sword of Kahless")

Appendices

Background Information

Kohlars Batleth

Kohlar's antique Bat'leth

The only other bat'leth ever seen that almost exactly follows the appearance of the Sword of Kahless (with the extra center tine) was given by Captain Kohlar to B'Elanna Torres in VOY: "Prophecy".

Apocrypha

In the PC game Star Trek: Armada, Worf retrieved the sword from interstellar space in order to unite the empire against the forces of Toral.

In J.G. Hertzler's The Left Hand of Destiny novels, Ezri Dax retrieves the sword on behalf of Chancellor Martok, to quell an attempted coup.

In the PC Game Star Trek Online, Kahless (clone) gives KDF players a replica of the Sword of Kahless after seeing the sword itself.

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