 Quick Facts:
- Replaced his former mentor,
Gul Dukat, as leader of the Cardassian Union toward the end
of the Dominion War
- Murdered Tora Ziyal,
daughter to Dukat
- Lead the Cardassian
revolution against the Dominion
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Cardassian officer who rose
through the ranks from glinn to legate to martyr. Starting out
as Gul Dukat's right-hand man on the freighter Groumall in 2372,
Damar went with Dukat when he commandeered a Klingon
bird-of-prey and began a one-ship offensive during the
Cardassian conflict with the Klingons. After Dukat made a pact
with the Dominion to seize control of the Alpha Quadrant, Glinn
Damar was at his side when the combined Dominion-Cardassian
force recaptured space station Terok Nor (Deep Space 9) from the
Federation in 2373.
During that occupation, Damar discovered a way to disable the
field of self-replicating mines that was blockading the Bajoran
wormhole and keeping Dominion reinforcements from passing
through from the Gamma Quadrant. However, the plan was
complicated by saboteurs on the station and an impending
Federation/Klingon offensive. Damar learned that Dukat's
daughter, Ziyal, had conspired with the saboteurs, and while the
Dominion was evacuating the station, he killed her with a phaser
blast. Ziyal's death caused Dukat to literally go crazy, and the
Cardassian leader failed to evacuate. This allowed Damar to rise
to the top position in the Cardassian Empire. Unlike his
predecessor, he took on the title of Legate.
 Legate Damar was still under the thumb of the Dominion, though,
and while the war against the Federation/Klingon/Romulan
Alliance raged, he grew increasingly depressed and detached,
seeking refuge in the drink kanar. His doubts about Dominion
rule grew stronger when the Founders announced an alliance with
the Breen in 2375, effectively diminishing his own people's
standing in the quadrant. He began to conspire with other
Cardassian military leaders to form a resistance movement
against the Dominion. Dominion forces, however, were able to
overwhelm and destroy all segments of the military that had
sided with Damar, leaving him with a rag-tag band of rebels that
accepted help from the Federation — ironically, in the form of a
Bajoran (Kira), a Shapeshifter (Odo), and an exiled Cardassian (Garak).
Thought dead, Damar and his band stayed undercover and performed
acts of sabotage that aided efforts against the Dominion. When
it became known he was still alive, the Cardassian people saw
him as a hero, and the revolt against the Dominion gained steam.
During the Alliance attack on Cardassia Prime, the Cardassian
forces switched sides in mid-battle and ensured the Dominion's
defeat in space. Meanwhile, on the ground, Damar and his
resistance force invaded Dominion headquarters. Damar was killed
by Jem'Hadar soldiers during this invasion, but the effort was
successful in bringing about the Dominion's surrender. Damar is
now considered a martyr on behalf of Cardassian pride and
freedom.
First
Seen: "Return to Grace"
Current Status: Diseased ("What You Leave Behind")
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