 Quick Facts:
- Former leader of the Ferengi
Alliance, replaced by Rom in 2375
- Has at least one son
- Became lover to Ishka,
mother to Rom and Quark
Complete Bios:
FROM
STARTREK.COM
The former Grand
Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance was at least 100 years old, and
had a mute Hupyrian servant, Maihar'du, constantly at his side.
The epitome of all that his race holds dear, Zek was as rude,
blunt, arrogant, presumptive and greedy as his own wiles and
position will allow. Still, while revered for his business
lobes, in his latter years Zek had scandalously come to depend
for business advice on his new love, Quark and Rom's mother
Ishka, and faced down a Ferengi Commerce Authority inquest in
2373 to keep his job. Zek faked his death in 2369 and named
Quark his successor in order to test the reaction of his son and
heir apparent Krax -- as anticipated, a disappointment.
As a workaholic, he had not had a vacation
in 85 years in 2369. Despite the usual friction in UFP-Ferengi
relations, Zek played a major role in early contact with the
Dominion through his trade contacts with the Dosi and the
Karemma, long before the Federation had information; with that
leverage he was not above asking for a favor in return, such as
the release of his nephew Belongo by Starfleet authorities on
Aldebaran III. Zek shared with Sisko and Dax the distinction of
being one of the few non-Bajorans to experience an orb
encounter, but the short-lived benevolence that resulted in 2371
was so threatening to the modern Ferengi way of life that Quark
confronted the Prophets himself to have him restored. Zek
suffered from ongoing vascular damage to the mucous membranes
caused by his own use of using Hupyrian beetle snuff.
In 2375, Zek decided to retire and spend
his old age on Risa with Ishka, so he came to Deep Space 9 to
name Rom as his successor.
First
Seen: "The Nagus"
Last Seen: "The Dogs of War"
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