 Quick Facts:
- Daughter to Gul Dukat
- Held prisoner by the Breen
for six years before being rescued by Dukat and Major Kira
Nerys
- Fell in love with Elim
Garak, enemy of Dukat
- Her Bajoran mother, Tora
Naprem, was killed in a Breen attack
Complete Bios:
FROM
STARTREK.COM
Born in 2354, the tragic daughter
of Gul Dukat and his late Bajoran mistress, Tora Naprem, was 13
at the time when Dukat saw the end of Bajor's occupation coming
and arranged for them to live on Lisseppia.
When their transport, the Ravinok,
was downed on Dozaria by Breen pirates, her mother died and she
spent six years as a slave miner until her liberation by Kira
and her father.
Ironically, Dukat had wanted to kill her rather than lose face
amid his family-oriented culture and she survived only after
Kira's protests -- a fact Ziyal never knew. She became her
father's only comfort during the ensuing scandal and his fall
from power, ready to join his crusade as an independent anti-Klingon
marauder until Kira again interceded and convinced them to let
her live on the safer Deep Space Nine.
Ziyal was dismayed at the ongoing rift between her father and
Kira but angered them both when she began an affair with Elim
Garak, whom they both mistrusted.
When DS9 was abandoned to the new Cardassian-Dominion alliance,
Ziyal went to study art at Bajor's university, but her blind
trust in her father made her an unwitting pawn in his misguided
romantic pursuit of Kira.
Dukat's aide, Damar, also grew annoyed at the distraction from
the war she became for Dukat and finally killed her in
frustration in 2374 as his mentor threatened to stay behind for
her as DS9 was being recaptured.
Her death led to a nervous breakdown by Dukat, who was captured,
and Kira and Garak retrieved her paintings as a final memory.
First
Seen: "Indiscretion"
Current Status: Diseased ("Sacrifice of Angels")
|
