Number | Great House | Image | Name of head of House | Notes |
1 | Antaak | | | The Klingons of this House feature a ridge down their face and chin. |
2 | Chang | | Torlek | No one is the villain in their own story. Even Hitler thought what he was doing was the right thing for Germany. Chang saw the seeking of help from the Federation as a betrayal os the Empire and the end of the Ways of Kahless. He sought to stop this by his own sacrifice: killing Gorkon and anyone else who succeeded his to forward this plan of betrayal. Once this task was done, he would commit the Klingon version of Japanese Seppuku - Mauk-to'Vor - in order to restore honour to his House, despite his own damnation to Grethor. Only the unforeseen destruction by the U.S.S. Excelsior denied his this final move. A Death Message sent to the High Council early in Azetbur's reign would confirm these details, showing Chang's face to his enemies honourably. As a man who was the former Chief of Staff and Gorkon's friend, this is a portrayal of the sacrifice he made. Chang used dishounourable means to achieve an honourable aim; he'd be damned to hell, but the Empire will survive. Torlek is from Klingon Academy (2000) and is the rightful heir to the House. |
3 | D'chok | | | |
4 | D'ghor | | | The bling Klingon House. Dennas in ST: Discovery was a member. They wear jewelry on their heads. |
5 | Duras | | | Identifiable by the crimson uniform attire of the Klingon Imperial Blood, claiming descendance from Kahless' bloodline. These are an honoured House in this time, loyal to the throne. Their power keeps the Koloth-Kruge-Chang axis at bay. Another House I've done a 'Wicked' with to turn expectations upside down, based on them being trusted in 2344. |
6 | Gorkon | ![](azetbur15.jpg) | Azetbur | This is the regal House. In power since 2285, this is the House on the throne. Azetbur has to find her way in season one to discover how badly Praxis damaged the Empire, who her enemies are - both foreign and domestic. She has to discover the practicalities of power as opposed to the theory, and watching secondhand. During the first season, the late General Chang casts a very long shadow across the High Council. Azetbur must learn to contend with this. She ends the first season by realising she must use power to hold the Empire together, or she'll lose the Empire and her life. |
7 | H'vakia | | S'yrekka | Inspired by the line by Alfred in Batman Vs Superman, this is the House where the leader has gone from good to cruel. Surviving her father and elder brother killed by Praxis, S'yrekka has been thrust into being the leader of the House: something she both thought and had been brought up to believe would never happen to her. All of a sudden she has to command the effort against a religious enemy with a zeal to kill Klingons at any cost.Thsi has hardened her into a heartless killer to match their ferocity with her own. |
8 | J'Tal | | Qo'mar | These are the 'Gorn-buster' Klingons. Everything about them is supersize and designed to kill these very large lizards - as now seen in Strange New Worlds. The House has no aspirations to the throne, more than happy to have their own corner of the Empire (that lesser, smaller Klingons couldn't hold anyways). Thinsg go a bit sideways when Waurg challenges Qo'mar to a duel, thinking the new House won't be used to the political corridors of power. Used to slaughtering 9 foot lizards, Qo'mar guts him like a fish and leaves the House of Kesh in a mess. The repercussions of this act will be felt across the High Council, Azetbur will be satisfied at bringing this loyal House into the council will secure her position for a while. |
9 | Kahnrah | ![](kahnrah.jpg) | Kahnrah | From the graphic novel Blood Will Tell, this is the sole survivor of his House, having killed his own granddaughter to get Gorkon's approach to the Federation accepted. The ultimate sacrifice. Upon his death, this House will go extinct. |
10 | Kang | ![](kang.jpg) | Kang | Kang is part of my character profiles on Klingons. After the recent death of his son, a the hands of the Albino, he has given himself over to the rage at the loss. His anger is blinding him to excesses of violence in the quest for vengeance. This threatens to destroy his reputation, his family and his House. He doesn't care, as he doesn't see a future. He now leaves a bodycount on his pursuit of his son's murderer. |
11 | Kesh | ![](waurg.jpg) | Waurg | This House is the previous one to sit on the throne before Gorkon in 2285. Gorkon challenged and defeated Chancellor Kesh, killing him and ascending to the throne. Under the code of honour, the House couldn't seek revenge and could only challenge in the correct manner. This is a House humbled by fate that's still trying to find its feet. Waurg is the heir to the House and sees himself as the rightful heir to the Empire. He lost out to Azetbur for the throne and still wants to find a way to recover the power that his House lost. |
12 | Kihreg | | Kihreg | These are the weaponsmiths to the rich and powerful of the Empire. Their custom-made, bespoke weapons are named. Part of the prestige of having a weapon from this House. Their bladed weapons are highly sought after. Their look is like a blacksmith, with a Klingon mace as their sigil and signature weapon. |
13 | Koloth | ![](koloth.jpg) | Koloth | This is the noble House of the Klingon Empire. Koloth has an air around him of nobility and culture. After being embarrassed by Captain Kirk twice with tribbles, he is no fan of the Federation. Whilst followers of Gorkon line to make peace with their former adversaries, Koloth offers calm advice of caution. Advice that Kruge and Chang had both given, and both are now dead. The death message from Chang showed his intentions to be honourable, despite using dishonourable methods. Koloth is at pains to show this, and to put the brakes on the reforms of Azetbur. Praxis is a Klingon problem, that requires Klingon ways out of it; not the aid of outsiders who will domesticate and tame the Klingon people (which is what ironically happens by 2364...). This is NOT the Koloth from DS9, this is a bitter character who's just lost his firstborn in 2289 at the hands of the Albino. He hates Starfleet after being humiliated by them twice. He's certainly NOT in the mood for reconciliation. |
14 | Konjah | | | With Miles O'Brien disguised as a member of this House in DS9, it's GOT to be the engineerng House. Architects for the warships of the Empire. |
15 | Kor | ![](kor.jpg) | Kor | Another character fleshing out the Klingon architypes. Kor has changed following the murder of his firstborn son. He has sunk into the bottle and become a bitter, cruel drunk. Like the Russians, Klingons have a high incidence of alcoholism. Kor is rarely sober, the drink being his means of dealing with the pain. As when first seen in DS9, Kor is a daily drinkerwho is on the path of self-destruction and doesn't care. A sad end for a Dahar Master. |
16 | Korrd | | Korrd | Korrd was introduced in ST: V The Final Frontier as a disgraced famous Klingon general, who had been unlucky with the Orion pirates and exiled to this diplomatic post on Numbus III as a result. Twenty years later, Korrd has now returned to the High Council rehabilitated after his experience with Sybok. He is trying to find his way again in the corridors of power, after being away for so long. The former famous general is now seen as a relic, holding onto the old ways of his fame, rather than the practical ways ahead for the Empire. He is an advisor to Azetbur. |
17 | Koryak | | | The mining House of the Empire. Disgraced following the explosion of Praxis from overmining, this House is primarily tasked with finding new sources of energy for the Empire. These are the tunnelling moles of the Empire, more squat and capable of seeing in the dark better than other Klingons, they make good night warriors. |
18 | Kozak | | | Later, in DS9 to become the House of Quark. |
19 | Kruge | | | House fallen from grace after the death of rebellious Commander Kruge. Supported by Houses Koloth and Chang, this House has remained in the High Council due to these affiliations. They exposed the duplicitous Project: Genesis that the Federation had secretly developed. The threat of the Federation, then and now, is what binds these Houses in their cause. |
20 | K'toh-maag | | | |
21 | Mo'Kai | ![](highcouncil3.jpg) | Kest | The House of Mo'Kai, introduced in Star Trek: Discovery, is a House of watchers, deceivers and weavers of lies. They have ritual scarification across their heads and bodies. Former Chancellor L'rell was a member of this House. Their skills became what is known as Imperial Intelligence. They have webs of agents, informants and sleepers both within the Empire and without. They are the advisers to the Chanellor and High Council. Their allegiance is strictly to the throne, often acting as a thermometer to the Chancellor as to where loyalties lie. One of their agents, Kron, became Arne Darvin at Deep Space Station D-7. The mission ended in ignomy after Arne was exposed as being Klingon. Since then, the tactics of this House have been more successful. |
22 | Mogh | ![](worf.jpg) | Worf | Made famous in TNG for Worf, and subsequently this Worf, Colonel who defended Kirk and McCoy in ST:VI, are cast as a House of farmers. This is due to agriculture being a major plotpoint in the Excelsior series. The character would have a lot of action and dialogue so it made sense to use a character we already knew. I wanted to do a 'Wicked' and turn thenotion of Worf's House on it's head. Where people expected a mighty warrior House, instead we have farmers who tend crops of gagh - a vital role in the Empire. Colonel Worf was forced to defend Kirk and would have shared his fate if he'd been executed (as was planned). The signature weapon of this House is an axe based on a Klingon farming plough. Based on the planet Khitomer, this House is closely affiliated to the House of Duras in this time - as would later come back to bite them in 2344 when they're framed for betraying the Empire. |
23 | Noggra | | | One of the smaller of the noble Houses of the Empire. |
24 | T'kuvma | | Choroth | House 24 featured in Star Trek: Discovery - a House open to all the waifs, strays and orphans of the Empire. |