Why My Blood Boils

Posted on Fri Nov 3rd, 2017 @ 4:50am by Admiral Ke'gak

Mission: S01E02 D-8 With the Devil
Location: Various/Mostly Klingon
Timeline: 2237 - Present

Ke'gak, son of Kevaq, House of Nach, was born in 2212 in the First City of Qo'noS. His father was a great warrior and his house was one of the great houses of the Klingon Empire. He was the youngest of two sons. His older brother, L'cans, and himself were in constant competition with each other, often intentionally pitted against each other by their father. Ke'gak didn't remember his father as a cruel man, but he was hard. The lessons they learned on the receiving end of his father's bat'leth were hard lessons and often painful. If they had been human, Ke'gak's father would have been considered a military man. Even though his father was hard, it was not the Klingon way to be touchy-feely, Ke'gak loved him very much. His father was his hero, the man he admired most in the world. He was often jealous of his older brother simply because he was their father's first heir and Ke'gak didn't want to be second in his father's eyes.

Ke'gak was always just a little smarter than his brother, but L'cans had him beat in brute strength. The fact that he was often able to win with his wits pushed Ke'gak to better himself even though he was not his father's direct heir. It gave Ke'gak ambition to be more. Wits and speed became Ke'gak's backbone for his combat training and when he was of age he was officially trained as a warrior and was placed aboard a vessel. It didn't take him long to battle his way to the top and with Klingon's a battle it was. Even though he ranked high quickly at a younger age for being so smart, he was also brutal enough that first officer's began to get nervous when the got a posting with Ke'gak, Son of Kevaq.

He was 25 (the year was 2237) years old when he met his mate Aewn. She was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. The first time he'd introduced himself she had punched him square in the jaw and knocked a tooth out. He was fortunate that they were both children of powerful houses, or they would have never been allowed to marry. They were quickly bonded. By the time he was 27, he was the father of a newborn son, Jo'vn. His mate was a fierce warrior in her own right and also logged a lot of time aboard Klingon ships. When their son was born it was one of the proudest moments in Ke'gak's life. Unfortunately, it would not end that way. As Jo'vn grew he expressed interest in Engineering, much to his father's displeasure, who wanted him to be a warrior. However, the boy eventually won, taking his place in the Engineering Corps as an apprentice.

Things were going well for Ke'gak and then his world flipped upside down when his older brother was killed during a training exercise. Their father was humiliated that such a dishonorable death could happen to one of his children that he immediately declared Ke'gak his heir and never spoke his older brother's name again. Thrust into the heir apparent position so suddenly really put pressure on Ke'gak to step up his game.

The pressure grew when Ke'gak's father died in 2249. He was killed in one of the first open skirmishes with Starfleet. It was quite a blow for Ke'gak, not only to lose his father, whom he loved and admired, but he suddenly found himself the head of The House of Nach. He was also suddenly given the responsibility of the continuation of that House and they were quickly running out of male heirs. It was all he could do to maintain his House's standing during the war with Starfleet.

The war was also not kind to him. Ke'gak suffered several defeats at the hands of Starfleet. Severely crippling his fleet and their capacity to fully serve the Klingon Empire. He took this as a person affront since several of his losses were at the hands of one Donatella Figueroa. He first encountered her as a first officer and then again as the captain of the USS Musashi. He blamed her personally for most of his losses. Angry as he was about the death of his father it was easy for him to transfer those feelings to someone who had defeated him in battle.

Ke'gak's life wasn't going to get easier either. Three years later, when his son Jo'vn was 15 years old there was an explosion at one of the engineering stations. To this day no one really knows what happened. It was determined that it was an accident and not caused by sabotage. Jo'vn was killed in the explosion. This was a blow to Ke'gak. Even though his son was never the warrior that he wanted him to be, he still loved the boy and Jo'vn was also the only heir to their house. Without the boy Ke'gak had no heir and at his age that wasn't really something he could ignore. Once again, he blamed Starfleet. If there hadn't been a war. If the Engineers hadn't been overworked due to the war effort.

Only one year later after his son's death, his mate Awen was also killed during a confrontation with Starfleet. They had just found out that she was pregnant again as well. For Ke'gak everything was falling apart. He left his regime, convinced that his house was finished and there was nothing he could do about it. His grip on reality began to slip. He joined a crew of marauders and launched a career attacking and pillaging human colonies. Mostly on a personal manhunt for the human woman who had so shamed him. Eventually, the Klingon Empire forced them to disband in the name of keeping the peace, but they did not remove their ability to continue to do what they wanted. With almost all of his house deceased and several of them because of Starfleet, what little grip Ke'gak had on reality started to slip further. He was desperate to come up with a solution to his problem. He had no family and no heir aside from his younger sister and his aging mother.

There was only one loophole. One way to dig himself out of everything that had happened to him. The possibility of a bastard child out there somewhere. Ke'gak didn't exactly declare himself a philanderer in any way, but his days with the raiders made him question. There was a possibility. His house was fortunately one that didn't necessarily care if your heir was a bastard. He had committed many atrocities during his time with the marauders and he had definitely not been above rape. Especially, the rape of one particular Starfleet officer, Donatella Figueroa, while he had held her captive. He would rather see the human woman dead and roasting on a spit, but if there was any chance he had to take it. Not that it would stop him from also looking for a willing Klingon woman, but the thought of potentially robbing Figueroa of her child like she had robbed him of his family was a satisfying feelings.

Of course, some of his way of thinking was completely flawed, but Ke'gak was beyond caring. His heart was filled with revenge and a little bit of self-preservation.

~End