Duras Publicly Frames Mogh — Worf's Lineage Condemned
In the Great Hall Duras transforms a judicial hearing into a public spectacle, laying out documentary ‘evidence’ that Mogh betrayed Khitomer and directly implicating Mogh’s surviving son. His speech reframes the crisis as familial treachery and social death, instantly placing Worf under lethal cultural and legal suspicion. As the hall erupts, Captain Picard is forced aside by an urgent com from Riker — a procedural interruption that injects Starfleet pressure and converts Duras’s accusation into a decisive turning point that escalates political stakes and sets the covert investigation in motion.
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Duras dramatically declares Mogh's alleged betrayal to the Klingon High Council, implicating Worf by lineage.
accusatory hostility to collective outrage
['Great Hall']
Duras continues damning testimony with new allegations of Mogh's suspicious activity before the massacre.
reinforced condemnation to mounting tension
['Great Hall']
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Starfleet
Starfleet Officer
primary
Character traits
urgent
disciplined
liaison-focused
authoritative
logistically decisive
diplomatically accountable
institutional
institutionally authoritative
procedural
skeptical
Character traits
duty-driven
duty-bound
prideful
determined
stoic
hawkish
alert
controlled-anger
vigilant
politically vulnerable
decisive
martial
disgraced
procedural
guarded
combative
disciplined
tactical
honor-bound
polarizing
resolute
ancestrally significant
absent
protective
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
What led here
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Causal
"Kurn's revelation of the High Council's accusation against Mogh directly leads to Duras's public declaration of Mogh's alleged betrayal in the Great Hall."
Kurn's Memory — The Seed of the Challenge
S3E17 · Sins of the Father
Key Dialogue
"DURAS: "... The Romulans lowered the outpost shields themselves. They were given the defense access code! The records clearly show the Romulan patrol ships receiving a personal transmission from Mogh just before they lowered the outpost shields. Mogh betrayed us. Four thousand Klingons died on Khitomer... and only the son of Mogh survived.""
"RIKER'S COM VOICE: "Riker to Captain Picard.""
"PICARD: "Stand by.""
"PICARD: "Go ahead, Number One.""