K'Tal

K'Tal was a male Klingon and the head of the House of K'Tal and the highest-ranking member of the Klingon High Council (second only to the current Klingon Chancellor). K'Tal, despite leading his own House, did not serve any agenda or issues. Instead, K'Tal served the Klingon Empire herself, making him a true Klingon of honour.

K'Tal himself was widely-known and respected by his colleagues, as many who looked upon him sensed that, while others would age and die, K'Tal would endure.

In 2367, following the assassination of Chancellor Km'pec (secretly by Duras, Son of Ja'rod), K'Tal oversaw the ascension of Gowron to power, and later sided with him when Toral, Son of Duras contested his place for leadership, as he believed that the Empire needed strong and experienced leaders to control the Empire, instead of a meagre child.

In 2368, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who had grown a respect for K'Tal and other honorable council members, told B'iJik, Gowron's Junior Adjutant to the Diplomatic Delegation, that he would contact them for the purpose of acquiring a cloak ship for a mission into Romulan space, in exchange he would bestow great political and social standing for whoever would aid them. Gowron relented and offered the services of a Bird-of-Prey.

K'Tal's fate following Gothmara and Morjod's coup de'tat against Martok, Son of Urthog is unknown.

(TNG episode: Redemption, Unification Part 1)