High Gul

The High Gul was a Cardassian male who lived during the 23rd and 24th centuries. As leader of the Crescent Order, the High Gul was held in very high regard by Cardassians.

During a military campaign, the High Gul and 3,000 of his best soliders were put into stasis, with the intent that they would be brought out of stasis at a certain point to bring the Cardassian people to victory. However a young man named Fransu stole the body of the High Gul and several of his closest soldiers, and killed the remainder of the troops. Fransu hid the bodies for many years, eventually burying the bodies in a vacuum sealed compartment on Terok Nor as the station was under construction.

In 2371, the crew of Deep Space Nine, as Terok Nor was called after the Cardassian withdrawal discovered the Cardassian bodies. When Garak was brought in to advise the senior staff, he immediately recognized the High Gul, and snuck back into the compartment later to revive the High Gul and his aides.

The High Gul and his aides attempted to take control of Deep Space Nine. At the same time Fransu, by now a Gul himself, realized that the High Gul was awake, and proceeded to attack Deep Space Nine in an attempt to kill the High Gul.

After Captain Benjamin Sisko and the High Gul joined forces to defeat Fransu, the High Gul realized that his time had passed, and that his return to Cardassia would be disastrous to the Cardassian people. The High Gul committed suicide with a hand phaser. (DS9 novel Station Rage).