Rite of Ascension

The Rite of Ascension was a Klingon ritual that was taken for a child to be, symbolically, a warrior.

History and specifics

After ten years, the Second Rite of Ascension needs to take place in order to accept the adult Klingon as a warrior. It involved the continuous use of painsticks to test the Klingon warriors endurance and resolve. (TNG episode: "The Icarus Factor")

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Appendices

References

• TNG episode: "The Icarus Factor"

External link

• Rite of Ascension article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.