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May you encounter Kahless in your dreams!

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May the spirit of Kahless live within you!

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May the spirit of Kahless live within you.

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Worf's bat'telh has been in his family for ten generations. According to Klingon legend, this sword of honor descends from the time of Kahless the Unforgettable.

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Hear now,
All of you here,
Proud warriors of Kronos*

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And greet our Kahless there,
To join him in battle
For eternity.

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We meet our Kahless there,
To join him for eternity,
For eternity.

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Morath, as you failed to kill your prey,
So will Molor fail to conquer his
Kahless, be aware of danger in all forms.

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Kahless, pull your d'k tahg*,
Kill the beasts in this forest,
One a targ, and two who call themselves Klingon.

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One day, brother Kahless,
You will bow for me
As leader of our house.

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One day, brother Kahless,
You will not be laughing,
One day, one day, one day!

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And Kahless dropped his sword
To kill the traitor with bare hands,
Morath felt the end was near.

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And Kahless was alone
Walking along the shore,
His fate heavy on his shoulders.

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Kahless sits at the shores
Of the lake of fire
As an old warrior passes by.

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The old man walks away,
Then dawn lights the surroundings,
Kahless is at the entrance of Gre'thor.

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Kahless enters Gre'thor,
Follows the river of fire
Deep into the Kri'stak volcano.

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No one has ever succeeded
Walking along the banks
In the heart of Kri'stak,

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Kahless finds himself in a cave
Leading to
The world beyond the living.

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Kahless, Kahless, Kahless,
Now forge the bat'leth,
Weapon of pride.

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Go, Kahless, go, go down!
Grip your bat'leth
And let it guide your blood.

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Now Kahless continues,
Armed and ready,
Past the heart of Kri'stak.

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It ends at a cliff,
Leading straight into the core
Of Kronos

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And Kahless fell
For eternity, it seemed,
In never ending darkness.

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Kahless, Kahless, Kahless!
At the gates of Gre'thor,
Here you are.

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Kahless knows by instinct
A fight will not suffice
To enter the land of the dead.

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The lights from the ship
Reflect on his bat'leth,
Soon Kahless will devise a plan.

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Kahless, Kahless, Kahless!
Beware those eyes
For they will kill without a doubt.

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His eyes are blinded for a while,
And Kahless enters Gre'thor
Unharmed and safe.

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Kahless and his kin
Were almost at the gates,
When Fek'lhr came in.

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In his rage, Fek'lhr never saw
Two of Kotar’s souls and Kahless
Enter the barge of the dead.

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Kahless tells his brother and father
to go their separate ways,
And travel the lands.

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To tell them that Kahless asks them
To take up their arms,
And fight against Molor

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To make the Klingon people proud
And self-sufficient once more,
And fight with honor!

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And Kahless traveled to
His beloved Saq'sub,
Over the mountains,

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Then Kahless arrived at his home,
Once built by his father’s own hands,
He found it destroyed and desolate.

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Molor did not destroy Kahless
By burning his house
Or ravaging his lands.

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Instead, by doing so,
Kahless grew mighty and strong,
And it fueled his will to fight.

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Kahless also went out to search
For allies across Kronos,
And told them his tale.

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On the other side of the land,
Kahless traveled the lands
With an equal number of proud Klingons.

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And Kahless spoke to them
In every village and city he went,
Filled with pride and authority,

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About avenging their stolen pride,
About caring for their weapons,
For they represent the purity of their blood.

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After Kahless’s words, they celebrate,
For they may soon die with honor!
For they may soon be victorious!

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Upon reaching the upper world,
No one could speak of anything,
But the deeds of Kahless and his kin.

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But the stories of Kahless,
Proud to be Klingon, and fierce,
Intrigued Kotar despite his rage.

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Gone to do battle with Kahless,
Kahless, Kahless, Kahless,
All he heard was Kahless.

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Still, Kotar cannot let a mortal
Pass his gates and return alive,
Kahless must be hunted down and killed.

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Following the trail of Kahless,
Kotar heads for the city of Qam-Chee*,
Where he plans to kill this mortal.

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Outside Qam-Chee,
Kahless tells his warriors
To go to the Saq'sub.

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He will meet them there
With the last of the warriors,
He hopes to find around Qam-Chee.

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Upon entering the city,
Kahless knows his tale
Has preceded him.

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Lukara! Leave him be,
Can’t you see he is tired?
Kahless, my apologies.

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Then Kahless tells his tale,
The tale that inspired many before them,
And every Klingon in the room falls silent.

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Stories travel faster than a khrun*,
Thus the stories of Kahless
Also reach Molor’s house.

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Frightened by this revolution,
Molor also decides to kill Kahless,
Before the battle can start.

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Molor sends five hundred
Of his warriors to Qam-Chee
To raid the town and kill Kahless.

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Kahless climbs onto the table,
Turns to the people,
And spoke these words.

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Kahless and Lukara,
They fought in the Great Hall
Against Molor’s five hundred.

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Then Kahless’s bat'leth
Pierced the last of them,
Showered with the soldiers’ blood.

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One by one Molor’s scouts return,
He asks them which banner
Kahless marches under.

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Molor is amused,
He climbs a watch tower
To see this Kahless.

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First, Molor taunts Kahless,
Then Kotar comes to Kahless’s tent,
And grabs Kahless by the neck.

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This is what Kotar and Molor
Have said to Kahless
In the hours before battle.

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Kahless, Kahless, Kahless,
You are but a glob fly*!
You sound irritating, but you lack the sting!

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Kahless, Kahless, Kahless,
I will finish what I have started!
You will die well!

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Kotar thinks about this for a while,
Then without a word,
He releases Kahless and walks away.

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Then, Kanjit fell,
Fighting at Kahless’s side,
Killing one enemy while he fell.

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Kahless saw his father go down,
It filled him with pride,
He stood on the battlefield and screamed:

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Many brave warriors fall
By the hand of Kahless,
In his path to Molor.

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Now Kahless and the Qempa'keh,
They reach the base
Of Molor’s guarded tower.

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Kahless looks up and
For the first time the two
Meet eye to eye, and Kahless shouts.

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Be gone with you, Kahless,
Warrior of the slaves,
Leader of evil spirits!

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You have awoken Kahless’s anger,
His muscles filled with rage,
His mind focused and clear.

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Kahless grips you by the throat,
He could rip your heats out at will,
But instead he put you on your feet.

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Kahless slaps Molor
With the back of his hand,
And walks away.

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Kahless and Molor,
The strength of your hearts
Will decide what is to come.

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And they battle, for three hours,
Kahless’s bat'leth sparks,
And Molor’s mighty sword roars.

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In the first hour,
Kahless cut off Molor’s beard,
Molor fought harder, fierce and ashamed.

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In the second hour,
Kahless broke Molor’s sword in half,
Shame turned to fear in Molor’s eyes.

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It was not long, by the third hour,
Before Kahless struck his bat'leth
Right into Molor’s hearts, ripping them out.

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In one single move,
Kahless decided the fate
Of thousands, and those to come.

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Kahless takes Molor’s hearts,
Still beating, to the river Skral,
He sets them free in the crimson water.

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Oh,
Kahless, Kahless, Kahless,
Son of Kanjit,

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And so Kahless slew the tyrant Molor,
And taught the people the ways of honor
By his words and his honorable deeds.

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Kahless united the tribes of Kronos,
And provided them with the laws of honor,
He was crowned emperor of the Klingon Empire.

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The Klingon tribes flourished once more,
And many great victories were made
During Kahless’s reign of wisdom and bravery.

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Then, the time came when Kahless saw
That his work on Kronos was done,
He did not forget Kotar.

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On the night of the new moon
Kahless gathered his weapons,
And his finest suit of armor.

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These were the last words
Of Kahless the unforgettable,
Before Kotar’s barge sailed in.

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Kahless kept his word of honor to Kotar,
After his last words, all were sent away,
But his wife Lukara.

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Lukara, pregnant of their first-born son,
Understood what had to be done,
And gave him the mevak*.

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Lady Lukara and Kahless,
They said their goodbyes,
And Lukara knew they would meet again.

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Now, the time had come,
Kahless impaled his hearts
With the two blades of the mevak.

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All of Kronos trembled once more,
For every Klingon on the planet
Followed her cry for Kahless.

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And so Kahless the unforgettable
Returned to Gre'thor,
To meet proud warriors at its gates.

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The three were reunited once more,
They set sail over the Blood River
To Gre'thor, or so Kahless thought.

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Not only Kahless remembered his words,
Kotar also met his part
Of the arrangement at Qam-Chee.

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The barge entered a new underworld,
Kotar named it Sto-vo-kor,
Kahless looked at it with great pride.

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The barge went through Gre'thor
Into the gates of Sto-vo-kor,
Kahless was given a hero’s welcome.

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There was a feast with his kin,
And the warriors that took part
In the great battle against Molor.

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After the feast, Kahless felt tired,
He looked back on his words and deeds,
And then slept for three days.

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Kahless awoke from his sleep
By the voice of Kotar
Calling him to his feet.

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Kahless the unforgettable,
I welcome you in Sto-vo-kor,
For you lived wise and honorable.

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Now, by the deeds of Kahless,
Every Klingon knows the ways of honor,
And teaches their children by this tale.