Editing Worf (section)

=== Backstory ===
Worf was born in 2340 on Qo'noS (the Klingon homeworld) as the son of [[List of Star Trek characters (G–M)#Mogh|Mogh]]. Five years later, his parents moved to the Khitomer colony. Worf's parents were killed during a surprise attack by the Romulans on the Khitomer outpost. The colony's distress call was answered by the Federation starship USS ''Intrepid''. Chief Petty Officer Sergey Rozhenko found Worf in the rubble and took him in after failing to find any living relatives. Rozhenko and his wife Helena raised him on a small farm colony on the planet Gault, a world of about 20,000 inhabitants, almost all of them human. Worf also has a human brother, Nikolai, with whom he often quarreled.<ref name="homeward">{{Cite episode | title=Homeward | episode-link= Homeward (Star Trek: The Next Generation)| series=Star Trek: Next Generation | series-link=Star Trek: The Next Generation|season=7 | number=13 | transcript="Homeward" Transcript | transcript-url =http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/265.htm  | quote=We (Worf and his brother) had many disagreements growing up.}}</ref> He also spent time on Earth in his parents' native city of [[Minsk]], later recommending it to [[Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)|Miles O'Brien]] as one of his favorite places on Earth.<ref name="HOG">{{Cite episode | title=Heart of Glory | episode-link   =Heart of Glory| series=Star Trek: Next Generation|series-link=Star Trek: The Next Generation|season=1 | number=20 | transcript="Heart of Glory" Transcript | transcript-url =http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/120.htm  | quote=I (Worf speaking to Korris) was buried under the rubble and left for dead. A human Starfleet officer found me. He took me to his home on Gault and told his wife to raise me as his son.}}</ref><ref name="lethe">{{Cite episode | title=Let He Who Is Without Sin... | episode-link   =Let He Who Is Without Sin...| series=Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|series-link=Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|season=5 | number=7 | transcript="Let He Who Is Without Sin..." Transcript | transcript-url =http://www.chakoteya.net/DS9/505.htm}}</ref><ref name="whatyou">{{Cite episode | title=What You Leave Behind | episode-link =What You Leave Behind| series=Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|series-link=Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|season=7 | number=25-26 | transcript="What You Leave Behind" Transcript | transcript-url =http://www.chakoteya.net/DS9/575.htm}}</ref>

Worf did not take the Rozhenkos' last name, preferring to be addressed by the Klingon designation, "Worf, son of Mogh". However, his son, [[Alexander Rozhenko]], who was raised by the Rozhenkos after his mother, [[K'Ehleyr]], died, did use their surname. Although Worf was raised by humans, he considered himself a Klingon at heart and studied in-depth the ways of his people. As an adult, his mannerisms and personality, as well as his innate sense of honor, became more Klingon than human.

Worf's brother Kurn, barely a year old at the time of the Khitomer attack, had been left behind on the Klingon homeworld Qo'noS by his parents. Lorgh, a friend to House of Mogh (appearing only in dialog of the episode "[[Sins of the Father (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Sins of the Father]]"), was charged with the care of the younger son, originally expecting Mogh's stay at the Khitomer outpost to be short-term. Lorgh adopted Kurn after the attack, but informed Klingon authorities that he had died with the rest of the family. Kurn was not revealed as being alive until both brothers were adults.

In 2357, Worf entered [[Starfleet Academy]]. He graduated in 2361 and was commissioned with the rank of Ensign, becoming the first Klingon officer in Starfleet. Although Worf took immense pride and a sense of honor from serving in Starfleet, most other Klingons shunned and belittled his choice of vocation.

In 2359, he became briefly involved with K'Ehleyr who was the daughter of a Klingon father and a human mother.