Last time I went there, there were two targs.
House of Mogh
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Last time I went there, there were two targs.
The way Kor spoke to Worf (in Once More Unto The Breach) he clearly thought that Worf was of high nobility.
Or maybe Kor just hoped to exploit Worf's friendship with Martok in order to get a commission again.
Kor refers to Worf's bloodline. Why would he lie? It makes no sense.
Maybe this was a symptom of Kor's...advanced age.
In any case, I admit it IS possible that Mogh was a noble. But the point is that not all Klingon Houses are. Martok clearly was not, and yet he headed a House anyway. So while it's possible for a head of a House to be a noble, it's not a requirement.
Things may have changed of late but clearly in Martok's youth, not being a noble was quite a handicap.
No, they never got mentioned again.
For all we know Kurn killed them to "preserve their honor" or whatever...
Remember that in the TNG episode where they are all insomniacs, Worf almost kills himself because he knew fear for the first time in his life, which makes me question Klingon courage, when you're not afraid of danger, you're not really courageous, you're just crazy.
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To be an officer in the Klingon Defense Force, yes, it was. Not for Houses in general.
We don't know that.
We already know of three categories of Houses: Noble, not-at-all-Noble, and Great. The three might overlap in various ways, not all of the 24 Greats necessarily being Noble or (more probably) Nobles being more numerous than just the Greats.
In any case, there's diversity there. And probably a lot more than the three categories currently known. Episodes like "House of Quark" make it seem likely that numerous lesser Houses make do with what they have, not considering their lot a dismal one doomed to extinction in the shadow of the Greats or anything like that.
Timo Saloniemi
In any case, there's diversity there. And probably a lot more than the three categories currently known. Episodes like "House of Quark" make it seem likely that numerous lesser Houses make do with what they have, not considering their lot a dismal one doomed to extinction in the shadow of the Greats or anything like that.
Timo Saloniemi
Or perhaps that guy just had a Kirk obsession.
Worf isn't an accurate representation of Klingon culture. He has a skewed child's take on it (especially in TNG) influenced by whatever propaganda he could get a hold of growing up. This is the view promoted by the warrior class in order to "strike fear" in enemies and keep some of their more ignorant in line.
John M. Ford explained very clearly how all of this works. Read The Final Reflection. 
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