Skrain Dukat (SigCat)


 * This is a alternate-universe character.  You may be looking for Skrain Dukat, the canon-universe version, who was born and lived under entirely opposite circumstances.

In an alternate universe where Bajoran and Cardassian roles were reversed, Skrain Dukat was a rebel fighter along with his daughter, Ziyal Dukat. He was a devout believer in the Cardassian religion, the Oralian Way, a faith that saw him through hardship after hardship, from his capture and torture at the hands of Pah-Wraith vedek Tora Naprem that led to the birth of his daughter, to the torments of his own mind on occasions when the Cardassian Resistance couldn't steal enough of the medicine he required to keep symptoms resembling Earth's bipolar disorder at bay. ( "Exits in the Haze," "Sacrifice")

Prior to his 2351 capture, Dukat had a wife and children, but three weeks after he was taken prisoner, his family was rounded up and executed, leaving only his Ziyal and his cousin Akellen Macet alive. ("The Guide")

The Dukats were eventually captured, tortured, and killed in mid-2370 during an attempted raid on the Eye of the True Prophets, the Bajorans' station in orbit of Cardassia Prime. In his final moments, with his daughter at his side, Dukat felt the peace of his people's deity and foresaw a time when his people would be free. ("Sacrifice")

Dukat never had the opportunity to share his vision. When his body and that of his daughter were found on the Fireplains of Revakian months after their deaths, it was a dispiriting blow to the Cardassian people. ("Captives' Ransom")