Ziyal Dukat


 * This is a Catacombs of Oralius alternate-universe character.  You may be looking for Tora Ziyal, the canon-universe daughter of Dukat and Tora Naprem who was born and lived under entirely opposite circumstances.

Ziyal Dukat is the half-Cardassian, half-Bajoran daughter of Skrain Dukat, born as the result of an act of torture by Pah-Wraith vedek Tora Naprem against the Cardassian rebel fighter. ( Catacombs of Oralius--"Sacrifice," "Captives' Ransom")

Her father, however, never allowed her origins to interfere with his affections towards her. The two were fiercely protective of each other--he risked everything to escape captivity on Bajor with her, and defended her against the snipes of fellow Cardassians who tried to look down on her because of her origins. Similarly, she kept watch over her father during times when he lacked sufficient medicine to prevent his manic-depressive episodes, essentially taking the role of primary caretaker during these periods.

Like her father, Ziyal Dukat was a devout believer in the Oralian Way, and followed in his footsteps as a rebel against the Bajorans. She perished with him in a failed 2370 attack against the Eye of the True Prophets, a Bajoran station in orbit of Cardassia Prime.