In the Star Trek saga, Ja'rod was a Klingon male who was the leader of the House of Duras in the early 24th century. Ja'rod was the father of Duras, Lursa, and B'Tor. He was the greatest rival of Mogh, the father of Worf. The Enterprise boldly going where no man had gone before. ... Klingons (tlhIngan in the Klingon language), are a race of humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... In Star Trek, Duras was a formerly important House in the Klingon Empire, once holding seats on the High Council. ... (23rd century - 24th century - 25th century - more centuries) The 24th century (Gregorian Calendar) comprises the years 2301-2400. ... In the Star Trek universe, Mogh was a Klingon, and considered for many years to be the traitor who allowed the Romulans to attack and destroy Khitomer. ... Worf (worIv in the Klingon language) is a Klingon in the Star Trek fictional universe. ...

In the 2340s, Ja'rod was stationed at Khitomer. He had at some point become involved with the Romulan Empire. Mogh followed Ja'rod to Khitomer, suspecting that he was the traitor working with the Romulans. When the Romulans attacked the outpost, Ja'rod lowered the outpost's shields. Ja'rod died during the attack. About 4,000 other Klingons died. Only a few survived, one of whom was Mogh's son, Worf. In the fictional Star Trek universe, Khitomer (QItomer in Klingon) is a planet on the Klingon side of their border with the Romulan Star Empire, where historic peace talks (known as the Khitomer Accords) occurred between the two empires and the Federation in 2293. ... Romulan (race) and Romulan Star Empire This article should be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

About twenty years after the Romulan attack on Khitomer, the Klingon Empire captured a Romulan ship. They found proof that J'rod was guilty of betraying the Klingons at the outpost to the Romulans. The High Council suppressed this evidence, and framed Mogh for the attack. The Council did this because they felt the Duras family was too powerful, and it would split the empire. This injustice was not corrected until Gowron became Chancellor. In the Star Trek fictional universe (TNG and DS9) Gowron was the Chancellor of the Klingon Empire. ... Chancellor ( Latin: cancellarius), an official title used by most of the peoples whose civilization has arisen directly or indirectly out of the Roman empire. ...