House of Gowron

Few Houses that include a chancellor would be considered minor, but the House of Gowron – which was actually called the House of M’Rel until Gowron took on leadership of the High Council – was never a significant House. Gowron himself was a warrior of some small renown, but he made a name for himself by agitating against the High Council, challenging many of their decisions – and doing so with the support of many of his fellow warriors. Because his House was minor, he was never considered for inclusion on the Council, but his iconoclasm soon became legendary. When Chancellor K’mpec revealed that he was dying, only two warriors petitioned to succeed him – Gowron, and Chancellor Duras. When Duras was killed in a separate duel, Gowron ascended to the chancellorship. He led the Empire through the coming of the clone of Kahless and the Dominion War, before he was killed by a challenge to his leadership. Through all that, his House never became significantly more prominent, and after his death, it became a minor House with no surviving warriors of distinction.