Voq

=== Marooned ===
While T'Kuvma had achieved his goal of unifying the Klingon Empire against the Federation, his followers were largely sidelined. After the battle, the ''Sarcophagus'', commanded by Voq and L'Rell, was stranded for months with no functioning drive and dwindling supplies of food. Voq directed that the ship be repaired by cannibalizing the wrecks of Starfleet vessels destroyed in the Battle of the Binary Stars. However, to repair the ship's [[warp drive]], he would have to use the wreck of the {{USS|Shenzhou}}, something he utterly refused to do owing to the role of its captain and first officer in T'Kuvma's death. ({{DIS|The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry}})

After several months, {{dis|Kol|Klingon}} of the [[House of Kor]] arrived in the system with fresh supplies. Voq greeted him warmly, and was convinced to use the ''Shenzhou's'' warp drive to help repair the ''Sarcophagus''. He crossed to the ship with L'Rell to retrieve the components, who had began to feel attracted to him owing to his loyalty and determination. Upon their return to the ''Sarcophagus'', however, Voq discovered that the crew had submitted to Kol as their leader after he provided them with food. L'Rell appeared to switch sides to Kol, and convinced him to maroon Voq on the wreck of the ''Shenzhou'' to die rather than kill him on the spot. ({{DIS|The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry}})

Left on the wreck of the {{USS|Shenzhou}} to suffocate, Voq discovered Michael Burnham's personnel record and realised that she was T'Kuvma's killer. L'Rell secretly beamed over and informed Voq that she was still on his side. She told him that she had a raider ship for him to use to reach the [[matriarch]]s of her sect, the [[House of Mo'Kai]], where she told him he would learn powers he could not yet imagine to help him win the war. ({{DIS|The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry}})