Thoughts about Damar's and Dukat's sons
I've been thinking about something that might just be a script inconsistency, but I want to find an explanation from inside the ST universe, not outside of it. This is primarily about Damar's son, but I need Dukat's children to make a point.
So let's start with Dukat first.
We first learn about his Cardassian children in Maquis, Part I, when he says to Sisko:
“And on the lives of my children, I swear to you it was not.”
After Sisko's reply, Dukat confirms that he has 7 children.
And in Inferno's Light Dukat holds his speech as the new head of the Cardassian government, mentions the upcoming birthday of his oldest son, and ends the speech with:
“This I vow with my life's blood. For my son, for all our sons.”
Now let's move on to Damar.
Damar repeats Dukat's final sentence almost word for word in his own first speech as the head of the Cardassian government in Statistical Probabilities.
It may be that Damar is simply immitating Dukat (he's one of his biggest fans after all), but it also makes it more likely that this is a standard phrasing in Cardassian society.
The key difference however is of great interest to me. Damar says:
“This I vow with my life's blood for my sons, for all our sons.”
He speaks of his sons in plural, while Dukat speaks of his son in singular.
This is a strong indication that even if the phrase is some form of standardized wording, the number of sons isn't standardized – or else Damar wouldn't have adjusted the phrasing. At least I cannot see any reason why he would have done that otherwise.
And that tells me that Damar has more than one son.
Now to get where I actually want to go: in-universe about a year later, in Taking into the Wind, Damar speaks of the Dominion locating and killing his family:
“To kill her and my son. The casual brutality of it. A waste of life.”
One son, singular. What happened to the other one, who's existence was implied before?
Did he die of an illness in the year that had passed? Or was he old enough to already fight in the war, and has been killed in one of the countless battles that have been fought, maybe even one that the Cardassians could have won if the Dominion had provided proper assistance?
It made me think of Damar telling Weyoun that "there's not a single family that hasn't lost someone in this war". Maybe that includes his family, too.
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