Cardassian

• Damar
• Elim Garak
• Dukat
• Seska
• Iliana Ghemor
• Evek
• Madred
• Macet
• Illa Dax (Half Trill)
• Tora Ziyal (Half Bajoran)

• Cardassian Union

• Detapa Council
• Central Command & Obsidian Order

• Gul (High-ranking Military Officer)

• Central Command

• Obsidian Order

• Ministry of Justice
• Supreme Tribunal

• Humanoid

• Unknown

• Red

• Light-gray/beige skin
• Elongated vertebrae extend along their necks
• Scale patterns on their necks
• Inverted tear-shaped ridge in the center of the forehead
• Ridge extends upward from the tip of the nose to the tear-shaped ridge
• Thick ridges immediately above their eyes
• Some also had an Inverted tear-shaped ridge in the center of their chests

• Preferred a darker, hotter, & more humid environment

• Photographic Memory

• Cardassia Prime

• Complete loyalty & servitude to the State & family was expected of all
• Enjoyed debate & conversation in general
• Females would color the ridge on their forehead & some rungs on their neck ridges, blue

• 19th Century: The Cardassian Union & Obsidian Order are formed
• Their civilization fell into decay from a lack of natural resources;
• The military took control, began stealing other’s natural resources
• 2328-2369: Occupied Bajor, strip-minded the planet, forced Bajorans into labor camps
• 2347-2350s: waged war against the Federation
• 2370: The treaty with the Federation is signed, a Demilitarized Zone is established
• 2371: the Order planned a joint strike with the Tal Shiar against the founders;
• The attack failed due to a Changeling infiltrator, effectively ending the Obsidian Order
• Also in 2371, Legate Turrel negotiate the Bajoran-Cardassian Treaty
• 2372: Dissident movement overthrew the Central Command
• 2373: Gul Dukat leads his people to become a full Dominion member
• 2375: Cardassians rebel against the Dominion, 800 million Cardassians are killed
• Despite the devastation inflicted by the Dominion, the Cardassian people survived
• By 2384, they were considered a Federaton ally