General Kultan was the leader of the House of Kultan and an officer who served in the Klingon Defense Force in the 24th century. He was the father of Gothmara and grandfather of Morjod. He was well known and revered for being one of the Klingon Empire's best stratagists, whose plans had been used against the Federation and the Romulans. Kultan never learned the true extent of Gothmara's activities, as Kultan, along with his ship, were destroyed shortly after but Gothmara and Martok were able to escape. (DS9 - The Left Hand of Destiny novels: Book One, Book Two)