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Bajoran spiritual leader who was a leading candidate to become the next kai after the departure of Kai Opaka in 2369. Bareil was interned at the brutal Relegeth refugee camp during the Cardassian occupation. Bareil started his spiritual service as a gardener at a monastery, and although he became an influential religious leader, he still enjoyed tending the grounds. Bareil was opposed in his bid to become kai by political rival Vedek Winn, who attempted to have Bareil assassinated. Winn engineered an incident on Deep Space 9, sparking protests about the teaching of science in Keiko O'Brien's schoolroom, an effort to draw Bareil to the station, where he was the target of Winn's assassination plot. Fortunately, the plan failed and Vedek Bareil survived to continue his bid for kai and continue the cooperative Bajoran/Federation relationship. Bareil became romantically involved with Kira Nerys. Bareil Antos was first seen in "In the Hands of the Prophets" (DS9). |
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