Keldar

Keldar, a native of the Ferengi species, is the father of Quark (the owner of a bar on Deep Space Nine). Keldar had always warned his son never to leave home, insisting that there were plenty of opportunities for profit right outside their front door; however, Quark heeded the maxim "Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum" (one of the Rules of Acquisition) and left Ferenginar to make a name for himself on DS9. Keldar disapproved of his son's choice, but respected it nonetheless. Keldar's greatest strength was his devotion to family, though he was never very good at acquiring profit – that honor fell to his wife Ishka, who said she loved her husband anyway, despite his relative lack of business sense.

As the series begins, Keldar is apparently already dead (he has never appeared onscreen, though he has been mentioned several times) though the circumstances of his death have never been revealed. Keldar and his wife left behind two sons, Quark and Rom; each child took after a different parent – Rom inherited their father's compassion and attention to family, whereas Quark inherited Ishka's business acumen.