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Vedek Bareil Antos; Bajoran spiritual leader who was a leading candidate to become the next Kai, "In the Hands of the Prophets." after the departure of Kai Opaka in 2369 "Battle Lines". Bareil was interned at the brutal Relegeth refugee camp during the Cardassian occupation. "Shadowplay". 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. Political rival Vedek Winn, who attempted to have Bareil assassinated, opposed Bareil in his bid to become Kai. 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. "In the Hands of the Prophets." Bareil became romantically involved with Kira Nerys in 2370. "Shadowplay". He was favored to become the new Kai in 2370, but withdrew from the election when he became tied to the infamous Kendra Valley massacre. No one knew that Bareil's sudden withdrawal from the election was because he had been covering up the role of then-Kai Opaka in the massacre. Bareil knew that Opaka had allowed the Cardassians to kill 42 Bajorans (including her own son) to prevent them from killing over a thousand other Bajorans in the Kendra Valley. Bareil kept the secret for years and willingly sacrificed his political ambitions to protect Opaka's memory when then-Vedek Winn re-opened the investigation in 2370. Once Winn and Kira learned the truth, both appeared likely to preserve the secret. "The Collaborator". Bareil refused to let his defeat stop him, and in 2371 he accepted the opportunity to become a key advisor to the newly-elected Kai Winn. As Winn's representative, Bareil conducted five months of negotiations with Legate Turrel, laying the groundwork for the historic peace treaty between the Bajorans and the Cardassians. Just prior to the signing of the treaty, Bareil was critically injured in an explosion aboard a Bajoran transport ship. At station Deep Space 9, Bareil refused extraordinary life-prolonging measures so that he could advise Kai Winn during the critical final stages of the talks. Bareil believed it was the will of the Prophets that he had been spared death in the explosion so that he could ensure the success of the peace talks. Bareil died shortly after the signing of the historic peace treaty. "Life Support".

Bareil Antos had a strict routine that he never deviated from, eating only two meals of simple food a day. Antos used to say, 'When you overindulge the body, you starve the soul.' "Resurrection", 'and its players.' "In the Cards".

Vedek Bareil also appeared in "The Siege". "Facination".

Bareil Antos (mirror); Petty thief and con man in the mirror universe. He was very different from his counterpart in our universe, the noted Bajoran cleric. The mirror Bareil was once involved with a woman named Lisea (mirror), whom he met at an Ilvian pleasure center. The two were together for five years until a drunken Cardassian soldier killed her. In 2374, as part of a plan with Kira Nerys (mirror), he entered our universe to steal a Bajoran Orb. He fell for Kira Nerys of our universe, who persuaded him to abandon his plan and return to his universe without the Orb. "Resurrection".