Imzadi
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Imzadi is both a term of endearment used in Star Trek and the title of a Star Trek novel. A sequel to the novel was also published, and both books were combined into an omnibus edition.
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[edit] Star Trek term
A word from the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Imzadi is a noun from the Betazoid language that is used as a term of endearment. Strictly translated, it means "My beloved". The word was first used in "Encounter at Farpoint", the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, to establish the fact that Counselor Deanna Troi of Betazed and First Officer William Riker had once been romantically involved.
[edit] Novels
[edit] Imzadi
This initial affair was often alluded to but few details were revealed on the television series. Peter David's novel Imzadi detailed their courtship and indicated that imzadi has connotations that the person so addressed is the other's first true love, although not necessarily their first sexual partner (It should be noted, however, that according to Paramount Pictures policy, information from licensed material such as novels is not automatically considered part of official canon). The novel also takes a look at a possible future in which Troi has died and Riker violates a number of Federation laws in his quest to travel back through time and prevent her death, which turns out to have been caused by another time-traveler; thus, the future Riker actually re-establishes the original timeline by saving the contemporary Troi's life.
[edit] Imzadi II: Triangle
Later, after Troi became romantically involved with Lt. Worf, David penned a sequel, Imzadi II: Triangle. However, after The Next Generation ended, Worf was reassigned to the space station Deep Space 9, where he married science officer Jadzia Dax; furthermore, Riker and Troi married during the movie Star Trek Nemesis. The novel is set immediately after Star Trek: Generations, prior to these events, but has a prologue and epilogue set shortly after Jadzia's death. At the end of the main story, Worf has realized that Riker is Troi's imzadi; at the end of the epilogue he realizes Dax was his.
The novel also features Thomas Riker, still resentful that his other self has a chance with Deanna, and baffled that he is not pursuing it.
[edit] Imzadi Forever
Both Imzadi novels were re-released in an omnibus collection entitled Imzadi Forever.
[edit] Trivia
In Imzadi, Peter David introduces the antagonist characters Maror, Baytzah, Zroah, Charoset, Chazeret, and Karpas. The names derive from the elements of the Passover Seder Plate.
[edit] External link
Imzadi article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
