Soval

"He was a soldier who lived a long time ago. He was standing watch over the gates of the city of Gol and he saw a cloud on the horizon moving toward him. He thought it was a sandstorm, so he told no one. It was an army. They destroyed the city, but they let Nirak live. His name now means "fool" in our language, just as yours will in Andorian!""

- Soval, to Shran

Soval was a Vulcan protagonist introduced in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode Broken Bow.

He was portrayed by Gary Graham, who had also portrayed Matthew Sykes in the Alien Nation television series.

Soval was born sometime before 2032. As a young man, Soval had been part of the occupation force that occupied Weytahn/Paan Mokar in the mid 21st century. During that occupation he fired a weapon for the last time for nearly a century.

In the early 22nd century Soval was assigned as the Vulcan's ambassador to Earth, and would serve in that post for the next 30 years. Despite the gruff exterior he put on, Soval developed an affinity for Earth and its people.

During the 2150s Soval butted heads with Captain Jonathan Archer as the Enterprise began to explore the Alpha Quadrant. Over the next several years he came to respect the human as Archer helped the Andorians and Vulcans put their differences aside, and as Archer helped expose the Romulan plot to subvert Vulcan.

In the aftermath of the bombing of the United Earth embassy, Soval was revealed to be a mind melder, and was ousted as Ambassador to Earth. Following the recovery of the Kir'shara and the fall of the V'Las regime, Soval was allowed to resume his position of Ambassador.

Soval would become one of the strongest supporters of the Coalition of Planets. During the Earth-Romulan War he convinced T'Pau to help the humans drive back the Romulans, pointing out that if humanity was destroyed the Romulans would next attack Vulcan.

After the ending of the Earth-Romulan War Soval supported the formation of the United Federation of Planets, and was one of Vulcan's signatories to the Federation charter. He then served as the Federation Commissioner of Foreign Affairs.