Overview

• The Vezda are non-corporeal, Lovecraftian entities introduced in Season 3’s “Through the Lens of Time” as the first original villain species for Strange New Worlds.
• Enterprise explorers discovered the Vezda locked within an ancient, still-operational temple that required a blood offering to enter.
• The temple housed glowing orbs that released the Vezda when activated, highlighting their capacity to breach powerful barriers.
• Showrunner Akiva Goldsman has confirmed the Vezda’s return in the back half of Season 3 and assured they will be contained to align with Original Series events.
• Hints of a historical conflict between the Vezda and the Gorn suggest the new species will deepen Star Trek’s interstellar lore.