The first Grand Nagus and author of the Rules of Acquisition, who appears to Quark in a dream in 2372 and advises him to break a contract to save his life.
Gint is the legendary founder of Ferengi commercial tradition, credited with writing the Rules of Acquisition some ten thousand years before the 24th century. He is seen in the fourth-season Deep Space Nine episode Body Parts.
Quark, wrongly told he is dying, has sold his remains in advance to Brunt, who demands delivery even after the diagnosis is corrected. Torn between death and breaking a contract, Quark dreams of the Divine Treasury, where Gint greets him wearing the face of Rom.
The Nagus cheerfully explains that the Rules are only guidelines, and that calling them rules was a marketing ploy. Quark wakes resolved to break the contract, and loses his business licence and assets as a result.