The ruling people of a desert world visited by Enterprise NX-01 in 2152, whose government was fighting a rebellion led by Zobral and his clan, who accused them of oppression.
The Torothans are the dominant clan on an arid planet seen in the Enterprise episode Desert Crossing. Their government, represented by Chancellor Trellit, controls the cities and the orbital approaches, while rival clans live in camps in the deep desert.
Captain Archer and Trip Tucker accept an invitation from Zobral, a charming host who shares a meal and a rough ball game with them. Trellit then warns Enterprise that Zobral is a terrorist. Zobral sees it differently: his people were promised equality by the Torothans and never received it, and he hopes that Archer, whose rescue of the Suliban prisoners at Tandar has made him famous, will fight for them.
Torothan forces shell the camp, and Archer and Tucker must cross the desert on foot before a shuttlepod can reach them. Archer declines to take sides.