Legacy of the Void

[Articorse]

While I mostly liked the campaign(low expectations, good gameplay, some not bad ideas, etc.), I'm really dreading the moment when that brood Kerrigan created to kill the protoss colonists finally lands. It'll be such a WACKY MISUNDERSTANDING when that brood starts killing protoss, then Kerrigan shows up and is like "Hey, we should try to work together!", but they're all like "Are you trying to trick us again? Because there's this fuckhuge brood OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE that's killed half our people!", then she's like "Oh! Sorry about that! Hey, brood mother, stop killing protoss!" "lolk", then everyone will be friends.

I don't know about the rest, but that part is going to suck.

[Visions of Khas]

So after some discussion in the Essence v Form thread, I think I know how LotV might end. I think Zeratul and Kerrigan will attempt to form an archon to combat Amon as a last ditch effort. But instead of manifesting an Archon, the first true Xel'Naga in several millenia emerges from the energy cocoon. And someone will say something about a prophecy like:

"And when a Protoss willingly takes the Essence of the Zerg into himself, his true hidden Form will be revealed."

Or some such.

Why would they combine? Maybe Kerrigan is fatally wounded, and Zeratul, desperate to save her life to fulfill prophecy, starts the merger, not knowing what would really happen. It seems feasible, since it will essentially be combining StarCraft with WarCraft 3 Night Elf campaign with a dash of Diablo 3.



Sooo... am I going to be thrown into the same category of storyteller as Chris Metzen now?

[TheEconomist]

Good guess, but ending leaked last night.

[protoswarrior]

While I mostly liked the campaign(low expectations, good gameplay, some not bad ideas, etc.), I'm really dreading the moment when that brood Kerrigan created to kill the protoss colonists finally lands. It'll be such a WACKY MISUNDERSTANDING when that brood starts killing protoss, then Kerrigan shows up and is like "Hey, we should try to work together!", but they're all like "Are you trying to trick us again? Because there's this fuckhuge brood OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE that's killed half our people!", then she's like "Oh! Sorry about that! Hey, brood mother, stop killing protoss!" "lolk", then everyone will be friends.

I don't know about the rest, but that part is going to suck.

Lulz Articorse... Overreacting much?

After seeing how Kerrigan has kept her sanity, unlike when the Overmind created her under the vigilance of Amon, especially how she was able to sate her vengeance with Arcturus Mengsk's exploded body parts, there is no reason for her to fight Terrans unless they start picking fights with Zerg. She will ALWAYS have a nit to pick with the Protoss, especially since the Protoss will be doing the instigating of fights against her, given how she cleansed a whole Protoss colony to remain undetected, and what she did to that colonist when teleported to the Protoss war ship. Protoss will not forgive that shit easily. Zeratul is going AGAINST his own people, as he clearly mentioned, to help Kerrigan, because unlike them, he understands the dire need to destroy Amon and put a stop to his plan to bring darkness to the universe. Amon, a corrupt Xel'Naga, is the BEST twist in the SC story by far (even though I had guessed that was the case from WOL's plot). What I want to say is, sure everyone will mistrust and want to kill Kerrigan, but the need to kill will not be as two-sided as it used to be with the Infested Kerrigan. Primal Kerrigan still has her mind intact, so that makes her a much bigger threat to Amon and any enemy she faces.

Zeratul will help her in LOTV for sure, as will Raynor in his own little way, since I do not foresee Raynor getting involved in the story much after HOTS' ending. He forgives her, he still loves her, and he understands where Kerrigan is coming from, finally - maybe not completely, but in the most important way.

LOTV will likely focus a LOT more on Zeratul and his "discoveries" as he ventures space to find more and more clues on how to beat Amon, while Kerrigan travels to the place where Amon's influence is emanating from. Without Duran/Narud to further his plans, and a good bunch of Hybrids dead, Amon is for sure weakened.

What we MIGHT see is Zerg and Protoss fighting side by side, for REALZ this time, to kill Amon and his minions, and there will probably be a cameo appearance of the Hyperion and Valerian's Dominion fleet. I do not know if the UED will re-appear, but I hope they don't, honestly... We also will probably see the rise to power of Selendis as new Executor succeeding Artanis, as he may have other ideas about how to deal with Amon's threat or the Zerg, as it occurred in Broodwar...

So, we have to wait and see. There is so much that can happen, and whatever way they choose, after HOTS's story, I see great things in store for LOTV.


@ VoK:

There is no way in hell Kerrigan OR Zeratul have the ability or knowledge of the Xel'Naga to combine Zerg and Protoss forms Wishful thinking.

PS:

I am not convinced, but I have a small feeling that there might be remaining Xel'Naga waiting for the right opportunity to strike Amon and reveal themselves to the Protoss again, and maybe absolve them of their "failures" of the past. Who knows?

[Articorse]

Yeah, I might be overreacting, but I'm calling it right now. The protoss will (at least partially) believe Zeratul and Raynor about Kerrigan being good now, then the brood will arrive and the brood mother will say something like "For the Queen!", which will remove all doubt in the protoss minds that Kerrigan is still completely evil. Then, in the end, they'll bury the hatchet in some way and team up against Amon.

[Visions of Khas]

There is no way in hell Kerrigan OR Zeratul have the ability or knowledge of the Xel'Naga to combine Zerg and Protoss forms

Why not? Perhaps the Zerg truly required the psionic potential of humanity in order to make an Archon merger possible. It would explain why Zerg cannot assimilate Protoss; both sides have to consciously agree to it. And Kerrigan's psionic potential acts as a bridge for that merger. All that's needed is consent of a Protoss. Just because those individuals don't know what they're doing doesn't mean their heritage-- form and essence, the legacy of the 'Naga -- doesn't.

[Eligor]

So after some discussion in the Essence v Form thread, I think I know how LotV might end. I think Zeratul and Kerrigan will attempt to form an archon to combat Amon as a last ditch effort. But instead of manifesting an Archon, the first true Xel'Naga in several millenia emerges from the energy cocoon. And someone will say something about a prophecy like:

"And when a Protoss willingly takes the Essence of the Zerg into himself, his true hidden Form will be revealed."

Or some such.

Why would they combine? Maybe Kerrigan is fatally wounded, and Zeratul, desperate to save her life to fulfill prophecy, starts the merger, not knowing what would really happen. It seems feasible, since it will essentially be combining StarCraft with WarCraft 3 Night Elf campaign with a dash of Diablo 3.



Sooo... am I going to be thrown into the same category of storyteller as Chris Metzen now?

Not sure what to think about this idea. Kind of tired of these sort of purely mechanical solutions for the story's problems, or at least the way Blizzard has been doing them from WoW onwards. Tassadar sacrificed himself/became an Archon to defeat the Overmind and that was ending good enough, no need to attempt to recreate it again with K and Z this time. Tho' introducing the rebirth of benevolent Xel'Naga into the equation makes it all slightly more interesting. Wouldn't be surprised if that's exactly how it ends though.

[Turalyon]

"And when a Protoss willingly takes the Essence of the Zerg into himself, his true hidden Form will be revealed."

Hmmm, sexual healing indeed.... XD

Sooo... am I going to be thrown into the same category of storyteller as Chris Metzen now?

'Fraid so given that corker above. Then again, I guess it fits into all this love and redemption thing that they're trying to pawn off on us so shamelessly.

Kind of tired of these sort of purely mechanical solutions for the story's problems, or at least the way Blizzard has been doing them from WoW onwards. Tassadar sacrificed himself/became an Archon to defeat the Overmind and that was ending good enough, no need to attempt to recreate it again with K and Z this time. Tho' introducing the rebirth of benevolent Xel'Naga into the equation makes it all slightly more interesting. Wouldn't be surprised if that's exactly how it ends though.

Can't agree more. I can't help but get this feeling that SC2 is just all building up into, and being trumped by what essentially amounts to, a big "some big stuff happened" type scenario. *Sigh*

[Visions of Khas]

Hey hey, I'm not saying it's the solution I'd've picked for the campaign, just knowing Metzen's track record -- I think it's a viable option for LotV's endgame. Combines WarCraft, StarCraft and Diablo all into one. Just saying.

[Laurentian]

We also can't forget Jim's heroic sacrifice to save Kerrigan. You know it's going to happen. Nothing much you can do with those two characters anymore and WOL and HOTS have implied that they will die.