Xel'Naga Plot Analysis

[Turalyon]

Why would he do that? He's pretending to be a protoss to Zeratul.

Yes, pretending to be a Protoss to serve his own agenda - the continuance of the Xel'Naga cycle/creation of new Xel'Naga. That sentence has a double meaning now that we know "Tassadar" is Ouros.

I meant pointless from Zeratul's perspective. Obviously he doesn't want Amon to be revived.

Ah, but from Zeratul's perspective he never mentions that Kerrigan needs to be deinfested (or does he? I don't remember...). He's just worried that she'll die and then Amon will have free reign, so she must live somehow and someway. He also seems to assume Kerrigan to be the Queen of Blades at all times in his presence in WoL, too.

My question is, if Duran rivaled the Primal Queen of Blades in sheer power, why didn't Amon sacrifice Narud to revive himself? It's clear Moebius and the Tal'Darim chugged along quite well enough on their own.

Same reason he didn't sacrifice Ouros to revive himself? He's a fellow Xel'Naga.

And how, exactly, was Amon "revived" with Kerrigan's power? His host body was forged from hundreds of Protoss and Zerg, and the Overmind itself.

Yeah, that's a plothole yet to be resolved. I assumed it "revived" him enough to grant him some special powers like being able to corrupt the Khala/assuming control of Protoss, otherwise, he would've done that sooner.

[ragnarok]

Yeah, that's a plothole yet to be resolved. I assumed it "revived" him enough to grant him some special powers like being able to corrupt the Khala/assuming control of Protoss, otherwise, he would've done that sooner.

Do you believe prior to getting the psionic energy from Kerrigan, Amon had the ability to do anything at all? Or was he limited only to passing instructions on the Narud and expecting him to do all the dirty work?

[Turalyon]

Do you believe prior to getting the psionic energy from Kerrigan, Amon had the ability to do anything at all? Or was he limited only to passing instructions on the Narud and expecting him to do all the dirty work?

Who knows? There's so little to be had that it's hard to say what he can and can't do. It's whatever the plot demands, I suppose (which is a bad thing).

[Gradius]

Inconsistencies: Why did Amon make Protoss immune to the hyperevolutionary virus and infestation if he had originally intended to combine the protoss and zerg?

[ragnarok]

Who knows? There's so little to be had that it's hard to say what he can and can't do. It's whatever the plot demands, I suppose (which is a bad thing).

Same here. Too much "Deus Ex Machina" BS from Blizzard.

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Inconsistencies: Why did Amon make Protoss immune to the hyperevolutionary virus and infestation if he had originally intended to combine the protoss and zerg?

Are you sure his version of "combining" was via infestation?

[drakolobo]

Inconsistencies: Why did Amon make Protoss immune to the hyperevolutionary virus and infestation if he had originally intended to combine the protoss and zerg?

so we know only that the modification of zerg and protoss was focused on allowing enslavement not prevent the union, genetic resistance may be a property developed autonomously by the Protoss, and the process naturally from Union should force the Zerg dodge the obstacle (which would take a long time), at the end of account hybrids are just extensions of Amon, artificial nature. It is the link to Amon dependency which does not make them worthy of the container xelnagas in my opinion more than just being artificial

Possibly the natural union of zerg and protoss could have qualified for the ascension if the question of slavery was avoided.

[Gradius]

so we know only that the modification of zerg and protoss was focused on allowing enslavement not prevent the union, genetic resistance may be a property developed autonomously by the Protoss, and the process naturally from Union should force the Zerg dodge the obstacle (which would take a long time), at the end of account hybrids are just extensions of Amon, artificial nature. It is the link to Amon dependency which does not make them worthy of the container xelnagas in my opinion more than just being artificial

Possibly the natural union of zerg and protoss could have qualified for the ascension if the question of slavery was avoided.

Can you simply what you just said? I have difficulty understanding.

[DarthYam]

Amon had lost control of the Protoss by this point.

[Visions of Khas]

Inconsistencies: Why did Amon make Protoss immune to the hyperevolutionary virus and infestation if he had originally intended to combine the protoss and zerg?

Well, the Overmind's successful invasion of Aiur would have had one of two outcomes: 1.) Without the Khala, the Protoss would have fallen prey to the Swarm, assimilated, and destroyed; or 2.) With the Khala, the Protoss would have resisted, and be destroyed.

Thus Amon achieved his aims of destroying the Protoss, while a third party (Duran) artificially combined the two of them to create the Hybrids.

[Gradius]

I'm pretty sure it's just protoss genetics that are incompatible with zerg assimilation, not just the khala or void. At least that's what the new field manual implies. The Overmind was already having trouble assimilating the protoss.