Exercise 01: Establishing the Status Quo

[GnaReffotsirk]

I haven't really thought about duran's motivations apart from what he said in the secret mission during BW.

Everything he said there, every noun, verb, what have you, are things we could try and imagine what those might be. Besides Amon, of course.

The images above are just the general shapes, no details yet. And their second pair of arms, will have to be changed to something like that of the hydralisks.

Maybe you guys have ideas. I want to spend the month on SC Survivors, and get it to a final draft.

[Nissa]

Well, if you want someone to look at SC Survivors, linky link?

Um, I've always seen Duran as someone who was part of the Xel'Naga, but continually manipulating them towards his own ends. Like the Xel'Naga were playing around with Protoss, but Duran himself made specific suggestions to steer them towards what he wanted them to be. Then, when the Protoss turned out to be "failures," he scapegoated someone else, then manipulated the Xel'Naga into playing around with the Zerg. Then allowed most of the Xel'Naga to be destroyed when they were no longer useful/were about to find out what he was doing.

[ragnarok]

I'm curious. What is Duran's backstory and motivation here?

I was always a fan of Duran being a member of a previous incarnation of the Xel'Naga, or a member of a race left behind.

I felt it was the latter. Remember, back in the SC1 and BW lore, we knew nothing about the Xel'Naga's origins. Thus it was entirely possible the Xel'Naga were at war with Duran's species, and Duran himself was left as one of the few survivors who wanted revenge.

[GnaReffotsirk]

I'd go for a much older race, older than the Xel'Naga. Duran would be thinking to have served them by creating Hybrids, and starting the path to "change" whatever that means.

In a time of chaos, when the universe was young, a race of beings were born into power. Power that would shape the very fabric of our reality. They have consumed themselves in their lusts, and are now forever bound, scattered. Their very energies course through all of creation, binding, now separating, forever in torment, so we may live.

The foundations of your very existence have been set upon them. The only escape is purity.

Purity of essence. Purity of form.

Edit: Nissa, I'll be in touch. Maybe you can voice Ralrazin too? You can interpret the dialogue as you find necessary, to bring out the character as you imagine her.

[Gradius]

Gna - I can help too. I'm pretty much free from SC activities.

[GnaReffotsirk]

Grad, you're already on the list. Once I'm ready, I'll send them over.

[Visions of Khas]

I'd offer my rich baritone with authentic southern undertones, but I don't have a working mic.

[Gradius]

I'd offer my rich baritone with authentic southern undertones, but I don't have a working mic.

Really? Could you do a Mengsk impersonation?

[Visions of Khas]

Really? Could you do a Mengsk impersonation?

Ahnd ah wheel naht be stahped!

[ragnarok]

I'd go for a much older race, older than the Xel'Naga. Duran would be thinking to have served them by creating Hybrids, and starting the path to "change" whatever that means.

In a time of chaos, when the universe was young, a race of beings were born into power. Power that would shape the very fabric of our reality. They have consumed themselves in their lusts, and are now forever bound, scattered. Their very energies course through all of creation, binding, now separating, forever in torment, so we may live.

The foundations of your very existence have been set upon them. The only escape is purity.

Purity of essence. Purity of form.

Yes but if you want an older race than the Xel'Naga, you would have to go into details about just how the Xel'Naga originated from. That being said, for the Xel'Naga born from the Void IN ITSELF wasn't considered a BS concept via the SC2 lore, just what they were doing didn't work out.