Who do you want to see become the Legacy of the Void protagonist?

[spychi]

IMO, using any protoss protagonist except Zeratul makes no sense. Zeratul's character is more defined, and can undergo character development.

like was brainwashed after Dark Origin? not remembering what happened

[Articorse]

Where do you get this idea that Artanis is a kid/inexperienced? In BW he acts very responsibly and rationally. True, he is far younger than Zeratul, but that gives him all the more room to be developed as a character. Zeratul can't be developed further, as was shown in WoL. His character was the epitome of badass, so instead of trying to develop him, they turned him senile.

And did everyone suddenly forget that Artanis was appointed Executor in SC vanilla? That is a very high rank. If I recall correctly, he was the youngest ever appointed that rank, but so what? He performed his duties admirably and then continued to do so in BW. In fact, he is so good at what he does, that he was elected Hierarch, a rank equivalent to Raszagal's, if not even higher. Seriously? He's an inexperienced kid?

Zeratul is the one for solo missions, Artanis is the one to lead the protoss as a whole. And to think that the whole speech in the beginning of 'In utter darkness' by Zeratul was most likely given to foreshadow his leadership role... That speech was the single most out-of-character moment Zeratul had in WoL. And there were a lot of them.

[Louis]

You just sound mad that Zeratul changed. If he hadn't then I suspect the tune would be more like "But Zeratul murdered his best friend/got betrayed more times than I count/was numb with fear due to the hybrids! it's like Broodwar never happened! OMG why didn't Blizzard develop Zeratuls character more! Damn you Blizzard, damn you all to hell!!!"

[Articorse]

You just sound mad that Zeratul changed. If he hadn't then I suspect the tune would be more like "But Zeratul murdered his best friend/got betrayed more times than I count/was numb with fear due to the hybrids! it's like Broodwar never happened! OMG why didn't Blizzard develop Zeratuls character more! Damn you Blizzard, damn you all to hell!!!"

Indeed, I am mad that they changed Zeratul's character. Mind you, they CHANGED him, not DEVELOPED him.

But even aside from that, even if Zeratul was still the badass he was in SC and BW, he still wouldn't be fit to lead the protoss, because once again, he's a loner, a warrior, a stealthy assassin. Not a general. He might be perfect to lead a small tribe of warriors, but he's no diplomat. Not to mention that the Dark Templar are more accepting of the Khalai than the Khalai are to Dark Templar, so having a Dark Templar assassin going around convincing stubborn Khalai tribal leaders to join him is a very bad way to handle the situation.

[Louis]

There are maybe three characters in the whole SC series that ever had actual character development arcs. I'm not including Kerrigan in that list either, because by your logic, she simply changed from human to Zerg without anything to bridge that development. And what would it take for Zeratul to have actually developed? Did you need to explicitly see a character progression? Is it not enough to see how shitty his life has been to justify the change? We even saw a monologue at the end of dark origins whgave us a look at his mind. What else does the development need?

Edit: and I believe that it was Razagals dying wish that Zeratul took over as leader or something. I don't know if it's my imagination or not so look it up .

[flak4321]

I voted Zeratul. I just didn't feel any of the other charcters warranted a vote. If Zeratul were not on this list, I would have chosen Artanis or Selendis.

I have to agree the changes make Zeratul more like a Zeratool, but the story was ok overall.

On a loosely related note, I nominate DSquid for the HotS antagonist. At least his avatar fits the part. Though this might make the story rather one-sided. He seems to be a "dark voice" around here anyway. Lol.

[Bisso]

I have a feeling LotV will be split in at least 2 story. I don't see Zeratul doing much about the politics and reunating tribes and all. And I have a feeling he will give this task to someone like Artanis, while he goes alone looking for the final pieces of the puzzle to save the universe at the very last minute.

I also have a feeling Raynor will take a role in the whole thing, probably helping Zeratul the best he can, like he already did before.

So yeah, I have a small feeling LotV won't be too focused on a single character like WoL was. Because the scale of the issue will be a million times bigger, I don't think Zeratul alone could cover the whole plot. How Blizz is going to handle that is a mystery.

[flak4321]

I have a feeling LotV will be split in at least 2 story. I don't see Zeratul doing much about the politics and reunating tribes and all. And I have a feeling he will give this task to someone like Artanis, while he goes alone looking for the final pieces of the puzzle to save the universe at the very last minute.

I also have a feeling Raynor will take a role in the whole thing, probably helping Zeratul the best he can, like he already did before.

So yeah, I have a small feeling LotV won't be too focused on a single character like WoL was. Because the scale of the issue will be a million times bigger, I don't think Zeratul alone could cover the whole plot. How Blizz is going to handle that is a mystery.

Interesting points. While I can't see LotV split into 2 stories, having a protagonist does seem tenuous given the development so far. Perhaps Zeratul will serve as part protagonist, part narrator. This would fit the "storyteller" part of his persona.

[GnaReffotsirk]

Oh, do you mean like who the player will be playing as? I think it'll surely be selendis.

[Articorse]

There are maybe three characters in the whole SC series that ever had actual character development arcs. I'm not including Kerrigan in that list either, because by your logic, she simply changed from human to Zerg without anything to bridge that development. And what would it take for Zeratul to have actually developed? Did you need to explicitly see a character progression? Is it not enough to see how shitty his life has been to justify the change? We even saw a monologue at the end of dark origins whgave us a look at his mind. What else does the development need?

Edit: and I believe that it was Razagals dying wish that Zeratul took over as leader or something. I don't know if it's my imagination or not so look it up .

Wait, what? You really think Zeratul's senility can be ascribed to the events of BW and Dark Origins?

I can understand that he's changed, of course he has, he went through hell and back. Actually, he's probably not even back yet. He's probably lost a lot of his earlier confidence. But the things he went through don't cause changes like his. He sounds retarded, speaking slowly with idiotic pauses between every two words, always confused about what's going on, narrating things to himself.

"Tassadar... but... you died... slaying the accursed overmind..."

That is not a Zeratul line. A Zeratul line would be more like:

"Tassadar? Is my mind so far gone that I would start seeing the dead?"

The WoL line sounds like he's saying things out loud, because he has Alzheimer's and needs to remind himself what has happened. Not to mention it makes him incredibly gullible. Why would he believe someone, who claims to be his old friend simply because he says so? Zeratul has enough powerful enemies that would try to deceive him. One of them, need I remind anyone, is one of the most powerful psychics ever, who it just so happens loves to mess with his head. How does he know this is truly Tassadar and not an illusion by Kerrigan?

The line I supplied is one of doubt in Zeratul's own abilities to see things clearly. After everything he's went through, it's only natural that he consider how broken his psyche must now be. See, if Zeratul hadn't lost everything and been through hell, it'd probably even be something like:

"Tassadar? What trickery is this? Show yourself, deceiver!"

As for Kerrigan - yes, her infestation CHANGED her, it didn't DEVELOP her. In fact, what it did was cease the development of the human Kerrigan persona and create a new Kerrigan persona, which then went through a lot of development. Now that Kerrigan is no longer infested, we will have her original persona back, which can then start being developed again. Though if she was actually conscious during the past 4+ years, then her mind will probably be quite broken and not at all like she was before she was infested.