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ForTenPoints
Profile Joined February 2009
United States140 Posts
July 07 2009 20:51 GMT
#1
This might have been made before but I can't find anything...but what are the meaning of the toss unit speeches?

The two off the top of my head that I can think of are en taro adun or adun toredas...however you spell it.

There might be others too...anyone know what these mean?
B1nary
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada1267 Posts
July 07 2009 20:57 GMT
#2
en taro = long live
toredas = to victory
Adun = 1a2a3a

It makes sense... the citadel of Adun lets you get Zealot leg speed, which makes the Protoss army 1a2a3a-able.

Seriously: I don't know their exact meaning but they're most likely equivalent to hail Adun or something.
GGQ
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada2653 Posts
July 07 2009 20:59 GMT
#3
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Khalani
derbz
Profile Joined April 2009
Canada87 Posts
July 07 2009 21:03 GMT
#4
Oh Starcraft lore how interesting you can be.
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
July 07 2009 21:14 GMT
#5
you are mistaken, Adun is a hero from the past. This is evident in campaign when the protoss start to say "En Taro Tassadar" (post-death). This suggests that the phrase En Taro Adun means 'long live Adun'.

1a2a3a is funny though =P
Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
7021 Posts
July 07 2009 21:23 GMT
#6
oh wow I always thought Adun was a planet or something but apparently
"Adun was a protoss warrior who led the Templar shortly before the exile of the Dark Templar"

meh maybe i should play the campaigns again some time


Kaniol
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Poland5551 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-07 21:30:07
July 07 2009 21:29 GMT
#7
On July 08 2009 06:23 Puosu wrote:
(...)
meh maybe i should play the campaigns again some time



Better read vanilla SC instruction. Very interresting story About Earth before banishing what we know as Terran race, etc.
Random()
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Kyrgyz Republic1462 Posts
July 07 2009 21:36 GMT
#8
On July 08 2009 06:14 JiYan wrote:
you are mistaken, Adun is a hero from the past. This is evident in campaign when the protoss start to say "En Taro Tassadar" (post-death). This suggests that the phrase En Taro Adun means 'long live Adun'.

1a2a3a is funny though =P


Does it make any sense to say "long live so-and-so" after he has died though?
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
July 07 2009 21:59 GMT
#9
En Taro means "in honor of" o.o
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FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11565 Posts
July 07 2009 23:35 GMT
#10
On July 08 2009 06:23 Puosu wrote:
oh wow I always thought Adun was a planet or something but apparently
"Adun was a protoss warrior who led the Templar shortly before the exile of the Dark Templar"

meh maybe i should play the campaigns again some time




I don't think that stuff was in the campaign.
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ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-08 00:01:27
July 07 2009 23:59 GMT
#11
Actually, adun was pretty much a patron saint who taught the protoss the path of the kala (if i can remember correctly) he was basically their buddha who brought them spiritual enlightenment. Saying "en taro tassadar" is way more meaningful than "long live tassadar", because i can only guess that "en taro" means "enter unto", or similiar, as in buddhism, when people seek a state of nirvana. This means that they believe that both adun and tassadar have achieved a state of "nirvana" along the path of the kala.

i've got the original 110 page starcraft book right here with like 20 pages of backstory on each race, as well as a general overview of the campaign storyling, and 3d renders of the units and descriptions of them both in the game and the lore.
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Methos
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States206 Posts
July 08 2009 00:04 GMT
#12
There are also entries on urbandictionary if you want to look there.
GGQ
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada2653 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-08 00:22:54
July 08 2009 00:22 GMT
#13
On July 08 2009 08:59 ghermination wrote:
Actually, adun was pretty much a patron saint who taught the protoss the path of the kala (if i can remember correctly) he was basically their buddha who brought them spiritual enlightenment. Saying "en taro tassadar" is way more meaningful than "long live tassadar", because i can only guess that "en taro" means "enter unto", or similiar, as in buddhism, when people seek a state of nirvana. This means that they believe that both adun and tassadar have achieved a state of "nirvana" along the path of the kala.

i've got the original 110 page starcraft book right here with like 20 pages of backstory on each race, as well as a general overview of the campaign storyling, and 3d renders of the units and descriptions of them both in the game and the lore.


And with all that, you still got it wrong . The guy you are thinking about is Khas. He brought the religion of the Khala and ended the big civil war between the tribes. However, there were some who rejected that religion and turned rogue. Adun was the executor sometime later who was ordered to round up the rogue protoss and execute them. Adun was successful in capturing them, but refused to kill them. Instead, they were banished from Aiur forever; they ended up on Shakuras and become the Dark Templar. That's why both the High and Dark Templar honour and respect Adun.
Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
July 08 2009 00:34 GMT
#14
On July 08 2009 09:22 GGQ wrote:
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On July 08 2009 08:59 ghermination wrote:
Actually, adun was pretty much a patron saint who taught the protoss the path of the kala (if i can remember correctly) he was basically their buddha who brought them spiritual enlightenment. Saying "en taro tassadar" is way more meaningful than "long live tassadar", because i can only guess that "en taro" means "enter unto", or similiar, as in buddhism, when people seek a state of nirvana. This means that they believe that both adun and tassadar have achieved a state of "nirvana" along the path of the kala.

i've got the original 110 page starcraft book right here with like 20 pages of backstory on each race, as well as a general overview of the campaign storyling, and 3d renders of the units and descriptions of them both in the game and the lore.


And with all that, you still got it wrong . The guy you are thinking about is Khas. He brought the religion of the Khala and ended the big civil war between the tribes. However, there were some who rejected that religion and turned rogue. Adun was the executor sometime later who was ordered to round up the rogue protoss and execute them. Adun was successful in capturing them, but refused to kill them. Instead, they were banished from Aiur forever; they ended up on Shakuras and become the Dark Templar. That's why both the High and Dark Templar honour and respect Adun.

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despite
Profile Joined June 2009
Bulgaria105 Posts
July 08 2009 00:37 GMT
#15
On July 08 2009 05:57 B1nary wrote:
en taro = long live
toredas = to victory
Adun = 1a2a3a

It makes sense... the citadel of Adun lets you get Zealot leg speed, which makes the Protoss army 1a2a3a-able.

Seriously: I don't know their exact meaning but they're most likely equivalent to hail Adun or something.


I would go for this guy's explanation.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66363 Posts
July 08 2009 00:38 GMT
#16
On July 08 2009 09:22 GGQ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2009 08:59 ghermination wrote:
Actually, adun was pretty much a patron saint who taught the protoss the path of the kala (if i can remember correctly) he was basically their buddha who brought them spiritual enlightenment. Saying "en taro tassadar" is way more meaningful than "long live tassadar", because i can only guess that "en taro" means "enter unto", or similiar, as in buddhism, when people seek a state of nirvana. This means that they believe that both adun and tassadar have achieved a state of "nirvana" along the path of the kala.

i've got the original 110 page starcraft book right here with like 20 pages of backstory on each race, as well as a general overview of the campaign storyling, and 3d renders of the units and descriptions of them both in the game and the lore.


And with all that, you still got it wrong . The guy you are thinking about is Khas. He brought the religion of the Khala and ended the big civil war between the tribes. However, there were some who rejected that religion and turned rogue. Adun was the executor sometime later who was ordered to round up the rogue protoss and execute them. Adun was successful in capturing them, but refused to kill them. Instead, they were banished from Aiur forever; they ended up on Shakuras and become the Dark Templar. That's why both the High and Dark Templar honour and respect Adun.

Win.

Go write some fanfict or something!
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Sonu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada577 Posts
July 08 2009 01:25 GMT
#17
in sc2 zealots say en taro artanis. so long live artanis? there are somethings that are hard to to tell though, like the DA's "aaaaaaaaaaa" in high pitch...
"I really like this wall-in, because its not a fucking wall" - DAy[9]
Sentenal
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States12398 Posts
July 08 2009 01:31 GMT
#18
On July 08 2009 10:25 Sonu wrote:
in sc2 zealots say en taro artanis. so long live artanis? there are somethings that are hard to to tell though, like the DA's "aaaaaaaaaaa" in high pitch...

"In honor of Artanis". L2read thread.

But it is odd for them to say "En Taro Artanis", assuming Artanis is still alive.
"Apparently, Sentenal is a paragon of friendship and tolerance. " - Ech0ne
Orbifold
Profile Joined September 2008
United States1922 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-08 01:43:54
July 08 2009 01:40 GMT
#19
On July 08 2009 09:22 GGQ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2009 08:59 ghermination wrote:
Actually, adun was pretty much a patron saint who taught the protoss the path of the kala (if i can remember correctly) he was basically their buddha who brought them spiritual enlightenment. Saying "en taro tassadar" is way more meaningful than "long live tassadar", because i can only guess that "en taro" means "enter unto", or similiar, as in buddhism, when people seek a state of nirvana. This means that they believe that both adun and tassadar have achieved a state of "nirvana" along the path of the kala.

i've got the original 110 page starcraft book right here with like 20 pages of backstory on each race, as well as a general overview of the campaign storyling, and 3d renders of the units and descriptions of them both in the game and the lore.


And with all that, you still got it wrong . The guy you are thinking about is Khas. He brought the religion of the Khala and ended the big civil war between the tribes. However, there were some who rejected that religion and turned rogue. Adun was the executor sometime later who was ordered to round up the rogue protoss and execute them. Adun was successful in capturing them, but refused to kill them. Instead, they were banished from Aiur forever; they ended up on Shakuras and become the Dark Templar. That's why both the High and Dark Templar honour and respect Adun.


...and the Khala is more than a simple religion, it is a psionic network connecting all Protoss. It is from the Khala and its formidable energies that the Protoss derive their powers. Not all Protoss trusted this "great link". Those who refused to join the Khala were known as Dark Templar, Adun's campaign and the Dark Templar's eventual exile were reprisal for this "heresy".

The Conclave limited the energies of the Khala to a narrow band of the "psionic spectrum". The Dark Templar felt that this was a foolish and regressive policy, and that the Protoss would only reach their full potential after embracing energies of all shade and hue. This turned out to be true, the Conclave had been greatly handicapping itself and eventually paid for the price for their arrogance.

After the events of the Brood War, this unification was finally achieved... though at great cost: Aiur lost and much of the great link destroyed. The pre-Brood War Protoss relied on a massive concentration of one type of energy; whereas the Post-BW Protoss had much less total energy at their disposal, but had access to the full spectrum. This shifting of emphasis accounts for many of the innovative Protoss war machines which were constructed in the years leading up to the Swarm's reawakening under Kerrigan.

If the newly unified Protoss rebuild the great link, their power would be unimaginable. (I would guess flying DTs that shoot scarabs).

There are interesting parallels to be drawn between the new Protoss and the post confederacy Terran Renaissance post, but that's another topic entirely.

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Perguvious
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1783 Posts
July 08 2009 02:12 GMT
#20
On July 08 2009 10:25 Sonu wrote:
in sc2 zealots say en taro artanis. so long live artanis? there are somethings that are hard to to tell though, like the DA's "aaaaaaaaaaa" in high pitch...


I thought it was "en taro tassadar"

since, you know, he got in a car crash
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