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StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-17 19:48:41
August 17 2009 19:45 GMT
#21
On August 18 2009 04:41 EximoSua wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2009 04:40 StorrZerg wrote:
On August 18 2009 04:31 EximoSua wrote:
On August 18 2009 04:28 StorrZerg wrote:
On August 18 2009 04:23 EximoSua wrote:
Christie Golden already revealed what the Xel'Naga are in the third book of the Dark Templar trilogy:

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The Xel'Naga are a "hybrid" evolutionary combination of the Zerg and the Protoss. Through countless cycles, as the Xel'Naga know that their race must eventually come to an end, they engineer new races that hold the best and worst parts of themselves to occupy the universe during the millennia unil their new "ascension". The Zerg and Protoss are the current iteration of this "rebirth" cycle the Xel'Naga participate in, where the races eventualy evolutionally unite and recreate the Xel'Naga. Unfortunately, several unscrupulous parties have become priivy to this secret information (Samir Duran, and whoever he works for), and have made their own bastardized "hybrid" creatures, and thus threaten to destroy the Xel'Naga's benevolent aims, and all existing life currently in the universe.


So, in conclusion: no. Read your lore.


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Xel'naga are not a hybrid of toss/zerg.



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Um...Yes, they are, evolutionarily speaking. The Zerg and the Protoss are engineered races designed to eventually reunite into the Xel'Naga. As I already said. Do you have something to support your retarded ass statement, or are you simply talking out of your ass? Have you read the book?


books* fyi xel'naga are not perfect, they where trying to create a perfect race yet failed. each of the 2 races both posses qualities of a perfect race. thus hybrid should produce a perfect race


I honestly can't even reply to that. That's how retarded you are.


did you read the other books? or are you basing off this entire thing off a little segment in one book?

edit: no need to pms on me for having an opinion on what i thought the books meant when i read them
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
Zato-1
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Chile4253 Posts
August 17 2009 19:52 GMT
#22
I have to agree with spinesheath here. Yes, the Terrans on Mar Sara and other fringe worlds are outcasts. Where from? Earth. And we've seen the Terrans from the home planet- the UED. It's the same thing as the fringe worlds, only on a larger scale.

Terrans have always been a very young race in the Starcraft lore- they cannot possibly have created the Zerg and the Protoss races long ago. This theory just doesn't hold water- If you look at this interview with Chris Metzen, they want to add more races to the Starcraft lore, not narrow them down even further by making Xel'naga = Terran.
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zazen
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Brazil695 Posts
August 17 2009 20:05 GMT
#23
Xel'naga need to be a terran-like race with mixed in medieval concepts such as swords and knighthood despite being super evolved and powerful. People from their race could have distinct features. Kinda like Vin Diesel in Battle of Riddick or something like that.
"The quest for nexus has brought many men of genius to insanity... HUEHUEHUE!"
n00bonicPlague
Profile Joined August 2008
United States197 Posts
August 17 2009 20:36 GMT
#24
On August 18 2009 04:16 whyohwhy wrote:
Naga stole my Vulture

/fixed :D
Beta = 04/01/10
Simple
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States801 Posts
August 17 2009 20:45 GMT
#25
maybe the xel naga is a metaphor for clean living and a healthy lifestyle
ForSC2
Profile Joined June 2009
United States580 Posts
August 17 2009 20:46 GMT
#26
It would definitely be original which I don't see happening from blizzard no offense. In SC and WC3 don't kerrigan and Arthas seem pretty damn similar. It's like the same story with the Xel Naga being the titans or whatever Sargeras and his buds were in Wc3.
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Zato-1
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Chile4253 Posts
August 17 2009 20:56 GMT
#27
On August 18 2009 05:46 ForSC2 wrote:
It would definitely be original which I don't see happening from blizzard no offense. In SC and WC3 don't kerrigan and Arthas seem pretty damn similar. It's like the same story with the Xel Naga being the titans or whatever Sargeras and his buds were in Wc3.

There are plenty of recurring themes in Blizzard games, and it makes sense given that there's overlap with the writers. The corruption theme in particular is something all too common which I hope doesn't come up again.
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Kaniol
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Poland5551 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-17 20:59:20
August 17 2009 20:57 GMT
#28
On August 18 2009 04:02 iloveambiguity wrote:
(...)The terrans we are familiar with are outcasts, so it is reasonably assumed that they are technologically lagging behind the motherplanet(...)

The medics and valkyries and charon boosted goliaths you know are UED aka "forces of themotherplanet". Is that argument good enough proof of this theory being bad?


On August 18 2009 05:45 Simple wrote:
maybe the xel naga is a metaphor for clean living and a healthy lifestyle


HAHAHAHA


BTW wasn't there a theory that xel'naga are ascendants of wc3's nagas? Dunno wether that or this was weirder
constantine
Profile Joined June 2009
Bulgaria49 Posts
August 17 2009 21:04 GMT
#29
On August 18 2009 04:16 whyohwhy wrote:
Naga stole my bike


haha, made my day, ty

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"Stick them with the pointy end."
FirstBorn
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Romania3955 Posts
August 17 2009 21:08 GMT
#30
Xel'Naga were much more advanced than the protoss. Terrans are not.
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spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
August 17 2009 21:11 GMT
#31
On August 18 2009 05:56 Zato-1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2009 05:46 ForSC2 wrote:
It would definitely be original which I don't see happening from blizzard no offense. In SC and WC3 don't kerrigan and Arthas seem pretty damn similar. It's like the same story with the Xel Naga being the titans or whatever Sargeras and his buds were in Wc3.

There are plenty of recurring themes in Blizzard games, and it makes sense given that there's overlap with the writers. The corruption theme in particular is something all too common which I hope doesn't come up again.


One of their storywriters once admitted openly that he uses the same concepts over and over. It's successful, so he sticks with it.
Sry, but no source. It was some random article I read months ago.
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Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12240 Posts
August 17 2009 21:15 GMT
#32
On August 18 2009 06:08 FirstBorn wrote:
Xel'Naga were much more advanced than the protoss. Terrans are not.


Unless they manipulated time such that they de-evolved themselves into Terrans in order to lay dormant until the Protoss and Zerg hybrid race could be created, at which point they would accelerate their own evolution and lord over the new hybrid race until they could merge into them, thereby creating the perfect continuation of the Xel'naga.

Definitely sounds like something Metzen would come up with =]
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zazen
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Brazil695 Posts
August 17 2009 21:28 GMT
#33
One thing we all do agree is that Blizzard *ALSO* have no idea what the Xel'Naga are right? I'll just be pretty damn pissed if they are mentioned but never do appear in SC2, which is what they did in SC1.
"The quest for nexus has brought many men of genius to insanity... HUEHUEHUE!"
Catch]22
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden2683 Posts
August 17 2009 21:34 GMT
#34
Duran maybe... is the overmind? lol'd

The overminds true quest was to merge with the protoss (CONSUME) in order to make the zerg incredibly powerful, or even "perfect". And it seems to be exactly what duran was doing, he's lived for millenia etc etc
shindigs
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4795 Posts
August 17 2009 21:53 GMT
#35
In the high res cinematic in which zeratul reads the stone with the prophecies on it, don't you see an engraving of what the xel naga look like?

Sort of look like mursaat (or however it is spelled) from Guild Wars.
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lololol
Profile Joined February 2006
5198 Posts
August 17 2009 22:11 GMT
#36
I just hope Xel Naga actually makes an appearance in the game, and not arrive just as the last part of the trilogy ends or some other stupid cliffhanger like that.
I'll call Nada.
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
August 17 2009 22:21 GMT
#37
On August 18 2009 06:34 Catch]22 wrote:
Duran maybe... is the overmind? lol'd

The overminds true quest was to merge with the protoss (CONSUME) in order to make the zerg incredibly powerful, or even "perfect". And it seems to be exactly what duran was doing, he's lived for millenia etc etc



hasn't durran been infested or taken over or something? i mean he was normal... but i mean hes not now..
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
HeaDStrong
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Scotland785 Posts
August 17 2009 22:28 GMT
#38
this whole conversation somehow resembles noobs at theocrafting just the other way around. lol
KaasZerg
Profile Joined November 2005
Netherlands927 Posts
August 17 2009 22:33 GMT
#39
The Xel Naga were from another Galaxy. Refugees from a war. In our galaxy they tried to create the ultimate weapons to make a comeback. Hence the experiments with the protoss and zerg. Duran is an agent of the ancient enemy of the Xel Naga. He sabotaged the zerg and project by giving them sentience and disrupting control to exterminate the Xel Naga. Maybe he succeeded maybe not.

This is from a custom singleplayer mission I played with some gaps in the story I filled in. I think it is a good explenation.
EximoSua
Profile Joined June 2009
171 Posts
August 17 2009 22:54 GMT
#40
This thread makes my brain explode.
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