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[Story spoilers!!] Heart of the HOTS - Page 6

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ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12328 Posts
February 20 2013 10:09 GMT
#101
forgot to say, thanks for the awesome thread as usual, Existor
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
Daralii
Profile Joined March 2010
United States16991 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-20 10:19:50
February 20 2013 10:09 GMT
#102
On February 20 2013 18:09 Deckard.666 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 20 2013 17:59 paralleluniverse wrote:
On February 20 2013 14:19 rustypipe wrote:
I'm taking it Kerrigan turns back into the queen of blades since there there is a missions with Kerrigan's cocoon?

Look at the box or the opening cinematic. Obviously, Kerrigan turns back into the Queen of Blades.


If you actually look at the whole opening cinematic, she's still human..

I'd be surprised if she turned into the queen of blades again. It'd be pretty lame to have the whole WoL campaing focused on saving kerrigan only to have her infested again in the next expansion..

+ Show Spoiler +
The campaign will seemingly focus on having her re-infested so she can control the zerg against Duran's forces, but she won't be the Queen of Blades. The QoB, as others have mentioned, was a separate entity inside Kerrigan's mind with green skin and glowing orange eyes. Re-infested Kerrigan is still, mentally, Sarah Kerrigan.


Side note, but the immortal level-up portrait is gorgeous.
Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth!
ShiQuRas
Profile Joined February 2013
Germany14 Posts
February 20 2013 11:15 GMT
#103
@paralleluniverse
+ Show Spoiler +

The term Primal Queen came from the achievement list site/ where Existor extracted some more campaign knowledge (http://sea.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/508240/1/pebriniel/achievements/category/3211287) and the one Blizzard got rid of during maintanance :-( One of the last portraits where Kerrigan was shown in "purple QoB" form said Primal Queen. And one of the Zerus achievements said something about Primal Hatches so she obviously will become the Primal Queen at some point after going back to Zerus
paralleluniverse
Profile Joined July 2010
4065 Posts
February 20 2013 12:40 GMT
#104
On February 20 2013 20:15 ShiQuRas wrote:
@paralleluniverse
+ Show Spoiler +

The term Primal Queen came from the achievement list site/ where Existor extracted some more campaign knowledge (http://sea.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/508240/1/pebriniel/achievements/category/3211287) and the one Blizzard got rid of during maintanance :-( One of the last portraits where Kerrigan was shown in "purple QoB" form said Primal Queen. And one of the Zerus achievements said something about Primal Hatches so she obviously will become the Primal Queen at some point after going back to Zerus

So this is just semantics.
ShiQuRas
Profile Joined February 2013
Germany14 Posts
February 20 2013 13:12 GMT
#105
well, i don't know if she at some point in the story calls herself like that. but this is what Blizzard named her appearance.
Disengaged
Profile Joined July 2010
United States6994 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-20 15:11:42
February 20 2013 14:34 GMT
#106
On February 20 2013 09:00 Nooborghini wrote:
Any word on how the Diablo Portrait is obtained?
http://i.imgur.com/oLzggif.jpg

looks bad ass.

EVERYTHING LOOKS BAD ASS I CANNOT HANDLE THIS!!!


Digital Deluxe edition or Collectors Edition of HOTS.
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-20 23:15:23
February 20 2013 18:44 GMT
#107
+ Show Spoiler +
Here is my small fanart. This is recreated portrait of Emil Narud, using small 100x100 pixels portrait and basic Narud portrait from Wings of Liberty. I've decided to design it similar to Kerrigan's purple artifacts on the face, or Illusive Man's blue artifacts from Mass Effect 3.

What we know from Starcraft: Flashpoint is that Emil Narud have Xel'Naga artifact which dezergified Queen of Blades back to Sarah Kerrigan. This artifact also can kill any Zerg and Protoss DNA and can be massive weapon against those two races. How it will go - we will see, but I hope, it will be really great or just epic story.

Click to see bigger version.

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ShiQuRas
Profile Joined February 2013
Germany14 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-20 20:46:02
February 20 2013 20:41 GMT
#108
First of all nice job on that fanart ;-)

secondly

On February 21 2013 03:44 Existor wrote:
Xel'Naga artifact which dezergified Queen of Blades back to Sarah Kerrigan. This artifact also can kill any Zerg and Protoss DNA and can be massive weapon against those two races.


humm... shall i continue with spoiler tags? ok let's put it into spoiler tags


+ Show Spoiler +
We know from the WoL campaign that the artefact is capable of destroying Zergbiomass which hence dezergified Kerrigan for the most part. And Stetman in the campaign found out that it can drain Protoss energy and basically drain their psychic abilities/energies so they would die from it.
But what if it doesn't destroy them. As i wrote above at least for Protoss it has clearly been stated, that it drains their energies so it might save them in some battery-ish manner. That reminded me of the known Xel'Naga temple we encountered on Bekar Rho and various other planets. Where the temple emerged out of nothing, attracted Protoss and Zerg and kind of absorbed their energy and (for Zerg) DNA. When it was "fully loaded" a firebird/phoenix-like creature emerged from the temple and flew into space. In the DT trilogy Zeratul followed one of them. It met in outer space with others of its kind and created a wormhole that brought zeratul somewhere. We still don't know where (Blizzard pls!!!! o.O).

My theory so far was that this is kind of either an emergency plan of the Xel'Naga in order to melt the races by gathering their material and fuse it together to rebirth the new Xel'Naga race OR it was set up by the Dark Voice so he can gather the material for his abomination-xel'naga. Either way... I can't stop imagining the artefact to be like a portable temple. You know... like the explosion on Char might have gathered some Zerg material already and now this "weapon" needs some Protoss energy as well. Maybe it's a more advanced version (since it's smaller/portable) compared to the temples but will there be another energy-phoenix when it's done with whatever it does? Gathering the Material might explain why Narud became leader of Moebius in order to find the pieces and why he fought to get it back in Flashpoint.
And since there was a hots-achievement "find out the true meaning of the artifact" i would die to know the answer right now ;-) and i bet it's got something to do with this.

While writing this and thinking about it all over again I wonder why the artefact was split into pieces and scattered all over the sector. Dark Voice is apparently a Xel'Naga but they refer to him as the Fallen One. They distinguish between the cyle (normal way of Xel'Naga rebirth) and the unnatural hybrids (technologically fused Zerg and Protoss that serve as Dark Voices army). So what if the artifact is a weapon/device made by the Dark Voice in order to create his own kind (that would explain it being more advanced since it was created later then the temples but does the same thing...) . The other Xel'Naga found out about it, said it was unnatural, kicked him out for his bad attitude ( ;-) ) and dismantled the artifact and hid its pieces so it can "never" be found again?
Any opinions on that?
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-20 20:44:06
February 20 2013 20:42 GMT
#109
spoiler tags? ok let's put it into spoiler tags

Flashpoint is already released and everyone can read it. So new Narud and stolen artifact and against what it can be used - we already know from that book.
ShiQuRas
Profile Joined February 2013
Germany14 Posts
February 20 2013 20:48 GMT
#110
On February 21 2013 05:42 Existor wrote:
Show nested quote +
spoiler tags? ok let's put it into spoiler tags

Flashpoint is already released and everyone can read it. So new Narud and stolen artifact and against what it can be used - we already know from that book.


Sorry dude misunderstanding in my first post. I knew u could misread it like that so i've rephrased that sentence already. Didn't want to upset you. :-D
number01
Profile Joined December 2012
203 Posts
February 20 2013 20:54 GMT
#111
I found the spoiler after the spoiler funny XD. Did not read it though i want to play it for myself. Thanks for the post.
Idra is the reason I play SC
voltaic
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
1071 Posts
February 20 2013 22:16 GMT
#112
19 days...
kerrigan comes to slay your faves/coming 3 town

@Existor
do the community a favor: don't put up the cinematics on tl if they are up before release.
Puhlease.
The only thing that is left unspoiled...
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
February 20 2013 22:38 GMT
#113
do the community a favor: don't put up the cinematics on tl if they are up before release.
Puhlease.
The only thing that is left unspoiled...

I will not do that of course. But Blizzard will spoil it as launch trailer, I think
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13967 Posts
February 21 2013 01:39 GMT
#114
INFESTED STUKOVVVVV!
Kaina + Drones Linkcro Summon Cupsie Yummy Way
MutnamPororo
Profile Joined February 2013
Korea (South)1 Post
February 21 2013 05:51 GMT
#115
Are they really bringing back Stukov??
voltaic
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
1071 Posts
February 21 2013 06:01 GMT
#116
the launch trailer is always the worst trailer iof it comes to spoilers. but i bet that all those crazy chicks with the CEs wil upload the cinematics anyway.
Daralii
Profile Joined March 2010
United States16991 Posts
February 21 2013 08:28 GMT
#117
On February 21 2013 14:51 MutnamPororo wrote:
Are they really bringing back Stukov??

Sure as hell looks like him.

The nanite serum was probably a temporary measure or put the infestation in remission, as otherwise the toss would've figured out a way to bring people back from the dead.
Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth!
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
February 21 2013 09:11 GMT
#118
god damn your OPs are always so purty :o
NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs | Seed | ByuN | ByuL | Neeb| Scarlett | Rogue | IM forever
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia12958 Posts
February 22 2013 00:37 GMT
#119
I'm calling Kerrigan intended for the events in WoL to go down as part of some grand scheme to increase her power over the swarm.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
pebriniel
Profile Joined September 2012
France43 Posts
February 25 2013 19:07 GMT
#120
'Spoil.
Achievement Campaign Heart of the Swarm :

http://imageshack.us/g/1/10024256/
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