Narud, is later revealed to be a ancient shapeshifter who seeks to resurrect Amon. Sarah enters a chrysalis in the first zerg spawning pool and emerges, transformed into the primal Queen of Blades.Īfter absorbing various essences on Zerus, and allying with Alexei Stukov, Kerrigan assaults a Dominion research station to face the hybrid. Sarah awakens the oldest living zerg, The Ancient One, and learns that Amon, a fallen Xel'naga, stole a large portion of the zerg from Zerus and created the Overmind from them. Sarah, initially reluctant, is convinced after Zeratul tells her that it will give her the power she wants to kill Mengsk. After overpowering splintered swarms on Char, Sarah is visited by Zeratul, who tells her to travel to Zerus, the original homeworld of the Zerg, where the primal zerg are in a constantly evolving state. Jim and Sarah embrace breifly before being separated, and Captain Horner is driven off as Sarah returns to the surface to wait for Jim, before learning via a newscast that he was captured and executed by the Dominion.Įnraged, Sarah returns to the Char, discovering her command leviathan. Jim Raynor is desperate to get Kerrigan away, and shortly after the last round of tests, the facility is attack by Dominion forces.

Heart of the Swarm starts at a research facility run by Crown Prince Valerian Mengsk, who is performing tests on Sarah Kerrigan to determine how much of her skill at controlling Zerg remains from her time as the Queen of Blades.

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