Queen of Blades Kerrigan had once been a human girl who awakened to psionic powers. When she was very young, the corrupt Tyran Federation secretly imprisoned and brainwashed her, turning her into a weapon for suppressing rebellions.
Arcturus Mengsk discovered her talent and rescued her from the Federation's Secret Laboratory. From then on, the woman who had regained her self-awareness became the sharpest blade in the hands of the Tyran Empire's Emperor—until she was abandoned during a battle against the Zerg.
The Swarm Overlord ordered the Zerg to re-evolve the captured Kerrigan. Perfect genes derived from Zerg biotechnology replaced her human ones, and from then on, she became the Overlord's blade—the Zerg's Hero.
Under the Swarm Overlord's command, Kerrigan led the Zerg in an assault on the Protoss homeworld, Aiur. During that brutal battle, which engulfed both races, the Protoss High Templar Tassadar ignited his own soul aboard the Protoss flagship to secure a final victory, and in a tremendous collision, he and the Swarm Overlord perished together.
Seizing the opportunity, the Queen of Blades allied with the Dark Protoss, killed several powerful rivals among the Broodmind leaders, and seized control of most of the Swarm.
Even when the dead Overlord was reborn, he failed to reclaim all his authority, splitting the Zerg into factions.
"Xel'Naga, observers of the universe, creators of All Things." The Queen of Blades gazed at the Golden Throne. A Golden Sun hung high above an unknown dimension, its Holy Radiance spreading across the cosmos.
As soon as she saw that Golden Sun, she felt a trace of sacred Radiance envelop her. A warm current seemed to stir within her body, and even her soul-sense grew sharper.
"My human bloodline was affected, but the purely human part of me is too small, so the effect barely