THE WARS
the Great War,as it is sometimes known,was a chaotic and bloody affair that cost millions of lives and ruined dozens of worlds.A new Terran Empire,under the leadership of Arcturus Mengsk,arose to lead humanity with an iron fist.Yet the Zerg smashed wave after wave of Terran armies and fleets that stood in their way,and eventually turned their focus on the Protoss.The Terrans and the Protoss formed an uneasy alliance as they endured defeat after defeat.In the greatest of battles,the Zerg swarms reached the Protoss home world of Aiur and laid siege to it.Broken and almost lost,the Protoss were saved only by the actions of the hero Tassadar,who died to destroy the Zerg Overmind.
In the aftermath,the three species tried to rebuild.But it wasn't long before the trumpets of war sounded again.The Brood War started as Zerg swarms fought among themselves for control.The Protoss forged an alliance with their lost brothers,the Dark Templar,to retake Aiur and lay waste to all that opposed them.They even formed a dark bargain with Kerrigan,the Zerg mistress of destruction,to wipe out numerous swarms that threatened them.Of course,for Kerrigan,such an alliance merely eradicated her rivals for control of the Zerg broods,and today she sits atop the throne of the zerg.To the surprise of everyone,a vast fleet from United Earth arrived to do battle with the threats that the government on Earth deemed too dangerous to be left to the exiles.Yet the United Earth forces were destroyed by their own arrogance and by their desire to not merely check the Zerg,but to control the Power of the swarms for themselves.Ultimately,the Zerg proved victorious and beholden to only one authority:Kerrigan,the Queen of Blades.