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71 entries tagged Characters. Every entry is sourced from the StarCraft games, the novels, the manuals, or Blizzard’s published canon.

Aal CistlerAal Cistler was the privileged son of a Terran Dominion Treasury Ministry leader, pushed into the Ghost Academy on his father's influence despite a low psionic index, where his drug trafficking and self-interest made him a recurring problem across three training teams.
AbathurAbathur was the zerg evolution master, the Swarm's living DNA library, spun by the Overmind from many species. He designed the Queen of Blades, perfected countless strains for Sarah Kerrigan, and later betrayed Overqueen Zagara to reignite the wars he believed the zerg needed to evolve.
AdunAdun was a revered protoss executor of the Discord who secretly sheltered the rogue tribes the Conclave ordered him to execute. He burned away saving them as they were exiled, leaving no body behind, and passed into protoss legend as the Twilight Deliverer.
Alan SchezarAlan Schezar was a smuggler and crime lord whose Scavengers raided Aiur for protoss technology and learned to control zerg cerebrates, drawing the wrath of the Terran Dominion and the protoss before he died fighting on behalf of the dark archon Ulrezaj.
AlarakAlarak was the highlord of the Tal'darim, once First Ascendant in the Chain of Ascension under Ma'lash. A master manipulator who turned his people against Amon after the Dark God betrayed them, he allied with the Daelaam, overthrew Ma'lash in Rak'Shir, and led the Tal'darim on a path of conquest.
AldarisAldaris was a Khalai protoss of the Judicator Caste, a fierce believer in the Khala who judged others by a strict reading of its tenets. He served as advisor to the executors during the Great War and died exposing Sarah Kerrigan's corruption of Matriarch Raszagal on Shakuras.
Alexei StukovAlexei Stukov was the vice admiral of the United Earth Directorate Expeditionary Fleet and tactical advisor to Admiral Gerard DuGalle. Murdered on the orders his own commander gave at Samir Duran's urging, he was resurrected through zerg infestation and spent the rest of his existence as an infested terran in the service of Sarah Kerrigan.
AmonAmon was a malevolent xel'naga who turned against the Infinite Cycle of his kind and sought to end all life and remake it in his image. He created the Overmind and the Zerg Swarm, enslaved the Tal'darim, and was finally destroyed in the Void by an ascended Sarah Kerrigan during the End War.
Angus MengskAngus Mengsk was a senator of Korhal and a member of the Old Families who turned against the Terran Confederacy, declared Korhal's independence, and was assassinated with his family by Confederate ghosts. His murder set his son Arcturus on the path that would forge the Terran Dominion.
Arcturus MengskArcturus Mengsk led the Sons of Korhal to bring down the Terran Confederacy and crowned himself Emperor of the Terran Dominion, ruling through cunning, propaganda, and brute force until his death during the Second Great War.
Ardo MelnikovArdo Melnikov was a young Confederate Marine Corps private whose memories of his home on Bountiful were rewritten by neural resocialization. Discovering that the Confederacy, not the zerg, had stolen his past, he died on Mar Sara buying time for civilian transports to escape.
Ariel HansonAriel Hanson was a selfless bio-engineer from the colony of Agria who joined Raynor's Raiders after they evacuated her people from the zerg. She worked to cure a zerg infestation among the colonists, and was killed by Jim Raynor when the virus consumed her.
ArtanisArtanis was the Hierarch of the Daelaam, a renowned warrior who rose from executor during the zerg invasion of Aiur to lead the reunited protoss. He forged the Khalai and Nerazim into one people, reclaimed Aiur, and led the alliance that banished Amon from the Khala.
Carolina DavisGeneral Carolina Davis was a Terran Dominion officer and lifelong loyalist of Arcturus Mengsk who came to lead the Defenders of Man insurgency against his son Valerian. She engineered zerg attacks on Dominion worlds to discredit the Emperor before Nova Terra brought her down.
Cole HicksonCole Hickson was a terran outlaw and soldier scarred on the left side of his face, a sniper and frequent leader of the War Pigs. He once saved Jim Raynor's sanity in a Kel-Morian prison camp, then years later was resocialized by Tamsen Cauley into an unwitting assassin sent against Raynor.
Colin PhashColin Phash was a young terran with powerful psionic gifts, the son of the Dominion senator Corbin Phash. Hunted for his abilities and forced into the Ghost Academy, he was eventually freed and became the youngest known member of the Umojan shadowguard.
Connor WardConnor Ward was a Confederate marine who lost his family to a Kel-Morian attack during the Guild Wars and joined the military consumed by revenge, serving in the squad that became known as Heaven's Devils alongside Tychus Findlay and Jim Raynor.
DaggothDaggoth was one of the Overmind's greatest cerebrates and master of the Tiamat Brood, the largest and most powerful brood in the Swarm. After the Overmind fell, he took command of the surviving cerebrates and built a Second Overmind, perishing when Kerrigan destroyed them.
DehakaDehaka was a primal zerg pack leader from Zerus and one of the last of his kind before the Swarm's return. He allied with Sarah Kerrigan to gather essence, fought across the Koprulu sector, and led the primal zerg against Amon during the End War.
Delta EmblockDelta Emblock, designated Agent X10128B, was a Terran Dominion ghost who rose from poverty on New Sydney to become a precognitive operative and, after a campaign of deception by the Defenders of Man, a member of Nova Terra's Covert Ops Crew.
Donny VermillionDonny Vermillion was a Universal News Network anchor and devoted loyalist of Arcturus Mengsk who spread Dominion propaganda during the Second Great War. A breakdown, a crisis on the infested world of Tartarus, and a brush with rogue spectres slowly humbled his pro-Mengsk fervor.
Edmund DukeEdmund Duke was a Terran Confederacy general in command of Alpha Squadron and a member of one of the Old Families of Tarsonis. After his rescue by the Sons of Korhal he defected to Arcturus Mengsk, becoming the chief military tactician of the Terran Dominion until his death at Sarah Kerrigan's hands.
Egon StetmannEgon Stetmann was the chief science advisor of Raynor's Raiders, a brilliant and eccentric young scientist who fled the Terran Dominion after sabotaging a cyborg program. Years stranded on Bel'Shir under terrazine exposure unhinged his mind and led him to build the Mecha Swarm.
Emil NarudEmil Narud and Samir Duran were two of the many names worn across the millennia by a xel'naga in service to Amon. Posing as a Confederate warrior, a UED advisor, and a Dominion scientist, he manipulated the wars of the Koprulu sector to engineer the hybrid and resurrect his master.
FenixFenix was a protoss zealot and praetor of the Protoss Defense Forces, one of the most celebrated warriors in protoss history. He fell at Antioch and was reborn in a dragoon shell, died again to Kerrigan's betrayal on Korhal, and was later replicated as the purifier Talandar.
Gabriel ToshGabriel Tosh was a terran spectre, once a devoted Dominion ghost whose psyche was shattered on Shi and reshaped by terrazine into a nihilistic rebel. He led Project Shadowblade against Arcturus Mengsk and allied with Raynor's Raiders before Nova Terra killed him.
Gerard DuGalleGerard DuGalle was a highly decorated admiral of the United Earth Directorate who commanded the Expeditionary Fleet sent to subdue the Koprulu sector during the Brood War. Manipulated by Samir Duran into ordering the death of his lifelong friend Alexei Stukov, he was defeated by Sarah Kerrigan and took his own life as the fleet fell.
Grand PreserverThe Grand Preservers were the highest of the protoss preservers, rare Khalai who held the memories of every protoss ever joined to the Khala. They advised the Conclave, urged the building of the arkships, and in Grand Preserver Rohana survived to guide the reclamation of Aiur.
Hank HarnackHenry "Hank" Harnack was a hot-tempered Confederate Marine Corps firebat of the Heaven's Devils during the Guild Wars. A rival turned friend of Jim Raynor, he wielded his flamethrower through the campaigns on Turaxis II until he burned to death during the Devils' final desertion.
Horace WarfieldHorace Warfield was a Terran Dominion general and commander-in-chief of the Dominion Armed Forces during the Second Great War. A longtime friend of Arcturus Mengsk, he led the war against the zerg, was saved by Jim Raynor on Char, and was killed by Sarah Kerrigan defending the wounded of his command.
IzshaIzsha was a one-of-a-kind zerg advisor in service to Sarah Kerrigan, grafted to her leviathan, where she stored the Queen of Blades' memories and filtered the Swarm's endless sensory data. She stood as a midpoint between Kerrigan's cold reason and the feral nature of the zerg.
Jackson HaulerJackson Hauler, also known as Doctor Cole Bennett, was a powerful psychic who murdered his way into the Confederate Marine Corps and rose to command the black-ops Nova Squadron. Betrayed by the Terran Dominion, he plotted a coup against Arcturus Mengsk before dying at Gehenna Station.
Jake RamseyJacob Jefferson Ramsey was a maverick terran archaeologist who became the unwilling host of the protoss preserver Zamara. Carrying her memories and hunted by Valerian Mengsk, the dark archon Ulrezaj, and the Queen of Blades, he was drawn into the secret history of the protoss and the xel'naga.
Jim RaynorJames Eugene Raynor was a farm boy turned Confederate marine, marshal, and rebel who helped bring down the Terran Confederacy and later fought its successor, the Terran Dominion, becoming one of the few terrans to ally long-term with the protoss.
KarassKarass was a protoss high templar and praetor of the Daelaam whose mastery of psionic powers was considered legendary. On the eve of the Second Great War he led a force to Ulaan and sacrificed himself and his troops to cover the escape of Dark Prelate Zeratul.
KaraxKarax was a Khalai phase-smith and one of the most precise of protoss engineers. Over the war against Amon he rose above his worker origins to command the Spear of Adun's systems, was named a templar in defiance of the caste system, and helped build the means of Amon's defeat.
Kate LockwellKate Lockwell was a reporter and later chief anchor for the Universal News Network. Long a loyal supporter of the Terran Dominion, she gradually confronted its propaganda, publicly challenging Arcturus Mengsk and covering the Koprulu Sector through decades of war.
Kath ToomKath Toom was a telepathic terran ghost, a member of the Ghost Academy's Team Blue alongside Nova Terra and Gabriel Tosh. Mind-wiped into Agent X52735N, she was later captured and transformed into a spectre by Project Shadowblade before General Cole Bennett killed her.
Lio TravskiLio Travski was a hab-addicted ghost trainee whose technopathic gift let him command machines with his mind. After dying at the Ghost Academy, his consciousness survived as an artificial intelligence, and he became a key agent first for Project Shadowblade and later for Nova Terra.
Lisa CassidyPetty Officer Lisa "Doc" Cassidy was a Colonial Fleet medic attached to the Heaven's Devils during the Guild Wars, a skilled doctor and crab addict coerced into spying on the platoon by Colonel Javier Vanderspool. Her betrayal exposed the squad before she was killed in the crossfire at Korsy.
Malcolm KelerchianMalcolm Kelerchian was a terran detective turned ghost wrangler, the man responsible for bringing Nova Terra into the Ghost Program. Bound to a job he hated, he survived Tarsonis and the spectre crisis and grew close to the agent he had once hunted down.
Matt HornerMatthew Horner was an idealistic Sons of Korhal recruit who became captain of the Hyperion and Jim Raynor's loyal first officer, serving as the conscience of Raynor's Raiders before rising to admiral of the reformed Terran Dominion fleet.
Max ZanderMax Zander was a Confederate marine of the Heaven's Devils during the Guild Wars, a slum-born mechanic and grenadier known for his oversized loadout and his habit of risking himself to protect civilians. Colonel Javier Vanderspool murdered him for witnessing his treachery.
Michael LibertyMichael Liberty was a terran news reporter whose pursuit of the truth carried him from the Confederate press to the Sons of Korhal and finally into open defiance of the Terran Dominion. Through pirate broadcasts and the Liberty Manifesto he became the most persistent voice against Arcturus Mengsk.
Mira HanMira Han was a terran mercenary, crime lord, and leader of Mira's Marauders. Forced into marriage with Matt Horner after a poker game, she ruled the underworld of Deadman's Rock and lent her forces to the rebels and later the Dominion against Amon.
MohandarMohandar was the aged leader of the Nerazim and a member of the protoss Hierarchy, a close ally of Matriarch Raszagal who guided Vorazun and held the dark templar within the Daelaam until his death at rebel hands.
NarudNarud was a xel'naga who served the fallen dark god Amon, and who used the aliases Samir Duran and Emil Narud across millennia of manipulation. He goaded the terran, protoss, and zerg into war, bred the hybrid, and engineered the events that would resurrect his master.
Nova TerraNovember Annabella Terra was an Old Family heiress whose latent psionic powers erupted when rebels murdered her family, leading her into the Confederate underworld, the Ghost Program, and a career as one of the Terran Dominion's most powerful covert agents.
NyonNyon was an executor of the Tal'darim who guarded sacred xel'naga relics during the Second Great War. He suffered a long string of defeats to Raynor's Raiders as they stole the components of a xel'naga device, and he died aboard his mothership trying to stop them.
OvermindThe Overmind was the sentient hive mind of the Zerg Swarm, created by Amon to assimilate the protoss. Though bound by an overriding directive, it secretly worked to free the zerg from its maker, engineering the Queen of Blades before falling to Tassadar above Aiur.
PreserverPreservers were a very small group of Khalai protoss who held the memories of the dead within the Khala. Able to reach into the gestalt's deepest layers, they advised the Conclave for millennia until Ulrezaj's campaign hunted them nearly to extinction.
RaszagalRaszagal was the Matriarch of the Dark Templar until the Brood War and one of the most powerful psychics in the galaxy. A survivor of the Discord who was saved by Adun, she dreamed of a reunited protoss race before Sarah Kerrigan enslaved her mind.
ReigelReigel was a cybernetically armed Terran Dominion scientist and weapons specialist who aided Nova Terra against the Defenders of Man. A former Moebius Foundation researcher driven to do good for the sector, he became a fugitive alongside Nova and later clashed with her over the fate of a cache of spectres.
Rory SwannRory Swann was a one-armed engineer and former miner who became the chief engineer of Jim Raynor's battlecruiser Hyperion. The soul of the ship, he kept the Raiders armed and operational through the Second Great War and went on to serve the new Dominion under Valerian Mengsk.
Ryk KyddRyk Kydd, born Ark Bennet of the Old Families, was a Confederate Marine Corps sniper of the Heaven's Devils during the Guild Wars and a friend of Jim Raynor. After deserting with Raynor and Tychus Findlay, he became an assassin for hire and was killed by the bounty hunter Ezekiel Daun.
Samir DuranSamir Duran and Emil Narud were two of the many names worn over the millennia by a xel'naga in service to the fallen Amon. Posing as a Confederate soldier, a UED advisor, a consort to Sarah Kerrigan, and a Dominion scientist, he manipulated terran, protoss, and zerg alike to engineer his master's return.
Sarah KerriganSarah Kerrigan was a psychic terran who began as a Confederate ghost, rose to be second-in-command of the Sons of Korhal, and after Arcturus Mengsk abandoned her on Tarsonis was captured and infested by the Zerg Swarm to become the Queen of Blades.
SelendisSelendis is the protoss High Executor, a celebrated warrior who rose as the protege of Artanis to command the combined military forces of her people. She led the Golden Armada, fell briefly under Amon's thrall, and struggled to find purpose after the loss of the Khala.
StoneStone, codenamed Agent X74996R, was a powerful Terran Dominion ghost whose unusually resilient memory survived repeated mind wipes, and whose loyalty was bent and rewritten by the Defenders of Man before he chose, finally, to walk away from the program.
TalandarTalandar was a protoss purifier built from a brain scan of the Templar hero Fenix. Awakened during the End War believing himself to be Fenix, he came to accept that he was a separate being and chose his own name, becoming a leader among the purifiers of the Daelaam.
TaldarinTaldarin was an ancient protoss praetor and a personal friend of the hero Adun. Mortally injured long ago and preserved in stasis, he became the first warrior ever transferred into a dragoon shell so that he could continue to fight the enemies of the protoss.
Talen AyersTalen Ayers was a famous research geneticist and author whose bestselling books on xenobiology made him a household name before he was abducted into the Dominion's secret Project Blackstone, where his doubts about Arcturus Mengsk and the fate of his daughter slowly hardened.
TassadarTassadar was a protoss high templar and executor who led the expeditionary force that made first contact with the zerg. He broke with the Conclave to spare humanity, allied with the Dark Templar, and sacrificed himself aboard the Gantrithor to destroy the Overmind above Aiur.
Tychus FindlayTychus Findlay was a terran marine with a larcenous streak, an old friend of Jim Raynor from the Guild Wars who became an outlaw, served decades in prison, and was released by Arcturus Mengsk on a secret mission to assassinate the Queen of Blades.
UlrezajUlrezaj was a protoss dark archon formed from seven of the most powerful Dark Templar, bent on vengeance against the protoss who exiled his people. He founded the Aiur Tal'darim, hunted the preservers, and was finally trapped in a crystal alongside the preserver Zamara.
UrunUrun was the proud, traditionalist leader of the Auriga Tribe and a member of the protoss Hierarchy who later commanded the carrier Saalok's Eye and died fighting the Niadra Brood on Adena.
Valerian MengskValerian Mengsk was the archaeologist son and heir of Arcturus Mengsk who allied with Jim Raynor to deinfest Sarah Kerrigan, succeeded his father as Emperor of the Terran Dominion, and sought to rule more justly than the man before him.
VorazunVorazun was the Nerazim matriarch, daughter of Raszagal, and a skilled warrior fiercely devoted to her people's culture. She defended Shakuras, rose to Matriarch after the death of Mohandar, and became something close to a second-in-command to Artanis in the war against Amon.
ZagaraZagara was the first of the broodmothers, created by Sarah Kerrigan on Char, and rose to become Overqueen of the Zerg Swarm. Once a merciless believer in the old ways, she inherited the Swarm after the End War and turned it toward the rebuilding of worlds.
ZaszZasz was a clever and loyal zerg cerebrate who led the Garm Brood during the Great War. His assassination by Zeratul opened a fatal psionic link that revealed the location of Aiur to the Overmind.
ZeratulZeratul was a revered Nerazim mystic and dark prelate who allied with Tassadar against the zerg, slew the cerebrate Zasz, and was manipulated by Kerrigan into killing Raszagal. His decades-long pursuit of the xel'naga prophecy shaped the fate of the protoss, and he gave his life freeing Artanis from Amon.