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

Aeon of StrifeThe Aeon of Strife was a millennia-long civil war among the protoss, called the bloodiest civil war in galactic history. It followed the departure of the xel'naga and the loss of the protoss psychic link, and ended when the scholar Khas rediscovered the khaydarin crystals and founded the Khala.
Battle of Antiga Prime: the uprising that broke the ConfederacyThe Battle of Antiga Prime was the campaign fought on the Confederate colony world of Antiga Prime during the Great War, in which the Sons of Korhal backed a colonial revolt, turned General Edmund Duke's Alpha Squadron to their cause, and lured the zerg onto the Confederate blockade with a psi emitter before the protoss purified the world.
Battle of CharThe Battle of Char was fought during the Second Great War between a joint Terran Dominion and Raynor's Raiders force and the Zerg Swarm. Instigated by Prince Valerian Mengsk and led by Jim Raynor, it ended with the de-infestation of Sarah Kerrigan by a xel'naga device.
Battle of KorhalThe Battle of Korhal was the final battle of the Second Great War, a joint assault by Sarah Kerrigan's Zerg Swarm and Jim Raynor's Raiders on the Dominion capital. It ended with the death of Emperor Arcturus Mengsk and the destruction of much of Augustgrad.
Battle of TarsonisThe Battle of Tarsonis, also called the Fall of Tarsonis, ended the Terran Confederacy. The Sons of Korhal lured the Zerg Swarm to the Confederate capital with psi-emitters, abandoned Sarah Kerrigan to the zerg, and cleared the way for Arcturus Mengsk to found the Terran Dominion.
Brood WarThe Brood War was a zerg civil war between Sarah Kerrigan and the cerebrate Daggoth over the succession of the Overmind, fought against the backdrop of an invasion by the United Earth Directorate. It ended with Kerrigan supreme over the Koprulu Sector and the Directorate destroyed.
Defenders of Man InsurgencyThe Defenders of Man Insurgency was a conflict fought after the End War between the Terran Dominion and the separatist Defenders of Man, who lured feral zerg onto Dominion worlds to discredit Emperor Valerian Mengsk. It was exposed and crushed through the efforts of the ghost Nova Terra.
Emperor's Fall: the UED conquest of KorhalEmperor's Fall was the climactic battle of the United Earth Directorate's invasion of Korhal, in which the UED stormed Augustgrad, toppled Arcturus Mengsk, and seized the Terran Dominion capital. Though Jim Raynor and a protoss fleet snatched Mengsk from execution at the last moment, the UED took the planet and made it the staging ground for the rest of their campaign.
End WarThe End War was the galaxy-wide crusade waged by the fallen xel'naga Amon after his resurrection. It saw the corruption of the Khala, the fall of Aiur and Shakuras, the unification of the protoss under Artanis, and the final destruction of Amon in the Void by Sarah Kerrigan.
Eye of the StormEye of the Storm was the final battle of the Great War, in which a combined protoss and terran force struck at the Overmind in its nesting ground on Aiur. Executor Tassadar sacrificed himself by driving the Gantrithor into the creature while channeling dark templar energy, destroying the Overmind and setting the stage for the Brood War.
Fall of AiurThe Fall of Aiur was the zerg invasion of the protoss homeworld during the Great War, fought at the same time as the Protoss Civil War. Tassadar destroyed the Overmind, but the Swarm had already claimed too much of Aiur, killing seventy percent of the protoss and forcing the survivors to abandon their world.
Great WarThe Great War was the first open conflict between the protoss and the zerg in the Koprulu Sector, with the terrans caught between two ancient enemies. It saw the fall of the Confederacy, the rise of the Terran Dominion, the infestation of Sarah Kerrigan, and the death of the Overmind over Aiur.
Guild WarsThe Guild Wars were the economic and military conflict between the Terran Confederacy and the Kel-Morian Combine over the mineral wealth of the Koprulu sector. Fought from 2485 to 2489, they ended in Confederate supremacy, the appropriation of the mining guilds, and the founding of the Umojan Protectorate.
The Infinite CycleThe Infinite Cycle was the great pattern by which the xel'naga renewed themselves, seeding the universe with life until two species of purity of form and essence merged to inherit their power. Amon's refusal to die for the cycle set off the wars of the Koprulu sector.
Long SleepThe Long Sleep was the centuries-defining journey during which four supercarriers loaded with cryogenically frozen prisoners were exiled from Earth, drifted blind through warp space, and crash-landed in the Koprulu sector, founding the colonies from which all terran civilization descended.
Mengsk's UprisingMengsk's Uprising was the rebellion waged by Arcturus Mengsk and his Sons of Korhal against the Terran Confederacy. It overthrew the Confederacy as the dominant terran power of the Koprulu sector and laid the groundwork for the Terran Dominion.
Project ShadowbladeProject Shadowblade was a classified Terran Dominion research program that used the psionic reagent terrazine to forge spectres, the volatile super-soldiers meant to surpass the ghost. Born under Arcturus Mengsk, it spawned a rebellion and outlived its creator.
Protoss Civil WarThe Protoss Civil War was an internal conflict that erupted on Aiur as the zerg overran the world, pitting Tassadar and his Dark Templar allies against the Conclave. It coincided with the Fall of Aiur and ended when Tassadar destroyed the Overmind.
Raid on CharThe Raid on Char was a protoss strike on the zerg homeworld during the Brood War, mounted to recover the Khalis crystal from beneath the infant Overmind. Artanis and Zeratul, aided by Sarah Kerrigan, took the crystal and escaped.
Reclamation of AiurThe Reclamation of Aiur was the opening battle of the End War, an attempt by the Daelaam to retake the lost protoss homeworld. It ended in failure when Amon corrupted the Khala, and instead opened the way to a far larger conflict.
Resurrection IVResurrection IV was a semi-canonical episode of the Brood War era in which Jim Raynor and the ancient protoss Taldarin tracked the infested Alexei Stukov to Braxis, cured him of his zerg infestation with an Artanis-provided serum, and fled as the protoss purified the world.
Second AgeThe Second Age was the era of protoss history that followed the founding of the Khala, when the warring tribes were reorganized into a unified caste society, rebuilt their homeworld of Aiur, and resumed the spacefaring expansion that carried their civilization across the stars.
Second Great WarThe Second Great War broke out in 2504 between the Zerg Swarm and the Terran Dominion, four years after the Brood War. It saw Sarah Kerrigan deinfested and then reborn in primal form, the death of Arcturus Mengsk, and the resurrection of the fallen xel'naga Amon.