History Characters / StarcraftDaelaam

-->'''Artanis''': It is your custom to shake the hand of a friend, is it not?

-->'''Raynor''': Give them hell, Artanis.

** When Alarak questions if Artanis is as angry at Amon as he is, Artanis replies "my rage burns brighter than a thousand suns, and soon all will see my wrath unleashed!" Alarak quickly calms down.
** "Templar, unleash your fury!" Said rather calmly as he orders [[spoiler:a massive orbital bombardment of Amon's host body that obliterates it immediately.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In the Overmind's vision, "In Utter Darkness". She pilots a Carrier.]]

* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: As said above, she may be the Episode IV Executor, and for sure is the Executor from Dark Vengeance. [[HonorBeforeReason With some aspects of her personality revealed]], some of the plot issues of Brood War are cleared up--as well as underlining why she was still the protagonist.

* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Sure, we only see her participate in one battle, but Selendis is miles ahead of the only other Protoss female seen in the series when ''Wings'' was released.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: She sees the infestation on Haven and determines that they only way to deal with it is torch the whole planet, believing that despite what anybody, herself included, hopes, infestation can't be cured. Despite Raynor being an ally to Protoss, she's willing to fight him if he gets in her way, though she doesn't have any malice towards him.
* WildMassGuessing: It is possible that she was the unnamed Executor in Episode IV, seeing as how she worked under Artanis.

* HypocriticalHumor: Karax is intrigued to find that the Terrans employ "primitive projectiles" in their attacks. This can be funny considering the Protoss Scout used missiles to deliver its payload.

* OurDwarvesAreDifferent: Leave it to Blizzard to sneak a dwarf character into a race of SpaceElves. Karax is, of course, still a protoss, but apart from that little detail he's practically a stereotypical dwarf in all but name. Let's see... beard? Check[[note]]Especially notable because he's the only protoss ''ever'' with this facial feature[[/note]]. Tech-savvy? Check - his job description even incorporates the word "smith". Rather short and stoutly built? Double check. Proves to be a warrior at heart despite usually being a NonActionGuy? You bet.

* WeirdBeard: A Protoss variation: He has bone-like protrusions coming from the lower part of his face that looks kind of like a beard.

* PowerFloats: It's hard to see since he only appears as a sprite, but he hovers above the ground.

* CoolStarship: Pilots an Phoenix during "In Utter Darkness".
** In ''Shadow Wars'', he commands the carrier ''Saalok's Eye''.

** This proves to be his fate in ''Shadow Wars'' as well, where he rallies his remaining forces on Adena to buy Elms and co. time to escape, despite saying earlier that he didn't care whether they lived or died.
* TheBusCameBack: Urun reappears in the comic ''Shadow Wars'' as the leader of a Protoss expedition team.
** BackForTheDead: He was killed by Broodmother Niadra shortly after.

* BadassBaritone: In ''Legacy of the Void.''

* LargeHam: He rarely speaks with anything less than all the conviction he can muster. Combine that with his booming BadassBaritone, and this is the overall result.

* RacistGrandma: Being over a thousand years old, she's fantastically racist against the terrans and Nerazim, reflecting the views of the old Protoss Empire.

* BadassInCharge: He is the leader of the Protoss race, though [[spoiler:any previous Tal'darim who joined him used to be Alarak's servants.]]

* TheGoodKing: He's a ReasonableAuthorityFigure and a BadassInCharge. What really cements him as this is the campaign in ''Legacy of the Void'': [[spoiler:He saves the Nerazim from being exterminated, allies with the Dominion and helps to save Korhal, allies with the ''Tal'darim,'' and gets them to withdraw from the End War without much loss of life, and then re-integrates the Purifiers as equal members of Protoss society, then marches back to Aiur, saves the corrupted Templar from Amon, and reclaims the planet.]] He also [[spoiler:eliminates the caste system in Protoss society, making it freer and more egalitarian than it has ever been.]] All in all, he'll probably go down as being the greatest ruler the Protoss ever had.

* HeroAntagonist: During most of ''Evolution'', Artanis serves as one of the main threats as he is looking for any reason to bomb Gystt into oblivion, which would decimate the frail peace with the Swarm. Valerian has to spend a good chunk of the book placating him (incluiding ''emotional blackmailing'' by reminding him of Chau Sara) and Zagara is walking on eggshells anytime she tries to interact with him. [[spoiler: One of the main reasons for his distrust and animosity is that, while he managed to reach an agreement with Kerrigan, he's still extremely bitter and distruting of the Zerg overall. Now that Kerrigan is gone Zagara is doing well enough leading the Swarm into peace but Artanis doesn't trust her one bit. The entire situation is massively worsened by [[BigBad Abathur]] deliverately goading him into trying to restart a war.]]

* GeneralFailure: His various plans to contact Shakuras are smart in concept, but terribly executed. When Lassara tells Kerrigan their expedition isn't a military force, it's believable.

[[folder:Lassara]]

A member of the Kaldir scientists Kerrigan abducts during her passage on Kaldir. Initially antagonistic toward her captor, Lassara essentially reminds Kerrigan of her past as the Queen of Blades.

* DemotedToExtra: In earlier versions of the game she was to be initially hostile to Kerrigan, remembering all she did as the Queen of Blades, but seeing Kerrigan show mercy to the other colonists softened her and she began to speak more familiar and openly to her. This entire subplot was dropped from the final game and Lassara is little more than a Protoss to talk two for all of two missions.

* MoralityPet: Tries to act as one, telling Kerrigan that they're peaceful colonists that she could let live, leave the moon now that she has what she wants. Kerrigan can't do that though because she knows they'll contact Shakuras and bring the fleet down on her if they find out she's de-powered, and fleeing will just encourage them to chase her. By the end, Lassara stops trying.
* TheyWouldCutYouUp: The only reason Lessara is even kept alive after the first mission was that Abathur was hoping to use her biomass. When Kerrigan points out protoss DNA is incompatible, Izsha remarks that Abathur wanted to try anyway.

* WhatTheHellHero: Calls out Kerrigan to killing the entire Protoss colony of non-combat researchers to save her own life. Kerrigan [[ShutUpHannibal replies the Protoss have killed millions of Zerg and neither of them has any moral high ground here]].

A robot race built by the protoss to augment their military. Made from the minds of fallen Templars and then disrespected by the Conclave, they were sealed away on Cybros when they rebelled. With the war against Amon so dire, Artanis decides to release them for their aid.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: In the first game, he is an Executor. In the second game, he's the Daelaam's Hierarch, their highest commander. He is also appropriately a dangerous opponent in combat.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Sure, we only see her participate in one battle, but Selendis is miles ahead of the only other Protoss female seen in the series when ''Wings'' was released.

Urun is the leader of the Auriga Tribe and a member of the Protoss Hierarchy. In ''Wings'', he's seen as part of the Overmind's vision, taking part in the final stand on Shakuras against a hybrid-controlled Swarm. He rallied the remnants of the Great Fleet and had a small ground force gathered as well. Alongside the remnants of his species, he did battle, however, for all their valor, it was to no avail, and Urun fell alongside his people, declaring that there were "too many of them".

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's not just an admiral, he's the chief of the Auriga Tribe.

-> '''Voiced by:''' Claudia Christian (English), Maria Fortunatova (Russian)

[[caption-width-right:220: It's ''really hard'' not to dig into his CoolHelmet!]]

* UncannyValley: InUniverse, this is basically Artanis's reaction to the Purifier: he has Fenix's memories, he acts like Fenix, he identifies as Fenix, and yet, he's very obviously ''not'' Fenix, so Artanis has trouble deciding what to make of him. Talandar eventually chooses to become his own individual, which clears up most of the issue.

A robot race built by the protoss to augment their military. Made from the minds of fallen Templar and then disrespected by the Conclave, they were sealed away on Cybros when they rebelled. With the war against Amon so dire, Artanis decides to release them for their aid.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: The Conclave treated them like machines and refused to acknowledge them as sentient beings and equals to the living Protoss, resulting in their rebellion. When Artanis releases them, they are initially distrustful, but eventually agree to join him in exchange of being treated better.

* MinorMajorCharacter: In the setting, he is the closest thing the Purifiers have of a leader. In the game, however, he appears only sporadically, gets very little focus and doesn't even have a heroic unit. Heck, he doesn't even get a unique portrait and is stuck borrowing the one used by the Sentinels (although he did get a unit later on, in the form of a Carrier under Fenix's command in Co-op mode).

* NiceHat: Sure, sure, Artanis only gets one very brief scene in ''Wings'', and sure, it's not even a cinematic, just him talking to Zeratul for about three seconds. But we can all agree his new hat nails the part. His hat in ''Legacy'' isn't too shabby, either.

* HeroAntagonist: During most of ''Evolution'', Artanis serves as one of the main threats as he is looking for any reason to bomb Gystt into oblivion, which would decimate the frail peace with the Swarm. Valerian has to spend a good chunk of the book placating him (incluiding ''emotional blackmailing'' by reminding him of Mar Sara) and Zagara is walking on eggshells anytime she tries to interact with him. [[spoiler: One of the main reasons for his distrust and animosity is that, while he managed to reach an agreement with Kerrigan, but he's still extremely bitter and distruting of the Zerg overall. Now that Kerrigan is gone Zagara is doing well enough leading the Swarm into peace but Artanis doesn't trust her one bit. The entire situation is massively worsened by [[BigBad Abathur]]deliverately goading him into trying to restart a war.]]

* CoolHat: His face is completely obscured by the visor. Considering that this is pretty much everything his profile model consists of (besides the back of the cockpit and the starry backdrop that is) people would joke about Urun himself being just a cool talking helmet floating in space.

* WideEyedIdealist: Surprisingly, despite being a hardened warrior, Talandar also possesses unwavering optimism throughout Artanis's campaign against Amon. He never doubts that they can save Aiur and build a better society to replace the one that they lost and is unflinchingly certain that he can helpt the Purifiers integrate into protoss society.

** Also this to Alarak. Both are leaders to their respective factions although Alarak isn't technically the ''top'' leader of the Tal'darim until he usurped Ma'lash during ''Legacy of the Void''; he is their field commander however), both wear similar armor (two prongs jutting from their backs, ShouldersOfDoom, and BadassCape), and both possess [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge a grudge against Amon]] [[note]] Artanis is furious at Amon for corrupting his race's sacred communal link the Khala and using said corruption to force Artanis to kill his best friend;Alarak is also likewise furious at Amon for lying to the Tal'darim about their promised "ascension" (which turns out to be nothing but one big lie by Amon; he desires no one but his hybrid)[[/note]]. However, Alarak is cynical, disrespectful, [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer intensely pragmatic]] when dealing with enemies/potential enemies, arrogant and extremely confident in himself, whereas Artanis is idealistic, respecting, eager to use diplomacy and negotiation, humble, and (initially) suffers from severe lack of self-confidence.

* OurDwarvesAreDifferent: Leave it to Blizzard to sneak a dwarf character into a race of SpaceElves. Karax is, of course, still a protoss, but apart from that little detail he's practically a stereotypical dwarf in all but name. Let's see... BadassBeard? Check[[note]]Especially notable because he's the only protoss ''ever'' with this facial feature[[/note]]. Tech-savvy? Check - his job description even incorporates the word "smith". Rather short and stoutly built? Double check. Proves to be a warrior at heart despite usually being a NonActionGuy? You bet.

The Protoss faction founded after the fall of Aiur, by uniting the surviving Khalai and the Nerazim. They are led by Artanis, and serve as the protagonist faction in ''Legacy of the Void''.

The ''Dark Templar Saga'' novels establish she was the Executor who accompanied Zeratul to Aiur in the ''Dark Vengeance'' optional campaign that accompanied ''Brood War''. She may or may not be the Executor of Episode IV as well.[[note]]The timeframe of ''Dark Vengeance'' implies that the Executor of that campaign and Episode IV are the same character, but it was also implied in Episode IV that you were the same Executor as in Episode III. Expanded lore has since established that Artanis was the Executor in Episode III, but in Episode IV Artanis was introduced as a separate character from the PlayerCharacter, holding the rank of Praetor (which is actually a lower rank than Executor). It has not yet been clarified if the Episode IV Executor has been RetGone from canon with Artanis taking their story role, if the Executor was Selendis, or possibly even if it was some other yet-unspecified Protoss character.[[/note]]