History Characters / StarcraftDaelaam

-->'''[[spoiler: Selendis]]''': Without the Khala, what will we ''become''?

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

** [[spoiler: Amon made this mistake, and the ensuing TranquilFury causes the fallen Xel'naga to suffer [[HumiliationConga several]] of his most humiliating defeats.]]

** While chatting with him about [[spoiler: the looming reclamation of Aiur]], Kaldalis was quite insensitive towards Artanis' [[TheChainsOfCommanding wondering if the life lost in the assault will be worth it]]. It's notably the only time Artanis [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness drops the]] TranquilFury and straight up ''yells'' at anyone outside of [[RousingSpeech rousing speeches]] and [[ShutUpHannibal telling off]] [[spoiler: [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Amon]]]].

* BigGood: Artanis is the unifying force of the heroic Protoss, and [[spoiler: leads the Terran-Protoss-Zerg coalition that went into the Void to kill Amon]].

** He allies with [[spoiler: everyone, the Dominion, Kerrigan, and the Tal'darim]] in ''Legacy''. This one went better, [[spoiler:because the former two aren't so much enemies by that time. The Protoss and Raynor were already allies, and Artanis needed to be convinced that Kerrigan isn't trying to destroy him]]. In the final levels, he leads an allied force of all three races. [[spoiler:After this, he and the Dominion remain allies, while the Zerg will try not to attack the Protoss. The Tal'darim decline an alliance with Artanis, but as promised, will leave his people alone]].

** He and Tassadar to an extent. They're both reasonable and merciful leaders who try to heal divisions in Protoss society, help the Terrans when they can, and fight to save the galaxy from the Zerg and Amon. They also both learned to wield Dark Templar energy, making them living [[YinYangBomb unions of Khalai (light) and Nerazim (dark) energy.]] Fitting, since Tassadar was Artanis' former teacher, as well as his [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee personal hero and role model]]. However, Tassadar was more confident in the choices he made, where Artanis initially second-guessed himself. [[spoiler: He got better.]]

* 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.
* GreenEyedMonster: He admits to Valerian in ''Evolution'' that [[spoiler: he resents that Kerrigan, a Terran/Zerg hybrid, could ascend to become a Xel'naga when the Protoss had been so close to the Xel'naga in the past.]]

* LivingLegend: His reputation among contemporary Protoss -- even those outside the Daelaam -- is unparalleled, and throughout ''Legacy of the Void,'' several Protoss cry, "En taro Artanis!" That's something usually done for legendary, dead Protoss such as Adun, Tassadar, and [[spoiler: Zeratul.]]
* MessianicArchetype: He has led the Protoss since the first war, and has reunited almost all of the Protoss factions in reclaiming Aiur, and took part in finally ending [[spoiler: Amon's threat to the universe.]]

* [[UnflinchingWalk Unflinching Warp]]: Artanis manages to put everyone who has ever walked away from explosions to shame; after having slaughtered a hundred-or-so zerg on his own [[spoiler: inside the Shakuras Xel'naga temple that is set to blow EarthShatteringKaboom-style]], starting to walk away, then warping out just as the [[spoiler: planet-cracking explosion overtakes him]]

* YinYangBomb: In ''Legacy of the Void'', he learns to manifest dark templar warp blades, and wields a psi blade on his left wrist and a warp blade on his right wrist. [[spoiler: (Not just any warp blade: it was Zeratul's.)]]

* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: By Amon for most parts of ''Legacy of the Void''.]]

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

* ImportantHaircut: Once [[spoiler: the Keystone nullifies Amon, Selendis is the first to sever her nerve cords, reclaiming her sanity.]]
* IShallTauntYou: [[spoiler: While under Amon's thrall.]]

* LimitedWardrobe: Along with Raynor, she's the only character in the series to [[AvertedTrope avert]] this. In ''Wings of Liberty'', she uses a unique BlingOfWar not unlike other protoss commanders. In ''Legacy of the Void'', she just uses a power suit. [[spoiler: Considering she actually takes part among the possessed Protoss ground forces in "Salvation", it's possible she needed to wear something practical]].
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: She spends her time offscreen in ''Legacy of the Void'' along with the Golden Armada, delivering a CurbStompBattle after another to Terran enemies. [[spoiler: Shame they were under Amon's DemonicPossession and were attacking Valerian's Dominion the whole time]].

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Her normally blue eyes glow red [[spoiler: when possessed by Amon.]]

* UndyingLoyalty: To the Daelaam as a whole and Artanis in particular. After Artanis [[spoiler: frees her from Amon's possession]], her first words are "En Taro Artanis!"

* {{Knighting}}: After "Templar's Charge" Artanis [[spoiler: promotes him to a Templar in recognition of his abilities, throwing out all the old caste rules.]]

* BadassBookworm: A Grand Preserver that holds all the knowledge from Adun's era and is able to [[spoiler: ''resist and force Amon out of her mind'']], something not even Artanis could accomplish.

* FantasticRacism: Towards the Terrans. She has no idea why Artanis would bother helping such inferior lifeforms, what with their brutishness and their usage of facial orifices to speak. She likewise doesn't particularly care for the Dark Templar. She gets over the Dark Templar after [[spoiler: they destroy Shakuras to stop the Zerg, and didn't mind having Vorazun with her. Likewise, she begins to accept the Terrans after the mission to Bennett Port.]]

* GoingNative: Rohana eventually submits to [[spoiler: Artanis' "heretical" way of thinking.]]

* MissionControl: Her job during the [[spoiler: reclamation of Aiur]] is to coordinate the Daelaam's various factions and the executors.
* NonActionGuy: For the most part. Her expertise is in history and knowledge. She's shown to have a psi blade handy (all Protoss can ignite one), but it isn't for combat. However, she's the commander on board the ''Spear of Adun'' [[spoiler: when Artanis and Vorazun are both on Aiur's surface]] in the last mission of the main campaign of ''Legacy''. [[spoiler: She fights off the entire Golden Armada.]]

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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Dies at the end of her three-mission chain.]]

* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Their rebellion was sparked as a result of (a lack of) this trope. By the end of ''Legacy Of The Void'' however, this is played straight as they are [[spoiler: integrated into Protoss society, although "[[Literature/StarcraftOnePeopleOnePurpose One People, One Purpose]]" reveals that they mostly keep to themselves]].

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The key part of their lore is that they are super-advanced AI programs with free will and thought, and personalities and memories scanned from real life Templar warriors. But does this mean they're actually protoss in their own right, or just robots? In ''Legacy'', Artanis eventually settles the matter: [[spoiler: the Purifiers ''are'' protoss]].

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* TheHero: Basically the Protoss version of Jim Raynor, in the first game at least. [[OvershadowedByAwesome Zeratul takes up the mantle afterwards.]] He takes the spot as the main character of ''Legacy''. Overall, he has a good claim for being the true hero of the series, having the most non-combat stuff to do of the PowerTrio (''Legacy'' is half him forging an alliance of factions and repairing the divsions of his race), a coherent character arc, and he commands the series of battles that end both the first and the second games. He's also the one in charge of the grand alliance in the End War.

* {{Adorkable}}: He frequently talks in an enthusiastic tone whenever talking about the ''Spear of Adun'' and walks in a very funny manner. More evident when seen right next to other Protoss warriors.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: As a relatively meek and {{Adorkable}} engineer, he's the Sensitive Guy to Talandar's Manly Man. While he does eventually become more confident and eventually takes to the field personally, he's still not quite on Talandar's level.

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* DivergentCharacterEvolution: His entire character arc is to invoke this: he has Fenix's memories and personality (as well as Dragoon Fenix's general shape), but he is ''not'' Fenix, and over time he comes to accept this and seeks to establish his own legacy separate from the real Fenix. This is why he eventually chooses a new name, Talandar.

* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Their rebellion was sparked as a result of (a lack of) this trope. By the end of ''Legacy Of The Void'' however, this is played straight as they are [[spoiler: integrated into Protoss society, although "One People, One Purpose" reveals that they mostly keep to themselves]].

** In ''Evolution,'' He gets increasingly fed up with Zagara's aggresive negotiations and Abathur's [[BlatantLies Denials]], and eventually just [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere removes himself from the discussion.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Throughout the first game's Protoss campaign, he works to save the entire sector from the Zerg swarm in the face of his bosses' unreasonable fanaticism. As the new leader of the Protoss, he works to reintegrate the Khalai and the Dark Templar into one people and rebuild their civilization in the face of an onslaught of renewed tribalism and separatism. In some [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary works]], he's seen as a moderate counterbalance to the more-conservative and disdainful members of the Hierarchy.

* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Their rebellion was sparked as a result of (a lack of) this trope. By the end of ''Legacy Of The Void'' however, this is played straight as they are [[spoiler: integrated into Protoss society]].

* IdealHero: More so than Raynor, who's something of a ByronicHero in the ''2'' trilogy.

* TheStrategist: Played this role in the first game as the PlayerCharacter.

* TheHero: Basically the Protoss version of Jim Raynor, in the first game at least. [[OvershadowedByAwesome Zeratul takes up the mantle afterwards.]] He takes the spot as the main character of ''Legacy''.

* BadassArmy: The Golden Armada, a gigantic fleet built by Artanis over the years between the two game in order to re-conquer Aiur. [[spoiler:It's mostly taken over by Amon in ''Legacy of the Void'', and early in the game Artanis makes it a point that without sufficient standing forces, fighting them is not an option. The armada however, is recovered by the end of the game after they're led away from Aiur so that the Daelamm forces can successfully invade and defeat Amon.]]

* DualWielding: He wields two psi blades. One on each wrist. [[spoiler:After he slays Zeratul, he replaces one of his psi-blades with Zeratul's green one]]

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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. WordOfGod is that Artanis was the Executor in Episode III, but in Episode IV Artanis was the new ''Praetor'', a separate character from the Executor the PlayerCharacter. Blizzard has not yet clarified if the Episode IV Executor is Selendis, or if the Episode IV Executor has been RetGone with Artanis taking their role (and rank).[[/note]]

* CoolStarship: Pilots an awesome Phoenix.
* LastStand: During "In Utter Darkness," like the other protoss he dies fighting the endless wave of zerg and hybrid.

* HeelFaceBrainwashing: He can forcibly take control of robotic units and structures with one of his hero abilities.

** 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), 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]], both are in a constant state of TranquilFury throughout ''LegacyOfTheVoid'', and both are [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking extremely good at combat]]. 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.

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Upon being forced by Amon to kill Zeratul, ''especially'' since Zeratul had just ''freed'' Artanis from Amon-he wasn't fast enough to stop the death blow. It doesn't last long, replaced by TranquilFury UnstoppableRage at Zeratul's actual murderer.]]

** When you get him on foot in ''Legacy of the Void''. Aside from Fenix, he's the most durable of the Protoss campaign heroes, can kill most units in seconds, his Lightning Dash deal massive damage to single target and stuns them on top of having a short cooldown, can heal himself and other friendly units for massive amounts of HP and shield, heal himself along with boosting his shield recharge rate, and if he dies he can come back with full health and shields, with a few seconds of invincibility while dealing damage to everything around him. Also he can damage air units.

** 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 up.

* [[UnflinchingWalk Unflinching Warp]]: Artanis manages to put everyone who has ever walked away from explosions to shame by, after having slaughtered a hundred-or-so zerg on his own [[spoiler: inside the Shakuras Xel'naga temple that is set to blow EarthShatteringKaboom-style]], starting to walk away, then warping out just as the [[spoiler: planet-cracking explosion overtakes him]]

[[caption-width-right:220:[[SmallRoleBigImpact Saves the Universe but is barely known for it]].]]

* BadassBookworm: A Grand Preserver that holds all the knowledge from Adun's era and is able to [[spoiler: ''resist and fight Amon off from her mind'']], something even Artanis could not accomplish.

[[caption-width-right:350: He only has one eye, but don't think he's any less badass for that.]]

* MissionControl: Her job during the [[spoiler: reclamation of Aiur]] is to coordinate the Daeelam's various factions and the executors.

* SpearCounterpart: To Aldaris early in the campaign, then averts this later on.

* HandicappedBadass: His left eye is scarred over, but he still decides to join what every Protoss realizes is almost a suicide mission, and is the only survivor of his squad.

* AndroidsArePeopleToo: [[spoiler: Their rebellion]] was sparked as a result of (a lack of) this trope. By the end of ''Legacy Of The Void'' however, this is played straight as they are [[spoiler: integrated into Protoss society]].

* InformedAttribute: Flavor text describes the Sentinels of the rebooted Purifier program as having basic AI function and no Templar personality. Their StopPokingMe quotes and general behavior appears to suggest otherwise.

-->(Raynor and Artanis shake hands; Raynor sees that Artanis is wearing Zeratul's warp blade gauntlet.)

* TragicKeepsake: After [[spoiler:killing Zeratul while possessed by Amon]], Artanis keeps his warp blade gauntlet, replacing one of his psi blades with it and using it in tandem with the other.

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* BadassArmy: The Golden Armada, a gigantic fleet built by Artanis over the years between the two game in order to re-conquer Aiur. [[spoiler:It's mostly taken over by Amon in ''Legacy of the Void'', and early in the game Artanis makes it a point that without sufficient standing forces, fighting them is not an option. The armada however, is recovered by the end of the game.]]

* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: According to the novels, he was the player character in Episode III.