AEON OF STRIFE PORTABLE

As the Strife drew on, many tribes focused their attacks on the Shelak Tribe, as they had been closest to the xel'naga. Over the course of the Strife the protoss descended into a near Stone Age level, devolving into frantic legions of merciless killers. Entire generations of protoss lived, fought, and died without ever knowing of the psychic link their ancestors had once possessed. Aiur's greater landmasses were devastated, and many of the planet's non-sapient species were pushed to the edge of extinction. One example was the Mendella Incident, where the mainly underground settlement of Mendella was flooded when another protoss faction deliberately destroyed a nearby reservoir. The protoss tribes descended into something resembling madness as they attacked one another. The most famous tribe from this time period is the Akilae Tribe, which are to this day renowned as the protoss' finest psionic warriors.ĭuring this time, the protoss maintained colonies on other planets, often connected by warp gates, but these too quickly became gripped with the Strife. Little is known from this time due to loss of historical records. The tribes held a love/hate relationship with the xel'naga and felt great hatred toward other tribes.ĭuring the Strife, protoss advancement slowed, and the individual protoss tribes waged a massive war with each other.

Each protoss felt great self-hatred over their abandonment by the xel'naga, and the madness was a symptom of this. The protoss then fell into a state of madness in which they raged and whimpered.

AEON OF STRIFE PORTABLE

The Shelak Tribe safeguarded many more portable artifacts. The xel'naga abandoned many artifacts, including an underground city and khaydarin crystals. However, the xel'naga took many loyal protoss off of Aiur with them, who would later become the Tal'darim, or 'the chosen,' and would continue to fanatically worship them. Seeing this as a betrayal, some protoss attacked them, killing many hundreds of them, even attacking their ships as they left. The tribes began to lose the connection to their psychic link.Īmon and his xel'naga, saddened at the lost opportunity, made ready to leave Aiur. The protoss began to shy from their xel'naga teachers as they grew suspicious of their interests and cultivated unsubstantiated rumors about them. Protoss science and psionics advanced at a fast rate, but so did their pride and egos, causing the tribes to drift apart. The protoss Shelak Tribe shared the closest bond with the xel'naga. After some time, they descended to the surface and lived with the protoss, who worshiped them as gods. From above, they manipulated protoss evolution.

The xel'naga became intrigued by the mental link which all protoss shared. They were discovered by Amon and his follower xel'naga, a powerful and ancient race, looking to raise a perfect species to destroy the Infinite Cycle by locating a species with 'purity of form.' The protoss were a race of humanoid hunters with psionic powers which developed on the world of Aiur. The Aeon of Strife was a massive civil war amongst the protoss, even earning the status of the 'one of the bloodiest, most violent civil wars ever recorded in galactic history,' and lasted for millennia. If we do not escape now, the deaths of our brethren would have been for naught!'

'We have been called heretics among our people, driven from our home. Throughout the Aeon of Strife, we tore at each other with wanton abandon.' 'There was a time when the protoss were broken. :small_blue_diamond: Forming of the Ser'kaat Enclave later on. :small_orange_diamond: End of the civil war unification of the protoss race into the Protoss Empire. :small_blue_diamond: Khas founded the Khala.

Aeon of strife