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Added by PsiSeveredHeadBroodmothers are powerful, intelligent queens,[1] without the severe limits to mental abilities possessed by the lesser queens.[2] They were tasked by the Queen of Blades to guard and lead various zerg broods.[3]
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History
Following the Brood War, the Queen of Blades removed the cerebrates from the Swarm;[4] they were tainted by the ties to the Overmind[3] and would inevitably try to create a new one if there wasn't one in existence.[5]
Shortly before being deinfested early in the Second Great War, Kerrigan created the intelligent broodmothers to fill a role similar to the old cerebrates.[3] She was trying to ensure the Swarm could function even if she herself died, a change from her attitude during the Brood War.[5]
The individuals of the new breed were more independent, stronger, and more evolved than the cerebrates, able to survive without their creator and fragmentation of the Swarm.[6] In the event of the Queen's fall, the broodmothers would war with each other until the strongest of them would come to rule the Swarm.[5]
The broodmothers were imprinted with overriding directives that made them pursue evolution and respect strength;[7] this ensured loyalty to Kerrigan, who was the strongest,[3] while allowing the broodmothers to have their own personalities, act independently, and pursue their own ambitions.[7] Kerrigan felt the zerg were always stronger when they had to strive against something, forcing them to adapt.[5]
The independence of the broodmothers was also a notable fault.[6] When Kerrigan demonstrated weakness by being defeated and deinfested at Char, she lost the allegiance of the broodmothers.[3] However, as no brood mother had the psionic capacity to control the entire Swarm, the Swarm fragmented as each broodmother took their own brood and dispersed into the Koprulu Sector.[8] Infighting resulted as broodmothers vied for control over the Swarm.[7]
The broodmothers opposed Kerrigan's attempt to regain control of the Swarm. Kerrigan was forced to track down the broodmothers and prove herself to regain their loyalty.[3]
Known Broodmothers
Notes
An early concept of the baneling nest used a fat immobile "baneling brood mother" as part of the structure.[9] Aside from the name, there is no known relationship between the concept and the current brood mother.
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