Brood mother
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Added by PsiSeveredHeadBrood mothers are powerful, intelligent queens.[1] They were tasked by the Queen of Blades to guard and lead various zerg broods.[2]
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Following the Brood War, the Queen of Blades removed the cerebrates from the Swarm;[3] they were tainted by the ties to the Overmind.[2] Shortly before being deinfested early in the Second Great War, Kerrigan created the intelligent brood mothers to fill a role similar to the old cerebrates.[2] 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.[4] The brood mothers were imprinted with overriding directives that made them pursue evolution and respect strength;[5] this ensured loyalty to Kerrigan, who was the strongest,[2] while allowing the brood mothers to have their own personalities, act independently, and pursue their own ambitions.[5]
The independence of the brood mothers was also a notable fault.[4] When Kerrigan demonstrated weakness by being defeated and deinfested at Char, she lost the allegiance of the brood mothers.[2] However, as no brood mother had the psionic capacity to control the entire Swarm, the Swarm fragmented as each brood mother took their own brood and dispersed into the Koprulu Sector.[6] Infighting resulted as brood mothers vied for control over the Swarm.[5]
The brood mothers opposed Kerrigan's attempt to regain control of the Swarm. Kerrigan was forced to track down the brood mothers and prove herself to regain their loyalty.[2]
Known Brood MothersEdit
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An early concept of the baneling nest used a fat immobile "baneling brood mother" as part of the structure.[7] Aside from the name, there is no known relationship between the concept and the current brood mother.
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