Niadra

Niadra
Biographical
Born	Early 2505, Kerrigan's leviathan
Physical
Race	Zerg
Gender	N/A (female personality)
Eyes	Yellow
Political
Affiliation	Zerg Swarm (Early 2505–) Niadra Brood
Occupation	Broodmother
Family andRelatives	Sarah Kerrigan (creator) Niadra Brood (offspring)
Real Life
Voice Actor	Courtenay Taylor

Niadra is a zerg broodmother.

Biography

Niadra was created by Sarah Kerrigan when she battled the protoss on Kaldir. Although she succeeded in preventing them from contacting the Golden Armada, one of the protoss ships attempted to flee from the planet and travel to Shakuras. To prevent them from surviving, Kerrigan placed a parasitic larva within the captured protoss colonist Lasarra and dropped the psionic veil that prevented her from being warped back to her people.

After being teleported to the ship, the protoss attempted to warn the Templar but died as the parasitic larva spawned from her body. Shortly afterwards, it began infesting the local animals kept onboard by the protoss and hid within the ventilation shafts where it found a safe location to mature into a queen. Kerrigan gave her the name Niadra and tasked her with eliminating all the protoss onboard the ship, a task she accomplished with assistance from her zerg offspring. After damaging the vessel's warp drive, Niadra and her brood became the only occupants of the craft, but they were severed from the psionic contact with the Queen of Blades. With few other options, Niadra decided to continue her queen's last directives: to survive, grow stronger and destroy the protoss.

Game Unit

Larval Form

Larva
Unit
Race	Zerg
Affiliation	Zerg Swarm
Campaign	Heart of the Swarm
Base unit	Larva
Movement
Speed	1.2
Protection
Hit points	20
Armor	2
Type	Biological, Heroic
Armor type	Light

Niadra's larval form had the following abilities:

• Grow: G: Cost 100 biomass. Time 6 seconds. Transforms into a broodmother.
• Parasitic Invasion: Q: Invades a critter. The larva merges and cannot be detected. However, it cannot control the critter except for the giant ursadon.
• Consume Host: W: Usable within a critter, the larva destroys the critter and collects its biomass. Usable even from within the giant ursadon.

Broodmother Forms

Niadra
Unit
Race	Zerg
Affiliation	Zerg Swarm
Campaign	Heart of the Swarm
Base unit	Queen
Armament	Acid Spines
Production
Control	PRovides 8/15/30
Campaign Cost	100/150/150 biomass
Build time	6
Evolves from	Larva (see above) or earlier form of Niadra
Hotkey	G
Movement
Speed	2
Creepbonus	+1.4
Protection
Hit points	200/250/300
Armor	2
Type	Biological, Heroic, Psionic
Acid Spines
Damage	8
Targets	Ground Air
Cooldown	1
Range	5 or 6
Function
Evolves to	Later form of Niadra
Produces	Zergling, roach, hydralisk

Niadra has the following abilities at stage 1:

• Burrow: R.
• Birth Zergling: W: Creates a pair of zerglings. They take 5 seconds to hatch.
• Growth: G: By collecting 150 biomass, Niadra can grow into a larger form.
• Parasitic Invasion: Q: Injects a parasite into a critter. This usually kills it and consumes its biomass, but if used on a giant ursadon the creature is controlled. The ursadon can be sacrificed for more biomass.

At stage 2, Niadra has the following additional abilities:

• Birth Roach: R: Creates a roach. It takes 5 seconds to hatch.

At stage 3, Niadra has the following additional abiilties:

• Birth Hydralisk: D: Creates a hydralisk. It takes 5 seconds to hatch.

She also loses the ability to grow.

Quotations

See StarCraft II Niadra Quotations