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I see your doubt, your fear. You are so alone. Mewling in the darkness. Let me release you. All of you, from the suffering of this life. The Infinite Cycle of strife and anguish is at its end.
~ Amon to Artanis.
You deny the truth and prove your existence is without meaning. You shall be expunged. No trace of your suffering shall remain.
~ Amon
As I was your beginning — so shall I be... your end.
~ Amon as his hybrid destroy the Zerg and Protoss at the end of In Utter Darkness.

Amon, otherwise known as the Fallen One among other names, is the overarching antagonist of the StarCraft franchise.

He is a malevolent and a rogue Xel'Naga connected to the Void who engineered a plot to destroy Xel'Naga and their Infinite Cycle in order to remake the universe in his image. In addition of his role as the master of the Forces of Amon, he is also the creator of the Protoss and Zerg, which he intended to merge with each other to create Hybrids as part of his plan to destroy all of creation.

He is voiced by Rick D. Wasserman, who voiced Clayface in Batman: Arkham City, Nicholai Ginovaef in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, and Sargeras in the Warcraft franchise.

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Personality[]

Amon does not see death as failure. He sees death as the highest ideal. I have seen it in His heart. What did He name our dueling grounds? The Pits of Ascension. He mocks us. Amon does not celebrate the winners. He salutes the losers. They are the ones who ascend in His eyes. He makes us carve each other into bits because that is His plan for us all.
~ Amon's description by First Ascendant Nuroka.

Amon held death in the highest regard, considering it to be the ultimate ideal. Despite the admiration and worship he received from the Tal'darim, he did not feel any affection for his followers and even ridiculed those who participated in Rak'Shir. There were instances where he displayed overconfidence and egotism, taking pleasure in taunting his enemies when he believed he would be victorious. Even when his own plans faced setbacks, he found amusement in watching the Tal'darim annihilate each other. Overall, he held a disdainful view of the entire protoss race, referring to them as "foolish, prideful children." According to Rohana, Amon's only true concern was for his hybrid creations.

Amon did not consider himself or his actions to be evil. He held the belief that the Infinite Cycle was responsible for unnecessary pain and was corrupted. He consistently argued to both his followers and his enemies that by eliminating the creations of the Xel'naga, he was putting an end to their suffering. However, Rohana reveals that Amon's true motive was to eradicate life because of his intense hatred for the Xel'naga. There is evidence suggesting that Amon's animosity towards the Xel'naga and the Infinite Cycle stems partly from his own transformation into a Xel'naga, a process that he claimed was imposed upon him against his will.

Amon displayed a overconfidence to achieve victory over his adversaries, even if it required him to make the difficult decision of sacrificing his own troops.

Biography[]

Early Life[]

Amon used to be a member of a species that had the option of possessing either purity of essence or form. He aspired to become a powerful being and was given the opportunity to do so. According to the Infinite Cycle of the xel'naga, he was infused with the essence of the xel'naga elders and became one of them. However, as a result of this transformation, Amon resented being taken away from his previous life. He later claimed that the change had been forced upon him. At the very least, he felt deceived and came to the realization that greatness was not something he genuinely desired, but rather, he had become a part of the Infinite Cycle himself.

Billions of years before the Great War, Amon grew disenchanted with the Infinite Cycle of the xel'naga, perceiving it as tainted and flawed. In the final universe that experienced the Cycle, after the majority of the xel'naga entered a state of hibernation on Ulnar, having spread life throughout the cosmos, Amon and his devoted followers embarked on a clandestine mission to create a dominant race capable of terminating the never-ending cycle.

Antiquity[]

When the Xel'Naga began uplifting the Zerg, they created the Overmind to control and direct the hive mind, so as to try and avoid the "failure" with the protoss. But the Overmind was not given free will. It was given an overriding directive to obliterate the protoss. Amon had a hand in this. Amon saw the Zerg as a valuable tool, appreciating their ability to consume essence from other organisms. He thus bound them to the will of the hive mind, with only the Primal Zerg escaping his control. 

While Amon ultimately planned to eliminate the Zerg, he considered the Hybrids to be proof of the Zerg's success in his greater plan. He intended to enslave the Zerg and use them and the hybrids to wipe out the Terrans and Protoss. Once the hybrids were dominant, he would dispose of the zerg and reshape all life in his own image.

At some point prior to the Great War, Amon ceased to live. However, his influence on the Overmind and the Zerg Swarm still remained, and work on the hybrids still continued.

The Countervailing Pawns[]

The Overmind was not blind to its plight. It foresaw the apocalyptic outcome if Amon, whom it called "the Fallen One", was victorious. The creation of the Queen of Blades was largely the Overmind's attempt to free the Zerg and prevent that future. In the future it glimpsed at, Amon recognized the threat that Kerrigan posed.

Kerrigan was reborn as the Queen of Blades after Amon's death. Because of this, while she still felt his lingering influence over her, and had her personality twisted, she was effectively an individual, as opposed to the Overmind.

Four years after the Overmind's death, Tassadar, now in spirit form, passed on the creature's vision to Zeratul, who made sure to warn Jim Raynor of Kerrigan's importance and to ensure her survival. Zeratul wondered if Amon (who he only knew as the Fallen One at the time) was a Xel'Naga. Regardless, Raynor followed through, and successfully de-infested Kerrigan on Char through a Xel'Naga device, freeing her of Amon's taint.

Resurrection[]

After returning to the Koprulu Sector, Kerrigan was contacted by a resurrected Alexei Stukov, now an infested terrain. He pointed her to Skygeirr Platform, which was producing hybrids under the direction of Doctor Emil Narud. Kerrigan and her forces fought her way through the station, defeating Narud's forces which included Dominion troops, Hybrids, and Tal'darim protoss. Eventually, she found her way to the Xel'naga temple beneath it. There, she battled Narud, revealed as a servant of Amon. Kerrigan defeated the shapeshifter, but in his last moments, Narud revealed that Amon was alive and would be returning soon.

Although Kerrigan nearly died, she was able to glimpse into Narud's mind before he died as well. Having initially assumed that Amon was permanently dead, she discovered that he was in fact alive. She realized that after killing Mengsk, she would have to face Amon one day, as somehow, Narud was successful in resurrecting him. After defeating Mengsk on Korhal, she departed to do battle with Amon.

Reflecting on her fight with Narud, Stukov speculated that the Xel'Naga device used to de-infest Kerrigan may have actually had a hand in somehow reviving Amon. He noted that the original Queen of Blades had tremendous power and that the device couldn't just simply erase it, surmising that it had to "go somewhere." As eventually noted by protoss phase-smith Karax, this was indeed the case as the device, called the Keystone, absorbed the void energies within the Queen of Blades while on Char and that energy was used for Amon's long-awaited revival.

Legacy of the Void[]

On the dying world of Atrias where Amon was resurrected, Amon ordered the Tal'darim Highlord Ma'lash to ready his people for war and await further instruction. Not long afterwards, the Daelaam launched an invasion of Aiur to retake it from the zerg, but Amon announced his presence to the Daelaam by infiltrating the Khala and brainwashing all Khalai protoss to his will, effectively rendering the Khala a hive-mind of sorts for the protoss and causing the start of the End War.

Using this means, Amon took control of the Golden Armada and used it, Moebuis Corps (a military division of Terrans enthralled by Amon's hybrids), and his own zerg brood to launch his attack on all life in the Koprulu Sector, leaving little to no known survivors on every planet he invaded. In the meantime, he kept a number of posessed protoss back on Aiur and spent much of the End War merging them and many zerg into a host body for him to inhabit sustainably.

Slowly but surely, Artanis won battle after battle against Amon's forces, dwindling his reserves until finally the new protoss alliance launched a second invasion of Aiur to destroy the host body and use the keystone to remove Amon from the Khala while persuading the Khalai to sever their nerve cords to Amon would have no Khala to possess again. The Khala did so and Amon was thus forced back into the void, his millenia-old plans in ruins.

Knowing that Amon would eventually repeat the cycle of war and death in the distant future however long away that was, Kerrigan contacted Artanis and Raynor with the intent to invade the void and destroy him there as any Xel'Naga who die in the void are erased from existence. This invasion of the void succeeded despite many obstacles and Kerrigan, now a Xel'Naga herself, personally killed the Dark God at long last, removing his threat forever.

Power and Abilities[]

Amon cannot die. It would be easier to destroy every star in the galaxy.
~ Fourth Ascendant Alarak.

It was believed that Amon had immortality and could only be killed by another xel'naga. Even though he appeared to die before the Great War, he still had enough awareness to observe and influence events outside of the Void. Within the Void, he was known to have the ability to manipulate matter, making it impossible for any protoss to survive there without his approval. He displayed immense power, being able to communicate with others without the need for a Void conduit, as well as create and send out shadows of the Void and numerous Void constructs. Additionally, he had the capability to summon and control Void thrashers.

Amon possessed a unique power that allowed him to shift his consciousness into any protoss being linked to the Khala. Those protoss who became enthralled by him would exhibit noticeable physical indications, such as glowing red eyes and the manifestation of psi-blades. Additionally, they would speak using a blend of Amon's voice and their own. It is worth noting that Rohana was the sole individual known to have successfully resisted Amon's control while still connected to the Khala, although she did succumb to his influence on several occasions, albeit temporarily.

Even when the protoss were not connected to the Khala, they still experienced the influence of Amon's mental abilities. Amon was able to communicate with Artanis telepathically on two different occasions, tormenting him with visions of his own host body being created on Aiur. During the first encounter, Amon even made Artanis levitate while speaking to him. In another incident, Amon momentarily disrupted power to the bridge of the Spear of Adun, demonstrating his presence. Additionally, Amon had the ability to communicate with his Tal'darim followers using terrazine, although he was unable to possess their bodies.

Amon's extraordinary power set him apart from his fellow xel'naga. Prior to his ultimate downfall on Ulnar, he engaged in numerous battles with other xel'naga and emerged victorious, eliminating them from existence. According to Zurvan, Amon possessed the terrifying ability to tear whole planets asunder with just a flick of his immense power. Even in a weakened state, his dominance within the void was formidable enough to confine Ouros, a testament to his unrivaled might.

Amon's host form possessed considerable power. When he emerged on Aiur, he unleashed a devastating surge of energy that annihilated a significant portion of Artanis's stronghold. However, despite its might, his host body displayed susceptibility to traditional weapons, evident when a protoss fleet initiated an orbital assault that swiftly eradicated his form shortly after its awakening.

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