Hello Readers and welcome to Starcraft meets World of Warcraft meets Overlord fic.
Please, no one argue that any changes I make to a character wouldn't really happen; this is FICTION for a reason so I am allowed to change certain things.
Yes, I know that the final installment of the Starcraft series (I read a report on an interview with the lead developer stating that it was the final installment) will be coming out sometime in the future, but this idea has been stuck in my head for a while and I want to write it.
Anyway this is taking place 5 years after Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm and about 20 years after Arthas fused with the Lich King so about 22 years since Archimonde was killed at the world tree. The five years is me calculating the incubation for the army that Amon was creating and him reaching full power, just cause he was revived doesn't mean he was immediately at full power. The two years for Archimonde dying to Arthas's ascension, is me calculating the months it would take to get from Kalimdor to Eastern Kingdom (their using boats not zeppelins which I assume would be faster), wipeout a majority of humans left in EK (Eastern Kingdom), prepare to leave for Northrend, then sailing to and getting across Northrend to the Frozen throne.
For those who remember, Illidan was approached by Kil'jaedan months after Archimonde was killed, then it took so much time to get to the isles with the tomb of Sargaras, then to get inside, claim the eye, attack Maive until Shando and Tyrande came from Kalimdor, then sailing the rest of the way to the EK, and then starting the spell to attack the Frozen Throne. In the time it took Arthas to leave from feeling the Frozen Throne being attacked, which he felt in the first mission of the undead campaign, the Blood Elves had fought two battles, escaped Dalaran and the alliance, joined and freed Illidan after wandering Outland for days, helped take over Outland, and then left for the Frozen Throne. So, I am within my right to say it took some time for Arthas to get to the EK, kill the mass of humans he found, prepare to leave, and then leave, arrive at Northrend, and travel to the Frozen Throne while fighting the Naga and Blood Elves.
Also this chapter is mostly a combat/war chapter. I know you are all heartbroken and angry about it but I am sure you will survive.
Inspiration for what I will do with some of the Overlord items is due to MadHat886's fic: "Overlord Shinji"
Next, in this fic the world is basically like this: Azeroth's continents are the same as they are already and the Overlord continent is close to the Maelstrom at the center of the world map. This is why few, if any, in Azeroth know of its existence. It will be the Overlord 2 lands and their great cataclysm that destroyed the lands from the first game was caused when the well of eternity exploded 10,000 years ago in Azeroth's timeline.
Lastly, if my timeline is off then I apologize but it doesn't matter that much to me.
Disclaimer: I don't own Warcraft, Starcraft, Blizzard, or a great many things that will be in this fic except for some OCs/Characters I created in World of Warcraft.
(Author's Notes)
"Speech"
"Thoughts"
'Language other than common'
(Mental conversations)
"Non-Humanoid/otherworldly voice (Zerg, Demons, Dragons, Undead, Hybrids, Protoss, those types of things) speech"
"Above's thoughts"
'Above's speech in other language'
(Mental conversations)
Chapter 1: The Cycle's End & Arrival
Unknown planet
A barren plain was littered with corpses from four different races, as well as vehicles, both human and alien, lied wrecked on the ground, as bullets, bones, bombs, flames, and energy attacks flew through the air. On one side were mutated creatures, green creatures in different types of armor, and baleful blue/purple glowing creatures. These were the lesser creatures of the Zerg swarm, the Protoss extremists known as the Tal'darim, and the Zerg/Protoss hybrids.
On the other side were solders decked in armor and vehicles, blue/green creatures wielding energy weapons, and more of the mutated creatures but in a wider degree of colors and forms. These were the fierce Human Terrans, the honorable Protoss warriors, and the relentless, primal, and current Zerg swarm. Above them, their respective air units fought for supremacy and to aid their ground forces.
Both sides had their respective leaders, the first group had a creature by the name, at least last used, of Samir Duran who appeared like a special forces soldier with bone and flesh protrusions coming out of/off different parts of his body, and the Ancient creature known as Amon, who was called the Fallen One, that appeared like his Hybrids but was pitch black in color while his eyes glowed red and was about twice their size, which made him over 10 feet tall and about 5 feet wide, and was muscular and flowing with power.
On the other side, the humans, and unofficially the whole alliance, were led by the former marshal, former outlaw, and commander of Raynor's Raiders, James Raynor, who was decked out in his black armor and skull visor. Alongside him were two different types of special ops soldiers, one named Gabriel Tosh, who was a Spectre, and Nova Terra (last name is NOT my creation, I looked it up on the official website), who was a ghost and joined with the raiders after it was revealed Mengsk was responsible for her family's death on Tarsonis when said man planted beacons that lured the Zerg swarm in mass quantities. Also along for the ride was his head mechanic and friend Rory Swann, and his head scientist/medic Egon Stetmann. The former was using his "Flaming Betty" turret to guard areas and the latter using his arm pack (backpack with arms) to heal multiple soldiers at once. In the air, Raynor's right hand man Matt Horner commanded the ships in their attack patterns, while his "wife" Mira Hann, aided both areas with her mercenaries. Also on the ship was scientist Ariel Hanson, who rejoined the Raiders when the threat of Amon was revealed. Plus getting a chance to study Zerg without fear of death was a bonus… And if she happened to end up spending more time with Raynor as a result, then she supposed she could suffer through it.
The Protoss were led by the Dark Templar Prelate Zeratul, who regained his honor when it was revealed that he was right about Amon all along, and the Hierarch Artanis with the former being the ground assault leader with dragoon warrior Eredas and High Executor Selendis beside him and the latter leading the aerial attack from his flagship, the Spear of Adun.
The Zerg were led by the Queen of Blades herself, Sarah Kerrigan, her commanders for the ground were a primal Zerg named Dehaka, an infected Terran named Alexei Stukov, and a brood mother named Zagara. Up above, her trusted Leviathan and swarm attacked under the command of her advisor Izsha.
The three races had entered an uneasy alliance, the Protoss and Zerg doing so only because Raynor was close to both leaders and pleaded with them to do so, to stop Amon from destroying and then rebuilding all life in his image. So far, the battle was a stalemate. While they had numbers and weaponry, the hybrids had raw power on their side. The leaders, minus Amon who would not dirty his hands unless necessary, were at the forefront and, naturally, they had the highest number of kills.
Dehaka was cleaving and tearing through the lesser Zerg and a few of the hybrids while absorbing their essence to further his evolution, since in his words, "Kill to adapt, adapt to survive. Survival is everything; to remain stagnant is to die." Every time an enemy tried to flee from him he would use his Drag ability which essentially unleashed a whip like appendage from his arm and tore the enemy back towards him. He also began spawning small creatures to help fight before they died off.
Stukov was destroying enemies with his corrosive blast, healing nearby allies with an aura he gave off, spawned infected Terrans that fought for a time before dying, and unleashed his fury on the enemy with his claws and tendrils.
Zagara was unleashing her brood on the enemy and cleaved apart any that got close to her, while also protecting Kerrigan. The latter of which was blasting away enemies with psionic blasts, turning the lesser Zerg back against Amon and cleaving through enemies with her wings and claws. Izsha was commanding the different aerial units to decimate the enemy aerial troops and all of them were primarily focused on Hybrids, but they focused on the other Zerg as well since they knew the weaknesses of each type they were facing.
Eredas was leading his fellow dragoons and they were unleashing energy attacks from the core of said dragoons while stomping some of the smaller enemies. Selendis was leading the platoons of zealots in frontal combat and was striking without fear or mercy. Zeratul was slicing and dicing his opponents while leading his brethren into the heart of the battle. Artanis was devastating the air and the ground from his flagship the Spear of Adun, and while their goal was the hybrids they also targeted the majority of the Tal'darim to save some of the lives of their allies.
Tosh was blasting heads off with his mind blast attack and pumping enemies full of lead from his assault rifle while leading his 'brothers' and 'sisters' through the field. Nova was sniping down targets left and right and using her dominate ability to take control of the weak minded targets to fight for her, while leading the few ghosts that she could train for the assault. Matt Horner was leading the aerial assault on the flagship, the Hyperion, and was using the Yamato Cannon to destroy/weaken the hybrids to be easily destroyed.
His 'wife' was leading her forces on the ground with tanks and goliaths hoping that Matt would 'reward' her for her hard work. Swann was fixing up any damaged machines and deploying his turrets, while Stetmann was healing any soldiers/creatures that were injured. He being the resident expert on Protoss and Zerg biology made him, realistically, the only medic for them and made it easier for him to fix any injuries that said races incurred.
However, everyone, Protoss, Zerg, Humans, and Hybrids, was focused on one man and one man only, James Raynor. The only man who, in any of their histories, had earned the respect and honor of the Protoss, the hunger and fear of the Zerg, the animosity of the Hybrid, and allegiance of the majority of the humans in the Koprulu sector. He possessed five weapons on him and he was ensuring every shot counted before resorting to other means.
He was, by far, the farthest into the assault and all of the troops were pressing harder to keep up with him, to keep him safe. He was exhausting his ammo supply for his standard rifle, but what was surprising everyone, allies and enemies included, was that he was reacting to threats before they became one and if they got close his knife was moving with speed, precision, and skill that most hadn't seen of him. When his rifle emptied he started bashing enemies in the head, before he had a group of aerial enemies closing on him. Smirking to himself, he tossed five grenades into the air with the resulting explosion destroying the aerial opponents, before pulling out his sniper rifle and using the penetrator round to blast through a mass of enemies at a time.
Once the rifle was empty, and he no longer went caveman on them with it, he took out a specialized shotgun and started blasting the encroaching hybrid's heads off and to the amazement of his forces and the shock of his enemies they weren't getting back up. A spray of spikes from a Hydralisk caused him to sacrifice the shotgun to block the spikes, which forced the gun from his hands. He pulled out his trusty revolver and a combat knife as he continued fighting through the enemy. He was stopped however when a bullet grazed his helmet and he turned to see Duran moving towards him with a rifle. Reacting quickly Raynor dove behind a hybrid and held it in front of him as Duran continued to fire.
However, before he could get Raynor, Duran was sent flying when Kerrigan crashed into him. However, Duran being older meant he had more power and was matching Kerrigan with ease and she was getting pushed into a corner before she was getting pounded into the ground pretty hard. Raynor got on his comm and called Matt, "Matt, send my Vulture bike down now!"
An affirmative response later, and a fast dropship came and sent his bike sailing right into the middle of the field. To everyone's shock, Raynor hopped on while it was shooting past him and fired at the enemy with the bike's built in grenade launchers, while riding it straight towards Duran. He crashed straight into Duran and kept riding and to keep Duran from focusing too much he grabbed Duran's head and started bashing it against the hood of his Vulture. He then noticed a group of flyers that were taking out their ships with relative ease and got a gleam in his eye as he thought of an idea, "Tosh, can you give me a ramp towards those flyers attacking squadron 6?"
Tosh, getting the idea, grinned, "You bet, brother." Tosh shredded the ground and then raised it up into a steep climb. Raynor rode the ramp and just before the end of the ramp, he stabbed Duran through the head to pin him to the Vulture and jumped off. As the bike hit the end, it flew to the center of the flyers and he fired his revolver at the gas tank. Duran screamed in rage as the bullet hit the gas tank and exploded, which due to the grenades still inside, encompassed the flyers as well.
Raynor sighed slightly, "Damn, I always liked that bike." Before he could comment further he realized that he was in the heart of the enemy forces and they were all looking at him with interest and he couldn't help but chuckle at his situation, "Just my luck. Oh well, let's see how many I can take with me." He jumped off the ramp and landed on a hybrid before making him eat a bullet and stabbing another with a second combat knife. Raynor, not getting a chance to breathe threw his knife into the head of a Hybrid who was preparing to attack the Hyperion before using brute force to kill a Hydralisk and then tore off its claw, before using the claw as a melee weapon while still firing his revolver.
He was forced to throw the claw into a hybrid as it got ready to blast the Leviathan and thanks to the poison of the Hydralisk the Hybrid was significantly weakened. Tosh, seeing his friend and commander without a melee weapon, threw his butterfly knife into a Zergling that was rushing Raynor. Raynor pulled the knife out and started punching, slamming, stabbing, and cutting his way through to his goal, while wishing his revolver held more rounds. What was his goal, you ask? Simple, he was going for Duran's rifle. The others watched, stunned, as he continued cutting down enemies with relative ease and couldn't help but make comments as they fought to reach him.
"That one is strong, vastly more than the rest of his brood. He would give strong essence. Such a waste if the Hybrid kill him, must not allow such essence to be wasted." Dehaka stated as he continued to push forward.
Stukov was impressed by him and couldn't help but muse, "If he was on our side when I first came here, I have little doubt that the UED would have been successful in our mission. I can't, in good conscience, allow a man like that to fall." He started summoning more and more infected Terrans as they pushed to reach Raynor before he was overwhelmed.
"So that is James Raynor, the tales you told us, Zeratul, were accurate and not exaggerated. I see why Phoenix held respect for him throughout the previous war. We must reach him, such a warrior doesn't deserve to fall to these creatures."Eredas spoke as he watched Raynor face Duran and win and then continue to bash his way through. Eredas started spewing out more energy attacks at faster rates if just to slow down the stronger enemies and kill the weaker ones.
"Yeah! Go Cowboy. Alright you grunts let's move it, the commander's gonna need backup." Swann shouted as he started hammering the enemy and unleashing more turrets to keep them back from their support units.
"Astonishing, the commander seems to be accelerating his kill ratio much faster than any other time." Stetmann stated as he continued to heal other soldiers and advise where to attack on the heartier Zerg under Amon's command.
"Jim is fighting with a lot more ferocity than usual, did something happen that I missed?" Matt thought, but quickly brushed the thought aside to ensure they continued to slow loss of life on their side, "Keep firing, we have to cover the Commander."
Selendis watched the fight, "He fights much harder and with more skill than when we fought on that Terran colony. He is still the most impressive human that I have come across." "What is this feeling I have towards him? I desire to keep him safe and I feel that if he is hurt, my heart will break."She began to renew her fight and her zealots followed her right into the viper's nest as it were.
Tosh was grinning and feeling the power Raynor was letting off, "Ho ho, way to go brother, show them your power. Let's go my brothers and sisters, we got some family to protect." He started blasting his way through and his specters kept pace trying to save their commander/brother from the enemy.
Mira watched with great interest, "I have never seen Raynor so ferocious and bloodthirsty on the battlefield, it makes him look sexy." Mira was broken from her musing when she noticed more of the larger hybrids stalking up behind Raynor and ordered her tanks to aim for them, "Come on you wimps we gotta save our employer." She stated as she continued to cut through the enemy, all the while her mind turned from how Matt would reward her for her work to how Raynor would reward her.
Zeratul watched as his longtime friend and ally fought like a combination of the races. He fought with the weapons and tactics of a human, the ferocity of a Protoss, and the brutality of the Zerg, "You have grown strong James Raynor, I can think of no one else that I would want to fight beside me. But it shall not be this day that you fall. Come my brothers, let us give them a taste of our blades." He charged forward, bisecting, trisecting, decapitating, and amputating his opponents and his brothers noticed the change and wondered what kind of man Raynor was to change the stoic Zeratul into a frenzied killing machine by just being in danger.
Nova watched amazed, "What the hell happened to Raynor? I've never seen him attack so hard, not even when he attacked Mengsk. It's like he is in a berserker rage, but has still retained his mind." Her thoughts on the matter were far more interesting, "Be safe Jim, I don't want to lose you, not before I can tell you the truth about how I feel." "Let's go soldiers; we have a commanding officer to save." She started sniping all the big targets and dominating the juggernaut type units to help push in.
"That human is much more of a threat than that General on Char was. I can see how he was able to match you during that battle my queen. Press the attack, do not let that human fall." Zagara stated as she continued to attack in attempt to save the human who apparently could match her queen.
On the Hyperion Ariel watched the fighting from a monitor and was worried, "Be safe Jim, I want to thank you for everything you have done after this."
"Jim, when did you get this fierce, skilled, and brutal on the battlefield? And what is this strange feeling I have now?" " Press on we have to get him out of there." Kerrigan thought and stated as she continued to fight while dealing with her own feelings towards the Terran while sensing the others' own thoughts and feelings towards him.
"I can see why you have an interest in him my queen; if he were to be converted to a Zerg he could equal if not surpass you in power." Izsha stated and this caught the others, both ground and air thanks to the communications Kerrigan set up in case of power failure, by surprise as she continued to lead the leviathan against the aerial forces… well Tosh wasn't surprised, he just grinned as he continued to fight towards his brother.
Kerrigan spoke for everyone without missing a beat in attacking, "What do you mean Izsha?"
Izsha was confused and it showed in her voice, "Forgive me my queen, but I am referring to the fact that James Raynor is also a psionic conduit. His power is almost twice the amount you possessed before the Overmind created you."
This got shocked and awed looks from everyone, while Tosh just chuckled, "Don't be telling me that you haven't felt it at one point or another? Any time he has gotten into a rage or his emotions have welled up, he unleashed power whether it be inspiring his allies or demoralizing his enemies. He just never be knowing how to tame it, that be part of the reason I be staying wit him and aiding him. The moment he harnesses that power, he will be the most dangerous man alive, even I can't be competing to the power he holds."
Zeratul then remembered back to the vision the Overmind had, Fools, there was one who could have stood in my way but you foolishly let them perish before my time. Was the statement that Amon had given, but then Artanis's statement led him to believe something, Kerrigan… how could we have known? But then he remembered something that happened 2 years ago.
It was at an operational UED facility left over from the Brood Wars. Kerrigan had been taken captive when it was discovered there was another psi destroyer on a planet away from the core worlds but not in any of the three races' territories. She was subsequently captured when the remainder of the UED used a concentrated attack of psi disruptor tech on her and it shut down her Zerg and psionic powers. She was locked up and scheduled to be dissected to be studied so they could create more warriors like her.
Raynor had found out and entered into an alliance with Zagara to retrieve Kerrigan, while Zeratul and the other Protoss had been asked to aid him, but were going to turn it down figuring Raynor could handle it with the Zerg swarm as well. That was until Tassadar had told Zeratul to go to ensure the future was safe. He left without the support of the other Protoss. He had ended up saving Raynor from three different situations that would have killed him before he ever reached Kerrigan and it all finally made sense, Raynor was the threat to Amon.
If Raynor died Kerrigan would have gone on a rampage across the planet and then shut down completely leaving the swarm open to Amon's control. And if Kerrigan died, Raynor would shut down like he had in the past and none would stand before Amon except the Protoss and they would fall. Artanis wasn't relenting about killing Kerrigan, he was apologizing for not helping Raynor when they could which led to their downfall in the future. To top it all off, if Raynor's power could dwarf Kerrigan's than he could potentially match Amon in raw power if he could control it.
"By the ancestors, I've been a fool." This got everyone's attention on him, "Tassadar didn't want me to protect Kerrigan. He wanted me to protect Raynor; he is the one who can defeat Amon. We must protect him!" He started blinking forward while destroying the enemy. The others renewed their efforts to help save Raynor.
Meanwhile Raynor was starting to get drained; already pieces of his armor had been torn off. His right arm, left shoulder, pieces of his back, and his head were all revealed to the world. But still he fought, he tore apart any enemy that got near him and he was feeling a rush of energy around him. Unknown to him, but clear to everyone else, rocks and debris were starting to float around him and the sky was darkening as he continued to fight with strong intensity and desire to make them pay.
Amon seeing the threat started walking towards Raynor who had just got is other arm cleaned of armor, and the others were striving to get to him faster. Raynor had just stuck down his 30th hybrid, by melee, when he turned and Amon sent him flying back via a kick straight to his chest, which broke the armor off of there too. He slammed hard into a boulder and found Duran, badly burned and missing parts of his body, standing there albeit barely.
Before he could try anything Tosh tackled him and picked up his knife before squaring off with him, "You be having ta get through me before ya can get to him. Nobody touches me brother while I still be breathing." Tosh's eyes started glowing slightly as he and Duran circled the other. Tosh came at him swinging and stabbing before falling back and shooting at him with his rifle and Duran dodged them easily like he was simply stretching, before blasting tosh back. Tosh skidded across the ground and landed in a heap.
Duran approached and took Tosh's rifle and put it against his forehead, "Only Human." He stated as he started to pull the trigger, but stopped from feeling something against his head.
He turned to see Raynor with his upper armor gone and pointing his shotgun right at Duran's face, "Dodge this." He stated before firing into his face, which obliterated his head. For good measure he took the body and shoved a Firebat's incendiary cell into him and threw him into a pack of enemies approaching them. When the body landed it ignited and exploded out setting a large force on fire. Before Raynor could do anything though, his head was grasped tightly and he was thrown violently.
Raynor managed to catch sight of Amon as he was approaching, while the others were still getting closer to them and Tosh was getting up to fight again. Raynor opened fire on Amon with his revolver, but he just sidestepped the bullets and sent a psionic blast at Raynor that clipped him and sent him sailing before landing on the ground. Unnoticed, by anyone, he was able to grab a piece of his Vulture bike and hide it under him. After he landed, Raynor got a shot and hit Amon but watched, being very agitated, as the wound healed up, "I can come back from any wound your petty gun can give me Raynor. Now it is time to put you down and end your nuisance once and for all."
As he lied there on the ground, Amon got closer and put his hand on Raynor's head, but before he could try anything, Raynor swept his legs out and carved his chest open with the piece of scrap before shoving his grenades and the ones he got from some dead soldiers inside, "Come back from this, you bastard." Raynor then moved quickly as Amon screamed and tried to claw out the grenades, but it was too late as he exploded.
Raynor landed hard in a heap with his back partially scorched from the blast and noticed the other Zerg came under Kerrigan's control and the Hybrids were going into chaos and attacking anything. Raynor, though sore from the fighting and blast, got up and started aiming towards the Hybrid before he was filled with pain and screamed out. Everyone froze and saw what happened as Raynor looked down and saw a fist through the middle of his torso just below his ribcage. He coughed up blood as he felt his body start to shut down.
Everything was silent for a minute before energy exploded from Kerrigan, Nova, Tosh, Selendis, and Zeratul and they charged forward towards Amon before he threw Raynor off his arm and into the middle of the Hybrids. Kerrigan was atomizing any enemy that got in her way, Zeratul was creating weapons out of psionic energy and started shredding any enemy that stood in his way, Tosh was obliterating heads and was creating waves of energy by sending it through his knife and swinging, Nova was launching blasts of energy by channeling and then firing it out of her rifle, and Selendis was blinking through the forces and striking down everyone in her way, "Get Raynor! We'll handle Amon!" They yelled in unison and the others just started pushing towards Raynor.
Kerrigan started attacking Amon with her wings, claws, and blasts as she forced him back and Tosh was waiting for him as he tried to slash him but failed as Amon grabbed his arm and threw him away just in time to dodge a bullet from Nova. Selendis came next and they began a dance of her slashing and him dodging, before Zeratul came at him swinging an ethereal scythe down at him. The five of them surrounded Amon and he dealt with them like they were children as he caught them by the arm, leg, wings in Kerrigan's case, and threw them around like they were toys. They got up multiple times and Kerrigan regrew her wings at least a half dozen times before he blasted them away with his a surge of power and moved to finish Kerrigan knowing that with her gone, he could have the entire swarm under his control. The others, both going for Raynor and attacking Amon, seeing the threat moved to attack Amon before he could but were moving too slow.
Meanwhile Raynor was struggling to stay alive as he fought to get up, "No! I will not die yet, not while that bastard is alive to threaten everyone else." He got to his knees and found one of his knives by him, he reached out and grabbed it then steadied himself as he saw Amon about to strike down Kerrigan and then stared at his arm and knife, "I know you're there, but I always forced you deep inside me to hide from the government programs, but now I am going to release you so give me the strength to make this guy PAY!"
He began willing his energy into his arm and knife and then hurled it forward and it flew through the air tearing through every hybrid that got between him and Amon before embedding itself in Amon's chest. The moment the knife imbedded itself in him the energy was released and he was sent flying back with a hole in his chest the size of a tank barrel's diameter.
He was howling in pain and was shaking with rage as red lightning shuddered over him, "You think this will stop me! I have survived my own race and millennia for this moment; I will not be beaten by worms like you!" He reached out his hands and they watched as the Hybrids broke down into energy and flowed into him, healing him and making him stronger. He now stood over 14 feet tall, was pitch black with a baleful purple aura coming off him and his eyes were practically red flames of energy, "Try and stop me now!" He released a wave of energy and it sent everyone flying back.
Raynor fell onto his hands as he coughed up more blood and was saying a string of curses as he was feeling his life fading. He tried to stand and got one leg under him before a he looked up and saw Tassadar floating in front of him, "Friend Raynor, I am sorry for not coming sooner."
"Tassadar?" He asked both shocked and wondering if he was suffering from blood loss.
"It is I, my friend, I have come to awaken you powers in full and help you achieve your full potential."
"My potential? What the hell are you talking about buddy?"
"You are an individual who the Xel'naga created to fight the Fallen One. You have the body of a human, the heart of a Protoss, the adaptability of the Zerg, the fighting prowess and leadership of all three, and the soul of a Xel'naga. You are the one who was to unite the races and destroy Amon. Now it is time for you to awaken and become the true Hybrid that Amon couldn't become and fears."
Raynor breathed hard for a few moments, "If it means. 'COUGH HACK'. That I can save everyone and kill that bastard than I'll do whatever it takes."
Tassadar nodded and began filling Raynor with energy while multiple Zerg, Protoss, and Hybrid corpses started getting pulled towards them, "I am awakening your psionic powers in full while also turning these bodies into energy to awaken your Xel'naga powers by giving you the missing pieces in both the Protoss, Zerg, and Hybrid DNA strands. In addition I am granting you my Templar and Dark Templar powers I obtained before my death as well as the powers of the Dark Templar Matriarch which she gave to me before passing into the Void. Since I have come to see you as a fellow brother I shall give you one of your people's sayings… Given 'em hell, James Raynor."
Raynor smirked and nodded before the energy intensified and he screamed out in pain and power. Everyone stopped and stared as a multicolored energy swirled around where Raynor was and Amon felt a very human chill of fear go down his spine. When the energy cleared they saw a figure standing there. It had armored legs and boots that were black up to its waist (his armor fused to his legs), its torso was covered in carapace armor but had insignias of the raiders, swarm, and Protoss as well as the hybrid emblem etched into the bone, its left arm was blue, the right one green, and its hands only had had a thumb and three fingers, while claws were at the end of all four appendages.
Its wrists held holes that a pair of psi blades were coming out of, one white and one black, his back showed a bone like wing and one purple glowing phantom like wing with 6 bone like protrusions coming out of its back two over the shoulders and two coming around each side, its torso and arms themselves were muscular and athletic in build, its hair was tentacles like Kerrigan's, but its face was what had them shocked.
Its face was gruff and weathered with a goatee and beard with one baleful glowing blue eye and one baleful glowing yellow eye with baleful green, blue, yellow, purple, and red lines going through its face to its eyes and making them glow brighter.
Kerrigan was the first to speak, "Ji… Jim?" She asked while shivering slightly from the power she felt when said person turned their gaze towards her.
The figure walked forward staring at Amon, who, if he had the capability, was sweating bullets now. It glanced at Kerrigan, "I'm alright Kerrigan. Tassadar just woke up a few repressed genes in my body." He turned towards Amon, "It seems you were too slow partner, I have awakened just like my ancestors wanted. Now, I think it's time you paid for your sins." Raynor shot forward and smashed Amon in the face sending him flying back several hundred yards, "All of you, this is gonna get nasty, head back to the ships."
"We aren't leaving without you friend Raynor." Zeratul stated while holding his right arm and starting to mend it.
"I wasn't asking, Dark Prelate, I was ordering it under my authority as a Templar executor, a Dark Templar Patriarch, and a Xel'naga commander to return to your ships and wait for this to be over." He immediately leaned to the side as a fist shot past his head, before he grabbed the arm connected to said extremity and twisted sharply and throwing Amon into a rock wall, "I can't fight at my best while worrying about y'all, now get going."
He stopped a psionic attack dead in its tracks with just a hand motion and charged at Amon again. They met in the middle and were clashing like a couple of heavy weight champions.
Zeratul stood and motioned for the others to follow back to the ships, "I am not leaving him, Zeratul." Kerrigan stated.
Zeratul glanced back, "Nor am I, but I am doing as my commander, friend, and brother asks to ensure he can win. He will hold back and hesitate if we are too close to the fight and that could cost him dearly." She stood there for a minute and then nodded as she and the others made their way back to the ships as quickly as possible.
The collective thoughts were, "Give him hell Jim, but don't you dare die on us or I'll kick your ass."
Back at the fight
Raynor was matching Amon's attacks blow for blow and was easily keeping up, sure he took some hits but he dealt as good as he took. Before the others could get on the ships, there was a loud crash and they saw Jim being shoved through the rock face and getting pummeled repeatedly, (Matt when I give the signal, I want you to fire all Yamato cannons on Amon before having all ships attack and do not let up unless I say).
Jim thought through his powers to Matt who gave an acknowledgement and ordered all battlecruisers to prepare to fire. As soon as Jim felt the cannons ready he unleashed a concentrated psionic blast at Amon which flung him into the air and disoriented him, 'NOW!' All the ships, Protoss and human, fired on Amon and continued to do so before a blur shot out of the smoke cloud at the Hyperion. It got within five feet before it was tackled by another blur and both were sent crashing into the ground.
Amon was not happy at this moment and his rage pushed his power up. He released a massive psionic blast that it swept across the entire field. Raynor was able to blink and save Artanis, Matt, Ariel, and a few others before the ships, Zerg flyers, and ground forces exploded. He had just landed in front of everyone else and put up a shield as the blast hit them. He put the shield down and saw the destruction as Amon walked forward, "You are a weakling with that pathetic human blood in you and I will not be beaten by the likes of you."
They engaged in a grapple and everyone was shocked to see Amon's body starting glow like he was going to attack. While Jim was holding him still, some of the other moved. Zeratul and Selendis put their psi blades through his torso, Kerrigan stabbed him in the legs with her wings while her claws dug into his shoulders, Tosh planted his knife into his chest while pushing energy through the blade, and Nova was pouring destructive energy through her hands as she gripped his head. Jim then stabbed him through his heart with both of his wings, but he still wouldn't go down, "It's over Amon, you've lost."
They felt a chill go down their spine as he chuckled and spit up blood, "Perhaps, but I will still win, by killing all of you. This form is unstable and is going to implode; you'll never clear the planet in time." He continued laughing up to the moment he imploded and took a large portion of the planet with him.
Unknown location: Unknown time
White. That was all they could see, the few people that Jim had tried to save in the shield stood in an area of white and could see nothing else except white and each other, "Where are we?" Jim asked the question on everyone's mind.
"You are in the world between, my brother." They turned to see Tassadar standing there, "You committed a great service by killing Amon, even if it meant you dying along with him. This has caused the rulers of this area to allow you a new chance at life in a new world, should you wish it."
"What exactly is this new world like?" Kerrigan asked as everyone focused on Tassadar.
"It is a world full of conflict and they are in need of someone to aid them in stopping those who threaten that world. The technology of that world is not as advanced as it was in ours and they have their own form of psionic energy and creatures to deal with. But, as I said, you may turn this down and proceed into the Void if you have had enough of conflict."
Jim was silent for a moment and his new senses felt everyone looking at him, "Would we be changed in anyway?"
"You would take on powers and skills from that world but you will remain as you are, however James Raynor, you will be in different position. Should you accept this offer you will be sent to a continent that has a unique ruler, and said ruler has died and they are in need of a new one, you are to become the new one and will rule as you see fit as you make conquest and do as you please with your rank."
Everyone was shocked by this, but then everyone realized that if not for Jim they wouldn't have even stopped Amon so it was fitting he got a reward. Jim smirked, "Alright buddy, I accept. I'd probably be bored out of my skull in that Void of yours anyhow. Besides, I can't just sit back while other people are suffering, that just ain't my style."
"I am in as well." Kerrigan stated as Jim looked at her, "I lost you twice before, and I am not losing you again. I will stand by you forever Jim." Jim smiled and nodded as they turned to the others.
"What say all of you? Will you go once more into the breach with me or settle for the afterlife waiting for us?" Jim asked and everyone smirked at him.
"I'm with you sir. I've stayed with you this long so you aren't getting rid of me that easily." Matt stated.
"I will stand with you as well. You have the honor and skill of warriors I have only heard about in legends. I would be honored to fight beside you." "And get to know you more as well." Selendis stated and thought.
Stukov stayed silent for a minute and then nodded, "Perhaps, I can atone for some of my actions in my past life in this next world and I have seen that you are a great commander. I still stand with you Raynor."
"I shall as well. You have aided me and my people on many occasions and now I shall help you in any way I can." Zeratul commented.
"I be with ya to the end brother. Now that you be awakened, you be need help in controlling them powers and I be finding it exciting to see da new world we be going to." Tosh said with a grin.
"I'm in. You helped me get revenge and let me join you without a second thought. I am with you as well Raynor." "Especially if I can get a chance to talk to you" Nova stated with a smirk.
"Why not, might give me some new ideas and schematics to add to my collection. Besides we all know you would be lost without me there to help you cowboy." Swann said shrugging his shoulders and smirking.
"Hmm, an interesting chance to study new life forms as well as flora and fauna not seen in our world. I will come with you." Stetmann stated.
Ariel nodded in agreement, "Yes it would be interesting to study some new things and I still have a debt to pay." She stated while blushing a little, "Plus, I think Jim only got more handsome from his change."
"A chance to collect new essence and new evolutions, I am agreed to go." Dehaka stated and was apparently pleased that he had his other small arm back.
"I shall follow my queen and my King wherever they decide to go." Zagara stated since it made sense, to her at least, that Jim was fitting to be a king among the Zerg.
Eredas, while being happy to be out of that dragoon, stated, "I will stand with you as well. You fight with honor and ferocity worthy of the Protoss, I will follow you James Raynor."
Mira smiled, "Sure, I don't want to leave this group yet." She then thought, "Especially if I can get a chance to be with Raynor."
(Izsha is dead since she was connected straight to the Leviathan so she could not be removed).
"I will stand with you as well." Everyone turned and to the shock of a few, there stood a Protoss wielding viridian psi blades and wore orange armor.
"Phoenix!" Jim stated as he looked at his old friend who had died during the brood wars.
"It is I, friend Raynor, those in charge decided you would need all the warriors you could get. It will be an honor serving and fighting alongside you my friend."
Jim nodded and shook his hand before another voice rang out, "I shall join you as well."
Everyone turned and Zeratul and Kerrigan were the most shocked as they saw a dark Templar female walking towards them, "Raszagal!"
She nodded and stood before them, "As Phoenix stated those in power here decided James Raynor needed more warriors and so I volunteered to come as well." She then turned to Raynor and "I shall serve you in any way I can my Lord." She stated and he nodded before then taking stock of their forces; they had about 40 Marines, 30 Zealots, and around 60 Zerglings (mixed of the basic and the two evolved types, Raptors and Swarmlings).
He now had 13 commanders, 2 research scientists, and one engineer and he was supposed to be a ruler in the new world, he chuckled to himself thinking about how this all turned out since he was just a simple farm boy, "Then it is decided, farewell my friends I pray that I do not see you for many years." Tassadar stated as he vanished.
With that everything went white and bright.
Wilderness outside a small winter village named Nordberg
They looked around at their new surrounds seeing snow and trees for miles and a small village to the north, "Well, this is all well and good, but where the hell are we supposed to go now?"
As if on cue the ground erupted slightly before a large dark pit arose with a blue aura in the center. Out of the pit came small brown creatures that ran up to Jim and started dancing while chanting, "Master, master, master. We found the master."
Another creature bulkier and more muscular, wearing a helmet, and holding a hammer came up, "Master, you follow giblet. Giblet take you to Gnarl. Gnarl explain everything. Then we serve you as Overlord and crush puny enemies."
Jim nodded, with a sweatdrop formed on his head, and watched as the creatures jumped down into the pit, "I guess we follow them." The others nodded and jumped into the pit.
Old Fortress: Unknown distance from last location.
The throne room's glow intensified as the transport allowed its users out. They all came to stand in a rather run down throne room with a small orb glowing next to a throne, "Welcome, master, to the Dark Sanctuary." They turned and saw an old and gray version of the browns coming towards them, "We have much to discuss if you are to take over as Overlord and start to claim this land." Jim thought back to everything so far and what he was seeing right now and just knew his new life was going to be crazier than his old one was.
Done. Hope you all enjoy my take on the final confrontation with Amon, Raynor's evolution, and them now being in Azeroth. Also I hoped you liked my Matrix moment between Duran and Raynor.
Couple of things:
Yes, Raynor will have more than one girl (seems to be tradition for most Overlords); yes you can give votes for anyone you want. No I am not going to do lemons, they're not my thing.
Yes, Raynor's powers will evolve and grow as he travels in Azeroth and the Overlord lands. Yes, you can give opinions of what you want for him to be able to do. Since he is part Zerg he can evolve through killing/consuming and gaining essence so his powers don't have to be limited. And Yes, eventually he will be able to enhance the powers of others.
Yes, Raynor will be meeting the 30 or so factions (Alliance, Horde, and the Neutral factions) but won't be allying/befriending all of them and yes you can vote on them. If you would like a list of the factions send me a PM and I will either send one back or just add it to the Author's Notes of the next chapter. Yes, he will be going to Outland at some point.
No, Raynor will not be going through the entire Overlord 2 campaign before meeting residents of Azeroth. No, he will not be going to Kalimdor or the other continents right away. Yes, he will be aiding in the fight against Illidan, Kel'Thuzad, the Lich King, and Deathwing. Yes, he will be semi godlike (remember he is still adjusting to his powers) and will become godlike as the story progresses. I mean come on, Human (recklessness, ingenuity, intuition, psionic energy, tactical experience), Protoss (honor, loyalty, connection to the void and layline energies, honed combat, disciplined, shields), Zerg (adaptation, no self-preservation, connection to others and worlds, ferocity, brutality, natural bone armor), Hybrid (powers of Zerg and Protoss with none of the weaknesses, plus higher abilities that go beyond traditional forms of Zerg and Protoss abilities, juggernaut strength and durability), and Overlord (Domination, undying loyalty of the minions, enhanced strength and durability, new abilities as the base and core repair themselves, new powers as he gathers more items, able to increase military strength just by killing) mixed into one being with the potential to evolve even further with the Zerg ability to absorb essence and adapt.
Also note that the gnomes in the alliance in Azeroth are now going to be called Halflings since they are the same height or close enough and the Overlord version of gnomes is to unique to change into something else, unless one of y'all have a better name for those little creatures.
As for levels [this is World of Warcraft (last I knew the level cap was 100{please inform me if I am wrong})], Raynor is around 80, Kerrigan and Zeratul are around 65, Raszagal is around 60 (Zeratul pushed himself for the fight with Amon and being brought back from the dead would naturally lower your strength), Tosh, Nova, Selendis, Phoenix, Eredas, Zagara, and Dehaka are around 45-55, and everyone else in their group is 30 or lower (remember that while Jim is getting used to his powers, he is still stronger than anyone in his group). Thrall and the other leaders are all 100 or higher.
I more than likely will be changing the minions and doing the type of thing that was done in Overlord Shinji where when a new Overlord arises their minions change to better serve/match to their master or I may just make it so as his powers grow he can create his own minions. So I will probably leave Gnarl and Giblet as they are, role wise not form, since I figured Giblet could help Swann in the armory.
So yes, you can vote on race/races (custom, existing, or otherwise) that can be the minions but state their roles in Raynor's army, like how normally the browns are the main fighters, reds are the fire and archer experts, so place their role with the race you want. Your choices can be from the Warcraft, Starcraft, or Overlord universes. So you could give him (and I have ideas how to make any unit you could suggest work so just state the ones you want and I will work with them so long as it is not too outrageous). Examples are Zerglings as the main force, Rock Golems for heavy hitters, Dark Templars for stealth, Blues can still be in as healers, Wolves, Spiders, and Salamanders could become permanent parts of his military as mounts (they will be moved to and bred in the fortress to enable them to be used immediately) by having Raynor absorb the essence of the Leader/Queen/King of them and this applies to other mount capabilities. So give your votes, choices, opinions, thoughts, etc. etc.
No, you can't choose a major race for his minions. The Rock Golems I picked as an example don't have an allegiance or anything to a race as a whole. However, you can choose like a branch of a race. Like instead of Orcs as a whole, you can choose shamans or seers for him. But again be specific to their role and features since his soldiers will not be the same as those existing in Azeroth. Also, Raynor will gain more minions as he progresses and gains minion totems and expands his powers. How many will he have? I don't know yet, but more than allowed in Overlord, I can tell you that much.
Well that should be it, see y'all next time everyone.