Author's note:
So with Legacy of the Void coming, I decided it was time to get this started before it comes own.
This is just my idea of probably what was going on in the minds of Kerrigan's top commanders/advisors prior to her meeting them.
Read and comment for anything!
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The Leviathan steadied itself within orbit of the planet Char. Since the loss of their queen, the Zerg Swarm had been divided into multiple factions. Some were now led by broodmothers like Zagara, who sought to create their own swarms. Others were being led by other broodmothers that still remained loyal to the Queen of Blades, hoping for her return until the coming of a new, stronger queen.
And others were being led by, whatever else served the Queen.
It wasn't her primary function, but Izsha could still hold sway over a fairly large number of zerg creatures. When the Terran's invasion of Char had reached its climax, the Queen of Blades had ordered her and numerous other Zerg aboard this Leviathan. After all, Izsha's survival was second only to that of the Queen herself, not because she was a powerful organism capable of tearing the foes of the Swarm asunder or the successor to the Zerg queen. No, Izsha served a very different purpose.
She was created by the Queen of Blades herself to ensure that her will carried on even after death. With the ruthless strength and cunning of the now missing (possibly deceased) Queen of Blades, it became apparent that should she disappear, the Swarm would fragment, grow decadent, weak. The Queen surmised that it was not acceptable and had started to create an, advisor, of sorts. Thus, Izsha came into being.
Izsha sensed that the Leviathan had put considerable distance between itself and Zagara's brood upon the surface. The broodmother sought to create a new Swarm and had begun asserting her control over the numerous surviving Zerg. However, Izsha was not something Zagara could control and thus, remained free. Until, of course, Zagara truly became the new leader for the Zerg.
Izsha commanded the Leviathan to hold its position as she sifted through the millions of other Zerg minds that were upon the massive creature. As she did, she recalled another memory that was not her own.
Izsha's mind now drifted back to a few weeks before, when the Zerg were finally aroused from their 4-year long wait. She beheld her queen within the primary Hive cluster upon the smouldering surface of Char.
"You summoned me my Queen?" Izsha had replied, her tendrils twitching and writhing from where she was.
"Izsha." The Queen of Blades answered. "As I have said before, I experienced a vision of the Swarm's destruction." At this answer, Izsha's brow furrowed. The tone the queen was cold, but urgent.
"Shall I alert your broodmothers my Queen?" Izsha spoke. "Shall I have them prepare our defences for the coming battle?"
"Alert the broodmothers, yes." The Queen nodded. "But have the Swarm spread out. Invade every planet within the sector, kill anything you see. Those are my orders to them."
"I shall tell them my Queen." Izsha nodded. However, before she left, Izsha turned to the Queen once more, this time with an answer she had been pondering. "What is this enemy that is so powerful even for the Swarm? How will we die? Will another take your place?"
"That is of no concern for you." The Queen snapped back. "Just remember this, before we die, before the apocalypse comes and the stars burn, all shall be one with the Swarm."
Izsha now put the recollection back into the corner of her mind as she delegated new tasks to a small group of drones. That was among the most recent additions to the bank of memories that Izsha herself had stored, detailing every thought, plan and experience that her Queen had faced, that they may be of use for the Swarm; that the Queen of Blades never truly died. Just like the old cerebrates who once commanded the Swarm for the now dead Overmind, Izsha was, in essence the reincarnation of Sarah Kerrigan herself.
Something rippled within the cold vacuum of space. Izsha tapped into the Leviathan's central nerve cortex to see a small Terran dropship heading their way. Izsha did not conclude it to be a threat, having seen many of these before. How could something so small threaten a Leviathan? Nevertheless, Izsha remained on guard for the slightest hazard.
Then, she sensed it. A familiar presence. It was Zerg, and yet, not Zerg at the same time. Izsha sensed the roiling power within this being, as cold as the vacuum of space, but as hot as a star, along with something else Izsha couldn't quite understand. She sensed a great plan in motion, one that would overturn the universe as they knew it. And more than that, Izsha sensed the creature's mind, seeing all the subconscious memories within.
Memories that Izsha herself had seen once before.
Was it possible? Was the Queen of Blades still alive? Had she returned to lead the Swarm once more? Izsha didn't have the answers, but unless otherwise, the Queen of Blades was the true ruler of the Swarm. As such, Izsha knew her place was right beside her.
The dropship had landed. Zerglings had started to crowd around it. Izsha now made her way to the Terran ship. She will see if this was her Queen, and if so, stand by her once more.