With the death of the Overmind, Kerrigan was left with no master for the first time in her life.

Since childhood, her incredible psionic powers had been weaponized by the Confederacy, then the Sons of Korhal, and then finally the zerg. Now, with her newfound freedom, she began to formulate a plan: she would become so powerful that she would never again be forced to serve another.

But there were obstacles. Control of the zerg had been split between Kerrigan and the Overmind’s Cerebrates, and many zerg had become independent and feral. The feral zerg were easy enough for Kerrigan to handle: as she came across them she used her psionic influence to force them to join her swarm.

The Cerebrates, however, were more of a threat. She knew that with the help of the protoss she could destroy them, but rather than trying to build an alliance on trust she began to weave a web of deception.

The protoss were shocked when they were contacted by Kerrigan, and even more shocked when one of their own leaders, Raszagal, Matriarch of the Nerazim, welcomed Kerrigan and agreed to ally with her to fight the Cerebrates on Shakuras.

Many of the protoss followed Raszagal’s lead, but many had reservations. By the time Kerrigan and the Matriarch’s fleet returned from purging the planet of the Cerebrates, these reservations had escalated into a civil war. Judicator Aldaris refused to work with Kerrigan, and he saw Raszagal’s trust as a sign that something was deeply wrong.

He was disturbed to discover that he was more correct than he had even imagined: Kerrigan had taken control of Raszagal’s mind! But before Aldaris could share this revelation with the other protoss leaders, Kerrigan murdered him.

With her protoss enemies manipulated and weakened by infighting and her zerg enemies on Shakuras defeated, Kerrigan withdrew from the planet, but not before taunting the protoss for doing her bidding.

The zerg on Char would have been Kerrigan’s next target, but the UED got there first and enslaved the new Overmind that had formed there. For Kerrigan to become the sole ruler of the zerg, she now needed to defeat the combined forces of the UED and their slave broods. Alone, her forces were not strong enough, so once again she would need allies.

The UED made a lot of enemies when it stormed the sector, so it was easy for Kerrigan to rally the combined forces of Raynor, Fenix, and Mengsk to fight back. Together they had a chance to defeat the new conquerors.

But even as she gathered allies, Kerrigan was once again plotting when and how to betray them. For many, allying with Kerrigan would be their final mistake.

In Desperate Alliances the Zerg/Protoss cards will be themed after Kerrigan and her manipulation of the Nerazim.

Note that this exact card is subject to change as the expansion is still in early development!

This will be the last work-in-progress card preview, as the campaign is nearing its end and I have to get to work developing the set. Thanks to everyone who has supported the expansion so far, I look forward to sharing it with everyone once it’s done!