Zerg Pure form?

[Statharas]

Basically, the lore says the zerg infested animals on Zerus and created the swarm. But which was their true form?

[Dr Super Good]

They have no "true form" as they are continually mutating. Their lack of form is what makes them so lethal as they can adapt to everything that is thrown at them. This will be made clear in HotS where you have dozens of different types of each unit (what we saw in WoL was just generic units representing the average of all types). The closest you will probably get to "pure Zerg" was the Hive Mind itself (unsure about the name) as that was constructed and programmed to control the Zerg (probably by the guy who is my avatar).

The Zerg are probably more a philosophy than an actual race.

[Statharas]

But the lore says that the overmind was created to control the zerg, not the other way around, zerg created to keep the overmind busy or something like that.

[LordDz]

The XelNaga found some Zerg aliens,, created a the Overmind to control them all, to prevent them from starting wars like the Aeon of Strife war that the Protoss started upon themselves.
But the Overmind became aware of the XelNaga and attacked them and then found out the location of the Protoss.

So in all, the Zerg had a basic form, but it's probably beyond recognition now, as they've had multiple mutations.

Edit:
Found their "starting planet"
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Zerus
and
"Cerebrates were descended from the original zerg parasites of Zerus that existed before the coming of the xel'naga, albeit being much larger and endowed with much greater intelligence."
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Cerebrate

So there you have it :)

[Crazed_seal2]

The Zerg will continue to mutate. Their pure form is lost, as there is no cerebrates left. Or thats what I can remember.

[Statharas]

I am thinking of making a Dune Runner :v

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[OrochiKira537]

Originally Posted by LordDz

The XelNaga found some Zerg aliens,, created a the Overmind to control them all, to prevent them from starting wars like the Aeon of Strife war that the Protoss started upon themselves.
But the Overmind became aware of the XelNaga and attacked them and then found out the location of the Protoss.

And I thought that this was their story:

The Xel'Naga first created the Zerg, and the Overmind to control the race. But the Overmind got ambitious and revolved against his creators, resulting in war with his own masters. Therefore, the Xel'Naga created another race called the Protoss to annihilate the Zerg and destroy the Overmind.

Then the Terrans (Humans) got smarter and made technologies that can be built in space (Astronautics). The people crossed paths with the other first two races and got involved in the war.


That story is what I know. Is that even correct?

[viktor1995]

no, the Protoss was created before the Zerg, and their "pure" form is actually the larvae (the closest to the original zerg)

[Asomath]

Correct, the Protoss were created before the Zerg. However, the protoss fought against each other in civil wars, causing the Xel'naga to abandon the protoss and go find the Zerg.

The Zerg were originall small larva that were parasitic. They merged to the spinal cords of their host, granting them full control of their bodies.

The Over-Mind was created to prevent the civil wars that resulted in the Protoss experiment.

~Asomath

[OrochiKira537]

Oh... now I get it. So that is why they can infest Terrans in Starcraft 1.
Makes good sense!

[Asomath]

Ah not quite, Infested Terrans are the result of a Super Virus that could be spread by Zerg Queens. The Zerg were mostly unable to incorporate the Human DNA strands into the zerg. Thus, they still require host bodies that they infect with the virus.

~Asomath

[iChaos]

A-a-amazing! O_O

[TaShadan]

Originally Posted by viktor1995

no, the Protoss was created before the Zerg, and their "pure" form is actually the larvae (the closest to the original zerg)

The Protoss were not created like the Zerg, they were trained by the Xelnaga and they gave them technology.But according to this the Xelnaga created the planet aiur?
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Protoss_history

[viktor1995]

yeah Its true, i used bad word.

[RedClaw]

The Xel'Naga wanted to create the ultimate race of warriors and tus they created the Protoss but then they got bored of the protoss and left to other planets to laterly create the Zerg.Afther they created the zerg a thing called the Overmind took controll of them and started colonising planets and killing inhabitants.Meanwhile the protoss,raging over the leaving of they'r ''creators'' try to prove their might by anihalating the zerg.The 2 races battle then the Battle descend near some Terran Planets and there starts the Starcraft 1 we know.

And the ''Pure Form'' is a bacteria that infects things and mutates them to adapt to planet and thing.
The Larva are zerg ''Computers'' they carry all the DNA of the mutations like Zergling and Ultralisk and tus mutate into them.

I hope you understood what i tried to say up there :P