Sarah Louise Kerrigan, the self-styled Queen of Blades, is a fictional
character in Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft franchise. The
character was created by Chris Metzen and James Phinney, and her
appearance was originally designed by Metzen. Sarah Kerrigan is voiced
by Glynnis Talken Campbell in StarCraft and Brood War, Tricia Helfer
in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of
the Void, and Vanessa Marshall in Heroes of the Storm.Kerrigan first
appears in StarCraft as a twenty-six-year-old Terran Ghost, a psychic
trained both physically and mentally as an expert espionage agent and
assassin. Initially the second-in-command of Sons of Korhal, a
revolutionary movement against the oppressive Confederacy of Man, she
is captured by the insectoid Zerg and infested, turning her into a
human/Zerg hybrid completely under the control of the Zerg Overmind.
She becomes one of the Zerg's most powerful agents, but during the
Brood Wars, she replaces the Overmind following its destruction at the
end of the great war, and gains control of the Zerg to seek dominance
over the galaxy. Kerrigan's life before her infestation is further
explored in the Starcraft novels Uprising and Liberty's Crusade, while
Queen of Blades elaborates on her infested character.As one of the
major characters of the series, Kerrigan has been critically praised
for her believability and character depth. Kerrigan is frequently
featured in lists of both the top computer gaming enemies and top
female characters; a survey by GameSpot in 2010 declared her to be the
greatest gaming villain, and Complex ranked her as the most evil woman
in gaming in 2012.
character in Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft franchise. The
character was created by Chris Metzen and James Phinney, and her
appearance was originally designed by Metzen. Sarah Kerrigan is voiced
by Glynnis Talken Campbell in StarCraft and Brood War, Tricia Helfer
in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of
the Void, and Vanessa Marshall in Heroes of the Storm.Kerrigan first
appears in StarCraft as a twenty-six-year-old Terran Ghost, a psychic
trained both physically and mentally as an expert espionage agent and
assassin. Initially the second-in-command of Sons of Korhal, a
revolutionary movement against the oppressive Confederacy of Man, she
is captured by the insectoid Zerg and infested, turning her into a
human/Zerg hybrid completely under the control of the Zerg Overmind.
She becomes one of the Zerg's most powerful agents, but during the
Brood Wars, she replaces the Overmind following its destruction at the
end of the great war, and gains control of the Zerg to seek dominance
over the galaxy. Kerrigan's life before her infestation is further
explored in the Starcraft novels Uprising and Liberty's Crusade, while
Queen of Blades elaborates on her infested character.As one of the
major characters of the series, Kerrigan has been critically praised
for her believability and character depth. Kerrigan is frequently
featured in lists of both the top computer gaming enemies and top
female characters; a survey by GameSpot in 2010 declared her to be the
greatest gaming villain, and Complex ranked her as the most evil woman
in gaming in 2012.
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