The Flame Knives - Story
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The Flame Knives is an original Starcraft: Brood War campaign that takes place on the Protoss refugee world of Kharnikha. Join Executor Maradun of the Kharnikhan Empire against the enemies of the Hawk's Throne, in an environment where conspiracies, ancient secrets and treason are a constant.
Kharnikha, an ancient world formerly inhabitated by an unknown race, was conquered by a group of Protoss exilees during the Aeon of Strife. Led by Judicator Haissar, the exilees managed to develop a civilization isolated from the greedy Conclave. This culture was further known as the Kharnikhan Empire, and it was based on the centered power around Emperor Ashtorium, the heir of Haissar.
Although a few meaningless dissidences had arisen among the merchant tribes of the Kharnikhan wildlands, the Empire reigned uncontested on this land...so far. Now, an ancient force is about to claim the lives of all Kharnikhans to itself...
From the Archives of Ansham, planet Kharnikha:
2 millenia ago, the Protoss species reached one of its greatest moments. Technology, scientific knowledge and psionic development ensured the superiority of this species, as it began exploring the space around Aiur. However, this progress came at the cost of blood and sacrifice...
Most of the laws of the Protoss were written by Khas, a wise Templar, worshipped by the future generations as the greatest lifeform to have ever existed. Yet, he had a treacherous oppositor during his lifetime, who tried to vanquish Khas and his code of laws, known as the Khala. This fiend was called Zarthiom. A long war between Khas' Army - the Conclave - and Zarthiom's followers - the Flame Knife - finally ensured the survival of the Khala.
Yet, before Templar Zarthiom met his fate, he cursed every following Protoss generation, claiming that somehow his wrath for the Khala would not cease. This threat was faced as the last attempt of Zarthiom to tear down the Protoss, and the fiend finally succumbed to the strength of the khalai.
The Conclave was not a tolerant government, thus several groups of Protoss had to flee Aiur in desperate attempts of survival from the dictatorship of the Judicators. Some of these exilees arrived in the distant world of Kharnikha, where a new government was established. The ruler of Kharnikha, Haissar, was a High Templar whose son was left on Aiur to die, for being born with the symbol of the Flame Knife incrusted in his chest. Nevertheless, Kharnikha prospered under the rule of Haissar's successor, Ashtorium...
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