Steps of the Rite: Artanis Helps Alarak to Kill Guardians (Starcraft 2 | Protoss Tal'darim)

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  • čas přidán 2. 06. 2016
  • The Spear of Adun warped into orbit of Slayn, as Hierarch Artanis and First Ascendant Alarak looked upon the death fleet. Alarak stated they had to make preparations, to which Artanis stated there was no time to sit and idly prepare. Alarak was firm in that the rite of Rak'Shir that would allow him to depose Highlord Ma'lash, the ruler of an entire people, could not be rushed it they were to be accepted. As per their bargain, Artanis would aid him. Artanis grudgingly had no choice but to follow Alarak's wishes.
    Alarak informed Artanis that Ma'lash's guardians needed to be slain before Rak'Shir could commence. The Daelaam were deployed to the surface of Slayn, and established a base, but terrazine fog began to arise from the chasms of the planet. This came in cycles, and shadows of the Void began to manifest and attack the Daelaam base. After surviving the onslaught, the Daelaam mobilized a counterattack against Ma'lash's guardians.
    During the attack, Phase-smith Karax discovered two Tal'darim motherships with solarite cores, that could be destroyed to upgrade the Spear of Adun. One by one the Daelaam killed the guardians, fighting through cycles of terrazine fog, Tal'darim and hybrid. With the last guardian dead, Alarak revealed that this wasn't actually part of Rak'Shir, but would help him in it and thus wished to them dead. He came to Ma'lash's temple and invoked the rite of Rak'Shir, challenging him to a duel to the death for leadership of the Tal'darim.
    Artanis angrily confronted Alarak stating that if he deceived him again, there would be no alliance. Alarak countered by stating killing the guardians would help secure his rule as highlord. He took a dose of terrazine, which allowed him to feel Amon's rage at Alarak's defiance. Alarak stated that his victory was assured, but Artanis warned him that his overconfidence would be his opponent's greatest strength...
    "Steps of the Rite" mission from 'Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void' PC game... Gameplay on Normal... ► Watch more Starcraft videos: bit.ly/1b1W2yY.
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Komentáře • 54

  • @Emrald7
    @Emrald7 Před 6 lety +180

    Artanis is unique leader in Star Craft. Raynor was a winded and tired General, who had seen war kill too many people. Kerrigan was a dictator, using her own rage, vendetta, and agenda to conduct the affairs of her army. Here, Artanis has a council of people, each trying to represent the interests of his people. He takes all there advice into consideration, much like a leader of a democracy.

    • @Blitzkit
      @Blitzkit Před 4 lety +11

      Yeah he's the best skippy we could ever rely on. But still not on the tassadar/zeratul/fenix level yet (not yet dying xD). still they used en taro artanis

    • @WhiteFangofWar
      @WhiteFangofWar Před 4 lety +4

      @@Blitzkit En Taro Skippy.
      He's had an inspiring journey though, from the young punk of the Protoss in Brood War to the commander of his people.

    • @magicalmagicmagician5223
      @magicalmagicmagician5223 Před 3 lety +4

      I wouldn't exactly call Kerrigan a dictator since the Zerg is a hivemind species with no individuality present in any of them save a few unique Zerg creatures
      They all live to serve the strongest Zerg and Kerrigan is the strongest Zerg it's literally hard coded into their genes to obey the will of the toughest and the strongest
      To apply human government terms to the Zerg way of organizing is not fitting to say the least

    • @xxlordtinchoxx9015
      @xxlordtinchoxx9015 Před 2 lety +2

      @@magicalmagicmagician5223 yeah its also unfair to give that to raynor and kerrigan when they both are human and as such flawed and imperfect, meanwhile artanis is an idealized character

    • @geegeetomlinson2316
      @geegeetomlinson2316 Před 2 lety

      @@magicalmagicmagician5223 zerg dont have zero individuality, they are just obedient
      I mean, it would be like saying an egyptian slave has zero individuality - they do, they're just not able to show it.
      Tyranid grunts, on the other hand, are quite literally mindless - zerg aren't a true hive mind in the same sense that the Borg or Tyranids or another Gestalt Conciousness, zerg are pretty unique in that aspect.

  • @Thescott16
    @Thescott16 Před 7 lety +95

    3:54 "This deal gets worse all the time!"
    I can't believe I missed that Star Wars reference the first time I played this...

  • @everfree4175
    @everfree4175 Před 5 lety +51

    7:07 Well timed, well timed indeed. *Applause*

  • @shiningarmour6805
    @shiningarmour6805 Před rokem +9

    24:32 Alarak was ready to strike Artanis, he REALLY doesn't like being talked down like this
    24:37 You can tell he tempered himself not to do it.

    • @tungleson7066
      @tungleson7066 Před rokem +1

      All I see is that he is too high on terrazine to notice

  • @CJake3
    @CJake3  Před 8 lety +18

    This video poll would be: *"Would you side with Alarak if you had a choice?"* Just click "i" button in the top right corner of the video and make your vote. PS. You should be logged into your CZcams account and have the annotations switched on to do that. PPS. You may write your own version here in comments as well.

  • @michaelphillips130
    @michaelphillips130 Před 2 lety +6

    23:25 literally gets rolled up and smoked

  • @ScornedOne1080
    @ScornedOne1080 Před 8 lety +72

    Taldarim are kinda like the Sith of the Protoss.

    • @CJake3
      @CJake3  Před 8 lety +10

      Yeah, good comparison.

    • @DJROCKSTAZ
      @DJROCKSTAZ Před 7 lety +18

      Except that the Tal'Darim are at least somewhat trustworthy. The SIth would stab you in the back the moment they don't need you anymore.

    • @Elthenar
      @Elthenar Před 7 lety +45

      The Sith are very trustworthy. You can trust them to stab you in the back as soon as they don't need you anymore.

    • @DJROCKSTAZ
      @DJROCKSTAZ Před 7 lety +1

      Elthenar Exactly.

    • @vladtheimpaler9577
      @vladtheimpaler9577 Před 7 lety +2

      Xenomorpheus And Alarak is a protoss version of Darth Sidious.

  • @henrikandreason7261
    @henrikandreason7261 Před 7 lety +40

    The protoss have many aspects to their race, divided up between all the different factions which I think represents a different side of the race's psyche. The Taldarim are in my eyes the "human" side of the protoss. Vengeful, angry, sarcastic and overconfident, but at the same time powerful in their unpredictive ways. The way Alarak jokes around and play games are very much like Mensk, whereas Artanis for example is noble and pure (and a bit naive, for sure) and by that the polar opposite to him. In the same way you could say that Raynor and Valerian are the "Protoss" side of humans in their values and ways of thinking.
    Don't know if that made sense haha

    • @varenshan7731
      @varenshan7731 Před 6 lety +1

      if that is indeed the case, what does that make nera'zim ?

    • @varenshan7731
      @varenshan7731 Před 6 lety +4

      I'd side with zeratul in a heartbeat.

    • @BIGESTblade
      @BIGESTblade Před 6 lety +3

      Tal'darim have every reason to be confident in themselves. Their brutal way of life makes them incredebly dangerous. If they are not the strongest, they wouldn't be Tal'darim.

    • @Darktitanium159
      @Darktitanium159 Před 5 lety +8

      human side of protoss? have you never seen nobility in humans? where do you live, in a gutter? you forget that this game and its universe has been made by humans, whose imagination has created this beautiful fantasy?
      grow up. stop demonising the human race like the other foolish members of it. humans are beautiful and it is only humans that have added the meaning of love and some purpose to this god forsaken universe. in reality. nature is not a mother , but a ruthless cannibal that survives by devouring its own. UNLIKE humans. we have no choice but to use these resources for our own survival, but slowly we are growing beyond these primitive needs and one day we will be self sufficient enough to realise our true potential, and be far greater than these pathetic protoss you so care about.
      show some foresight and vision. dont be like the stupid that populate like fungal spores around you and who get influenced by negativity that the media propogates about humanity. humanity is far noble and grand, and has been through much much more than a puny mind can grasp.

    • @r.c.beringuela2426
      @r.c.beringuela2426 Před 5 lety +8

      If anything, the most human of the protoss are the nera'zim who value freedom and the ability to make one's own choices, refusing to be shackled to a collective hivemind.

  • @ProperDaveXD001
    @ProperDaveXD001 Před 3 lety +6

    28:00 or so: Very well Artanis, but do not assume that the seeking of the Tal'darim will arrive at a destination convenient to you.

  • @brentdye1504
    @brentdye1504 Před měsícem

    Artanis told Alarak not to deceiving him again.

  • @tebellokhala9801
    @tebellokhala9801 Před 6 lety +38

    so Alarak is taller than Artanis. interesting

  • @Mondy667
    @Mondy667 Před 8 lety +2

    Nice video

  • @JuanLau
    @JuanLau Před 3 lety +3

    Alarak be getting high with Terrazine

  • @ElkaPME
    @ElkaPME Před 3 lety +10

    11:03 When Americans "liberate" oil, Karax liberates solarite, lul

  • @tonys9397
    @tonys9397 Před 3 lety +1

    Are those robed Protoss judicators? That would be awesome

  • @tirepo
    @tirepo Před 7 lety +24

    nice star wars reference there; this deal is getting worse all the time

  • @maozedong8745
    @maozedong8745 Před 6 lety +8

    "By Blade and Blood" GoT reference without even meaning to be, House Taldarim?

  • @fidausdaus5080
    @fidausdaus5080 Před 2 lety

    Hidden valley

  • @Fanatator
    @Fanatator Před 3 lety

    This is strange destiny expansion

  • @Nor1998_
    @Nor1998_ Před 3 lety +3

    Artanis trying to act alpha male like.

  • @lucastran5112
    @lucastran5112 Před 4 lety +3

    Alarak =Al Iraq.
    Interesting auto translate.

  • @leonardoeras7962
    @leonardoeras7962 Před 5 lety +3

    God, I hated the campaign! Why can't Amon use hybrids? He uses 'void' troops, that's just lazy.

    • @kamahariakuma3504
      @kamahariakuma3504 Před 4 lety +8

      Reasons. Either Amon is mocking us, or the devs figured void troops would be better as 'zombie waves' than hybrids since they are bulkier little arses.

    • @ziephel-6780
      @ziephel-6780 Před 3 lety

      @@kamahariakuma3504 There should have been a fourth faction for the hybrid tbh. And hard to beat in the campaign.

    • @myself2noone
      @myself2noone Před rokem +1

      @@ziephel-6780 I heard somewhere that the original plan for Brood War was to make the UED it's own new faction. Kinda like the Naga in Frozen Thrown. So yeah I could see that happening.