
One base on a dark moon was discovered accidentally by Dark Prelate Zeratul. Its role in the cosmic order was preordained when the stars were young." Duran claimed that "this creature the completion of a cycle. The work was accelerated by Sarah Kerrigan's assimilation by the zerg. By the end of the Brood War he had established development bases on multiple worlds and successfully created numerous specimens. Duran describes the hybrid to Zeratul ( src)įulfilling the machinations of Amon, Samir Duran worked to produce a perfected protoss/zerg hybrid as part of a stepping stone in order to create a much more powerful host body in order to sustain his master. Tassadar destroyed the Overmind, believing it would "run rampant throughout the stars, consuming all sentience – all life." Although the zerg desired to assimilate the protoss, the Khala and the Void protected the protoss from infestation, preventing the zerg from absorbing the protoss into their fold. The protoss became aware that it wished to finish the xel'naga experiments. The Swarm then embarked into space to "complete" the xel'naga's work by absorbing the protoss.

The Swarm wiped out the majority of the xel'naga, throwing the Infinite Cycle into turmoil. When the other xel'naga discovered Amon's experiments and tried to put a stop to them, Amon unleashed the Overmind and the Swarm against the xel'naga worldships over Zerus. It would later attempt to undermine Amon by creating the Queen of Blades as a way to bypass its directive. The Overmind defied Amon's manipulations, but could do little to resist. This was part of a greater plan by Amon to remold creation in his own image.
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The Overmind's free will was undermined by an overriding directive to destroy the protoss.

As part of his plan, he created the Overmind, a collection of zerg sentience, in order to enforce a purity of essence. He first uplifted the protoss of Aiur to be pure in form, before departing to the world of Zerus where he uplifted the zerg, which he considered to be pure of essence. After gathering a group of like-minded followers, Amon set out to find two races he could uplift and groom to create the perfect life form that would end the cycle. One xel'naga, Amon, viewed this cycle as corrupt and saw it as the source of all suffering in the universe. Although the xel'naga watched over the younger races, they never interfered with their evolution or development. Inevitably, these two species would, through peaceful means, come together and merge enabling their xel'naga creators to pass their essence onto them, thus giving rise to the next generation of xel'naga. In time, two species would emerge, one that was " pure of form" and the other " pure of essence". The xel'naga were a species that reproduced by seeding the universe with life. The thoughts of hybrids have been described as "red hate." Arcturus Mengsk believed he had a frequency that would calm the hybrid and render them docile, allowing him to use them as a weapon. Hybrids would preferentially attack protoss and zerg with it and in an apocalyptic future, they used this ability to finish off the Zerg Swarm. Hybrids possess a Consume DNA ability which inflicts harm on whatever it is used against. Overt knowledge of the hybrids began spreading among the terrans, protoss, and zerg, after the Brood War, and most who knew understood the dire threat the hybrids posed to the universe. Contrary to the xel'naga's intent, the hybrids were the result of a perversion of their Infinite Cycle, as their creation would not lead to the rebirth of the true xel'naga. To this end, he and his followers violated the xel'naga's rule of non-intervention, and uplifted the protoss and the zerg, with the intention of merging the two species to create the hybrid. He desired to remake the universe in his own image.

The xel'naga Amon, however, viewed this cycle as corrupt and flawed.

Their xel'naga progenitors would then transfer their essence to them, giving rise to a new generation of xel'naga, which would repeat the cycle. Over many generations, two species, one with the " purity of form" and another with the " purity of essence", would come together naturally. The xel'naga regularly seeded the universe with life as part of their Infinite Cycle.
