The Fall of Aiur was a pivotal event in the history of the protoss and the war between the protoss and the zerg. The Fall of Aiur began with the zerg invasion of Aiur, and occurred simultaneously with the Protoss Civil War. The war ended when high templar and former executor Tassadar destroyed the Overmind.
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| - The Fall of Aiur was a pivotal event in the history of the protoss and the war between the protoss and the zerg. The Fall of Aiur began with the zerg invasion of Aiur, and occurred simultaneously with the Protoss Civil War. The war ended when high templar and former executor Tassadar destroyed the Overmind.
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- Dark Templar
- Terran Dominion
- Raynor's Raiders
- Zerg Swarm
- Kerrigan's Swarm
- UED Expeditionary Fleet
- Aiur Tal'darim
- Former Aiur Tal'darim
- Fugitives
- Khalai
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Protoss renegades
- Shel'na Kryhas
- Zerg Swarm
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Daggoth's Renegade Swarm
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- Heavy
- Nearly seventy percent of the population of Aiur was killed by rampaging zerg broods; military forces exhausted, withdrew alongside most of the remaining survivors to Shakuras
- Very heavy; Shel'na Kryhas utterly destroyed
- Many zerg broods throw into disarray, Zerg Swarm beheaded and fragmented
- UED forces forced to withdrew due to heavy zerg pressure
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- Initial zerg invasion of Aiur
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| - Battle of Xel'naga caverns/Battle of the Gate
- Fall of Aiur
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| Commanders
| - Jake Ramsey
- Ulrezaj
- Conclave
- Gorn
- Commander Jim Raynor
- Sarah Kerrigan
- Crown Prince Valerian Mengsk
- Admiral Gerard DuGalle
- Dark Prelate Zeratul
- Executor Tassadar
- Overmind
- Praetor Fenix
- Samir Duran
- Alzadar
- Araq
- Consort Stewart
- Daggoth
- Felanis
- Judicator Aldaris
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Executor/Praetor Artanis
- Ladranix
- Many other cerebrates
- Rosemary Dahl
- Unnamed captain
- Unnamed executor
- Vice Admiral Alexei Stukov
- Zamara
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| - *Allied forces escaped at great loss
*Utter destruction of the Shel'na Kryhas
*Zerg Swarm tactical victory, but strategic failure
*Terran Dominion strategic failure
*Ulrezaj injured, unable to capture targets and pursued by the zerg and the Dominion
- Protoss survivors fled to Shakuras
- Pyrrhic zerg victory, devastation of Aiur and a great part of the protoss race
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| Forces
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- Dominion Armed Forces
- Vanguard of Aiur
- Ulrezaj
- Raynor's Raiders
- Band of Shel'na Kryhas
- Band of Tal'darim
- Band of former Tal'darim
- Conclave Praetor Guard
- Most of the Swarm broods on Koprulu; later reduced to a lesser presence due to infighting and withdrawal to other worlds
- Fenix' protoss refugees
- Fleet of the Executor
- Great Fleet
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Tassadar's Followers
- Kerrigan's brood
- Numerous zerg minions
- UED Strike Team
:Cronus Wing
- Zeratul's warband
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