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Aeon Of StrifeThe Aeon of Strife, in the fictional StarCraft universe, refers to a harsh period in Protoss history. The time period's roots started after the Xel'Naga revealed themselves to the race they had augmented, the Protoss, on Aiur. The Protoss were swiftly upgraded from a low-technology race to a high-technology race. One of the last Protoss inventions before the Xel'Naga left was spaceflight. The Protoss used to share a psionic link with each other and Aiur, but as Protoss egos rose with their new inventions, this link weakened and eventually faded away. The Xel'Naga believed that the Protoss had lost their purity of essence and began to withdraw from the planet. The Protoss felt betrayed, and some attacked the Xel'Naga with ther new spacecraft. The Xel'Naga Worldships fended off the hasty attack and left the system. The Protoss devolved into legions of frenzied killers. During this time, the Protoss created Warp Gates, which they used to travel interstellar distances. It is unknown if the Protoss invented any other kind of faster than light travel during this time period, but most likely they did so. The Protoss used these technologies to found colonies on other planets, but these too quickly became gripped with the Strife. The Protoss lost this technology during the Aeon of Strife, but maintained similar but lesser technologies. Some Protoss also learned to create psionic shields during this time period, which were later replicated through the use of technology. The Protoss Tribes did not cooperate (and, indeed, tried to annihilate each other) but infighting within Tribes wasn't common enough to completely disrupt them. The most famous Tribe from this time period is the Akilae Tribe, to this day renown as the Protoss' finest psionic warriors. The mystic Khas (a word meaning "He who brings order") eventually brought about the end of the Strife. He had studied the "forbidden" teachings of the Xel'Naga and unearthed the Khaydarin Crystals. With these crystals he was able to amplify the psionic link, which had submerged itself in Protoss egos, and recreate the link. With this power, he travelled through Aiur and the other Protoss planets, teaching the Protoss he encountered to join the psionic link; this became a philosophy called the Khala. Eventually he reunited the majority of the Protoss, forming three castes and a new Tribe. The very first group of warriors and students to surround him became the Ara Tribe, and joined the Judicator Caste. The other Tribes to quickly join also became members of this caste. The next group of Tribes became the Templar Caste (the warriors), and the majority of the Protoss became the Khalai Caste (workers and artisans). Unknown to the majority of Protoss at this time, some Protoss refused to join the Khala, yet did not act on the violent emotions of the Strife. These Protoss eventually became the Dark Templar. External Links and References
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