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Narthok Incursions: Recorded by Alarae/Zeran

The Archon immediately dropped the book, stunned. What sort of trickery was this? Had one of the tribe gained access to the Archon's place of rest and planted the book, and for what purpose? 'Perhaps it would be best to read on.'

Preface: This book will first meet the eyes of it's creator, 190 days before it is written. Alarae/Zeran, I know that you will immediately have doubts when first you set eyes upon who has written it. By the word of Adun, it was not placed on the table by mishap or idle fortune. This table represented something special to the templars who are now known as the Archon, Alarae/Zeran. Since no one besides you would know of this, it should be reason enough to convince you of the truth of what you will read here. Know that I am traveling to a planet to help some Terrans I have recently grown fond of. Through the technical wisdom of these Protoss who call themselves the 'Narthok', I have brought you this book so that you may learn and spread word of these Narthok. These Narthok are more powerful then you can ever imagine, but their power is not derived from simple forms as you might consider power. Their power comes from the total control of time, both past, present, and future. Know that I have stolen these records from the Narthok computer, which by fate may have it, I have access to in my near future. Read on.

Alarae/Zeran knew the book had to be written by itself. The wording was the same it uses to write in the Chronicles of the Templar Archives of Ashtar. And only Alarae/Zeran would know of the significance of the table. The Archon quickly turned the page with a growing interest in the book.

Narthok Incursion Record 1: Galaxy Formation Incursion 1, -9877734 D.D. -- destroyed the asteroid formation known as XR-2 that would give birth to a deadly race known as the Sills, who would later be a significant threat to the Protoss. (See Narthok Record 5444)

Alarae/Zeran skimmed past the first 30 records. All of them were from a time long before even the Xel'Naga were sired. With great interest, Alarae/Zeran found a record which matched a date more significant to it's own time.

Narthok Incursion Record 820: Earth Incursion 12, X839D P.A. Sargas Timeline -- execution of UED Lieutenant John Ulyss, who was previously destined to kill Judicator Norharas. This led to the restoration of over 220 of our brethren in the pre-future.

Though the book was written by Alarae/Zeran, the records were clearly simply copied from the computer. Alarae/Zeran continued to skim through the book for something that would interest itself.

Narthok Incursion Record 786: Aiur Incursion 329, X838D P.A. Sargas Timeline -- elimination of a renegade Narthok assassin on Zeratul. Narthok Rosogon was mislead by Zerg Cerebrate Tassadar III from time frame X950B P.A. that killing Zeratul would save the lives of 650 of our brethren. Assasination attempted while Zeratul led Aiur survivors to Shakuras faulted by Narthok Leader Vilinthril.

X950B P.A.? That would be nearly a millenia in the future according to the Sargas Timeline. Alarae/Zeran could not comprehend such confusing information. This particular record interested it the most however. Alarae and Zeran merged during the battle to bring the Aiur survivors to Shakuras through the warp gate. Alarae/Zeran did not recall seeing anything unusual occur during that time. This record seemed to suggest many disturbing notions. Not only was there a cerebrate bearing a name of Protoss origin, but it also shows that these Narthok, as powerful as they seemed to be, have insurrection within their own ranks.

Narthok Incursion Record 790: Terran Space Platform Genid Incursion 1, X838D P.A. Sargas Timeline -- destruction of a Protoss/Zerg hybrid, that once hatched, killed over 70 templar. Possible detection by invading Zerg and Terran forces. Invading Zerg identified as Nugdraas Brood. (See Record 649, 720, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809) Terrans identified as E.D.A.S.T. organization from planet Dorasida. (See record 799, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 905, 906, 908, 910, 1022) Incursion factor was alarming, but later led to 890 of our brethrens lives preserved.

Alarae/Zeran had never been to Genid, nor had any desire to go during this Sargas Year based on this information. Alarae/Zeran was still curious about it's own time, but also interested to see if it had personally written anything more that would detail exactly who these Narthok were. He turned to the last pages. A final word by Alarae/Zeran.

By Adun, I can only hope that you realize how shocking this information is. These Narthok threaten to unravel the very fabric of space and time itself. One should not interfere with what has transpired or what will transpire. I regret to say that I myself cannot destroy Vilinthril and his Narthok. These dark templar may have (or shall I say will) saved the lives of many of our people, but at what cost? Vilinthril is a self-proclaimed god, he must not be allowed to continue interfering with the past, present, and future. Also, know that Vilinthril himself is invincible, but not invincible as you might think. Indeed, my psionic energies alone could lay waste to this dark templar who still weilds what appears to be what the energies that the dark templar of our time use. However, if you kill him, his future self will prevent you from killing him. He has scattered his future selves across milleniums past and future, all who will come to his aid to prevent any untimely demise one may be able to deliver upon himself. I know not myself what we can do against such a threat. These records do not indicate when the Narthok were created. They do not show any indication of where a base of theirs might be located. They are shadows in time. My hope is that someone somewhere who possesses intelligence superior to mine can find a way to stop Vilinthril somehow. To he or she who tries, I say this: May Adun be with you, because if he is not with you, he will be with Vilinthril, quite literally.

Alarae/Zeran shuddered upon learning that such an organization could exist. An organization whose origins are unknown, and who, even if stopped, would not truly be stopped, because they would just prevent themselves from being stopped. Alarae/Zeran flipped the book back to the pages of earlier interest. A record suddenly caught it's eyes. The record was indeed of no good news to Alarae/Zeran. While the Archon looked at the record, it nearly dropped the book in what could only be described as total fear for one's very existance.

Narthok Incursion Record 789: Shakuras Incursion 56, X838D P.A. Sargas Timeline -- Alarae/Zeran from the E.D.A.S.T. incursion record series (See Record 805, 806, 807, 808, 809) accessed Narthok computer archives and transcripted them. This book caused the major leaders of the powers of the time to join together in a search for the Narthok. Though the incursion resulted in the restoration of over 5 million Protoss lives lost in the war between the Zerg, it destroyed the Narthok. Incursion unacceptable. The book was destroyed by Vilinthril before it left Alarae/Zeran's place of homage.

As if on cue, the book was obliterated in the hands of the Archon. The dark templar Vilinthril was in the room right then with Alarae/Zeran. Though the Archon could not see Vilinthril, it gathered itself to concentrate a pure form of psionic energy for an attack against the intruding dark templar. The attack surely would have killed Vilinthril, had not another Vilinthril used a Psionic Dampening device on the Archon, thus causing it's attack to be futile. Had the other Vilinthril not interfered, the attack would have killed the first Vilinthril. A Vilinthril from another time knew this however, and prevented his own death from occuring. The first Vilinthril nodded to the second Vilinthril who had stopped the Archon's attack.