Bel'Shir

"This land was sacred to the Tal'darim before terrans ever reached the stars! You must depart immediately!"

- The Tal'darim Executor attempts to ward off Raynor's Raiders.

Bel'Shir is a jungle world. It has terrazine shrines where the protoss gain psionic power.

History
Bel'Shir was once as a sacred spiritual retreat for the Templar Caste. It later became a sacred world to the Tal'darim, whose mystics set up altars to collect terrazine, which they believed to be a gift from the xel'naga and called "the Breath of Creation".

During the Second Great War, Gabriel Tosh requested Raynor's Raiders to collect terrazine from the alters. The Tal'darim found them and sent in their air power, which was held off by Jim Raynor's anti-air force, which included goliaths. The Tal'darim then tried to seal off their altars so that Raynor's SCVs could not "defile the Breath of Creation", as Nyon put it. Raynor prevailed against them and delivered the terrazine to a pleased Tosh.

In December, 2504, Egon Stetmann was dispatched on a research expedition to Bel'Shir. As the Second Great War ran its course, and terran politics within the Koprulu sector shifted drastically, Stetmann was forgotten about. During the End War two years later, allied commanders aided the (now mentally unhinged) scientist in retrieving terrazine using harvesting bots while engaging Amon's Forces.

During the war, terrazine on the planet enhanced its native viruses, causing a deadly plague that spread across all lifeforms.

Landforms

 * Kulas Ravine
 * Steppes of War

Structures

 * Arakan Citadel
 * Lost Temple
 * Tal'darim Altar
 * The Shattered Temple