Daggoth

"My Brood shall aid you, Cerebrate, should you require assistance."

- Daggoth aids the junior Cerebrate during the egression from Tarsonis

Daggoth, the Overmind's right hand and one of it's greatest Cerebrates, was the Master of the Tiamat Brood, the largest and most powerful Brood within the Zerg Swarm. Daggoth served the Overmind with ferocity and valor. In order to support his own operations, Daggoth had access to the Hunter Killer, a special and powerful type of Hydralisk.

Daggoth was easily one of the strongest willed Cerebrates, often advising other Cerebrates as to how they could best serve the Overmind, even issuing orders to other Cerebrates.

During the Brood War, Daggoth took control of approximately half of the Zerg Swarm.

Biography
Like all Cerebrates, Daggoth was created to help the Overmind keep control over the Zerg Broods.

Daggoth advised the Overmind's newest Cerebrate, in charge of Infested Kerrigan's Chrysalis, on building a Zerg colony on Tarsonis.

Daggoth offered assistance to the new Cerebrate, which had been tasked with carrying the Chrysalis across one of Tarsonis' space platforms, which had been colonized by the Protoss. Daggoth lent it several Hunter Killers to aid it, saying, "Do with my minions as you will Cerebrate. They will serve you unquestioningly. Go now and bring swift wrath to all who would oppose the Swarm."

Upon the arrival of the Zerg Swarm and Chrysalis to the remote ash world of Char, the psionic emanations of the Chrysalis reached out into the depths of space. Kerrigan was instinctively reaching out to Dominion Emperor Arcturus Mengsk, who dispatched General Edmund Duke to recover her. The Cerebrate's forces defeated Duke, but Daggoth ordered the junior Cerebrate to hold its forces while his Tiamat Brood pursued them. Duke, however, managed to escape and even establish a small colony on the world.

Upon arising from the Chrysalis, its product, Infested Kerrigan, sought to unravel the Ghost conditioning that kept her psionic powers in check. Doing so required her to infiltrate a Terran Dominion Science Vessel, the Amerigo, and learn more about their mental conditioning. Daggoth supported her mission by donating a pair of Hunter Killers to the Cerebrate.

Kerrigan's new psionic powers enabled her to detect the presence of Protoss on Char. Tassadar challenged her to a duel, which Kerrigan accepted.

The duel turned out to be a mere diversion. While she sought Tassadar, Zeratul, the Dark Templar Prelate, slew Zasz. Daggoth informed Kerrigan of Zasz's death. The Overmind could not reincarnate Zasz since he had been killed by a new attack. Furthermore, the Overmind had been "silenced", leaving the Zerg Swarm without leadership. Daggoth filled this role while the Overmind was "gone".

Zasz's Garm Brood had started running amok and threatened the Hive Cluster. Daggoth ordered the junior Cerebrate to destroy the Brood while his own forces would deal with the Protoss.

The Overmind revealed that Zasz had been slain by a Dark Templar named Zeratul, and during that time it had formed a mental connection with Zeratul. It now knew the secret location of Aiur. Meanwhile Daggoth plotted to destroy the Dark Templar, telling the junior Cerebrate to set a trap for them while Kerrigan would act as the lure.

During the battle, Daggoth ensured that Overlords, whose keen senses could detect the Dark Templar, covered all the escape routes while Kerrigan and the junior Cerebrate's forces slew the escaping Dark Templar and destroyed the Protoss base. Not all of the Protoss were slain, however.

Nearly the entirety of the extended Zerg Swarm moved through space-time and began its long awaited invasion of the Protoss homeworld of Aiur, leaving Infested Kerrigan behind to hunt down any remaining Dark Templar on Char.

The Zerg fell upon Aiur; one of their first targets were the powerful Khaydarin Crystals, demanded by the Overmind. Daggoth watched over the battle, and once the crystals were retrieved, it stated that "now, all shall tremble before the might of the Swarm!"

The Brood War and the New Overmind
The Overmind did not survive its mission on Aiur.

For a brief time, the Zerg roamed mindlessly across Aiur, slaughtering every Protoss they encountered. Almost 70% of the Protoss of Aiur were killed.

The Cerebrates were not designed to exist without their creator, a partial explanation for Daggoth's next action: Daggoth commanded many other Cerebrates to merge into a new Overmind. While it was immature, Daggoth and the other Cerebrates could still control much of the Swarm. The new Overmind nestled near the powerful Khalis crystal.

The United Earth Directorate took control of the second Overmind, however, enslaving much of the Zerg Swarm. Kerrigan's forces, with the (forced) assistance of Zeratul, later slew the second Overmind.

The Fate of Daggoth
Kerrigan quickly destroyed the other Cerebrates. Daggoth did not survive past the Overmind's destruction as the Cerebrates were not designed to exist without their creator.

Game Unit
While Daggoth has identical game stats and abilities as other Cerebrates, his unit portrait is different. Throughout StarCraft: Brood War, his portrait is used, in place of the Overmind's, on virtually all Zerg structures.