Abathur

"I am Abathur. I serve you just as I served the Queen of Blades."

- Abathur

Abathur is a unique zerg creature, created from numerous zerg species. He is the zerg evolution master, serving as the Swarm's DNA library, and resides in the evolution pit.

Biography
"Different. Examining genetic strands. Queen of Blades was efficient, ancient zerg qualities. Minor terran influence."

- Abathur 'examines' Kerrigan

Abathur was created by the Overmind. After its death, Abathur became feral and purposeless. It wandered under Char, eating whatever tried to attack it.

It was discovered by Sarah Kerrigan and given a purpose. However, despite his service, he may have had ulterior motives...

Game Effect
"I will show you the future of the Swarm."

- Abathur

In Heart of the Swarm, Abathur performs a role similar to what Rory Swann and Egon Stetmann did in Wings of Liberty, upgrading and evolving zerg strains for better use in game. However, it is different from the terran system, which required a certain amount of credits collected after completed missions; instead, Abathur demands mutagen, acquired from completing secondary objectives in-game, to perform upgrades and evolutions.

Personality and Traits
Abathur is well mannered and is constantly connecting DNA, experimenting on strains and studying the Swarm's enemies. He does this by eating (parts of) creatures and gaining access to their genetic code.

Abathur accepts that true perfection is impossible for the zerg to achieve. However, it makes sense on the tactical level for him for the zerg to continue chasing perfection regardless.

Abathur is unimpressed with terran essence and DNA.