Khalai

Heroic Organization
Full Name	Khalai
Alias	Protoss Empire
Origin	StarCraft
Foundation	Post-Aeon of Strife
Headquarters	Aiur Shakuras (temporarily)
Commanders	Conclave Judicator Assembly
Agents	Tassadar Fenix Artanis
Special Abilities / Weapons	Khala Psionic Powers Advanced Technology Purifiers
Goals	Exterminate the Dark Templar (formerly). Defeat the Zerg invasion. Defeat the Forces of Amon. Retake Aiur.
Type of Heroes	No information

The Khalai are the main faction of Protoss and one of the main factions in the real time strategy game StarCraft.

They are the Protoss who chose to embrace the Khala and develop empathic, psionic links with one another. They comprise most of the Protoss within the Koprulu Sector. They originally shared an enmity with the Nerazim, the Protoss who had chosen to reject the Khala in favor of their individuality, but later made peace with them thanks to Tassadar and unified with them to form the Daelaam.

History

In the aftermath of the Aeon of Strife, in which various Protoss tribes went to war with one another over the Xel'Naga's departure from their planet, the philosopher Khas unified most of the Protoss under a belief system known as the Khala, in which they would use their psionic powers to join together in an empathic network that would grant them understanding of one another's emotions. Under this new belief system, the Protoss made peace and joined together with one another, eventually forming a Protoss Empire which sprawled across many worlds.

However, some Protoss chose not to embrace the Khala, fearing the loss of their individuality, and became known as the Nerazim or "Dark Templars". The Khalai Protoss deemed these Protoss as heretics and drove them from the planet, leading the Nerazim to go and settle Shakuras.

Eventually, the Protoss Empire became aware of the threat posed by the invasive species known as the Zerg and dispatched Executor Tassadar to "purify" any planets that had become infested by them. However, after Tassadar joined together with the Dark Templar to form a unified alliance the Zerg, discovering that the combination of their light and dark energies could defeat the Swarm, the Conclave deemed him as a "traitor" and banished him. This led to a civil war within the Protoss which ended in the Conclave realizing their wrong and agreeing to endorse the alliance between the Khalai and Nerazim Tassadar had cultivated.

Though they were successful in destroying the Zerg Overmind, the Khalai were forced to leave the planet due to it being overrun by Zerg and settle on Shakuras with the Nerazim.