Broods act under the authority of a Zerg Cerebrate , and each one of them has a particular function and characteristics best suited for its duties. Though little is known of the Broods, and their Cerebrates, Terran explorers have managed to learn about them and named each one after beasts of Earth's mythology.
| Brood name
| Primary directive
| Cerebrate commander
| Estimated size
| Distinctive color
| Name derivation
| Mythology
| Creature description
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| Baelrog Brood
| terror squad
| Gorn
| 6,000
| white
| the Baelrog
| Christian mythology
| fierce demon living in Hell
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| Fenris Brood
| hunter swarmThis article is about swarms in biology. For other uses of the term, see Swarm (disambiguation). The term swarm schooling or swarming is applied to fish, birds and insects and describes a behavior of an aggregation ( school) of animals of similar size and
| Nargil
| 5,500
| green
| Fenris
| Norse mythologyArdre image stones from Gotland, ca. 750 AD Norse mythology Viking mythology or Scandinavian mythology refer to the pre- Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people. It is the best-known version of the ancient Germanic mythology, wh
| a giant wolfThe Wolf or Grey Wolf Canis lupus is a mammal of the Canidae family and the ancestor of the domestic dog. Wolves once had an almost worldwide distribution, but are now limited primarily to North America, Eurasia, and the Middle East. Their preference on h and the fiercest enemy of the Norse gods
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| Garm Brood
| primary assault force
| Zasz
| 10,000
| orange
| GarmIn Norse mythology, Garm was a huge four-eyed dog that guarded Helheim, the land of the dead, living in a cave called Gnipa. It was usually covered in blood. Garm was the greatest of all dogs (excluding the Fenris wolf). In some traditions, he is the dog
| Norse mythologyArdre image stones from Gotland, ca. 750 AD Norse mythology Viking mythology or Scandinavian mythology refer to the pre- Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people. It is the best-known version of the ancient Germanic mythology, wh
| four-eyed dogThis article discusses the domestic dog. For other members of the dog family, see Canidae. The dog is a canine omnivorous mammal that has been domesticated for somewhere between 14,000 and 150,000 years. In those millennia, the dog has developed into hund that guarded Helheim, the world of the dead; a creature usually covered in blood
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| Jormungand Brood
| primary support force
| Araq
| 3 million
| purple
| Jormungand
| Norse mythology
| a snake so large that it encircled the Earth
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| Surtur Brood
| heavy support force
| Kagg
| 2.6 million
| blue
| Surtur
| Norse mythology
| leader of the fire giants in Muspelheim; ruler of Muspel, the realm of fire
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| Tiamat Brood
| command fleet
| Daggoth
| 6.5 million
| red
| Tiamat
| Babylonian and Sumerian mythology
| a female dragon that personifies the ocean
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