Man… this is hot!
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She was such a b*tch in D2. Looking forward to fighting her in D4 if this is true!
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If people were wondering if Diablo IV is at least developed somewhat, this seems unequivocal.
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If this is true then:
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These art leaks are enough to make me excited about Blizzcon. Even if I still feel burned by last year’s flop. Now, if only we could get some leaks about a D2 remastered.
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At what age you are fallen from your cradle?
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I know this is a tangent, but is it just me, or does the layout not look great? The sharp edges of the images don’t mesh well with the background texture. A frame element could have helped a lot.
That aside, the portrait thumbnail makes me very concerned we’re going to get another Azmodan / Diablo situation with talking head enemies telling us their schemes.
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I hope not…this was one of the worst aspects of D3.
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Good. It’s time to clear the deck anyway, plenty non-debuts left to try. And speaking of Lilith, this is definitely my favorite tv incarnation of her (not there have been many to start with)
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If Lilith is coming, I suspect Inarius will as well. I just read about his current situation and holy it sounds brutal. If they are keeping their word about making Diablo 4 dark, they need to use this and make it as bloody and terrifying as possible.
“Mephisto took Inarius to the Burning Hells. He bound Inarius with tremendous chains and slowly tore the wings from the back of the angel. Great barbed hooks were then used to stretch out his once glowing skin and his features were distorted by vile powers. Now, Inarius is said to be trapped in Hell within a chamber of mirrors, his eyelids torn from his face as he is forced to gaze upon his misshapen form for all eternity. This remains true to this day, and Inarius has been denied even the freedom of death.”
This sounds like a perfect opportunity for something gut-wrenching if executed well.
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Oh yeah, you can’t bring in Lilith without Inarius, they are forever intertwined.
The lore of Sanctuary is quite the rich one. Have you read any of the novels? They have TONS of material they can use in several new games.
It’s just a matter of doing it properly. The problem with dumbing down the story is they wanted as many kids to buy D3 as possible. That’s where the market is.
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Exactly. I wish for once they’d just care for quality rather than quantity.
I have not read the novels unfortunately, but I read a lot about the lore online. This is my favourite franchise.
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It’s almost tongue-in-cheek that a Unicorn who drops purple cosmic wings in Whimsyshire has the same name.
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Oh the novels are frikkin awesome, and they DO get gritty. The big ones are:
Black Road
Darrick Lang is coming home. Years ago he left the town of Bramwell to walk the wide world as a soldier of fortune and champion of the realm. But Bramwell is not as he left it. Something dark and terrifying has ensnared the townsfolk, something very old and very patient, tangling innocents in a web of malice and profaning the very earth itself. Now that same power calls to Darrick… and his only hope may be to walk the same perilous path of damnation.
Sin War trilogy
The world of Sanctuary was created by an angel, Inarius, and a demon, Lilith, who were both tired of the Eternal War to serve as their refuge. Inarius wanted humanity to serve him, but because humanity was the spawn of an angel and demon they could be as powerful as both combined. Enter the Worldstone, which served both to keep Sanctuary invisible for the heavens and hells and to subdue humanity’s otherworldly powers as nephalem, children of angels and demons.
The Sin War Trilogy is comprised of three novels. This series tells of historical events in the game fiction, and is set 3000 years before events in Diablo I and Diablo II.The Sin War Trilogy is comprised of three novels. This series tells of historical events in the game fiction, and is set 3000 years before events in Diablo I and Diablo II.
The trilogy tells the origins of Sanctuary, and the battles between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells that surround the creation of humanity, and the nephalem.
Moon of the Spider
Driven by nightmares to the ruins of a mysterious tomb, Lord Aldric Jitan hopes to awaken a terrible evil that has slept since the fall of Tristram. Drawn by the growing darkness in the land, the enigmatic Necromancer, Zayl, stumbles upon Jitan’s plot - unaware that one of this own brethren has set these dire event in motion. Now, as the celestial Moon of the Spider rises, the nefarious demon, Astrogha, prepares to unleash his minion upon Sanctuary.
Demonsbane
Since the beginning of time, the angelic hosts of the High Heavens and the demonic hordes of the Burning Hells have been locked in a struggle for the fate of all creation. That struggle has now come to the mortal realm…and neither Man nor Demon nor Angel will be left unscathed…
What was to have been a victorious last stand against the demonic invasion of Entsteig has instead become a massacre. Only Siggard remains, a warrior unable to remember the final hours of the battle, driven by the carnage he experienced and the void in his mind to avenge those slain by the army of darkness.
As he hunts the demon lord who butchered everything dear to him, Siggard also pieces together the truth of that terrible battle…and finds that his nightmare is only just beginning.
Legacy of Blood
Norrec Vizharan has become a living nightmare. While on a quest to find magical treasure, the soldier of fortune discovers an artifact beyond his wildest dreams: the ancient armor of Bartuc, the legendary Warlord of Blood. But the mysterious armor is cursed, channeling a malevolent power into Norrec’s tortured soul.
Now, pursued by demons who covet the dark armor for their own devices, Norrec must overcome a bloodlust he can scarcely control and learn the truth about his terrifying curse before the is lost to darkness forever.
Kingdom of Shadow
Since the beginning of time, the angelic hosts of the High Heavens and the demonic hordes of the Burning Hells have been locked in a struggle for the fate of all Creation. That struggle has now come to the mortal realm…and neither Man nor Demon nor Angel will be left unscathed.
Legend speaks of a long-dead city known as Ureh, thought by many to have been a gateway to the High Heavens. It is believed that every two thousand years, when the stars align and the shadow of Mount Nymyr falls upon the ruins, Ureh is reborn — and all its lost riches are revealed to those brave enough to seek them out.
Now, after a lifetime of research and intense calculation, the Vizjerei sorcerer, Quov Tsin, has come to witness Ureh’s rebirth for himself. But that which awaits Tsin and his hired band of mercenaries is nothing like what they expected. They will find that the dream of radiant Ureh is, in fact, a twisted nightmare of horror — one that will draw them inexorably into The Kingdom of Shadow.
Personally for me, Kingdom of Shadow was the most gruelling, gutwrenching story of all. Richard Knaak blew it completely outta the park. Zayl the Necromancer also returns in this one - and he has a brief cameo in D3 Paths of the Drowned.
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I really like the Legacy of Blood one especially. Really awesome stuff.
Oh boy, that looks exactly like Lilith from Darksiders , theres no way that makes it into the game, way too similar
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The portrait thumbnail is from D3, the symbol on the top right is from D2, and the image of Lilith is from D4.
The leaked page tells you this, so not sure why you are trying to connect the portrait to the D4 game design and art design?
If we are to analyze the image at the bottom, which is the only D4 relevant piece of artwork, then we can come to a clear connection to a dark and gothic theme.
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That Scan of her looks awesome. I hope it is true and she is in this.
It’s a trope. Like many things in both the Diablo and Darksiders series, the name Lilith is drawn from real world mythology, and isn’t an original concept dreamt up by Blizzard or Vigil/Gunfire. Likewise, the depiction of the two characters is based on common pop culture depictions of a succubus. In the same way we all imagine Santa as a bearded man in red clothes, the image of the succubus in our wider cultural understanding of the succubus trope shares some common traits, hence why Blizzard’s Lilith looks similar to Lilith from Darksiders.
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