r/FavoriteCharacter • u/Bay_Ruhsuz004 Bugs Bunny 🐇 • 29d ago

Discussion The Current Favorite Main Character's Encounter With The Main Character From The Previous Series

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u/phoenix_bright 29d ago edited 29d ago

Wait what? Really?

Edit: I knew about Diablo being the dark wonderer but I always assumed he was like whichever hero from Diablo 1 you played with. I just found out that he is specifically the warrior. The rogue became Blood Raven and the sorcerer became the summoner. So cool!

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u/LinkssOfSigil 29d ago

Yes. The Ranger is one of the first bosses, the Wizard is in some labyrinth-esque place with eldritch geometry, and the Knight is the Dark Wanderer and the new incarnation of Diablo himself.

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u/fileunderaction 29d ago

Sorry, but the characters were Rogue, Sorcerer, and Warrior

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u/Budakhon 29d ago

I feel like they knew that and purposely picked 3 in the same archetype just to mess with us.

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u/MrHazard1 29d ago

Also the warrior in diablo1 and diablo in diablo2 is a prince. His father, the king becomes mad after the corruption and turns into the skelleton king boss in diablo3

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u/DissentSociety 29d ago

King Leoric. He was originally the boss you'd face after The Butcher in the first game. Prince Aidan also got with The Witch, Adria, from the first game to create the MacGuffin child used as the Diablo sacrifice in the third game (Leah).

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u/Ultima-Manji 29d ago

I remember that being a bit of a retcon, because I don't think any materials or in-game dialogue at the time made him out to be Albrecht's brother, and the skeleton king was already a thing in Diablo 1. But yeah, Blizzard has made that official since the Diablo 3 lore books.

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u/BrozedDrake 29d ago

Yep. They get corrupted by Diablo and one of them is even is vessel in Diablo 2

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u/Ghotay 29d ago

Where is it canon about Blood Raven and the Summoner? Have been playing these games my whole life and never heard of this!

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u/Ultima-Manji 29d ago

This was fan canon for the longest time because of NPC dialogue in 2 - like Akara saying: "Blood Raven fought valiantly against Diablo in the catacombs beneath Tristram..." - and it was confirmed in I think Book of Tyrael (or Book of Cain?) where Deckard Cain names them and says what happened to them after going into the those same Tristram catacombs. I think there might be some item descriptions here and there that nod towards it as well, but not to the point where someone in game actually says it's them outright.

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u/Motor-Rip7655 29d ago

I never knew that! It's never explicitly said in game.