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As some of us know there are many Diablo books out there and some of them are not canon. (or have not been declared to be Canon) Non Canon books: Moon of the spider, Legacy of Blood, The Black Road, and Demonsbane. (I personally don't know how legitimate the comic is.)


This has brought me to wonder, as I am sure many of you may have wondered in the past too.

1. How much (if any) effect or mentioning of the events that happened in the non-cannon diablo books will be mentioned in Diablo 3. (or reffered to)

2. Do you want these tie -ins from the non-canonical books to occur in D3 at some point?

-ZTZaorish

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1. How much (if any) effect or mentioning of the events that happened in the non-canon diablo books will be mentioned in Diablo 3 (or referred to)?

Hopefully, very little. I am not a fan of the "merchandise effect" and I wouldn't want to find myself relying on a search engine to get the most detail. Not even for DiabloWiki, sorry.

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2. Do you want these tie-ins from the non-canonical books to occur in D3 at some point?

If there were any tie-ins to happen in Diablo III, the non-canon stuff would then in effect be canon. In my opinion.

If there were any tie-ins to happen in Diablo III, the non-canon stuff would then in effect be canon. In my opinion.

Yeah, of course. I just use non-canonical to refer to the books.

Thanks for your opinion, I hope more people post about this. I thought this thread would be a little more popular.
-ZTZaorish

I sure as hell don't think they'll do it, but I would absolutely love it if Zayl showed up. BTW the comic is completely cannon. It's the story of what happened to Tyraels sword, and in essence tyrael.

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I sure as hell don't think they'll do it, but I would absolutely love it if Zayl showed up. BTW the comic is completely cannon. It's the story of what happened to Tyraels sword, and in essence tyrael.

I agree with you about the non-canonical lore. I also believe it will not be related.

I am glad to hear that the comic is canon. (Where did you hear this?)

-ZTZaorish

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I sure as hell don't think they'll do it, but I would absolutely love it if Zayl showed up. BTW the comic is completely cannon. It's the story of what happened to Tyraels sword, and in essence tyrael.

I agree with you about the non-canonical lore. I also believe it will not be related.

I am glad to hear that the comic is canon. (Where did you hear this?)

-ZTZaorish

I'm not certain if it truly is canon, but according to a poster on the D3 forum there's a mention of Jacob on page 127 of Book of Cain.

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I sure as hell don't think they'll do it, but I would absolutely love it if Zayl showed up. BTW the comic is completely cannon. It's the story of what happened to Tyraels sword, and in essence tyrael.

I agree with you about the non-canonical lore. I also believe it will not be related.

I am glad to hear that the comic is canon. (Where did you hear this?)

-ZTZaorish

I'm not certain if it truly is canon, but according to a poster on the D3 forum there's a mention of Jacob on page 127 of Book of Cain.

It is canon. I have the Book of Cain and it does mention Jacob.

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It is canon. I have the Book of Cain and it does mention Jacob.

Ah. Good to know.

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Is there a list with details on what from these books aren't canon?

No. Everything in them should be assumed to be non-canonical until incorporated into canon material, such as future games or books.

I mean, some things certainly are in the canon even though they only appear in non-canonical material. Ureh for instance. But we have no idea of knowing what parts of The Kingdom of Shadow are true and which aren't. Perhaps most is true, perhaps nothing but the name and location is still canon.