It has always struck me as weird that Deckard Cain has a "scottish" accent yet no one else in Tristram or even Khanduras (Act 1) has the same accent.
The closest accent to Cain's is Griswold's, which is also "scottish" but from another area. Griswold's is more reminescent of the low land areas, while Cain's borders much more on an Edinborough one.
I not complaining or anything as I love Deckard Cain's Sean Connery-esque accent, It just leads me to believe he is not from Tristram or Khanduras.
He is the last of the Horadrim, the confederation of Eastern (Kehjistan) mage clans. Yet Cain doesn't sound like the sorcerer from d1, or the sorceress from D2, nor does he sound like any residents of Kurast.
When I look at the map of Sanctuary two names stick out as sounding "scottish" Dun Craig in Westmarch, and the entire region of Scosglen. But we haven't been to either of them in a game to prove or disprove the possibility of poeople their having similar accents to Cain. Scosglen may be the home of the Druids, who have wild bushy red hair and are well druids, seems somewhat "scottish" to me, or at least Celtic. But I'm diverging a little.
What are your thoughts on whether or not Cain is a local of Khanduras?
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That a good point...
Hes a black guy with a scottish accent
Maybe the Horadrim (whilst they were powerful) had churches in the West so hes Kehjistanian from his parents but didnt grow up there. He doesnt delve into his past history at all
Cain is last of the Horadrim, and we know that he has done alot of traveling. He talks about not remembering Kurast so dark last he was there, and I think there are other references but I'm not sure. As for the Horadrim, all we really know is that it is a mage clan in the east, but it doesn't say all the members were eastern. It was formed by Tyrael, so it may have composed of others from other places, but the bulk was the three mage clans in the East.
That a good point...
Hes a black guy with a scottish accent
There is no black characters in Diablo with "scottish" accents
Cain and Griswold, are both white, and the only two characters with "Scottish" accents
The d1 sorcerer and the d2 paladin are black, as are several other residents of Kurast, some bear more of a resemblence to a person of Latino origin.
Yes, I would imagine several of the mage clans would have members in other geographical areas of Sanctuary, the Zakarum kinda did. But still, cain's accent is really distinctive, but distinctive of where?
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One could guess where Cain originally comes from. But I don't think his accent is in anyway pertinent to his origin. I simply think that was the way the voice actor wanted to voice him. It's just a wise sage like voice.
It's only distinctive because he's so damn long winded you get his voice stuck in your head. I remember first playing the game and listening to everything all the NPC's said so I knew what was going on and Cain was always annoying >.<
One could guess where Cain originally comes from. But I don't think his accent is in anyway pertinent to his origin. I simply think that was the way the voice actor wanted to voice him. It's just a wise sage like voice.
And a fine job they did, it is somewhat like Sean Connery's character Juan Ramirez in Highlander.
And why is this in the off-topic section?
My original location would have been the Diablo 1 section, I was trying to be sneaky, Leave it in General for a few posts then move it.
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The Barbarians live in the Highlands. the Frigid Highlands specifically. But I don't think he comes from there.
But I will say Dun Craig sounds oddly gaelic, or scottish.
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That map looks wrong. Westmarch is West of Tristram, not East. I don't think that's an offical map from Blizzard.
It should look like this.
On the map in your post, Lut Gohlein is virtually on a peninsula, but not in the map from Blizzard.
There is also this edited version by Solomir
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Looking at that map.. I can, sadly, say I want a Diablo MMO. I just think they should add a lot more in D3 so that the world is as massive as Azeroth. And I think it would be pretty cool if they actually integrated Hell as an explorable area. Like in D1 but a little less cliche and a lot more realistic.
Okay, so my map was bogus. It actually didn't seem right me as I was posting it anyway. But you can see in the official map that there is still a direct north to Westmarch.
Scroll all the way down to see the map. Its the one made by Cesar.
I thought as much.
Okay, so my map was bogus. It actually didn't seem right me as I was posting it anyway. But you can see in the official map that there is still a direct north to Westmarch.
yes, but it isn't a "highland" as you had previously theorised. Still that doesn't count it out.
Looking at that map.. I can, sadly, say I want a Diablo MMO. I just think they should add a lot more in D3 so that the world is as massive as Azeroth. And I think it would be pretty cool if they actually integrated Hell as an explorable area. Like in D1 but a little less cliche and a lot more realistic.
I would like to see the portions of the map we haven't seen yet, a triquel (second sequel) or MMO would be the best chance of that happening.
But that's a little off topic.
The Kingdom of Westmarch is the home of the Paladins, after they relocated from Kehjistan. But it is possible Cain is from there, I'd imagine there would be some "chapters" or "sub groups" of the mage clans present in Westmarch, There were a bunch of Horadrim mages in the deserts of Aranoch, that is where they imprisoned Baal and Mephisto, before them moved him to Kurast.
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that was one of my possibles, but simple because Dun Craig sounds scottish, and Cain speaks with scottish accent.
Looking over a map of Scotland I found the following place names;
Craignure
Dundee
Dunfermline
Dunblane
Duncansby Head
Dunnet Head
Dunnoon
Looking over a map of Ireland I found the following place names;
Dundalk
Dundrum
Dungarven
Dun Laoghaire
On so only one has 'Dun' as a seperate word or name, but it's still fairly common.
Not that that is a guarantee that Dun Craig is modeled on Scotland or even a part of it, but it is still something to consider, I think.
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Cain's accent is quite different from Griswold's, but they are both "scottish".
Cain is voiced by Michael Gough, he may have done Griswold's as well.
But that doesn't change much.
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The closest accent to Cain's is Griswold's, which is also "scottish" but from another area. Griswold's is more reminescent of the low land areas, while Cain's borders much more on an Edinborough one.
I not complaining or anything as I love Deckard Cain's Sean Connery-esque accent, It just leads me to believe he is not from Tristram or Khanduras.
He is the last of the Horadrim, the confederation of Eastern (Kehjistan) mage clans. Yet Cain doesn't sound like the sorcerer from d1, or the sorceress from D2, nor does he sound like any residents of Kurast.
When I look at the map of Sanctuary two names stick out as sounding "scottish" Dun Craig in Westmarch, and the entire region of Scosglen. But we haven't been to either of them in a game to prove or disprove the possibility of poeople their having similar accents to Cain. Scosglen may be the home of the Druids, who have wild bushy red hair and are well druids, seems somewhat "scottish" to me, or at least Celtic. But I'm diverging a little.
What are your thoughts on whether or not Cain is a local of Khanduras?
Hes a black guy with a scottish accent
Maybe the Horadrim (whilst they were powerful) had churches in the West so hes Kehjistanian from his parents but didnt grow up there. He doesnt delve into his past history at all
There is no black characters in Diablo with "scottish" accents
Cain and Griswold, are both white, and the only two characters with "Scottish" accents
The d1 sorcerer and the d2 paladin are black, as are several other residents of Kurast, some bear more of a resemblence to a person of Latino origin.
Yes, I would imagine several of the mage clans would have members in other geographical areas of Sanctuary, the Zakarum kinda did. But still, cain's accent is really distinctive, but distinctive of where?
And why is this in the off-topic section?
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And a fine job they did, it is somewhat like Sean Connery's character Juan Ramirez in Highlander.
My original location would have been the Diablo 1 section, I was trying to be sneaky, Leave it in General for a few posts then move it.
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But I will say Dun Craig sounds oddly gaelic, or scottish.
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It should look like this.
On the map in your post, Lut Gohlein is virtually on a peninsula, but not in the map from Blizzard.
There is also this edited version by Solomir
Scroll all the way down to see the map. Its the one made by Cesar.
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I thought as much.
yes, but it isn't a "highland" as you had previously theorised. Still that doesn't count it out.
I would like to see the portions of the map we haven't seen yet, a triquel (second sequel) or MMO would be the best chance of that happening.
But that's a little off topic.
The Kingdom of Westmarch is the home of the Paladins, after they relocated from Kehjistan. But it is possible Cain is from there, I'd imagine there would be some "chapters" or "sub groups" of the mage clans present in Westmarch, There were a bunch of Horadrim mages in the deserts of Aranoch, that is where they imprisoned Baal and Mephisto, before them moved him to Kurast.
that was one of my possibles, but simple because Dun Craig sounds scottish, and Cain speaks with scottish accent.
Looking over a map of Scotland I found the following place names;
Craignure
Dundee
Dunfermline
Dunblane
Duncansby Head
Dunnet Head
Dunnoon
Looking over a map of Ireland I found the following place names;
Dundalk
Dundrum
Dungarven
Dun Laoghaire
On so only one has 'Dun' as a seperate word or name, but it's still fairly common.
Not that that is a guarantee that Dun Craig is modeled on Scotland or even a part of it, but it is still something to consider, I think.
It's the decisions you make when you have no time to make them that define who you are.
Cain is voiced by Michael Gough, he may have done Griswold's as well.
But that doesn't change much.