The person you quoted is wrong. The 'Prophecy of the Final Day' does not have a second part. It and the information found from the Diablo III website are seperate. I think it's a good idea to put them together and add to speculation and discuss it, but not to put them together as if they are both from the same passage.
Anyway, apart from this little thing I really like the discussion so far. There's two or three threads going on in the forums which are showing different ways in which the Diablo III storyline could go and that's really good!
Agreed, i have just edited the OP post so you may go over if you like
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As for the plan the prime evils might have had. Look at what Izual says when he is killed.
Izual: Tyrael was a fool to have trusted me! You see, it was I who told Diablo and his Brothers about the Soulstones and how to corrupt them. It was I who helped the Prime Evils mastermind their own exile to your world. The plan we set in motion so long ago cannot be stopped by any mortal agency. Hell, itself, is poised to spill forth into your world like a tidal wave of blood and nightmares. You and all your kind... are doomed.
So it was not Azmodan and Baile who overthrew the prime evils, but it was the prime evils' plan to be exiled to the world. Could it be that their defeat was all part of the plan? Baal tricked Tyrael into destroying the worldstone. What I don't get, however, is why they waited 20 years to begging their invasion?
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Well its probally due to the fact of 20 years with no evil everyone will let their guard down. Its stated on the D3 website that the story from D1 to D2:LoD was jsut a story a myth. With people believing their world, the Sanctuary, is safe, this will be a great opputunity for them to strike
The prophecy of the final day has a second part and talked of an omen falling from the Heavens. I suppose Tyrael really is the vessel for a greater evil.
I added the second passage due to people wanting me too as stated above in the quote, nonethless I still decoded part if not most of the second passage and I am sorry if the second passage confused people in anyway, I'll go edit it now
Their are many different versions to the 'prophecy'. The original one can be heard in Diablo 2's untouched trailer, where an unidentified man starts reciting the prophecy. Many races including demons such as Mephisto have different versions of said prophecy. The Prophecies of the Final Day is the barbarian tribes' version of the prophecy
I am not hearing enough fear in any of you.
My interpretation of "To defend the mortal world against the rising powers of the Burning Hells – And even the failing luminaries of the High Heavens itself." means that one of you is going to have to fight Tyrael when he tries to turn Sanctuary into a battleground or when he decides that rather than lose the whole planet to hell, he would try to destroy it instead.
Please read the whole thread before putting up nonsense quotes such as this
If you've read and paid attention, I have stated that Tyrael is in fact HELPING mankind against both the HIGH HEAVENS and the BURNING HELLS
Or he didn't have an army at all, while he was journeying to Mount Arreat. As Atrumentis said, an entity could easily make it up there unoticed. There are many portals to Hell on Mount Arreat, so when Baal probally reached there, he rallied all he could and sent his army southwards onto Harrogath while he searched for the Worldstone Chamber
For the 'failing luminaries' I thought I have addressed it already. The term 'luminaries' means light in a sense. I percieve this in a way that 'failing luminaries' means the High Heavens are no longer protecting the Sanctuary, but instead like its counterpart, waging war on the Sanctuary. Instead of looking up to the High Heavens, mankind its by itself, only with the guidance of Tyrael may it survive and maybe end the war, or atleast take it elsewhere
Building off my post above, I can't go along with speculation of XxL2PxX that the Prime Evils planned everything that transpired in (at least) Diablo II.
As for the "final gambit" of the prophecy, I think we have to concede to Atrumentis that it refers to Baal's assault on Mt. Arreat. It comes right before the passage describing the surge from the southlands. Of course, it could refer to a plan that comes after that, too--one we have not see yet.
At this point, I think we have to declare the prophesy fulfilled in Diablo II. Each Prime Evil did the job he was best suited to do. Diablo reclaimed Hell through the sheer terror of his presence. Mephisto channeled his hatred for the Vizjeri who imprisoned him and the forces of Heaven into a stall-tactic battle against the hero. Baal headed for the Worldstone to wage a destructive war on Sanctuary.
Now, there are a couple of points I think people are hasty to assume about the end of Diablo II:
The destruction of the Soulstones will keep Diablo and Mephisto from returning to Sanctuary after the destruction of the Worldstone. Since the Worldstone simultaneously sought to shield the existance of the planet from both Hell and Heaven while controlling the powers of the Nephelem, I think the destruction of the Worldstone makes it very likely that the Prime Evils can return.
The comet is Tyrael, related to Tyrael, a fallen angel, or frozen Cool Whip. Aside from the Cool Whip theory, I am not really able to buy into any of them. Sometimes a meteor is just a meteor? I don't know. I just think the idea of "fallen angel" or "guardian angel" from the Judeo-Christian theology is too often romanticized and imposed on Diablo lore. The only reason the angels tolerate humans--even Tyrael--is because of a fascination with their free will. Both sides pretty much see Sanctuary as a living weapon. If Tyrael does anything to save the world, I think it is for FAR more selfish reasons than anyone states.
I never stated anything about the soulstones, as for the come theory, I never said Tyrael was the comet either, I just stated that the comet was Tyrael's warning of the upcoming threat to mankind
Have you read the second part of the prophecy I have posted, plus the revisioned version? I believe that the Prime Evils are not tricked easily and also believe that they planned their whole plan plus the decoy plan from the beginning, when they were banished into the Sanctuary. All three Prime Evils tricked by the Engimatic Tyrael seems unlikey, plus they had the help of Izual, and don't forget Inarius who is still chained in the Burning Hells
To Counter 1: Diablo was managing the forces in Hell, trying to reunite the forces, Mephisto stayed behind to delay the mortal heros and Baal went on the conquest for the Worldstone on Mount Arreat
To Counter 2: I used their as to group all three of the Prime Evils. Their plan we thought was just to enter Hell, but instead as a decoy into decieving the mortal heros to enter hell and defeat Diablo, giving Baal time to reach Mount Arreat. With a long distance between them, it is thanks to Tyrael that they reached Harrogath, journeyed atop Mount Arreat, and confronted baal, to only be too late.
The Prime Evils tricked the Archangel Tyrael to destroy the Worldstone, thus their defeat wasn't a total lost, or they planned the whole thing from the beginning. I shall go with the latter
To Counter 3 + 4: Alright I admit that I misunderstood the phrase here, i shall go now and decode the OP post properly now, XD
To Counter 5: I'll rephrase it, as for the Luminaries commet, I doubt angel's go corrupted, but instead drives their war against the Burning Hells onto the Sanctuary, paying no heed to mankind whatsoever
Indeed, I have posted my decoding on the Second Part of the prophecy in my post, proving Tyrael is not corrupted, but in fact helping mankind once again
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Here is my decoding from the Second Part of the prophecy:
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"The comet carries a dark omen in its fiery being and it calls the heroes of Sanctuary To defend the mortal world against the rising powers of the Burning Hells – And even the failing luminaries of the High Heavens itself."
This second part explains the Diablo 3 plot about the comet in the cinematic. The comet is a warning from the Archangel Tyrael about the upcoming threat of the Burning Hells and the High Heavens. The Worldstone now gone, the forces of the High Heavens 'failing luminaries' and from the Burning Hells 'rising powers' prepare to take their unending war into the Sanctuary with no resistance.
Aha, I have the second part here, found it after a bit of browsing:
"The comet carries a dark omen in its fiery being and it calls the heroes of Sanctuary to defend the mortal world against the rising powers of the Burning Hells – and even the failing luminaries of the High Heavens itself."
now this part being the 'shred of light' I was talking about
Agreed, i have just edited the OP post so you may go over if you like
Well its probally due to the fact of 20 years with no evil everyone will let their guard down. Its stated on the D3 website that the story from D1 to D2:LoD was jsut a story a myth. With people believing their world, the Sanctuary, is safe, this will be a great opputunity for them to strike
I added the second passage due to people wanting me too as stated above in the quote, nonethless I still decoded part if not most of the second passage and I am sorry if the second passage confused people in anyway, I'll go edit it now
Please read the whole thread before putting up nonsense quotes such as this
If you've read and paid attention, I have stated that Tyrael is in fact HELPING mankind against both the HIGH HEAVENS and the BURNING HELLS
Or he didn't have an army at all, while he was journeying to Mount Arreat. As Atrumentis said, an entity could easily make it up there unoticed. There are many portals to Hell on Mount Arreat, so when Baal probally reached there, he rallied all he could and sent his army southwards onto Harrogath while he searched for the Worldstone Chamber
I never stated anything about the soulstones, as for the come theory, I never said Tyrael was the comet either, I just stated that the comet was Tyrael's warning of the upcoming threat to mankind
Have you read the second part of the prophecy I have posted, plus the revisioned version? I believe that the Prime Evils are not tricked easily and also believe that they planned their whole plan plus the decoy plan from the beginning, when they were banished into the Sanctuary. All three Prime Evils tricked by the Engimatic Tyrael seems unlikey, plus they had the help of Izual, and don't forget Inarius who is still chained in the Burning Hells
To Counter 2: I used their as to group all three of the Prime Evils. Their plan we thought was just to enter Hell, but instead as a decoy into decieving the mortal heros to enter hell and defeat Diablo, giving Baal time to reach Mount Arreat. With a long distance between them, it is thanks to Tyrael that they reached Harrogath, journeyed atop Mount Arreat, and confronted baal, to only be too late.
The Prime Evils tricked the Archangel Tyrael to destroy the Worldstone, thus their defeat wasn't a total lost, or they planned the whole thing from the beginning. I shall go with the latter
To Counter 3 + 4: Alright I admit that I misunderstood the phrase here, i shall go now and decode the OP post properly now, XD
To Counter 5: I'll rephrase it, as for the Luminaries commet, I doubt angel's go corrupted, but instead drives their war against the Burning Hells onto the Sanctuary, paying no heed to mankind whatsoever
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Alright the OP post has been rephrased properly
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Here is my decoding from the Second Part of the prophecy:
"The comet carries a dark omen in its fiery being and it calls the heroes of Sanctuary to defend the mortal world against the rising powers of the Burning Hells – and even the failing luminaries of the High Heavens itself."
now this part being the 'shred of light' I was talking about
Edit: Added the second part to the OP post