I would like to correct something I said in my last post: I said that they neglected to give evidence of the hole made by the soulstone in the 'There's something dark within me now' trailer. I had a second look and the scarring on the wanderers head is, in fact, visible.
Here is the frame from the trailer - it's a little clearer than my avatar. You can just see the edge of the wound on his forehead:
That still leaves the sewn mouth inconsistency. Im not sure who removed the stitching, or when it happened, but I think it is likely that the warrior may have sewn his own lips together as a measure to contain Diablo (when the warriors own soul was still quite strong). It does make sense...
in your avatar i always wondered how the wanderer was carrying the soul stone that was supposedly in his head... and why his mouth was sewn shut..
can anyone explain?>
He has removed the stone from his head because pretty most of Diablo's soul has passed into his. He continues to carry the stone a while longer, and when it is utterly spent, he casts it away (as seen in the trailer the pic came from). He is now almost completely consumed by Diablo. Unfortunately, it seems they neglected to give evidence of the hole the soulstone left in his head - perhaps it was somehow healed by Diablo etc.
...or whoever made the trailer just forgot.
The sewn shut mouth is a bit of an inconsistency as well, I think. In the cinematics included in Diablo II, there is no evidence of the wanderers lips having ever been sewn when we see him talking to Marius. I don't know who would have sewn his mouth shut, nor when it would have happened (some time between when he kills Diablo at the end of Diablo I, and when he decides to journey to the desert. And when was his mouth unsewn? I don't think anyone would have really bothered to check the consitency there.
I would like to correct something I said in my last post: I said that they neglected to give evidence of the hole made by the soulstone in the 'There's something dark within me now' trailer. I had a second look and the scarring on the wanderers head is, in fact, visible.
Here is the frame from the trailer - it's a little clearer than my avatar. You can just see the edge of the wound on his forehead:
That still leaves the sewn mouth inconsistency. Im not sure who removed the stitching, or when it happened, but I think it is likely that the warrior may have sewn his own lips together as a measure to contain Diablo (when the warriors own soul was still quite strong). It does make sense...
He has removed the stone from his head because pretty most of Diablo's soul has passed into his. He continues to carry the stone a while longer, and when it is utterly spent, he casts it away (as seen in the trailer the pic came from). He is now almost completely consumed by Diablo. Unfortunately, it seems they neglected to give evidence of the hole the soulstone left in his head - perhaps it was somehow healed by Diablo etc.
...or whoever made the trailer just forgot.
The sewn shut mouth is a bit of an inconsistency as well, I think. In the cinematics included in Diablo II, there is no evidence of the wanderers lips having ever been sewn when we see him talking to Marius. I don't know who would have sewn his mouth shut, nor when it would have happened (some time between when he kills Diablo at the end of Diablo I, and when he decides to journey to the desert. And when was his mouth unsewn? I don't think anyone would have really bothered to check the consitency there.