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K i was about to slag your post but now that I think of it, your trying to make yourself look correct this whole time. So that your story was real.


im so confused!

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Wow... this is weird...

Did other news sites just say something about Hydra?

Naaaahhhhhhhhh it can't be!!!

Did anyone notice this?

must of slipped by me.

SCII unit revealed Hydralisk.

its not that hard to go on a news site and search for "hydra".

plus Nico has proven himself unreliable thus far, so im not going to follow it much. not without something offical from blizzard.

ya I was just thinking about that "South Seas" codename I remember somewhere someone saying south seas and another "codename" and I don't remember where that was but since South Seas has been confirmed wouldn't the other one be true also?

maybe, not sure, must remind myself how that whole "south seas" thing went down, now where is that blasted thread.

I don't recall south seas being confirmed, would have thought I would remember if I had. Besides, I thought we had this conversation a while back between Medievaldragon and Nicov in another thread and came to the understanding that Nicov got his info from Blizzplanet. And that Medievaldragon could not verify the source of that rumour.

Basically as far as we know it could have all come from that initial posting on Blizzplanet. The apparent conversation at the convention may or may not be true, and I tend to believe it isn't as talking about secret projects at a convention with all the ears listening would have to be a BIG no-no.

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I don't recall south seas being confirmed, would have thought I would remember if I had. Besides, I thought we had this conversation a while back between Medievaldragon and Nicov in another thread and came to the understanding that Nicov got his info from Blizzplanet. And that Medievaldragon could not verify the source of that rumour.

Basically as far as we know it could have all come from that initial posting on Blizzplanet. The apparent conversation at the convention may or may not be true, and I tend to believe it isn't as talking about secret projects at a convention with all the ears listening would have to be a BIG no-no.

Yes, now I remember, Medieveldragon got a tip from an anonymous source about south seas being a new WoW exp and some other codename which I cant remember.

This link is where i got the info about "south seas" being confirmed http://www.blizzplanet.com/?action=news&id=1690

if anyone remembers the second codename or can find the thread please post.

I have read through a lot of the in-topic posts and did a lot of research of my own. I have determined that the Hydra rumor may very well be true. If you remember in Diablo 2, you were to go out and destroy the prime evils and their soulstones before they had a chance to fuse together. Diablo's and Mephisto's soulstones were destroyed, Baal's was not. But this does not matter, the Worldstone was destroyed. The Worldstone was the device that seperated the realities of Earth, Heaven and Hell. With the seperation of realities gone, their is no need to destroy soulstones, because it is them which we need. Diablo and Mephisto would be back, where did you think they went, Kansas? They were sent to hell, but the Baal took care of that problem, and now Earth, Heaven and Hell are on the same plain of reality, and now none of the previous rules exist. Expect anything.

To save a lot of time, Hydra refers to the near invincible form of the fused Prime and Lesser Evils (there all alive again). The end mission would probably be to destory (seperate) the Hydra form, then fend off the 3 prime evils and 4 lesser evils at the same time while sticking in the soulstones one at a time. Then a new Worldstone is erected, and the process may repeat itself.

I think is is odd that Deckard Cain suggested destroying the Soulstones, and it is his advice that made the most devastation. One of the NPCs in Act 1 said that Cain was acting funny the last they heard. I am convinced that Cain was is being manipulated by Belial. Perhaps that has ceased.

This is all Speculation. I did my best with the time I had. I may have it all wrong.

I do belive that it is going to follow the Greek Mythology story has previously stated, it goes hand in hand with the main task. You would be the Hercules of the game. To everyone who belives that Blizzard would not dig this deep for a story, you must realize how many were dissapointed by the lack of story in the first two games (not me). There is just not enough useable material in the Exeter Book to keep fueling the game.

I do have one interpretation to offer. Hydra and chthonic serpents are interchangable. Chthonic serpents are often associated with sacred trees.

So I believe this story will take you back to the Cairn Tree in Rogue Pass, and possibly back to the Cathedral in the first game. The original post-Diablo search in Diablo 2 was not very thorough. I certainly hope this happens.

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Hihi, am I still wrong?

We don't know. You tell us.

I'm confused... Elaborate a little more.

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Now that would be too easy, wouldn't it?

Yes! But do it anyways!

Bump...so what happened to the rest of this thread???

Whenever people bring up the codename ''hydra'' thing, why did I never see something linking it to the sorceress skill ''hydra'', TBH that is the first thing I thought of when I saw the name, perhaps I just missed all of those posts tho =P

Same...that's what I thought first...

I read on another site...someone made a good point...

Hydra may mean...like many heads of the same being?

Sorta like Starcraft...SC Ghost..SC2...and an SC MMO?

Whats this...?

http://news.mmosite.com/content/2007-09-11/20070911185051708,1.shtml

Hey guys,
I have been following these forums for the longest time ever, reading every new announcement made and doing as much research as possible for hints for the most awaited game ever, DIABLO 3!!!
Today, I have decided to create an account and join this awesome community.
Now mind you, I only read 10 pages of this post so if this was mentioned before, I do apologize.

I have 2 theories:

1) Hydra Island: located in Greece, this beautiful island is described by many as Heavens on Earth...Interesting. (This must have been mentioned before)

2) Hydra, Satariel: Is an album. The very interesting part about this album is that every single one of the songs has Hatred, Destruction, Anger and most Importantly WAR!! Now, you might think, well what's the big deal, every song has one of those, right? True, but also these songs have demons, God, Devil, Heaven, Hell.

Some lyrics:

God speak unto me
Be you angel, be you beast
But come unto me
Clear the path, rid all doubts

We bring no salvation or heaven with us now
Only a choice of will, being not enemies, nor allies

Once again, if this was mentioned, good catch, if not, it's worth looking into.

Here is the link to all the lyrics from that album: http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/satariel/hydra.html#5

Good post Bob.. However, there is a line that needs to be drawn eventually with all of the 'connections', not to put down your ideas or anything, it is simply that.. we are all looking really hard for a diablo3 and therefore we can take just about anything and connect it to something that has 'heaven and hell' in it...

Sigh... *sits back and waits on wwi* =)