I came across this name while perusing the forums and thought that perhaps others may find the blurb "About the Author" as interesting as I did.
This is the last known writing of Abd al-Hazir. Known for his compilation of weird and wonderful facts about our unique world, he has unfortunately been missing since late last year.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Abd al-Hazir is a renowned gentleman, historian, and scholar. He has recently taken up the unprecedented task of investigating, researching, and compiling information about the unique locales and denizens of our world.
I have the sneaking suspicion that this name will play an important role in the upcoming installment of the Diablo series.
I'd like to know what your thoughts are on the bestiary notes.
It seems Hazir is in trouble from the dark cultists (As he states in one of the beastiary logs). Him "missing" might mean he is simply dead... Or imprisioned somewhere nasty.
I'm pretty sure that rescuing NPCs will be a major part of the game:
1. Rescue Cain (sort of) from the Tristram Cathedral where he's so busy reading stuff that he's oblivious to the monster infestation.
2. Rescue Abd al-Hazir from cultists/don't get there in time and see him possessed/eaten/sacrificed
3. Rescue Tyrael from Hell because Heaven, annoyed by his disobendience, has sold him to Diablo
4. Rescue Diablo, and several billion daemons, from life
Just for fun i put his name in an anagram algorithim-izer-tron-2000. Here are the results (Bold are ones close to english): Hazard Bail (Hazard Baal?) A Hazard Lib (A Hazard Lib? A Hard Az lib?) A Bah Lizard (A bad lizard - Diablo sorta looked like a lizard)
Hazard Alb I
Hazard Lab I
Hazard La Bi
Aha Lard Biz
Bah Adz Rail
Bah Adz Lair
Bah Adz Rial
Bah Adz Liar
Bah Adz Lira
Blah Adz Air
Bail Adz Rah
Alb Adz Hair
Lab Adz Hair
Bra Adz Hail
Bar Adz Hail A Hard La Biz (Hard Boss)
A Lad Rah Biz A Lard Ah Biz (A Lard Ass Bitch) XD (Could be one of the "Big Uglies")
A Lard Ha Biz
A Adz Rah Lib
Alb Adz Rah I
Lab Adz Rah I
Bra Adz La Hi
Bar Adz La Hi
Ad Rah La Biz
Rad Ah La Biz
Rad Ha La Biz
Adz Ah La Rib
Adz Ha La Rib
Adz Rah La Bi
Just for fun dont take this too seriously like i believe it's the secret behind the last boss or anything.
Just for fun i put his name in an anagram algorithim-izer-tron-2000. Here are the results (Bold are ones close to english): Hazard Bail (Hazard Baal?) A Hazard Lib (A Hazard Lib? A Hard Az lib?) A Bah Lizard (A bad lizard - Diablo sorta looked like a lizard)
Hazard Alb I
Hazard Lab I
Hazard La Bi
Aha Lard Biz
Bah Adz Rail
Bah Adz Lair
Bah Adz Rial
Bah Adz Liar
Bah Adz Lira
Blah Adz Air
Bail Adz Rah
Alb Adz Hair
Lab Adz Hair
Bra Adz Hail
Bar Adz Hail A Hard La Biz (Hard Boss)
A Lad Rah Biz A Lard Ah Biz (A Lard Ass Bitch) XD (Could be one of the "Big Uglies")
A Lard Ha Biz
A Adz Rah Lib
Alb Adz Rah I
Lab Adz Rah I
Bra Adz La Hi
Bar Adz La Hi
Ad Rah La Biz
Rad Ah La Biz
Rad Ha La Biz
Adz Ah La Rib
Adz Ha La Rib
Adz Rah La Bi
Just for fun dont take this too seriously like i believe it's the secret behind the last boss or anything.
Edit: Bolded and edited some 'translations'
Hah, that's pretty good.
I personally believe he'll be like the Dwarf, Brann was for WoW, just a name to attach lore pieces to.
Abd = African/Arabic: Slave/Servant of
Al = Arabic: The/Of/From
Hazir = Hebrew: Swine
So unless I've translated it badly (which I probably have) he's "The servant of swine" or "Servant of the swine" or something - not sure that really fits his personality - they probably just thought it sounded cool
I'm pretty sure that rescuing NPCs will be a major part of the game:
1. Rescue Cain (sort of) from the Tristram Cathedral where he's so busy reading stuff that he's oblivious to the monster infestation.
2. Rescue Abd al-Hazir from cultists/don't get there in time and see him possessed/eaten/sacrificed
3. Rescue Tyrael from Hell because Heaven, annoyed by his disobendience, has sold him to Diablo
4. Rescue Diablo, and several billion daemons, from life
Tyrael's the archangel so I doubt heaven just "sold" him. He's on the angiris council too, stated in the book.
Tyrael's the archangel so I doubt heaven just "sold" him. He's on the angiris council too, stated in the book.
He's AN archangel: so was Izual and well all know what happen to him. He turned BLUE! Anyway, We'll see... I'd reallly like to see Tyrael fight in-game, that'd be awesome.
As for the Servant Of Swine (let's call him SOS - a name that fits him pretty well I think) I don't think a second smart-ass is needed really: we already have Cain to tell us everything we need to know, though there may be a quest to recover his journal and bring it back to Cain for clues.
I don't think Cain would have a Pen-name though. I think he'd want his name on his documents so if somebody came to find whatever he left... they'd know.
That and I don't think that Cain would use a pseudonym. Let alone one that meant "Slave of the Swine"
Now if the translation had been "Slave of the Goat", I think we'd be on to something.
Honestly, I think everyone is making to much of Mr. Hazir. I think he's just a device Blizzard is using to explain things about D3 to us. There's really nothing I've seen to suggest otherwise.
If we do see him in game my bet is that we'll either rescue him and he'll consult with Cain, or he'll be a corpse.
Besides. Abd al-Hazir, as mentioned before, sounds to much like Lovecraft's Abdul Alhazred. Maybe we'll get to see al-Hazir ripped apart by invisible demons :D.
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I have the sneaking suspicion that this name will play an important role in the upcoming installment of the Diablo series.
I'd like to know what your thoughts are on the bestiary notes.
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1. Rescue Cain (sort of) from the Tristram Cathedral where he's so busy reading stuff that he's oblivious to the monster infestation.
2. Rescue Abd al-Hazir from cultists/don't get there in time and see him possessed/eaten/sacrificed
3. Rescue Tyrael from Hell because Heaven, annoyed by his disobendience, has sold him to Diablo
4. Rescue Diablo, and several billion daemons, from life
Hazard Bail (Hazard Baal?)
A Hazard Lib (A Hazard Lib? A Hard Az lib?)
A Bah Lizard (A bad lizard - Diablo sorta looked like a lizard)
Hazard Alb I
Hazard Lab I
Hazard La Bi
Aha Lard Biz
Bah Adz Rail
Bah Adz Lair
Bah Adz Rial
Bah Adz Liar
Bah Adz Lira
Blah Adz Air
Bail Adz Rah
Alb Adz Hair
Lab Adz Hair
Bra Adz Hail
Bar Adz Hail
A Hard La Biz (Hard Boss)
A Lad Rah Biz
A Lard Ah Biz (A Lard Ass Bitch) XD (Could be one of the "Big Uglies")
A Lard Ha Biz
A Adz Rah Lib
Alb Adz Rah I
Lab Adz Rah I
Bra Adz La Hi
Bar Adz La Hi
Ad Rah La Biz
Rad Ah La Biz
Rad Ha La Biz
Adz Ah La Rib
Adz Ha La Rib
Adz Rah La Bi
Just for fun dont take this too seriously like i believe it's the secret behind the last boss or anything.
Edit: Bolded and edited some 'translations'
Hah, that's pretty good.
I personally believe he'll be like the Dwarf, Brann was for WoW, just a name to attach lore pieces to.
Al = Arabic: The/Of/From
Hazir = Hebrew: Swine
So unless I've translated it badly (which I probably have) he's "The servant of swine" or "Servant of the swine" or something - not sure that really fits his personality - they probably just thought it sounded cool
Tyrael's the archangel so I doubt heaven just "sold" him. He's on the angiris council too, stated in the book.
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As for the Servant Of Swine (let's call him SOS - a name that fits him pretty well I think) I don't think a second smart-ass is needed really: we already have Cain to tell us everything we need to know, though there may be a quest to recover his journal and bring it back to Cain for clues.
Being one so affiliated with documenting the "exotic" lifeforms in Sanctuary, I can only think that he tangled with something he couldn't handle.
That and I don't think that Cain would use a pseudonym. Let alone one that meant "Slave of the Swine"
Now if the translation had been "Slave of the Goat", I think we'd be on to something.
Fits well into the world in which HPL wrote his fiction about.
It'll be very interesting I'm sure.
Edit: This guy got consumed by demonic spirits/entities..
If we do see him in game my bet is that we'll either rescue him and he'll consult with Cain, or he'll be a corpse.
Besides. Abd al-Hazir, as mentioned before, sounds to much like Lovecraft's Abdul Alhazred. Maybe we'll get to see al-Hazir ripped apart by invisible demons :D.
"I have seen what the darkness hides."
"A pipe is the fountain of contemplation, the source of pleasure, the companion of the wise; and the man who smokes, thinks like a philosopher and acts like a Samaritan."
- Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803 - 1873)
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