I dont believe Tyrael was evil. He was a renegade angel trying to help the humans survive against the Prime Evils.
He only destroyed the Worldstone after Baal corrupted it and (from what i understood from the cinematics) it would be something like a gateway to bring back Diablo and Mephisto (as said in the trailer "My brothers won't be dead in there" - or something similar). The destruction of the Worldstone would trigger unknown events, but it was considered better than the certainty to bring the Prime Evils back (again my interpretation of the cinematics, i didnt read any books).
Angels are supposedly forbidden from interferring with the lives of mortals, Tyrael disregarded this rule several times. but he had to do so.
the corrupt worldstone would allow more and possibly powerful demons to enter Sanctuary, knowing this Tyrael once again did what he had to, and destroyed the worldstone.
The effect of the destruction of the worldstone are unknown, but for the sake of more games i hope its bad. (unless the games are prequels)
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-Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth.
what i want to know is, what would be the consequences of NOT destroying the worldstone? was it absolutelt necessary that it was destroyed, or did tyreal make a personal choice to destroy it, knowing a possibilty of its destruction would be the prime evils returning, or keeping them at bay?
Wich act are this peoples from : Hadriel and Inarius??
I can't remember them from Diablo2
Hadriel is in Act IV. And unfortunately, we've never seen Inarius in any of the games. But if the next Diablo game is a prequel, like I suspect it will be, he may make an appearance. Yet, he could make one in a game that does take place after the Worldstone's destruction. Since we're not positive what has become of him or if he's still existing in his prison.
Jarhead, as for your question about the Worldstone, here is my own personal theory, and I know quite a few disagree with me on this. But I believe that the Worldstone was the link between the mortal and spiritual realm, in a sense. Yes, demons could enter Sanctuary, but so could angels so it was all fair game. However, I believe what Baal's corruption did to the Worldstone was basically tune it to the demon's only, forever preventing any angelic intereference within Sanctuary. It's like if there were two doors, one each for the Burning Hells and High Heavens, he was basically using his powers to forever shut the doors of the High Heavens.
Since Tyrael could obviously not allow this to happen (I'm assuming he couldn't allow it to happen because I don't believe he's evil like some others do), he opted to destroy the doors for both Heaven and Hell. When he speaks of the consequences that even he cannot foresee, I think that's partly referring to what Sanctuary would be like without the direct or at least indirect influences of higher powers. There would still be magic in Sanctuary, but none of the angelic or demonic kind. But while there would still be magic, I believe there would also be less of it. It would be more difficult to come by or at least more difficult to hold on to once you have it. So perhaps certain schools of magic would become more rare. This would perhaps force people to innovate in order to feel safe and remain competitive with other factions. Such innovation could pave the way to an industrialized Sanctuary. Yes, I know people hate to imagine rifles in Diablo, I among them; but, the Warcraft universe has always seemed more riddled with magical essence than Diablo's yet they managed to justify rifles, mortars, and rickety tanks.
The other consequences that Tyrael could not foresee could also very well come from his own misconceptions about the Worldstone. The beauty of the Worlddstone is that no one knows for sure what it is or how it works so the possibilites for the next Diablo game are totally endless.
I just think a prequel would be more interesting and less contrived at this time since so much of the lore is already in place, where making a sequel for the game would indeed require some labored plot twists that I wouldn't find as convincing as the already enriched lore of the eras before what we play in the first two Diablo games. But ultimately, like I said, the plot twists avoid necessarily being labored due to the ambiguous nature of the Worldstone and its destruction.
I mean, it's so final, yet so open-ended isn't it? The very last image you see is of the entire thing blowing to pieces. There's no epilogue of any kind or anything afterwards to give you hints. Just the thing blowing up, then fading to darkness.
Killing, you are kind of a bad poster
This is a damn old thread. I forget what I said and what I choose, but I think it was cain. Wait I voted for Diablos mom. But whatever, that would be interesting if it was Cain. He can pounce on everyone when everyone thinks he's a good ally because of how much he helps.
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"Cards and flowers on your window, your friends all plead for you to stay,
sometimes beginnings aren't so simple, sometimes goodbye's the only way."
Tyrael destoryed the WS to prevent the flood of hell into the Sanctuary. Yet doesnt destroying the WS remove the boundry that seperates hell and Sanctuary?
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''Zubin, I've always imagined you as a crazy raver. The kinda guy that spends all night dancing to trance music while waving glow sticks and popping ecstasy.'' - Murderface
It's probably Tyrael. This was probably posted already, but in the end after the Worldstone is destroyed, if you talk to Anya (I think that's her name, but in case it isn't, I'm talking about the girl you rescue from being a ice cube in the Frozen River), she tells you that there was nothing in the prophecy about the Worldstone being destroyed. They obviously didn't thow in that tidbit of information for no reason (the story writer, that is), and so it would leave me to believe that Tyrael might possibly have been lying about the whole thing, and that he is just usuing you to destroy the more powerful demons (the Prime Evils and Lesser Evils) so that he'll have minimal competition when he finally shows his true colors.
You should be on point for this have you ever seen diablo's mom ?
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''May the Gods give you the strength and power to bear the madness which flows through our minds.''
''Zubin, I've always imagined you as a crazy raver. The kinda guy that spends all night dancing to trance music while waving glow sticks and popping ecstasy.'' - Murderface
He only destroyed the Worldstone after Baal corrupted it and (from what i understood from the cinematics) it would be something like a gateway to bring back Diablo and Mephisto (as said in the trailer "My brothers won't be dead in there" - or something similar). The destruction of the Worldstone would trigger unknown events, but it was considered better than the certainty to bring the Prime Evils back (again my interpretation of the cinematics, i didnt read any books).
the corrupt worldstone would allow more and possibly powerful demons to enter Sanctuary, knowing this Tyrael once again did what he had to, and destroyed the worldstone.
The effect of the destruction of the worldstone are unknown, but for the sake of more games i hope its bad. (unless the games are prequels)
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Jarhead, as for your question about the Worldstone, here is my own personal theory, and I know quite a few disagree with me on this. But I believe that the Worldstone was the link between the mortal and spiritual realm, in a sense. Yes, demons could enter Sanctuary, but so could angels so it was all fair game. However, I believe what Baal's corruption did to the Worldstone was basically tune it to the demon's only, forever preventing any angelic intereference within Sanctuary. It's like if there were two doors, one each for the Burning Hells and High Heavens, he was basically using his powers to forever shut the doors of the High Heavens.
Since Tyrael could obviously not allow this to happen (I'm assuming he couldn't allow it to happen because I don't believe he's evil like some others do), he opted to destroy the doors for both Heaven and Hell. When he speaks of the consequences that even he cannot foresee, I think that's partly referring to what Sanctuary would be like without the direct or at least indirect influences of higher powers. There would still be magic in Sanctuary, but none of the angelic or demonic kind. But while there would still be magic, I believe there would also be less of it. It would be more difficult to come by or at least more difficult to hold on to once you have it. So perhaps certain schools of magic would become more rare. This would perhaps force people to innovate in order to feel safe and remain competitive with other factions. Such innovation could pave the way to an industrialized Sanctuary. Yes, I know people hate to imagine rifles in Diablo, I among them; but, the Warcraft universe has always seemed more riddled with magical essence than Diablo's yet they managed to justify rifles, mortars, and rickety tanks.
The other consequences that Tyrael could not foresee could also very well come from his own misconceptions about the Worldstone. The beauty of the Worlddstone is that no one knows for sure what it is or how it works so the possibilites for the next Diablo game are totally endless.
I just think a prequel would be more interesting and less contrived at this time since so much of the lore is already in place, where making a sequel for the game would indeed require some labored plot twists that I wouldn't find as convincing as the already enriched lore of the eras before what we play in the first two Diablo games. But ultimately, like I said, the plot twists avoid necessarily being labored due to the ambiguous nature of the Worldstone and its destruction.
I mean, it's so final, yet so open-ended isn't it? The very last image you see is of the entire thing blowing to pieces. There's no epilogue of any kind or anything afterwards to give you hints. Just the thing blowing up, then fading to darkness.
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This is a damn old thread. I forget what I said and what I choose, but I think it was cain. Wait I voted for Diablos mom. But whatever, that would be interesting if it was Cain. He can pounce on everyone when everyone thinks he's a good ally because of how much he helps.
"Cards and flowers on your window, your friends all plead for you to stay,
sometimes beginnings aren't so simple, sometimes goodbye's the only way."
''Zubin, I've always imagined you as a crazy raver. The kinda guy that spends all night dancing to trance music while waving glow sticks and popping ecstasy.'' - Murderface
Just a thought.
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''Zubin, I've always imagined you as a crazy raver. The kinda guy that spends all night dancing to trance music while waving glow sticks and popping ecstasy.'' - Murderface
But neways, gotta kill em, they're for a quest
"Cards and flowers on your window, your friends all plead for you to stay,
sometimes beginnings aren't so simple, sometimes goodbye's the only way."
It's the decisions you make when you have no time to make them that define who you are.
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