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The enchantress tells us about the prophet but what is really confusing is could the prophet she is refering to be Inarius? In the Sin War he was known as the Prophet as he was head of the Cathedral of Light.

Another possiblity is because he trained her and her sisters in magic he could be someone similar to the Archangel Yaerius who founded the Zakarum church.

I'm torn between these two possibilities of who the prophet could be. I believe the second one may be more plausable because she slept for only 1500 years I believe and the Sin War took place 2000 years before the darkening of Tristram.

These unanswered questions are bugging me hehe

I think these questions will bug us until the expansions are out

well we know that the prophet was an angel by the enchantresses dialog chats, and don't think blizz would make such a lore blunder as name 2 different angels as prophets to mortal (ok they would but dont' think they have in this case at least)

another wrench it could be lillith disguised as a angel who disguised as a mortal, to fashion an army to fight back against both heaven and hell for "her" world, this is supported by her will of making the nehpalem her personal army during the sin war.

That would indeed be interesting if the prophet was indeed Lilith in disguise but I figured she would have tried to form some sort of religion or something around it to bring people to her cause. Be interesting to find out what Lilith has been up to all these years, I doubt she is still in the void since she got out before and she can probably do it again.

I don't think it is Inarius because:
1) Yes, Inarius was the Prophet, but saving the lives of someone, in secret, just doesn't seem like his thing. I don't think he'd be concerned enough with their lives.
2) If it is Inarius, it would have to be before the Sin Wars, cause since tSW, he's been stuck in Hell.
3) All of Inarius's followers were killed by Lillith. Therefore, how would any of the Angels in HH alive at the time of D3 know anything about what Inarius did?
4) If it was Inarius, I think he would have said more about his church, and not been secretive about his origins.
5) Her master who was summoning demons was a Vizjerei. I don't believe they were really around until after the Sin Wars (why would the Triune or the Temple of Light allow demon worships to exists outside their own structures?)

I think it could be Malthael or Itherael. Both are known for being able to predict things incredibly well, and Malthael is said to be able to counter blows with the slightest of force - as the enchantress was clearly necassary to beat the early part of Act 2, I would the actions of the prophet count. The problem with it being Itherael is that, I believe, Auriel and Itherael said they did not know anything about the prophet. Of course, it's always possible Itherael was just lying.

couldn't Inarius just escape from hell with all the killing prime and lesser evils in D1 and D2?

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couldn't Inarius just escape from hell with all the killing prime and lesser evils in D1 and D2?

Sure, he could have escaped in the last 20 years, but the Enchantress is from ~1500 years ago. I believe this is even long before the dark exile began.

Yeah based on Tyrael's reaction to her talking about the Prophet my guess is it's Inarius. If the dates don't match they'll just retcon it.

P.S. Yaerius may not even be real.

What about Rathma, Mendeln or Trag'Oul? After the final battle in the Sin War, Mendeln got instructions to train disciples, althought those might just be the Necro's from D2

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What about Rathma, Mendeln or Trag'Oul? After the final battle in the Sin War, Mendeln got instructions to train disciples, althought those might just be the Necro's from D2

Eh, they didn't teach her Necromancy, and they probably wouldn't have made up a cover story name. Also, how would an Angel in the High Heaven know anything about them?

I agree, they're probably going to go with Inarius, I just don't think it's a good choice. There are too many issues with dates, motivations, and communications.

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Where are you guys getting the info on the sin war, inarius, lilith etc from? Is it available online?

the books, I believe you can buy them online...

<sub>If you want a little bit more of an explanation regarding the prophet, I think you might benefit from (and would enjoy) listening to all of the conversations that the Enchantress has to offer. I really enjoyed listening to all of her conversations. I got the achievement for listening to all of the conversations for the followers and other characters in the game. I would highly suggest that everyone check them out. I had not idea how interesting the followers were, or how well Blizzard had worked to create interesting back stories for all of them, until I went after that achievement.

Although they do not give all of the answer to everything. They do a great job of giving somewhat of a back story to about the Prophet. One other thing.....after, you get the achievement and listen to all of her conversations, there are three extra conversations that become available after you beat Diablo. Whatever you do, do not click on the angel to finish the quest, as these extra conversations are only available after you kill Diablo to before you talk to the angel to turn in the quest. I think you will enjoy them, and they will help you out a lot in understanding her background.</sub>

Sorry, If I repeated anything that other people have posted, I didn't get a chance to read through all of the posts that were already made.

Highly doubting it's Inarius... and in case it is, it's such a horrible mangling of the lore that it is not even funny.

are the books worth reading? i mean, there were small inconsistencies between diablo1 and diablo2 lore, but huge holes and mistakes at D3.

on OP, and as someone who didn't read the books (yet) i would prefer The Prophet to be someone more earthly, since neither hell nor heaven were much involved in business of mankind in first two games (with Tyrael marked as an 'exception')

I think the enchantress's prophet could be Tal Rasha from Diablo2

It was almost answered if you play Enchantress's follower quest during Act V, she claims to be hearing the voices of her dead sisters calling to her, so you two naturally go to investigate, after clearing a dungeon, the prophet appears (floating, angelic wings and armor included) and identifies himself as The Prophet. The prophet was an angel, and he knew something was going to happen 1500 years in the future, so he sealed Eiriana and her sisters away to wait for the future to be of some help to The Nephalam when the dark times came. We can assume he is Inarius because of his knowledge of the future and his abilities, but it is still unconfirmed