They have male amazons in diablo lore, they are kind of stay-at-home dad's or society leaders though, only amazon women are warriors.
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In the Amazon culture, only the women serve as warriors, their intrinsic superior dexterity and lithe body structures are better suited to combat in the dense rainforest environs of the islands. Their society is far from stratified, however, as [B]men[/B'] are responsible for any number of positions in the community, government, and clergy, as well as merchant and agricultural occupations.
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King was from Westmarch. He was a former member of the Knights of Westmarch.
Mephisto didn't send him to Tristram. He saw it as an area of heathens, so he moved in to convert them, such is his task as a zealot of the Zakarum.
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1. Why did the Hero of Diablo 1 choose to put the soulstone into his head rather then to destroy it?
2. If someone like King Leoric had a strong enough will to not be fully possessed by Diablo, how on earth did the Hero get fully possessed? Wouldn't he have an even greater spirit?
3. How much time is there between the Hero of D1 slaying Diablo to the heroes of D2 saving Deckard Cain?
4. Where does it say the Hero of D1 has a 'dead' daughter? Is this exclusive to the warrior, or does this happen with the Mage and Rogue as well?
1. He thought he was strong enough to keep the demon at bay.
2. Diablo was weak. Diablo did not have enough power for a full posession. He is much stronger when he possesses Albrecht.
3. Months to a year. Not a lot really. Need to check cain's diary, but I think it's only about a year from Diablo getting killed in D1 until Baal dying in LOD. If that, seems like months.
4. That is not canonical as far as I can remember.
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The best you could find is a half answer or a hint. Being that this thread is suppose to be for concrete questions and their answers, that would defy the point.
However said questions, I hope in time do get answered, I would really like to know the answers.
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The second part of his question says ciliizations. While that is primarily the classes, in regards to ciliization, it's actually vague.
How do Barbarians bury their Dead? Tomb? Funeral ship? Funeral pyre?
Who is the head of the Rathma Society?
WIth the Zakarum restablishing themselves in the West (Westmarch) who is the Que-Hegan there?
Who is the leader of the Barbarian clans? Is it still one person (used to be Bul Kathos)?
Who are the leader of the mage clans?
THese are thingsyou won't find anywhere (yet).
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You might be pleasantly surprised how much info is there. Shame people don't view it more often.
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Interesting. Cool info. IS this from the books and what not?
Yes, largely. I simlified, and paraphrased.
The Paladin The Knights of Westmarch who felled the armies of mighty Leoric are pure at heart and closely follow the teachings of Zakarum, the Religion of the Light. A battle-ready warrior for whom faith is a shield, the Paladin fights for what he believes to be right. His steadfastness gives him powers to bestow blessings to his friends and wreak cruel justice on foes. There are those who call the Paladin an overwrought zealot, but others recognize in him the strength and goodness of the Light.
During the mid-twelfth century, after the Church of Zakarum had gained prominence in the East, the Church decreed that the visions of Akarat would be spread throughout the known world in order to redeem the masses. Thus, the Church selected a group of its most charismatic and devoted priests and sent them on a mission to proselytize the people of the West. [/quote][quote]Unfortunately, the Church had not prepared these men for the rigors of travel nor the hazards of the world. The priests who survived their missions recounted tales of harsh weather, inadequate supplies, attacks from bandits and even encounters with horrible monsters. To ensure the success of future missions, the Church set about training holy warriors, Paladins, to accompany and safeguard their missionaries. In practice, these "Protectors of the Word" proved to be more successful at converting the native peoples than the Priests that they were assigned to defend.
Impressing the locals with daring deeds, powerful weapons, and martial prowess was far more convincing than the condemnations of a soft-spoken monk. However, once the Word had been spread to every major city of the West, the "Protectors of the Word" faded from public view. Some decades later, Paladins were again called into service. During the height of the Time of Troubles, the Church commenced a second campaign of conversion. This time, however, the inconvincible were deemed evil. The Zakarum Inquisition spread through the lands like a tempest, laying waste to all suspected of demonic possession or corruption. Leading this crusade was a new generation of Paladins, known as the "Hand of Zakarum." These cavaliers of righteousness swept through the lands, expunging the taint of demonic contamination wherever they found it. In the midst of this bloody crusade, a rebellion arose within the ranks of the Paladins of Zakarum. The rebels condemned the methods of the Inquisition, proclaiming that the new Order of Paladins should protect the innocent, and that the evil corruption was rooted in their forebear's failure. They resolved to fight the true source of corruption, the Three Prime Evils - Diablo, Baal and Mephisto. And so, these rebellious Paladins left their Zakarum brethren and ventured west.
As for all the civilizations that is next to impossible since both the Barbarian and necromancers are vaguely described, we don't really know all the the rite and rituals of both classes.
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There was a sect of holy knights of the Zakarum church that broke off before Mephisto corrupted Kurast, but nothing is know of their whereabouts.
They moved to Westmarch and restablished the Zakarum faith. This is Zakarum West. It was not corrupted by Mephisto.
There is a fanatical group within Zakarum West called the Inquisitors. They kill or convert all that they deem unholy.
The Paladin class in Diablo II, is actually a sub set of the Zealot rank within the Zakarum faith.
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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.
who is the girl in the diablo 3 cinematic opening?
I think she is voiced by the woman who did the voice for the sorceress, or maybe the Rogue from D1.
It's a teaser. I cannot be counted as lore yet, anyone remember that old teaser thing with the warrior throwing the soulstone away? That was just a teaser, he clearly has the soulstone in the game. You smashed it! (in a cinematic)
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Tristram is where Diablo was captured. Mephisto and Baal were caught in the desert and were buried there. Mephisto was later moved.
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Maybe it's not the Hell Forge that matters in destroying the soulstone, but only the fact that you were in Hell, so that you don't release the spirit contain within the mortal world.
I don't know, Tyrael tells marius to take the stone there, Cain tells you to take the stone there. But that doesn't exactly disprove your point, but it does make sense that that is the only place you can destroy it, makes it seem more special.
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A soulstone can be shattered almost anywhere it seems, shattering is just braking peices off and releasing the essence contained within.
Destroying a soulstone, seems to mirror the one ring in LOTR. Only upon the mighty Hellforge can it be destroyed.
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The butcher is on Level 2. And so is the Poison Water supply (if you don't have the Skeleton king on level 3). You probably missed the butcher, you do not always get that quest.
Yes, the Butcher is the prime suspect for hacking off Wirt's leg. The Butcher also hacked up Farnham's friends.
Dark Riders are porbably bandits. COuld of been a subplot that was left out, seems like it might have been a cool one.
There is something that has always bugged me with Odgen's opening line. "Thank goodness you have returned" Return!! As in my character has been to, or in Tristram before? Was this suppose to be part of some larger sub plot? something to make the character more 3 dimensional? (The Barb in D2 is... err was friends with Malah's son) or is it just a cool sounding typo. Kinda like Tyrael saying godspeed, when there is no "God" in Diablo.
If your character has been to Tristram before why don't they other NPCs mention this? Or is Ogden referring to the fact you are a tavern patron, but even then Gillian (as the barmaid of said tavern) would recognise you, and Farnham could quite possiblity have been your drinking partner at some point so he would know you, assuming he wasn't too drunk to remember.
Always struck me as odd he says returned, generally in a game you are new to an area.
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That is something to think about, the definition of Maiden, but it is not always a virgin, or is it? When not associated with a virgin it is usually associated with a young woman, or just a woman. The only real exceptions I can think of is the torture device known as the Iron Maiden.
There is a Paladin like Order in DnD where in the warriors are called Maidens of the Light (or hammer, or some such stereotypically holy word), while most are virgins I believe, not all are fair young maidens, some are old codgers and extremely senile. Hardly the vestal virgin image one typically associates with the word Maiden.
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Mephisto didn't send him to Tristram. He saw it as an area of heathens, so he moved in to convert them, such is his task as a zealot of the Zakarum.
1. He thought he was strong enough to keep the demon at bay.
2. Diablo was weak. Diablo did not have enough power for a full posession. He is much stronger when he possesses Albrecht.
3. Months to a year. Not a lot really. Need to check cain's diary, but I think it's only about a year from Diablo getting killed in D1 until Baal dying in LOD. If that, seems like months.
4. That is not canonical as far as I can remember.
The best you could find is a half answer or a hint. Being that this thread is suppose to be for concrete questions and their answers, that would defy the point.
However said questions, I hope in time do get answered, I would really like to know the answers.
How do Barbarians bury their Dead? Tomb? Funeral ship? Funeral pyre?
Who is the head of the Rathma Society?
WIth the Zakarum restablishing themselves in the West (Westmarch) who is the Que-Hegan there?
Who is the leader of the Barbarian clans? Is it still one person (used to be Bul Kathos)?
Who are the leader of the mage clans?
THese are thingsyou won't find anywhere (yet).
You might be pleasantly surprised how much info is there. Shame people don't view it more often.
Yes, largely. I simlified, and paraphrased.
The Paladin
The Knights of Westmarch who felled the armies of mighty Leoric are pure at heart and closely follow the teachings of Zakarum, the Religion of the Light. A battle-ready warrior for whom faith is a shield, the Paladin fights for what he believes to be right. His steadfastness gives him powers to bestow blessings to his friends and wreak cruel justice on foes. There are those who call the Paladin an overwrought zealot, but others recognize in him the strength and goodness of the Light.
During the mid-twelfth century, after the Church of Zakarum had gained prominence in the East, the Church decreed that the visions of Akarat would be spread throughout the known world in order to redeem the masses. Thus, the Church selected a group of its most charismatic and devoted priests and sent them on a mission to proselytize the people of the West. [/quote][quote]Unfortunately, the Church had not prepared these men for the rigors of travel nor the hazards of the world. The priests who survived their missions recounted tales of harsh weather, inadequate supplies, attacks from bandits and even encounters with horrible monsters. To ensure the success of future missions, the Church set about training holy warriors, Paladins, to accompany and safeguard their missionaries. In practice, these "Protectors of the Word" proved to be more successful at converting the native peoples than the Priests that they were assigned to defend.
Impressing the locals with daring deeds, powerful weapons, and martial prowess was far more convincing than the condemnations of a soft-spoken monk. However, once the Word had been spread to every major city of the West, the "Protectors of the Word" faded from public view.
Some decades later, Paladins were again called into service. During the height of the Time of Troubles, the Church commenced a second campaign of conversion. This time, however, the inconvincible were deemed evil. The Zakarum Inquisition spread through the lands like a tempest, laying waste to all suspected of demonic possession or corruption. Leading this crusade was a new generation of Paladins, known as the "Hand of Zakarum." These cavaliers of righteousness swept through the lands, expunging the taint of demonic contamination wherever they found it.
In the midst of this bloody crusade, a rebellion arose within the ranks of the Paladins of Zakarum. The rebels condemned the methods of the Inquisition, proclaiming that the new Order of Paladins should protect the innocent, and that the evil corruption was rooted in their forebear's failure. They resolved to fight the true source of corruption, the Three Prime Evils - Diablo, Baal and Mephisto. And so, these rebellious Paladins left their Zakarum brethren and ventured west.
As for all the civilizations that is next to impossible since both the Barbarian and necromancers are vaguely described, we don't really know all the the rite and rituals of both classes.
They moved to Westmarch and restablished the Zakarum faith. This is Zakarum West. It was not corrupted by Mephisto.
There is a fanatical group within Zakarum West called the Inquisitors. They kill or convert all that they deem unholy.
The Paladin class in Diablo II, is actually a sub set of the Zealot rank within the Zakarum faith.
Sierra made Hellfire, not Blizzard.
I think she is voiced by the woman who did the voice for the sorceress, or maybe the Rogue from D1.
It's a teaser. I cannot be counted as lore yet, anyone remember that old teaser thing with the warrior throwing the soulstone away? That was just a teaser, he clearly has the soulstone in the game. You smashed it! (in a cinematic)
I don't know, Tyrael tells marius to take the stone there, Cain tells you to take the stone there. But that doesn't exactly disprove your point, but it does make sense that that is the only place you can destroy it, makes it seem more special.
Destroying a soulstone, seems to mirror the one ring in LOTR. Only upon the mighty Hellforge can it be destroyed.
Yes, the Butcher is the prime suspect for hacking off Wirt's leg. The Butcher also hacked up Farnham's friends.
Dark Riders are porbably bandits. COuld of been a subplot that was left out, seems like it might have been a cool one.
There is something that has always bugged me with Odgen's opening line. "Thank goodness you have returned" Return!! As in my character has been to, or in Tristram before? Was this suppose to be part of some larger sub plot? something to make the character more 3 dimensional? (The Barb in D2 is... err was friends with Malah's son) or is it just a cool sounding typo. Kinda like Tyrael saying godspeed, when there is no "God" in Diablo.
If your character has been to Tristram before why don't they other NPCs mention this? Or is Ogden referring to the fact you are a tavern patron, but even then Gillian (as the barmaid of said tavern) would recognise you, and Farnham could quite possiblity have been your drinking partner at some point so he would know you, assuming he wasn't too drunk to remember.
Always struck me as odd he says returned, generally in a game you are new to an area.
There is a Paladin like Order in DnD where in the warriors are called Maidens of the Light (or hammer, or some such stereotypically holy word), while most are virgins I believe, not all are fair young maidens, some are old codgers and extremely senile. Hardly the vestal virgin image one typically associates with the word Maiden.