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About 11 minutes into the gameplay trailer the barbarian says something like "Leah worries for you" to Cain. So my question is, who is this Leah?
Is she like Deckardīs lover, daughter or grand-daughter (can the Horadrim procreate? :)
And also might the girl featured in the teaser cinematic be this Leah?
Wonder what her purpose might be... more than being the new narrator... hope she fares better than Marius!
saint_of_killers
30-06-2008, 01:30
my only assumption is she's an NPC that gives a quest to find Cain. Of course, i could be wrong. :whistling:
I would guess that she's like a student of Cain or something.
Hello Jim
30-06-2008, 11:11
Student sound more realistic than child.
It's been said that he's the only remain of the Horadraim and he's like a hundered years old, so he's not going to make new kind anytime soon...
mjharper
30-06-2008, 13:06
Anya's daughter.
Thirty-Thirty
30-06-2008, 13:52
I haven't yet watched the gameplay video, but I'm going to guess that Leah is the girl in the cinematic trailer. Or do we know that that girl (who says "I don't think it's safe here") is someone else?
Dark_Times
30-06-2008, 14:14
Yep, probably just some NPC :)
Is Cain a real Horadrim? I thought they where all dead and he was just a wannabe.
VandalDuck
30-06-2008, 15:45
I agree Thirty-Thirty...she is more than likely the girl from the Cinematic trailer. I am willing to bet that the girl in that trailer is going to have a central role in all of the future cinematics.....
Yeah, I think she'll be the protagonist of the cinematics and not the PC - just like Marius was in D2.
It would be interesting to see a ressurection of the Horadrim through Leah, Cain may have been less than satisfied with the lack of attention the general populace had of almost succumbing to the forces of Hell 20 years earlier.
In the trailer it seems she's searching for knowledge in the cathedral of Tristram, just as the meteor from heaven is descending(Tyrael?).
Yes, you could be right Corkee. However I would be excited to see the protagonist of the cinematics involved in the actual gameplay and storyline. Not that I didn't think D2's cinematic storyline was bad, I actually thought it worked very well, always being one step behind, sort of thing. And I don't think a pathetic person like Marius would have added much to your gameplay experience if he had been in it.
But Leah definitely looks like a more intriguing person for a protagonist.
mestonica
06-07-2008, 04:11
I believe that Leah is the daughter of Cain and Anya. Cain expresssed a GREAT interest in Anya in Harrogath after you rescue her... she seems to be about 20 y/o. it fits... kind of. And in the gameplay movie, he referes to Leah as a "Nursemaid". Why would you call your apprentice a "nursemaid"? I think since he is so old, she probably takes care of him, because she is his daughter. Perhaps Anya died sometime after she was born. Or maybe she is in another town, waiting for Cain and Leah to return with any information from the Cathedral... Who knows. All this speculation is intoxicating and FUN!
Why would you call your apprentice a "nursemaid"? I think since he is so old, she probably takes care of him, because she is his daughter.
If she is/was a student, but has become a bit more independent now, she can easily fit into the role of taking care of her elderly master. Not like he's completely senile - just that she worries after him.
I'm not saying one way or the other, just opening up possibilities.
Sein Schatten
06-07-2008, 15:37
Leah Culver (http://leahculver.com/about/) is my angel. I love her. :whistling:
He also says: " If it's not one nursemaid, then it's another" (who worries after him).
I guess in D1 it was Gillian (?), who took care of him (NPC you could talk to but nothing else in the north of Tristram). Not sure if there was one girl to look after him in D2, but it's quite possible that Leah is a Gillian of some sorts.
Millionflame
07-07-2008, 04:20
Where'd all this talk of Anya come from? Yeah, her presence and sudden disappearance in Act III was really strange, but it doesn't mean she'll have any sort of role in the story of D3, or even make an appearance. Maybe she was just a fragment from a removed quest that Blizz didn't see any harm in leaving alone.
As for the Tristram cathedral, my theory is that it will be the site of Diablo's resurrection.
Foolishpleazure
07-07-2008, 05:01
Where'd all this talk of Anya come from? Yeah, her presence and sudden disappearance in Act III was really strange, but it doesn't mean she'll have any sort of role in the story of D3, or even make an appearance. Maybe she was just a fragment from a removed quest that Blizz didn't see any harm in leaving alone.
As for the Tristram cathedral, my theory is that it will be the site of Diablo's resurrection.
That wasnt Anya,she was in Act 5.The one that was is act 3 was Natalya,and yeah it was weird that they left out the cut scene with her dissaperang and involvement in the plot.It never was explained.
Deckhard Cain followed us through every acts.. :Rolleyes: I guess he can have plenty of girls from anywhere!
mince pies
12-07-2008, 19:18
(can the Horadrim procreate?
I'm guessing so otherwise they'd die out pretty fast
Millionflame
12-07-2008, 21:16
That wasnt Anya,she was in Act 5.The one that was is act 3 was Natalya,and yeah it was weird that they left out the cut scene with her dissaperang and involvement in the plot.It never was explained.
Ehhh...yeah, you're right. It's been a while since I talked to any NPCs...too many names ending in "ya." Well, I think it's safe to speculate that this Leah is Anya's daughter, then. And no, Cain is not the father. That's disgusting, for one, and it's completely out of character.
Btw. Leah could also be the daughter of Adria (The witch in D1). There is no knowing what happened to her and she might not be dead...
she may be an amazon from d2 or an healed corrupted rogue... or a npc just like natalya :whistling:
i hope she won't have a role in d3. maybe in d4 or "diablo forever" :nod:
Btw. Leah could also be the daughter of Adria (The witch in D1). There is no knowing what happened to her and she might not be dead...
Or something along the lines that she returns to where her mother was, possibly searching for her...
Wirts girl friend who ran away, lawl. I place my bet on someone from D1's daughter or affiliation to.
superdave
14-07-2008, 23:26
my guess is she is the daughter of pablo de soto.
pantherus
15-07-2008, 04:21
Tyreal's illegitimate progeny on Earth...hey, Angel's gots ta get their groove on too! :)
Immortal_King
15-07-2008, 11:13
When Cain says its either one nursemaid or another maybe its because evil undead Gillian captured him and Leah sent you looking for him.
I actually think is Pablo DeSoto's daughter as someone said, who knows what interesting stories might she have.
Arbedark
17-07-2008, 15:05
He also says: " If it's not one nursemaid, then it's another" (who worries after him).
I guess in D1 it was Gillian (?), who took care of him (NPC you could talk to but nothing else in the north of Tristram). Not sure if there was one girl to look after him in D2, but it's quite possible that Leah is a Gillian of some sorts.
No, its cain making a joke, referring to the Barbarian as a "Nursemaid", as he is instructing Cain to take the TP back to town, since Leah worries after him, presumably the other nursmaid Cain is referring to.
It's called humour...
No, its cain making a joke, referring to the Barbarian as a "Nursemaid", as he is instructing Cain to take the TP back to town, since Leah worries after him, presumably the other nursmaid Cain is referring to.
It's called humour...
Well, I am not a native speaker, so some subtleties of the English language may escape me once in a while. But thanks a lot for making clear the concept of humor in addition to your explanation. I would have never known...
Grimhound
18-07-2008, 05:38
I would put money on Leah having been born since the destruction of the Worldstone, so I'd say it's quite likely she's one example of the newly re-empowered Nephalem.
if she were just some random NPC, they wouldn't had brought her into the cinematic..
it too, think she's going to play a big part in D3.
I need to put together a lore page about the d3 plot to this point. even though it's all still very subject to change.
From what we know thus far, Leah is an npc in New Tristram. She's some sort of assistant to deckard cain, who is in Tristram working to read up the lore and books about the horadrim and other subjects in the old, ruined tristram cathedral.
the introductory cinematic will apparently show the meteor that falls on the cathedral, the very spot of Diablo's defeat in D1. it streaks overhead, the light distrubing cain as he works late at night, and it crashes down through the floor of the cathedral, tearing a hole way down into the dungeon depths, through countless levels. (There's an artwork looking up through this hole.) Leah witnesses the fall and nearly gets burned up by the meteor's impact (artwork of this as well).
Presumably this meteor awakes/summons the demons again, and as a result Cain is trapped in the dungeon where he went to research books. One of the first quests in D3 will have you rescuing him, as seen in the WWI gameplay. Your character will already have met Leah at that point, since the barbarian in the wwi gameplay tells Cain to hurry back since Leah is worried.
It's possible that'll be the last we see of Leah, but I'm hoping she and Cain will come along throughout the game, as he did in D2. Someone has to ID items, and giving Cain a cute young sidekick/apprentice would certainly alleviate some of the annoyance of hearing his bull**** every time back in town.
Also, keep in mind that cinematics take a LONG time to produce. They probably started work on the one we saw previewed at WWI 2+ years ago. Game plots tend to evolve a lot during design, and making them match up with the cinematics, which must be scripted years earlier, is often a challenge for game companies. That's one of the reasons why the d2 cinematics had only the loosest connection to the actual gameplay events.
mouseman
27-07-2008, 11:56
I think Leah is DeSoto's daughter.
Leah can be seen in the end of the main cinematic saying "I think we're not safe here". She seems like a beautiful young woman. The Gnarled Walkers lore entry on the official website tells us mostly about a fishing town named Wortham, which is located near New Tristram.
I likewise found it odd that there seemed to be only elderly people in the village, with the exception of one beautiful young woman whose father was quite insistent I keep my distance from her. Though he was rude on this point, I found him to be a rather sociable sort once convinced I was not interested in his daughter. He introduced himself as Pablo DeSoto
As Leah from the cinematic feels like an important person to the story and the young woman in the village of Wortham is singled out in the text, I came to the conclusion they are the same. She certainly fits the desciption.
It wouldn't make much sense to introduce another young woman in the lore - especially when other NPC's probably aren't as solid as Leah is. Other NPC's might come and go at this point of the development, but Leah was put into the cinematic. As for the point of the lore, it probably won't contradict the game, it is set to enforce it.
There are some people mentioned in the writings of Abd Al-Hazir, but none of them by name. DeSoto and his daugher are the only ones singled out. So they are permanent pieces of the story - so permanent they can be mentioned in the lore without fear of contradiction between the lore and the future game.
As Pablo DeSoto is one of the rare NPC's we have seen in the Diablo 3 artwork, his daughter is bound to have some importance, especially when she's put under the spotlight like that and his father is trying to protect her. As we see in this picture of DeSoto (http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=861&size=big&cat=563&limit=recent), he has been around from at least December 2006 (see the text in the upper left corner). For those who wonder, Victor Lee is the name of the artist.
But why does the player know about Leah before they find Deckard Cain? Maybe Cain isn't the first quest after all? Or maybe Wortham and New Tristram are so close together they are practically the same town - connected by a bridge or something. Maybe Wortham is to New Tristam something like Manhattan is to New York - a part of the town, but still a same town.
There could be an introductory quest, like Den of Evil, which would lead us to Wortham, which could be a new kind of a mini-town NPC area. Or maybe the girl in the lore and Leah are just two different persons.
:shhh:Alright, I will admit it. Leah is the daugther of me (Wirt) and Adria. Pablo never knew.:shhh:
Seriously, Adria might come back as her body was not in Tristram in DII. And Leah might indeed be linked to her, perhaps as her daugther. But all we can do is guess.
Wirt
If she's Adria's daughter, does that make her a witch? Burn her!
If she's Adria's daughter, does that make her a witch? Burn her!
We'll have to check if she weighs as much as a duck first!
My turn at speculating: I also think Leah is the daughter of DeSoto and an apprentice or something similar to Decard Cain. But she doesn't like Cain's style that much. He's more of a scholar type and for some reason the cinematic trailer makes me think she is more of a prophet/visionary type. This may be a new character class. Kind of how the assassin class was introduced by Natalya.
Her father is also like Cain: conservative, sticks to the rules. I think so because of the way he treated the guy in the Gnarled Walkers lore entry. So Leah gets her roguish, free style from her mother, who is dead or something similar (like missing for a long time). This is why DeSoto is so protective of her, and maybe why she worries about Cain.
Hmm... Quite far out but I like it.
Edit: After seeing some wizard artwork I think Leah's personality matches it to an extent. Well so much for my new character theory.
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