View Full Version : Belial, Azmodan and Tyrael together? Possible hint at D3 site, see pic here!
Look what I found here:
http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/
http://i26.tinypic.com/vosq5c.jpg
Why are there TWO DEMONS and ONE ANGEL? References in Diablo were always mirrored, one angel, one demon. Usually, facing one another, as in opposing each other. Here, they look like they're making mischief together... :scratchchin:
What do you think? Of course, this may be another angel(Inarius?), or may mean nothing at all.
Looks to me like it could just be Angel in conflict with Demon with Diablo in the backdrop. Three way fighting maybe?
They do mention problems in Heaven so it seems entirely possible that we'll be fighting some angels as well :)
Morphinia
01-07-2008, 21:19
the angel on the right isnt tyrael, thats izual
Isn't Izual the one we killed in D2?
tetracycloide
01-07-2008, 22:58
the angel on the right isnt tyrael, thats izual
what are you basing this statement on?
rickrollin
02-07-2008, 00:02
has anyone else seen a picture of a blue background of what seems like a ring of ice and glowing eyes peeking out of it flash as the diablo 3 site load up? I'm just curious as to what that is because it just flashes briefly and then is gone.
has anyone else seen a picture of a blue background of what seems like a ring of ice and glowing eyes peeking out of it flash as the diablo 3 site load up? I'm just curious as to what that is because it just flashes briefly and then is gone.
Wow...you definitely missed all of last week...
rickrollin
02-07-2008, 00:32
lmao, yup care to explain then? or direct me towards a page?
rickrollin, he's referring to the splash images that changed every day last week before the WWI and D3's announcement. They were at most Blizzard's sites.
Take a look at last week's news here at diabloii.net :)
raveharu
02-07-2008, 04:32
LOL the demon and angel are exactly the ones that appear on the interface in-game, you know directly under the health and mana orbs.
You guys think too much :whistling:
Sequitur
02-07-2008, 04:47
Yeah, looks like regular fancy artwork. I think the excitement is going to everyone's heads.
Then again, I expect a red herring or seven from Blizz, so it's good to look out for these sorts of things.
Stay vigilant!
DANIEL3RD
02-07-2008, 12:06
Yeah, looks like regular fancy artwork. I think the excitement is going to everyone's heads.
Then again, I expect a red herring or seven from Blizz, so it's good to look out for these sorts of things.
Stay vigilant!
I just love all this speculation. Makes the anticipation all the greater :-)
mouseman
02-07-2008, 15:49
You also have those in your UI. One is next to mana bar and one is next to health bar.
SmittySixTen
02-07-2008, 19:15
It could very well represent three factions. Heaven, Hell, and Sanctuary.
Angel_of_Wrath
03-07-2008, 00:31
the angel on the right isnt tyrael, thats izual
What about Inarius?
@ the original post
I don't think so man.
First, they wouldn't show the three big bosses in a simple background decoration.
Second, the angel is there because the theme is like : "you fight Bruning Hell AND High Heaven", there are going to be crazy ars angels attacking you! Proof, the slogan : and heavens shall tremble (amIrite?)
Third, Tyrael on the bad side sounds just like cliche or plain crap. The Diablo I hero already got corrupted, who's next after Tyrael now, the only good remaining character, Deckhard Cain? Come on.:whistling:
LOL the demon and angel are exactly the ones that appear on the interface in-game, you know directly under the health and mana orbs.
Yup, and i doubt they have any significance. I doubt the Blizzard team would just overlook that when posting that image up on their brand new Diablo 3 website
Wow, my theory made it to front page! :)
I'm currently trying to finish my master's decree(only 1 month left, sigh), so I forced myself to let go of all Diablo III things, which was very difficult to do and yet more to enforce, as you can see. Thus, I've been unable to keep up the debates here at the site.
However, I still think that picture is unlikely to mean nothing. Blizzard keeps very close attention to all details and that is the first thing you see at a major page in their site. The things you said here do not make sense about the fact that there are 2 demons and 1 angel.
Maybe they're not making mischief and that picture in fact represents the leaders of the two most important factions at the beginning of the game(since I'm sure the big D will make his return somewhere in the middle): at hell's side Belial and Azmodan, at heaven's side Tyrael leading the angels trying to help mankind and Sanctuary.
I think these two theories are entirely possible with what was left for us by Blizzard, and the picture very probably hints at one of them.
Seems to me to be more representative of demons, angels, and the nephalem.
For me there are two things I have seen and or read that lead me to believe that there may be merit to this. First was the statement about fighting demons and fallen illuminaries and second was the visual of the comet falling to Sanctuary in the spot where Diablo first appeared. Maybe it is just me, but could it be possible that the comet we see is actually Tyrael being cast out from Heaven for continually interferring in the affairs of men?
Considering that is has been 20 years since the big 3 were defeated and nobody has seen Tyrael since then, one has to wonder what has happened to him. Even though I have looked at the possibility of him being cast out above, what if instead he left because he became disillusioned? For all we know, he may have been tainted by the evil that was inevitably released when he destroyed the corrupt Worldstone. If so, then maybe it has taken 20 years before the evil inside him has taken over. Just as the Worldstone had become corrupted, why wouldn't it be possible for Tyrael to face the same fate?
As we have seen, the Big 3 were very manipulative engineering their own exile in a bid to gain power. What if we find out that the corruption of the Worldstone was just another manipulation? Maybe they knew that the only way to open the passageway between hell and sanctuary was the destruction of the Worldstone. By temporarily sacrificing themselves, they succeeded in setting events in motion which forced Tyrael to destroy the Worldstone.
If that is the case, the maybe there is another possibility; that Tyrael chose to leave of his own accord. Maybe he wasn't cast out and maybe he was able to avoid being corrupted. Instead, maybe he realized the mistake he made when he destroyed the Worldstone and has decided to sacrifice his place in heaven in order to rectify that mistake. If that is the case, then we might see him playing an even more vital role in Diablo 3.
Lastly why 20 years? I think that maybe that is how long it took before the Big 3 could regain their power. Some might believe that with the destruction of their soulstones they could no longer walk in Sanctuary. But I think that that only applied while the Worldstone was in place and so with it's destruction, they are free to roam Sanctuary again.
So as you can see, there are 3 distinct possibilities. In the first two, I believe it would be possible for Tyrael to side with evil this time, while with the third he would still be on the side of good. Regardless, I still believe that the comet is Tyrael coming to Sanctuary. Of course only time will tell and I am definately looking forward to when Diablo 3 comes out.
lionheart
05-07-2008, 10:00
I want the lesser evils left to come out, having to fight the same old guys that dont seem to ever die kinda makes it pointless for you to keep on killing them in each game...
OverUsedChewToy
05-07-2008, 13:04
Couldn't a middle one be a Nephalem (a proto-human hybrid of demon and angel). It doesn't look quite as demonic as the one to the left, and it seems to make more sense as the nephalem (humans) are sanctuaries inhabitants and are the "third faction" in a way.
Thirty-Thirty
05-07-2008, 18:45
@moxon: I agree that the meteor probably carries Tyrael, and that there are many potential reasons for his leaving, or being kicked out of, Heaven.
I don't really see from your post why it is that you think Tyrael is corrupted, though. You seem (to me) to be suggesting that it is more likely that he has become disillusioned, either by the realization that he'd been manipulated, or by some response he received from his fellow angels, archangels or whatever. (Actually, I agree with this: I think Tyrael has come down because he is in some way at odds with the rest of the Heavens.)
lionheart
06-07-2008, 00:26
Couldn't a middle one be a Nephalem (a proto-human hybrid of demon and angel). It doesn't look quite as demonic as the one to the left, and it seems to make more sense as the nephalem (humans) are sanctuaries inhabitants and are the "third faction" in a way.
The nephalem are like normal humans, the worldstone just made their powers go away, did not change their looks.
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