So i was playing D2 last night and got halfway through it and when i returned to town i saw Natalya and remembered what i wanted to ask you guys. My question is, what is Natalya's purpose, why is she even there? She doesn't do much does she?
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"I'm like a dog chasing cars." - Joker, Dark Knight
"Greetings, hero. I've heard of your exploits and… I'm quite impressed. Very few mortals are capable of dealing with the Three and their minions as you have. My name is Natalya. I am a hunter of Evil, part of an ancient Order sworn to hunt down corrupted sorcerers. If I could, I would gladly join your quest to stop the Three. But I must wait here for further news. I can't predict what will happen, but the danger is greater than we can know. Until I receive my orders, I'll assist you with the information I have."
"My Order has been keeping watch over Ormus for many years, now. He seems to champion the cause of good, but who knows what shadow lurks within his soul?" And Cain says "Have you met, Natalya? She appears to be a member of the Khral-Harzhek, a secret order that has been around for centuries… almost as long as the Horadrim, itself. Her presence here makes me uneasy, for they are traditionally sworn to hunt down Magi who have betrayed the trust of their order. I wonder why she is here."
So we can safely assume she is an Assassin sent there to watch over Ormus, and make sure he doesn't give in to the dark corruption Mephisto has infected the order of the Zakarum with.
Once Mephisto is out of the picture, and Natalya is sure Ormus will remain a good soul, she feels her task is complete and leaves.
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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.
I was gonna ask the same question a while ago, but I forgot.
I have two things to say:
Firstly, it means that Blizzard knew that it was going to make an expansion pack the whole time. (Well, other than the obvious fact that they left the story open).
Secondly, its an easy plot to make a novel out of. It has an easy way for the author to tie into DII; the assassins are a very interesting story that have not been covered yet; and she says that she is just waiting around town to be given orders, and then she disappears - the author can easily create whatever quest she was given. It would be a great story.
She dissappears only after Mephisto and his strangle hold over the priests of the Zakarum is gone, while Assassins hunt down mages, that wouldn't change the fact that this huge evil entity is able to corrupt so many, including mages, such as Ormus, or possibly Deckard Cain while he is in Kurast, once you put a stop to that, there is little to no risk of mages in the area betraying their fellow mages, thus Natalya feels her task is complete and leaves, But I already mentioned that.
I wouldn't exactly say the fact she was there hinted in anyway at the Assassin being a playble class in an expansion, if anyone was thinking of mentioning that. Sure that is infact what happened, but at the time there was no way to know.
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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.
the single npc who says something if you play with the assassin is Nihlathak
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When All the Corrupted Souls Will Fall In To My Hands No Angel Or The Bravest Hero Cant Defeat Me
Im The Essence Of Darkness
Beware Foolish Mortals The Death Nearly Aprochesee[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
When All the Corrupted Souls Will Fall In To My Hands No Angel Or The Bravest Hero Cant Defeat Me
Im The Essence Of Darkness
Beware Foolish Mortals The Death Nearly Aprochesee[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
I know that she didin't hint at a playable class at all, but, all the lore about her and her appearance and everything stayed the same. I would of expected some sort of upgrade or change if they suddenly had a good idea to include her as a playable class. The only change is that she has a cape while our assassins don't. It just makes me think that they planned all along to have her as a playable class. If they were in the drawing board room, it would of certainly been mentioned.
But I know, you weren't really disagreeing with me either.
It's only speculation, but it makes sense. Assuming Mephisto is capable of corrupting more than priests. Which I think he, in the grand scheme of things is, virtually all the people of Kurast become corrupted. That's the City in the jungle (Lower, Bizaar, Upper), not the docks.
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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.
I don't think there's anything speaking for or against it. She probably will though, just as a little "treat" for all those who played Diablo II back in the days
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That is correct, The Compelling Orb was corrupting every member of the Zakarum faith, this includes, Faithful, Zealots, Zakuramite Priests, Sextons, Hierophants, Cantors, even the High Council themselves were influenced by the orb, but also from having a portion of Mephisto's soulstone in them.
As for Natalya returning in D3, i would like to see that too, she was hardly in the game, and once you kill Mephisto she is gone for good.
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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.
Just flicked through my word doc of NPC dialogs and came up with buttkiss.
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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.
Just flicked through my word doc of NPC dialogs and came up with buttkiss.
Wierd. You'd think that of all the NPC's, she would be the one to say something to the assassin.
Do you know who has the special introduction for the assassin? And can you put an attachment of the word doc ofthe NPC dialogs? Be cool if I could have that... Lol.
There is already several attachments of it floating around here. But I'll assume your too lazy to find them
It would seem that only expansion NPCs respond differently to expansion characters. Classic NPCs don't seem to care too much, they just about all give their standard intro speeches.
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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.
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"Greetings, hero. I've heard of your exploits and… I'm quite impressed. Very few mortals are capable of dealing with the Three and their minions as you have.
My name is Natalya. I am a hunter of Evil, part of an ancient Order sworn to hunt down corrupted sorcerers.
If I could, I would gladly join your quest to stop the Three. But I must wait here for further news. I can't predict what will happen, but the danger is greater than we can know.
Until I receive my orders, I'll assist you with the information I have."
"My Order has been keeping watch over Ormus for many years, now. He seems to champion the cause of good, but who knows what shadow lurks within his soul?"
And Cain says
"Have you met, Natalya? She appears to be a member of the Khral-Harzhek, a secret order that has been around for centuries… almost as long as the Horadrim, itself.
Her presence here makes me uneasy, for they are traditionally sworn to hunt down Magi who have betrayed the trust of their order.
I wonder why she is here."
So we can safely assume she is an Assassin sent there to watch over Ormus, and make sure he doesn't give in to the dark corruption Mephisto has infected the order of the Zakarum with.
Once Mephisto is out of the picture, and Natalya is sure Ormus will remain a good soul, she feels her task is complete and leaves.
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
I have two things to say:
Firstly, it means that Blizzard knew that it was going to make an expansion pack the whole time. (Well, other than the obvious fact that they left the story open).
Secondly, its an easy plot to make a novel out of. It has an easy way for the author to tie into DII; the assassins are a very interesting story that have not been covered yet; and she says that she is just waiting around town to be given orders, and then she disappears - the author can easily create whatever quest she was given. It would be a great story.
I wouldn't exactly say the fact she was there hinted in anyway at the Assassin being a playble class in an expansion, if anyone was thinking of mentioning that. Sure that is infact what happened, but at the time there was no way to know.
Im The Essence Of Darkness
Beware Foolish Mortals The Death Nearly Aprochesee[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Im The Essence Of Darkness
Beware Foolish Mortals The Death Nearly Aprochesee[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
But I know, you weren't really disagreeing with me either.
Do you think that she will be in Diablo3?
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
I don't think there's anything speaking for or against it. She probably will though, just as a little "treat" for all those who played Diablo II back in the days
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
That is correct, The Compelling Orb was corrupting every member of the Zakarum faith, this includes, Faithful, Zealots, Zakuramite Priests, Sextons, Hierophants, Cantors, even the High Council themselves were influenced by the orb, but also from having a portion of Mephisto's soulstone in them.
As for Natalya returning in D3, i would like to see that too, she was hardly in the game, and once you kill Mephisto she is gone for good.
Kinds seems she would, like Charsi says something differnet to the bararian and that one dude says something different to the necromancer in A5...
Just flicked through my word doc of NPC dialogs and came up with buttkiss.
Wierd. You'd think that of all the NPC's, she would be the one to say something to the assassin.
Do you know who has the special introduction for the assassin? And can you put an attachment of the word doc ofthe NPC dialogs? Be cool if I could have that... Lol.
It would seem that only expansion NPCs respond differently to expansion characters. Classic NPCs don't seem to care too much, they just about all give their standard intro speeches.