It's been bothering me though. All the official blizzard artwork for Diablo II that include a barbarian, he's dead! except maybe 1 or 2 of them. So I find it really ironic that he's the one to return.
I've only seen him dead in 2. The one where the Paladin is coming to the rescue and the when worlds collide images. I have seen him alive in at least 5 other official images/posters. I have 3 posters of the Barbarian that I bought in a poster magazine, (2 are kinda damaged), and he is alive in all 3.
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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.
Cain seems to know the barbarian pretty well, judging by his tone of voice, and what he says in the gameplay trailer. As most like they had met some place before.
That scene could be further into the game than many of us think, like their second meeting in the game for example. If it is their first meeting, then they would have had to have met somewhere before that scene. D2/LOD works quite well. Considering the D3 barb is the D2 barb. Or at least the D3 Male barb is the D2 Barb.
From different interviews and articles as well as artwork it seems like male or female of a character does have some bearing on the story. The Male barbarian looks to be in his 40's if not 50's, while the female could pass for 20.
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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.
However, they did say that they have been "re-envisioned".
That is due is part to the fact that Mt Arreat is now a giant crater.
If it was their job to watch over the mountain (but more importantly what was contained therein), and now it is gone, it could be construed that they had failed in their task. The Mountain they are suppose to be watching over is now gone. Thus they would need a new, or revised purpose.
Lore fans, such as myself, would want to know what their new purpose is.
And from what I gather the other classes returning has not been completely negated. The Barbarian is just the only class to return as a playable class with the initial release of the game. Another class could return in the expansion, while others could be NPCs or enemies.
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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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That scene could be further into the game than many of us think, like their second meeting in the game for example. If it is their first meeting, then they would have had to have met somewhere before that scene. D2/LOD works quite well. Considering the D3 barb is the D2 barb. Or at least the D3 Male barb is the D2 Barb.
From different interviews and articles as well as artwork it seems like male or female of a character does have some bearing on the story. The Male barbarian looks to be in his 40's if not 50's, while the female could pass for 20.
If it was their job to watch over the mountain (but more importantly what was contained therein), and now it is gone, it could be construed that they had failed in their task. The Mountain they are suppose to be watching over is now gone. Thus they would need a new, or revised purpose.
Lore fans, such as myself, would want to know what their new purpose is.
And from what I gather the other classes returning has not been completely negated. The Barbarian is just the only class to return as a playable class with the initial release of the game. Another class could return in the expansion, while others could be NPCs or enemies.