Questions rise: 1. What are the equivalents of the old Diablo 2 heroes in Diablo 3? Or did Blizzard decided to skip that 'tradition' ?
2. What is the timeline regarding the events in Diablo 1 and the period when Lachdanan, Leoric and others were alive? I know Lachdanan killed Leoric and went alone in the lower-levels of the Cathedral to die, for he was cursed.
As far as we know, none of the D2 heroes were corrupted, but 'not all of them are alive'. There are references in game and out of game to some of them though.
Necromancer - Act II random event hints he had trained apprentice(s)
Sorceress - Wizard's short story
Assassin - Wizard short story (maybe)
Barbarian - Was originally going to be the Barbarian you play as, was later changed to not be the same to downplay his importance or something like that.
The others, as far as I know, have unknown fates.
http://www.diablofan...logy-of-events/
This lore in this topic makes it sound like Leoric ruled for months trying to fight off Diablo. Considering all the torture chambers and prisons you go to in D3, he may have ruled for several months after he went mad.
Perhaps there's a precise timeline out there somewhere, but several months, maybe around a year, is probably accurate for his time ruling as the 'Black King.'
I suppose it depends on how quickly the Khanduras army lost to Westmarch. He was killed shortly after Lachdanan and the survivors of the failed Westmarch invasion returned.
Going by the D1 lore, the Warrior/D1 heroes would have arrived in Tristram not long after Leoric's death, as word of the weird events spread across the lands.
Going by the retconned Warrior = Price Aidan, he probably would have been with Lachdanan and the other survivors.
Not long after Leoric took possession of Khanduras, a power long asleep awakened within the dark recesses beneath the Monastery.
... For many months King Leoric secretly fought the evil presence that twisted his thoughts and emotions.
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In the wizard short an assassin is sent after the wizard, and the one who sent the assassin Valthek is very sure that the assassin will reach the wizard and kill her before she can save the would. But when I played the story of D3 with my wizard I didn't find anything even referring to the assassin.
Is there some piece of lore that I missed?
I don't think the Assassins work like what you may think of when you hear 'assassin.' As far as I know, altered dialogues and maybe cutscenes are the only class-specific things in-game. (The Witch Doctor's dialogue is pretty cool with his spirits guiding him) Perhaps class-specific content will be something they do for an expansion.
Wizard short story spoilers I suppose:
Like in the story, an Assassin had been sent to watch Isendra, the Sorceress. They didn't kill her immediately, only when she started casting that powerful weather-altering spell that failed. (Bear in mind this is meant to be the sorceress from Diablo 2, so she would have already proven she had immense power) The same will apply to the Wizard, as long as they aren't corrupted or trying to cast an extremely dangerous spell, they should be fine, for now.
From the Assasin lore:
The small surviving group of sorcerers, the remnants of the once-great Vizjerei clan, resolved forevermore to spurn Demonic Magics and set about renewing their studies in the Elemental Magics. To further ensure that a similar tragedy could never happen again, they formed a secret order whose sole purpose was to police the mage clans, destroying corruption wherever they found it. This was the birth of the Viz-Jaq'taar, the Order of the Mage Slayers — otherwise known as the Assassins.
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As far as we know, none of the D2 heroes were corrupted, but 'not all of them are alive'. There are references in game and out of game to some of them though.
Necromancer - Act II random event hints he had trained apprentice(s)
Sorceress - Wizard's short story
Assassin - Wizard short story (maybe)
Barbarian - Was originally going to be the Barbarian you play as, was later changed to not be the same to downplay his importance or something like that.
The others, as far as I know, have unknown fates.
http://www.diablofan...logy-of-events/
This lore in this topic makes it sound like Leoric ruled for months trying to fight off Diablo. Considering all the torture chambers and prisons you go to in D3, he may have ruled for several months after he went mad.
Perhaps there's a precise timeline out there somewhere, but several months, maybe around a year, is probably accurate for his time ruling as the 'Black King.'
I suppose it depends on how quickly the Khanduras army lost to Westmarch. He was killed shortly after Lachdanan and the survivors of the failed Westmarch invasion returned.
Going by the D1 lore, the Warrior/D1 heroes would have arrived in Tristram not long after Leoric's death, as word of the weird events spread across the lands.
Going by the retconned Warrior = Price Aidan, he probably would have been with Lachdanan and the other survivors.
I don't think the Assassins work like what you may think of when you hear 'assassin.' As far as I know, altered dialogues and maybe cutscenes are the only class-specific things in-game. (The Witch Doctor's dialogue is pretty cool with his spirits guiding him) Perhaps class-specific content will be something they do for an expansion.
Wizard short story spoilers I suppose:
From the Assasin lore:
The small surviving group of sorcerers, the remnants of the once-great Vizjerei clan, resolved forevermore to spurn Demonic Magics and set about renewing their studies in the Elemental Magics. To further ensure that a similar tragedy could never happen again, they formed a secret order whose sole purpose was to police the mage clans, destroying corruption wherever they found it. This was the birth of the Viz-Jaq'taar, the Order of the Mage Slayers — otherwise known as the Assassins.