The Tragic Untold Fates of Diablo 2 Resurrecteds Character Classes

what was the tragic untold fates behind diablo 2's band of heroes diablo 2 is legendary in terms of innovation gameplay and memorable storyline enough to gunner itself a recent remaster some odd 20 years later and we know unfortunately thanks to diablo ii story the grisly fates of the original heroes that slew diablo meet the accursed cathedral their stories are concluded during the events of diablo 2 where the newly formed band of heroes confront all three with the rogue morena twisted by andario into the demonic blood raven good riddance corrupted in his search for forbidden knowledge

by the spirit of horizon oh i hate staining my hands with the blood of pal sorcerers and of course the warrior who felled diablo only to be rewarded by becoming the next vessel for the lord of terror making diablo's line all the more chilling yet many fans are still to this day left wondering what was the fates of the original seven heroes at the culmination of diablo ii with the prime evils dead did the heroes find some semblance of peace or suffer similar fates as the heroes of diablo 1. well today we're going to explore

the sometimes sad shocking and undeserving fates of the heroes of diablo 2. this may be our darkest hour but it will be your greatest moment or sorceress as they're generally known are on a quest for the perfect magic in its purest form they feel that the other disciplines of magic are haphazard and have chosen to instead focus strictly upon elemental magic in order to achieve perfection in these elemental transmutations they choose only the daughters of sanctuary with the highest level of attunement to the magical elements we learned thanks to the short story firefly that the

name of the sorceress was ascendra asyndra took lee ming the canonical female wizard of diablo iii as her apprentice after the events of diablo ii at khaldim's yashari sanctum unfortunately trying to help with the local drought aysendra lost control of one of her spells resulting in the death of many denizens of the desert to the east of caldeum immediately afterwards a vizjaktar assassin killed aysendra the state of her body and surrounding showed that the sorceress did not go down without a fight during the reaper of seoul's expansion the player can meet the spirit of vicendra

now acting as a guide before confronting malfield and can further ask questions about her assassination and mysterious identity of her killer how did you die i found your body but could never uncover the truth of your death as i tried to save the city of lude bahadur i was killed by this doctor a mage slayer an assassin who could have wanted you dead i do not know nor does it matter i am dead and nothing can change that all i care for now is to be free from [Applause] the assassin is a member of the

viz jacques tar an order of mage slayers instituted to hunt down rogue sorcerers corrupted by demon magic in order to avoid becoming corrupt themselves the assassins were trained to fight without using any magic using traps and fighting in close quarters with martial arts and so they trained with the mind and body to fight mages and resist their magics the playable class assassin is confirmed by the developers to be natalya the npc met first in the crew ass docks sent by her order to watch over the mage ormus 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 she is later recalled after the hero contends with mephisto canonically joining the heroes in act five the assassin was no doubt sent to herrogoth to deal with the most powerful mage tal russia corrupted by the lord of destruction bayern word is spreading fast that you killed mephisto i'd be honored to fight beside you in hell but i've just received my mission orders i'll be traveling to the barbarian lands of the north but i can't

tell you why with luck our paths will cross again post d2 we learned thanks to diablo 3 set items that natalia had abandoned the vishakhtar and joined the ranks of the demon hunters perhaps due to the assassination of her old companion the sorceress aysendra or perhaps more macabre thought natalya herself may have been involved in the assassination and the hunter [Music] as a member of the secretive priests of rathma or the necromancers as they're referred to by outsiders the priests fight to preserve the delicate balance between order and chaos using powerful blood magic those who

fall before the necromancer find no peace even in death rising again as skeletal servants bound to do their masters bidding we know officially thanks to the necromancer's inclusion in heroes of the storm that diablo 2's hero was named zul we also know post-defeating the primes zul took on multiple apprentices in his order the first chronologically between diablo 2 and 3 seen in diablo mortal was lethis who abandoned the order in a quest for greater power and in turn was hunted by zuul due to her transgressions let this stop this your wanton disregard for life ends

here you will be brought to justice how i tire of your jealous attempts to suppress my potential now now with the power of the world stone at my command i will obtain true dominion over the dead your entire lethargic order will be swept away and replaced by one with the ambition to reshape this corrupt world you are a relaxed old man and you are no longer the second apprentice of zul was mehtan who is later seen during the events of diablo iii and he reveals zul has become a revered and powerful necromancer of the order

we have denied the coven but i fear they will find other darker powers to exploit thank you and go with the blessings of rathma two decades ago my mentor faced the forces of evil and emerged victorious i cannot hope to surpass his achievements but i will try to bring balance to the raging forces that threaten to tear the world asunder in these days the spirits are restless near caldeum i must quiet them the amazon is a powerful woman warrior of the ascari who belongs to nomadic bands that roam the plains near the south sea while

her skill with the bow rivals that of the rogues the amazon is also adept in the use of spears and javelins as well as in hand-to-hand combat it was laser revealed in the heroes of the storm that the amazon of diablo ii's official name was cassia of the askari tribe of scovos isles following a prophecy from its oracle about the rise of the primevals cassia departed from the isles and joined with several warriors to pursue the dark wanderer after the prime's defeat and shattering the world stone the young amazon cassia had changed she'd seen hatred

terror and destruction firsthand not unlike the rogue of diablo 1 cassio surmised if the iskari were to survive the coming darkness they needed an army cassia returned to the scovos isles training future amazons to fight against the incoming darkness taking on the title of war matron a nomadic warrior the barbarian combines brawn and ruggedness with the mastery of weapons using devastating merely attacks along with war cries to boost his allies or demoralize his enemies the barbarian like his kin grew up in herogoth at the base of mount arriot and fatefully defended his homeland when he

and a group of adventurers faced and defeated bale after the events of diablo ii with ariat destroyed the destruction of the world stone and devastation of their homeland many barbarians had lost faith some became aimless haunted by their past and traveling from place to place without honor or direction during the development of diablo 3 which is set several decades later than d2 it was originally intended that the male barbarian be the same individual as the one from d2 this led to issues in the game in that things had to be explained differently to other characters

or newcomers opposed to an inexperienced character and it was later decided that the diablo 3 hero should be unique to the game itself and thus the characters were made separate we'd like to start today by introducing the barbarian one of several classes you can play in diablo 3. the barbarian overcomes his enemies with pure brute force he's the perfect example of our character design philosophy there's no such thing as too much power however due to the barbarian of diablo 3 sharing some traits and backstory left from the decisions of the barbarian in d2 such as

claiming to have seen the world stone which would have been impossible with the ancients guarding the stone and only bale possessed the ward to circumvent this it is for all intents and purposes the same barbarian of d2 as the hero that returned in diablo 3 even if it slightly breaks cannon kane you still live ah there you are the writings in this place are incredible come stay awhile and it is time for shedding our enemies blood not idle talk no one ever listens the paladin is originally a warrior of the zak room faith protecting the

believers in a dangerous world and working to convert unbelievers as of the events in diablo 2 however there has been a split in the church with the paladins rejecting the now corrupted leadership in kurast under the influence of mephisto [Music] although we don't have a confirmation of what happened exactly to the paladin of diablo 2 we learned in the crusader q a for d3 why the crusader actually replaced the holy warriors due to the paladin's eventual decline it's revealed many paladin orders have been disbanded at that point some have formed into new orders such as

the templars while others have gone rogue or freelance and others simply died the knights of westmarch specifically who the paladin of d2 was a member have become a largely secular order separated from the zakeroon faith and more focused on the defense of westmarch itself from physical harm rather than spiritual of course we learn from reaper of souls itself that malfield decimated most of westmarch inhabitants with 9 out of 10 people dying including the ranks of the knights of westmarch in the angel of death's campaign to end all of humanity the druids are a race of

nomadic warrior poet kings driven from their homelands long ago by their barbarian brothers the druid tribes live primarily in the northern forests using mystic secrets passed down through the generations they summon the elements of fire and wind to do their bidding and command creatures of the forest to aid them in battle shifting from their human forms into that of wild beasts gives the druids abilities far beyond those of mortals one of the druid number returned to the northern steps to aid herrogoth in its defense against bale allying with a group of heroes the lord of

destruction was defeated but at the cost of the world stone simultaneously we saw in the comic tales of sanctuary the druids successfully defended their own lands from bale's forces although the official fate of the druid character of diablo ii is unknown his people in the decades after malthiel's defeat saw dark times descended upon the druids khazra or goat men rampaged across skosglen slaughtering farmers mere feet from the torchlight of their towns the people huddled together hoping their numbers would keep them safe but the moment they left the safety of civilization they found themselves lost and

surrounded by these feral nightmares with these people all but scattered to the wind another druid has since risen to face the forces of hell in the upcoming title diablo iv you think me mad old friend but i know these dreams they tell of the future hell is coming brother hell is coming