New ideas of a main boss

[Visage]

New ideas of a main boss

theirs not much in the diablo3 wiki about him, but i think he has potential to be one of the next big bosses.. i get this from some of the lore ive been reading

Kabraxis Thief of Hope

In the lore the demon gets locked away behind a giant gate from the 3 prime evils fearing that this demon could and would get stronger enough to overun them.. well in the lore he gets freed by a man named Cholik. the demon tries to overun the zakaram church by building his own church and gaining worshippers and followers..

in the book here is how the demon is describes: "Perhaps even has much as fifteen feet tall. The demons massively broad body was black flesh, marbled in blue fire that burned and ran through him. His face was horrid, crafted of hard planes and rudimentary features: two inverted triangle eyes. no nose but black pits that were his nostrils, and a lipless gash of a mouth filled with yellow fangs, writhing, poisonous vipers sprouted from his head, all of them beautiful, cool crystal colors of a rainbow"

now i can imagine this as one of the main bosses. let me here some feedback

 

[Krugar]

Re: New ideas of a main boss

It's indeed interesting, Visage. I wouldn't mind that if the game story revolved around the the figures of Lilith, Inarius, Azmodan and Belial.

I'm frankly a little tired of the Prime Evils thing. Diablo was defeated enough times. Time to move on in the story. The possibility of yet once again battle this Prime Evil really removes momentum from the previous game. We are just moving around in circles. Enough is enough. There's much more formidable foes out there. In fact Diablo is not even the most dangerous of the Prime Evils. Neither he is the most powerful enemy of Sanctuary. Mephisto is most probably much more dangerous. Diablo is clumsy and brutish, even if the strongest. Mephisto is the plotter, devilish and hateful. A rather more dangerous combination. He's the father of Lilith, no less. He's the eldest of the three and the Prime Evil that holds Inarius in a prison. Meanwhile much more dangerous than the Prime Evils, is almost certainly the Angiris Council. Particularly Imperius, the Archangel of War and the most decided on the fact Sanctuary needs to be destroyed.

A plot that evolved the game story would be much more rewarding to me. Without the Soulstone, Sanctuary plot could go back to its origins and a game that introduced such figures as Inarius, now deranged from years of imprisonment and decided to destroy everything and anyone, Lilith bent on reviving the powerful Nephalem, Azmodan and Belial lesser evils focused on gaining control of Sanctuary, and the Heavens forcing Tyrael to decided between destroying Sanctuary or be forever banished from the Council,... all these things, some combination of them, or something like them, would mean an evolving story. Much more rewarding than a YAKD (Yet Another Kill Diablo game)

 

[Sky Tan]

Re: New ideas of a main boss

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

 

[Zeek]

Re: New ideas of a main boss

I'm still in it for killing the prime evils. Any good villain is going to take a few deaths in stride. I just don't feel like we've seen their end game played out yet. I want to see the whole world on the brink of destruction from their dark plans. Then once we stop them it can be the end of the 3.

 

[TarnishedHope]

Re: New ideas of a main boss

According to the novels, demons cannot be truly destroyed outside of the Burning Hell. Of the three Prime Evils, only Diablo was supposingly beyond reincarnation, assuming the Chaos Sanctuary is, indeed, located in the Burning Hell. Yet, he made an appearance, after the events of Diablo II, in one of the novels.

To set a lesser foe as the final boss of Diablo III would be... anti-climatic. Considering that the Barbarian is supposed to be the one who had fell the Prime Evils in Diablo II, to be set against anything less would be more like... squishing bugs under his heel.

Many have seem to have forgotten that in Diablo's lore, both Heaven and the Burning Hell have their own agenda. It's more than possible that one of the archangel, corrupted or otherwise, could be bent on the destruction of the mortal realm. Endless possibility really.

Kabraxis might be a foe of the Prime Evils, but he's far from capable enough. As boss in an early chapter, perhaps, but nothing more. There are too many entities stronger than him in the lore.

 

[Turnip]

Re: New ideas of a main boss

Is that thief of hope made by the original diablo 2 team?

Sounds a bit like the pit lord or something so im just wondering.

 

[TarnishedHope]

Re: New ideas of a main boss

He's the main antagonist featured in the novel, The Black Road. Supposingly, the novels are canon to the official lore.

A search on google yielded a very well-drawn interpretation of Kabraxis, done by a talented artist from another forum.

 

[qOcOp]

Re: New ideas of a main boss

He's the main antagonist featured in the novel, The Black Road. Supposingly, the novels are canon to the official lore.

A search on google yielded a very well-drawn interpretation of Kabraxis, done by a talented artist from another forum.

Saw this a while back. He looks so sick.

 

[Visage]

Re: New ideas of a main boss

According to the novels, demons cannot be truly destroyed outside of the Burning Hell. Of the three Prime Evils, only Diablo was supposingly beyond reincarnation, assuming the Chaos Sanctuary is, indeed, located in the Burning Hell. Yet, he made an appearance, after the events of Diablo II, in one of the novels.

To set a lesser foe as the final boss of Diablo III would be... anti-climatic. Considering that the Barbarian is supposed to be the one who had fell the Prime Evils in Diablo II, to be set against anything less would be more like... squishing bugs under his heel.

Many have seem to have forgotten that in Diablo's lore, both Heaven and the Burning Hell have their own agenda. It's more than possible that one of the archangel, corrupted or otherwise, could be bent on the destruction of the mortal realm. Endless possibility really.

Kabraxis might be a foe of the Prime Evils, but he's far from capable enough. As boss in an early chapter, perhaps, but nothing more. There are too many entities stronger than him in the lore.

ur wrong about that.. in the lore he gets locked away by the prime evils because he had the potential to become stronger then diablo himself. and he gets released as i mentioned above around the same time that king leoric got possessed by diablo (i think thats what happened.. i havent read that part in a long time) either way d3 is set years and years after that.. so he can become stronger

 

[Akimbo]

Re: New ideas of a main boss

Meh, I wonder about the game being called DIABLO 3.....sort of hints at the main antagonist. I'd be dissapointed if a game named after him didn't feature him. If you just mean a boss like Mephisto or duriel were, anything's possible.

 

[Krugar]

Re: New ideas of a main boss

Meh, I wonder about the game being called DIABLO 3.....sort of hints at the main antagonist. I'd be dissapointed if a game named after him didn't feature him. If you just mean a boss like Mephisto or duriel were, anything's possible.

D1 and D2 featured Diablo. D1 was the first and clearly placed him at center stage. Its expected for a game series to retain the original name. What isn't usually expected is for every game on the series to feature the same foe over and over again.

Conversely, I do agree there is still room to explore new Diablo appearances. But then, they can stretch it enough and by Diablo VII, by your own argument, you will still be battling Diablo. Have fun with that.

For any of us who have read the novels -- and especially the Sin Wars trilogy -- there is such a rich mythos therein that it becomes almost a crime to not explore it. How many here read the novels and just didn't think "how cool would it be if this was in the game?".

 

[Turnip]

Re: New ideas of a main boss

Well whats that monster in the cinematics, it had some of the same features described didnt it?