Talk:Sahptev

So, it was revealed recently that Tyrael is the God of Justice of the Sahptev faith, but do the monks refer to him as their god by his name? The Romans, for example, have local names for the Greek gods. Mars is Ares the God of War; Mercury is Hermes the God of Commerce; Venus is Aphrodite the Goddess of Beauty, and so on. Well, I think it is something like this. In a fsnfiction I am writing, my monk character invokes Tyrael by the name of Kanuna, which is "law" in Hindi. 189.107.29.214 14:56, February 23, 2015 (UTC)
 * It's likely that monks, among other gods, have a personification of Justice, and consider Tyrael (Justice itself) to be its embodiment. It's not clear if the idea was inspired by Tyrael's image, or monks simply saw Tyrael and declared him to be the god of justice they believe in. It's possible that these 1001 deities have multiple names as well. The details are scarce, and maybe it will be expanded in future. Pryamus (talk) 19:12, February 23, 2015 (UTC)


 * There's more info available (e.g. Unyielding), but a lot of its lack in articles such as this is due to lack of time (least on my part). Concerning the points, the "god by another name" idea is more accurate IMO, as it matches Chu's "greater reality" comments). It matches a trend I've seen with Diablo deity lore between D2 and D3, that practically every deity in the setting can be linked to the nephalem (nephalem figures being worshipped), or Heaven/Hell (the Askari lore for D3 introduced the whole Lycander thing is another example) bar a few exceptions (e.g. Trag'Oul, and even he's in on the whole thing). My guess is that the Sahptev deities are either names for angels/demons/nephalem, or simply assigning names to natural phenomenon).


 * Anyway, it's a moot point to speculate. I wouldn't be surprised if the Angiris Council is worshipped indirectly by the monks, but again, just spec at this point in time.--Hawki (talk) 23:26, February 23, 2015 (UTC)
 * Looking at some of the monk's quest log entries from Act IV...
 * "Diablo, a god of terror and chaos, marches upon the gods of the Heavens."
 * "Imperius, the god of Valor, cannot see that these events are connected to far more than him or me."
 * "I have vanquished a servant of the god of Terror, but there will be more trials ahead of me."
 * "Just as we mortals need the gods, so do they need each other. The angels are weakened without Auriel, the goddess of Hope."
 * It seems like the monks view all the Angiris Council members and Great Evils as gods, and refer to them by their normal names.  Egrem (talk) 17:51, April 28, 2015 (UTC)