User blog comment:Ralnon/Why didn't Diablo kill the Angiris Council?/@comment-2154860-20120527231745/@comment-390538-20120601004828

It's a hole just like in a Bond movie when James Bond is captured why don't they just shoot him and be done with him. It wouldn't make for a good movie nor would killing off the Angiris Council leave room for much of an expansion if all the major Archangels were dead. They plan on having a few xpacs for Diablo III, so I imagine we'll see Imperius or others meet their doom. There is also the fact that angels and demons don't die like mortals do. Demons go back to abyss and reconstitute after awhile, while angels go back to the Crystal Arch and do the same. If Diablo had been sucessful in corrupting the arch he could have kept the angels from reforming after death. Plus having hope trapped stripped the heavens of their hope. If he killed her outright another angel may have taken on her persona and returned hope to heavens defenders. Just my thoughts