User talk:ElPrimordial

Hi there, ElPrimordial!
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About the picture
Hello El,

I don't think there is a lore-wise meaning behind these, those were simply included into manual and never really used again. They were added into the Magic article, though.

It happens that artists have to discard some objects like this due to time constraints, or simply because there's no significant place in lore for them. I like the symbols, however. Pryamus (talk) 22:00, December 25, 2014 (UTC)
 * You are always welcome. About the writing: I think that at some point, both Diablo I and Diablo III teams considered creating authentic languages for the universe (much like Warcraft universe has them), but did not advance this idea any further; in result, Leah's writings are just random symbols. This simplification is often used in games (instead of creating separate languages for all races and nations, developers just make one, Common, and make everyone speak it; or one common and one racial-specific, like Elven in Dragon Age). Due to most video games made in English, usually common is proxied by English, and the secondary languages are either original or proxied by Latin. However, even in games that have separate languages, those usually have no writing system; at best it is proxied by Scandinavian runes. This is perfectly normal in fiction, although some players actually enjoy learning a fictional language with functional grammar (think of Klingon). Pryamus (talk) 20:30, December 26, 2014 (UTC)
 * Heh. Then share your thoughts after you finish D3 :) As of symbols: yep, at many times in-game symbols are inspired by real ones, but in the last few years, people do not tend to copy existing ones. An example is using the cross as holy symbol in Diablo series: it was used in D1 and D2, but in D3, it was replaced with a Zakarum sigil, psi-shaped. It's interesting to find parallels, but generally developers prefer making more or less original content. Another example is replacing Diablo's symbol, a pentagram, with an odd-shaped rune, which still remotely resembles a several-pointed star. It looks more authentic and menacing :) Pryamus (talk) 21:20, December 26, 2014 (UTC)