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==Lore== There is a [http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/environments/tristram.xml New Tristram lore entry] in the official page. The following quotation summarizes the rise and fall of New Tristram: :"''New Tristram has been in existence for several years, though the exact date of its founding is unclear. Originally simply a collection of merchants looking to profit on adventurers and travelers travellers drawn by legends of riches within the old cathedral, it slowly set down roots and became an established town. As soon as the cathedral was looted bare, however, the adventurers and travelers travellers stopped coming, and New Tristram found itself in decline. The town is now comprised mostly of depressing shacks; the inn is the only building that looks even the least bit habitable."''
[[category:towns]]==Old Tristram==Tristram has changed appearances several times since we first saw it in [[category:Act Diablo I levels]], but just to refresh your memory, this is how it looked back in the mid-nineties:[[category:new tristram]][[CategoryImage:SanctuaryOriginal_Tristram1.jpg|650px]]
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[[Image:Tristram1s.jpg|frame|Dark and infested.]]
'''New Tristram ''' is one of the towns [[town]]s in Diablo III. It's a wretched, rotting corpse of a town, grown up on the ruins of the old Tristram that blossomed during past ages, but has now fallen back into decay.
==Start at the Beginning==
The [[WWI 2008: D3 Lore and Environmental Art Panel]] Q&A session revealed that New Tristram is the starting town of Diablo III.
::There were a number of nice set pieces elsewhere in Tristram that added to the mood. A human hand is seen at one point, clawing at the earth, before being yanked down into a dark cellar from which come horrible screams and a fountain of blood. Ghosts wander the streets, sobbing quietly and pathetically. Zombies are seen gnawing on corpses, and their moans and groans are very horror movie appropriate.
==Tristram's Layout==
This was also addressed by Flux in a comment on his BlizzCon gameplay report[http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/blizzcon-demo-discussion/ Blizzcon gameplay report]:
:As for the geography, it’s not recognizable as the same town from D1, but it’s clearly inspired by it. The whole ruined town is much larger than in previous games, but that’s understandable since it’s been 20 years and the town was destroyed and rebuilt (and is now being destroyed again). There are about 15 or 20 ruined structures clustered in the center of the map. One has a broken wooden sign that hovers as “Griswold’s Fine Weapons” if you point at it. No sign of Griswold or any other recognizable NPCs though.
==Background==
[[Abd al-Hazir]] mentions the the rise and fall of New Tristram in his
==Screenshots==
Numerous screens have shown New Tristram, but only the ruined, monster-infested portion of the town. The Blizzcon BlizzCon 2008 demo build started in a very small encampment just outside of New Tristram, but there were no NPC merchants [[merchant]]s available. It's assumed that the New Tristram we'll see in the final game will be larger and have various merchants and [[quest]]-giving NPCs[[NPC]]s, but this is just conjecture.
A few sample screens. There are many more [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?si=tristram&x=0&y=0&limit=&thumbsonly=0&perpage=18&cat=546&ppuser=&thumbcheck=0&page=1&sortby=&sorttime=&way=&cat=546 in the image gallery].
==Concept Art==
There's a lot of concept art of Tristram, but it's not clear how much was just for background information or reference. The New Tristram so far seen in the game has been a zombie-infested ruins; if there's more of a town waiting to be discovered in the final game, we've not seen in-game evidence of it yet.
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==References==
* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/blizzcon-demo-discussion/ BlizzCon Demo Discussion]* [http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/environments/tristram.xml Blizzard's official lore page - New Tristram]* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?si=tristram&x=0&y=0&limit=&thumbsonly=0&perpage=18&cat=546&ppuser=&thumbcheck=0&page=1&sortby=&sorttime=&way=&cat=546 Diii.net's screenshot gallery]
[http[Category:Towns]][[Category:Act I levels]][[Category:New Tristram]][[Category://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?si=tristram&x=0&y=0&limit=&thumbsonly=0&perpage=18&cat=546&ppuser=&thumbcheck=0&page=1&sortby=&sorttime=&way=&cat=546 www.diii.net's screenshot gallerySanctuary]]