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[[image:Leah-concept1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|An official still image from the cinematic trailer.]]
'''Leah''' is a young beautiful woman, daughter of [[Pablo DeSoto]], and friendly with . She appears to be [[Deckard Cain]]'s assistant in Diablo 3, who probably and will turn up likely appear as a game an [[NPC]]in the game.
She met [[Abd al-Hazir]] in [[Wortham]] together with her father, but did not exchange much information with him.==Known Information==
Leah appears in and seems to narrate the Diablo III introductory cinematic trailer. (Confirmed when Blizzard released a wallpaper with her image on it, entitled "Leah." [[http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1149&cat=550]
Leah is the girl from the cinematic trailer, and She was also mentioned by name as a companion of Deckard Cain in the first gameplay trailer, released at the Paris WWI in 2008, with the game's debut. The In that gameplay movie, when the [[Barbarian]] says rescues Cain, he tells Cain to hurry back to [[Deckard Cain]] that the village since Leah worries for about him (Leah was confirmed as her name when Blizzard called her that in [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1149&cat=550 an official wallpaper]). It seems that Leah gave the player the quest to rescue Deckard Cain in the catacombs below the old [[Tristram Cathedral]].
Leah is referred to (not by name) in one of the writings of [[Abd al-Hazir]]. The narrator of those writings met Leahs' father, [[Pablo DeSoto]], in the village of [[Wortham]] while investigating the [[Gnarled Walker]]s. This encounter can be read about in the [[Writings of Abd al-Hazir: Entry no. 0020|20th entry]].
 
:''I likewise found it odd that there seemed to be only elderly people in the village, with the exception of one beautiful young woman whose father was quite insistent I keep my distance from her. Though he was rude on this point, I found him to be a rather sociable sort once convinced I was not interested in his daughter. He introduced himself as Pablo DeSoto''
Related to her, Abd mentions her in his [[Writings of Abd al-Hazir: Entry no. 0020|20th entry of his writings]], concerning the village of Wortham and [[Gnarled Walker]]s:
==Spotted in the Game==
[[File:Leah-npc-ingame.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Leah concept art and in-game view.]]Leah was featured in an April Fool''I likewise found it odd that there seemed to be only elderly people s screenshot with the [[Archivist]]. She was not initially recognized in the villagescreenshot, with partially since she's facing away from the exception of one beautiful young woman whose father was quite insistent I keep my distance from camera, but her. Though he was rude on this point, I found him costume corresponds very well to be a rather sociable sort once convinced I was not interested the concept art of Leah seen in his daughterthe Blizzard Museum at BlizzCon 2009. He introduced himself as Pablo DeSoto''
A comparison of the images can be seen to the right, as posted in the news in September, 2009. [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/npc-leah-spotted-in-game/]
==Spotted in the Game==
[http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/npc-leah-spotted-in-game/ Here she is]!
==Speculation==
[[File:Leah-concept.jpg|thumb|400px|Leah in concept art.]]There was speculation going about that [[Leah]], the girl from the cinematic trailer, is actually the daughter of [[Pablo DeSoto]] mentioned in the lore, and in the writing's of [[Abd al-Hazir]] as presented on Blizzard's website. This was ultimately confirmed to be that. Other speculations include  Leah being is the new narratorof the Diablo 3 introductory cinematic, [[Deckard Cain|Cain]]in which she appears, as a witness to the meteor crashing down through the Tristram Cathedral. It's not known if she'll be a major figure in the game's daughter plot, or apprenticewill even appear in the cinematic beyond her voice over role in the introductory movie.  ==Media==
Leah has only been seen in ]http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=772&title=diablo-3-archivist-screenshot&cat=560 one screenshot] so far, but from that and other evidence it's assumed that she will appear in the game as an NPC. She has been seen in numerous cinematic images and pieces of [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1191&title=leah-concept-art&cat=509 concept art].
Be as it may, it is clear that there is some significance to the appearance on the cinematic trailer, as these take a substantial amount of time to prepare* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/search. Any random [[NPCphp?keywords=leah&cat=all&x=0&y=0 All Leah images]] may be dropped out of the game as the development progresses but Leah was important enough to be put in the trailer which they had to begin working on months before the game announcementgallery.