12,486
edits
Changes
m
no edit summary
==Meteor==
[[Image:Meteor2.jpg|thumb|400px|The infamous meteor sailing towards [[Tristram Cathedral]].]]In the [[Diablo 3]] [[cinematic]] trailer from [[WWI 2008]], we get to see glimpses of what is happening twenty years after the destruction of the [[Worldstone]] and the defeat of the [[Prime Evils]], a . A blazing meteor is seen falling across the sky, landing abruptly upon crashing down into the [[New TristramCathedral]] Cathedral. We know from the cinematic and other art that [[Leah]] and [[Deckard Cain]] were at the cathedral at the time the meteor struck , crashing through many levels down into the basementcatacombs below. It presumably crashed to Blizzard has said the bottom of catacombs we see here are essentially the basement where same ones we visited in [[DiabloI]] was originally defeated in , where [[Diablo I]]himself was once defeated.
In the [[BlizzCon 2008]] playable demo, [[Captain Rumford]] says a meteor had struck the cathedral and it has awakened evil within. He asks you to investigate. This awakened evil turns out to be [[King Leoric]], or possibly something deep underneath, where the demo characters were not able to proceed to. If this will be the same in the full game is unknown.
==Speculation==
What the meteor actually contains is unknown. The only things fans have been able to speculate about are information given in the [http://wwwdiablo.diiiincgamers.netcom/gallery/ concept art]. It is of course possible the flaming stone is just some spirit from above that resurrects [[Leoric]], but knowing Blizzard's intricate story lines, it's likely something much greater than just the Skeleton King.
===Fallen Angel===
The most popular line of thought is that the comet in fact is an [[Angel]], or even an [[Archangel]] expelled from the [[High Heavens]] for unknown reasons and that hitting [[Tristram Cathedral]] is either a sign to get call the hero characters of D2 there, or random chance. The reason for this line of belief is the concept art with angel-like appearance. The two most popular candidates are [[Tyrael]] and [[Izual]].
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/ Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures]
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=all&si=meteor Meteor-specific gallery contents]
==Meteor Terms==
A meteoroid is a sand- to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar System. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor] The visible path of a meteoroid that enters Earth's (or another body's) atmosphere is called a ''meteor'', or colloquially a ''shooting star '' or ''falling star''. If a meteor reaches the ground and survives impact, then it is called a ''meteorite''. Many meteors appearing seconds or minutes apart are called a ''meteor shower''. The root word meteor comes from the Greek meteōros, meaning "high in the air".