17,263
edits
Changes
Leah
,no edit summary
[[image:Leah-concept1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|An official still image from the cinematic trailer.]]
'''Leah''' is a beautiful young beautiful woman, daughter of [[Pablo DeSoto]]. She appears to be [[Deckard Cain]]'s adopted daughter and assistant in Diablo 3, and will likely appear . She appears as an [[NPC]] in the game, traveling with and assisting the character and taking on a more active role than the aged, infirm Cain could realistically manage. She was also the narrator of and appeared in the Diablo III introductory cinematic, though it's not known if she'll continue that role in the final game [[cinematics]].
==Known Information==
Leah appears in and seems to narrate narrates 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]
She was also mentioned as a companion of Deckard Cain in the first gameplay trailer, released at the Paris WWI in 2008, with the game's debut. In that gameplay movie, when the [[Barbarian]] rescues Cain, he tells Cain to hurry back to the village since Leah worries about him.
Leah is referred to (not by name) was seen, wielding a bow and arrow, beside Cain in one screenshots of the writings of [[Abd al-Hazir]]. The narrator of those writings met Leahs' father, [[Pablo DeSoto]]Caravan town area, in the village of [[Wortham]] while investigating the [[Gnarled Walker]]sAugust 2010. This encounter can be read Jay Wilson spoke about her in the an interview from Gamescom, August 2010: [[Writings of Abd alhttp://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-interview-indiablo.de-part-Hazirtwo/] : Entry no:'''''in. 0020|20th entry]]Diablo.d3: '''Who’s Leah? What role does she play?
::''I likewise found it odd that there seemed 'Jay Wilson: '''Leah is the adopted daughter of Deckard Cain. Cain’s a lot older; we felt like we needed another char to play some of his role. And also to be only elderly people more active. We wanted a char who was out in the village, world with the exception of one beautiful young woman whose father was quite insistent I keep my distance from herplayer who would interact and help out. Though he was rude on this point, I found him to be She’s a rather sociable sort once convinced I was not interested in his daughterquest giver and sometimes companion. He introduced himself as Pablo DeSoto''
==Spotted in the Game==
[[File:LeahNpc-npcleah-ingamecain1.jpg|thumb|300pxframe|Leah concept art and in-game view.[[Cain]]Leah was featured in an April Fool's screenshot with the [[ArchivistCaravan]]. She was not initially recognized ]]Leah and Deckard Cain can be seen in the screenshotscreenshots of the Caravan, partially since she's facing away from August 2010. Both are standing in a shadow near the camera, but her costume corresponds very well top of the screen in the images; a cropped version is seen to the concept art of Leah seen in right, with the Blizzard Museum at BlizzCon 2009levels turned up to make them more visible.
A fan realized this and pointed her out in September 2009, and a confirming comparison of the images can be seen below and to the right. [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/npc-leah-spotted-in-game/]
==Plot Speculation==
[[File:Leah-npc-ingame.jpg|thumb|300px|Leah concept art and in-game view.]]There was speculation going about that [[Leah]], the girl from the cinematic trailer, is actually the daughter of [[Pablo DeSoto]] mentioned in the lore, in the writing's of [[Abd al-Hazir]] as presented on Blizzard's website. This was ultimately confirmedremains unconfirmed. This encounter can be read about in the [[Writings of Abd al-Hazir: Entry no. 0020|20th entry]].
==Media==
Leah has only been indirectly seen in [http://diabloscreenshots, thus far.incgamers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=772&title=diablo-3-archivist-screenshot&cat=560 one screenshot] so farShe made an appearance with the Archivist in an April Fool's shot, but from that and other evidence it's assumed that she will appear is seen in shadows at the top edge of the screen in several of the game as an NPCearly [[Caravan]] screenshots. She has been seen appeared more often in numerous cinematic images shots and pieces of [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1191&title=leah-concept-art&cat=509 concept character art].
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/search.php?keywords=leah&cat=all&x=0&y=0 All Leah images] in the gallery.