Diablo (franchise)

Diablo is a major Blizzard Entertainment franchise, and one of those represented in Heroes of the Storm.

Overview[]

Diablo is an action-role playing dark fantasy series, deriving its namesake from its chief antagonist. Set primarily on the world of Sanctuary, it is based around an eternal conflict between the angels of the High Heavens, and the demons of the Burning Hells, with mankind caught in the middle.

The concept for Diablo originated with Condor, which was purchased by Blizzard Entertainment and renamed as "Blizzard North." With the closing of Blizzard North in 2005 however, Blizzard (South) has taken over development of the series.

Compared to Warcraft and StarCraft, Diablo has the most realistic art style;^[1] humans are more normally proportioned, and the series has a "darker" and more "intense" art style, sitting on the opposite end of the spectrum from Warcraft.^[2] For Heroes of the Storm, Diablo heroes are designed to look more in sync with their Warcraft counterparts,^[1] to be less dark and shadowed.^[2]

Multiverse[]

There seems to exist a version of the Diablo universe within the Nexus. A number of Heroes from other franchises are from here.

The junkrats are the most scarcely seen of the fallen family of demons. Capricious and suspicious to a fault, they prefer to live amongst the ruined war-machines that litter Pandemonium where they scourge for resources.
Hailing from the Skovos Isles, the Askari, or Amazons, are skilled combatants. The young warrior Nova is an expert sharpshooter; eager to make her mark on the world.
Those who fight against evil are often the most affected by it. The Rogues of Khanduras learned this well when their former sister Sylvanas fell in league with the Maiden of Anguish, Andariel.
The deserts of Aranoch are inhospitable in the best of times. After Mephisto bound a demonic spirit to the corpse of the Assassin-Prince Zeratul things have grown considerably worse.