Azureblade

2012-03-18T12:45:30Z

Xanethia: added some formatting to the text

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'''Azureblade''' is the type of sword wielded by [[Tyrael]] and [[Izual]].<br>
[[Tyrael]]'s sword is named [[El'Druin]], and is also commonly titled [[Sword of Justice]].<br>
[[Izual]] is wielding [[Azurewrath]].

As The Azurewrath is called an 'Angelic Runeblade' by [[Tyrael]], it is speculated that it might be his own as well.

==Background==
[[File:Tyrael.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Tyrael]]'s [[Azureblade]].]]
[[File:Wanderer.jpg|thumb|right|[[Tyrael]] fighting the [[Dark Wanderer]].]]
The origins of the Sword is unknown, but the Azureblade has been used by [[Tyrael]] for a long time, and was his weapon of choice when fighting the [[Dark Wanderer]] inside the [[Tomb of Tal Rasha]], next to the [[Binding Stone]].

The Azureblade [[El'Druin]] is also the sword Tyrael used in conjunction with some sort of [[spell]] to destroy the corrupted [[Worldstone]].

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Tyrael

2012-03-18T12:34:59Z

Xanethia: clarified information regarding the name of Tyrael's sword El'Druin

'''Tyrael''' is an [[Archangel]] and a member of the powerful [[Angiris Council]]. He defied the council in order to teach the [[Horadrim]] how to seal the [[Prime Evils]]' souls into [[soulstone]]s, thereby trapping them for eternity.

Tyrael is the Archangel of Justice and wields the [[Azureblade]] named [[El'Druin]].

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|chartype= main
|title= [[Archangel]] of Justice
|gender= Male (presumed)
|race= Angel
|status= Alive (presumed)
|occupation= [[Angiris Council]] Member
|affiliation= [[High Heavens]], [[Angiris Council]], [[Horadrim]]
|friends= [[Deckard Cain]], [[Tal Rasha]], [[Jered Cain]]
|foes= [[Baal]], [[Mephisto]], [[Diablo]]
|location= Unknown
|categories= [[category:Possible NPCs]][[category:Angels]][[category:Angiris Council]]
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== Diablo III Character ==
Tyrael has been seen in a lot on concept art and on the official webpage for [[Diablo III]]. He is very likely to end up as an [[NPC]] in the game in some form. There have been debates as to his motives and whether he will be good or evil. Players will have to wait and see.

===Diablo 3 Theories===
Many players believe that Tyrael will be central to the plot of Diablo 3. They speculate that he will suffer the repercussions of destroying the Worldstone, and has been cast out of the heavens at some point during the 20 years following the destruction of the Worldstone. Tyrael could potentially be corrupted and an enemy in the next game [http://forums.diii.net/showthread.php?t=669472]. These claims can be evidenced by images of Tyraels' wings appearing smoky[http://diablo3x.com/diablo-3-website-tyrael-is-turning-evil]. Finally, during a Q&A session a Blizzard Representative said the following in an answer to a question on The High Heavens and Tyrael:

<blockquote> "We are not going to reveal any details about that but I can say we do address a lot of the issues that you’re talking about. I can extrapolate that the high heavens aren’t very pleased about his actions. I probably shouldn’t say any more." [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/diablo-3-open-qa-full-transcript1/] </blockquote>

As to his whereabouts, Blizzard states, "He hasn't been seen by any mortal since the destruction of the Worldstone."

[[Image:Tyreal_bare.jpg|left|thumb|600px|Tyrael, as seen on the official home page. Some fans claim that his wings seem to be just smoke, as if he has been banished from the [[High Heavens]].]]

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===Related Characters (and Monsters)===
* [[Deckard Cain]]
* The [[Player character]]s

==Personality and Appearance==
The personality of Tyrael is known to only a very few. We know he is a man of great justice, compassion and hatred of [[demon]]s, and he has a special interest in [[Sanctuary]] as well as humanity.

Since he was close to destroying Sanctuary himself, originally, it's clear he's not afraid to take action against what he considers a threat to the [[High Heavens]].

Tyrael, being an Angel in the Diablo universe, is a being composed of "vibrations of light"[http://diablo.incgamers.com/misc/bashiok-on-unlocking-tyraels-face/] and as such, he doesn't have an actual face, hence the shadows and blackness inside of his hood. However, if the situation warrants it, Tyrael is able to compose himself into a visibly "human" form if he needs to, as all other angels are capable of as well.

==Background==

===Sanctuary===
When the [[Angiris Council]] first discovered [[Sanctuary]], Tyrael was designated to lead Heaven's forces in destroying the "abomination". This was [[Imperius]]' view, one Tyrael sympathised with, since the whole existence of sanctuary comes from a defiled union of [[angel]]s and [[demon]]s.

When Tyrael witnessed [[Uldyssian]] sacrificing himself for the world of sanctuary he had a change of heart, and took the deciding vote within the council to save Sanctuary from destruction.

The council wiped the memories of all humans, and none now know that Tyrael could have been the one responsible for the undoing of all of humanity.

===The Horadrim===
[[File:Horadrim_Sigil.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Sigil of the [[Horadrim]].]]
After the existence of [[Sanctuary]] was secured, Tyrael has been ordered by his fellow angels on many occasions not to interfere with the mortal world. He has often disobeyed, fearing that Sanctuary would otherwise fall in the hands of the [[Burning Hells]].

When the [[Prime Evils]] later were banished from hell during the [[Dark Exile]], Tyrael helped humanity to create the [[Horadrim]] and creating the Soulstones they used to imprison [[Diablo]], [[Mephisto]] and [[Baal]] with, centuries before the events covered in Diablo I and Diablo II.

He also helped the Horadrim to seal the essence of Baal in the body of [[Tal Rasha]].

===The Worldstone===
[[File:Tyrael.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Tyrael destroying the [[Worldstone]].]]
Tyrael was captured by Baal after he failed to stop Diablo from releasing Baal but was eventually freed by the adventurers of [[Diablo II]]. He returned to the adventurers in the [[Pandemonium Fortress]], the last bastion before [[Hell]], to offer some assistance.

When [[Diablo]] was defeated and the adventurers had caught up with [[Baal]] to slay him, Tyrael made it clear that Baal had permanently corrupted the [[Worldstone]]. He decided that the only thing he could do to protect [[Sanctuary]] was to destroy the sacred relic.

The destruction left the massive [[Mount Arreat]] as nothing more than a crater, and dealt a devastating blow to the [[Barbarian]] tribes, who saw it as their life duty to protect the Worldstone.

The Barbarian tribe leader [[Anya]] considers the destruction and tells us in her valediction that this action was never foreseen in the prophecies.

===Speculation: Tyrael's Agenda===
[[File:Angel concept1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This [[Archangel]], who likely is Tyrael, is doing something powerful.]]
Tyrael has appeared throughout Sanctuary at many times to assist the humans in the fight against the demonic forces. Amongst players there is much speculation as to Tyrael's real agenda, but in the game all of the [[NPCs]] seem to hold him in the highest esteem.

However, the speculation includes notions that Tyrael does not care about humanity, and the destruction of the [[Worldstone]] is for some devious purpose. Seen from a certain light, it seems strange he first supplied [[Soulstone]]s to the [[Horadrim]], only to ask the heroes to destroy them a few hundred years later. What implications will the destruction of the Worldstone have on [[Sanctuary]] and how do we know it really was corrupted beyond salvation? [[Baal]] had not spent ''that'' much time in the chamber, and was the Worldstone really so easy to corrupt?

===Friends===
As with his personality, it's hard to know if Tyrael ever had any human friends, but if he did, [[Tal Rasha]] would likely be part of those, as would [[Deckard Cain]] and the heroes who helped defeat the Prime Evils.

===Foes===
More than anything, Tyrael opposes the [[Burning Hells]] and [[demon]]kind. If this is his only motivation for helping humans on [[Sanctuary]], or if he perhaps is using the human world as a battlefield against Hell is unknown.



==Previous Appearances==
[[File:Tyrael.gif|right|thumb|180px|Tyrael in [[Diablo II]].]]
Tyrael is seen in three places in [[Diablo II]]. The first is at the end of Act Two, when he greets the player from the island where Baal/Tal Rasha had been imprisoned. The second meeting comes in the [[Pandemonium Fortress]], the town of Act Four, where Tyrael interacts with characters like any other [[NPC]], though of course he's a bit less chatty.

He is not a merchant, but he can resurrect dead [[follower|mercs]], for the usual price. What Tyrael does with the [[gold]] is an eternal question and running joke for many players. The third sighting of Tyrael comes at the end of Act Five, when he descends from above after [[Baal]]'s defeat in the [[Worldstone Chamber]].

After a speech in which he asserts that Baal has poisoned the [[Worldstone]] and that it will no longer function to keep most of the forces of [[High Heavens|Heaven]] and [[Burning Hells|Hell]] from flooding into the mortal world, Tyrael creates a portal for the human heroes to leave.

After their departure, Tyrael hurls his sword into the Worldstone, causing it to shatter into countless millions of pieces, and its this explosion and apparent doom for humanity that fills the final cinematic of Diablo II.

For more information about the Diablo II NPC Tyrael, see: '''{{iw|Tyrael Tyrael}}'''

===Tyrael Dialogues===
These dialogues are the transcribed content of everything Tyrael has said in any [[Diablo game]]. So far of course only [[Diablo II]]...
* '''[[Tyrael dialogue]]s'''



==Trivia==
[[File:Tyrael_pet.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Tyrael pet.]]
Tyrael makes a cameo in [[World of WarCraft]] as an in-game pet. This was part of the goody-bag from [[WWI 2008]] in Paris, where Diablo was unveiled.

==Media==
You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/ Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures]
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=all&si=Tyrael Tyrael-specific gallery contents]

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Tyrael in action, trying to stop the [[Dark Wanderer]] from freeing [[Baal]]. Unfortunately, [[Marius]] gets in the way and frees him.

<gallery>
File:Tyrael.jpg|Destroying the [[Worldstone]].
File:Tyrael_armor.jpg|Tyrael's Armour.
File:Tyrael.gif|D2's Tyrael.
File:Tyrael_portrait.jpg|Tyrael up close.
File:Angel concept1.jpg|Tyrael or possibly [[Izual]] doing some soul-searching.
File:Tyrael_pet.jpg|The [[World of WarCraft|WoW pet]].
File:Wanderer.jpg|Fighting the [[Dark Wanderer]].
File:Brom_TY.jpg|Tyrael by [[Brom]].
</gallery>



==References==
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/tyrael-the-archangel-of-justice/ Tyrael - The Archangel of Justice ]
* [[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Manual]]
* [[Diablo II Manual]]
* [[Diablo I Manual]]
* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/diablo-3-open-qa-full-transcript1/ Diablo 3 Open Q&A Full Transcript]
* {{iw|Tyrael Diablo II Tyrael}}
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=718&size=big&cat=563 Tyrael's Armor]
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=724&size=big&cat=563 Tyrael or other Archangel being powerful]

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Azureblade

2012-03-18T11:46:50Z

Xanethia: Updated to reflect the newest lore from Blizzard regarding naming of Tyraels sword (El'Druin)

:''Were you looking for item stats? See '''{{iw|Unique_Swords Diablo II Unique Swords}}'''.''

'''Azureblade''' is the type of sword wielded by [[Tyrael]] and [[Izual]]
[[Tyrael]]'s sword is named [[El'Druin]], and is also commonly called [[Sword of Justice]], although it is likely that the name is refering to the type of sword, and thus referring to '''Azureblade'''.
[[Izual]] is wielding [[Azurewrath]].

As The Azurewrath is called an 'Angelic Runeblade' by [[Tyrael]], it is speculated that it might be his own as well.

==Background==
[[File:Tyrael.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Tyrael]]'s [[Azureblade]].]]
[[File:Wanderer.jpg|thumb|right|[[Tyrael]] fighting the [[Dark Wanderer]].]]
The origins of the Sword is unknown, but the Azureblade has been used by [[Tyrael]] for a long time, and was his weapon of choice when fighting the [[Dark Wanderer]] inside the [[Tomb of Tal Rasha]], next to the [[Binding Stone]].

The Azureblade [[El'Druin]] is also the sword Tyrael used in conjunction with some sort of [[spell]] to destroy the corrupted [[Worldstone]].

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