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===In Diablo III===
The Dark Wanderer is mentioned in Cain's Journal on the [[Official Diablo 3 Website]], but and concept art of the Wanderer has yet been released by Blizzard. It is also possible that the pages of [[Deckard Cain's Journal]] which make reference to appear in any other fashion (the Wanderer contain concept artof him as well, screen shots, trailers etcbut that remains to be seen. etcThe concept art in Cain's Journal does not match that released by Blizzard.)
He may be mentioned by NPC's throughout gameplay. It is not likely this NPC or character will return in the flesh (so to speak) during the events of [[Diablo III]], even if different incarnation Diablo does. He is rumoured to be [[Leah]]'s father, apparently having a tryst of some sort with [[Adria]] during the time between Diablo I and II. He is mentioned in [[lore]] books briefly (during the [[beta]] test, at least).
In the Diablo 3 beta it was revealed, from [[Leoric's Journal]], that Aidan went off to become a warrior after Leoric made Tristram his new seat of power. He later returned to Tristram to put the Skeleton King to rest and later defeat Diablo. It is also hinted from [[Adria's Journal]], and other sources in the beta, that Aidan may be Leah's father.
===Evolution of the Wanderer===
At media event '''E3''' in 1998, Blizzard North released a trailer for Diablo II that did not make it into the release of the game, which has footage of the Wanderer traveling on the back of a carriage in the rain, cradling the (then-enormous) soulstone containing the essence of Diablo. His mouth was sewn shut, his eyes smoldered red, and his entire appearance was very different from that which players saw in the release of the game. This trailer, also unlike anything seen in the release of the game, was actually narrated by Aidan himself, not Marius, which is a drastic perspective shift for the narrative and would have perhaps brought about an entirely different game.
The wanderer was iterated upon heavily during the development of Diablo II. In the Collector's Edition of the game, a player could watch the cinematics disc in "high quality" where they could also see very low-res slideshows of concept art that were not released on any other format, and three of these slides featured distinctly different versions of the wanderer. While this is not relevant today, as not only has ten years passed since the release of Diablo II, but there is an entirely different team working on Diablo III, it is still interesting to see how this character who is pivotal to the plot of all three games progressed over time.
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E3 trailer courtesy of the [http://www.youtube.com/user/Diablo3Inc IncGamer's Diablo III Channel].
Three pieces of concept art never used for the Wanderer in Diablo II:
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| [[File:d2ce_wanderer1.jpg|thumb|250px|"Old Man" concept.]]
| [[File:d2ce_wanderer2.jpg|thumb|250px|"Lucifer" concept.]]
| [[File:d2ce_wanderer3.jpg|thumb|250px|"Tortured" concept.]]
|}
The last piece being strikingly similar to the version that was used for the E3 cinematic in 1998.
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Image:Aiden.jpg|Aidan concept(Diablo III).Image:Aiden2.jpg|Aidan concept(Diablo III).
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