Diablo III Kore

Bashiok commented on Battle.net forums regarding some details.

To begin, he said that Sanctuary is a world inspired by us, but very different in many ways:

Blizz: Sanctuary

WUUUUT

Uhm, but yeah, it's not Earth. We like to mix it up a little, tryto do something interesting while keeping the same tone. It would likely be incorrect to say even a minority of people on Sanctuarybelieve in the great conflict as it really exists.

I think people also lose sight of the fact that angels aren'treally "the good guys". Humanity exists in a state of ...

well, humanity. And the absolute natures of good and evil in this world seemto have little or no patience and understanding for anythingin-between. The moral greys of humans (not to mention their mereexistence) is as intolerable as the opposite alignment. Humanity tothem is an abomination, but they've agreed to watch for a while and seewhat happens.

So in any case the game obviously pulls from a lot of influences,and it's certainly morphed and evolved through each of the games andnovels. As we've continued to build out the lore, layers are added, andit moves further and further from what essentially began as amedieval-era fight through a single gothic church battling the forcesof evil vaguely altered from real world monotheistic beliefs.

We're quite a bit past that now.

Besides that, Bashiok is also collecting the designs and personal piece of art from indivdual fans on the female Monk. According to him, it's because they're very close to revealing and wanted to see the ideas and visions of the fans.

Blizz: Fanart Contest

A couple days ago I was thinking "I sure could go for a breakfast sandwich." And then I thought "HEY! We're pretty close to revealing the female monk, let's see what people think she's going to look like." And since those crazy kids on the twitter love this kind of thing, what better place to post an art challenge. Following is the original twitter request and the responses to date.

"Art challenge! We're a bit closer to revealing the female monk, but what do you think she'll look like? Draw/paint it and we'll RT the best"

@tedknaz this is my interpretation http://yfrog.com/4euwup

@_Mjollnir_ This work? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/SilverFenrir/UF-Diablo-F-Monk.png

@Lytus My vision of the female Monk: http://twitpic.com/zqr72

@Pinuxette My monk girl !! http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinuxette/4304948168/

@redaction00 http://twitpic.com/zrmjb

@kasuturo i see female monks like this http://twitpic.com/zrlpa/full hope u like it!

@besonderheit Felt like joining in on the fun. Two versions: http://twitpic.com/zsx00

@_h8u Im not that good in drawing, but i hope she should look about that way: http://twitpic.com/ztsnl

@The_Dragon_King My take on the Female monk http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Hunter_Wolf/Female_Monk.jpg

@The_Dragon_King same female monk but this time with more gear on http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Hunter_Wolf/Female_Monk_2_v2-resized.jpg

@The_Dragon_King The last version http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/Hunter_Wolf/Female_Monk_2_v3-resized.jpg

@Brettabra 3 different versions. If they're good take your pic http://twitpic.com/zxwmp http://twitpic.com/zxwvo http://twitpic.com/zxwyy

@zsersh this is my female monk P: http://sergiof.deviantart.com/art/monk-female-final-151915128 hope u like it ñ_ñ

@udany I colorized the concept made by @_Mjollnir_, check it out here: http://bit.ly/aWiXL2

@_Melkisedek_ Actually, I hope the female monk character is going to be like this ;) http://twitpic.com/zz9jm and... this http://twitpic.com/zz9qm

@MonkHalel I didn't do this, a friend of mine did, and it ain't that bad: http://leugi.deviantart.com/art/Female-Monk-151938604

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@_Mjollnir_ Took a second shot at it, basically the same design - http://unshackledfenrir.deviantart.com/art/Diablo-F-Monk-Concept-151990114

@JRedmerski http://twitpic.com/103ojq - Here's how I envision the female monk :-)

@egregory25 Here is my monk girl http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab24/lordicem/01280001.jpg

@captain_vangore i hope she'll be similar to d2's assassin ;) http://el-pistolero.deviantart.com/art/Female-monk-152024507

@panaer this is my "vision" espero que os guste (desde España) http://panaer.deviantart.com/art/Female-Monk-152032497

@d3bn my female monk ~ ~ http://i50.tinypic.com/316q4js.jpg

@artdrawnbyjelly http://i47.tinypic.com/9kb5gg.jpg this is what i came up with

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@HolyMane my female monk! http://holymane.deviantart.com/art/diablo-s-female-monk-151762496

@Beonarri Here's my female monk. Quick and dirty, nothing really fancy. http://www.wolflog.com/2010/01/diablo-3-monk-fan-art-sketch.html

@pastuh how post pic? I have this: http://twitpic.com/10ber8

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@DynastyGraphics Figured I would give a one hour go at this "contest" http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n6/dynastygraphics/FemaleMonkConcept.jpg

@aehbon My version of the Female Monk #Diablo @Diablo http://twitpic.com/zynor I can't wait to see the real one!

@stevesavoy I worked hard on this. Let me know what you think. Thanks! http://stevesavoy.deviantart.com/art/Diablo-3-Female-Monk-152376866

@_k_z_ My vision of Female Monk http://www.lab.envirex.cz/other/temp/fmonk.jpg

@Raute88 Hi, I'd like to send my try of a female Monk: http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/2912/monkfemale.jpg

@Coldworm My female Monk didn't get finished till February 1st, but i'll post colored version as soon as possible http://twitpic.com/10ou7w

@MissGlori89 my female Monk : http://buhuohnek.bu.funpic.de/pics/female%20Monk.jpg

@Laloo617 I imagine the female monk like this http://twitpic.com/10uuya

@besonderheit Another picture of my female monk, facing the Lord of Terror. http://twitpic.com/10tslb

@Krazed89 gogo project monk female!. Here's my vision with a pencil, hope u like it: http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8139/skanuj0001oj.jpg

@Sezar1 My Female Monk concept -> http://twitpic.com/10h3qs

@Gladius333 This is my concept art of female monk: http://goliatgladius.deviantart.com/art/My-version-of-Female-Monk-D3-152569523

The designs are gathered until next Monday, possibly in the next few weeks, they will revealed the real images.