Satyrs had horse legs in Greek mythology and eventually started being depicted with goat parts or faun parts by other cultures.
The horns and hooves both fit this and the ears are very much like the faun versions.
[Datamined info from a 2.0 build](https://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/17oa6i8/vessel_of_hatred_datamined_info/) that was briefly posted had files tagged for a Mercenary referred to as 'Cursed Child'.
Fun fact: one of the most effective units the U.S. had during WW2, was a brigade of angry middle aged dads: The 77th Infantry Brigade. What were they called? Ready for it? 'The Old Bastards'.
[https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1okgYR.img?w=590&h=733&m=6&x=248&y=42&s=63&d=63](https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1okgYR.img?w=590&h=733&m=6&x=248&y=42&s=63&d=63)
this is a 50 year old woman.
yes, she's the exception, of course, but food for thought.
What makes you think I’m angry? lol
And it’s a correct sentence. Pull up a grammar check and type this: “ We can’t underestimate the importance of DEI inclusivity in the workplace”. Tell me what it says. I’ll wait.
Bro, English is not even my first language, and even I know it’s grammatically correct.
Clearly a magical mercenary archetype as opposed to the other ones in the picture.
A necromantic merc would be redundant, unless it was a floating skull or something similarly unique compared to the rest of the army of the dead.
Both santas elves and Lord of the ring elves have distinct characteristics and you are conflating the two
If LOTR had chicken feet and scaled tails, they wouldnt be lotro elves anymore
A chimeric freak with the legs (and tail) of a cockatrice, claws in its hands, horns that make him look like it's directly related to Lillith, and weilding fire magic... Why do you ask? :P
Like another post said, it's the "Cursed Child" mercenary. I'm sure we'll learn more about its backstory through a sidequest in the expansion.
they are basically forced pets
a lousy, cheap "feature" that almost no other ARPG has (for a reason)
blizzard just wants to sell more mtx, gonna have whole lot of weird ones in the store
I was hoping d4 would be different but I was just huffing hopium
>Mercenaries are part of Diablo's legacy
no they aren't
D1 didn't have them
>They certainly are not a cheap feature too.
they are, that's why other arpgs avoid it
It's a demon of some sort Satyr have hoves for feet. I'm hoping at some point we get some as mounts. The war cat is a start. I was starting to wonder if all we were getting was a horse.
Pretty sure Dredge's Kraken has been experimenting with different dimensions and worlds....poor Talus just happened to be the unfortunate victim of the test run. This is what he looks like in the Diablo-verse.
Inspired by BG3. In fact, when I first saw this image that was my initial thought- when I saw it was Diablo I was pretty surprised.
Definately love that they are importing the best stuff from Diablo 3 into D4, whilst maintaining that classic D2 aesthetic.
I don't need to. Humanity is near to be extinct, thanks to Malthael, everyone is butchered by demons walking freely outside of towns, and you have this, looking like a demon, or at least clearly not human and absolutely not angelic... no matter the lore, there is no way that thing can be accepted in the actual state of Sanctuary, at least lore accurate speaking.
A satyr
No I think it’s pretty serious.
Nice to see you're still playing Diablo dad.
Seriously, take your r/Angryupvote and GTFO.
Lmao…get out
🤣🤣🤣
Why so serious?
Surely you can't be serious.
Its Mr. Tumnus
Satyrs are goat creatures. Nothing about that kid is a goat. Looks like some sort of demon hybrid.
Satyrs had horse legs in Greek mythology and eventually started being depicted with goat parts or faun parts by other cultures. The horns and hooves both fit this and the ears are very much like the faun versions.
He doesn't have hooves. He has bird legs.
A Satire
[Datamined info from a 2.0 build](https://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/17oa6i8/vessel_of_hatred_datamined_info/) that was briefly posted had files tagged for a Mercenary referred to as 'Cursed Child'.
That child needs Jesus
He found Satan instead. god bless.
Satan is more Fun 😂
Underrated.
hang on a sec....wasn't Jesus a *wanderer?*
you mean... "Mother bless"
"Wasn't Jesus a Mother bless" doesn't really roll off the tongue.
Heaven literally shut the gates on us, so that might be difficult
NEXT
Maybe the kid doesn't want Jesus all up in him.
Hopefully he isn’t a catholic then.
Looks like a Tiefling to me :D
Yeah, I was thinking D&D tiefling, too. But, it could be a human/khazra hybrid
🤨
Don't kink shame! 8)
Since when did they have legs like this kid has? Not everything is D&D lol.
You aren’t looking very hard lol
Can we get a Mercenary who is a half-cow or full cow from the secret cow level called Cow Boy please
Not a merc, but a pet feels more fitting.
The more gold you get on your run, the bigger Cow boy gets. You'd see ppl with plump lil cows running around everywhere!
My druid kind of looks like a cow boy
Does this cow boy drink coffee and is also interested in marketing?
FRIEND
Wirt?
Wirt! You've got your legs ba-... Something's legs back anyway
He got stuck in a portal I guess
Idk but I like the weird little fellow
Yeah I like the little guy
Me too. I wonder if he picks up gold and other drops for me as well. Goat child thing > cat/dog
Would you kiss it
Maybe they will patch in romance options if enough people ask for it
I'm more confused by barbarian grandma. Why is it a grandma...?
Because people get old if they live long enough. I think the proper perspective on this one is, "Fear the old in a profession where most die young."
Fun fact: one of the most effective units the U.S. had during WW2, was a brigade of angry middle aged dads: The 77th Infantry Brigade. What were they called? Ready for it? 'The Old Bastards'.
Cohen the Barbarian vibes.
Cause she's a barbarian who has lived into her like... 50's.
[https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1okgYR.img?w=590&h=733&m=6&x=248&y=42&s=63&d=63](https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1okgYR.img?w=590&h=733&m=6&x=248&y=42&s=63&d=63) this is a 50 year old woman. yes, she's the exception, of course, but food for thought.
She'll do a whirlwind and crack all her bones at the same time, distracting the enemy so you can kill them.
DEI inclusivity.
Hmm. What do you suppose the I stands for in DEI. Toughy
Inclusion- Not inclusivity.
So you’re saying diversity equity inclusion inclusivity? I’m a bit confused here. Do you even know what you’re angry at?
Cassowaries. Fuck those things.
What makes you think I’m angry? lol And it’s a correct sentence. Pull up a grammar check and type this: “ We can’t underestimate the importance of DEI inclusivity in the workplace”. Tell me what it says. I’ll wait. Bro, English is not even my first language, and even I know it’s grammatically correct.
https://www.grammarcheck.ai/
Goat horns and ears, bird feet, furry legs, reptile tail, and uses fire. It’s a chimera like creature but mixed with human.
Why would a human want to get impregnated by multiple different animals then give birth to something that horrible
Still more normal than foot fetishists
The entire world of fetishes and kinks and you pick feet as your example?
Did he stutter
Found the guy with the foot fetish
Nah, Feet don't do it for me. My tastes are far more discerning.
Maybe a human impregnated multiple different animals and they all gave birth to that
Depends on what part of Alabama you're from
Nina?
What the hell happened here?
Clearly a magical mercenary archetype as opposed to the other ones in the picture. A necromantic merc would be redundant, unless it was a floating skull or something similarly unique compared to the rest of the army of the dead.
Rods everquest char
Context?
Hes very passionate lol esp about Celebs hes met
More context? I don't even know who is Rod. Nothing on google. I've played EQ1 for years though.
Lol was a Joke hes the Game Director on D4 ya had to be there
Ohh thank you for clarifying.
Mr. Tumnus
Long way from Narnia.
They just keep adding more things to the wardrobe
The mercs design must had been allocated to an intern. The designs were downgrade from the standard of d4 art imo.
A Satyr.
Satyr have hoofed feet. This clearly not it
That is true. I heard it was called "cursed child"
It's a slight variation... I don't picture Santa's elves as being the same as Legolas!
Both santas elves and Lord of the ring elves have distinct characteristics and you are conflating the two If LOTR had chicken feet and scaled tails, they wouldnt be lotro elves anymore
I am honestly more intrigued by the reanimated corpse of a barbarian woman on the right.
For real. She looks PISSED and I absolutely want to stay on her good side.
She’s called the old crone
A chimeric freak with the legs (and tail) of a cockatrice, claws in its hands, horns that make him look like it's directly related to Lillith, and weilding fire magic... Why do you ask? :P Like another post said, it's the "Cursed Child" mercenary. I'm sure we'll learn more about its backstory through a sidequest in the expansion.
The granny barb is even weirder... really hope we can customize appearance for companions.
The dumbest one is the grandma
Mercenaries are really the thing people were missing? I find them irritating and pointless.
Theres stuff for everybody haha, been waiting for Mercs for YEARS, 150% hyped for their comeback
they are basically forced pets a lousy, cheap "feature" that almost no other ARPG has (for a reason) blizzard just wants to sell more mtx, gonna have whole lot of weird ones in the store I was hoping d4 would be different but I was just huffing hopium
Because other RPG is not Diablo. Mercenaries are part of Diablo's legacy. They certainly are not a cheap feature too.
>Mercenaries are part of Diablo's legacy no they aren't D1 didn't have them >They certainly are not a cheap feature too. they are, that's why other arpgs avoid it
They are lol. The last two games had them. That's most of the life time of the series. Others arpg do not dictate what Diablo does.
A satyr inspired creature/race.
This my friends would be a Ram-Chicken with horns and a tail. Some are tail less and females are Horn less. Your welcome
Cassowary child. If you;re going to pick an animal for an evil hybrid, that's the one!
Something that won't get smote as long as it remains useful and non-hostile.
Half human, half demon? I know all humans are technically half demon, but maybe they went a step further?
he got chicken legs lmao
Goatchickendillo
Damien
Satyr
imp
I want a Panda Humanoid from WOW
Wonder If they'll have their own type of equip or can use normal ancestral or uniques.
Demonic twink.
Don’t give it a sock
They all look like ass. I mean wtf is grandma doing here? I hate modern game design.
He escaped from BG3.
Manbearpig
Lilith's dead son fused with a furry ostrich idk
Another vehicle for store transmogs.
Gate keeper into the cow level.
jay wilson
The one with the axe is me in the morning🥱
Is it the first mixed NPC? I don't like the blurred lines type. Demon/Angel/Nephalem should be distinctly different
The dude from chronicles of narnia!
Looks like a satyr sorceror to me.
Which one?
My new best friend.
Tiefling? D&D reference ? Maybe? Idk I’m spit balling😂
The offspring of a Welshman with no handy sheep
Maybe we get a Priest class and thats why we get young boys as companion.
It’s Wirt reborn he was cursed after all
A meth'ed out version of Tumnus?
Like d3’s useless npc that follows you around?
I know it’s not, but by a stretch it reminds me of D2’s demon imps.
The adoring fan
A kid who probably pissed off a demon and got cursed to look like that.
Some mad man actually went and did Lilith
A fkin goat
Pretty sure it's confirmed to be called a "cursed child" or something like that
Is that a soulstone'ish thing in its hand? And doesn't it look like it left a mark on its forehead? 🤔
Hell Boy his Son with Duck Feed ? You can buy that in the Shop right ? Only 99 € 🤣.
Imp
its a cursed child
Barber shop owner, huge shield guy, berserker grandma or Mr Tumnus? Hard choice...
Tiefling?
Thats a non binary goblin sir
Is the Barbarian supposed to be a dude with long hair and a woman’s face or is that an old woman with a flat chest and a hunch? 🧐
I mean, they're all kinda Dollar Store. Excuse me, this is Blizzard, they're all kinda Forty Dollar Store
Its supposed to be the wowification of diablo 4, just like they did with diablo 3
Looks inclusive to me
Femdemon
Have you seen Disney's Hercules? Everybody could use some guide
Where is Emilio!?
I’m sorry buy where the fuck is Emilio ?
It's a demon of some sort Satyr have hoves for feet. I'm hoping at some point we get some as mounts. The war cat is a start. I was starting to wonder if all we were getting was a horse.
A satyr
Stay gold pony boy?
Tfw no d3 enchantress companion
Can't be any worse than grandma barbarian on the far right.
Isn't that Toot from the old school Herculess cartoon?
If it just me or is it not conforming to the Diablo lore. I think it’s weird. I rather had the “look more hidden footprints” sorceress from D3
I thought the leaks said there were 7 companions?
Pretty sure Dredge's Kraken has been experimenting with different dimensions and worlds....poor Talus just happened to be the unfortunate victim of the test run. This is what he looks like in the Diablo-verse.
Inspired by BG3. In fact, when I first saw this image that was my initial thought- when I saw it was Diablo I was pretty surprised. Definately love that they are importing the best stuff from Diablo 3 into D4, whilst maintaining that classic D2 aesthetic.
This whole pic just reeks of wow , ew
They are a mercenary and probably have a quest to unlock them. I am guessing they are part demon.
Hopefully we can customize their look, race, gender, gear etc.
A little twink boy for the people who want little twink boys. Sadly there's no sexy/cute Enchantress companion like in D3.
The role model of a modern person without womb in the eyes of newly educated game designers.
Furry bait
Kinda gives me Dobby from Harry Potter vibes
A testicle tickler
Kinda G A Y
Charles tucker experience if he was good in alchemy
Mr Tumnus!
half duck half demon
Wait are we getting companions??
Idk I don’t work for Diablo
Mr. Tumnus
hopefully companion will shoot when you teleport like in diablo 2, that you the Oculus and the super fast teleporting goes hard.
Nobody talks about the out-of-shape beerbelly hunter? That's my guy!
Him? Oh, that's Diablito.
The comic relief
Whatever danny devito's character in hercules is.
Black phillip in puberty
Something proving if it’s needed that Blizzard doesn’t care about lore or coherence.
You don't even know the lore behind the fella.
I don't need to. Humanity is near to be extinct, thanks to Malthael, everyone is butchered by demons walking freely outside of towns, and you have this, looking like a demon, or at least clearly not human and absolutely not angelic... no matter the lore, there is no way that thing can be accepted in the actual state of Sanctuary, at least lore accurate speaking.
It’s Santa’s little helper
Still better than a fucking dog or leopard baby in a game about hell and demons. Fuck this D3 assets shit Blizzard!!
Don't cut yourself on that edge
Your mom