#they're supposed to be scary scary mofos

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Thinkin' about Sicarai.

The idea of their being an entire class of angel designated 'world destroyer' is pretty terrifying in its implication. Just One is apparently enough to take out a planet, and there are enough for Tyrael to have personally trained a bunch, and also meet one that he's never seen before.

To me this implies there's like. Twenty-odd angels who can wipe planets off the starmap. What kinda magics do they wield for that? Why wouldn't Malthael just borrow one or two or the whole class if he's worried and have them boom our favorite mudball? (prolly cuz he's an edgelord who needed to edge les be honest)

The particular Sicarai we encounter is...not that scary. Is he less scary cuz Tyrael and Friends are there to stop him? Maybe. He definitely gives them a run for their money, but he's not unstoppable.

Perhaps they have more of a cleanup role.

Perhaps their job is to destroy whatever world the angels create with the Worldstone itself after they've stagnated. They would need to be dangerous enough to hold their own in case there's anything lurking or growing on the planet, thus their specialized training. But primarily just deal with wiping away stone and earth, cleaning the slate for the next creation.

#Diablo #Thinkin' #Sicarai #this concept felt like they had something potentially devastating #and then it didn't go anywhere #also #Love the throwaway line that Tyrael personally trained a bunch of these death-machines #like yes he himself was something of a life-ending monster #the way he talks about them #they're supposed to be scary scary mofos #and potentially only able to be deployed by an Archangel? #he seems pretty convinced Imperius sent a world killer after him #and not I dunno #any of the other few thousand angels pissed about his existence