User talk:Fyrael/Characters of Diablo

Creator's notes
Sorry if anything below makes it sound like I think I own this article or that my opinion counts more just because I created it. I don't actually believe that at all. I simply gave the article what I think is a good start and now the collaboration may begin, which is the more important part.

Similarity to Characters of StarCraft
If anyone notices the similarity that this article bears to the Characters of StarCraft one, that's not an accident at all. I actually started this article in my userspace by copy-pasting almost the entire Starcraft article, although the only parts that remain are the general structure and some of the wording of the lead. I did this because that is a very strong article, especially in regards to citing sources and avoiding in-universe language. I'd encourage any editors of this article to try to emulate the starcraft article whenever possible (although a rewording of the lead here wouldn't be a horrible thing).

Additional characters
While I've played the games quite a lot, I haven't read a single one of the novels, so if anyone wants to add any important characters from them, please do. Also, feel free to edit/add information to the Lilith and Inarius sections from the books. That said, it would be great if we could keep the list of characters as small as possible. There are hundreds we could add, but almsot none of them are significant from an out-of-universe point of view. For example, Azmodan and Belial would be obvious possibilities to consider, since they're Great Evils and may have control over Hell right now (and may become central in D3). However, almost nothing is known about them and they would make very weak sections for the article. Quite frankly, Andariel and Duriel only barely make the cut, in my opinion.

On the other hand, here are some characters that I feel should be added, or in fact need to be added:
 * Diablo, Baal, Mephisto - Obviously these three should be priority one for anyone looking to help with the article. I was struggling on how to describe them while keeping an out-of-universe tone and figured maybe someone else can do a better job of it.
 * Uldyssian - From what I've heard, he's the main character of at least one book and that his storyline is somewhat pivotal for Sanctuary, so it sounds like there should be plenty of sourcable info for him.
 * Marius - Even though he's not terribly important to the story, Marius appears a good deal in the cinematics of D2 and we actually get to learn much of his personality, unlike almost every other character in the games. I'd definitely like to see him added, since his character is so fleshed out. -- Fyrefly (talk) 19:52, 14 April 2011 (UTC)