Diablo 4: The Shocking Untold Truth of Imperius & His Upcoming Wrath on Heaven

For a lore that's focused on the balance and the simmetry of good and evil, Diablo seems to only explore the concept of "tuning bad" but never the concept of "tuning good". If angels can fall and become corrupted, why isn't it also possible for demons to do the reverse and become more righteous? It would be interesting to see a Prime or Lesser Evil "purify" and fight for good.

I'm torn. I really don't want Imperius to become corrupted. I always thought of him as too proud and good to become so. It'd be cool to see him go ballistic but I really don't want him to be killed. Redemption was what I was hoping for and a victory for him. Having yet another angel turn evil and then Imperius be defeated, again, is just.. lazy, to me. He's my favorite character and I have much higher hopes for him than what they planned here. I really hope this idea hasn't stuck.

This is the ultimate problem with Diablo and complex stories. The player is always supposed to win. When your players are supposed to win, every lore figure becomes a punching bag. In my opinion, it would be far more interesting to see Imperius defy the odds. Ultimately reforming himself. Now could this involve Imperius falling down the demonic path? Absolutely. But what makes a story like this great is if Imperius is able to actually come back from the corruption (with some help from the player, of course.) Falling deep down the well of anger and despair, only to come back stronger is a fantastic story avenue.

There are two wolves in me. One wants to see the Imperius goes absolute savage. The other doesn't want such easy end to this character.

If im gonna be honest i think it might be too obvious to make imperius the bad guy why not have him strive to redeem himself after nearly falling

I would pay a good amount to see that unfinished/unreleased cinematic showing Imperius' true face man!!

So many people failed to remember the specific detail in Cain's reading of prophecy: "And, at the End of Days, Wisdom shall be lost [Malthael] as Justice falls upon the world of men. [Tyrael] Valor shall turn to Wrath - [Imperius] and all Hope will be swallowed by Despair. [Auriel] Death, at last, shall spread its wings over all - [Malthael again] as Fate lies shattered forever." [Itherael]

I want to see Imperius fall and be redeemed. That he makes a mess of things, which may be why Lilith is needed. The Nephilim can't be everywhere even with the great power at their call. So some may feel a need for other protectors. This only infuriates Imperius more, making the conflict even bloodier. But as he sinks ever further into the embrace of wrath he finally sees some of what his brother sees in them. A glimmer of good. Not a lot...especially not in the face of all the injustice he sees. But it gives him pause. A mental weakness. One that is capitalized to turn him from his path of wrath and to maybe help save the day. He can't go back to how he was and he still can't forgive the humans...but maybe he can be a bit more even handed with them. Maybe...he realizes without justice valor means nothing.

I'm a bit fed up with all stories ending like this, it's always the same. It would be much cooler if Imperious reconsiders at the end before everyting is too late and then goes ballistic on the demons again maybe on multiple greater evil's, with a great cinematic like in the good old days. Would much more be a surprise as i see it. I also hope it doesn't end like him lying destroyed on the ground after murdering millions but now everbody forgives him and he all of a sudden see's his errors.

It feels, to me, like Diablo's partial corruption of the Crystal Arch has had an affect on the Angeris Council. They're virtues have become twisted. Wisdom becomes Death, Valor becomes Wrath. The angels seem to have been twisted by Diablo.

Or we get Imperius break Tyrael's back like Bane did Batman, permanently crippling him, cementing his role as the next "Deckard Cain"

Imperius is definitely a very dark character and the death of Malthael at the hand of the Nephalem, a being stronger than angels and demons, a being that wouldn't even be alive if the council voted on destroying them might have been the last straw. He took over heaven killing his brethren that did not want this to happen and now rules over heaven only to strike sometime in the main storyline of Diablo IV with our character fighting and killing the now Aspect of Wrath. I could see this happen.

Imperius kinda reminds me of Vegeta from dragonball. Their egos are even bigger then the whole universe =)

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Plot twist, Imperius is the villain of Vanilla D4. And with his death the laughter comes from off in the darkness, the laughter.. of terror.

Reading the Sin War trilogy is opening my eyes to the truth of the Diablo universe, that is also echoed by Trag'Oul: Heaven =/= Good. The eternal conflict is light vs. dark, neither is good for humanity. Also, I'm very skeptical of the notion I keep hearing that Lilith will be our "Savior" I feel like to make her such would be an absolute retcon: Her one and only motivation is revenge (and dominance of everything, humans included, as a result). She murdered countless innocent nephalem during the sin war in addition to sleeping with her great-great-great-great grandson. to manipulate him for what she wants (control over the nephalem and destruction of hell & heaven). I really want that theme to be pursued during diablo 4 if they're going to make Heaven an enemy. I want us, the Nephalem standing on our own two feet, fighting for ourselves and the balance that perserves us and our freedom. This kind of happened during D3 already: We fought the Prime Evil, then a rogue angel that was once the head of the Angiris council

I would think the natural conclusion to pure wrath would be exhaustion. Since there is this time jump I'm assuming. Imperius would be come broken but still unforgiving of humanity. With the death of Maltheal and the aging of Tyreal's mortal form leading to his probable death Imperius would force the gates of heaven shut. He goes to pandemonium like ages past and is beaten and broken in combats with no purpose against the burning hells. His armor dented and wrecked he just wallows in the pandemonium fortress. Auriel and aetherial unable to coax him back. Maybe the player needs information on Lillith only Imperius knows and goes to the pandemonium fortress to find him. They see him broken against a wall recouping from a recent battle. He then says how hope and fate cannot bring him back. Valor and Justice have failed him as well. The character then offers mortal wisdom which at first angers Imperius for he confronts his wrongs but cannot handle them and it looks like the boss fight finally happens but he just collapses and is brought back to heaven finally. I like this story thread cause I've never seen Imperius as a villain. He was wrathful and filled with pride but anyone would be when your enemy is as debased and cruel as the hells. He obeyed the will of the council even when they went against him. He never just wanted to outright kill Tyrael despite Tyreal's great mistakes. (Of which there are many) I feel a redemption arc for Imperius would be more appropriate in this story and would be a nice twist from his original conception.

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Or maybe the death of Tyrael is the trigger for Imperius to blame and attack humanity for the lost of his brother, who blindly believed in them,.

I want Imperius to go nuts, since I believe that's where this whole thing has been leading anyway. But I don't want a his character to just be killed off as just another fallen angel. I would like to see some redemption with him at some point in the story, to come to terms with the mistakes he has made and actions to have taken. To feel the weight of them and try to make amends. Not even ending with his death, but maybe exile.