Imperius, Archangel of Valor ► Diablo Lore

[@Remus88Romulus]

I have been waiting for a Imperius lore video. He is easily my top 5 most badass character in ALL of Blizzards games. His looks, his voice, his badassery is all at the peak.

[@NyxVellum]

This one took me ages to make, my apologies. I'll try and get back on my past video release schedule. Quality > Quantity, always. I hope you like the video friends

[@lanmandragoran8337]

Watched the PoE video on next league yet?

[@DemonKnight85]

Just remember, when every other angel was running away in diablo 3, this guy was the one to go out in front of the Diamond Gates!! Truly a godlike character. And respectfully Nyx, I hope we don't fight in him in a future expansion. I think Imperius's story arc can be better told with a redemption type story. I very much see a Grom Hellscream type of ending for this character, where he may finally put aside his fury and wrath, and do the right thing when we need it most. I fear when this happens though, it will ultimately cost him his life. But it would most likely be a moment immortalized in Blizzard history. I think Blizzard released their was a better path forward for this character as well, which is why they backed away from what they were going to do with him in the Diablo 3/ D3: RoS script. He was too big of a charcter to just wash away as a potential villain.

[@li32150]

If memory serves me correctly, Reaper Of Souls was originally going to be called Aspect of Wrath, where Imperus kills Tyreal. Later, when Blizzard changed to focus more on Malfieal, they were still gonna use Imperus but they couldn't fit him.

[@ashavon7128]

I can imagine Imperius went through the cosmos to find something to become stronger so he won't be defeated again, finding that thing and then saying "Ok , it's time to fuck some shit up" going in solo on sanctuary and the burning hells

[@TerribleSimRacer]

GOOOOSH. I forgot I changed accounts with a new browser after resetting my PC... I wasn't subbed on this account. THANK GOD I FIXED THAT. Absolutely LOVE your content!!!! Please never stop

[@NyxVellum]

Oh wow, thank you!

[@Swedeninthahood]

There is literally no one left in Blizz with this passion for the lore. Hence the video game being the state it actually is.

[@NyxVellum]

I would love to be on that team

[@GeevaVeeri]

Another banger amazing video from Nyx.

[@NyxVellum]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SlimStarCraft]

for real they need imperius in the next diablo game, amazing character design

[@Jenkkimie]

In a documentary about Diablo 3, Imperius was supposed to be the main villain in the last DLC but was replaced by Malthael, the Reaper of Souls. In the original DLC iteration Imperius would've become Wrath and that's a logical development for him. Hating the hells, being envious of humanity and the nephalem, and bitter towards his angel kin for not appreciating the lengths he is willing to go for in his righgeousness, Imperius would become Wrath and start his own war against anyone willing to stand in his way to purify the world of evil and prove the superiority of angel-kind. It'd be a story of Imprius becoming a puritanian and using machiavellian philosophy for his means to an end, which means there are no wrong tactics, only wrong targets.

[@lettherebedots]

It definitely seems that Tyreal isn't being the sharpest tool in the shed.

[@ELITESrBAMOFOS945]

Amazing video, thank you!

[@Senettino]

Hi Nix! I Love your content, your enthisiasm explaining thing, and the way (and the voice) you use to di this. Great video! At the same time, when you do the same videos about PoE, I love you more! I feel more "involvement", more fun in your voice, more genuine pathos in them... maybe just my thoughts... ? Good work and go on happily on your path!

[@Lithrux]

Im so happy I found you, I was looking for a Diablo lore guy a long time. Love your vids

[@spartanleinadp01]

Diablo's Angels are probably the most wasted characters of the videogame industry

[@DHroaT]

Ye

[@cinecastmedia]

Inarius a joke to you?

[@chrislevack405]

Are all angels black or just Tyrael?

[@Szymon_91]

Can't really tell, Tyrael is the only one who became mortal and got human flesh

[@Kiszpanable]

He was punished so got inpersonated as worst human possible 😂

[@TokyoLovesme]

WOW! Good job! 🎉 I'm subscribing!

[@eye_ball]

Nyx gone while the best update of PoE in a long time drops

[@NyxVellum]

I'm playing it day 1

[@ichiwo1526]

I never liked how people think that Imperius will go all evil as the aspect of "wrath". I think Imperius is the closest and purest incarnation of Anu Himself. And like Anu he "despises" the parts that is "unholy" or "dark" and that he wants to get rid of it at all costs. It must also be hard on Imperius to see his brethren constantly compromise on many things when it comes to the "darker" parts of their world, especially since he's the closest to what Anu stood for ie elimination of all that darkness. I never took his anger as being somehow "corrupted" and will change into an "aspect of wrath" since I've always viewed his anger as being righteous anger, and there is a massive difference between the two. Look how many angels have fallen to those darker views or compromises... It'll almost be as if Imperius himself would be the last Angel to still stand against it... And as someone that would want the story to end with the triumph of good over evil...He has an uphill battle. Tyrael ain't going to help much, just compromising on the "nephalem" itself is a compromise on the dark and sinister method with which they were born in the first place. He's tainted...

[@hatimmurtaza7732]

Oh my god thank you so much man!! I agree with you 💯. All this is exactly what I was thinking.

[@jasonmaclean719]

Solarium is one of my favorite weapons. Not just in the game, but in all of fiction. I always wondered how cool it would be if your character reached a level angelic weapons could be weilded, like Tyrael's sword

[@griffithsenvy4259]

NYX EXPLAIN ALL THE ANGELS!!!!!

[@angel38618]

I miss the old days when people like angels Now people in game looking for any reason to justify hating the high heavens and angels

[@dazombie2012]

I think it shows that power and time can corrupt even the most virtuous of beings - angels have a life cycle hence the golden arches

[@angel38618]

@@dazombie2012 no no I didn't mean imperius in particular I meant how some of the actual player base are actually distancing from the light side and residing with Lilith Lilith the demon that says sin is our birth right and encourages it Sin the rape the kill the killing of babies and all hideous acts of sin I saw people all over riddet residing with her man blinded by the pleasures of sin and forgetting the consequences of sin

[@ChrisBear1989]

i think thats a cynical way to look at it. Imperious seems to always be a bit of an aggresor which is fine. But I don't think this idea that everything eventually gets corrupted. I agree with the OP this angel hate or "We don't need nobody" is kinda dumb considering even Auriel isn't totally hostile to humans. I still want Imperious to eventually turn to Wrath(Or be a big boss eventually, cause thats cool). I also find it utterly hillarious people just look at Lilith and down right love her despite what she's done to get to where she was. Inarius's sort of fall from grace is definitely notable and I kinda want him to be some sort of hellish angel. But I think just "ALL ANGEL BAD" is a dumb position to take.

[@angel38618]

@@ChrisBear1989 exactly I believe andariel used to be an angel right?? Anyhow fighting a corrupted angle ain't a bad thing I mean angels would fight corrupted angels so why we wouldn't I just want to visit the high heavens with D4 graphics and makes things right with them Btw also maltheal vision ain't all bad considering thanos from marvel wanted to wipe half the universe for resources In perspective to maltheal vision of how we are part demons and have the potential to be bad is fair statistically yet ofc like thanos they both went extreme with killing rather than fixing That's why tyreal is the goat

[@murilopenagoncalves3831]

I'm still on the side of the Heavens. Angels are the better choice in the conflict.

[@pride2184]

Personally dont think imperius will do anything bad to humanity as he has followed the will of the council even tho he disagrees. He may be trying to do tough love as he hasnt been violent towards any human other then rhetoric.

[@Lordlt82]

I don't know about strongest Tyerial put him down and he was afraid of Malfalel

[@DemonKnight85]

Ehh, I always viewed that situation where fate/ the cosmos actually determined the outcome of that fight. It was impossible for Imperius to win, because he was wrong to judge the literal aspect of judgement itself. Almost like Imperius shot himself in the foot and stepped out of line in the grand scheme of the cosmos, so the cosmos itself put him in place. In an actual fight though, I'd wager on Imperius easily. Not to say Tyrael is a pushover though. He's probably the second best angelic fighter, but I don't think Tyrael has quite the same credentials and demon death receipts wracked up that Imperius has. I mean we are talking demonic rivers of blood here.....

[@Lordlt82]

@@DemonKnight85 he avoided malfeal

[@DemonKnight85]

@@Lordlt82 Well, he avoided it because he really didn't have the heart to go against a fellow angel. He didn't have the heart to do it against Tyrael again in the book Storm of Light, and he didn't have it in him to do it here. Don't forget, Malthael was also kind of the leader before he left. That and I am sure to some extent he agreed with what Malthael was doing, but was turned off by the extreme lengths he would go to. Even to the point of attacking fellow angels. Lol I'd wager the entire story of the events of D3 put a huge damper on Imperius's spirits. The destruction of heaven, the loss of malthael, angels against angels. That's not what this guy wanted to see...

[@randallholloway8686]

18:12 that be so dope! I feel like that's what they tried to do with the angel of death but I really didn't like it (skipped that expansion for the most part). But an angel with "just" reasons for killing humanity would be fresh. I really enjoyed 4 for its freshness cuz of the highlight on Lilith who has love for humanity in a sense. If anarious becomes a 'fallen angel' and collabs with a lesser evil on some quid pro quo to attack sanctuary and hell this time, and we have to protect the balance and stop them, I'd play the fuck out of that game 😂

[@ChaoticPesme75]

Really wander how the original concept for the D3 extension (before it became Reaper of Souls) would've turn out with Imperius as the villain.

[@hitmee398]

Never stop making these 😅. Im more hype for your lore compared to D4

[@cptN3m0]

I would like to hear your take on what you think the knights errant are near Zarbinzet.

[@user-xe7rm5dv2v]

Great video and I agree with you. I would love to see him as a big bad at some point in Diablo 4.

[@dantetrace9106]

I have a maybe stupid question. If the hells and heavens didn’t know about sanctuary. When humans died where did they go? Like who is getting tormented in hell by Andariel? I’m a tad confused

[@marzatplay]

Miss gameplay vids. Surprised you didn't do D4.

[@cskrisz0706]

I there would be a DLC to kick the ass of Imperiusm i would pay for that!!!

[@Cristov123]

I was pretty disappointed that the Angels didn't really play a role in D4. I'm hoping we'll see them return at some point, maybe in the upcoming DLC. But the devs really didn't seem to like the Angels or the folks that supported them, like the Crusaders/Paladins and the Zakarum and all those guys. Kind of a waste, now that we've spent so much time with the Angels in D3. You'd think Tyrael and Imperius especially would be eager to head to Sanctuary to shut down Mephisto and stop the spread of Hell on Sanctuary.

[@ryder9401]

isnt there a concept art of him as the angel of wrath?

[@Nett11]

I wouldn't bet they are going with the original idea as Imperius' direction has been changed multiple times because they don't know what to do with him He was meant to be aligned with Malthael in reaper of souls, even having him beating tyrael bloody storyboarded, but went against that route They then went in the complete opposite direction, where he aids the player in pandemonium and even covers the sky's for Tyrael and The Nephalem why they use the ram further pushing him into the role of a typical douche turned good But then they they went another route AGAIN, and dialled back his helpfulness to the nephalem and just had him charge into pandemonium by himself and the player follows him and helps you only because you have aligned goals. You can even find the voice lines of him agreeing to help the nephalem and tyrael before they were cut. I like the idea of a character that is a complete dickhead, like an absolute prick, but is also just completely incorruptible and fights for the light. Its very easy to write them as a villain but its even better when you just have this guy you hate but at the same time cant really fault the causes he fights for

[@Hipojak]

Imperius should fall and become a greater evil. His anger and jealousy warping his valor into wrath.

[@frederikmarteau5150]

Imperius the angel of 'valor' you mean angel of pride, racism and entitlement

[@infernaloverkill4896]

What if Imperuis will declare war on Humanity and lead a crusade against Sanctuary in Diablo 5.

[@Matt-gf4gd]

Diablo game idea: Now that they're going for the open world theme, make world factions kinda like in WoW and players can choose to join the angels or the demons and fight one another. Then open world events could also include some PvP or even just PvE challenges for the sides to battle over territory and whatnot.

[@aeronight5871]

Hearing how awesome the way Solarion was crafted makes me disappointed at how easily Diablo broke it

[@youngcracker9517]

That technically wasnt diablo it was Tiamat he became the prime evil after the black soulstone was absorbed into Leah at the end of act 3 d3

[@Remus88Romulus]

@@youngcracker9517 Exactly. You could say it was 1 God vs. 7 Gods.

[@Haruthegoodlookingboy12]

The weakest angel coming back ok ....

[@king7795]

Where was imperius in diablo 4???

[@Remus88Romulus]

He is coming. After Prime Evil Diablos full scale war on the High Heavens in D3 the Angels are recovering and have closed their gates. I believe why Tyrael got scared and ran away just before D4 is because he still has some kind of connection to the High Heavens and the Angels. I believe he saw a vision where he witnessed what the Angels are doing behind their closed gates. Imperius is preparing for war and is training and bolstering the armies of the High Heavens. Imperius sees his plan coming and moment after Malthael killed at least 50% of the Human race, so Imperius is gonna invade and attack Sanctuary and kill all humans. So Imperius will likely come in expansion 3 or 4 in D4s life cycle and we will have some nice variation on the gameplay front with Angels finally being the enemies.

[@lashaxoperia5917]

There is no imperius in D4 yet

[@Remus88Romulus]

I believe why Tyrael got scared and ran away just before D4 is because he still has some kind of connection to the High Heavens and the Angels. I believe he saw a vision where he witnessed what the Angels are doing behind their closed gates. Imperius is preparing for war and is training and bolstering the armies of the High Heavens. Imperius sees his plan coming and moment after Malthael killed at least 50% of the Human race, so Imperius is gonna invade and attack Sanctuary and kill all humans. So Imperius will likely come in expansion 3 or 4 in D4s life cycle and we will have some nice variation on the gameplay front with Angels finally being the enemies.

[@aaronmcday3655]

Hiding like a coward. I think inarius would have bodied him

[@dhfjgkkdrgsg]

when he split evil apart why is imperius such a gigantic asshole ?

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[@bongbongGAMING7878]

Tyrael is impulsive.

[@roshunepp]

Imperius and tyreal need to die. We should be able to play as the nephilim as the antagonist. We kill the angels and destroy the crystal arch. This lets the angels be reformed which is the goal all along bc they are reformed pure.

[@andyl8055]

Sounds like valour is not actually a virtue, certainly not on the level of justice and wisdom.

[@Vdemz]

I can’t believe path of exile has acts what in the Homestuck (brainrot 🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣)

[@Brunhaam]

Diablo 3 was so much better than 4 😅 aside from the toon personalization.