Voice Lines[ | ]
Availability | Quote | Audio | Background |
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Default | No one can stop Death. | ||
75 / 40 | Nephalem... | ||
Death is beyond your reach. | |||
All conflict will end. | |||
In the end, all bow to death. |
Interactions[ | ]
Eliminations[ | ]
Hero | Quote | Audio | Background |
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vs. Angel hero | This was not my desire. | The only reason angels like Imperius end up in conflict with Malthael is because Malthael attacked the Pandemonium Gate in the High Heavens to prevent the nephalem from following him. Malthael’s entire goal is to leave angels as the last form of sentient life in the universe, for only they are truly good and deserving of life. | |
vs. Arthas | Death spares no king. | This reminds me of a Yogg-Saron quote in reference to Arthas: “He will learn: no king rules forever! Only death is eternal!”. When Arthas is killed, the ghost of his father Terenas also states “No king rules forever, my son.” | |
vs. Auriel | Hopeless. | Without Auriel, angels can no longer feel hope. When she was captured by Diablo, it was enough for angels to give up and consign themselves to death at the hands of the Burning Hells. Killing her can only cause even worse problems for them. | |
vs. Azmodan | Your sins will be expunged. | Azmodan is the Lord of Sin. | |
vs. Demon hero | All evil will be destroyed. | Similar to a quote in Diablo III: Reaper of Souls: “A world free of evil, you need but die!” | |
vs. Diablo | The Eternal Conflict ends. | A direct quote from Malthael’s boss fight, said randomly throughout the fight. | |
vs. Diablo hero | Humanity cannot be trusted. | The beginning of one of Malthael’s journal logs. “The humans cannot be trusted. They are born of angel and demon, but demons pervert whatever they touch. The humans are corrupt, and are not worthy of the choice between good and evil - angels and demons do not choose, as it should be." | |
vs. Diablo 3 hero | Your corruption ends, Nephalem. | Humanity's heritage from nephalem is specifically why Malthael hates them. The fact that nephalem were being born again proved to him that the danger of demonic resurgence is always possible. | |
vs. Tyrael | You were a fool to stand against me. | Tyrael is the one who initially begins the war against Malthael, recruiting the Nephalem and eventually getting the aid of other angels after Malthael attacked Pandemonium Gate. Tyrael also actively voted to spare humanity long ago, while Malthael abstained instead of spare humanity and sanctuary like Auriel and Itherael (and then later wishes he had voted to destroy them back then). Finally, as Tyrael is the new Aspect of Wisdom , it can also be seen as a targeted insult, calling Wisdom a fool. | |
vs. Xul | You toy with forces beyond you. | As the Necromancer uses death in combat, it kind of flies in the face of one of Malthael’s quotes: “Death is beyond your reach.” | |
Generic | Oblivion. | A direct quote from Kil'jaeden’s boss fight, said randomly throughout the fight. | |
Flawed. | |||
You are mine. | |||
Easily severed. | |||
Let eternal lie. |
Click-Quotes[ | ]
Quotes marked "Click-Quotes" are triggered when the player repeatedly clicks on the hero with the Left mouse button.
Quote | Audio | Background |
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Mmm? | The initial grunting poke quotes are a reference to how Malthael is an extremely quiet individual. He rarely speaks, and when he does, it's often in extremely short sentences. When he was the Aspect of Wisdom, he spoke with such a melody that the other angels could’t help but revere him. As he became less benevolent, though, his voice became cold and dark, capable of filling a man's thoughts only of permanent and empty death. This is such a defining feature of him that he is known as The Silent Angel. | |
Death is no joking matter. | Malthael is quite serious. Since poke quotes are intended to be jokes, it's extremely out of character for him to do anything even remotely funny or superfluous, even more so than the majority of other serious Blizzard characters. | |
In the absence of wisdom, only death remains. | Malthael was once the Aspect of Wisdom, but chose to cast that aside to become the Aspect of Death when he went missing. | |
I am become death. The destroyer of worlds. | In an interview about the first atomic bomb dropping, credited father of the invention J. Robert Oppenheimer stated that upon seeing the bomb drop, he thought of a translation of a Hindu scripture that read "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds". | |
You might be a king, or just a street sweeper... yet sooner or later you dance with the reaper. | A line from Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey that was adapted from a German quote. | |
Death? No... I'm saying "debt." It's far more frightening. | Death and debt sound very similar, death and taxes are the two constants of life, and being in debt while alive is probably actually scarier than dying for some people. |
Commands[ | ]
Command | Quote | Audio | Background |
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Move | (whispered exhale) | ||
Attack | (laughs) | ||
(low growl) | |||
(laughs) | |||
(growls) | |||
Not Enough | Mana. | ||
(angry grunt) | |||
(frustrated grunt) |
Pings[ | ]
Collection[ | ]
Quotes in this section trigger when the player is in the Collection tab.
Miscellaneous[ | ]
Use | Quote | Audio | Background |
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Lock-in | Death is beyond your reach. | ||
Purchase | An accord is reached. | ||
Try Mode | I bear no trials. | ||
Ah. | |||
Hearthing | I shall return. | ||
A small respite. | |||
Respawn | Retribution. | ||
No rest. | |||
Vengeance. |
Abilities[ | ]
Use | Quote | Audio | Background | |
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Tormented Souls |
All bow. | |||
None escape... | ||||
hostile | Death! | |||
Last Rites |
The end. |
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