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Players Have Translated the Cathedral of Light Script - and It's All Werewolves
Diablo IV
Posted
2023/07/02 at 4:30 PM
by
Jezartroz
It's a long-standing tradition for players to study every detail in a new game: from any languages you can see, to finding easter eggs, to connecting and creating massive timelines of events spanning decades of franchise entries. With the world of Sanctuary being so beloved, Diablo 4 is no different - and some players have made a massive discovery that allowed them to translate the written language the Cathedral of Light uses!
In a Reddit thread, user
u/TheoryOfN
revealed that they, and several other players from the
Not Finding A Cow Level
Discord server, were able to translate the Cathedral of Light script using a key found in the Collector's Art Book. Once the cipher was broken, it was clear: the Cathedral of Light apparently really has a thing for werewolves!
r/Diablo Cathedral of Light Translation Thread
All images provided by
u/TheoryOfN
Affectionately calling the script
Lorath Ipsum
, the intrepid translators discovered that nearly every instance of writing related to the Cathedral of Light is simply the word "Werewolf" written over and over again. It seems that Blizzard really liked the way the script looked - so they just kept using it!
All images provided by
u/TheoryOfN
While we understand the sheer amount of work it would have taken to have actual coherent and translatable words on the Cathedral assets around Sanctuary, we can't help be a little disappointed - after all, how interesting would it have been for secret lore to be hiding on the walls of Inarius' Sanctum?
What we do know, however, is that the Cathedral just really, really likes dogs -
give them an extra pet
around Sanctuary for them!
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Comment by
Felweed
on 2023-07-03T16:25:44-05:00
Stretching here... but you could say that everything was warning us to beWARE of the WOLF? Mephisto...mebbie.
oh, this is GOOOOOOOOOOD. i just finished MSQ and this is a GOOOOOD concept.
BAD WOLF
1000 points for that reference. nicely done!
Comment by
Vythika
on 2023-07-04T13:10:03-05:00
Using the artbook and the alphabet they deciphered it's worth nothing that:
This language is without a 'Z'
Features both an Uppercase and Lowercase Alphabet as well as Numbers
Has what appears to be only two punctuation characters (presumably a Full Stop/Period and maybe a Question Mark)
The full screenshot of the artbook page translates to:
FRACTURED PEAKS
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R T U V W X Y
a b c d e f g h i j k l m
n o p q r s t u v w x y
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 .
WEREWOLF
Werewolf
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