The dead release spiritual energies that haunt the mortal realms,” reads an old description on Blizzard’s classic website. “Necromancers have the ability to reanimate corpses of most entities and to control the recently dead. Plus, the Necromancer was a playable class in 2000’s Diablo II, so Blizzard could be resurrecting the character for the third installment. Of course, the leaked concept art could be related to World of Warcraft or Heroes of the Storm, but the image depicts both male and female versions of this unannounced class. Given that Blizzard added only one additional class through Reaper of Souls, Blizzard may be brewing up another expansion pack that will add the Necromancer. It also added the playable Crusader class, adding to Diablo III’s base roster that consists of the Demon Hunter, the Monk, the Wizard, the Barbarian, and the Witch Doctor. It added an additional Act, an increased level cap of 70, improvements to loot drops, and more. The Reaper of Souls expansion arrived during March 2014 … over two years ago. However, his Blizzard listing doesn’t mention anything regarding his current projects at the company, which isn’t surprising. His prior experience includes serving as Art Director and co-owner of Skyshine Games, working as Principal Artist at Crytek, as Art Director at NCSoft, and more. He joined Blizzard in January 2016, and still serves as studio art director at Vigil Games. In the bottom, left-hand corner is Blizzard art director John Mueller’s autograph. He’s holding up an enchanted dagger and wielding a scythe-type weapon in the other hand. As shown above, the Necromancer dons long, white hair and stands over what appears to be an army of the undead. Of course, in typical Blizzard fashion, the concept art was quickly removed, but not before it was grabbed and thrown up on Imgur for all the world to see.
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