{"podcast":{"title":"Lore Watch Podcast","slug":"lore-watch-podcast-4788","podcast_index_feed_id":4788,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6556539150cd070012089193","website_url":"http://blizzardwatch.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6556539150cd070012089193/1737499828181-233880d1-1cb2-4047-863e-2abb4b8afeb2.jpeg","author":"Blizzard Watch","episode_count":432,"summary":"Every week the Lore Watch podcast explores the story and lore of Blizzard titles including World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, or any other games that interest us. Join us for an in-depth look at the evolving stories of the games we all love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T06:20:21.086063+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lore-watch-podcast-4788"},"episode":{"title":"Diablo Paladins, a history","slug":"diablo-paladins-a-history","published_at":"2025-12-17T16:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lore-watch-podcast-4788/diablo-paladins-a-history","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lore-watch-podcast-4788","url":"https://shows.acast.com/lore-watch/episodes/lwp-397","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6556539150cd070012089193/e/69410db380257c9e352e8792/media.mp3","summary":"Since Paladins were announced as the next class to join the roster in  Diablo 4  in its next expansion  Lord of Hatred  -- and already playable with preorder -- Matt and Joe sat down this week to chat about both, but mostly Paladins and their history within the franchise. First, they dive into the place of Paladins within the franchise as contrasted by other classes. Blizzard seems to be cribbing heavily from  Diablo 2 , with almost all the classes from that game now available in  D4 . They touch on Paladins from  D2 , their famous fall, and how that led to the Crusaders from  Diablo 3. The story we see in the cinematic also has our Paladin facing off against Mephisto while he inhabits Akarat's body, which he possessed at the end of the previous expansion,  Vessel of Hatred . Akarat being one of the founders of the faith the Paladin belongs to, this is a deeply interesting contrast -- as well as a personal religious crisis in the making.   If you enjoy the show, please support us on Patreon , where you can get these episodes early and ad-free! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Since Paladins were announced as the next class to join the roster in Diablo 4 in its next expansion Lord of Hatred -- and already…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3609,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lore-watch-podcast-4788/episodes/diablo-paladins-a-history/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lore-watch-podcast-4788/diablo-paladins-a-history.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}