The Blood Bishop
The Blood Bishop is a boss in Diablo IV. It utilizes blood magic.[1]
In-game[]
The Blood Bishop in-game
The Blood Bishop is fought in dungeons; Hallowed Ossuary and Zenith.
The Blood Bishop utilizes a tentacle attack, though is primarily a caster that can cast direct damage and AOE 'bombs' for area denial.[1]
Development[]
Visually, the Blood Bishop was conceived as a high-level boss based on vampiric blood and magic. The developers wanted to double down on the notion of a heart shape, representing the bishop's use of blood magic. This led to the notion of arteries creating these blood clots that explode to cast the AOE effect design needs.[1]
Trivia[]
- Sebastian Stepien has speculated that the Blood Bishop was a (normal) bishop in his earlier life, and did lots of evil things.[2]
- This appears to have been rendered null by the final release, as at least two separate Blood Bishops are found in separate dungeons.
- There is circumstancial evidence that the Hallowed Ossuary bishop was a martyr; the dungeon's description reads "a tomb of martyrs, desecrated and made powerful again," and the bishop is fought in the "Chamber of Martyrs" at the dungeon's end.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2021-06-30, DIABLO IV QUARTERLY UPDATE—JUNE 2021. Blizzard Entertainment, accessed on 2021-07-26
- ↑ 2019-11-11, BlizzCon 2019 Diablo IV: World and Lore Panel Transcript. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2020-04-18