Natalya is a former Assassin-turned Demon Hunter.
Biography[]
Kurast[]
Natalya was in Kurast during the time of the awakening of the Prime Evils. She arrived and waited for further orders. During that time, she rejected an offer from Asheara to join the Iron Wolves, and talked to Hratli about weapons. She made many around her uneasy, due to her intimidating presence, skepticism, cold attitude and mysterious aura; many considered her a quiet, yet strange person. Deckard Cain in particular was wary of her presence due to her being a mage hunter, wondering what her true purpose in Kurast could be.
A week after her arrival, she encountered a group of heroes who were in pursuit of the Dark Wanderer. She provided them with information, but could not help further, as she was obliged to stay at the docks to await further orders. By the time the group defeated Mephisto, she had left the area to head north into the Barbarian lands.[1]
Dealing with Demons[]
A few years before the End of Days, Natalya left the Viz-Jaq'taar, instead taking up the cause of the Demon Hunters,[2] seeking redemption.[3] She focused on the hunting of demons,[4] gaining some small semblance of peace from doing so.[5]
In-game[]
Diablo II[]
Natalya appears as an NPC in Act III of Diablo II, found in the Kurast Docks. Despite a shared class, she has no unique dialogue for an Assassin character. She serves no purpose for the storyline and has no quests related to her, but does offer exposition about her Order, gossip and some minor quest info.
She disappears from the area right after Mephisto is slain. According to her dialogue for when "The Guardian" is completed (which the player never hears due to her disappearing), she received new orders to head to the Northern Steppes, but wouldn't say why. Despite that, Natalya is not found during Act V nor mentioned again.
The item set, Natalya's Odium, is named after her.
Dialogue[]
Diablo III[]
Natalya's Vengeance is an item set in Diablo III, used by Demon Hunters. The items' description provide vague hints at her activities post-Diablo II, revealing that she abandoned the Viz-Jaq'taar, leaving her days as a mage slayer behind, and became a Demon Hunter instead.
Trivia[]
- Cain identifies her as a member of an Order called "Khral-Harzhek", while the Assassins are later known as the Viz-Jaq'taar, and the Book of Tyrael explicitly states she was once a Viz-Jaq'taar Assassin.
- "Natalya" is a Slavic form of the name "Natalie."
- Natalya the Tiger is presumably named after her.