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The Release of the Archivist Class is a joke that was part of Blizzard's 2009 April Fool's Day materials. Other humor of the day included the Starcraft 2 "Terra-Tron" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers Transformers] spoof, a World of Warcraft "Pimp my mount" spoof of MTV's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimp_my_ride Pimp my ride], and a "Dance Battles" joke for World of Warcraft which would allow teams to face off other teams in a dance off.
===Behind the Scenes Information===
More than a year after the Archivist was revealed, Blizzard added some additional information about the joke via their Facebook page.
<blockquote>Remember the Archivist? One of our 2009 April Fool's jokes as a new character class in Diablo III. Some things you may not know about this joke:
* It's journal entry "0041" or 4/1, also known as April 1st.
* The Archivist was originally called The Lorekeeper.
* In the "Shush" skill video a piece of wood falls right as the Archivist explodes, but it wasn't a planned part of the explosion.
* The original concept of the joke was to create a Deckard Cain class, a frail old man more concerned with reading books than fighting, and so the existing Deckard Cain model was used for all of the website assets. Including an animated version sporting dyed hair and an eyepatch.</blockquote>
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