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The '''Lacuni''' ('''Saber Cats''' or '''panther men'''[http://www.diablowiki.net/Writings_of_Abd_al-Hazir:_Entry_no._0009]) are beings that live in desert and mountain regions, especially in the [[Borderlands]] and in the [[Aranoch]] desert. Lacuni are commonly referred to as "cat people" by the [[D3 Team]], for obvious visual reasons, since they are the Eastern continent version of the {{iw|Saber_Cat Saber Cats}} found in the desert of Act Two in Diablo 2.
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The '''Lacuni''' (or '''panther men'''<ref>[http://www.diablowiki.net/Writings_of_Abd_al-Hazir:_Entry_no._0009 Panther Men] - Writings of Abd al-Hazir</ref>) are beings that live in desert and mountain regions, especially in the [[Borderlands]] and in the [[Aranoch]] desert. Lacuni are commonly referred to as "cat people" by the [[D3 Team]], for obvious visual reasons, since they are the Eastern continent version of the {{iw|Lacuni Lacuni}} found in the desert of Act Two in Diablo 2.
  
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Two types of Lacuni have been seen in the game: [[Lacuni Huntress]]es and [[Lacuni Warrior]]s. Both are presumed to be [[Beasts|beast]]-type monsters
 
  
  
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==Appearance==
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==Sub Types==
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[[Image:Mon-lacuni-huntress1.jpg|right|thumb|[[Lacuni Huntress]]]]
 
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[[Image:Mon-lacuni-warrior.jpg|right|thumb|[[Lacuni Warrior]]]]
 
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This cat people are humanoid in shape with strong feline lines, looking more like cats walking on their back paws than humans. Their faces are completely cat-like with a glimmer of heightened intelligence, similar to man. The main difference is the existence of a tail and an animal-like knee, causing their upper bodies to be hunched forward.
 
  
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The female is significantly smaller in size than the male, even more than the size difference between male and female lions.
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'''Act II'''
  
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Besides their heritage from the cats, they do have areas where hair continues to grow, as opposed to how fur normally works. On the head region, what can be described as normal hair is present, and on their forearms, an elongated fur patch is visible.
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*Lacuni Huntress
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*Lacuni Slasher
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*Lacuni Stalker
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*Lacuni Warrior
  
  
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==Society==
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'''Act III'''
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The Lacuni live in cliff dwellings in desert and mountainous regions of [[Sanctuary]]. They are aggressive towards humans, and can be very dangerous to meet face to face.
 
  
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The society primarily consists of women, dealing more with the hunting, while male Lacuni are significantly larger, and protecting the herd, similar to how lions and many other large cat animals organise their packs.
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*Wintersbane Huntress
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*Wintersbane Stalker
  
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Not much is known about how they actually pass their day-to day life, but they are proficient in many types of tools, including weapons.
 
  
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Both male and female Lacuni have been seen using weapons such as whips, javelins, throwing potions, and swords (although only male Lacuni have been seen using swords). Some of these weapons have even appeared [[magic]]ally enchanted, hinting at a quite advanced society. They have also been seen wearing different types of armour and other tools.
 
  
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Regardless of gender, Lacuni are very quick and quite acrobatic. They can attack with somersaults and other rolling manoeuvres, and spinning to strike with their weapons in rapid succession. They are quick to the chase, and enjoy the hunt. They rarely retreat and generally attack in large, well-organized groups.
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==Lacuni Huntress==
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[[File:??.jpg|right|thumb|130px|Lacuni Huntress]]
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*Appear in Act II - [[Abandoned Mineworks]], [[Black Canyon Bridge]], [[The Crumbling Vault]], [[Howling Plateau]],  [[Stinging Winds]], [[Sundered Canyon]] and [[Tunnels of the Rockworm]]
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*Higher level version of the [[Lacuni Warrior]]
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*A very long very fast ranged leap attack with physical swipe as she lands.
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*Ranged Firebomb attack.
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<mob>lacuni huntress</mob>
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==Lacuni Slasher==
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[[File:??.jpg|right|thumb|130px|Lacuni Slasher]]
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*Appear in Act II - [[Abandoned Mineworks]], [[Black Canyon Bridge]], [[The Crumbling Vault]], [[Howling Plateau]],  [[Stinging Winds]], [[Sundered Canyon]] and [[Tunnels of the Rockworm]]
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*Lacuni Combo Slash is a ferocious double sword attack which he performs whilst somersaulting. As he lands he performs another dual sword attack. You can back off whilst he's somersaulting to avoid getting hit by the final slices.
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<mob>lacuni slasher</mob>
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==Lacuni Stalker==
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[[File:??.jpg|right|thumb|130px|Lacuni Stalker]]
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*Appear in Act II - [[Abandoned Mineworks]], [[Black Canyon Bridge]], [[The Crumbling Vault]], [[Howling Plateau]],  [[Stinging Winds]], [[Sundered Canyon]] and [[Tunnels of the Rockworm]]
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*A very long very fast ranged leap attack with physical swipe as she lands.
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*Ranged Firebomb attack.
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<mob>lacuni stalker</mob>
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==Lacuni Warrior==
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[[File:??.jpg|right|thumb|130px|Lacuni Warrior]]
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*Appear in Act II - [[Black Canyon Bridge]], [[The Crumbling Vault]], [[Howling Plateau]], [[Sundered Canyon]], [[Tunnels of the Rockworm]]
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*Lower level version of the [[Lacuni Slasher]]
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*Lacuni Combo Slash is a ferocious double sword attack which he performs whilst somersaulting. As he lands he performs another dual sword attack. You can back off whilst he's somersaulting to avoid getting hit by the final slices.
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<mob>lacuni warrior</mob>
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==Wintersbane Huntress==
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[[File:??.jpg|right|thumb|130px|Wintersbane Huntress]]
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*Appear in Act III - [[Caverns of Frost]]
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*A very long very fast ranged leap attack with physical swipe as she lands. 
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*Ranged Firebomb attack.
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<mob>wintersbane huntress</mob>
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==Wintersbane Stalker==
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[[File:??.jpg|right|thumb|130px|Wintersbane Stalker]]
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*Appear in Act III - [[Caverns of Frost]] (1)
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*Lacuni Combo Slash is a ferocious double sword attack which he performs whilst somersaulting. As he lands he performs another dual sword attack. You can back off whilst he's somersaulting to avoid getting hit by the final slices.
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<mob>wintersbane stalker</mob>
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==Named==
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*[[Chiltara]] - [[Caverns of Frost]] in [[Act II]].  He is the source of the [[Gibbering Gemstone]].
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===Lacuni History Speculation===
 
===Lacuni History Speculation===
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[[Encyclopedia Sanctuaria]] [http://www.diablowiki.net/Diablo_II_Manual] mentions the Lacuni as "once found only in the jungle environments of [[Kehjistan]], trading freely with the cities there."
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Encyclopedia Sanctuaria<ref>[http://www.diablowiki.net/Diablo_II_Manual Lacuni's origins] - Encyclopedia Sanctuaria</ref>  mentions the Lacuni as "once found only in the jungle environments of [[Kehjistan]], trading freely with the cities there."
  
 
According to Encyclopedia Sanctuaria, they have always been considered somewhat "aloof and untrustworthy," but never before behaved in a threatening manner toward human society. This aggressive attitude apparently started about the same time as [[Diablo]] travelled west, over the [[Aranoch]] desert when they started raiding whole caravans upon.
 
According to Encyclopedia Sanctuaria, they have always been considered somewhat "aloof and untrustworthy," but never before behaved in a threatening manner toward human society. This aggressive attitude apparently started about the same time as [[Diablo]] travelled west, over the [[Aranoch]] desert when they started raiding whole caravans upon.
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==In-Game Lacuni==
 
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Two types of Lacuni were commonly encountered as enemies in the [[BlizzCon 2009]] demo, especially in the [[Howling Plateau]] area.
 
  
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* [[Lacuni Huntress]] -- The Huntresses were lightly armored melee fighters who essentially served as quick-footed cannon fodder.
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* [[Lacuni Warrior]] -- The Warriors were much larger and quite a bit more dangerous. These huge cat men wielded two glowing swords and fought with a variety of spinning and sumersaulting attacks. Boss groups of these were one of the more dangerous encounters players had to endure in the demo.
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Read more about the {{iw|Lacuni Lacuni}}  of Diablo II.
  
  
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===Diablo II===
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=References=
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Read more about the {{iw|Saber_Cat Saber Cats}} of Diablo II.
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==Development==
 
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[[File:Lacuni.jpg|thumb|450px|The "sexy" version of the lacuni.]]
 
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The lacuni, or cat people, were originally relatively "pretty" when seen in [[Diablo II]]. They even had four full-grown breasts with visible areolae, and generally a far cry from the lacuni of [[Diablo III]]. Whether these are in fact a different species or not is hard to say without confirmation either way from Blizzard, but if they are meant to be one and the same race, their art style most definitely has changed since 10 years ago.
 
  
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==Reference==
 
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* [[Writings of Abd al-Hazir: Entry no. 0009]] - Khazra
 
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* [[Writings of Abd al-Hazir: Entry no. 0032]] - Borderlands
 
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* [[Diablo II Manual]]
 
  
  
  
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Revision as of 19:00, 19 November 2012

The Lacuni (or panther men[1]) are beings that live in desert and mountain regions, especially in the Borderlands and in the Aranoch desert. Lacuni are commonly referred to as "cat people" by the D3 Team, for obvious visual reasons, since they are the Eastern continent version of the Lacuni found in the desert of Act Two in Diablo 2.


Sub Types

Act II

  • Lacuni Huntress
  • Lacuni Slasher
  • Lacuni Stalker
  • Lacuni Warrior


Act III

  • Wintersbane Huntress
  • Wintersbane Stalker


Lacuni Huntress

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Lacuni Huntress

<mob>lacuni huntress</mob>


Lacuni Slasher

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Lacuni Slasher

<mob>lacuni slasher</mob>


Lacuni Stalker

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Lacuni Stalker

<mob>lacuni stalker</mob>


Lacuni Warrior

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Lacuni Warrior

<mob>lacuni warrior</mob>


Wintersbane Huntress

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Wintersbane Huntress
  • Appear in Act III - Caverns of Frost
  • A very long very fast ranged leap attack with physical swipe as she lands.
  • Ranged Firebomb attack.

<mob>wintersbane huntress</mob>


Wintersbane Stalker

File:??.jpg
Wintersbane Stalker
  • Appear in Act III - Caverns of Frost (1)
  • Lacuni Combo Slash is a ferocious double sword attack which he performs whilst somersaulting. As he lands he performs another dual sword attack. You can back off whilst he's somersaulting to avoid getting hit by the final slices.

<mob>wintersbane stalker</mob>


Named



Background

The Lacuni tribes are indigenous inhabitants of Sanctuary, as opposed to the magically created Khazra (goatmen). They have been hostile towards humans for many hundred years, and no source of information tells of a time when humans and Lacuni lived in peace.

Well over 400 years ago, they were considered such a problem for Caldeum that the great military city of Lut Bahadur was built to keep the Lacuni safely away from Caldeum.

As more entries of the Writings of Abd al-Hazir are published, we hope to get more insight into the Lacuni.


Lacuni History Speculation

Encyclopedia Sanctuaria[2] mentions the Lacuni as "once found only in the jungle environments of Kehjistan, trading freely with the cities there."

According to Encyclopedia Sanctuaria, they have always been considered somewhat "aloof and untrustworthy," but never before behaved in a threatening manner toward human society. This aggressive attitude apparently started about the same time as Diablo travelled west, over the Aranoch desert when they started raiding whole caravans upon.

Whether Encyclopedia Sanctuaria or the Writings of Abd al-Hazir are conflicting, or just describing different sites of their evolution remains to be seen. The Lacuni closer to Caldeum obviously disliked human society from the start, or at the very least, the last 400 odd years.


Diablo II

Read more about the Lacuni of Diablo II.


References

  1. Jump up ↑ Panther Men - Writings of Abd al-Hazir
  2. Jump up ↑ Lacuni's origins - Encyclopedia Sanctuaria


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