I'm a simple man. I see a Dark Lore Dash video on Diablo, I click it, I watch it. Keep up the amazing work! Thank you for being the entry point to me picking up this awesome series!
Farnham is arguably one of the best written characters in the whole Diablo series because of how relatable he is, drowning in alcohol to cope with the emotional trauma that completely broke him. The voice acting is fantastic; his intro, as well him talking about The Butcher, still hits hard as you can truly see his desperation. Also, you forgot to mention that Farnham can be fought as a zombie in Diablo III, right at the start of the game, inside a cellar.
Thank you! I will be a stick in the mud and say that Farnhams 'ressurection' in Diablo 3 just felt like unnecessary fan service, to me personally. I also left out how he went into the Labyrinth to save his daughter from 'the awakening' too as again, it just didn't feel right.
@DarkLOREDash I agree with your perspective on this. Felt more like "ahh let's give the fans some 'lore'", Diablo 3 itself is a love hate relationship to me. I adore a lot about it, but unfortunately that's where my love for blizzard and Diablo the game ended. The lore and story I still enjoy to no end, ive played Diablo 2 religiously id say even. there was just so much that changed.
@@DarkLOREDash Frankly? I wholeheartedly agree with you. Diablo III tried too hard to fish players with nostalgia bait and "bring back" characters that didn't need to return.
Yeah, he was probably drunk and just saw his friend coming towards him, not realizing he was already gone. I like to think he was already asleep..... :(
These voices! The music! The entire ambiance! By Diablo, it is as if I was transported back 30+ years to my gaming beginnings. Thank you for the great story and the nostalgia!
With the dying villager outside of the cathedral. younger me found out you can cast resurrect on him. light will shine and the sound will play, but he stays dead. 😂
Given how they talked so dismissively about him, when I saw Tristram devastated my only response was "Oh no...anyway." It killed any sympathy I had for any of them.
Farnham is especially interesting because you'll never realize how sad his story is if you don't regularly talk to the townsfolk. He's initially just comic relief, kind of a weird pathetic guy. But then you keep talking to him. What really makes it impressive is that this was one of the first games to have a character like that. Earlier games mostly gave you a "what you see is what you get" on NPCs.
Hey man, this brings tears to my eyes, I am too old, I remember playing this, world was a better place, no worries about money, girls, futute, just fun and optimism... I know people reading this feel the same! Long live Diablo 1 and 90ssss !
Well, I'm glad UA-cam hasn't unsubscribed me like it does a LOT of channels I used to enjoy but this is the first video I've been recommended (although it took a LOT of scrolling on the home feed page to find it) ever since I watched you regale us with a Diablo II playthrough narrator-mode.
I really wish there was a spinoff that gave the full story of how the destruction of Tristram played out. Jilian, her grandmother, Farnham, Ogden, Peppin, and even Griswold and (I forget if she was present for it) Adria. Maybe some hero going down swinging to defend the people before falling to demons would make for a tragic and harrowing tale.
I always thought the intro line for Farnham was just supposed to be a bunch of incomprehensible slurred speech. The best I could make of it back then was: "Candor foul drink of geese?"
this shit hit different, as a kid, 11-12 years old... on a beige compaq pc and beige crt screen... speakers blasting form the sides of teh monitor... teh atmosphere of that game
Sadly, this isn't even the end of poor Farnham's story. It continues past these moments in Diablo 2. The poor man's rest and body are desecrated even further: In Diablo 3, he is raised from his eternal slumber as a shambling corpse whom you must defeat inside "The Cursed Cellar", a small dungeon in Old Tristram. He is risen from the dead as a result of "The Falling Star", which we now know to be Tyrael the Archangel falling to earth after deciding to become human. This Fall, and the ensuing shattering of the angel's sword awakens all the dead within the area around Old Tristram where the "star" falls....which happens to be directly onto and down INTO the Old Monastery where the first Warrior hero, Aidan, son of King Leoric (The Skeleton King) defeated Diablo. You go deeper into the dilapidated abode and open a chest and then are forced to kill a massive amount of Risen Dead zombies....and Farnham spawns at the entrance of the doorway where you came in, blocking your exit on the way back out. Unfortunately, the hero of Diablo 3 is forced to finally put the old man down for good, and Farnham finally finds eternal rest at last.
Was probably Griswald that did him in. That's why he had an extra bottle, he was offering it to his friend. Farnham was a drunk, but not a total coward. He would've at least got to his feet and tried to take cover with the others.
wasnt Farnham in Diablo 3? could swear i fought a zombie named Farnham. it was probably fan service. My favorite line of Farnham will always be "Water?! you drink water?!" me and my friend say that to each other. Oh hey, Dash, have you ever thought to do Torchlight lore? its pretty close to Diablo. well the first 2
"More and more, the cycle of torment and destruction ends the lives of many. Farnham is but one of many. So many companions lost. All played their part to the overall play called life." The hooded man kneels onto a rug. "First was Diablo, then Mephisto... Funny, how similar the rise of the Primary Evils from the mortal form became. Hmmm." He rubs his chin. "I do wonder. Would Mephisto return the favor to Diablo? Will he seek to release his brothers only to confront an angel? I doubt the ironic poetry will come to pass."
Ive been waiting literal years for this video ❤, Farnham is my favorite character, his cut voice lines make his character even more tragically my favorite.
I just realised that the reason Farnham drinks isn't just because he is trying to forget, I think that Farnham is so traumatised by being covered in blood & guts of his friends that he is desperately trying to get the taste out of his mouth with alcohol, something I imagine has been seared into his mind...
Yea farnham's fate is just a simple one. The extra bottle just means, he drank everything once he saw the demon horde engulfing everything. I would like to think he passed out and died from drinking too much. I can't imagine his mental terror in those moments. Mind broken, frozen in place too drunk to run away, too broken to help save his remaining friends. The other explanation is that he died before the horde took over the town. When you try to talk to him about each time you progress into the story, his mind breaks more and more. So I think another possibility is that word of diablo dying did nothing to free his mind, he was so stuck in a feedback loop he drank himself to death. The other townsfolk partying probably forgot about him till the horde of demons arrived, maybe griswald found him (which explains the extra bottle unopened) and before fighting to his death gave his friend a passing gift.
I'd like to support that theory too. After everything he suffered through, he deserves better than a brutal death. Even if it's grimdark, he gets a small measure of peace in passing away to acute alcohol poisoning before the demons could tear into him.
Thank you for covering this. I loved Diablo I and II. I loved the characters from Tristram,I was sad with what happened to them. I used to have a desktop picture of the tavern from Tristram done up for Christmas. Need to see if I can find it again. I will check out the story videos. Hehe I am listening to Diablo soundtrack now
So I was just thinking. I understand your reticent nature towards Diablo 3+4, who could blame you in all honesty. Have you thought about covering some of the mod Diablo 2 Median XL? It takes a lot of the lore from the old lore and books turning it into game quests, dungeons instances etc. Lord Aldrich, Belial, the goddess of the Amazons, Tran Athulua, the Ennead road, Kabraxis, the sunless isles and a lot lot more from the books and assorted media of the days past. It may be good for a deep dive in a lore aspect? Even just the mods website contains a treasure trove of lore. As always love your videos.
New subscriber. These videos take me back to watching my boyfriend play. The story was always so disturbing that I couldn’t look away. You bring new life to a story I’ve heard so many times.
I understand the idea there's a voice actor behind the character but the character feels so relatable and alive. His drunk laughter and sheer terror and tears of regret... Farnham is such a likeable fellow. He doesn't do anything, he's a side character in the game but a main character r to me. I return to Farnham more than to Griswold, haha
I have to ask.... what is that floating text above your character around the 3:45 mark? That is NOT default original game....... I don't even recall seeing it in the PS1 game
I'd like to imagine with a moment of soberness to him, a rusty sword in hand as for a last fleeting moment the soldier he had himself forgotten about found his courage to fight for his friends and the place he calls home.
The French translation of the dialogues on Playstation1 is of the utmost quality. It sounds as serious as the English dialogues. The voice acting is also SPOT-ON.
Nothing but tragedy in Diablo 1. Its tale fills the player with just enough hope just to go on to fight the lord of Terror only to be met with an ultimately doomed fate for all its characters (including its playable heroes). You don’t get stories like these anymore. In its fiction it retains its realistic approach of how things would turn out when dealing with forces of evil. Truly a story telling master piece.
What captivates me, is that Adria's voice seems to show her age : maybe 50-60 years old, when introduced in the first game. How could her old womb properly give birth to Leah ?? Then we meet her again in Diablo 3, and she seems about the same age... A witch of 30 years old would not have such an old lady's voice (Diablo 1).
back in the 90s, when i first played D1, i always thought Farnham was just a Useless drunk NPC.. re-Playing this again years later, i can feel his Pain when I learned his Lore..
great video! I noticed some stuff i don't remember from my days playing Diablo, like quest markers, some NPC walking around town, a couple of chests in town, damage numbers and also the ability to zoom out much more than in the good old version i used to play, which begs the question; what version of Diablo did you capture for this vid?
"Yet, as the weeks passed our hero became increasingly aloof. He kept his distance from the rest of the townsfolk an lapsed into a dark, brooding depression." So far so good for context for my comment. "I thought that perhaps his ordeal had been so disturbing that he simply could not put it out of his mind." Well, Cain, i didn't take you for a jokester. Not sure if this big red thing disappered and somehow absorbed into the hero's body after ... "putting it in his special inventory slot" as seen in the end sequence ... but if it was visible ... you couldn't be more on the nose. If it wasn't well, you didn't know how literally right you are with these words. 😀
I guess any of the dead residents can be animated as undead, just like Griswald. Farnham shows up as an undead unique in Diablo 3. He's found in one of the cellars in the Old Tristram area. So far, I've only seen him in Adventure Mode, not in Campaign Mode. He is one of the many Act 1 quests you can get. (He is the sub-boss, but the bounty has nothing to do with him.)
Don't want a live action because Hollywood hates the majority of their audience but I used to fan cast Diablo 1 and 2 to pass time a long time ago. Got Christopher Walken for Farnham As for the three main protagonist, Alexander Skarsgard as Aidan, Bryce Dallas Howard as Moreina and Peter Mensah as Jazreth.
Farnham died with a bottle in hand, drunk out of his mind, shivering and shaking with fear. I doubt he even understand what was going on about it, near catatonic.
He really did have amazing voice acting. And my god does Diablo II Remastered look great. Is his liquor bottles there in the original version? I honestly can't remember.
Just because we find a corpse where he sat doesn't mean it's him. My personal fan theory is that Farnham got up and ran when Tristram was attacked, drunk, he fell into the river and floated downstream to safety. I refuse to accept that he's dead.
The truth is there's no such thing as an easy death, whether you're a drunk or as pious as a monk. One of the hard truths of life. Make every day count. It's okay if it feels overwhelming, that's what makes it meaningful.
I have a question for you is Diablo 1 able to play co-op still? I would like to be able to play it with a friend that's why I asked and I figured you would have done at least a game play video or something with a friend or at least played with a friend at some point
On the Playstation One version, you can play cooperatively with 1 other friend, but the game doesnt play out the same as PC, and certain bosses just kinda ROAM the dungeon rather than have their own areas (The Butcher and The Skeleton King just kinda APPEAR at random parts in the dungeon and beat the crap out of you) Items must also be shared between characters making it difficult for you to come up with decent weapons/armor and finding enough gold to buy health potions as bosses will have increased health and damage for 2 player mode. Difficult to stay alive for sure! I think you're better off using a LAN-option or BNET option for the PC version which is STILL up and running as far as I can tell. You can play up to FOUR PEOPLE and work together cooperatively or even fight each OTHER!
Thanks for the video. But, you forgot Farnham's conclusion. After his death he was enlisted into Diablo's horde. We discover his Unique Zombie form in _Diablo III_ along the Old Tristram Road in Act I's The Cursed Cellar. During this Cursed Chest Event/Bounty, we must kill him to successfully complete the Event. R.I.P. my old drinking buddy. 🍺
Oh man, Diablo1 is THE Diablo game. Not a single sequel managed to replicate the dreadful, dark and gloomy aspect of D1. You're not some Demi-God with angel/demon blood slashing myriads of demons with a single blow, really... EFF that. You're just some random Veteran human warrior/rogue/sorcerer and must slowly fight your way into Hell, do a wrong turn or make the mistake of following one of those retreating enemies and you will find yourself surrounded by a small group of Demons and you will die faster than you can drink those potions. It might be slower and tortuous, but that's what makes it good. So strategic and enjoyable I play D1 at least twice a year, and i think the last time i played D2 was like 5 years ago, no plans to go back to D2.
Was it ever disclosed/discovered who played Farnham? I'm asking cause its a shame we "officially" don't have a name to put to this performance as the voice actor did SUCH A GOOD JOB of selling his character. Just a regular person who caught a glimpse of the horrors beneath the cathedral and now is so broken he spends his days literally drowning in booze, all in a futile attempt to forget. The desperation and trauma with which he recalls the Butcher is genuinely heartbreaking...
I think the tainted water got him. It wouldn't instantly turn brown so that people drinking it would pass away before it turned brown to scare the survivors. It's not unlikely a supernaturally cursed water would taint the alcohol made from it. And he couldn't communicate his sickness. At least that's what I hope and he didn't go through the pain of the horde
Most likely Farnham died by the hands of the old hero, as Diablo would have maintained all the memories of the hero while possessing them, that would if we go by story logic, include memories of Farnham and Wirt, Griswold probably challenged Diablo but ended up possessed by one of the many demons who served Diablo, and gave in when he saw Farnham dead, hence why he is a cursed enemy, a curse of hatred.
Can’t a fella drink in peace?
Gannabilla dranken geese
You drink water?
@@salamathesusatbiyernesulit2161"Water.Are You sick?"
The best comment ever.
@@thesandwifeI originally thought it was drunken dribble “ganderfel drinking geese”
I'm a simple man.
I see a Dark Lore Dash video on Diablo, I click it, I watch it.
Keep up the amazing work! Thank you for being the entry point to me picking up this awesome series!
No, thank you! I really appreciate the kind words
Same 😂
See new video and know it will be a time with good Audio takes abd deep dark Story
Farnham is arguably one of the best written characters in the whole Diablo series because of how relatable he is, drowning in alcohol to cope with the emotional trauma that completely broke him. The voice acting is fantastic; his intro, as well him talking about The Butcher, still hits hard as you can truly see his desperation.
Also, you forgot to mention that Farnham can be fought as a zombie in Diablo III, right at the start of the game, inside a cellar.
You finally put him to rest where he could finally sleep forever
Farnham is literally me 🗿
Thank you! I will be a stick in the mud and say that Farnhams 'ressurection' in Diablo 3 just felt like unnecessary fan service, to me personally. I also left out how he went into the Labyrinth to save his daughter from 'the awakening' too as again, it just didn't feel right.
@DarkLOREDash I agree with your perspective on this. Felt more like "ahh let's give the fans some 'lore'", Diablo 3 itself is a love hate relationship to me. I adore a lot about it, but unfortunately that's where my love for blizzard and Diablo the game ended. The lore and story I still enjoy to no end, ive played Diablo 2 religiously id say even. there was just so much that changed.
@@DarkLOREDash Frankly? I wholeheartedly agree with you. Diablo III tried too hard to fish players with nostalgia bait and "bring back" characters that didn't need to return.
that intro speech from Farnham always gets me. no matter how many times i've heard it.
Man... That first voice acting is so top tier. You can feel the pain and fear on his voice.
Still has yet to be beaten imo
Griswold got him. That's why he was still sitting right there.
He never thought griswold was a threat
Yeah, he was probably drunk and just saw his friend coming towards him, not realizing he was already gone. I like to think he was already asleep..... :(
Poor bastard probably thought Griswold came to help.
Rest in Peace Farnum. May the Butcher torment you no longer.
Thank you, these are so enjoyable. Poor Farnum, you paid him a fine tribute 🌞☕️
Thank you, Lala!
@@DarkLOREDash Any chance you're considering to explore Path of Exile 2?
These voices! The music! The entire ambiance! By Diablo, it is as if I was transported back 30+ years to my gaming beginnings. Thank you for the great story and the nostalgia!
Thank you to Blizz North of old!
Was thinking about picking up the bottle, saw this drop and now I'm at the gym training to be a hero
You got this!
God bless, Brother! Keep it up!
With the dying villager outside of the cathedral. younger me found out you can cast resurrect on him. light will shine and the sound will play, but he stays dead. 😂
First notification of the morning let’s goooo! Thanks dude!
Good morning!
I always felt bad for that dude
Fought for his town and came back with PTSD and everyone picks on him..
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@@senseicorey9979 Sounds like Vietnam vets.
Given how they talked so dismissively about him, when I saw Tristram devastated my only response was "Oh no...anyway." It killed any sympathy I had for any of them.
Farnham is especially interesting because you'll never realize how sad his story is if you don't regularly talk to the townsfolk. He's initially just comic relief, kind of a weird pathetic guy. But then you keep talking to him.
What really makes it impressive is that this was one of the first games to have a character like that. Earlier games mostly gave you a "what you see is what you get" on NPCs.
Hey man, this brings tears to my eyes, I am too old, I remember playing this, world was a better place, no worries about money, girls, futute, just fun and optimism... I know people reading this feel the same! Long live Diablo 1 and 90ssss !
Well, I'm glad UA-cam hasn't unsubscribed me like it does a LOT of channels I used to enjoy but this is the first video I've been recommended (although it took a LOT of scrolling on the home feed page to find it) ever since I watched you regale us with a Diablo II playthrough narrator-mode.
I really wish there was a spinoff that gave the full story of how the destruction of Tristram played out. Jilian, her grandmother, Farnham, Ogden, Peppin, and even Griswold and (I forget if she was present for it) Adria. Maybe some hero going down swinging to defend the people before falling to demons would make for a tragic and harrowing tale.
sometimes it's scarier just to see the aftermath and piece things together
I don't think Adria showed up until after Lazarus led everyone down to the labyrinth, but I could be wrong.
I always thought the intro line for Farnham was just supposed to be a bunch of incomprehensible slurred speech. The best I could make of it back then was: "Candor foul drink of geese?"
Farnham: "Have you seen my pet geese!?"
Me: "No sir, I have not."
Not seen a video from you in ages. Didnt know why one just randomly popped up. Glad it did
this shit hit different, as a kid, 11-12 years old... on a beige compaq pc and beige crt screen... speakers blasting form the sides of teh monitor... teh atmosphere of that game
Still remember first playing this game and thinking he was just comic relief. Then he gets so dark. He's one of my favorite Diablo characters.
Sadly, this isn't even the end of poor Farnham's story.
It continues past these moments in Diablo 2. The poor man's rest and body are desecrated even further:
In Diablo 3, he is raised from his eternal slumber as a shambling corpse whom you must defeat inside "The Cursed Cellar", a small dungeon in Old Tristram. He is risen from the dead as a result of "The Falling Star", which we now know to be Tyrael the Archangel falling to earth after deciding to become human. This Fall, and the ensuing shattering of the angel's sword awakens all the dead within the area around Old Tristram where the "star" falls....which happens to be directly onto and down INTO the Old Monastery where the first Warrior hero, Aidan, son of King Leoric (The Skeleton King) defeated Diablo.
You go deeper into the dilapidated abode and open a chest and then are forced to kill a massive amount of Risen Dead zombies....and Farnham spawns at the entrance of the doorway where you came in, blocking your exit on the way back out. Unfortunately, the hero of Diablo 3 is forced to finally put the old man down for good, and Farnham finally finds eternal rest at last.
You have an uncanny way too make we want too play this game again, even if its just briefly!
I just never grow tired of your Diablo lore videos!
Was probably Griswald that did him in. That's why he had an extra bottle, he was offering it to his friend. Farnham was a drunk, but not a total coward. He would've at least got to his feet and tried to take cover with the others.
Don't know why, but Wirt sounds sooo much like Bart Simpson today 😂
Great video, so glad you can still make content from diablo 1 through diablo 2.
Thanks for the kind words! Glad you're enjoying the nostalgia trip.
That dialogue always makes me feel so bad inside, damn it, that is good voice acting
Hearing Griswold and farnhams voice actors in your videos convinced me to play Diablo 1. Their voice acting is absolutely legendary
I like to think Farnham sat there and watched the approaching hoard. Lifted his bottle and toasted them as they closed in. On to the next life......
Your obsession with putting Farnham's incredible voice work into your Diablo videos is amazing and now you made a video of him and I'm all here for it
5:51 Is that a Wanderer reference? I see what you did there, you drunken clever man, you.
I'm glad to see more videos covering Diablo 1. I hope you continue making videos about Diablo 1 and 2 (and the novels).
keep up the awsome work; i still have to drive a lot around and your clips always make the time passing better! cheers
wasnt Farnham in Diablo 3? could swear i fought a zombie named Farnham. it was probably fan service. My favorite line of Farnham will always be "Water?! you drink water?!" me and my friend say that to each other.
Oh hey, Dash, have you ever thought to do Torchlight lore? its pretty close to Diablo. well the first 2
Yep and I made a comment where and why you are forced to fight him in Diablo 3. ^^
True, I think it wasn’t as impactful in D3 as it was in D2
@@xXLunatikxXlul where was Farnham in D2?
@@Ironeagle21 He showed it in the video.
He's a corpse against a rock with 2 bottles. lol
@@Dalpima I feel silly now. I've been playing D2 since it first came out in 99 yet I somehow never noticed that!
always found this character so relatable, thank you for your work in this series.
"More and more, the cycle of torment and destruction ends the lives of many. Farnham is but one of many. So many companions lost. All played their part to the overall play called life." The hooded man kneels onto a rug. "First was Diablo, then Mephisto... Funny, how similar the rise of the Primary Evils from the mortal form became. Hmmm." He rubs his chin. "I do wonder. Would Mephisto return the favor to Diablo? Will he seek to release his brothers only to confront an angel? I doubt the ironic poetry will come to pass."
Ive been waiting literal years for this video ❤, Farnham is my favorite character, his cut voice lines make his character even more tragically my favorite.
I just realised that the reason Farnham drinks isn't just because he is trying to forget, I think that Farnham is so traumatised by being covered in blood & guts of his friends that he is desperately trying to get the taste out of his mouth with alcohol, something I imagine has been seared into his mind...
Yea farnham's fate is just a simple one. The extra bottle just means, he drank everything once he saw the demon horde engulfing everything. I would like to think he passed out and died from drinking too much. I can't imagine his mental terror in those moments. Mind broken, frozen in place too drunk to run away, too broken to help save his remaining friends.
The other explanation is that he died before the horde took over the town. When you try to talk to him about each time you progress into the story, his mind breaks more and more. So I think another possibility is that word of diablo dying did nothing to free his mind, he was so stuck in a feedback loop he drank himself to death. The other townsfolk partying probably forgot about him till the horde of demons arrived, maybe griswald found him (which explains the extra bottle unopened) and before fighting to his death gave his friend a passing gift.
Yes! I kind of was hoping that happened 😕
I'd like to support that theory too. After everything he suffered through, he deserves better than a brutal death. Even if it's grimdark, he gets a small measure of peace in passing away to acute alcohol poisoning before the demons could tear into him.
Thank you for covering this. I loved Diablo I and II. I loved the characters from Tristram,I was sad with what happened to them.
I used to have a desktop picture of the tavern from Tristram done up for Christmas. Need to see if I can find it again.
I will check out the story videos. Hehe I am listening to Diablo soundtrack now
Who ever voiced Farnham deserved back then a raise and a fucking award. He has the most goosebumps Monologues in videogame history ever.
This was the first time I ever experienced sadness in a video game.
I guess you never played Phantasy Star II or IV...
@Novastar.SaberCombat Nope.Never heard of that.I was born in 93
Very well done man, subbed.
At last another lore for me to enjoy
So I was just thinking.
I understand your reticent nature towards Diablo 3+4, who could blame you in all honesty.
Have you thought about covering some of the mod Diablo 2 Median XL?
It takes a lot of the lore from the old lore and books turning it into game quests, dungeons instances etc.
Lord Aldrich, Belial, the goddess of the Amazons, Tran Athulua, the Ennead road, Kabraxis, the sunless isles and a lot lot more from the books and assorted media of the days past.
It may be good for a deep dive in a lore aspect? Even just the mods website contains a treasure trove of lore.
As always love your videos.
Farnham was the first NPC many met as soon as they started Diablo. What a great way to set the atmosphere
Really liked this video and totally agree about the impressive depth that Farnham brought to Diablo 1
Finally Diablo content again, I missed the darkness.
To bad Diablo when down hill as much as Farnham haha but thank you for the video!
New subscriber. These videos take me back to watching my boyfriend play. The story was always so disturbing that I couldn’t look away. You bring new life to a story I’ve heard so many times.
Thank you so much for these videos. I appreciate it. 🙏
My headcanon before this was that Farnham was his last name, and we knew him in Diablo II as Marius.
I understand the idea there's a voice actor behind the character but the character feels so relatable and alive. His drunk laughter and sheer terror and tears of regret... Farnham is such a likeable fellow. He doesn't do anything, he's a side character in the game but a main character r to me. I return to Farnham more than to Griswold, haha
So crazy to get to know about it in 2024 😳😳 thanks a lot for this video insights
Farnham's tale is such a sad one. mind was shattered by the horrors he witnessed. his dialogue if you ask him about Lazarus is gut wrenching!
I have to ask.... what is that floating text above your character around the 3:45 mark? That is NOT default original game....... I don't even recall seeing it in the PS1 game
Nice video Bro
I'd like to imagine with a moment of soberness to him, a rusty sword in hand as for a last fleeting moment the soldier he had himself forgotten about found his courage to fight for his friends and the place he calls home.
I felt bad for him and I'm currently playing it again now
I always heard it as "friggin foul, drinkin' geese!!"
Great video mate, thanks!
The French translation of the dialogues on Playstation1 is of the utmost quality. It sounds as serious as the English dialogues. The voice acting is also SPOT-ON.
As a kid, I thought Farnham said "Fander Fowl Danken geese!"
Now that you mention it, I think it very well could have been Griswold after he was corrupted. It would be fitting
At least he is no longer in pain.
A Diablo TV series would work so well, THE SLAUGHTERING OF TRISTRAM being a episode.
Nothing but tragedy in Diablo 1. Its tale fills the player with just enough hope just to go on to fight the lord of Terror only to be met with an ultimately doomed fate for all its characters (including its playable heroes).
You don’t get stories like these anymore. In its fiction it retains its realistic approach of how things would turn out when dealing with forces of evil. Truly a story telling master piece.
awesome video. Thanks for sharing!
What captivates me, is that Adria's voice seems to show her age : maybe 50-60 years old, when introduced in the first game. How could her old womb properly give birth to Leah ?? Then we meet her again in Diablo 3, and she seems about the same age... A witch of 30 years old would not have such an old lady's voice (Diablo 1).
back in the 90s, when i first played D1, i always thought Farnham was just a Useless drunk NPC.. re-Playing this again years later, i can feel his Pain when I learned his Lore..
drank himself to death, before they attacked.
I hope one day they'll re-issue Diablo with all it's cut content and how it was intended to be.
He tells the best stories.
"You drink water"? Ha, I ironically found that hilarious before I became an alcoholic. Diablo was foreboding for my 15 years old self, whoops.
My favorite line in all of Diabloverse: You drink water?!
I should have included those quotes
Hell yea. A new video!!!
When I was a kid, I always thought he said "Can't fowl drunken geese?"... Never made any sense to me and I never spoke to him throughout my gameplay
great video!
I noticed some stuff i don't remember from my days playing Diablo, like quest markers, some NPC walking around town, a couple of chests in town, damage numbers and also the ability to zoom out much more than in the good old version i used to play, which begs the question; what version of Diablo did you capture for this vid?
I think he says: "Farnham fell in drinking peace?" A pretty much what a drunkard would say
"Yet, as the weeks passed our hero became increasingly aloof. He kept his distance from the rest of the townsfolk an lapsed into a dark, brooding depression." So far so good for context for my comment.
"I thought that perhaps his ordeal had been so disturbing that he simply could not put it out of his mind." Well, Cain, i didn't take you for a jokester. Not sure if this big red thing disappered and somehow absorbed into the hero's body after ... "putting it in his special inventory slot" as seen in the end sequence ... but if it was visible ... you couldn't be more on the nose. If it wasn't well, you didn't know how literally right you are with these words. 😀
I guess any of the dead residents can be animated as undead, just like Griswald. Farnham shows up as an undead unique in Diablo 3. He's found in one of the cellars in the Old Tristram area. So far, I've only seen him in Adventure Mode, not in Campaign Mode. He is one of the many Act 1 quests you can get. (He is the sub-boss, but the bounty has nothing to do with him.)
He also becomes a named mini boss monster in Diablo 3 sometimes
Don't want a live action because Hollywood hates the majority of their audience but I used to fan cast Diablo 1 and 2 to pass time a long time ago.
Got Christopher Walken for Farnham
As for the three main protagonist, Alexander Skarsgard as Aidan, Bryce Dallas Howard as Moreina and Peter Mensah as Jazreth.
Farnham died with a bottle in hand, drunk out of his mind, shivering and shaking with fear. I doubt he even understand what was going on about it, near catatonic.
For me it was just before he was about to die. He finally regained his sanity and made one final last stand Semi drink redeeming himself in the end.
He really did have amazing voice acting.
And my god does Diablo II Remastered look great.
Is his liquor bottles there in the original version? I honestly can't remember.
Just because we find a corpse where he sat doesn't mean it's him. My personal fan theory is that Farnham got up and ran when Tristram was attacked, drunk, he fell into the river and floated downstream to safety. I refuse to accept that he's dead.
Today I'm Farnham the Drunk.
fun fact:
Apparently if you don't rescue Cain, he will charge you 100 gold for each identify.
The truth is there's no such thing as an easy death, whether you're a drunk or as pious as a monk. One of the hard truths of life. Make every day count. It's okay if it feels overwhelming, that's what makes it meaningful.
I have a question for you is Diablo 1 able to play co-op still? I would like to be able to play it with a friend that's why I asked and I figured you would have done at least a game play video or something with a friend or at least played with a friend at some point
On the Playstation One version, you can play cooperatively with 1 other friend, but the game doesnt play out the same as PC, and certain bosses just kinda ROAM the dungeon rather than have their own areas (The Butcher and The Skeleton King just kinda APPEAR at random parts in the dungeon and beat the crap out of you)
Items must also be shared between characters making it difficult for you to come up with decent weapons/armor and finding enough gold to buy health potions as bosses will have increased health and damage for 2 player mode. Difficult to stay alive for sure!
I think you're better off using a LAN-option or BNET option for the PC version which is STILL up and running as far as I can tell. You can play up to FOUR PEOPLE and work together cooperatively or even fight each OTHER!
The first 10 seconds and you know just *HOW MUCH DARKER* D1 had been. UNHOWLY SHIT!
Thanks for the video. But, you forgot Farnham's conclusion. After his death he was enlisted into Diablo's horde. We discover his Unique Zombie form in _Diablo III_ along the Old Tristram Road in Act I's The Cursed Cellar. During this Cursed Chest Event/Bounty, we must kill him to successfully complete the Event. R.I.P. my old drinking buddy. 🍺
never realized that wirt and the witch are voiced by the same person :D
For how long did the warrior contain Diablo?
Oh man, Diablo1 is THE Diablo game. Not a single sequel managed to replicate the dreadful, dark and gloomy aspect of D1. You're not some Demi-God with angel/demon blood slashing myriads of demons with a single blow, really... EFF that. You're just some random Veteran human warrior/rogue/sorcerer and must slowly fight your way into Hell, do a wrong turn or make the mistake of following one of those retreating enemies and you will find yourself surrounded by a small group of Demons and you will die faster than you can drink those potions. It might be slower and tortuous, but that's what makes it good. So strategic and enjoyable I play D1 at least twice a year, and i think the last time i played D2 was like 5 years ago, no plans to go back to D2.
Was it ever disclosed/discovered who played Farnham?
I'm asking cause its a shame we "officially" don't have a name to put to this performance as the voice actor did SUCH A GOOD JOB of selling his character.
Just a regular person who caught a glimpse of the horrors beneath the cathedral and now is so broken he spends his days literally drowning in booze, all in a futile attempt to forget.
The desperation and trauma with which he recalls the Butcher is genuinely heartbreaking...
I think the tainted water got him. It wouldn't instantly turn brown so that people drinking it would pass away before it turned brown to scare the survivors. It's not unlikely a supernaturally cursed water would taint the alcohol made from it. And he couldn't communicate his sickness. At least that's what I hope and he didn't go through the pain of the horde
I’ve missed this lore stories
Most likely Farnham died by the hands of the old hero, as Diablo would have maintained all the memories of the hero while possessing them, that would if we go by story logic, include memories of Farnham and Wirt, Griswold probably challenged Diablo but ended up possessed by one of the many demons who served Diablo, and gave in when he saw Farnham dead, hence why he is a cursed enemy, a curse of hatred.
Farnham had something to do with the secret Cow Lvl. And Pepin knows it.