'It was fantasy, but it was mundane fantasy' Josh Sawyer They don't look like characters, they don't look like Diablo characters. 'Some people might not like that our characters' proportions and outfits look comparatively drab and dressed down and not exaggerated,' answered Sawyer, 'but that's also kind of what the original games were like. 'Why?' people asked after watching the recent trailer (embedded above). Pillars' characters are not flamboyant fantasy heroes, not wizards with pointy hats, not knights with elaborate armour.