Category: Diablo 1 History

The Initiate “Which way is the right path, as I stand upon this chaotic crossroad of hate? How many ways are there to roam on this dark and damned road of Fate . . . There are many ways, my son, to find where the souls of...

Librarius Ex Horadrim BOOK ONE OF HEAVEN AND HELL THE GREAT CONFLICT Since the Beginning, the forces of Light and Darkness have engaged in an eternal war: The Great Conflict, whose victor will rise from the apocalyptic ashes to...

The coming of the Great Conflict to the mortal realm is known as the Sin War. Angels and Demons, disguising themselves while traveling amongst men, attempted to secretly lure mortals to their respective causes. Over time, the...

Seven is the number of the powers of Hell, and Seven is the number of the Great Evils. Duriel, the Lord of Pain Andariel, the Maiden of Anguish Belial, the Lord of Lies Azmodan, the Lord of Sin These are the true names of the...

In the ancient days, before the rise of the Western Empires, the dark and terrible entities known as the Three Evils were exiled to the world of Man. These eternal entities wandered throughout the waking world and fed upon the...

BOOK TWO: THE RETURN OF TERROR THE LANDS OF KHANDURAS Years after the last of the Horadrim had died, a great and prosperous society grew in the lands of the West. As time wore on, many Eastern pilgrims settled in the lands...

Not long after Leoric took possession of Khanduras, a power long asleep awakened within the dark recesses beneath the Monastery. Sensing that freedom was within his grasp, Diablo entered the nightmares of the Arch Bishop and...

The absence of prying advisors and inquisitive Priests left Diablo free to assume total control over the King?s battered soul. As the Lord of Terror attempted to strengthen his hold upon the maddened King, he found that the...

The war against the zealous armies of Westmarch ended with a horrible slaughter. With the army of Khanduras ripped to shreds by the superior numbers and defensive positions of Westmarch, Lachdanan quickly gathered together those...

The Black King lay dead, slain at the hands of his own Priests and Knights. The young Prince Albrecht was still missing, and the proud defenders of Khanduras were no more. The people of Tristram looked about their lifeless town...

BY JERED CAIN OF THE HORADRIM It was long ago that the enigmatic Arch-Angel Tyrael bestowed upon us the secrets of the mysterious Soulstones. Tyrael bequested upon our Order three of these Stones so we could contain the vile...