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Since the beginning of time Heaven and Hell have been caught in a never ending struggle against each other
They have been engaged in an eternal war
Little has been gained by either side
The war is known as the Great Conflict
The story begins with the powerful angel Inarius
Who lost the will to fight
He meets the daughter of Mephisto Lilith
Who has similar views together they each deffect from their respective sides Heaven and Hell
Together they create the world known as Sanctuary
They create the Nephalem
The first humans and the World Stone
The World Stone keeps the armies of Heaven and Hell from invading
Inarius and Lilith have different views on what to do with the new safehaven
They fought
and Inarius exiled his lover to the void where she was imprisoned
As time went on the prime evils of Hell discovered Sanctuary
And immediately try to bring humans to their side
It was soon discovered that Lilith had returned from her prison and was continuing her quest
To turn the humans into an army
She could use to invade Heaven and Hell
She bestowed incredible powers upon Uldyssian
The plan was a struggle at first but with the unknown aid from Lilith
more and more people who discovered who could use magic and they gathered un Uldyssian
Lilith in the meantime understood that plans could not be achieved unless something
was done with the World Stone
Eventually Inarius is dragged into the conflict and he makes a pact with Diablo
One of the prime evils of Hell
to help clean up the mess created by Lilith
At the same time Tyreal an Archangel from Heaven discovered Sanctuary and soon there after
The High Heavens were notified of the existence this world
The High Heavens viewed Sanctuary and it's inhabitants as a plague
They immediately sent their armies. Initially they could not enter however a battle between Uldyssian and Inarius ensues
The conflict is so epic that it tears an opening in the sky
Floods of Angels and Demons appear
An epic three way battle ensued between Heaven and Hell
and humans were caught in the middle after the battle no side could claim victory eventually
a pact was made between Heaven and Hell Sanctuary was to be left alone
Humanity would be left to choose a side on their own Soon there after Hell becomes engulfed in a civil war
that ends with three of the prime evils being exiled to Sanctuary
These being Baal
Mephisto and Diablo
Tyreal learns of the three prime evils on Sanctuary and creates the Horadrim
A collection of powerful human magi in an effort to avoid breaking the pact
and sending in Heaven's armies One by one they find and imprsion the three prime evils in soulstones
as they are unable to kill them
Once upon a time there was a king named Leoric
He ruled over a kingdom in Western Sanctuary
He made his capital city the town of Tristram
He used the cathedral as his throne
The king's archbishop Lazarus gets drawn deep within the cellar of the cathedral
and finds the soulstone of Diablo there He accidently releases the soulstone and Diablo takes
control of his body
Diablo then uses the Archbishop's body
to kidnap king Leoric's son
and he brings him deep within the cathedral and plans to use him as
a more permanent host
The King wend mad and eventually is killed
His soul was never allowed to rest and now takes the form of a skeleton
The terror of Lord Diablo began to spread eventually consuming the town Several
heroes travel to Tristram which you the player play as
Assisted by Horadrim member Deckard Cain they eventually defeat Diablo
The hero jams the soulstone into his head The town praises him but the hero is never the same again
The hero The conqueror of Diablo, finds himself in a tavern the soulstone of Diablo completely overtakes him
and the hero becomes evil spawning skeletons and demons
The hero becomes known as The Wanderer
The Wanderer brings a man named Marius who was spared from the tavern with him in his travel
A band of heroes later arrive which you the player play as and rescue Deckard Cain
They aid Deckard Cain in his quest to stop The Wanderer and they follow
With Marius The Wanderer travels east to the tomb of Tal Rasha however Tyreal is there waiting for him
and a battle ensues
Admist the chaos Marius in a lapse of judgement sets free Baal from his prison
Together Diablo and his brother Baal overwhelm Tyreal and trap him by summoning Duriel
This is done to prevent him from following
The band of heroes are eventually able to locate the tomb and defeat Duriel
the evil that kept Tyreal at bay Meanwhile the two brothers travel further east to Kurast
to free their older brother Mephisto
They meet little resistance and free him
Diablo takes his form
The three open a portal to hell however having noticed that they are being followed
Mephisto stayed behind to prevent the heroes fom following
however he's defeated His soulstone still remains intact and is taken into the
portal to hell by the heroes
Once in hell the soulstone is shattered by the heroes eventually the heroes enter
the gothic structure that is known as Chaso Sanctuary
The heroes engage Diablo in an epic battle
Diablo is eventually defeated and his soulstone is destroyed
Baal, The last of the prime evils returns to Sanctuary having discoverd where the World
Stone was located Baal launches an attack on it's location in Mt Arreat
Baal's assualt is a success and manages to reach the World Stone and taint it
The heroes eventually meet Baal and defeat him
Tyreal having no other choice, unsheathes his holy sword and uses it to shatter the World Stone
In here by doing so changing the future of Sanctuary forever