
The essence of the world and every person on it is beginning to change.Sanctuary is no longer hidden from the sight of the Heavens and Hells-they start to peer rather intently at our pale red dot.Losing the thing that made your world and uplifted its people has a lot of ramifications. The explosion sent shards and splinters of the Worldstone-the very power of creation-cascading everywhere. Before he could finish the job, a group of heroes defeated Baal, and the Archangel Tyrael hurled his sword, El’druin, into the heart of the damaged Worldstone. Sanctuary has been a mixed success-humanity is still alive, but their home isn’t the nicest place to live.Īt the end of Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, the demon lord Baal corrupted the Worldstone, hoping to poison everyone and everything its power had touched. And, after Diablo III, things will get even darker.ĭeveloper's Note: *In Diablo, humanity are the long-descended offspring of angels and demons who fled the Eternal Conflict between their kind, stole an impossibly powerful artifact of creation, the Worldstone, and made their own refuge, a world called Sanctuary. The Nephalem* are awakening to their heritage.

By that point, the series’ most eminent scholar, Deckard Cain, is obsessed with the End of Days. In the future, Diablo III will move us 20 years forward in time from Diablo II. Diablo Immortal takes place between Diablo II: Lord of Destruction and Diablo III.
