Author's note: First of all, I'd like to thank to those who reviewed me. Next, I want to excuse me because of the many grammar mistakes. I assure you that I'll update it after it will be corrected. Still, have fun reading it.

3. The meeting

After some moments, a woman entered inside the tent.

"Welcome Lydia, I am very happy that you are back home. Sit down my daughter.", said Akara.

"Thank you mother.", said Lydia sitting down. She was very graceful but Sharion knew that she also was a great warrior because of her reflexes. But she was very beautiful. She had a blond, golden hair, tied up into a tail. Her green eyes were very expressive. Actually they were expressing strength and were irradiating fear to enemies. Lydia was wearing a medallion that was standing into a golden necklace, which was staying on her neck. It was a very beautiful medallion but it was made out of a strange precious stone (it's colour was light green). It was somehow stimulating strength and courage. The young rogue also had a big, sharp and deadly spear into her hand. It was made out of pure gold and it was looking perfect. Her armour was made out of pure titanium combined with diamond. It was a strange, but powerful combination.

"I am happy that Jerhyn sent you. I was waiting for you. You are now stronger and faster. I see you trained very intense.", said Akara

"Yes, I really did. I may now be considered an amazon, because amazons are strong warriors that learned to handle both bow and spear techniques. And I am sorry to tell you mother but non of your warriors don't have this ability. But who are this strangers?"

"I am pleased to tell you that this warriors will help you in your quest. So, these are Sharion and Lycros. They are.",began Akara but she couldn't finish her words because Thalis entered inside the tent.

"Excuse me priest that I must interrupt you but another two strangers have come. There is a young Assassin and a powerful Barbarian."

"Very well Thalis. Let them come in. We are pleased to have strong warrior between us."

"Explain me something mother. Why do all these strangers come?", asked Lydia.

"You will find out soon. They didn't all arrived. I hope there are survivors in Tristram. They have valorous warriors, especially sorceress."

"And why are you so convinced that they will come?", asked Lycros

"Because I can feel them. Now let's greet our strangers.", said Akara and after some moments a big, short man and a tall, thin woman entered.

"Welcome barbarian. And you too young assassin. I know what brings you here.", said Akara.

"Let's leave the words and let's kick some monster's asses. I want them all down.", said the barbarian very aggressive.

"Calm down barbarian. We are not ready yet. We need more allies. They are all on their way to us.", said Lydia. "But who are you?"

"Lydia dear, let the strangers rest. They are probably tired and they need rest. They don't have powerful teleport spells like us. Especially the barbarian which I am sure that doesn't know how to proceed a teleport spell."

"Thank you very much priest.", said the assassin. "But because we don't want to make you wait, I shall tell you who we are. I am Kornelia, an assassin trained by master Myrock. He was an ancient horadrim mage. He died not very long time ago."

"And I am Khorg.", said the barbarian. "A novice warrior from our lands. I, had butchered many monsters and demons so I have some experience."

"Now that most you are here we should only wait until.she is here . I can feel her presence. "

"Her? Who else is coming?", asked Sharion.

"A woman, she is a sorceress. And also, there is a man. But he is, he is in great danger."

"Priest Akara", said Thalis quickly entering into the tent, "there is this young sorceress that wants to see you. She is carrying a man who is wounded. Should I let them in?"

"Of course Thalis. And hurry. Bring the man at me."

"Yes priest.", said Thalis leaving the tent.

"I wonder who this man is? Perhaps he will be a great help for us.", said Lydia.

"We will see my daughter. First, we'll need to cure him and make sure he is all right. Then. we will see."

"Priest Akara.", said the sorceress who just entered inside the tent, "I found this man while I was coming this way. He was fighting with the demons. It seems that the demons have been too numerous. Still, he was handling them very well."

The woman was very beautiful. She had a long dark brown hair, a pair of green eyes and a long nose. Her hands were very soft, but still, she could carry the man. She was also wearing a green, turquoise robe and a staff with a purple stone on it. It seemed that the stone was having powerful properties.

"Bring him here sorceress. I shall cure him. Amanda, go and get some water. I will need to make a strong healing potion for him.", said Akara sending one of the rogues that were guarding the tent.

"No!", said Khorg after seeing the man. "He can't be. He is."

"Who is this guy?", asked Sharion while Akara left with the man.

"He is. a druid. He was my friend and my best ally ", said Khorg marked.

"So you know him. I'm glad that you are friends. But who is he?", asked Lycros.

"He is Eldor, one of the strongest barbarian I have ever seen."

"But, you said he is a druid.", said Kornelia.

"Druids are barbarians.", explained Khorg to all of them.

"What? You can't be right.", said Sharion.

"I assure you that I am. Long time ago, druids were banished from our word."

"But when Khorg? And . why?", asked the sorceress.

"Listen to me sorceress, there are questions that even I can't answer."

"But, at least, you could answer to this question. You said you know Eldor. He was your friend. He was a barbarian too once, wasn't he?"

"Yes, Lora, I know. But there are things that you don't like to speak about, aren't they?"

"Well, yes Khorg, but you should do me this favor and tell me. We all want to know about it and."

"Very well, I shall tell you. When I was for about, I think 14, these things happened. But first, I should tell you what happened before that. I was born into the ice and freezing world of the barbarians. Eldor, he had the same age. We spend our youth together. At the age of 7, we began our training as barbarians. We soon, would've been able to fight like true barbarians but we needed lot of training. So we trained a lot. Qual-kehk who was a great trainer. He was training us all. Eldor was a good warrior, the best I ever seen. He was learning very fast and his strength and speed were incredible. But soon, the things changed a lot. Four years later, some of the barbarians realized that this life was too brutal. Eldor was with them, he always loved animals and plants, and had a weakness for nature. But the other barbarians thought this was insane, and so they decided to banish all of them from our lands. I heard that these barbarians decided to leave in the center of the nature. Because they protected and respected it, the nature rewarded them with great powers. This is how the druids appeared. From that time, no druid ever entered inside the lands of Harrogath."

"It's a sad story barbarian, but."

"Call me Khorg sorceress. And I know it's a sad story but the life goes on. I feel no remorse for my actions and so, I don't think that druids are so bad."

"Very well Khorg. By the way, until Akara will come, I should present myself. I am.", began the sorceress but before she could finish Akara came back into the tent.

"Continue sorceress don't stop. I know what you are trying to say."

"Very well. As I was saying, my name is Lora and I come from Tristram."

"You come from where?", asked Sharion. "I thought that Tristram was purged by the demons."

"Not yet necromancer. The entrance is very heavily guarded. The demons won't be able to reach it very soon."

"But I saw that the Cairn Stones were surrounded by demons. Aren't they the keys to Tristram? And call me Sharion"

"Yes they are. But only we, the heroes from Tristram know the path. It will take quite a while for the demons to reach it. But if we don't hurry, it will be too late to do anything else. So what are we waiting for?"

"Calm down sorceress.", said Akara. "You can't leave right now. First of all, you must know each other better, and Eldor must heal. So until tomorrow, I don't see any way of leaving. We must wait for Eldor so we can begin the journey. He is a strong warrior, but still, he was hurt badly. After he is awake, I shall present you my plan. Perhaps Kashia will have something to say too. Until that, I have prepared a bigger tent for all of you. You may rest there until tomorrow."

"Very well mother.", said Lydia. "Come with mighty warriors, I shall show you the way."

"Thank you Lydia. Thalis!", shouted Akara after the heroes left.

"Yes priest."

"Bring Kashya immediately. I want to have a little talk with her."

"Very well priest Akara."

After some minutes, Thalis came back with Kashya.

"Yes Akara. What's wrong?", asked the woman named Kashya while Thalis was leaving.

"The heroes have all arrived."

"And what?"

"Well, perhaps now that they are all here, you could give me some news."

"Very well Akara. As long as my scouts tell me, many rogues have failed under the dark influence of Andariel."

"And what about Blood Raven? Did she succeed in defeating our enemies?"

"No Akara. I'm afraid she didn't. She was corrupted near the graveyard. Now she is resurrecting dead rogues turning them into zombies."

"That is a bad new indeed. But I am sure that my warriors will be able to defeat them. Perhaps they will even be able to save Tristram."

"Don't you think that you are a little bit too reliable? I mean, we don't know many things about this strangers."

"I know Kashya. But we don't have any other choice. I am sure that if there are no traitors among them, and they fight as a team, we may be able to purge the forces of hell once and for all."

"But who are this strangers? I would like to know, so perhaps then we should be able to speak with Charsi. She may give them some cool weapons."

"I know what you mean but our warriors didn't come with their hands empty. All of them are using elite stuff, excepting Eldor, the druid, who hasn't got almost anything. He possesses some rags, nothing more."

"Very well Akara. I shall speak with Charsi. But first of all, tell me who are our warriors?"

"You'll find out Kashya at the right time. Now we must wait. I think Eldor will be ok tomorrow. He seems to be the strongest."

"What makes you think that?"

"Well, I could really sense him. Kornelia, the assassin, has a very strong mind and very fast body, but she can be blew by strong enemies in one second."

"Yes, it's quite an disadvantage because Diablo is very strong. If he blows our allies in one second, then we are doomed."

"Next, Khorg, the barbarian, has a very strong body but his mind and speed leave much to be desired."

"Yeah, you are right Akara. Barbarians are very strong warriors, speaking about their physical strength but their mind can be easily possessed."

"Then it is this sorceress, Lora, who is very powerful when she uses her magic, but she is also very slow and very weak. But there is more. We also have a necromancer beyond us, Sharion, who is really strong when he uses his magic and when he is protected by his skeletons and curses but like Lora, he is weak and slow."

"These two seem to be our spell casters in our team. But we have some more, don't we?"

"Of course Kashya. There is Lycros, the paladin."

"And what's wrong with the paladin? Paladins are the perfect people we need for this quest."

"I know, but this one is very incredulous and this is not a very good thing. He could lose all his friends and then, when everybody fights alone, there are only problems. Also there is my daughter, Lydia."

"You can't be serious. You mean, Lydia is back home. But I thought she is deep into the desert, at those nomads."

"Yes, I thought so too, but something else intervened. It looks like she came to help us. She loves us very much, Kashya, and she is our sister after all. Even if I am her mother, I am a rogue too and she will remain a rogue for me always."

"What do you mean? She is no more a rogue?"

"No, she is an amazon. I don't like this. Their tactics are strange and inefficient. I don't like them at all."

"Very well Akara, but then it seems that Eldor is the best. But then, why is he in this condition?"

"He fought very hard. With the price of his life to save this doomed world. He wants to see the demons killed. And that makes him a little nervous. But that's all."

"Very well Akara. Now I should be gone now. I have other orders to give. I shall send a couple of rogues to check the zone and see how are the demons advancing?"

"It's a very good idea. Meanwhile, I'm going to check Eldor. He should be awake now and probably he has many questions and so, he needs many answers. I shall give him these answers. Don't worry Kashya, I feel that everything will be ok."

"I am sure sister. Good night, and take care of yourself. We don't know where the demons could be. I shall send the rogues immediately."

"Good night Kashya.", said Akara leaving the tent. After walking among tents, Akara arrived to another one, colored in red. It was not very big, but surely, it was very beautiful. As she entered, she heard a voice.

"Where am I woman? Who are you?", asked the voice. It was Eldor, which was standing in a bed. He was having just a pair of pants on him. His chest was bandaged but still, you could see his big thorax. His blond, golden hair was shining and his blue eyes were very penetrating.

"Relax druid. You are safe now. You are into the rogue encampment."

"I don't remember coming here. All I remember is that I was fightning those demons, trying to kill as many as possible. But I could face them. They were attacking me from all the parts. Then I remember that all turned black and then. I woke up here."

"Lucky that Lora found you. If she wouln't have been finding you, you would've been dead by now. But I healed you and now you are ok. Khorg told us everything about you so all you need to do is relax. If you need any explanations I will give you them tommorow when you will meet your allies."

"Allies? What are you talking about? I don't have any allies. And what about Khorg?"

"Well, my dear druid, I told you that we brought you here. I just hope that you will help us in our quest. Will you?"

"Quest? You mean defeating Diablo? Because if that's all then I'll accept, of course. The nature is in danger and as long as I can help it, I'll do anything."

"Excelent. You may now go back to sleep. Does your chest hurt you?"

"Yes, a little. But I'm sure that I'll heal.", said Eldor rising his hands. "Beldis dar.", he began but he could finish.

"Don't waste your forces. I shall put you back to sleep. Until tomorrow you will be perfectly healed.", said Akara. "Entos dir khos." Blue stars surrounded Eldor entering inside him, and forming a powerful blue light. While the lights were disappearing, Eldor turned into a deep sleep.

"Don't worry druid. Everything will be allright.", said Akara leaving the tent.

Meanwhile, somewhere else inside the Rogue Encampment, the situation is a little more concerned.

"And that's the problem Charsi. We can't defeat our enemies if we don't get more help. This coalition is too small. I don't think it will be enough. Akara is to trustful."

"Yeah, I know Kashya. But what can we do? The graveyard is the most dangerous corrupted place from here. They won't succeed. We must be very careful. Perhaps we could give them a little help and Akara too."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean Presto Taranta."

"You are not serious. They are just a couple of jerks. We can't waste our energies and our last chance of saving ourselves."

"But they are our last chance Kashya. You know that if we don't help them and we let them die, we will really be doomed. What do we have to lose if we try to help them. They will succeed. If Akara says that, then perhaps she's right."

"But why are you telling this Charsi? You know Akara."

"Of course I do. But perhaps they will be able to save us. And if they don't, then the whole world will be purged by the forces of hell."

"Very well Charsi. Tomorrow we will speak with Akara."

"Not tomorrow. Now!."

"But Charsi, probably Akara is at Eldor. It won't be a good idea to go there."

"I shall go then. Good night."

While Kashya was going to her tent, the rogue named Charsi, went to Akara's tent. Fortunately, Akara was already there.

"What brings you here Charsi? You should be in your tent right now."

"I know Akara, but I have an idea how we could help our warriors."

"And what's that great idea."

"Well, perhaps neither you won't like it. This. idea has a name: Presto Taranta."

"Charsi, if I think well, this could be a great idea but we must not hurry. This could be our last chance of survival."

"I know Akara, but if our warriors don't defeat the demons, then, who will? I mean, no one will ever come here, trying to save us."

"Yes Charsi, you are right. And if they don't.", began Akara but she couldn't finish because Charsi continued her words.

"We are doomed!"

"Very well. Tomorrow, our we shall proceed with Presto Taranta in helping our warriors. And another Charsi. I need a complete equipment for the druid."

"And what should that equipment have."

"I think that a leather armor will be very good. That's the least we can do."

"No it's not. I could make him a chain armor. It will be better."

"Ok! After that, make him a pair of boots and a one handed golden sword."

"Very well Akara. Good night."