Diablo
The Awakening of Chaos
Summary
Ten years…
That is how long it has been since the Heretic War began… the war between seven mortal warriors and the Prime Evils. An amazon, an assassin, a barbarian, a druid, a necromancer, a paladin, and a sorceress traveled the length of the world, over the temperate climates of the Western Kingdoms, across the desert wastes of Aranoch, through the hot, humid jungles of Kurast… and even into Hell itself. And it ended within the vast mountain of Arreat, deep within the Worldstone Keep, where Baal, the Lord of Destruction, played his final hand by corrupting the Worldstone before he was slain by the Heroes. And thus, the Heretic War ended.
But the Sin War…It has not ended. Even thrown deep into the Abyss, Diablo still has other ways of corrupting the mortal plane and finally winning the war over All Creation.
Of all the corrupt humans in the world, his greatest minion was Ziatoch. Ziatoch, who ventured through the Infernal Gate to pledge his service to Diablo in person. Ziatoch, who feared no Angel, no Light.
Ziatoch, the Master of Darkness.
Ziatoch, commanded by Diablo, was sent to find a way to free the Lord of Terror and his brothers, bringing them back through the Abyss in their original bodies and with all their powers. But Ziatoch also learned of something else… something else more sinister than the Three Brothers… and that it awaits to be freed…
Ten years…