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DIABLO 2 STORYLINE:
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EVER SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME THE FORCES OF ORDER AND CHAOS HAVE BEEN WAGING AN ETERNAL BATTLE FOR THE FATE OF ALL . THIS BATTLE HAS BECOME SO GREAT THAT IS HAS SPREAD TO REALM OF MORTALS ... NONE LIVING SHALL BE UNTOUCHED BY IT .

DIABLO, THE YOUNGEST OF THE THREE PRIME EVILS, AWOKE FROM HIS LONG SLEEP BENEATH THE EARTH AND BENT UPON RELEASING HIS BROTHERS MEPHISTO AND BAAL FROM THEIR EXILE , HE TOOK CONTROL OF THE KINGDOM OF KHANDURAS . EVEN THE GOOD KING LEORIC FELL UNDER HIS EVIL SPELL . HE WAS WORKING FROM BENEATH THE CATACOMBS OF THE CHURCH OF THE SMALL TOWN OF TRISTRAM , HE PLUNGED THE POPULACE IN AN ERA OF TERROR .

WARRIORS , ROGUES AND SORCERERS AROSE TO CONFRONT HIM BUT ONLY ONE LONE HERO WAS UP TO THE CONFRONTATION . BATTLING HIS WAY THROUGH MONSTERS AND OTHER DEMONIC CREATURES THAT INFESTED THE CATACOMBS OF TRISTRAM , HE FINALLY CAME ACROSS THE LORD OF TERROR HIMSELF . AFTER DESTROYING HIS PRESENT INCARNATION THE HERO REALISED THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTAIN THE SPIRIT OF DIABLO . IF HE LEFT HIS SPIRIT ALONE IT WOULD ONLY SEEK ANOTHER VESSEL FOR IT 'S AWARENESS . THE HERO THEN MADE THE NOBLEST SACRIFICE OF ALL : BY CASTING HIS SOUL AND HIS SANITY ASIDE HE TOOK THE SPIRIT OF DIABLO INTO HIMSELF , THINKING THAT HIS WILL COULD CONTAIN DIABLO 'S POWER . HOWEVER THE HERO DIDN 'T KNOW THAT HE NOT ONLY DAMNED HIS SOUL FOREVER BUT ALSO ENSURED DIABLO 'S VICTORY ...

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