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Since the beginning of time, the forces of Chaos and order have been engaged in an eternal struggle to decide the fate of creation. But the struggle spread into the mortal realm, and neither Man, Demon, nor Angel was left unscathed. |  |
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Diablo, the Lord of Terror and the youngest of the three Prime Evils, awoke from his long sleep beneath the dark earth. He set in motion a grand scheme to free his exiled brothers, Mephisto and Baal, and he took over the small western kingdom of Khanduras. Working from deep within the ancient catacombs beneath the town of Tristram, Diablo gripped the entire population in a blanket of fear and paranoia. |  |
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Ultimately, as even Khandura's good King Leoric fell under Diablo's wicked power, a lone hero arose to challenge the darkness that had engulfed the land. After plumbing the hellish depths of the labyrinth under Tristram, the nameless hero finally confronted the Lord of Terror himself. Knowing full well that Diablo's spirit could never be truly destroyed, the hero made the noblest sacrifice of all. |  |
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Casting his soul and his sanity aside, the hero took the spirit of Diablo into himself, hoping that his own strength of will could contain the demon within. The hero could never have known that his selfless act would not only ensure Diablo's victory, but would irrevocably damn his soul for all time. |  |
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