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'''Diablo: The Kingdom of Shadow''' is a story based in the '''Diablo Universe'''. The events of the book are not told in Diablo 1 I nor Diablo II and its expansion. However, the novel is considered canon. Diablo III will do justice to all the novels and their lore. The cinematic intro of Diablo III shown at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitationals 2008 in Paris showed a ruined city resting on the wall of a mountain. The ruined statues came to life suddenly. This meant Blizzard was hinting players will visit the ruins of [[Ureh ]] in Mountain [[Nymyr]]. These locations only appear in [[The Kingdom of Shadow ]] by writer [[Richard A. Knaak]].

[[Captain Kentril Dumon ]] and his group of mercenaries traveled through the jungles of [[Kehjistan]]. Moving toward where screams could be heard, they found [[Hargo ]] within the maw of a huge serpentine creature with tentacles. After a long attempt to pull the tentacle beast to shore with ropes and nets around its horns, one of the two archers stroke its eye, and the creature reeled in pain back to the waters. Captain Dumon shot one of the archer's bows and stroke Hargo in the chest with an arrow. Better to die a quick death than to be tormented as the creature feasted on him. Three of their men had died in this journey. One of them to the poisons of giant spiders.

Kentril blamed the deaths on his employer, [[Quov Tsin]], who mostly traveled ahead of the mercenaries, not minding the fate of his men. Quov Tsin is an elder vizjerei driven by the search of the lost city of Ureh, known as "The Light among Lights" by the ancients. The most pure of realms in all the history of the world, built upon the very slope of the towering mountain called Nymyr -- a place fabled to be the one kingdom where the darkness of Hell had feared to intrude.

After they settled a camp not far from Ureh, Kentril came to Quov Tsin and asked him why they were here. Quov Tsin told the ancient tale ... the city was built during the [[Sin War]]. [[Bartuc the Warlord ]] had risen and been defeated. The Sin War lasted hundred of years with forces of [[Heaven ]] and [[Hell ]] battling in Sanctuary behind the scenes, a war fought beyond the eyes of mortals. But Ureh was untouched. [[Diablo ]] was offended by the glorious existence of Ureh, and grew determined to lay waste to its inhabitants.

The tales said Diablo wanted to turn this city's inhabitants into slaves of Hell. The city was isolated and surrounded by demonic forces. No one could enter or leave the city. As time passed, Lord Juris Khan gathered his greatest priests and mages. [[Lord Juris Khan ]] had been granted a vision by an archangel who claimed to have seen the trials of their most honored followers, and offered the safety of Heaven.

A red light engulfed Ureh, and a second ethereal twin of the city could be seen ascending to the sky. Juris Khan created a plane to bridge the mortal realm and Heaven with a complex spellwork -- told Quov Tsin to Captain Dumon and [[Gorst]].

Only one remained behind. [[Gregus Mazi ]] faltered in his faith and he did not ascend with the others. He was taken care of by the necromancers while his body and mind healed. Later departed to seek clues of how to recreate the master spellwork. Twelve years later, Gregus Mazi returned to the ruins of Ureh and was never heard of again.

Kentril was still skeptic thinking this Gregus Mazi may have disappeared because the beasts of the jungle have eaten him. Quov Tsin retrieved another scroll for Kentril to read. It was written by Gregus Mazi's mercenary captain -- [[Humbart Wessel ]] -- who led the expedition toward Ureh.

Quov Tsin tried to convince Kentril and his mercenaries that he could attempt to recreate the spell of Lord Juris Khan and [[Greg Mazi]]. It took Greg Mazi 12 years of calculations to recreate the spellwork. It took Quov Tsin merely 3 years using Greg Mazi's scrolls.

[[Zayl ]] the [[Necromancer ]] had seen the intruders arrive, and spied upon them. He didn't want them exploring Ureh, specially a day before that time when the shadow of Mountain Nymyr sets upon the ruins of Ureh. This was a place which delicately held balance among the various planes of existence. The sorcerers of Lord Juris Khan had blurred the lines between life and death.

Kentril told him about the tremendous storm. The [[vizjerei ]] looked at Kentril with disbelief ... he was dry, and the sun shone outside. Quov Tsin thought Kentril was drunk. Regardless, it was too late in the afternoon to attempt to leave the ruins. They wouldn't make it far before the dusk. Quov Tsin requested their help to recreate the spellwork at the exact time of his calculations.