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==BackgroundPersonality==
{{Charbox
|portrait= Baal_bw.jpg
|name= Baal
|chartype= normal
|title= Lord of HatredDestruction
|gender= Male
|race= Demon
|location= Unknown
}}
Baal is the Lord of Destruction, and is inherently evil. In his existence before being imprisoned in the body of [[Tal Rasha]], he was described to be brutish, but seems to indeed have taken on some of the powerful [[Horadrim|Horadric]] mage's intelligence after the imprisonment. On encounters with both [[Marius]] and the [[Barbarians]], he acts rather playful and sly with a dry sense of humour. It's been debated whether or not Baal is left handed, as he uses his left hand to do a variety of things, including killing Marius, using it in his conversation with the [[Barbarian]]s. Baal has a few behaviourisms that sets him apart from his two brothers, [[Mephisto]] and [[Diablo]]. He could have just killed Marius when he found him, taking the [[Soulstone]] but instead fooled him with the guise of [[Tyrael]] and listened to his tale. While this might have been a move to make sure Marius had not hidden the stone elsewhere (forever hiding its location if he was killed), it could be that Baal likes to play with his pray before destroying them. ==Background==Baal has been around for much longer than the world of [[Sanctuary]]. Together with his brother [[Prime Evils]] and servant demons of the [[Burning Hells]], they have battled with the [[High Heavens]] for aeons. When Sanctuary was created, the brothers realized that the world held potential for vast power and the possibility of once and for all defeat the High Heavens, and turned their attention towards it. The treacherous [[Lesser Evils]] rebelled, and overthrew the brothers, trapping them on Sanctuary. Thus began the [[Sin War]]. ===Baal's Imprisonment===[[File:WandererTal_Rasha_imprisoned.jpg|thumbleft|left220px|The Wanderer fighting Tyrael Tal Rasha screaming in order to free Bal.pain]]Tal Rasha led the campaign for hunting down and capturing the [[Prime Evil]]s, including [[Tal RashaBaal]] during the [[Sin War]] and together with [[Jered Cain]] led . When the [[Prime Evils]] were exiled from [[Burning Hells|Hell]] into the Mortal Realm by the [[Lesser Evils]] a group of mages brought together by the [[HoradrimArchangel]] [[Tyrael]] on a chase organised themselves in order to defeat them and bind them to catch Baal months from [[Soulstone]]s which were provided by Tyrael. They called themselves the lands of [[Horadrim]]. After finding and capturing [[Mephisto]] in [[Kehjistan]] over 's jungles, burying him under what later became [[Kurast]], the horadrim chased [[Baal]] across the ocean to the Western continent, in to the [[Aranoch]] desert. Tal Rasha presumed Baal was heading north toward [[Scosglen]], but mysteriously the demon changed its path and took refuge within the desert city of [[Lut Gholein]].
In a desperate attempt, Baal hurled a spell at Tal Rasha unsuccessfully. Unharmed, but at a price, Tal Rasha rose from the earth to find the Soulstone given to him by Tyrael had shattered into small shards. The men pressed their attack and defeated Baal. Tal Rasha walked toward Baal's battered body and slashed his throat jamming the largest Soulstone shard into his open wound. Baal's spirit was sucked into the shard, trapping the demon. [[Archangel]] Tyrael appeared before the men and led them toward seven ancient tombs deep in the desert. There the men were instructed to build a binding stone etched with runes of containment. They magically crafted unbreakable chains to secure the binding stone to the chamber's walls. Tal Rasha ordered to be chained and bound to the stone. To everyone's astonishment, Tyrael jammed the shattered Soulstoneinto Tal Rasha's chest, allowing Baal's spirit to flood into his body as host, thus completing the prison, dooming Tal Rasha to struggle for eternity against Baal. The other six tombs became resting places for other powerful Horadrim mages, and acts to some degrees as decoys in the [[Canyon of the Magi]] given . The Horadrim pushed on to attack and capture [[Diablo]], imprisoning him in what would be [[Khanduras]], creating a Horadric Monastary on top of the demon's prison. ===The Wanderer===[[File:Wanderer.jpg|thumb|left|The Wanderer fighting Tyrael in order to free Bal.]]Centuries later, Diablo freed himself and travelled in the guise of the [[Wanderer]] to the Aranoch desert with [[Marius]] to free his older brother. As the two reached the [[Tomb of Tal Rasha]], Tyrael caught up with the pair and attacked the Wanderer to prevent him from freeing his brother. Baal lured Marius with a facade image, asking for help. Marius could only see a poor man bounded by chains, impaled by an object on the chest. Tyrael's gaze turned around toward Marius, and he called out to him not to pull the shard out. Marius grabbed the shattered Soulstone shard and pulled it free from Tal Rasha's body. :''[[Drognan]] and [[Fara]] of [[Lut Gholein]] claimed Baal after this now had unrestricted access to [[Tal Rasha]]'s knowledge and powers.'' Tyrael left the Wanderer to tell Marius he just ensured the doom of [[Sanctuary]] and told him to go to the [[Temple of Light]], in the eastern city of [[Kurast]]. He should enter the gate to Hell and take the stone to the [[Hellforge]] to destroy it. He unfortunately did not do so, and later ended up in an insane asylum. ===Marius===After some time, Baal found [[Marius]], and once more lured him. He took the guise of Tyraeland Marius gave away the soulstone shard to Baal, who revealed his true identity and killed Marius with [[Festering Appendages]]. He then set the asylum on fire as he left it. ===Mount Arreat===[[Image:Mon-baal1.jpg|thumb|left|Baal in the Worldstone Chamber]]Baal then began the assault on [[Mount Arreat]] in order to corrupt the [[Worldstone]] hidden within. The regular demons and poorly disciplined Earthly mutations the [[Prime Evils]] had shattered into small shardsused in their initial invasion was not a bunch Baal had much trust in when battling the mighty [[Barbrian]] tribes, so he gathered some of his most powerful minions from the depths of his domain. He began by attacking the capital of [[Sescheron]], and left a trail of destruction all the way up to [[Harrogath]], which in the last minute was saved by powerful magic added by the Barbarian Elders. Town Elder [[Nihlatak]] betrayed the village and gave the [[Relic of the Ancients]] to Baal to let him enter the [[Worldstone Keep]] unchallenged by the Barbarian [[Ancient]]s.
A group of adventurers caught up with the Prime Evil and defeated him, but not in time to stop Baal from corrupting the Worldstone. Despite the victory, the Worldstone, was beyond saving and Tyrael had to destroy it. The resulting explosion wrecked the Barbarian lands and left a [[Arreat Crater|massive crater]] where the ancient mountain once stood.
==In Diablo II==
Baal featured prominently in Diablo II, appearing in the cinematics and plot, though he was not found as a defeatable monster in that game.
==Diablo II Events==
[http://www.diablowiki.net/Lut_Gholein:_The_Binding_of_Destruction Lut Gholein: The Binding of Destruction[Diablo]]<br><br> Milennia later, Diablo arrived to the seven ancient tombs in the [[Canyon of the Magi]] under the guise of the [[Dark Wanderer]], possessing the body of the hero that sought to defeat him, and with [[Marius ]] following him arrived to the vault holding Baal trapped in.<br><br>
'''Marius''': "My companion drew in the dank, cold air of the tomb. It seemed to...strengthen him. I stood in the doorway between light and dark, what was left of my sanity implored me not to enter. But that voice was just a whisper now. As we worked our way down deeper and deeper into the crypt, I began to see a change in my companion. He seemed to be gaining strength. I could hardly see in the gloom, but my companion seemed to know the way. We came at last to a great hall."<br><br>
'''Marius''': "What choice did I have? I ran."<br>
==Media==
<gallery>
File:Mon-baal1.jpg|Baal in [[Diablo II]]
File:Baal_bw.jpg|Black/white portrait
File:Wanderer.jpg|Battle in Tal Rasha's Chamber
</gallery>
==References==
* Diablo II, [[Tyrael dialogue]]s* [[Mephisto's Jungle ]] - Diablo II Act III [[Cinematic]]* [[Lut_Gholein:_The_Binding_of_Destruction|Lut Gholein: The Binding of Destruction]]
* [[Diablo II Manual]]
* [[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Manual]]
