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Led by [[Azmodan]] and [[Belial]], many of the [[Hell]]s' lesser [[demon]]s rise up against the [[Prime Evil]]s in a rebellion that culminates in the [[Dark Exile]]. [[Diablo]], [[Mephisto]], and [[Baal]] are exiled to [[Sanctuary]] from the [[Burning Hells]].

The [[archangel]] [[Tyrael]] gathers together mortal heroes to create the [[Horadrim]]. He bestows the [[Soulstone]]s upon them and tasks them with tracking down and imprisoning the [[Prime Evil]]s.

[[Mephisto]] is captured near the jungles of [[Kehjistan]] and imprisoned under a [[Zakarum]] temple in what will eventually become [[Kurast]].

[[Baal]] is tracked to the desert near [[Lut Gholein]]. [[Tal Rasha]], the leader of the [[Horadrim]], sacrifices himself to capture Baal in a damaged [[Soulstone]].

[[Diablo]] is finally captured by a group of [[Horadrim]] monks led by [[Jered Cain]]. The monks bury Diablo's [[Soulstone]] near the river [[Talsande]] in [[Khanduras]], and a [[Tristram Cathedral|Horadric monastery]] with a network of catacombs is built over the burial spot.

The town of [[Tristram]] is established around the [[Tristram Cathedral|Horadric monastery]].

The [[Tristram Cathedral|Horadric monastery]] in [[Tristram]] is abandoned.

The [[Horadrim]], with no quests left to undertake, fade into history and legend.

==1263==

* Increasingly deranged, [[King Leoric]] begins imprisoning all who question his authority and executing them as traitors. He declares war on the kingdom of [[Westmarch]].

* [[Lachdanan]], captain of King Leoric's army, returns from the disastrous war with Westmarch and is forced to kill Leoric. The fallen monarch curses Lachdanan and his followers with his dying breath. Not long afterwards, Lachdanan and the king's guards are attacked by Leoric, resurrected as the [[Skeleton King]], as they attempt to bury him.

* Archbishop Lazarus leads a group of villagers into the cathedral and abandons them to a bloodthirsty [[butcher]] demon. People begin fleeing [[Tristram]] in droves.