==List of known NPCs==
Here is the list of confirmed The following NPCs that are going confirmed to be appear in Diablo 3III. They are covered on individual article pages; click through to learn more about them.* [[Captain Rumford]]* [[Crying Ghost]]* [[Deckard Cain]]* [[Injured Villager]]* [[Mr.Meat Wagon]]* [[Little Girl Ghost]]
===Deckard Cain===
[[image:Cain-concept1.jpg|right|thumb|Deckard Cain concept art.]]
[[Deckard Cain]] is an essential character in the Diablo universe. As a wise sage and the last of the Horadrim, Cain has played an important part in both Diablo 1 and Diablo 2 games.
Deckard Cain is seen on the gameplay video[http://www.diablo3.com] from the [[WWI 2008]]. In the gameplay video the player rescues Cain once again, apparently in the New Tristram Cathedral.
There is mention of Deckard Cain on the [http://www.diablo3.com main page] of the official page:
:"When Deckard Cain returns to the ruins of [[Tristram Cathedral]] seeking clues to defeat new stirrings of evil, a fiery harbinger of doom falls from the heavens, striking the very ground where Diablo once entered the world."
There is also a lore item, named [http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/lore/journal.xml Deckard Cain's journal], in the official Diablo 3 website. The main events of Diablo 1 and Diablo 2 are introduced in the journal.
By the looks of it, Deckard Cain will be a major NPC in Diablo 3.