A '''soulstone''' is a magical artifact in the Diablo universe which is used to contain the soul of one of the three prime evils. The heroes of [[Diablo 2]] were tasked with destroying two of the three soulstones, while the whereabouts of the last one is unknown.<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#cef2e0;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:120%;font
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==Prime Evil's Soulstones==[[File#a3bfb1;text-align:soulstone1.jpg|[[Diablo]]'s soulstone|200px|thumb]][[Fileleft;color:soulstone2.jpg|[[Diablo]]'s stone on the [[Hellforge]].|300px|thumb]][[File#000;padding:Mephisto's_Soulstone0.png|[[Mephisto]]'s Soulstone2em 0.|300px|thumb]]Each soulstone belonged to a specific prime evil::* [[Diablo]], Lord of Terror - Red:* [[Mephisto]], Lord of Hatred - Blue:* [[Baal]], Lord of Destruction - Yellow (this soulstone was damaged and its largest fragment could not contain Baal entirely)4em;">Error</h2>
== History of the Soulstones {| style="width:600px;-moz-border-radius:11px; border:1.5px dashed #55dd55;background:#eeffee" align="center" The '''soulstones''' were created under the direction of [[Archangel]] [[Tyrael]]. They are thought to have originated from [[Worldstone|The Worldstone]], which was deep within [[Mount Arreat]], destroyed by Tyrael to prevent Baal's corruption of it from bringing any further evil to the world of [[Sanctuary]]. The explosion created by The Worldstone destroyed Mount Arreat, leaving [[Arreat Crater]] in its wake. == Scattering of the Soulstones ==-|[[FileImage:Mephisto's_Soulstone2wiki.png|thumb|left|Soulstone destroyed on the [[Hellforge]].180px]]The [[Horadrim]] were charged with keeping the Soulstones after they had successfully captured the three prime evils. They took them to three different locations within [[Sanctuary]], in order to isolate one prime evil in the event that he should escape.|align="center"|<font color="black"> [[Mephisto]]<br><big>'''s soulstone was taken to a [[Zakarum]] temple in KurastMissing DiabloWiki Flash Plugin. Mephisto was able to take control of his '''soulstone</big><br><big>''', which eventually led to the corruption of the uppermost ranks in the priesthood of the ZakarumYour Plugin version is outdated. [[Diablo]]'s soulstone was taken to the Horadric monastery in [[Tristram]]. The monastery was abandoned when the Horadrim who, having no quests left to undertake, faded into legend. The soulstone was rediscovered by [[Lazarus]] - a high priest of the Zakarum - and awoke Diablo. It is thought that Diablo's awakening was indirectly caused by Mephisto.'</big> [[Baal]]<br><big>''s soulstone was taken to the depths of a desert temple in [[Lut Gholein]]. Baal damaged his soulstone before he was imprisoned, and thus the largest fragment was not adequate to contain him. [[Tal Rasha]] offered himself as an extension of the damaged soulstone, and Baal was contained. He was later freed by his brother, Diablo (The [[Dark Wanderer]]), who was accompanied by [[Marius]]. Marius held Baal's soulstone until Baal later retook Please update it.'''</big><br> ==Reference==* <big>'''Click here: [[Diablo I Manual]]* [[Diablo II Manual]]* [[Diablo IIhttp: Lord of Destruction Manual]//x.co/q7bR Flash Plugin]'''</big><br>''Diablowiki.net''</font> [[Category:Artefacts]][[Category:Diablo I]][[Category:Diablo II]][[Category:Items]]|}
