'''Marius''' was a drifter who witnessed the horrors of [[Tristam]]. He follows , and ends up helping the [[Dark WandererPrime Evils]] to a great extent before being killed by [[Baal]] after the destruction of the bar he was hiding in.
He ==Background==[[File:Marius.png|thumb|left|Old marius]]After Marius witnessed the horrors of [[Tristam]] and followed the [[Dark Wanderer]], he then becomes a companion to the Wanderer's companion. His sanity is questionable, as well as his courage, as he is tricked by [[Baal]] into removing his [[soulstone]] and then is unable to through the infernal gate in [[Kurast]] to go to [[Hell]] to destroy Baal's soulstone at the [[Hellforge]].
Many years Some time later, Baal visits Marius, now an old man, in human form in his cell in a mental asylum. He then narrates the events of [[Diablo II]] to Baal, who he mistakes for [[Tyrael]]. In the end, he confesses to Tyrael that he did not destroy the soulstone and gives it unwittingly to Baal for destroying it at the Hellforge. Baal then reveals himself and kills Marius, destroying the asylum in the process. ==Canonity and Time==Marius is depicted as a very old man by the time [[Baal]] comes to visit him, implying there has been many years between the end of [[Diablo II]] and the beginning of the expansion ([[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction]]). In the new [[timeline]] (and even just in the Diablo II story line) this does not fit in. Either just holding Baal's [[soulstone]] for a few weeks/months have aged him severely, or this is a timing error by [[Blizzard North]]. Regardless, the [[canon]] information is that it only took a brief while between the death of [[Diablo]] and the events in the unnamed mental aslum and meeting [[Baal]].
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