Changes

The events of the past year are unbelievable, and have driven me to write again my thoughts. No matter how hard I try, the facts are unavoidable: our [[King Leoric]] has gone mad, lashing out in crazed frenzy at the abduction of his son, [[Albrecht]], and our steady losses in the ill-advised war against [[Westmarch]], leading to an open revolt among our guards. There is something almost palpable in the air. It feels like...terror.

Our sense of relief is overwhelming now that our passage through the desert is finally over and we have arrived in [[Lut Gholein]]. Though I tell no one, [[Diablo]]'s terror has left its mark upon me as well. I wake in the night, suffering unholy visions of the destruction visited upon my home, the slaughter of the helpless villagers, and the echoes of dark acts perpetrated beneath the earth. I hope that these will pass in time, but I fear that I will never escape them.

We are too late. My companions followed the trail of the [[Dark Wanderer]] to the [[tomb of Tal Rasha]], only to be confronted by the demon [[Duriel]]. [[Baal]]'s [[Soulstone]] was nowhere to be found. We can assume that Baal is free once again, and that he and the Wanderer have departed for [[Travincal]] to free their brother, [[Mephisto]]. This must not be allowed to happen.

[[Diablo]] is dead. I have long desired to hear these words, but now that they come, I feel little joy. News has also reached us of a [[demon]]ic army marching upon [[Arreat]]. This is [[Baal]]'s doing, no doubt. We depart for the north with the tide. Still, we must count our blessings: the [[Soulstone]]s of [[Mephisto]] and [[Diablo]] have been destroyed at the [[Hellforge]] and they will trouble us no further. Only one remains.

===10th Day of Navan===

It seems we are cursed. Even in victory, we face defeat. Although the heroes destroyed [[Baal]], the [[angel]] [[Tyrael]] has delivered grave news. An object of great power that he calls the [[Worldstone]] was held in secret at the [[Arreat Summit|mountain's summit]], and it had been corrupted by Baal. He believes the only option open to him is to destroy it. I know too little of this Worldstone and what powers it may hold to guess what might come of this, but I fear our actions may scar the world in ways we cannot know. I pray Tyrael is making the right choice.