Knowing that the [[Soulstone]]'s broken shards would not be enough to contain [[Baal]]'s powerful essence, [[Tal Rasha]] quickly devised a reckless plan to contain the demon forever. With a feverish light in his eyes, he coldly walked over to [[Baal]]'s writhing form and slit the creature's throat. As [[Baal]]'s spirit fled the dying body, [[Tal Rasha]] chose the largest of the [[Soulstone]]'s shards and jammed it into the open wound. Just as with [[Mephisto]], [[Baal]] spirit was sucked into the golden shard's vacuous recesses and trapped. The shard pulsed and hummed as though unable to hold its terrible content in check. Though we questioned his judgement, [[Tal Rasha]] seemed confident that the shard would hold [[Baal]] until our task was complete.