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The war with the heaven halted, seeing what would happen with Sanctuary. The High Heavens, with [[Tyrael]] and [[Imperius]] in the forefront wanted this "abomination" eradicated. Diablo saw potential in the massive powers of the nephalem, and the [[Sin War]] began. When Tyrael and the angels saw goodness in the humans, they were content to leave them to it, but the [[Worldstone]] would act as a dampener, making the nephalem less powerful, and became humans.
The Lesser Evils, to too blinded with by their hate hatred of Heaven, saw only the Prime Evils' meddling with Sanctuary as a distraction from the true war, and started a revolt in Hell. The Three were banished from Hell, and walked the earth of Sanctuary, spreading chaos in their wake.
Posing as [[Dialon]], the Spirit of DetermintaionDetermination, Diablo secretly led a group of religious fanatics in attempt to establish control over the realm. After the plan failed, the Tyrael created the [[Soulstone|Soulstones]] and charged the [[Horadrim|Horadric Order]] with the imprisonment of the Prime Evils.
[[File:Mon-leoric2.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Madness of [[Leoric]].]]
Diablo 's soulstone was imprisoned in hidden underneath a Horadric monastery that later became [[Tristram]], and immediately started trying to spread terror and corruption. A few hundred years later, he Diablo was strong enough to try and corrupt [[Leoric|King Leoric]]. The Lord of Terror invaded Leoric's dreams, attempting to corrupt and possess the King. Leoric was able to resist Diablo's presence, but he was driven mad by the ordeal.
Diablo had already drawn in [[Lazarus|Archbishop Lazarus]], Leoric's most trusted adviser, and with Lazarus whispering into his ear, the mad king turned on his own people, executing those who disobeyed him, ordering his army into a suicidal war against the friendly neighbouring and previously allied kingdom of [[Westmarch]], and finally purging most of the townspeople from Tristram when his son, [[Albrecht|Prince Albrecht]], vanished. The horrible truth was that it was Lazarus himself who kidnapped the boy.
[[File:Diablo_1_portrait.jpg|thumb|right|Diablo himself]]
While Leoric was too strong for Diablo, Albrecht was not. The terror Albrecht felt in the tomb strengthened Diablo further, and he used Albrecht as his vessel. He inhabitated inhabited the body and warped it in a demonic shape.
A hero travels through the Tristram labytinthslabyrinths, catacombs, caves all the way down to Hell in order to confront Diablo directly and ultimately defeated him. The misguided hero drove Diablo's soulstone into his own forehead, hoping to contain the demon himself. He took it upon himself to bring the stone to the East and to imprison Diablo once more.
The [[Wanderer]] travelled the countryside, unleashing demons and horrors in his wake as he was slowly possessed by Diablo. Somehow, Diablo managed to bring the Lesser Evils back under his foot, and both [[Andariel]] and [[Duriel]] helped impair any attempt at catching up with Diablo's journey to release his brothers.
===Diablo I===
[[Image:Diablo_1_portrait.jpg|left|thumb|100px]]
The first encounter with Diablo occurs after a lone hero journeys deep beneath [[Tristram|Tristram's]] Cathedral in search of a demonic presence plagueing plaguing the countryside. Diablo had nearly possessed the former ruler of Khanduras, [[Leoric|King Leoric]]. Finding the king too strong willed to dominate completely, Diablo instead possessed his son, [[Prince Albrecht]]. The hero takes a portal directly to Hell in order to confront Diablo directly, ultimately defeating him. The misguided hero drove Diablo's soulstone into his own forehead, hoping to contain the demon himself.
Aside from a brief appearance in the cinematic trailer, not much is known about Diablo's role in the upcoming sequel. He seems to have some impact, however, since there are items such as [[Teeth of Diablo]] used by [[Cultist]]s.
There has been some debate if this demon really is Diablo, or one of his brothers, but when it was released by [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard]], it was named "Diablo", so it's generally accepted it's "Big Red " himself.