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[[Image:Meteor2.jpg|thumb|400px|The infamous meteor sailing towards [[Tristram Cathedral]].]]In the [[Diablo 3]] [[cinematic]] trailer from [[WWI 2008]] we get to see glimpses of what is happening twenty years after the destruction of the [[Worldstone]] and the defeat of the [[Prime Evils]]. A blazing meteor is seen falling across the sky, crashing down into the [[Tristram Cathedral]].
We know from the cinematic and other art that [[Leah]] and [[Deckard Cain]] were at the cathedral at the time the meteor struck, crashing through many levels down into the catacombs below. Blizzard has said Exactly who is where when the catacombs we see here are essentially meteor hits is unknown, but further explained in the same ones we visited in [[Diablo I]], where [[Diablo]] himself was once defeatedCain and Leah section below.
Blizzard has said the catacombs we see here are essentially the same ones we visited in [[Diablo I]], where [[Diablo]] himself was once "defeated". In the [[BlizzCon 2008]] playable demo, [[Captain Rumford]] says a meteor had struck the cathedral and it has awakened evil within. He asks you to investigate. This awakened evil turns out to be [[King Leoric]], (or possibly something deep underneath, where the demo characters were not able to proceed to). If this will be Whether we'll see the same story in the full game is unknown.
===Fallen Angel===
The most popular line of thought is that the comet in fact is an [[Angel]], or even an [[Archangel]] expelled from the [[High Heavens]] for unknown reasons and that hitting [[Tristram Cathedral]] is either a sign to call the hero characters there, or random chance. The reason for this line of belief is the concept art with angel-like appearance. The two most popular candidates are [[Tyrael]] and [[Izual]].
The Angels and the High Heavens are by no stretch "good" creatures. In [[Sanctuary]], there is no true good force. Even the Angels, and Tyrael himself were once in favour of eradicating the humans and the whole world. What sort of internal politics, could have made them expel one of their own to our realm is unknown, but it could be related to Tyrael or Izual interfering with the world of humans once to many for the [[Angiris Council]]
===Cain and Leah===
We know Cain has spent the last 20 years trying to find out why there has not been a [[demon]]ic onslaught after the [[Worldstone]] was destroyed, and either all that research has been done in [[Tristram Cathedral]], or they just recently arrived there.
From [[Abd al-Hazir]]'s entry about [[Writings of Abd al-Hazir: Entry no. 0020|Gnarled Walkers]], we know [[Wortham]] is close to [[Tristram]], and at one point, Leah was there with her [[Pablo DeSoto|father]]. This could have been either before she met up with Cain or a brief trip to Wortham with her father during the research.
We do know Cain and Leah know of and care for each other, as the [[WWI 2008]] gameplay video has the [[Barbarian]] telling Cain that Leah is worried about him. Since he is alive and down in the labyrinth (which you get to by jumping down the hole), either he wasn't hit, or the meteor isn't a meteor in the common sense. The meteor could simply be one of the aforementioned [[Angel]]s ([[Tyrael]] or [[Izual]]), who makes sure to save Cain on the way down, saving him from the impact that destroys the Cathedral. Exactly how he got down there, and is looking through old scriptures there is unknown, and this could also be a story interaction that will be cut from the actual game. If this has any significance or not is also unknown. If nothing else, the two of them are both obviously surprised when the meteor comes rushing down, so it's an item that appeared did indeed appear unexpectedly.
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