'''[[image:Cain-concept1.jpg|right|thumb|Deckard Cain concept art.]] [[Deckard Cain''' ]] is one an essential character in the Diablo universe. As a wise sage and the last of the characters that is brought back from [[Horadrim, Cain has played an important part in both Diablo 1 and Diablo II]]2 games. This old, classic Diablo character will definitely ask you to stay a while and listen. Deckard Cain is seen on the gameplay video[http://www.diablo3.com] from the [[WWI 2008]]. In the gameplay video the player rescues Cain once again, apparently in the New Tristram Cathedral. There is mention of Deckard Cain on the [http://www.diablo3.com main page] of the official page: :"When Deckard Cain returns to the ruins of Tristram Cathedral seeking clues to defeat new stirrings of evil, a fiery harbinger of doom falls from the heavens, striking the very ground where Diablo once entered the world." There is also a lore item, named [http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/lore/journal.xml Deckard Cain's journal], in the official Diablo 3 website. The main events of Diablo 1 and Diablo 2 are introduced in the journal. By the looks of it, Deckard Cain will be a major NPC in Diablo 3.