In the absence of any official word, fan speculation has run rampant. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=802017] While there is no leading consensus, many fans feel the Black Soulstone is a shard of the [[Worldstone]], which [[Tyrael]] shattered after [[Baal]]'s death, in events that took place at the end of Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, twenty years before the story picks up in Diablo III.