<center>''"And a child will cradle Terror in his breast as the heart of man falls under the shadow.''

''A [[Wanderer]] will pass through the ancient lands trailing chaos in his wake.''

''The [[The Three Brothers]] will be reunited as the mortal world trembles before their might.''

''And so it was foretold that the Three, once reunited, would be shattered again --again—''

''And the last of them would set his sights on the holy mount. The warnings held that''

''Their defeat would be illusory - that illusory—that the final gambit had yet to be played . . ."''

''And now at last the storm surges forth from the southlands, and the hand of Destruction Reaches out to undo the workings of the [[Ancients]]. The tides of [[Hell]] surge - ready to smash Down upon the shores of the mortal world - to drown the guilty and the innocent alike.''

* [[Diablo II: Lord of DestructionManual]] Game Manual