[[Image:Injured_villager_talks_to_Wizard.jpg|right|thumb|[[Wizard]] talks to [[Injured Villager]], who starts The Skeleton King [[quest]].]]

When nearing the [[Tristram Cathedral]] the player comes across a group of [[zombie]]s bent over something. After killing them, there is an [[Injured Villager]] laying on the ground. With his last breath he tells you the story of King Leoric. The quest description says: "Descend into the catacombs and destroy the arisen [[Skeleton King]] and his army of the [[undead]]".