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'''Baal ''' is one of the three brothers who make up the [[Prime Evil]]s, along with [[Mephisto ]] and [[Diablo]]. He is a major figure in the world mythology, and features in several of the [[Diablo Novels]]. It's not yet known if Baal will make an appearance in [[Diablo III]].

[[Tal Rasha ]] and his men chased [[Jered Cain]] led a group of the [[Horadrim]] on a chase to catch Baal for months from the lands of [[Kehjistan]] over the ocean to the Western continent. Tal Rasha presumed Baal was heading north toward Scosglen, but mysteriously the demon changed its path and took refuge within the desert city of [[Lut Gholein]].<br><br>

Tal Rasha ordered his team to hold the attack and to patiently await for Baal to continue his escape. Three days later, Baal fled Lut Gholein heading to the north, as Tal Rasha had predicted.  A few miles into the desert, the adventurers caught up with Baal and attacked him. The demon unleashed the fury of his powers upon the men. The earth exploded under them and swallowed many men. Fire errupted erupted from the broken earth burning everything and everyone on its path.<br><br>  In a desperate attempt, Baal hurled a spell at Tal Rasha unsuccessfully. Unharmed, but at a price, Tal Rasha rose from the earth to find the [[Soulstone]] given to him by [[Tyrael]] had shattered into small shards.  The men pressed their attack and defeated Baal. Tal Rasha walked toward Baal's battered body and slashed his throat jamming the largest soulstone shard into his open wound. Baal's spirit was sucked into the shard, trapping the demon.  [[Archangel]] Tyrael appeared before the men and led them toward seven ancient tombs deep in the desert. There the men were instructed to build a binding stone etched with runes of containment. They magically crafted unbreakable chains to secure the binding stone to the chamber's walls. Tal Rasha ordered to be chained and bound to the stone. To everyone's astonishment, Tyrael jammed the shattered Soulstone into Tal Rasha's chest, allowing Baal's spirit to flood into his body as host. Forever chained in an eternal fight with the demon's spirit.

Baal featured prominently in Diablo II, appearing in the cinematics and plot, though he was not found as a playable defeatable monster in that game.

Baal was the [[Act Boss]] of {{iw|Act_V Act FiveV}}, added in the Diablo II expansion, [[Diablo_II:_Lord_of_Destruction|Lord of Destruction]]. The story of that game is all about Baal's efforts to reach and corrupt the [[Worldstone]]. Though Baal is eventually defeated by the playerplayers's heroheroes, his efforts to corrupt the Worldstone were successful, forcing [[Tyrael]] to destroy the worldstone to prevent its power being used by the forces of hell. (So says Tyrael, at least. Many players are suspicious of his actions and think he might have had his own, unrevealed agenda. The plot of [[Diablo III ]] should shed more light on this issue.)

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'''Reference: ==References==* Diablo II, Mephisto's Jungle Act III Cinematic'''* [[Diablo II Manual]]* [[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Manual]]