{"id":125633,"date":"2023-04-17T18:30:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T23:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/?p=125633"},"modified":"2023-04-17T19:05:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:05:12","slug":"diablo-boss-diablo-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2023\/04\/17\/diablo-boss-diablo-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Diablo be in Diablo 4? There’s no sign yet that the Lord of Terror makes an appearance, but he should"},"content":{"rendered":"

You would think a\u00a0Diablo<\/em><\/a> game would have to include the franchise’s titular character, but Diablo 4<\/em>, with its focus on Lilith and Inarius, could be different. We’ve had minimal news about the Lord of Terror in the information released about the game so far. Will Diablo raise his ugly mug in\u00a0D4<\/em>, or will the game focus on Lilith’s rampages throughout Sanctuary?<\/p>\n

Fair warning, reader: There are some story spoilers ahead. If you prefer to avoid all Diablo 4<\/em> spoilers until the game’s release on June 6<\/a>, \u00a0might I recommend our entire backlog of weekly cuteness<\/a>? Or perhaps some\u00a0Diablo<\/em> lore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But for now, let’s dig into the story of Diablo, and what \u2014 if any \u2014 role he might play in Diablo 4.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A brief history of the Lord of Terror<\/h2>\n

Diablo — more formally Al’Diabolos, Lord of Terror — is one of the three Prime Evils, the most powerful demon lords of the Burning Hells. Like his siblings, Diablo spawned from one of the seven heads of the dragon Tathamet<\/a> — the original Prime Evil, cast off from Anu, who sought a state of total purity. He rules over the Realm of Terror in the Burning Hells, which players of\u00a0Diablo 3<\/em> are ported to during their Act 4 fight against the Prime Evil himself.<\/p>\n

Players are first introduced to\u00a0Diablo during\u00a0Diablo 1<\/em>, when Archbishop Lazarus releases him from the soulstone hidden in the Tristram Cathedral. Diablo’s original attempts to possess King Leoric failed, leading him to use Leoric’s younger son Albrecht as his vessel \u2014 and the one we fight as the game’s final boss. D1<\/em> ends with the victorious warrior (Albrecht’s older brother Aidan, Leoric’s heir) slaying Diablo and removing the soulstone fragment from the demon’s forehead, revealing Albrecht’s dead body. Aidan then seats the gem in his own skull in an attempt to contain the Lord of Terror.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Diablo rapidly begin corrupting him.<\/p>\n

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