How does the official blizzard storyline (i.e. the movies + blizzard manual stuff) relate to the Lore Books? Especially the recently released diablo archive, which has the following:
Diablo: Legacy of Blood
Diablo: The Black Road
Diablo: The Kingdom of Shadow
Diablo: Demonsbane
Also - are those in order?
Or is this something like Roleplaying Server - where the lore books have nothing to do with the game??? (i.e. there is even no diablo or baal there...)
This is the order that I have come up with. I support myself with quotes, but I won't post the quotes here because they contain spoilers.
The Sin War: Birthright
The Sin War: Scales of the Serpent
The Sin War: The Veiled Prophet
Demonsbane
The Black Road / Diablo I
Legacy of Blood / Diablo II
The Kingdom of Shadow / Diablo II
Moon of the Spider
When it has a '/', it means that the story and allocated game happen simultaneously.
The Sin War has Diablo and Mephisto in it.
Demonsbane mentions Diablo.
Black Road mentions the Prime Evils
Legacy of Blood mentions the Prime Evils as well as Belial (a Lesser Evil), as well as the Warlord of Blood and Horazon the Summoner.
Kingdom of Shadow mentions Diablo.
Moon of the Spider mentions Diablo (and possibly the other Prime Evils, I can't quite recall).
Doesn't Legacy of Blood not just mention Diablo, but isn't he actually in the book for a split second? Right before he devours that praying mantis type demon.
I can't remember, its been a while since I read them.
Doesn't Legacy of Blood not just mention Diablo, but isn't he actually in the book for a split second? Right before he devours that praying mantis type demon.
I can't remember, its been a while since I read them.
Just because the books don't involve the Prime Evils doesn't mean their not Diablo. They are still part of the universe of Diablo and mention Demons, Angels, and scary undead things.
Diablo: Legacy of Blood
Diablo: The Black Road
Diablo: The Kingdom of Shadow
Diablo: Demonsbane
Also - are those in order?
Or is this something like Roleplaying Server - where the lore books have nothing to do with the game??? (i.e. there is even no diablo or baal there...)
The Sin War has Diablo and Mephisto in it.
Demonsbane mentions Diablo.
Black Road mentions the Prime Evils
Legacy of Blood mentions the Prime Evils as well as Belial (a Lesser Evil), as well as the Warlord of Blood and Horazon the Summoner.
Kingdom of Shadow mentions Diablo.
Moon of the Spider mentions Diablo (and possibly the other Prime Evils, I can't quite recall).
I can't remember, its been a while since I read them.
Meh, its not really important to the story, but I'll change the text color.