The preview from the book of Tyrael says many Barbarian tribes were completely wiped out when Mount Arreat was destroyed. They lived to protect Arreat, and since it was destroyed, many tribes disbanded and 'scattered like leaves in the wind' searching the world 'for a new purpose - a new vigil - to give their lives meaning.
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