I rediscovered my Lord of Destruction manual and opened up to the first page, on which is printed a poem. I'll reproduce it here:
So spoke the Wanderer, mindful of hardships and cruel slaughters:
Each dawn, I rise alone, mired in ancient sorrows. Wretched and
deprived of my native land, I have had my mind bound with fetter.
For many years, I lay hidden in the concealment of the earth, buried
deep in stone. From there, I went, abject and winter-grieving, over the
surface of the waes. I sought the prison of my noble kinsmen.
Sorrow is the cruel companion to the one who can afford few friends, and
the path of exile attends this mournful spirit.
And so this world, every day, is crumbling and falling. The rulers
lie dead, deprived of revelry, bands of warriors lie fallen proud by the
wall. War destroyed some, carried them away; a sorrowful man hid
one deep within a grace. Thus the creator of men laid waste this
dwelling-place, until the old works of giants stood vacant, without the
noise of their inhabitants.
So said the Wanderer, set apart in secret meditations.
The kingdom of the earth is full of miseries, and the decree of the fates
shall change the course of the heavens.
Inspired by
The Wanderer (Anonymous)
from the Exeter Book, ca. 10th century.
Should this information be valid, and not warped by Diablo, this provides some interesting information. It details his ruminations over the perceived betrayal of his homeland, Khonduras, as he and fellow Warriors were sent to war against Westmarch as Leoric was driven mad by Diablo's influence. It also reveals that the Wanderer we saw at the beginning of Diablo was quite himself, his antipathy and isolation not wholly part of Diablo's possession, but rather an innate, black depression.
Diablo II: The Awakening hints that the Wanderer's name was Qarak, and was part of an order of warriors that called themselves Order of the Gauntlet.
An NPC in Diablo suggests that The Wanderer either originates from or once visited Tristram. This may give us a place of origin for the character.
Also, are there any mentions elsewhere of dates?
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Be it through hallowed grounds or lands of sorrow
All in the Forger's wake is left bereft and fallow
Is the residuum worth the cost of destruction and maiming;
Or is the shaping a culling and exercise in taming?
The road's goal is the dark Origin of Being
But be wary through what thickets it winds.
-Excerpt from the Litany of Residuum;
As Translated by He Who Brings Order
Should this information be valid, and not warped by Diablo, this provides some interesting information. It details his ruminations over the perceived betrayal of his homeland, Khonduras, as he and fellow Warriors were sent to war against Westmarch as Leoric was driven mad by Diablo's influence. It also reveals that the Wanderer we saw at the beginning of Diablo was quite himself, his antipathy and isolation not wholly part of Diablo's possession, but rather an innate, black depression.
Diablo II: The Awakening hints that the Wanderer's name was Qarak, and was part of an order of warriors that called themselves Order of the Gauntlet.
An NPC in Diablo suggests that The Wanderer either originates from or once visited Tristram. This may give us a place of origin for the character.
Also, are there any mentions elsewhere of dates?
All in the Forger's wake is left bereft and fallow-Excerpt from the Litany of Residuum;
As Translated by He Who Brings Order
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