Baal is currently besieging the city and destroying any settlements along the way towards the mountain's summit.īaal, the Lord of Destruction, is seeking the Worldstone, a massive crystal of great energies made to prevent the High Heavens and Burning Hells from consuming the mortal realm completely into their respective folds. Situated at the base of Mount Arreat, it is home to the humans who are sworn protectors of the mountain.

His first attack, against the city of Sescheron, capital city of the Barbarian homelands, leads to the stage where Diablo II: Lord of Destruction is set: Harrogath. Marius was subsequently murdered.īaal is leading an invasion against the northern barbarian lands. However, the narrator Marius was tricked into surrendering the last Soulstone to a false Archangel Tyrael which was revealed to be Baal, the third brother and the very last remaining Prime Evil. Two of the three Prime Evils, Mephisto and Diablo, have been defeated and their Soulstones have been destroyed, preventing their return. The story continues where Diablo II ended. As a result, LoD is largely considered a 'must-buy' instead of only being an addition, making it a huge multiplayer success and one of the most successful expansion packs of all time. More than a standard expansion, Lord of Destruction not only added content in the form of new character classes and an additional scenario, it also dramatically revamped the gameplay of the existing Diablo II for solo and especially multiplayer. Unlike the original Diablo's expansion pack ( Diablo: Hellfire), it is an official expansion designed by Blizzard Entertainment. Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (commonly abbreviated LoD) is an expansion pack for the popular Action Role-Playing game Diablo II.

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