The second to awaken was Diablo, courtesy of Archbishop Lazarus, who shattered his soulstone and allowed Diablo to take mortal hosts. He spread his influence across the higher ranks of the Zakarum priesthood and corrupted the surrounding lands of Kurast. The first one to take control of his soulstone was Mephisto. According to their plan, they orchestrated their own exile into Sanctuary and used their powers to corrupt the very soulstones that held their essence. The Prime Evils were told by Izual that they could use the power of the Soulstones to tap into the power of the Worldstone while they were in Sanctuary. What even the High Heavens did not know was that the soulstones were the centerpiece of a diabolical plan by the Prime Evils in order to make way for the invasion of Sanctuary. Finally, in Khanduras, Diablo was defeated and imprisoned, his soulstone hidden in a cave network above which a cathedral was erected. Plunging the largest shard into his chest, he was entombed beneath the sands of Aranoch, fated to wrestle with Baal's spirit for eternity. The Horadric mage Tal Rasha however, volunteered himself as a surrogate soulstone. This left the Horadrim in a precarious position, as there was not enough time to reformulate the soulstone. Baal was second, though his intended soulstone was shattered in the effort to capture him. ![]() Mephisto was the first evil to be captured, and his soulstone was entrusted to the Zakarum, who buried his soulstone under the Temple of Light. Kulle and Tal Rasha attempt to seal Baal inside the soulstone Because the soulstones were inexplicably attuned to the demons' essence, the Horadrim were able to track each evil down. The task of using these stones to bind the Prime Evils was entrusted to the Horadrim, and of their number, it was Zoltun Kulle who bore them (who would eventually go on to create a darker yet similar weapon of his own). Their colors were sapphire, amber, and crimson they would be used to bind Mephisto, Baal, and Diablo respectively. ![]() Three soulstones were fashioned, each of them a shard of the Worldstone. ![]() The soulstones were created by the archangel Tyrael in order to contain the spirits of the three Prime Evils when they were exiled into Sanctuary.
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