Two new character classes: female Assassin (has access to martial arts, shadow techniques, and traps) and Druid (can shape-shift and summon animals to fight on his side).It also enhances and modifies the base game by adding the following: It adds Act V which concludes the overarching story, offers a new area with more powerful enemies and six quests to complete. The protagonist must venture there and defeat Baal once and for all.ĭiablo II: Lord of Destruction is an expansion to Diablo II. He has raised an army and attacked Mount Arreat in the Barbarian Highlands. The third evil brother, Baal, has survived by obtaining his Soulstone. It is the source of all the Soulstones and their powers, so Baal wishes to obtain it, corrupt it and complete his brothers' plan to conquer the mortal realm and use it as a staging area to besiege the Heavens in the endless war between the two.After the demonic brothers Diablo and Mephisto were finally defeated, the heroic adventurer who has accomplished that feat returned to the Pandemonium Fortress, summoned by Archangel Tyrael. 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, built 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 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. Although an expansion, most people feel that Lord of Destruction is a must have when playing the game since the additions expand the game to be just that much more open ended than the first one. Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Title Screenĭiablo II: Lord of Destruction is the official expansion pack for Diablo II.

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