| Ćons ago |
The Beginning: The Great Conflict
also begins. |
| -990 |
IIzual attacks Hellforge and falls
to the dark hordes of chaos. |
| -985 |
The dark demonblade Shadowfang is
created. |
| -490 |
The rise of Man. |
| -480 |
The Sin War begins. |
| -40 |
Inarius descends to the mortal realm
and begins to construct his cathedral. |
| -30 |
Inarius lays siege to and destroys
the infernal temple of Mephisto. |
| -25 |
The forces of Mephisto defeat Inarius
and his followers, laying waste to the cathedral and surrounding countryside. |
| -10 |
The mage-clans of the East begin
to form. |
| 1 |
The Vizjerei become the largest and
most powerful of the clans. Other major clans are the Ennead and the Ammit. |
| 240 |
Horazón and Bartuc rise to the fore
in the Vizjerei mage-clan. |
| 250 |
Bartuc turns against the Vizjerei,
becoming known as the Warlord of Blood. |
| 510 |
The Dark Exile begins with the overthrow
of the Three. |
| 515 |
The Three cause strife and chaos
in the Mortal Realm. Ravaging of the East for centuries. |
| 520 |
Civil war in Hell. |
| 1005 |
The three soul-stones meant to imprison
the prime Evils are given to members of the eastern mage-clans. |
| 1010 |
The Horadrim Order unites wizards
from the many mage-clans. |
| 1145 |
Mephisto and Baal captured in soul-stones
and buried beneath the desert. |
| 1025 |
The Horadrim pursue Diablo into the
West. |
| 1050 |
Baal is imprisoned with Tal Rasha.
|
| 1100 |
Jered Cain’s Horadrim troupe
captures Diablo in Khanduras. |
| 1120 |
The Horadrim dwindle in numbers. |
| 1140 |
The Horadrim begin to fragment back
into individual mage-clans. There is feuding and bitter rivalry among the clans |
| 1145 |
Mephisto relocates to the Eastern
Capitol. |
| 1180 |
The rise of the Western Empire of
Westmarch |
| 1230 |
Zakarum, the Religion of the Light
takes hold in the West |
| 1240 |
Leoric becomes King of Khanduras. |
| 1245 |
Leoric and Lazarus use decrepit Horadrim
monastery at Tristram as HQ. Lazarus’ will is dominated by Diablo: Lazarus releases Diablo from the Soulstone |
| 1246 |
Albrecht becomes the physical focus
and incarnation of Diablo’s power. War between Westmarch and Khanduras breaks Leoric’s army. Lachdanan revolts
against Leoric. |
| 1250 |
Diablo is ‘defeated’
by a great hero beneath Tristram, and the hero sets off for the East. |
