Wolf and gargoyle statues adorned the walls inside the stronghold. Lord Aldric was led by his guide to the stronghold of the last of the Sons of Rakkis. The giant pearl is known as “The Moon of the Spider.” In his visions he saw the object materialize as a big pearl, surrounded by rotten Rakkis banners, and wolf carvings on the stones. Visions that led him to search and claim the object. The very object Lord Aldric now searched the snowy mountain for. In the past, there was a struggle for power among Westmarch factions over an object of power. Lord Aldric believed himself to be a descendant of King Rakkis. The sorcerer Lord Aldric Jitan and 5 servants navigate the southeastern snowy forests of Westmarch. If this enigmatic character meddled in the matters of mortals then, he might return in Diablo Immortal as well. The character is possibly Archangel Imperius or one of his lieutenants based on the fiery wings description. There is also a strange character that is never mentioned by name, but definitely had a strong hand in helping Zayl defeat Astrogha - through manipulating a wendigo. Continue reading if you don’t mind spoilers of a 15 years old novel. There is enough material here that at least a decent story writer in the Diablo Immortal team should be able to add NPCs, story hooks and even a dungeon inspired in the events of this novel. The novel is entirely based in Westmarch and surrounding areas.īelow you can read a sloppy summary I wrote while reading the novel, if you don’t mind spoilers. There is no doubt that Moon of the Spider presents a challenge to Diablo Immortal developers.
Knaak back to write Diablo: The Sin War trilogy, in preparation to announce development of Diablo III, two years later.Īstrogha is featured in Diablo: The Sin War trilogy, as a postmortem prequel to Diablo: Moon of the Spider, so to speak, where we learn the origins of Astrogha before Moon of the Spider. The novel was published in January 2006, but in October 2006 - Blizzard Entertainment brought Richard A. Moon of the Spider is about the return of Astrogha, the demon spider.
The novel mentions how Justinian IV became the new King of Westmarch, and some of the ancient history predating the Prime Evils’s Exile era.
I hope the novel becomes available again under the Blizzard Legends label, because if there are no plans for a Diablo Immortal novel tie-in, then Diablo: Moon of the Spider is the defacto follow up novel after Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. But it is common to see them listed for $30, $60-$100 and even nearing a $1000. I managed to get my copy last week for $19.99. There aren’t many copies around of Diablo: Moon of the Spider (published in January 2006). So it might be safe to say that the novel takes place at least within a year or two after Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. But we do know that King Cornelius died around the time Zayl the necromancer arrived to Westmarch.Īnother necromancer had been around in Westmarch at least a few months before Zayl did. It is never described how many months or years has passed since then. Diablo: Moon of the Spider takes place some time after Tyrael destroyed the Worldstone (Diablo II: Lord of Destruction).
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