And she feels that Nihlathak is responsible for her disappearance. As news of the player's exploits spreads, Malah requests the player to aid her in something that was prodding her mind, the daughter of the Head of the Council of Elders, Anya had disappeared.

The player is successful in rescuing the captive Barbarian Warriors and the player earns Qual-Kehk's trust, who allows some of his men to aid the player in his quest. Soon, the player finds that the very fortifications that the Barbarians built to hold the demons at bay are being used against the Barbarians themselves by the Legion. He sends the player out in the Frigid Highlands to rescue some of the Barbarians who have been held captive by Baal's forces. Qual-Kehk warms up to the player but still wants him to prove his worth. Larzuk the Blacksmith offers to socket one of the player's items as a reward, a service not normally given to anyone. Initially, no one except Malah, believed the player to be of any use in the ensuing conflict against Baal's Demonic Legions other than being cannon fodder for the Barbarians, especially the last surviving member of the doomed Council of Elders, Nihlathak.īut the player quickly proves his worth when he bests one of Baal's strongest generals, Shenk the Overseer, in combat, finishing the Siege on Harrogath quest.

It is named after the Prime Evil Baal, the Lord of Destruction, whose trail the player follows to the Barbarian lands of the Northern Steppes.Īfter going through the portal that Tyrael opens after Diablo's defeat in the Chaos Sanctuary, the player arrives in Harrogath, the Last Bastion of Order on the slopes of Mount Arreat, in Malah's own words. Lord of Destruction is the fifth and climactic act in Diablo II, added when installing the Diablo II: Lord of Destruction expansion.

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