Diablo - tales of sanctuary

Collecting three stories of horror, adventure, and action featuring characters and creatures from the hit video game Diablo II! Follow the Barbarian Renit and Necromancer Cairo as they search the fabled 'Hand of Naz' in order to overcome a demon horde. Meet a Paladin named Hale as he fights an evil that will cause him to question the very nature of his existence. Witness the Druid Azgar as he fights to defend his village and the demons that lie deep within him! Illustrated by master comics artist Francisco Ruiz 'Battlegods' Velasco, "Diablo II: Tales of Sanctuary" will slake your thirst for adventure and leave you crying for more!

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EVER AGAIN.

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KEEPING THE VILLAGE SAFI

"AS WELL AS SPIRITUAL

STUDIES WHERE I SOON BEGAN

TO NOTICE CERTAIN FABLED

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SPIRITBEAST YOU ARE

MOST BLESSED! YOU MUST

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MEDITATIONS TO NASTER

THIS SKILL! AND TO MASTER

IT YOU MUST HAVE GREAT

CONTROL,

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PLACE OF COMFORT THAT I KNEW HOME °

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MY BROTHER GREY WAS ALIVE

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—

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STORY THAN THE ONE I

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DOESN'T MATTER NOW

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GUARDS TO DEFEND THE

VILLAGE WE WILL NEVER

SURVIVE A RAID!

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PROTECT THE VILLAGE,

YOU MUST COME BACK,

WITH ME NOWS

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NEVER FIND YOU

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THE DEMON ARMY?!

WHERE ARE YOU, FOUL CREATURES?! SHOW YOURSELVES, AND I'LL HELP YOU TO THE SPIRIT WORLD!

YOU MEAL YOU

LHUNT FOR GREATER PREY, THE HELLSPAWN THE CREATURES HORDES THAT HAVE

ARE NO MATCH FOR FRESH aeaee MY

RENIT THE DARK

STALKER,

I WILL MOT REST UNTIL

THE WAKE OF THE SUN,

SEARCHING FOR THE

SAME DEMON ARMY

TASK, SO THAT

MY PEOPLE, TOO, MAY BE AVENGED!

BY SO DEADLY,

A FOE

LEGEND TELLS ANCIENT ARTIFA

“AND

VENGEANCE

SHALL BE

MINE!”

THIS FABLED

FORTRESS, I DO

NOT KNOW

DREAD WARRIOR, YOU MUST BE CAUTIOUS NO

TO KMLL!

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AND NOW, NECROMANCER

IT’S MINE!

HELP ME,

BARBARIAN!

COMMAND,

PAINT THE LAND WITH THEIR

BLoOoP!

No!

I KNOW THIS FACE!

IT_IS THE VISAGE OF THE DEAD KING!

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I AM CAIRO OF THE

BRIGHT CIR

CAIRO, DAUGHTER OF MEK

BE WORN

ONCE?

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ME IT CAME WITHA

ARMY WHEN I WAS,

IT WAS MERE THEATER, A WAY

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DEMONS GAUNTLET YOU

FROM THERE, BECAME MY

I HATCHED PAWN, TO GAUGE

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THAT GUARDED THE TOMB:

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TO DEFEAT WY JEWEL OF NAZ

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FOR USE OF

RELEASED TO STALKER, OUR TIME

THE AFTERLIFE, TOGETHER DRAWS

BUT THEIR TO A CLOSE, AND KNOWLEDGE IS NEW ADVENTURES

AWAIT ME

WAY EL ee

aN WE SHALL

IN THIS WORLD IS CLEAR

I EXIST TO PURGE EVIL FROM

THE LAND AND PROTECT THE

INNOCENT I WAS TAUGHT THIS BY THE PRIESTS OF ZAKARLUM WHO RAISED ME

CL

I FEEL SORRY FOR THOSE WHO'S PURPOSE IN LIFE IS NOT AS CLEAR AS

BACK! YOU DAMNED

BEASTS! YOU'LL NOT >

THEY CAME NEAR T-THEY

NEVER SEEMED

TO NOTICE US

BEFORE TODAY

EASE YOURSELF, CHILD REST

HERE YOU'RE SAFE NOW

I WOULD BURY THE

CHILD'S PARENTS AND THEN TURN HER OVER TO THE

CARE OF THE ZAKARLIM

THIS WAS A STORY 1 HAD HEARD BEFORE

RANDOM ATTACKS

ON PEASANT FARMERS WERE NOT

UNKNOWN TO ME

YES, THEY HAVE

"MY FATHER WAS NOT A BELIEVER |F REGRET THIS

IN THE ZAKARLIM MANY TIMES FARMER! THE

THEY CAME SEEKING TITHES FOR ZAKARLUM ARE

THEIR WORKS EACH TIME MY [MA YOUR ONLY CHANCE FATHER WOULD REFUSE i OF REFUGE

THE LAST TIME THEY CAME, THERE AGAINST THE

WAS AN ARGUMENT." EVILS IN THIS

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PEOPLE I CAN REFUSE SEE TO MY AKARAT ARE FAMILY'S \ LosT!

SAFETY ON MY

‘OWN

FATHER SHOULD

SEEKING REFUGE FOR THIS CHILD AND A PLACE

TO REST FOR

MYSELF

LAM HALE, PALADIN OF

ZAKARUM AND THIS 1S BAY

‘SHE'S FROM NOT FAR FROM

HERE HER PARENTS WERE

0 ONT

LOOKING APTER HER?!

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BE OUR PLEASURE TO RAISE TiS FINE GIRL HERE IN OUR CATHEDRAL AND TEACH HER OF THE WAYS OF ZAKARLM

HE SPEAKS THE TRUTH, CHILD! YOURE AS SAFE HERE AS YOU WERE IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB

A CHAMBER WHERE

HE MAY REST TUL TAKE CARE OF YOUNG BAY,

YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR

MEPHISTO AS WELL!

AS LONG AS YOU COUNT

YOURSELF AMONG THE

ZAKARLIM, YOU SERVE THE

LORD OF HATRED! THE

ENTIRE FAITH SERVES

ONE MASTER LORD

MEPHISTO!

OUR SACRIFICE ‘STOP HIM!

TO MEPHISTO, LORD OF HATRED,

THE WORLD, IT SEEMS, IS NOT AS T

TNTER A WORLD WHERE EVIL HAS CORRUPTED THE LAND IN

Diablo": Tales of Sanctuary" COLLECTING THREE STORIES OF

HORROR, ADVENTURE, AND ACTION FEATURING CHARACTERS AND CREATURES FROM THE HIT COMPUTER GAME SERIES Diablo!

FOLLOW THE BARBARIAN, RENIT, AND NECROMANCER, CAIRO,

AS THEY SEARCH FOR THE FABLED "HAND OF NAZ" IN ORDER

TO OVERCOME A DEMON HORDE MEET A PALADIN NAMED HALE

AS HE FIGHTS AN EVIL THAT WILL CAUSE HIM TO QUESTION THE VERY NATURE OF HIS EXISTENCE WITNESS THE DRUID, AZGAR,

AS HE FIGHTS TO DEFEND HIS VILLAGE AND OVERCOME THE DEMONS THAT LIE DEEP WITHIN HIM! ILLUSTRATED BY MASTER

COMICS ARTIST FRANCISCO Ruiz "Battlegods' VeLasco, Diablo”:

Tales of Sanctuary", WILL SLAKE YOUR THIRST FOR ADVENTURE AND YET LEAVE YOU CRYING FOR MORE!