He also came to be joined by Urzael, who shared Malthael's views on humanity. Imperius's lieutenant, Balzael, fell in league with Malthael. He established the Pandemonium Fortress as his base of operations. With humanity's eradication, Heaven would stand alone, victorious in the Great Conflict. With the Lords of Hell defeated, he reasoned that humanity was the most powerful "demonic" force left now, as per their ancient nephalem heritage. He transformed this into a Soul Prison and harnessed the spirits' energy to become the Aspect of Death. Malthael discovered a whirling vortex of human souls within the heart of Pendemonium Fortress, where the great Worldstone once rested. While he had been unable to vote for humanity's destruction at the end of the Sin War, Malthael now saw wisdom in the eradication of humankind. Faced with such power, and beholding humanity as an abomination, Malthael resolved to become the embodiment of Death. He had seen that hero defeat the Prime Evil, an act that in all his years of war in the Eternal Conflict, he had never been able to match. He had beheld the latent power of the nephalem hero. He had seen the actions of Zoltun Kulle, a human who had embraced evil. Malthael saw these events, and had seen the events that had led up to them. Īfter Diablo's defeat in his siege of the High Heavens, a now mortal Tyrael took Malthael's place as the Aspect of Wisdom. That the Angiris Council's quest to preserve order was doomed to fail, and thus, he abandoned it. Perhaps, in his "last gasp of wisdom," Malthael had realized that no matter what the angels did, Hell would always find a way to control humanity. Adria speculated that Malthael knew that Tyrael was responsible for the Worldstone's destruction, and knew why he'd been forced to carry out the action he did. Malthael did wander these halls, but in madness, as humanity obscured wisdom from his vision. Some speculated (correctly) that he haunted the Halls of Pandemonium, seeking answers to the unknowable mysteries of life and death. His departure broke the unity of the Angiris Council. Just prior to this, he had apparently taken a greater interest in humanity. Malthael disappeared after the destruction of the Worldstone. Malthael abstained from voting, but the end result was that Sanctuary and its denizens would be allowed to exist, free to choose their own path. In the aftermath of the battle, the Angiris Council convened to discuss Sanctuary's fate and that of its inhabitants. Malthael watched on, and beheld the existence of humanity. Towards the end of the Sin War, Heaven became aware of the existence of Sanctuary, and in the final battle, the forces of Heaven, Hell, and the Edyrem clashed against each other. Deckard Cain would later speculate that the existence of the nephalem clouded Malthael's vision or opened his eyes to a new truth, or that there was a connection between the nephalem and Malthael's chalice that the angel became aware of. Following Sanctuary's creation, while it was originally hidden from the High Heavens, Malthael's mood darkened. The coupling of angel and demon would lead to the rise of the nephalem. Malthael became consumed with discovering where the artifact had disappeared to, and as the Archangel of Wisdom, was tortured by his inability to find it. The result was that under the leadership of the angel Inarius and demon Lilith, a number of rogues stole the Worldstone and created their own realm- Sanctuary. Not all minions of Heaven and Hell were content to be bound by the Great Conflict. Malthael abstains from judging Sanctuary ( src) Malthael remained silent the entire time. However, Imperius’ hotheadedness led to the Lord of Terror being brutally struck down rather than being taken prisoner as Tyrael and Auriel intended to, which would have been beneficial to the war effort. Malthael easily deflected the demons' attacks right back at them and used his weapons to immobilize Diablo himself. In one battle against the forces of Hell in Pandemonium, Malthael operated in sync with the rest of the Council, as they fought demonic forces led by Diablo. According to Itherael, when the angels were young, Malthael was the one who found the Eye of Anu in Pandemonium and named it the Worldstone. He was the first leader of the Angiris Council (and its eldest member) and through it, angelkind as a whole. 2.2.2 Phase 1: You Will Be The Last of Your KindĪs with the rest of the Heavenly Host and its leaders, Malthael participated in the Great Conflict and played a crucial role in it.2.2.1 Tips and Other Additional Information.
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