Diablo: Demonsbane
Chapter One
The Night of Souls
And the hosts of Hell looked upon man, and swore
vengeance for their defeat by the Vizjerei.
"No more will these creatures deny us," swore the Prime Evils,
"for we are greater than they." And thus began the Sin War.
- The Holy Scriptures of Zakarum
Siggard startled awake, the sounds of battle still ringing in his ears, as
though he had just been in the midst of the bloodshed.
Exhausted, he lay on the bank of a road, the trees on both sides obscured by a
light mist illuminated by moonlight. He tried to sit up, only to have his back
explode in pain. For a moment he rubbed the sore muscles and kidneys, and then
he struggled to his knees.
Blinking, he wondered where he was and how he had gotten there. The road did
not look familiar at all, and there were no visible landmarks. He scratched his
head, trying to think, and winced for a moment when his fingernails ran over a
tender spot.
Siggard was a large man, well grown, with a full brown beard. But now his
usually placid gray eyes were haggard and his beard was in a t ... read full excerpt from Diablo: Demonsbane ebook
