Diablo: Tales from the Horadric Library

by Courtney Alameda, Delilah S. Dawson, Brian Evenson, Adam Foshko, Matthew J. Kirby

Genres: Fantasy action & adventure; Dark Fantasy; Sci-fi Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Horror’s favorite authors throw open the doors to the Horadric Library, inviting Diablo fans a glimpse into the terrors that lurk beneath the world of Sanctuary. . . . 

While the Eternal Conflict rages forever onward, horror and superstition of a purely Sanctuary variety still prey on the hearts of the people. In a time long since forgotten, the Horadric Order was tasked with recording local legends, cautionary tales, and stories of the most twisted horror, in the hope that some innocents might be saved by their knowledge. Now, the vaults are open. 

 

Direct from the Diablo development team and horror’s preeminent minds comes Tales from the Horadric Library, a short story collection exploring the darkest corners of Sanctuary, and the evils that dwell there. This beautiful deluxe book has original artwork and metallic ink on its illuminated pages.

 

 

 

 

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Release date: November 8, 2022

Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment

Print pages: 196

Sample

TO ZEKHAN,

AMBASSADOR OF

THE HORDE COUNCIL,

WE HAVE ASSIGNED ONE OF OUR BEST AS YOUR GUIDE AND GUARD FOR AN IMPERATIVE TASK. REXXAR, CHAMPION OF THE HORDE, SHALL LEAD YOU ON A LONG JOURNEY TO ALL OUR HORDE HOLDINGS ACROSS KALIMDOR. TOGETHER YOU WILL RECORD THE NEEDS AND STATUSES OF OUR PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY. AND WITH ANY LUCK, YOU WILL LEARN HOW WE ARE HEALING OUR WOUNDS OF THE FOURTH WAR AND WHERE OUR HORDE STILL ACHES.

WHERE YOU WALK, THE FULL CONFIDENCE OF OUR COUNCIL WALKS WITH YOU. BUT TREAD CAREFULLY IN THE HOLDINGS OF THE ALLIANCE. THE INK OF OUR ARMISTICE IS NOT YET DRY, AND THE NATIVE NIGHT ELVES STILL DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ITS LEGITIMACY OR MANDATE FORBIDDING VIOLENCE. YOUR ACTIONS ARE OUR CONSEQUENCES.

AKA’MAGOSH, AMBASSADOR. BRING OUR BROTHER HOME IN ONE PIECE.

—THRALL , HORDE COUNCIL

ZEKHAN : DO AN OLD DARKSPEAR A FAVOR AND READ THIS TO YOUR NEW FRIEND REXXAR? HE SHOULD STILL BE WORKING ON HIS READIN” AND WRITIN”, BUT THESE WORDS BE IMPORTANT AND WILL HELP BEFORE YOU GO.

REXXAR : THE COUNCIL COULDN’T SAY CLEANLY, BUT WE NEED YA HELP. THIS YOUNGLING NEEDS YA HELP. HE CANNOT HOPE TO SURVIVE THIS TASK WITHOUT YOU. THE COUNCIL ORDERED YA TO DO THIS, BUT THEY AIN’T FOOLS. THEY KNOW YOUR HISTORY, BROTHER . NO ONE CAN ORDER REXXAR TO DO ANYTHING.

BUT YOU AND I STALKED THESE WILDS TOGETHER. SAVED LIVES TOGETHER. ONE OF THOSE LIVES WAS ONE OF MY BRAVEST HUNTERS—PROUD DARKSPEAR NAMED HEKAZI. THE FA’DA OF THE BOY READING THIS TO YOU NOW. AND OUR AMBASSADOR COULD ASK FOR NO BETTER GUIDE THAN THE ONE THAT GUIDED HEKAZI ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.

THE BLOOD WAR BE SILENT NOW, BUT YOU AND I KNOW THE SILENCE DOESN’T KEEP. THE HORDE NEEDS TO HEAL, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE HURT FIRST TO HEAL RIGHT. THAT’S WHY OUR AMBASSADOR BE NEEDED. WHY YOU ARE NEEDED. GUIDE HIM, REXXAR. SHOW HIM THE WORLD YA SHOWED HIS FA’DA AND ME—SHOW HIM THE TRUE WEIGHT OF HIS WORDS AS HE SPEAKS FOR THE HORDE.

SHADOWS KEEP YOU SAFE, BEASTMASTER. HAVE MISHA BRING OUR STORMCALLER HOME IN ONE PIECE.

—ROKHAN

TIME TO GO, LITTLE MISHA—WE WALK A TROLL CUB ACROSS OUR HOME. FIND WAR WOUNDS FOR THE HORDE. AND WE FIND THE STRENGTH TO SAY GOODBYE TO HUELO. I ENDED SUFFERING BEFORE, BUT NONE LINGERED LIKE HIS. I DID NOT KEEP HIM SAFE IN LIFE. I SHALL IN HIS DEATH. OUR BROTHER EARNED HIS REST. WE—LL FIND A PLACE WORTHY OF HIS BONES. LET THE HUNT BEGIN.