·Led by Azmodan and Belial, many of the Hells' lesser demons rise up against the Prime Evils in a rebellion that culminates in the Dark Exile. Diablo, Mephisto, and Baal are exiled to Sanctuary from the Burning Hells. 

·在黑暗放逐之战中，由阿兹莫丹（罪恶之王）和贝利尔（谎言之王）率领的次级恶魔军团发动叛乱夺取了三魔神在燃烧地狱的统治权，并将迪亚波罗、墨菲斯托和巴尔监禁和流放到了庇护所。

 

1004 Approximate

·The archangel Tyrael gathers together mortal heroes to create the Horadrim. He bestows the Soulstones upon them and tasks them with tracking down and imprisoning the Prime Evils. 

·天使长泰瑞尔召集了众多凡间英雄一起组建了赫拉迪姆兄弟会。泰瑞尔将灵魂之石和追讨并封印三魔神的任务赋予给他们。

 

1009

·Mephisto is captured near the jungles of Kehjistan and imprisoned under a Zakarum temple in what will eventually become Kurast. 

·墨菲斯托在凯吉斯坦附近丛林附近被俘获并封印在一座萨卡兰姆神庙之下，之后这里变成了凯吉斯坦的首都库拉斯特。

 

1010

·Baal is tracked to the desert near Lut Gholein. Tal Rasha, the leader of the Horadrim, sacrifices himself to capture Baal in a damaged Soulstone. 

·巴尔在鲁高因附近的沙漠被俘获，赫拉迪姆的领袖塔拉夏牺牲了自己，用那块已经破碎的灵魂之石将巴尔封印在了自己体内。

 

1019

·Diablo is finally captured by a group of Horadrim monks led by Jered Cain. The monks bury Diablo's Soulstone near the river Talsande in Khanduras, and a Horadric monastery with a network of catacombs is built over the burial spot. 

·迪亚波罗最终被由杰瑞德·凯恩率领的赫拉迪姆侍僧团俘获。他们将封印了迪亚波罗的灵魂之石藏匿在了坎都拉斯的塔桑德河附近，并在藏匿处之上修建了一座与庞大的地下墓穴网相连的赫拉迪克修道院。

 

1025

·The town of Tristram is established around the Horadric monastery. 

·崔斯特瑞姆小镇在赫拉迪克修道院的周围建立起来。

 

1080 Approximate

·The Horadric monastery in Tristram is abandoned. 

·崔斯特瑞姆的赫拉迪克修道院被废弃。

 

1100 Approximate

·The Horadrim, with no quests left to undertake, fade into history and legend. 

·完成了全部使命的赫拉迪姆兄弟会，开始被人们淡忘，渐渐成为了历史和传奇。

 

1262

·The eastern lord Leoric comes to Tristram, declares himself its king, and converts the old, long-unused Horadric monastery to a Zakarum cathedral. His advisor, Archbishop Lazarus, secretly releases Diablo from imprisonment.

King Leoric descends into madness as he valiantly struggles to resist Diablo's possession.

·东方的大领主之一李奥瑞克占领了崔斯特瑞姆并自封为王，他还将废弃已久的赫拉迪克修道院改建成了一座萨卡兰姆大教堂。但他最信任的臣子大主教拉扎鲁斯却在秘密谋划着将迪亚波罗从封印中解放出来。

李奥瑞克王最终在抵御迪亚波罗的强大精神控制中，被折磨得发了疯。

 

1263

·Increasingly deranged, King Leoric begins imprisoning all who question his authority and executing them as traitors. He declares war on the kingdom of Westmarch.

Under Diablo's influence, Archbishop Lazarus kidnaps King Leoric's only son, Prince Albrecht. The terrified child is possessed by Diablo.

Lachdanan, captain of King Leoric's army, returns from the disastrous war with Westmarch and is forced to kill Leoric. The fallen monarch curses Lachdanan and his followers with his dying breath. Not long afterwards, Lachdanan and the king's guards are attacked by Leoric, resurrected as the Skeleton King, as they attempt to bury him.

Archbishop Lazarus leads a group of villagers into the cathedral and abandons them to a bloodthirsty butcher demon. People begin fleeing Tristram in droves.

A lone hero arrives in Tristram and defeats the bloated, fetid butcher demon.

The hero kills Archbishop Lazarus and defeats the Skeleton King.

Diablo is defeated by the hero, who then tries to contain Diablo within himself. Despite the hero's noble intentions, his valiant spirit quickly succumbs to Diablo's corruption. He becomes the Dark Wanderer, leaving Tristram behind shortly before legions of foul demons attack and destroy the town and its inhabitants.

·变得越来越疯狂的李奥瑞克王开始对自己的臣民倒戈相向。他制裁了那些质疑他王权的子民，将那些子民囚禁或当做叛徒处决，之后还强迫自己的军团投入到对邻国维斯特玛发起的自杀式战争之中。

迪亚波罗侵占了李奥瑞克王的次子阿尔伯特王子的身体。

李奥瑞克的军团在与邻国维斯特玛一役中损失惨重，军团统帅拉克达南在回国之后发动了叛乱，最终杀死了这位精神错乱的暴君。然而垂死的李奥瑞克王用尽了最后一口气对犯下弑君之罪的拉克达南和他的卫队施放了恶毒的诅咒。在拉克达南和国王卫队在掩埋这位国王之时，李奥瑞克王被迪亚波罗复活为骷髅王，并毁灭了一切。

大主教拉扎鲁斯引诱了一群无知村民进入大教堂，并将他们丢给了残暴嗜血的屠夫恶魔。随后村民们开始蜂拥逃离崔斯特瑞姆。

一位独行的英雄来到了崔斯特瑞姆，战胜了臭名昭著的屠夫恶魔。

随后这位英雄杀死了大主教拉扎鲁斯，并且击败了骷髅王。

最后这位英雄打败了迪亚波罗并想用自己的身体来封印迪亚波罗。尽管他的目的是如此崇高，可是他的意志依然屈服了，很快他就被迪亚波罗侵蚀和控制了。他变成了黑暗流浪者，并且离开了崔斯特瑞姆，在他离开之后，污秽的恶魔军团抵达，对这座城镇肆意蹂躏，几乎杀了那里的所有人。

 

1264

·A group of heroes begins a quest to defeat Diablo and his brothers. The heroes defeat the demoness Andariel and journey east, following the Wanderer.

The demon lord Duriel is defeated within the Tomb of Tal Rasha; it is discovered that Baal is already free from his Soulstone.

The Dark Wanderer completes his transformation into Diablo; Mephisto is destroyed beneath the jungles of Kurast by the band of heroes.

Diablo is defeated. His Soulstone is destroyed, along with Mephisto's, upon the Hellforge.

·为了击败迪亚波罗和他的兄弟们，一群英雄开始了新的征程。他们战胜了痛苦女王安达利尔，然后追着黑暗流浪者继续东行。在塔拉夏之墓中，他们打败了苦难王子都瑞尔，并发现巴尔已经从灵魂之石中解放出来。

黑暗流浪者终于彻底堕落，并完全转变成了迪亚波罗。在库拉斯特丛林，墨菲斯托被众位英雄杀死。

迪亚波罗也被他们击败。迪亚波罗和墨菲斯托的灵魂之石，被众位英雄在地狱熔炉一同粉碎。

 

1265

·Baal and his army march on Mount Arreat.

The heroes follow Baal to Mount Arreat for the final conflict between man and the last of the Prime Evils. Although the heroes defeat Baal, his demonic army continues to advance.

The angel Tyrael discovers that Baal has succeeded in corrupting the Worldstone housed within Mount Arreat. Realizing that the Worldstone cannot be restored, Tyrael reluctantly destroys it. The resulting explosion destroys Mount Arreat, ravages much of the countryside, and decimates Baal's army.

·巴尔和他的军团向亚瑞特山继续挺进。

英雄们追逐着巴尔来到亚瑞特山，并与这最后的魔神展开了殊死之战。虽然英雄们战胜了巴尔，但是巴尔的恶魔军团仍然继续着杀戮。

天使长泰瑞尔发现巴尔已经彻底腐化了亚瑞特山中的世界之石。当他意识到世界之石已经无法复原之时，果断将其打碎。世界之石的碎裂引发了猛烈的爆炸，炸毁了亚瑞特山，摧毁了整个城市，同时也扫平了巴尔的军团。

 

1285

·Present time

·暗黑破坏神的故事还将继续