The Burning Hells
燃烧地狱，或者我们就叫他地狱吧，是恶魔的天堂。地狱的居住者们被七个超级强大的恶魔管制。
The Burning Hells,or just Hell is the home of demons. The inhabitants of Hell are lead by the Great Evils, seven immensely powerful demons.
背景
没人知道究竟地狱是怎么形成的，但它就那么存在了，年代要比庇护所久远的多。高阶天堂和燃烧地狱间终极斗争早在庇护所被创造前的无数年就开始了。
在高阶恶魔中，有庇尔斯级恶魔和次级恶魔。次级恶魔受制于庇尔斯级恶魔，受后者的威逼利诱，但他们本身也是可怕的强大存在。
庇尔斯级恶魔：
次级恶魔：
- 安达利尔（Andarial）, 痛苦女王（Maiden of Anguish） (莉莉丝Lilith最优秀的女儿)
- 阿兹莫丹（Azmodan）, 罪恶之王（Lord of Sin）
- 贝里艾尔（Belial）, 谎言之王（Lord of Lies）
- 督瑞尔(Durial), 痛苦之王 – 也称苦难小王子（Lord of Pain – also known as Prince of Pain)
其他：
另外，一些归类中莉莉丝也被认为是次级恶魔中的一员。
庇护之地
不知究竟是何时起，一些天使和恶魔厌倦了无休止的斗争，想要从中脱身出来。天使艾纳利尤斯和恶魔莉莉丝最先无视天堂和地狱的阻拦，成为越界的情侣。艾纳利尤斯和莉莉丝一起创造了庇护之地作为他们的家，并创造了他们称之为Nephalem的种族——尽管方式与人类繁衍大不相同。
天使和恶魔结合出的Nephalem近乎无限的强大，以至于天堂和地狱同时注意到了庇护之地的存在。恶魔和天使们害怕这一新种族成长壮大，于是决定摧毁他们。泰瑞尔领导的安格力斯议会被授予这一任务。
崇尚个性和自由的Nepahlem的家园被双方瓜分。世界之石被用来削弱Nepahlem的力量，最终成功令大多数人忘记了自己曾经拥有的力量，成为了今天的人类。
原罪之战
早在庇护之地被发现之初，光明和黑暗的战斗就在这人类的家园打响了。这场斗争冲突称为原罪之战。
庇尔斯级恶魔发现，在这凡人的领域内，他们的强大力量被隔绝留在了燃烧地狱中。但是，人类灵魂的能量却可以轻松驾驭，并且在所有领域中都可应用。于是天堂和地狱之间的势力平衡就转变为对庇护之地的控制上。然而，从地狱倾巢出动占领庇护之地绝不是个好主意，因为光明圣堂们可以轻松下界与其对抗，强大的力量将毁灭整个人类世界。
堕落天使衣卒尔Izual告诉三魔王一个关于灵魂之石的秘密，它可以用来与地狱直接连通输送能量。这样，任何在人类世界发生的战斗都将不再是个问题。为了达到这一目的，他们需要引诱天使们中计，小心掩盖自己对灵魂之石的企图，利用这一计策对付天堂。
黑暗放逐
通过精细的计划，人类强者成功的控制了次级恶魔阿兹莫丹和贝里艾尔，令其反叛三魔王，将他们以一种虚弱的灵魂形式放逐到庇护之地。天使们看到这一幕，认为地狱在新的一轮洗牌后会发起新的进攻，于是他们撤去了对庇护之地的支持，要对人类进行考验，只有其成功在接下来的进攻中生存下来，才可以继续与其成为盟友。
然而，天使们同时也很贪婪，抵制不住趁庇尔斯级恶魔能力削弱时将其抓住的这个机会的诱惑。
三魔王没有将衣卒尔的警告放在心上，忘了自己在人类世界力量大幅削减，等用到时才发现自己的力量大部分被封在了地狱用不上，只不过能够支撑他们活着却做不了什么大事。他们发现，在俯身到一个人类身上时，这些都不再是问题，他们可以维持自己的力量，并从其他人的灵魂中汲取更多的能量，直到被他们俯身的宿主身体所能承受的上限。强者从心智和身体上来讲都是更好的容器，但是也更难被俯身。
了解这一点后，三魔王对人类国度展开疯狂蹂躏，获取能量，肆意滥用。
追捕三魔王
The rampage by the Prime Evils made the disperse mage clans of the humans unite as a group they called the Horadrim, a group of the most powerful sorcerers the human race had ever seen. The Archangel Tyrael contacted them and gave them Soulstones to capture the Prime Evils with.
Led by the Initiates Tal Rasha and Jered Cain, the Horadrim found Mephisto in the Kehjistan jungles, and managed to capture him within the Soulstone meant for him. He was buried under the Temple of Light in what would become Kurast and guarded by a large section of the magi brotherhood.
Baal was found and defeated in the Aranoch desert, not too far from Lut Gholein. However, the Demon Lord managed to shatter the Soulstone, and an improvised prison was used for Baal. Tal Rashas very soul would help contain the demon, chained to a Binding Stone in the Tomb of Tal Rasha, located in the Canyon of the Magi.
Jered Cain led the remaining Horarim to the West, and caught up with Diablo near the river Talsande. They fought a bitter and hard battle, with heavy losses, but managed to subdue the red terror. He was imprisoned in his Soulstone and buried in caves nearby, whereupon a Horadric monastery was built.
Neither of the Three Demon Lords had anticipated not only to be defeated, but be unable to escape.
三魔王的回归
However, some centuries later, after the taskless Horadrim brotherhood had all but disappeared, Mephisto managed to reach out to the local Zakarum priesthood in the now sprawling city of Kurast and draw them to him. He corrupted the priesthood, and sent emissaries of Zakarum out into the world while he built his power.
Whether or not Lord Leoric, a very well known pious man, came from these expeditions or not, he brought with him the Zakarum religion to Khanduras from the East, and made himself King with his seat of power in Tristram, the very same location Diablo was still imprisoned. Diablo tried to corrupt Leoric but failed, making the King mad in the progress. However, his Archbishop and advisor Lazarus was susceptible, and was made to free the Prime Evil, giving him Leoric’s only son Albrecht as a host to possess.
Terror started reigning again, and although the mad King Leoric eventually was killed by his trusted commander Lachdanan, the worries did not end. The Cathedral was still spewing out evil beasts.
Many adventurers tried to travel down in the labyrinths beneath the Cathedral in search for fame and fortune, but all died or fled. One day came an unknown man, who did manage to reach the deepest parts of the labyrinth and find Diablo in a section that had already begun to corrupt into a likeness of Hell. A frightful battle took place, and the hero was successful.
He tried to contain the demon within himself, to bring it to the Eastern mage clans for a final defeat, but in the end he succumbed to the powerful force of Diablo and became the Dark Wanderer.
黑暗流浪者
Some time after the release of Diablo and his travels to the East in the guise of the Dark Wanderer, Diablo and/or Mephisto regained some control of Hell again, as the Lesser Evils of Andariel and Duriel once again stood by the Prime Evils. Possibly as punishment, they were just placed as guards against the passage East, to delay the human heroes from capturing Diablo. Exactly what went on here is not known.
The Dark Wanderer did indeed turn East, but to free his brothers, not defeat Diablo. The demonic decoys did indeed slow down the heroes, and with the help of his companion Marius, the Dark Wanderer managed to free Baal from his prison in the Tomb of Tal Rasha despite Tyrael physically intervening.
The heroes arrived too late, but managed to free Tyrael, which was bound to the Binding Stone in place of Baal.
More to come…
已知地狱场景
- 地狱熔炉 – 最强力的恶魔武器的铸造处，也是敲毁灵魂之石的场所。
- Burning Pits – An area within Hell.
