庇护之地

游戏故事是发生在一个名叫“庇护之地”的黑暗奇幻世界中。大约20年前，几名勇敢而又强大的英雄曾与来自地下世界的恶魔军团作战，一度解救庇护之地于水火，但只有少数的居民了解这段历史。而大部分幸存下来的勇士在这段经历的摧残下都已迷失了心智，其余的人则选择了将这段噩梦般的回忆深埋于心，努力将恐惧赶出自己的世界。在《暗黑破坏神III》中，玩家将回归庇护之地，再度直面邪魔的入侵。


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庇护之地的由来

传说，高阶天堂和燃烧地狱之间为了争夺宇宙间唯一的主宰而对对方发动了进行了亿万年的无休止的战争. 然而, 双方都从未获得对于对方的完全胜利, 因为每方总是能找到这样或那样对自己在战争中有利的方法来避免失败的命运.
[[艾纳尤利斯|Inarius]], 是高价天堂的[[安格利斯委员会|Angiris Council]]的大天使长, was tired of the endless battle so he decided to create a world where he and other similar-minded Angels and Demons can live together peacefully. This world became known as Sanctuary, and along with it the Worldstone was created in order to hide Sanctuary from both the High Heavens and the Burning Hells. The various Angels and Demons within Sanctuary partnered together and bred the first generation of humans known as the Nephalem. Inarius partnered with Lilith, and Rathma was their child. The Nephalem turned out to be powerful beings, even stronger than both Angel and Demon.
Lilith had a plan of her own for this Sanctuary however; she wanted to use its population as her own personal army. She murdered all the other Angels and Demons in Sanctuary except for her loved one, Inarius. He didn't approve of her plan at all for he wanted the Nephalem to worship him and fuel his ego. Inarius then altered the Worldstone so it not only cloaked this Sanctuary from the High Heavens and Burning Hells, but to also dampened the powers of its Nephalem population slowly over each generation. Inarius wanted control over his creation, and that no one else should surpass him.
The Prime Evils soon learned of this Sanctuary and planted within it, the Triune in an attempt to convert mortals to their side.
Inarius followed suit and created his own religion. The two opposite religions slowly grew in size and strength sending missionaries to the whole of Sanctuary.

Following the eventual capture of Inarius with the help of Uldyssian and the Edyrem, the High Heavens also became aware of the existence of Sanctuary. The Angiris Council decided upon Sanctuary's fate, which ultimately voted for its survival. Mephisto then approached the Angiris Council and a pact was made; Mephisto would leave Sanctuary alone and he would get to have Inarius as a prisoner. It was agreed that they wanted to leave Sanctuary alone to see how it would turn out. However, it was also decided that everyone's memory on Sanctuary had to be wiped so that mortals as a whole could properly start anew, unaware of the forces that had created them and, ultimately, might bring them to their Destruction.