Horadrim

The Horadrim.

The Horadrim are an organization that features in Diablo.

History

The Brotherhood of the Horadrim was a group of mortal mages and mystics in Sanctuary that were brought together by the Archangel Tyrael to aid in the capture of the Prime Evils during the Dark Exile where they were banished to the world of man. They were chosen from selected sorcerers from the mage-clans in the East whose lands had been ravaged by the demonic evils that had plagued the region. According to some accounts, there were ten members that initially made up the Horadrim order.

During the attack on Mephisto's Fortress of Bone, the army led by the Horadrim was nearly overwhelmed by the legions of the damned.

Prior to the confrontation with Baal, the Horadrim's founding members imbued their essence into vessels. They imbued their memory, power, and accomplishments. While the Horadrim had conquered Sanctuary's greatest evils, they could not conquer death. It was intended that the crystal pass on the original members' traits to future Horadrim.

Following Diablo's capture, Zoltun Kulle took leave of the order and returned to Kehjistan to pursue his studies of magic. Little of him was heard for years until reports reached the Horadrim that he had built an archive beneath the desert sands and had begun a number of strange experiments. Experiments that centered around an object called the Black Soulstone.

After the Prime Evils imprisonment, the Horadrim presumed that the three had been vanquished and the Horadrim's unstable fellowship began to dissipate. As a result, they began to abandon their sacred charge to safeguard the three Soulstones and instead the disparage mage-clans began to suffer from in-fighting amongst themselves over petty differences. The resultant conflicts thus dissolved their brotherhood but came to strength the evils that they had contained within the stones.

With Diablo's defeat, the Lord of Terror came to be incarcerated within the Black Soulstone which was to be kept in a secure location to prevent the release of the Prime Evils. Thus, the Horadrim were reformed by Tyrael and charged with this task by him as he was now mortal and among mankind. However, they came under attack by the fallen Archangel Malthael who sought to Black Soulstone for his own purposes and slayed a number of Horadrim where he took their souls. One of the members of the group was told by Tyrael to flee and bring the aid of the Neyaphem to help stop the machinations of Malthael and his Reapers.

Overview

In appearance, the Horadrim were a magical organization consisting of human mages that were brought together to stop the threat posed by the Prime Evils to the world.

All aspects of the Horadrim's dress were carefully chosen in order to augment their magical abilities.

A simply training exercise among its members was telekinesis that proved to be a versatile spell.

A body of leadership within the organization was the Council of the Horadrim.

Many members of the Horadrim were said to wear crowns of unearthly metals to reflect their status with these often enchanted for superior protection.

Their greatest alchemists created strange concoctions that permanently affected the drinker. They were skilled enough to create torches that burn with an eternal flame. High-ranking Horadric mages were noted to had been mummified with their tombs being protected by spells. Horadric mummies were also created that were used to protect these tombs. Certain Horadric funereal priests altered the bodies of their dead mages with magical and surgical techniques, often replacing body parts with those of animals. This was thought to augment their powers, and raise their status in the afterlife.

Though capable magic users, it was said that they could not conquer death. Some of the Horadrim including its founding members were known to had bound their essence into vessels. These vessels would store their memories and could be consulted for their knowledge that was preserved for future generations of Horadrim.

Notable creations of the Horadrim included:

• Horadric Malus : Horadric Mages forged and enchanted a weapon that also held the power to create powerful artifacts.
• Horadric Cube : these devices were considered a treasure that operated on the principles of transmutation and alchemy.
• Kanai's Cube :

They were known to had constructed numerous magical gateways between mighty fortresses to allow them to quickly concentrate their defenses against any Demonic incursion.

The order was known to gather relics from the far reaches of the world with many of them never being identified. As such, they had amassed treasures both great and small.

The time of the Horadrim was considered to be the greatest age of magic where untold discoveries in the arcane arts were made.

Members

• Tyrael : Archangel of Justice from the High Heavens who founded the Horadrim.
• Iben Fahd : a male human who had been a founding member of the order
• Tal Rasha : a master Horadric mage and the original leader of their order who volunteered to serve as the vessel to contain the Prime Evil Baal.
• Zoltun Kulle : one o the founders of the Horadrim who fell to darkness after he created the Black Soulstone and had attained immortality.
• Jered Cain :

Notes

• The Horadrim were created by Blizzard Entertainment and featured in the setting of the Diablo universe.

Appearances

• Diablo:
• Diablo 3:

External Link

• Wikipedia Entry

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