Lilith (Diablo)

Lilith is a female video game character who features in Diablo.

Biography

Lilith was a female Demon born as the daughter of Mephisto of the Burning Hells. Alongside her, she had a brother by the name of Lucion where the two of them were not spared from the cruel hatred of their father. From time immemorial, she had long looked to rebel against her father. She lived through the Eternal Conflict that was fought against the Angels of the High Heavens. As the war dragged on, Lilith grew tired of her father's approach to the conflict which she found foolish. In time, she came to have am equally low opinion of the Prime Evils for perpetuating the war. In one such battle, Lilith took an angel as a prisoner and brought him to her lair for amusement. She was ready to torture him but to her surprise her touch breathed new life into the angel. The angel named Inarius awoke and rambled incoherently about his desire to escape the Eternal Conflict. Lilith realized that she and Inarius were of similar mind concerning the never-ending war, and she began to see Inarius as an individual she could manipulate towards her ends whereupon she gave the angel her name. She could tell that Inarius was enamoured with her, and told him that they had to steal the Worldstone, to use it to create a new world after which they could be together. This was the first time in the Eternal Conflict that an angel or demon had ever set aside their differences, let alone form a union. The pair rallied like-minded followers and stole the Worldstone from the Pandemonium Fortress. A new world, Sanctuary, was created, a place where they and their kind could find respite from the Eternal Conflict. Lilith and Inarius ruled their realm with a council of angels and demons, residing inside the structure that would become known as the Temple of the Firstborn. Inarius was satisfied, believing that escape from the war was sufficient. Lilith intended to show him that, in time, victory was possible but first she would give him children.

She would later give birth to their son they would name Linarian at the Altar of Rites. Each placed their hand on the altar and spoke a vow, their blood and light mixing to form a clay figure. Lilith eagerly reached out for her progeny, but recoiled as her son's hand brushed against her tentacled barbs. Her blood mingled with the clay, and an umbilical nurtured the amalgam, severing as her lifestream passed from herself to the amalgam. Inarius, initially horrified at the creature they had created, was unable to back out of the ritual, and played his part in moulding the clay alongside Lilith, basing it around their own image. The union of angel and demon was without precedent, as was the birth of their offspring. Linarian was the first of these new beings called 'nephalem', but was not the last, as the pair's fellow angels and demons also produced offspring of their own. The nephalem in turn produced their own offspring which came to inhabit their new world. Altars dedicated to Lilith were then erected by the Ancients. Lilith and the council were present in the Temple of the Firstborn when Kalmor arrived, having been summoned to account for the death of Bersarik. Bersarik, aggrieved at the death of Gratian, had come to meet his makers, intending violence, and Kalmor had been forced to slay him. The council did not hold Kalmor responsible for Bersarik's death, and explained that while the nephalem would not succumb to age, or be touched by plague, they were still able to be slain. Presenting them the sword Severian, the council ordered it destroyed, and filed out all but Lilith, who remained. She ordered Kalmor to follow her, and led him into the bowels of the fortress-temple. There, she lit a furnace, and broke the magic of the bone-sword, twisting and imprisoning the essence of the blade with a new weapon of her own crafting. The blade seemed far too heavy and broad for Kalmor to wield, but Lilith explained that as long as he used it for the purpose for which it was intended, he would have the strength to wield it. Lilith ordered Kalmor to seek out and punish Corvik and Helgrotha, believing (correctly) that they had turned against their makers. Kalmor agreed, and departed the temple-fortress.

Overview

Personality and attributes

Among the hierarchy of the Burning Hells, she came to be known as the Queen of the Succubi. She was known as the Daughter of Hatred, the Mother of Sanctuary, and as the Creator of Sanctuary. To her followers, she came to be known as the First Mother and as the Blessed Mother or simply as Mother.

She considered her father a fool for perpetuating the Eternal Conflict into an endless state.

Lilith was born the daughter of the Prime Evil Mephisto. She had a brother who was named Lucion.

Powers and abilities

Lilith was born as a demon of the Burning Hells.

Even while imprisoned in the Void, she was still apparently powerful enough to influence Sanctuary, though this required the aid of her followers in the mortal realm.

Among her followers were the Lilin that were said to be the Children of Lilith. Sanctuary was intended to be paradise for the Lilin but everywhere they looked they saw the thieves of their future.

Notes

• Lilith was created by Blizzard Entertainment where she featured in the setting of the Diablo universe.

Appearances

• Diablo IV:

External Links

• Diablo Wiki Entry

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