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Leord: /* Introduction */

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‎Introduction

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Leord: /* Known Authors and their Works */

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‎Known Authors and their Works

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	==Known Authors and their Works==		==Known Authors and their Works==

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	* '''[[:Category:Books\|Listing of all Books in the Diablo Universe]]'''		* '''[[:Category:Books\|Listing of all Books in the Diablo Universe]]'''
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		+	==Introduction==
		+	Books and writings are as common in [[Sanctuary]] as in any other world. The writings of [[men]], [[angel]] and [[demon]] kind alike numbers in the thousands. A few of these are known works from the Diablo Universe for us mere earthlings.
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		+	A lot, but not all, of the material that sums up what we know of the lore about [[Diablo\|Mr D]] comes from "in-world" books, and as such is prone to fault and inconsistencies, like sources might be in our world. This is of course also a perfect way for [[Blizzard Entertainment\|Blizzard]] to keep most of the material "real" in terms of [[retcon]]s and "[[canon]]" facts.
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		+	The fact these stories most likely were meant to indeed be "true" when it was written by [[Metzen]] & co ten or more years ago just makes it a little bit funny to us readers a decade later.
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		+	With an ever growing library of ideas that together sum up the Diablo Universe, inconsistencies are bound to happen, and as such, retcons will happen. Less interesting facts like specific years or months will fall aside to more interesting ideas such as fitting a multitude of creative works together as a cohesive whole.
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		+	All of a sudden, [[Leoric\|King Leoric]] was no longer a Northern Lord and he no longer ruled for decades in [[Tristram]]. Instead the pious lord ruled for a year or two and come from the East. Several similarly minor changes have taken place, and much of it explained as just errors by the individual authors of the books, as the author was an in-world scribe with his own knowledge and own motivations. Most famously hinted on by [[Abd al-Hazir]] in his Goatman entry, blaming much of the old lore's faults on corrupt Vizjerei mages wanting to improve their reputation after the horrendous [[Mage Clan Wars]].
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		+	The term "[[in-world]]" applies to Books/[[Tomes]] and simply means that even though some real person from our real life obviously wrote it, it's meant to be made by a character in the world of Diablo.
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		+	Most of these books have no known author and only comes with a few short paragraphs each. This of course makes sense from our real world point of view, as it would be a terrible waste of man hours to write a multitude of books that often overlap just to give some backstory to the game anyway.
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		+	The two primary sources of these books are from the [[Diablo I Manual]], [[Diablo II Manual]] and [[Tome]]s. Tomes are ancient books spread in dark and dangerous places with surprisingly little useful information (considering they are each a whole book). Never the less, some pieces of information can only be found in Tomes.
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		+	A majority of these Book excerpts are collected in Diablo Wiki as a handy reference for anyone interested in lore. More books will soon be added, both from the Diablo I Manual as well as from actual [[Diablo novel]]s and other references.
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		+	So, you got the intro peptalk, what are you waiting for? Go ahead and read some REAL Diablo literature, from people living* on Sanctuary!
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		+	<i style="font-size:85%;"><nowiki>*</nowiki> At the time of writing they were alive - most likely anyway...</span>
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	:''Were you looking for [[Diablo novel]]s, or [[Tome]]s?''		:''Were you looking for [[Diablo novel]]s, or [[Tome]]s?''

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	'''Books''' and writings are as common in [[Sanctuary]] as in any other world, and the writings of [[human\|men]], [[angel]] and [[demon]] kind alike numbers in the thousands. These are a few of the known works from the [[Diablo Universe]].		'''Books''' and writings are as common in [[Sanctuary]] as in any other world, and the writings of [[human\|men]], [[angel]] and [[demon]] kind alike numbers in the thousands. These are a few of the known works from the [[Diablo Universe]].

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 ** [[Writings of Abd al-Hazir]] - Collection of entries from his mission to gather information about different regions of sanctuary, and their inhabitants. 42 entries are so far in circulation.
 ** [[Xiansai Chronicles]] - Chronicles that presumably are about Abd's travels in [[Xiansai]].
 * '''[[Aust|Aust of Harrogath]]''' - One of the town [[Elder]]s in the [[Barbarian]] town of [[Harrogath]].
 ** [[Journal of Elder Aust of Harrogath]] - A few days in Montaht when Aust convinced the Elders to erect [[Druid]] wardings around Haggorath to stop the armies of [[Baal]].
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 * '''[[Kalan]]''' - Not much known.
 ** [[Books of Kalan]] - Books about the [[Sin War]].
 * '''[[Ord Rekar]]''' - One of the [[Elder]]s of [[Harrogath]].
 ** [[Last Testament of Ord Rekar]] - Summary of the events that started with [[Diablo]]'s release from [[Tristram]] up until [[Baal]] assaulted [[Harrogath]].
 ==Works of Unknown Authors==

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 * '''[[Deckard Cain]]''' - Scholar and last descendant of the mighty [[Horadrim]]. While lacking [[magic]] skills, he has tremendous knowledge, and helps any inquisitive traveller or adventurer on their path.
 ** [[Deckard Cain's Journal]] - Journal of the year when [[Diablo]] returned and was defeated together with his brothers [[Mephisto]] and [[Baal]].
 * '''[[Ord Rekar]]''' - One of the [[Elder]]s of [[Harrogath]].
 ** [[Last Testament of Ord Rekar]] - Summary of the events that started with [[Diablo]]'s release from [[Tristram]] up until [[Baal]] assaulted [[Harrogath]].

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-'''Books''' and writings are as common in [[Sanctuary]] as in any other world, and the writings of men, angel and demon kind alike numbers in the thousands. Here are a few of the known works from the Diablo Universe.
+:''Were you looking for [[Diablo novel]]s, or [[Tome]]s?''
 * '''[[:Category:Books|Listing of all Books in the Diablo Universe]]'''
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 ==Tomes==
 :''Main article: '''[[Tome]]s'''.
-Somewhat overlapping with the above are [[Tome]]s. Books in-game in the [[Diablo game]]s with lore information. Most of these lack a known author.
+'''[[Tome]]s''' are in-game in the [[Diablo game]]s with lore information. They are of course also books, but listed and indexed separately from "regular" works created on [[Sanctuary]] (or anywhere in the [[Diablo Universe]]). Their exact credibility or [[canon]]ity is as debated as any other [[in-world]] book. Most of these lack a known author.