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Adria's in-game avatar.

Adria the Witch' is an NPC and quest-giving character deeply involved in the story of Diablo 3. While apparently friendly and helpful in her role as Leah's long-lost mother, Adria harbors a secret agenda that leads up to the biggest plot twist of the story. Spoiler details below.

Adria was first introduced in Diablo 1, where she was an NPC merchant who sold potions, spellbooks, and various sorcerer items. She was not seen in Diablo II, but returns in Diablo III. She is not a merchant this time, but a story-teller and quest-giver who assists in the battles against the Prime Evils in Acts 2 and 3, before springing her big surprise leading up to Act 4.

Diablo 3 Betrayal[edit | edit source]

Spoiler warning.

Adria's betrayal, the final plot event leading up to Act Four and the reborn, Prime Evil version of Diablo before "his" largely-successful assault upon the High Heavens.

Adria concept art.

Adria assists in the destruction of Belial and Azmodan in Acts 2 and 3, teaching Leah to trap their souls in the Black Soulstone. The big plot twist is that Adria has spent twenty years working towards that goal in her plan to betray humanity on behalf of Diablo, the Lord of Terror. Thus at the end of Act Three, after Leah traps Azmodan's essence in the Black Soulstone, Adria sacrifices numerous guards of the keep and betrays her own daughter, magically overpowering Leah and forcing Diablo's essence into Leah's body as his host. The other Demon Lords in the Black Soulstone are incorporated as well, giving Diablo all of their powers and transforming him into the Prime Evil, a demonic force powerful enough to assault and triumph over all the forces of the High Heavens.

Diablo I revised history:

While Adria posed as a helpful NPC during events in Diablo I, she was secretly the co-leader (with Magda of an evil coven of Cultists devoted to Diablo and the service of evil. After the defeat of Diablo in that game she visited the hero (metconed in Diablo 3 from an anonymous warrior to Aidan) while he was going insane and transforming into the Dark Wanderer while trying to contain the essence of Diablo in his soulstone. Adria slept with Aidan before he truly became the Dark Wanderer and fled Tristram, conceiving a child (Leah) who was outwardly human but contained seeds of Diablo's dark presence within. After giving birth to Leah, Adria left her with Cain and abandoned Tristram as well, vanishing to spend twenty years preparing the ground for Diablo's eventual return as the Prime Evil.

Thus Adria effectively bred Diablo's future host body, and Diablo effectively inhabited his own daughter when he took possession of Leah for his largely-successful assault upon the High Heavens in Act Four of Diablo III.

Adria in Reaper of Souls[edit | edit source]

Spoiler warning.

Adria's story role in RoS is not yet fully-known, but she is known from datamining to be a major quest boss in the form of a huge Succubus.

Diablo III Monster[edit | edit source]

Diablo III Monster [e]

Adria Boss
Classification:	Demons
Monster Family:	Bosses
Role:	Boss
Monster Stats Norm/Night/Hell/Inferno
Life:	Unknown
Mana:	Unknown
Armor:	Unknown
Resistance:	Unknown
Offence Norm/Night/Hell/Inferno
Armament:	Unknown
DPS:	Unknown
Low Damage:	Unknown
High Damage:	Unknown
Range:	Melee & Ranged
Speed:	Unknown
Movement:	Unknown
Monster Modifiers
Unknown
Spells/Abilities
Unknown
Found In
Unknown

Lore[edit | edit source]

Adria's Journal (required for A Quick Study achievement).
Zoltun Kulle (lore) (required for Judge of Character achievement).

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Adria's hut as seen in Act One.
Adria in Bastion's Keep in Act Three.
Goz'turr the Torturer interrogating Adria on the Unexpected Allies quest
Adria cosplay.

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-[[Image:adria.jpg|left|thumb|Adria the Witch returns from Diablo 1]]
+[[File:Adria-avatar.png|thumb|160px|Adria's in-game avatar.]]
+''Adria the Witch''' is an [[NPC]] and quest-giving character deeply involved in the story of Diablo 3. While apparently friendly and helpful in her role as [[Leah]]'s long-lost mother, Adria harbors a secret agenda that leads up to the biggest plot twist of the story. '''''Spoiler details below.'''''
+Adria was first [http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Adria introduced in Diablo 1], where she was an NPC merchant who sold potions, spellbooks, and various sorcerer items. She was not seen in Diablo II, but returns in Diablo III. She is not a merchant this time, but a story-teller and quest-giver who assists in the battles against the Prime Evils in Acts 2 and 3, before springing her big surprise leading up to Act 4.
-'''Adria''' is the Witch merchant from [http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Adria Diablo 1].  She sold and bought potions, scrolls and staves.  She also recharged staves with their magical charges.  She was not in Diablo 2, having fled [[New Tristram| Tristram]] in anticipation of the attack on the village.
-She will be featured in Diablo 3 although it is not known in what capacity.
-Jay Wilson mentioned Adria in an interview at Gamescom, August 2010.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-interview-indiablo.de-part-one/]
+==Diablo 3 Betrayal==
-::'''Jay Wilson:''' We’ve not come up with one yet.  But we’ve brought chars back from previous games. Adria is the witch from original Diablo. She’s coming back as a fairly significant character.
+* '''''Spoiler warning.'''''
-==The Mystic?==
-With the announcement of the [[Artisan]]s, fans immediately began to wonder if Adria might be the [[Mystic]]. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=777520&highlight=adria]
+Adria's betrayal, the final plot event leading up to Act Four and the reborn, Prime Evil version of Diablo before "his" largely-successful assault upon the [[High Heavens]].
-[[Image:Mystic-concept1.jpg|frame|right|Not likely to be Adria.]]
+<youtube>1H4fXKA_otg</youtube>
-She may be; one German interview called the yet-unnamed Mystic a "he," but that might just have been a transcription or hearing error. Besides, the [[Blacksmith]] and [[Jeweler]] are confirmed as males, so it would be odd if the Mystic was also; there's usually more variety/diversity in gender than that, in the Diablo games. Later, the Mystic was revealed due to a faulty slide during the GamesCom presentation.
+[[Image:adria.jpg|thumb|300px|Adria concept art.]]
+Adria assists in the destruction of Belial and Azmodan in Acts 2 and 3, teaching Leah to trap their souls in the [[Black Soulstone]]. The big plot twist is that Adria has spent twenty years working towards that goal in her plan to betray humanity on behalf of Diablo, the Lord of Terror.  Thus at the end of Act Three, after Leah traps Azmodan's essence in the Black Soulstone, Adria sacrifices numerous guards of the keep and betrays her own daughter, magically overpowering Leah and forcing Diablo's essence into Leah's body as his host. The other Demon Lords in the Black Soulstone are incorporated as well, giving Diablo all of their powers and transforming him into the Prime Evil, a demonic force powerful enough to assault and triumph over all the forces of the High Heavens.
-Unless Adria has spent her time since Diablo 1 packing on the carbs, the Mystic likely isn't her. However, we won't know for certain until Blizzard reveals the truth.
+'''Diablo I revised history:'''
+While Adria posed as a helpful NPC during events in Diablo I, she was secretly the co-leader (with [[Magda]] of an evil coven of Cultists devoted to Diablo and the service of evil. After the defeat of Diablo in that game she visited the hero ([[metcon]]ed in Diablo 3 from an anonymous warrior to [[Aidan]]) while he was going insane and transforming into the [[Dark Wanderer]] while trying to contain the essence of Diablo in his [[soulstone]]. Adria slept with Aidan before he truly became the Dark Wanderer and fled Tristram, conceiving a child ([[Leah]]) who was outwardly human but contained seeds of Diablo's dark presence within. After giving birth to Leah, Adria left her with Cain and abandoned Tristram as well, vanishing to spend twenty years preparing the ground for Diablo's eventual return as the [[Prime Evil]].
+Thus Adria effectively bred Diablo's future host body, and Diablo effectively inhabited his own daughter when he took possession of Leah for his largely-successful assault upon the [[High Heavens]] in Act Four of Diablo III.
-{{Character navbox|minor}}
+==Adria in Reaper of Souls==
+* '''''Spoiler warning.'''''
+Adria's story role in [[RoS]] is not yet fully-known, but she is known from datamining to be a major quest boss in the form of a huge [[Succubus]].
+==Diablo III Monster==
+<div style="clear:both;"></div>
+{{Monsterbox
+|game= Diablo III
+|portrait= @Adria_3.jpg
+|portrait-width= 230px
+<!--|name= Monstername-->
+|bosstype= boss
+|classif= Demons
+|family= Bosses
+|role= Boss
+|life= Unknown
+|mana= Unknown
+|armor= Unknown
+|resist= Unknown
+|armament= Unknown
+|dps= Unknown
+|dmg_low= Unknown
+|dmg_high= Unknown
+|range= [[Melee]] & [[Ranged]]
+|speed= Unknown
+|movement= Unknown
+|modifier= Unknown
+|spells= Unknown
+|found= Unknown
+}}[[Image:@Adria_3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|]]
+[[Image:@Adria_1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|]]
+[[Image:@Adria_2.jpg|thumb|left|250px|]]
+==Lore==
+* [[Adria's Journal]] (required for [[A Quick Study]] achievement).
+* [[Zoltun Kulle (lore)]] (required for [[Judge of Character]] achievement).
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+File:Adria-hut1.jpg|Adria's hut as seen in Act One.
+File:Adria-game1.jpg|Adria in Bastion's Keep in Act Three.
+File:Gozturr-the-torturer2.jpg|[[Goz'turr the Torturer]] interrogating [[Adria]] on the [[Unexpected Allies]] quest
+File:Adria-cosplay1.jpg|Adria [[cosplay]].
+</gallery>
 [[Category:NPCs]]
+[[category:Reaper of Souls]]
 [[Category:Characters]]
+{{Character navbox|d3}}