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==Background==

Enjoined by his dark master, [[Diablo]], [[Lazarus]] the Archbishop kidnapped Albrecht - the only son of [[Leoric|King Leoric]] - and dragged the terrified youth down into the blackness of [[Tristram Cathedral|the labyrinth]]. Flooding the boy's defenceless mind with the essence of pure Terror, Diablo easily took possession of the young Albrecht.

Pain and fire raced through the child's soul. Hideous laughter filled his head and clouded his thoughts. Paralysed with fear, Albrecht felt the presence of Diablo within his mind as it seemed to push him down, deeper and deeper into darkness and oblivion. Diablo gazed upon his surroundings through the eyes of the young prince. A lustful hunger still tortured the demon after his frustrating bout for control over Leoric, but the nightmares of the boy provided ample substance to sate him. Reaching deep into Albrecht's subconscious, Diablo ripped the greatest fears of the child from their hiding places and gave them breath.

His plans were thwarted by an anonymous hero that fought his way through to Diablo, and defeated him. When removing the [[Soulstone]] from the body of Diablo, it returned to the human form of Albrecht, but he had perished from the extended ordeal.

The Warrior then tries to contain the demon, and bring him to the East where it can be killed once and for all, and sings the stone into his own forehead. He stays in Tristram a few days, but is later overtaken by Diablo's strong will and becomes the [[Wanderer]].