Mephisto was the TRUE MASTERMIND | Diablo 4 Lore Explained
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- Mephisto is the true villain of Diablo 4 NOT Lilith and it is only he who benefits from the way the story plays out. He planned for it to go this way and in this video we examine all the little clues that hint Mephisto was in control the whole time.
Intro: 0:00
Mephisto 'Saves Us': 1:26
The Triune: 4:06
Mephisto the Real Threat: 7:04
Mephisto's Plan: 9:41
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In this Diablo 4 Story Explained Video the following Subjects are Discussed: Diablo IV Story, Inarius, The Sin War, Rathma, Where Neyrelle is Going, Lilith, Mephisto, The Cathedral of Light, Diablo 4 Ending, Age of Enmity and More!
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Diablo IV
The endless battle between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells rages on as chaos threatens to consume Sanctuary. With ceaseless demons to slaughter, countless Abilities to master, nightmarish Dungeons, and Legendary loot, this vast, open world brings the promise of adventure and devastation. Survive and conquer darkness - or succumb to the shadows.
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Thank you everyone for checking out another Diablo IV lore video - let me know your thoughts below!
lovely video, my friend.
There is more to Mephisto and his plot, hidden in Diablo 4, in seemingly unnoticable conversations.
For example, Tyrael seems to know, what might unfold in the near future because of the Lilith events.
It is a sidenote, when you enter the Horadric Vault with Donan, when Nyrelle asks, who lived there and Donan tells us, that their Teacher, Tyrael, left in a hurry, seemingly being in fear of something. He didn't show it to them, but Donan sais he knew him well and so could tell, that something wasn't right.
Yes, it is a mere speculation, but as the aspect of wisdom, maybe Tyrael got a glimpse of a horrifying future and set out, to seek a way to avert it.
As he left the playing field of Diablo 4, otherwise, we would have stumbled upon him anyways, I believe, that, same as Nyrelle, he set out west. Maybe to the ruins of Tristram?
Could it be possible, that Nyrelle hopes about a way to kill Mephisto, maybe with the help of the Hellforge?
Since the first time i played the game... and interact with him in the quest i knew it.
Its exactly that... But well demons dont really die atlest the 7 big ones, they reform. Question is can lilith reform? ANgels die, and NEVER GET BACK, the only exception was Tyrael that got saved somehow and reformed in the heaven.
When a angel die, his essence get reformed BUT its not the same angel. Example if hope angel die, the hope essence will be reborn but has another angel.
4:25 is explained in Diablo lore. During the Sin War Lilith's activelitly and more than once, conquered the whole Temple of Triune and finally converted it to the Templed of The One(as of her own).
In Diablo's lore, Lilith has being banished to the Void, a place that even Rathma could not reach with his full nephalem power, not once, but escaped Thrice. The last time, during the prelude of Diablo IV.
Elias himself was a member of the Triune.
And, Lilith has even proven to be more fearsome than other Lords of Hell, by being the FIRST entity/human/demon/angel to SUMMON a Prime Evil to Sanctuary, something considered Impossible, using the Rite of Blood(when the WorldStone was still protecting it and was not Corrupted by Baal), and by the mere fact that she was "weakened" by the ritual, she acknowledge to serve under Diablo's army as a Commander(Diablo II).
I care to say, the wolf is Lilith. She has, during the lore, proven to be able to cheat Death x number of times and to be able to assume forms and create substitute of herself.
She manipulated by doppelgangering her own father to avoid being trapped in the SoulStone(which have been proven to be the only way to actually kill a prime evil, imprison it, and destroy the soulstone on the HellForge).
And, by the way, i care to say she manipulated Donan from start. The tuning of the SoulStone is perfectly in balance with the Mephisto's SoulStone, even the color, she always despised her father, only cared for her brother before Sanctuary.
Mephisto may be the most under explored one on games, but, Lilith is the most powerfull Demon to ever existed, i would love to see the plot twist of her being the Wolf guiding Neirele, and the Mephisto's soulstone used as a sacrifice to re-summon Diablo.
I don't understand why the kid takes off on her own though and not stay as a group at the end, I guess Blizzard wants to repeat the lone wander story YET AGAIN
@@Blazingwheel Becouse shes thinks shes strong and independent. And probably wll end up leaving mephisto in a perfect spot for the expansion.
"Oh noo please don't give me quick and easy transportation into sanctuary. No please don't kill my main enemy and take me on a long journey by yourself while I gain strength. that sounds so bad."
"Oh no, I can't believe you did that to me. Aw Shucks" 😏
Oh no stepdemon!!
If we dont fight Diablo in this game its not a Diablo game
@Anttown123 Diablo as a game title sounds better then Mephisto or Baal
@@Anttown123 I mean the Legend of Zelda doesn't even feature the Zelda character as the main.
The weirdest part of the game for me was having literally just trapped Mephisto in the soulstone, he then immediately shows up to generously be a taxi for Neyrelle and nobody bats an eyelid.
Yeh, very disconcerting
The wolf is basically his horcrux now
Nobody? I think everyone wouldn’t trust a prime evil…
@@geminigaming6574one would think
Her having the stone would allow her to maybe summon a shadow of his image?
I think that the most telling clue is the last line of Rathma’s prophecy: “ Then came a spear of light, piercing Hatred's heart, And he who was bound in chains was set free." That refers to Nayrelle stabbing Mephesto with the soul stone, which, as the prophecy states, doesn’t imprison him but, in fact, sets him free.
not exactly.
All speclation. The spear is actually lilith killing inarius. And the one is set free is the demon from the secret ending. I belive its inarius set free from his "chains" embracing hate. But who knows
Didn’t he say something like ”There will be a time where we are enemies”? Pretty clear indication that he plans get free within our characters’ lifetime.
Granted him healing up in hell didn’t have a clear time line either. So he could have been referring to that.
Out of all the eternal beings he just conveys that he knows what he is and what that means for those aligned with good. He will be their enemy. I love this guy.
@@thorinhannahs4614Mephisto is at least straight up honest about it and doesn't sugar coat it.
we also know clearly soulstones are not permanent prisons.... if they were then Diablo and Mephisto would have never escaped their prisons to begin with.
@@damdibidumconsidering who his voice actor is, I don't think it was a coincidence
Also when your party is attuning the soul stone you hear a wolf howl and one of the characters says something about there isn't meant to be any wolves around.
So Mephisto was watching over the whole event of the soul stone being attuned to capture him. So safe to say he knew everything.
He literally wanted you too he kept doing reverse phsyocology. Oh dont do that to meee. When you do literally opens a portal to run. Lillith is like are you stupid or something and youre like yes.
@@pride2184
Lilith: "You idiots did WHAT?! Why?! You literally walked through the aftermath of what happens when Mephisto is in a soulstone and in Sanctuary, so why did you let that happen to him AGAIN?!"
Wanderer: "I dunno, he was a doggo and i wanted to keep him around. But then my friend took the doggo."
Lilith: "...wow, you know what? I take back all the compliments i said to you back in that dream sequence trap."
@@joshuakim5240 exactly. Such a bad story lol worst hero of sanctury yet
@@pride2184 Not like Lilith was much better. Her entire goal was the destroy sanctuary and the majority of humans, while using the Nephilim as an army to end the conflict.
@@pride2184 honestly, you’re just choosing the lesser evil. Either decision was going to be stupid, let Lilith gain strength and have a dominion over sanctuary. Or, risk a fight with Mephisto.
It is also incredibly convenient that Astaroth, Mephisto leutenant and basically the guardian of his temple, is the one demon who happened to have invaded Sanctuary and get trapped into a new soulstone
Right like his job is to guard his temple, and he conviently decides to leave his post at its most important time to guard too mind you 😂 gets sealed up during most of Mephistos reformation
There’s more there
I was so happy with Mephisto and his role in this story. He is about to be trapped in a soulstone and doesn't care. He gets trapped in a soulstone and handles it calmly. He calmly watches over his soon to be victim as she travels. So damn good.
One thing to remember from the old diablo 1 and 2 lore is that the magics that make the soul stones work more or less created by the three and given to the angels by Izual the traitor angel.
However the only 2 people you truly understood this was Deckard Cain and Tyreal who aren't in the picture. There's a reason that Mephisto said that the path of the Horadrim is done to failure, they are as much a tool for the three as they are for the angels, perhaps even more so.
Inside the Soulstone, Mephisto is the safest as he can be and he can take his time corrupting whoever he pleases from that point on to pave the way for his eventual return. He even gets a leg up over Diablo and Belial.
"Then came a spear of light, piercing Hatred's Heart,
And he who was bound in chains was set free."
i mean the soulstone is a long, yellow glowing crystal, since prophecies are always ambigious that can easily seen as the spear of light and Mephisto as the personification of Hatred as "hatreds heart" and he doesnt have to worry about fighting the other evils in hell or how to get to sanctuary, because nyrelle just brought him there
I disagree, I think the story telling has taken a nose dive.. it's pretty shallow when you take a step back and look at it compared to the other 3. Not as bad as diablo 3 but, diablo 3 set it up for failure with all the retcons
bleh... lazy, obvious, bad story. They wrote all the non-evil characters (including yours) as a bunch of gullible idiots.
I love the "forshadowing" of his shadow behind neyrelle as she is trapping him in the stone and he says "you have sealed your fate" poor nyrelle
She deserves it. She is foolhardy and brash, believing that her thoughts and actions are correct-damn what Lorath and others think.
“It’s too quiet” is a perfect statement in regards to how Mephisto acted.
Once I finished the campaign I immediately said Mephisto was the main antagonist. Blizzard crafted a beautiful story and I cannot wait to see how it unfolds in the coming expansions. I believe Mephisto is gonna make the skies rain blood over the entirety of Sanctuary, and hell will spill over.
The story is awful lol
@@tomsettle2631 Overall, the story is not so bad. But I really hate that they gave us another Leah, the lowpoint of D3, and add another pointless death.
@@JugglerBean I just wish they didn’t kill Lilith. I know she’s not dead but still. Would’ve been cool if we had to work with her or something to stop mephisto in later dlc
we are just gonna 1 shot him just like we did to all demons in this game. Lol, nothingi is threatening tbh. No semblance of dread.
@@tomsettle2631How? Explain
No mention of how Mephisto saved Prava from Lilith’s onslaught? I’m certain we’ll see her as an agent of Mephisto in the near future.
Interesting - straight up didn't consider that
How did he save Prava ?
@@icantsleepman She wasn't "Saved" she was more so spared. I'd assume the demons had orders to not completely kill her. She does seem like the perfect leader for the Cult of Triune.
Saved? Being gang-banged by a legion of fallen isn't really "saving" anyone, prob just making her a typical twitch streamer for the Cult of Triune
@@icantsleepman we don't really know yet, but someone decided to save or spare her, and my best guess would be Mephisto.
An interesting tidbit, is that Mephisto was the first to be able to breach his soulstone containment. He then used this breach to have his soulstone shattered, and each piece of it was then embedded into a faithful member of the High Council of the Zakarum minus Khalim. The reason we go into the Sankekur tomb is because he was the physical embodiment of Mephisto during his imprisonment years. Mephisto is the one that creates the events of Diablo 1, which begins Diablo 2 and sets up Baal to destroy the Worldstone (the only item capable of creating powerful enough soulstones to permanently contain a Prime Evil.) Even if you look at The Coven, which was one of the few surviving Cults of the Triune left, Adria doesn't side with the Lesser Evils, she sides with the Prime Evils, Diablo specifically. Maghda and her have a falling out, which could have been because of the hitching of the Coven's wagon to the Lesser Evils. Hatred comes in many forms, and Adria was interested in learning from the Zakarum and the Mage Clans because Power was everything. She states that she ended up in Tristram because she was almost compelled to go there, that the dark power emanating from the church called to her. But if she had gone to the Zakarum temple in Kurast, or even to Kehjistan in that era, Mephisto was already freely corrupting the world around him there. Whose to say... even her presence at Tristam wasn't preordained? I don't think the creators are 5 head chessing this out THAT far, but the past has shown that Mephisto is always the harbinger of the return of his Brothers and is always the one who plans for the long term.
Also, from the understanding of formal soulstones we currently have, not a shard like Baal's was in D2, the Evils can't regain lost power, they just gain the ability to use their corruptive natural influence more, as the soulstone gets tainted by the power they have at the moment of imprisonment. My theory is that Mephisto wanted to be trapped in a weakened state, so that he could go further, without having an outward corruptive presence in Neyrelle. This would allow her to go to more places, find more information, and give Mephisto the current state of affairs of the world before he makes further plans. He can, also, keep his corruptive powers lowered at his own desire, though the natural corruption of the stone would eventually still corrode away at Neyrelle.
I got Diablo 2 vibes from the ending, "dark wanderer" clutching Diablos stone
Wasn’t it Mephisto who sent the Archbishop Lazarus to King Leoric? Mephisto masterminded pretty much everything in the first two games too.
Yes. He has always played the long game. And being quite skilled at the art of sowing the small seeds of hate have made the bounty of his harvest all the more rewarding that everything falls into place almost exactly as he intended.
I 100% agree that Mephisto planned this from the start, but I bet that he also planned backup plan if player would have gone with original plan by trapping Lilith to soulstone by offering to keep the stone "safe" in hell, there must be a way for him to use that also as escape plan. Or that is atleast a theory
So basically us (the player), Neyrelle, Lillith, the cult and many others were all manipulated by Mephisto to fulfill his goals...
Not gonna lie, I'm very impressed with the story so far
You should look into some more of the lore from the older games. Mephisto is seriously THE mastermind.
@@bullit4170 Except for D3 where it was Diablo who was the secrete mastermind all along. God I hated the story in that game.
@@saultdog1603 well not really it was always the brothers goal to reunite to reform the dragon. You are pretty easy to please if 3 story sucked yet like 4 means it wasnt story you like. Cuz 4 story was bad. And such a weak end.
@@pride2184 Same, I enjoyed 3 and despised 4.
The biggest issue is that 4 almost pretends 3 didnt even exist. The literal strongest being in existence should be walking around doing whatever to whomever, and not even a mention.
The biggest missed opportunity in Diablo history would be our PC from D3 to be the big bad, and we would either team up with Inarius or Lilith(as MMO's generally have factions) and fight against them.
Three’s story absolutely sucked
I honestly think nayrell made some sort of deal to bring her mother back with mephisto. Why I think this is she is totally fine with walking into his portal towards the end. Why was she fine with doing this? As we can see mephisto has the power to transport us anywhere so the fact she calmly goes in, she must know where it is going
nayrell studying all horadrim things might know key hideouts where tyrael went hiding like donan said something scared tyrael left and went to hiding nayrell is the key finding the last enemy that always in there way since diablo started tyrael and holds the key going to heaven his sword can give them access to heaven easily
I wonder what might have happened if we really allied up with Lilith at the end and if that would have been a viable option, albeit a painful one
Agreed. She might have had a corrupting influence in Sanctuary but a demons gotta demon 🤷♂ That's what they do.
If her end goal was to end the eternal conflict and Mephisto's was to continue along the path that led to the murder of his grandson, son-in-law, then daughter... before finally inevitably returning with his brothers..... I'm wondering why TF we axed Lilith so early. I really could have used a "can we just talk about this for a moment?"-option right there at the end cuz I feel like we just screwed ourselves 😞
Exactly. I was a little mad of my character just going "nope, not thinking about this, never"
Also all of them basically ignoring neyrelle (was that her name?) Until the end about Mephisto. Even though this seems to me like it was all his doing all along ... But yeah that's another thing
I just didn't completely align with the player character there
She’s not exactly going to take that long
@@Blaufrosch lmao i felt the exact other way around I HATED HOW you are forced yo do as Neyrelle wants all the time as I never fuckikg agreed or liked her, I didnt wanna use the soulstone on memphisto etc if anything i WANTED to side with him over Lilith cuz I so dont trust Neyrelle and Lilith, Neyrelle was annoying from the start to the end.
Demon Mommy would gladly reward you with her BDSM prostate milking session
Part of me thinks that his true intention is to eventually use our character as his new vessel. A human powerful enough to kill lesser evils by themselves.
He saw our strength, and has been tempering us to be his, through liliths blood thst has connection to him, forcing us to get his blessing, and then forcing us to seethe at thr pathetic state of the world. The voice of the hero as the game goes on sounds angrier and more aggressive as the game goes on
I really hope Zultun Kulle makes a return in the story. Loved him in D3, he was right all along.
You know he's technically the hero of Diablo 3...he's right about everything and tries to stop us because he knows we're gonna get betrayed, and badly.
I know this is over nerdy but technically everything bad that has happened in Sanctuary...is mostly Tyrael's fault. The invention of the soulstones, the destruction of the Worldstone, and his dumb a$$ couldn't recognize Diablo inside Leah despite it being enormously obvious.
Obviously
I also would like to add that I noticed Neyrelle say something interesting in my second playthrough. When her mother died she said something along the lines "I know you just protected me. I am trying not to hate you for this." which made me think he intentionally set a chain reaction into motion that ends with Neyrelle taking imprisoning him in the soul stone.
I mean.. in the very least I think Neyrelles statement after her mother died is foreshadowing something. It can't be a coincidence that she says that she tries not to hate you and then literally ends up with the prime evil of harted in her pockets.
My theory so far: I think he is already corrupting her since the moment she imprisoned him, because he in his wolf form is shadowing her at any moment since then and it looks like no one can see him. He is always right at her side.
Mephisto is definitely the main villain of this story so far, and I'm loving it. The game played out pretty much exactly the way I was hoping it would. Lilith, with her previously established lore, was clearly siding with her offspring over Inarius or the other renegade angels and demons. She serves as a very interesting and multifaceted antagonist, one that you always feel is actually in the right about many things. I was hoping that the base game would end with the release of one of the three prime evils, and that's pretty much what happened. To have it be all according to his plan as well is just extra icing on the cake. Mephisto was there, influencing us in his wolf form right from the very first plot point. Him having played chess with us and the other characters as pieces is definitely not our imagination. Diablo IV:s codename during development was "Project Fenris" after all.
You could also say that Mephisto effectively trapped the two people in Sanctuary with the the power to oppose him, Angels and demons can't really die, but it will take time for them to reform, but even if they do come back Lilith and Inarius (probably in a cool demonic/fallen angel form) are trapped in hell and cannot fight him. and now he is free to pull Tristam 2.0 more or less unimpeded.
Why is inarius trapped in hell can u explain? What stops him from leaving once reformed?
angels dont reform they are replaced by a different angel. demons reform as themselves. inarius is gone
@@jimmypop9607 wtf really?
@@nunyabidness5835 Angel rebirth is more akin to reincarnation rather than resurrection. When an angel is destroyed, a new angel bearing the same powers and representing the same values gets created by the Crystal Arch in the High Heavens. But it won't be the same individual angel, rather a brand new one. So, a different "person" who has no connection to their predecessor outside of being created as a replacement.
So, now that Inarius is dead. He is presumably gone for good. A new angel should eventually be born to take Inarius' old seat in the High Heavens. They won't be born as a fallen angel just because they're replacing Inarius.
That being said, there is a reason why fans tend to confuse angelic rebirth for absolute immortality. That reason is Tyrael. He is an angel who was reborn as himself after dying. But he is actually an exception, the only known angel to have ever come back from death. His death wasn't typical either. He died shattering the Worldstone.
@@geekwars3998 um…that depends on how the Angel dies or trapped.
If Inarius really dies in hell destroyed, then yes a new angel will be born taking his place.
If Lilith simply destroy his physical form, but only trapped his essence or soul in hell like Izual then….
I just finished the game again with the barbarian, and before i fought lilith, i found almost all her altars, and i think this changed something.
After the credits it suddenly appeared a flash of diablo (similar to mephisto's after we kill lilith).
I think this is a hint that even if we didn't see him, he is still doing something in the shadows maybe along with mephisto.
Could it be that the one neyrelle imprisoned in the soulstone is diablo himself and not mephisto (hence why the bloodied wolf was still around after neyrelle imprisoned the supposed mephisto) or that the bloodied wolf is diablo and not mephisto?
Or maybe the player got possessed by mephisto the moment we got his "blessing" when he helps us against lilith after she traps in the nightmare.
Idk this is my theory and btw sorry for the english
What you saw after the credits was definitely not Diablo himself. You can look up the video here on youtube and pause it at the right moment then you will see that is not Diablo. Most likely it is Lucion which is the brother of Lilith and the herald of the prime evils in Sanctuary if you would like. Also i think Mephisto can use his wolf form whether he is regenerating in Hell or trapped in a soul stone, it seems more to be just a manifestation of his influence rather then a manifestation of his power and we know the evils can corrupt the world around them even when in a soul stone.
@@supernus8684 i can't find any video on youtube, can you send me the link if you did?
Neverming, just found it.
Honestly it doesn't look like lucion.
Could it be inarius? When he "died" he was like being "absorbed" by the souls under him, and lilith said "no, you belong to hell", and what we see is like a some kind of demon raising from hell.
Honestly I don't know, maybe you are right and he is in fact Lucion
The game is called Diablo so I'm sure he will show up lol
It's glaringly obvious that Mephisto planned everything if you've followed the lore since the beginning. He's always been the unspoken leader of the three primes, despite Diablo getting more of the focus.
He's regarded as the most intelligent of all the prime evils. He's Belial's mentor, the literal Lord of Lies learned everything he knows from Mephisto. It was Mephisto's plan that freed all of them in the first place. He was the one that corrupted the Zakurum and planted Leoric and Lazarus in Tristram to set in motion the events of Diablo 1. It's actually really strange just how little focus has been on him from the player's side, if you're paying ANY attention to the teachings of the Horadrim then he should have been priority #1.
Everything I just said is easily verifiable, now this is more speculation on my part but I strongly suspect that Lilith was a puppet the entire time. He knew when he spawned her that she would go rogue and create Sanctuary. In fact he counted on it. Because he knows how powerful Nephalem are and he wants to wield their power. None of this is an accident, Mephisto is cunning on a scale that mortals can't even comprehend.
Why else would he even want a daughter? Demons have no concept of parental urges. But a lesser version of yourself that you can tweak to manipulate however you see fit, now that's useful if you're an all-powerful force of evil.
Mephisto is also implied to be the wolf that kills the Wanderer's horse at the start of the game, railroading them into his plans. So yeah, Mephisto definitely planned everything and intervened just enough to ensure things kept going to his benefit, but not enough to alert Lilith or the others until the very end when he pulls out all the stops.
This is the exact theory i came up with as well. Demons don't have children so Mephisto probably created Lilith from some part of himself with the intent of using her as a means to an end. I wouldn't say Mephisto knew what this would bring about except that it would upset the balance of the Eternal Conflict and he could use this to his advantage.
Pleased to see you doing Diablo IV lore. I also agree with everything you present. Mephisto is now the greatest threat to Sanctuary. He must be found and eradicated.
Cheers my friend
So glad you’re making lore videos about Diablo:)
Cheers Elias - I've been really enjoying it
I dont think he is trapped in the soul stone. I think he possessed Nyrelle. Just like Diablo did Leah. I think the lighting casting a shadow of Mephisto behind her was not just an artistic choice. Also, how after he had the stone stuck in him it was almost like he was not just entering the stone but also her body. Also maybe that was why he was so quiet. Because if he spoke it would come from her. I dont know. Maybe im reaching. 😂
Ive been preaching this since I saw the ending, very well put.
Probably binged all your elden ring content more than I'd like to admit so seeing you making Diablo videos too had me very excited - looking forward to seeing what lore and speculations you dig up to share with us in the future 🙏
Thanks my friend! More to come
Neyrelle is missing a hand. All of the Council Members from Diablo 2 had driven shards of Mephistos soul stone into their hands, the largest shard was driven into the hand of the Highest priest who eventually became Mephistos host.
This video pretty much sums up my thoughts as well. I did notice the wolf that killed our horse in the beginning is the same wolf that follows us. I did think Lilith was the big bad in the beginning until we learn that wolf was mephisto, knowing full well he is manipulative and most likely was pulling the strings to get us to kill Lilith who wanted to end the eternal war. I understand the reasoning as to why people think Lilith would rule over everything at the top, but at least from my understanding Lilith has always been one for people making their own choices, I don't recall her actively telling someone what to do. Personally I think she has been the most honest, I could be completely wrong though. We'll find out after 2 expansions
Thought your sub count was 645k at first, and I gotta say my dude, your concise presentation of the facts, relevant cut to references to support your thoughts, your tone of voice and pacing...fantastically done and I'll absolutely be looking forward to the next vid.
Holy hell, first time I've ever "rang the bell" before, hah!
Side note, more videos breaking down aspects of Diablo 4 as it exists (e.g., what we know of Astaroth, any history in game or books about the temple of the triune or that location where the temple of the primes was) or speculative (Your thoughts about Neyrelle's continued story, Lorath's, etc.) would be excellent! Although I'm sure you've got plenty on deck as is. :)
Thanks again for the great Mephisto recap!
Last video to make even more sense to D4 lore, didn't notice many of those details or didn't pay attention enough. Brilliant video!
Cheers my friend!
That was a great way of explaining things. I skipped just about every cutscene aside from Blood Petals and just finished the game so this summed things up great.
“I saw my corpse, and from my mouth crawled Hatred,”
I think this might be referring to the prophecy itself being inspired by Mephisto, hatred’s words crawling out of Rathma’s mouth.
This fits neatly with how in control Mephisto is of every event in the story (likely even being the one to let Inarius escape hell so the rest of it happens as planned).
“A father burned his children on a pyre”
Referring to Inarius.
“and a mother molded a new age from the ashes,
I saw the weak made strong,
a pack of lambs feasting on wolves,”
Referring to Lilith and the results of her actions on sanctuary.
“Tears of blood rained on a desert jewel,”
Event in Caldeum.
“and the way to Hell was torn asunder”
Lilith opening the gate to hell.
“Then came a spear of light, piercing Hatred's heart,”
This could either be referring to Inarius’ hateful heart being pierced by his own spear of light or to Mephisto being pierced by the soul stone.
“And he who was bound in chains was set free."
I believe this part hasn’t occurred yet and that it is referring to Mephisto escaping his imprisonment in the soulstone on sanctuary (which is inevitable considering he knows how to corrupt soul stones.
It bothers me so much that they say "a pack of lambs" instead of a "flock" would have really brought home the turning regular god fearing folk into Social Darwinists.
I agree with everything. I thought the heart of hatred was referring to Inarius, but either way it works.
Wouldn't the "he who was bound in chains was set free" be talking about when he got into the soulstone and causing the inevitable release of him
@@viktorberg1837 Well, Mephisto was free before he got absorbed into the soul stone he was just weaker than usual due to being in the process of reforming but was free to roam (he would have been able to fight Lilith had she made her way to the cathedral before us) so it doesn’t fit with him being “bound in chains”.
@@rezkel7404 I never really thought much about that part since what it meant was obvious but now that you mention it I really can’t unsee it and it bothers me too.
One thing i find interesting is the fact that we seem to be immune to liliths blood beeing fed to us. Now i understand that its the player charackter so ofc we cant just be influenced by it and other gameplay stuff, but i would also like to believe that when mephisto found us in the cave and we had visions of him, maybe he gave us some kind of protection. He could have made a connection with us, like the connection we have with lilith because her blood was fed to us, giving us some kind of protection against her, he always seemed to know where to find us, for example the horadrim trap, helping us/stepping in when we could have used it and without disturbing liliths plan until the very end. In the quest to help Donan fight his inner demon, the thing we see is mephisto, not lilith despite the fact that we got infused with her blood. I also love the fact that, while u pointed it out in ur viedeo, in the end we see Mephistos Statue standing there, it is also us, standing right next to it, almost like his champion. Also i like to think that the last line in rathmas prohpecy: "And he who was bound in chains was set free" actually talks about mephisto.
the tristram guitar riff in the end of the lorath letter read really just tells us the upcoming xpac is probably gonna take place in the places mephisto's visions took us
Okay but how have the angels not won the war yet ? The demons are constantly getting griefed by random humans.
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Arrogance , Imperius can't stand getting help from humanity.
Are you saying that angels don't want to capitalise on the opportunity that humanity opened for them ? Like they just wait for an equal, fair and honourable battle with demons each time; cause that would both make sense- and be hilarious!
I assumed that the eternal conflict was a thing caused by angels and demons being equal in strength- ie; they constantly traded in their battles so there was always a stalemate.
But now that high ranking demons are being sent back to respawn by humans (taking years to fully revive), Anything other than your explaination would make no sense.
@@UpstageBeast I am saying the reason why they don't is because the leader of the angels, Imperius, is too arrogant to admit the help of humanity, be that directly or indirectly. Also we don't know what the state of heaven is at the moment after the events of D3, Tyrael is human as of last time that we saw him we don't know if he is battle capable after so many years, they're down an archangel when we had to kill Malthael and those are just the named angels, they killed even more lower angels when Diablo infiltrated heaven. They were decimated in terms of battle power, while angels do reincarnate they don't automatically respawn, it takes them a long time.
@@MagashiSaizen I see, sorry for my lack of lore knowledge- Diablo 4 is my first so I've been watching lore videos about the world. It's very interesting so far and I appreciate the extra context you provided.
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I'm guessing that humans are the source of the recent demons' surge in power, based on your answer- which makes sense. I hope they explore its impact on the eternal conflict in the future.
your diablo content has been amazing so far and i cant wait to see more of it ! Please keep going like that
Another hint of his power and influence is the pvp zones in game, being Fields of Hatred
the fields of hatred spawned because of Lilith stepping foot in sanctuary
@@jimmypop9607 'The Fields of Hatred are areas in Sanctuary that have been tainted by the hatred of Mephisto, which bubbled up from Hell. Those who entered these fields were consumed, turning them against their fellow mortals. Numerous adventurers flock to these areas of their own volition, looking to claim renown through blood'
Excellent video! Mephisto and his planning sounds like something Palpatine would do! Lol. It seems the Humans and Mephisto were aimless until Elias brought back Lilith. The game's storyline was wonderful! It's going to be interesting to see what happens next when it comes to dlc and expansions.
John Wick: He killed my horse.
Mephisto: Oh sh..
I always enjoy the revealed meaning behind the cutscenes, like in Diablo 3 when Azmodan has the cutscene with Leah, you would naturally assume he's speaking directly to her - but it all makes way more sense when you realize he's speaking to Diablo. I still don't understand what made Lilith so much of a villain though. She was ultimately trying to protect mankind and Sanctuary for the entire game, albeit through some... messy means.
There was the quest line where you go with a priestess to the fallen temple and save the souls of fallen paladins. One of them being the D2 paladin. The priestess at one point calls him a coward for his whispers. His biggest power is subtle influence over many all at once. He turns many slowly over time instead of always being as direct as Lilith.
oh my god i had no idea Smoughtown had a second channel, and it is diablo 4, consider me excited to watch
Man I just played through the campaign and it was my first Diablo game as well. Didn't quiet get the end so thanks for the great explaining! Can't wait what will happen in the future :)
Oh man you are cooking! Great vid❤
very good work
Coolest part of this story is that both Mephisto AND Lilith are evil. It’s just that Mephisto has a much sinister plot to unveil and Lilith, although not necessarily the nicest girl, didn’t really seem to have anything beyond destroying the order that separates humans, demons and angels and making it one single entity while Mephisto has been extremely cunning and patient while playing ALL his cards so well…we all know he’s beyond capable of leaving the soul stone and now he’s got a personal Uber…great story telling from blizzard.
Good video mate 🤘
Much appreciated
Wow Mephisto really set up the entire events of Diablo 4. Crazy. He's definitely planning to take over her somehow or have her bring him to someone else that will be his host. I'm really looking forward to the rest of the story. Great video
"You have SEALED your fate". Watching this makes me think he didn't mean that Lillith would now destroy Sanctuary, but that Neyrelle has literally just sealed away the perpetrator who is destined to forever alter her fate and use her as a host.
I don’t remember the exact line but wasn’t there a part of Rasmus’s prophecy where it talks about the Prime Evil(s) being set free. Wonder if that’s referring to when Mephisto was put into the soulstone?
please do more lore videos love to see a full time line as im lost with this story aha
I'm not good at absorbing intricate storylines. Thanks for this video. It really helps!
Well done video-- thank you
The souls stones let the primes tap into the world stone’s power while in Sanctuary.
Great video Geoff
Much appreciated
I think that primarily he was just taking care of not being devoured by his daughter. By then, I think that Mephisto just calmly rethought his mind of how to act. As you said, Mephisto already know how to corrupt a soulstone, so he must be thinking in corrupting Neyrelle and lookinf for giving her the same fate Aidan had. About Neyrelle, maybe she is looking for some specific prison for Mephisto, as they did for Astaroth, somewhere with Nephalem powers as Korvus, or maybe she is looking for Tyrael to have advice of what to do.
I know I'm late to the video but somewhere in one of those routes notes if I remember it says something about Terror and destruction and they're just kind of alluded to not like a big thing but like a feeling of Terror as something rains destruction which leads me to believe that Mephisto ultimate goal is to manipulate her into taking the Soul Stone somewhere to where he can be freed to free his brothers once again
Gladly subscribed to this channel as well. Very much love the Diablo story since D4 came out. I believe Mephistopheles simply chose the better of 2 evils, and perhaps has plans to escape the soul stone
Great to see you here my friend. The Support is super appreciated
He plans on possessing nyrelle
@@danielmeagher9007 She's gonna plunge the stone in her forehead sooner or later no doubt
I absolutely love your takes on diablo 4 lore !!!
Thank you so much!
I love that you just play all the same games as me, loving the Diablo 4 lore series!
hahah thanks you so much!
good to see more people than just myself could pick up on this.
He just seems so fine with being trapped into the soul stone then just opening a portal to take himself on a long journey. The mere fact he could still open portals and be a wolf while trapped was the final give away.He is safe, Lilith is defeated and I think he is powerful enough to corrupt a new host.
Agreed and excited to see the story unfold as the seasons roll out
Good video. Thank you
Yeah I noticed the first playthrough, that he took the shape of a wolf, and recalled the start.
He's been playing everyone, though I suppose that's completely in character for him.
He wanted to be put in the Soulstone and knew you would get rid of Inarius and Lilith, either directly or by proxy.
The question is, what is his plan going forward? is he just going to try to re-manifest and take control?
or do the plan of Diablo and take in all the powers of the other prime evils (and possibly lesser evils?)
or even something new we did not account for yet?
Time and DLC will likely tell.
I'm not sure Mephisto specifically wanted to be imprisoned in the stone, but I do agree he definitely manipulated events to his benefit, and while being imprisoned wasn't plan A, he was ready for that contingency and that's why he's not too broken up about it.
IMO, Mephisto is S+ tier mastermind. Even when trapped in Soulstones, a Prime Evil Influence is still as strong as ever; its the only thing that doesn't get nerfed while in a Soulstone. Having himself trapped in a Soulstone gave, Mephisto a way out of Hell and back out to Sanctuary. Which is what he wanted. All Mephisto has to do now is wait. Wait for the right person to Influence and have them use the Soulstone.
I'd like to hear theories around the images we get flashed when Lilith is dying, and the one after you skip the end credits.
Great stuff.
My reading of the story as well. I love the way you say 'Mephisto'
I kinda wonder if the later part of Rathma's prophecy is really about Lillith and Inarius, specifically the part about the spear of light piercing hatred's heart. My personal head cannon is that those lines are about the soulstone and Mephisto. I guess I'll see how well that holds up with any DLC or such that comes out later.
he agrees. pretty sure he talks about this in his last vid
Well it depends on how you interpret certain keywords. "spear of light" can be seen as something sharp and long, that is also filled with light, which a soulstone is. As for heart of hatred, a "heart" is normally what keeps something alive. It is the "source" so to speak. Mephisto is the source of hatred, so it stands to reason that he is the heart of hatred.
I thought the prophecy came true as Inarius was so full of hate he became "hatred's heart" after killing his son.
Lilith speared inarius with his own spear of light in the heart right ? And that angel was pretty hatefull... So i guess prophecy fulfilled ?
It will be loraths spear killing his last “student” mark my words
This not only sounds great but it really fits. As so far this is the first Diablo game that didn't have Diablo in it (as a boss) I can't wait for the expansions to see more of the story unfold. Or even if we'll get to see some story elements in the seasons. My one question though is it's the eternal conflict as the demons and angles always come back, but is that just the most powerful of the groups? Will Lilith and inarius come back or at they dead for good?
I believe the implication is that both of them are dead, as imperius has been abandoned by heaven, as well as he died in hell. As for lilith we watch her regenerate once, so i took it as meaning that she has been fully eliminated after the second time, because she is in hell and we have dedtroyed her power
man you're a great story teller!
If I was trapped in a red orb for 100 years and had nothing to do but scheme, I'd come up with a plan like this too..
I had my gut feeling about Mephisto actually being the puppet master. When Neyrelle started joining us more towards the end it began to turn my perspective around that shit what if Lilith isn’t really the villain here?!? At the last section, how easily he succumbed to that soulstone and like you said, his protest too it was incredibly weak and hella sus. I believe we’re gonna end up regretting not siding with Lilith, and DLC might or expansions will put some content in where basically we try to bring her back somehow and I wouldn’t even take offense if she’s like “nah bruh!” 😂
that was awesome dude
I called it at the end. They could continue this story for sure. Because there's so much you could add to it
“Had he left our horse unmolested” made me spit my drink
Love how it always sounds as if he was saying "mephestol"
If they had story choices like joining Lilith I more than likely would have as I always seen Mephisto as the true antagonist. He played his cards immaculately to really achieve what he wanted most
I mean 99% chance the mc still kills/ruins his plans
@@MitChHic Oh absolutely, funny part is technically even though we never sided with Lilith we have become what she wanted us to be, the protector of Sanctuary because it is inevitable that our character will continue doing what is perceived to be necessary to safeguard the people of Sanctuary from all threats and that we will have to deal with Mephisto as it is the Diablo universe, there are no happy endings
I don't think Lilith would say non hostile for long.
Keep this up ur underrated
Much appreciated my friend, will do
Who are Mefesto and Izool? Just kidding, nice video, missed a lot of those details, although the overall vibe that he is not just being passive and helpless cannot be missed.
Meph corrupted the entire temple city of Zakarum from a soulstone and got a body to inhabit without the help of his brothers. Neyrelle seems like easy pickings considering that.
The problem is what can he really do from Sanctuary with the world stone destroyed? The nephalem-to-human debuff is still gone. For one thing, the D3 hero may still be out there (and they've beaten the power of all the evils at once), and even if they are not, the journey Meph orchestrates with the D4 hero creates them into something that can kick his own ass anyway. I know they've said the D4 heroes are humans, but what else is the level up and paragon process if not unlocking inherent nephalem based power?
Finally, the one guy that knew how to depower humans was Inarius, and Meph got him killed too more or less. I just don't see how any of this is helping Meph. He should have reformed himself in hell and corrupted humans from there like before. The Triune back in the day was a world power, that was the time to send humans against heaven working with demons and win the eternal conflict.
We cannot forget that this soulstone was forged through anger. Donan was pounding it with anger, frustration and hate: nothing more than creating a stone "born" of hate energy. Basically the "spiritual charge" of the soulstone is made of Hate, Mephisto`s domain.
Then came a spear of light, piercing hatred's heart -> Soulstone being plunged into Mephisto
And he who was bound in chains was set free. -> Mephisto/Nyrelle honeymoon through Sanctuary
I thought the spear of light piercing hatred's heart was Inarius getting stabbed by Lilith? Like it's a misdirect because the obvious answer is "Inarius stabs Lilith" but really it was Inarius who was filled with hate in the end. He only stabbed her stomach while she seemingly one-shot him through the heart.
great video - btw: who is meh-festow?
"I got captured in soulstone again, oh no. Anyway." [ portal taxi immediately away to Santuary ]
Is there a set time for demons or angels to come back when killed or is it just when the plot demands it?
well considering its an entirely made up universe, I think you know the answer lol
Please make more videos of Diablo lore!
Like his brother Baal was in the Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction ( my favourite game of all time ) now Mephisto will have his part in the story . I cannot wait for first expansion!
So will this story be continued in dlc or in Diablo 5?
Great video as always! Using Mephisto as the mastermind in the shadows was a really good idea. The thing I like the least about the story (aside from the stupid death of Donan) is the PC. Imo they should either have given them more lines and personality (like for example in the Witcher), or if they go the route of "make your own PC/story for your PC" (like Elder Scrolls) they should give you choices. The way it is now, the PC just seems boring and a bit dumb....
Great video. My only criticism would be that this is more speculation than lore. As there is no concrete fact for the speculation. Now, could this turn out to be true. Absolutely, and I hope some of this does. I kept telling my friends, through playing the campaign together, that Evil only looks out for themselves. Any of the Prime Evils would try to turn an unfortunate and seemly unwinnable situation into their advantage. Mesphisto being the most intelligent and cunning of the Prime Evils. It would be so easy to turn the situation into his favor. However, does that mean that it was Mephisto that attacked the horse? Until that is stated in game. We can only speculate to this theory. But I could see this one day being the lore for sure. As I said great video
The Prime Evil's scheming and foresight is unmatched. Diablo came up with the plan for him and his brothers to become trapped in the soul stones to eventually all becoming trapped in the black soul stone, before they even created the Triune. That's like dozens of centuries of planning and knowing what would happen ahead of time. With that said, this wouldn't be the first, even second time, a Prime Evil's plan was to willingly go into a soul stone. (Edit: ah, you mention this at the end.) 😊
Now that I heard what those cultist said. Wow while playing I must be going too fast. But I have no idea what order to do the quest.
SmoughTown covering Diablo lore?!? LETS GOOO
Here's a question.
What if mephisto wasn't just playing lilith now, but since she and her brother were made?
What if sanctuary was always his plan?
And what if innarius was also always been played, not since lilith, but before?
Is there anyone in heaven that would play a mephisto's role?
I'm not saying it's all a plan that goes without flaws, certainly mephisto had to improvise.
Think how heaven didn't have much of a concept of birth by mingling, so who ever played innarius probably thought of using the world stone as another crystal arch.