He tried to convince his brother Tyrael of this, but neither Tyrael nor any of the other members of the Angiris Council saw things this way.Īs the war continued, Inarius was ambushed by a host of demons… but being completely fed up with the conflict, he started ranting about how pointless it all was. From Inarius’ perspective, there was no point to fighting it at all. But eventually he came to feel that the whole thing was pointless - by definition an “eternal” conflict never ends, and neither side could win or lose. Inarius was originally a true believer in the Eternal Conflict, just like the other Archanges. These unlikely cohorts met in battle as both fought in the Eternal Conflict that raged between Angels and Demons. Inarius, Lilith, and the creation of Sanctuary and the Nephalemīefore you can understand exactly what happened in this Diablo 4 trailer, we need to cover some backstory.

Let’s dig into their history and examine the tantalizing hints we can tease from this trailer.

The latest Diablo 4 trailer gives us our first look at Lilith and Inarius together… and it doesn’t look like a friendly reunion. So what exactly happened between Lilith, the daughter of the Prime Evil Mephisto, and Inarius, the Archangel who rebelled and walked away from the endless war?

Without Inarius and Lilith, the world of Sanctuary may have never come into being, the Eternal Conflict would have continued in its endless stalemate, and the world of Diablo would be completely different. It spans the creation of Sanctuary, the creation of the Nephalem and their Human descendants, and the endless Eternal Conflict.

The angel Inarius and the demon Lilith both appear in the latest Diablo 4 trailer, but the two have a complicated history.

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