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Fandom: Diablo III, Diablo (Video Game)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence (Nothing beyond the game norm)
Characters: Malthael (Diablo III), Tyrael (Diablo series), Lyndon the Scoundrel, Eirena the Enchantress, Kormac the Templar
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Canon Compliant, Canon-Typical Violence, Redemption, Rebirth, Mortality, Angels Becoming Humans, Memory Loss, Humanity, Soul-Searching
Series: Part 1 of Diablo: Amor Aeternus
Summary: Malthael had supposed there would be silence in death. Instead, he found wisdom and the chance for redemption. Post-RoS.
I present the opening two chapters of the first story in a series of Diablo tales exploring a very simple idea: what if death wasn’t the end for Malthael, but instead, the beginning of his path to obtaining true wisdom? In All Things Light and Dark opens as Act I and the series barrels forward from there.
Diablo: Amor Aeternus is 4 stories, all complete, to be posted over the next couple of months. The series tackles ideas I would love to see Blizzard handle in the next game, as well as philosophical treatises on morality and what it means to be human. There is action and compassion and, most importantly, character interaction! (It rhymes, I’m sorry.) Think Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Blizzard and you’re on the right track for my writing.
A little about me, since my Tumblr blog so far has mostly been me sharing things that remind me of this series:
I’ve written fanfiction for a looooong time (see my fanfiction.net profile, which also has the story, for more deets), but I also do non-fiction writing for a living, as well as publish short-fiction on the side;
All my stories have at least one sarcastic INTJ in them. This series has more than one. You’re welcome, fellow Masterminds (beware the calm, quiet ones, we will wreck your souls and eat your biscuits);
Some of my fave fictional things: Doctor Who, Interstellar, Contact, Arrival, Fantastic Beasts, Thor: Ragnarok, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Borderlands, League of Legends, Blizzard games/stories, and Guild Wars (2)!
Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy the series as it progresses. :-)
PS: my hilarious icon is thanks to the talented @zaera-d, who will have other commissioned (more serious) works for the series.