this is the full story of the confirmed tragic Untold fate of the Paladin one of the seven Heroes present during the events of Diablo 2. the Paladin's fate is discovered in the side quest Lost Legacy in Diablo IV which we'll be exploring in this video as well as a bonus passage from the book of loreth revealing the paladins previously unseen fate when entering the ruins of record keep we find pasta gaggle of Undead paladins a broken toppled statue of a paladin named Marshall carthus which reads Slayer of Mephisto defender of the black tomb you are
the light in the darkness brother and we live by your example congruently just north of the statue we find tapestry depicting Mephisto the Lord of hatred taking control of sankakur his former host and what appears to be this lone Paladin defeating the Lord of hatred in the name of the light aghast that this holy sight has fallen to evil we locate in a dilapidated Church to the West alone zacharim Crusader gasenia praying to a statue of akarat praise akarat His will be done lead us to Darkness so our Light May shine and purify approaching the
Crusader she apologizes ah forgive me friend I was lost in prayer I am Casino I'm surprised to find another here it has no small feat to wander where mephisto's grasp is tight even my fellow Crusaders refused to tread here perhaps we were both LED here by the Light the dim Flames smothered by mephisto's presence yes that must be it we were destined to bring peace to this Monument of hatred come join me when you are ready but do not waver lest I purge the darkness without you apparently intent on smothering an unseen Darkness due to
mephisto's corruption we cautiously follow cassenia into the inner courts of ricard's keep sensing the source of Darkness emanating from an Eastern Hall its entrance held shut by a ward of ceiling it's then we turned to ksenia and ask how did you learn of mephisto's presence his presence clings to every stone inside these walls even now he conjures images Whispers cowardly Illusions meant to test my faith I Found Records here murals books some Scrolls they tell of the sports purpose fate is well known but to think his body is here this darkness is clings to you
tries to drown you for the light we cannot fail knowing the dangers of sakukur's 2 being the ex-host of the Lord of hatred we agree with her assessment saying let us Purge this place of mephisto's presence ha may we scour away long ago to contain the darkness now I shall cast them open to bring in the light [Music] onward May the light guide our way Casino then proudly marches into the defiled Halls as if not a worry in the world unbelievably scoffing at the hellish taint as we cautiously catch up rustic somehow even stronger and
yet the Halls are quiet do the minions of Hell hide from us how we March up its narrow Halls only to stop as cassenia bravado's subsiding questions what's this we see a sword plunged into the stone slab and alert appearsed in its Center Reading I carthus and my most trusted retinol elodia Matthias and Eleazar seal this place with ourselves inside though we fall to mephisto's corruption we shall not forget our duty even in death we guard the body of senka core this I have not heard that name I had heard of sankakor being defeated but
what happened after is shrouded in mystery saddened to learn karthus and his contingent were compelled to bravely accept their fate to fall under mephisto's corruption we resolve to find and cleanse the source of corruption in which they have endured surging to the north we find afraid tapestry crumpled on the floor depicting a paladin slaying a faded representation of Mephisto the mural is worn and battered despite its state the Artistry is clearly evident cassenia then questions these Halls were beautiful ones there is devotion in these walls how could such a holy Place fall to such evil
we unfortunately then stumble across grizzly scene to the Northeast emanate from the corpse in the middle of the floor we approach it only for matthias's incensed Spirit to burst forth accusing blasphemers the enraged ghost circles us supernaturally imbued with Terror that Holy takes control of our body momentarily fighting for control of our Limbs and faculties we fling shards of his kins crystallized blood until The Wraith is finally overwhelmed on matthias's twitching spectral remains we see his sword matthias's betrayal and scoop it up returning to casino saying mephisto's corruption pollutes them even in death but flows
from this blade so the wounds were made moments ago Traders seeped into their very Souls I know of a ritual that will cleanse this evil foolish this is why the light has guided me here we must collect these tainted blades and find a suitable place to perform the ritual only then were the spirits of these Fallen faithful be redeemed my blade Quivers in anticipation to the east we find a single corpse slumped over and as we draw near the spirit attempts to repel us [Applause] Eleazar blessed by a cursed chilling wind unable to stay their
hand Earl spectral missiles and hides behind its chilling barrier that slows our step and freezes us to the Bone returning our own volley with a final bone Spirit Casino exclaims the light and we gather up the blade Eliza's choice near where his body sat we find an old yellowed note the letters appear written with a shaky hand reading they have turned my mind is breaking I am not a coward I do not run this is my only Victory they played hungers for blood but shall find my own he could feel himself turning but he refused
to risk others truthfully even now I feel mephisto's influence I was stood it for so long with another of karthus's retinue Fallen we make haste lest we too fall to mephisto's Insidious snare seeking out the remains of his final Paladin Ally elodia to the Northeast who sits astutely at a Pulpit the Unholy sermon long ended have the chance he learned the spirit is blessed with infernal fire summoning explosive pustules that explode unless we douse the fire orbs [Applause] be gone like a comrades she too Falls and we destroy her remains as cassenia declares I can
feel it taking its toll on me paladins to suffer this for so long we mustn't delay to perform the ritual we must find where the curse took root a place of immense hatred [Applause] [Music] should have protected them their faith should have no now is not the time to falter we must succeed give them the rest they deserve heading north east into the shield sanctum we search for the cursed and find a dozen corrupted Paladin Spirits attempt to Bar our path with our way clear we pass under the great double arches and find in a
large Hall the body of the Paladin's leader Marshall carthus a blade driven through his belly as cassenia questions lingers here like smoke this is where we must perform the ritual place the cursor blades here using our powers of blood magic we touch the Monarch shield and save images flicker through our mind of The Proud Paladin in life in his full Kraken shell plate armor and for law lovers if I may pause this towel for a moment before we complete the ritual as I believe it prudent for us to enjoy an excerpt of the promised passage
in the book of loreth pertaining to carthus's Legendary Valor and exploits in life before his end as loreth wrote thankakur tapestry the Fisto completed his Corruption of the zakaroon faith when one of his servants sankiko became the great patriarch at the head of the church he executed mephisto's plans to corrupt even the strongest priests and most virtuous Paladin orders and when Diablo and Bale arrived at the holy zakaroon city of travinkal the fistul took full possession of sankiko's body twisting it to reflect his horrific Visage the tapestry depicting the death of sankiko portrays him as
a demonic monster and the defeat of him as a mighty victory for the forces of good these things are true yet we must not forget that the tapestry also depicts a tragedy one that is not fully represented by the Weaver of this hanging sankakur was the Avatar of Mephisto and a victim of the Lord of hatred he had a shard in mephisto's Blue Soul Stone stabbed into his hand this was a burden few could carry without succumbing to its influence that does not make him evil it makes him human we will never know for certain
what manner of man he might have been my sympathy for senkakur should not come as a surprise for reasons that I'd made plain tyrell's ordeal has changed my feelings on many things black sarcophagus of sankaka after the fall of the zakaroon Temple City of travisal and the defeat of Mephisto sankiko's Twisted corpse remained dangerous and corrupted radiating evil the faithful who had survived the devastation determined that something needed to be done with the body to prevent its residual influence from spreading it was then that karthus volunteered to carry the body of sankakur to a place
where it could do no harm he had already fought heroically in a battle against the primevals and for that alone he would likely have been regarded as the greatest Paragon of his time the sacrifice he would subsequently make ensured his name is now remembered among the finest paladins to have ever taken their owns cathras and his companions descended deep into the crypts beneath keep where they prepared a chamber as Santa Claus tomb they lined the walls with blessed obsidian and they also sealed the corpse in a sarcophagus of obsidian using holy wards yet they worried
these safeguards would not be enough to contain the body's contagion of hatred so in a noble sacrifice they committed their souls to an eternal vigil guarding the tomb with the knowledge of karthus's deeds and sacrifice fresh in our mind we then Place three blades around the Zack room symbol on the floor to complete the ritual we then turn and ask the Crusader how are you feeling I had come here certain that I could Purge the evil from this place I believed my faith in my blade could cut through any Darkness but I see now that
the light brought us here for a different purpose paladins have suffered through much though Mephisto may still corrupt this land his hole over these spirits will cease that at least I can do knowing what must be done if karthus has afforded any peace we confirm I am ready to begin the ritual good the spirits will cling to their hatred I am trusting you to defend me just bring these paladins peace karthus and he summoned minions waste no time in attempting to purchase from their Temple casting fear that overshadows even that of his former brother matthias's
attempts drawing out the bloody essence of his underlings we sling it back at the former Paladin in deadly Spears karthus although wielding a now broken scepter in life swings his spectral sword with such seeding we have scarcely seen in a big before as Marshall carthus the now corrupted saccharoon Paladin makes a final frenzied attempt at casting fear via a pentagram of hate on the floor we sidestep the Unholy glyph exploding the corpse of his allies as he rushes us a final time only to fall face first at the floor [Music] myself although in his body
we find a few weapons and items it's the unsensed letter he held on his person do we value most which reads I was there when son kakor fell I felt mephisto's magic clawing at my mind even today when I remember that moment I am unsure if the anger I feel comes from him or me but that does not hinder my faith remember brothers and sisters the light won that day we rallied we defeated a Prime Evil and what's more we did it together the darkness will never extinguish the light it is our duty to ensure
that the day we discovered the corruption within our faith was the day we began anew it was the day I knew I was truly fighting for the light taken aback at the former Paladin sacrifice in the name of the light we scrub any lingering Essences of the foul dead to extinguish mephisto's baleful presence once and for all once our dark duty is done we turn to casino to report the spirits have been freed yes I believe so so the paladins are finally it P could not have done this alone the light shines bright within you
I must return to zorbenzet I shall tell the other zakarume of karthus and the paladins who gave their lives to contain mephisto's corruption May the light guide your way foreign departs and we find our final reward karthus's blessed hammer for completing the quest of his Lost Legacy although a rare nice to be sure it's not truly a weapon for a necromancer we also learn true to our word gasanya can be found at The zakarum Shrine in zabin set an outpost with remnants of Paladin occupants approaching her we say he made it back safely from the
fort yes indeed truthfully our Victory against Mephisto left me emboldened thought managing to find some partial record of the paladins who stayed there I aim to carve the name of every Paladin into stone though it seems I mainly defined another plaque soon have you told the other paladins there are attempts yes some could not believe and others I think chose not to believe but we were able to gather additional markers and there's plaque here is not much I wish I could do more but I hope that this at least means future Generations will learn of
their sacrifice [Music]
