Invasion
| Invasion | |
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Location
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| Act | 2, 4, 5 |
| Waypoint | No |
People
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Monsters
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| Bosses | Riftwalker |
Connections
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| Town | Lut Gholein |
| Adjacent Zones | Lut Gholein Realm of Sin Realm of Lies |
Area Level
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| Normal | no access |
| Nightmare | no access |
| Hell | 105, 115, 130 |
  
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Lore I
Amongst the demonic hordes in Jerhyn's Palace a mystifying rift appeared, leading to a garden of ruins consumed by a black abyss and swallowed by sands of gold. Here a creature bearing a wicked gaze set on conquest stands vigil. It brandishes magic that pierces the air with the ferocity of thunders and that shattered Greiz's warriors as they were motes of cinder confronting a tempest. The wise Drognan believes the creature to have come from a plane further astray than even those of Angels and Demons, breaching into Sanctuary by tracing the arcane energies oozing from the forgotten Vizjerei fortress upon which Lut Gholein's foundations lie.
Lore II
The strange Riftwalker that appeared amidst the secluded dunes of the Aranoch lands was in reality only the harbinger of more inexplicable incursions. In the depths of the Burning Hells near the core of Azmodan's realm, the pretender to the Prime Evils' thrones, a crimson portal pierces the scorching wastes. There lies in wait a second invader, wielding even more power than its predecessor. Transfiguring the fiery landscape into a frozen lair, the Greater Riftwalker stands in defiance of the demonic hordes and moves a step forward this cataclysmic invasion looming from the beyond.
Lore III
Once again a Riftwalker has bridged the inscrutable distances between the Mortal Plane and its esoteric dimension, anchoring its presence to Sanctuary. The arcane beacon that guided the dreadful invader was none other than that of Belial, the Lord of Lies. The Lesser Evil, exiled from the Burning Hells, now dwelled with his wicked servants in a cave beneath Harrogath, in the recesses of which a portal has opened. It leads to a gaping furnace where occult energies and boundless malice mingle to strengthen the Ascendant Riftwalker cruel determination.
