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King Leoric was driven insane by Diablo's attempts to possess him. In his madness the King brought about the destruction of his kingdom, and would have killed everyone in it had not his royal guards turned on him and finally put him out of his misery by his own royal guards. He His torment was not yet at an end, for Leoric returned as The Skeleton King, his gigantic reanimated skeleton bent on raising an army of the dead to serve his new lord, Diablo. Much of the plot of ''Diablo'' revolves around revealing the cause of Leoric's madness, and the fate of his son and his trusted advisoradviser, Lazarus.
In singleplayer the Skeleton King is encountered every game, in a special dungeon entered from level 3. Leoric can (and will) raise up dead skeletons as he fights in the single player experience. He always drops [[D1_Unique_Helms#The_Undead_Crown|the unique Undead Crown]] when killed in single player.
==Statistics==
The [[Butcher]], [[King Leoric|The Skeleton King]], and [[D1 Diablo|Diablo]] are the three special monsters in the game. None of the three are classified as Animals, Demons, or Undead, and their stats and behaviors are unique to them, rather than borrowed or modified from other monsters.
* Stats are listed by Normal / Nightmare / Hell difficulty levels.
[[Category: D1 Monsters]]
[[category: Diablo I]]
[[category: D1 SuperUniques]]
