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<noinclude>'''Act IV - The Harrowing''' - is the last act of [[Diablo II]] (with a [[Act V|fifth]] added in the [[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction|expansion]]) where you follow [[Diablo]] to the [[Pandemonium Fortress]] on the outskirts of [[Burning Hells|Hell]] to prevent him from ever returning to [[Sanctuary]]. ==Story==[[File:Chaos_Sanctuary_jigsaw.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The full layout of Diablo's lair: The [[Chaos Sanctuary]].]][[File:Mon-diablo.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Diablo]] in combat.]]Having finished off [[Mephisto]], the hero enters the portal to Hell and finds himself in the [[Pandemonium Fortress]], the "[[town]]" area of Act IV. [[Deckard Cain]] welcomes the player "to the Last Bastion of Light" in the Burning Hells and asks the hero to talk to [[Tyrael]]. He is asked to travel to the plains of Hell and destroy the Demonic Vessel holding [[Izual]], which will free the Angel. When freed, Izual informs the player that it was he who told the [[Prime Evils]] of the [[Soulstone]]s' power and that the demons had been behind this immense plan to gain the power of the stones. With this information, Deckard Cain urges the player to destroy [[Mephisto]]'s Soulstone at the [[Hellforge]]. The Forge is guarded by [[Hephasto]], the Armorer of Hell, and the has to kill him to destroy the Soulstone. With nothing else in the path of defeating [[Diablo]], Tyrael asks the player to meet up with [[Hadriel]], another {{iw|Angel Angel}}, who has been observing the [[Chaos Sanctuary]]: Diablo's domain. He has concluded that Diablo, although his big mean red self, has not reached his maximum potential after possessing the Dark Wanderer. In fact, the transformation has left him weak. The player sets out to defeat Diablo's three generals to open the five seals protecting Diablo. Then battles the Lord of Terror, defeating him and destroying his Soulstone on the Hellforge. Diablo II ends here, but with the expansion, the hero is then hurried off to [[Harrogath]] in [[Act V]] by Tyrael to stop [[Baal]] from reaching the [[Worldstone]]. ==Levels==The fourth [[Act]] by far the shortest one in the game, both in terms of actual levels as well as the mileage you have to run to get to the end. The layout comes in either the big squares of the [[Outer Steppes]], and the long walkways in the [[River of Flames]].</noinclude>{|align="center" class="navbox"!colspan="3"|[[Levels]] of Act IV {{editlink|Act_IV|e|diablo2|A|A}}|-|* '''[[Pandemonium Fortress]]''' ([[town]]) [[File:Waypoint.png|25px|link=Waypoint]]* [[Outer Steppes]]|* [[Plains of Despair]]* [[City of the Damned]] [[File:Waypoint.png|25px|link=Waypoint]]|* [[River of Flames]] [[File:Waypoint.png|25px|link=Waypoint]]* [[Chaos Sanctuary]]|}<noinclude> ==NPCs==[[File:Npc-tyrael.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Tyrael]] in the [[Pandemonium Fortress]].]]As with the number of [[level]]s, Act IV has the least [[NPC]]s. Most of them are found in the [[Pandemonium Fortress]], but a more than usual amount is found in the dangerous levels: [[Izual]] and [[Hadriel]].* [[Deckard Cain]]: Identifier and quest advice* [[Halbu]]: Merchant of Light* [[Hadriel]]: Angel on scouting duty* [[Izual NPC]]: A fallen but restored angel* [[Jamella]]: Merchant of Light* [[Tyrael]]: Quest giver ==Quests=={|style="border-collapse:collapse; float:right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" |[[File:Quests-a4-q1.gif|link=The Fallen Angel]] [[File:Quests-a4-q2.gif|link=The Hellforge]] [[File:Quests-a4-q3.gif|link=Terror's End]]<br>|# [[The Fallen Angel]]# [[The Hellforge]]#REDIRECT [[Terror's End]]|}Just as with the number of levels and NPCs, Act IV also has the least quests. It's in fact the only act with only three as opposed to six. They are all directly related to the story. Without defeating [[Izual]], you won't learn about the dangers of the [[Soulstone]]s, without destroying them on the [[Hellforge]], the [[Prime Evils]] are free to use and abuse their power and without killing [[Diablo]] in his weakened state, you're basically screwed. ==Waypoints==Half of the [[level]]s in Act IV holds a [[Waypoint]].* [[Pandemonium Fortress]]* [[City of the Damned]]* [[River of Flames]] {{Levelnavbox}}{{Act IV navbox}} [[Category:Act II]][[Category:Acts]][[Category:Levels]]</noinclude>
