Archbishop Lazarus

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Level: 15
Notes: This uest is required in order to finish the game.
Final objective: kill Lazarus
Actual reward: Enchanted item
Trigger: Cain the Town Elder.
Trigger's statement: THIS DOES NOT BODE WELL, FOR IT CONFIRMS MY DARKEST FEARS. WHILE I DID NOT ALLOW MYSELF TO BELIEVE THE ANCIENT LEGENDS, I CANNOT DENY THEM NOW. PERHAPS THE TIME HAS COME TO REVEAL WHO I AM.

MY TRUE NAME IS DECKARD CAIN THE ELDER, AND I AM THE LAST DESCENDANT OF AN ANCIENT BROTHERHOOD THAT WAS DEDICATED TO SAFEGUARDING THE SECRETS OF A TIMELESS EVIL. AN EVIL THAT QUITE OBVIOUSLY HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED.

THE ARCHBISHOP LAZARUS, ONCE KING LEORIC'S MOST TRUSTED ADVISOR, LED A PARTY OF SIMPLE TOWNSFOLK INTO THE LABYRINTH TO FIND THE KING'S MISSING SON, ALBRECHT. QUITE SOME TIME PASSED BEFORE THEY RETURNED, AND ONLY A FEW OF THEM ESCAPED WITH THEIR LIVES.

CURSE ME FOR A FOOL! I SHOULD HAVE SUSPECTED HIS VEILED TREACHERY THEN. IT MUST HAVE BEEN LAZARUS HIMSELF WHO KIDNAPPED ALBRECHT AND HAS SINCE HIDDEN HIM WITHIN THE LABYRINTH. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE ARCHBISHOP TURNED TO THE DARKNESS, OR WHAT HIS INTE REST IS IN THE CHILD, UNLESS HE MEANS TO SACRIFICE HIM TO HIS DARK MASTERS!

THAT MUST BE WHAT HE HAS PLANNED! THE SURVIVORS OF HIS 'RESCUE PARTY' SAY THAT LAZARUS WAS LAST SEEN RUNNING INTO THE DEEPEST BOWELS OF THE LABYRINTH. YOU MUST HURRY AND SAVE THE PRINCE FROM THE SACRIFICIAL BLADE OF THIS DEMENTED FIEND!

Intermediate Statements: none
Quest End Statement: none
Walkthough: This quest leads to Diablo himself. To do this quest, i suggest you take the following precautions: bring a croll of town portal if you don't have the spell, level the entire level first as to rack up some experience points and get some good items.

In level 14 of the game, you will be in a map with a pentagon shape on the ground. In this shape is a group of dead bodies surrounding a staff. This is shown in the picture on the left. Pick up the staff and go to the town. Talk to Cain.

When you come back, above the pentagon is a red portal that lead sto the unholy alter. Go in it. It will lead you to a separate level. The automap is shown to the right.

Start off slow. Walk straigh for a bit and you will encounter a hell spawn. This is easy prey. Now go to either side and walk straight. If you are a rogue or sorcerer, I advise you to shoot through the bars and kill the hell spawn in the cages. If you are a warrior though, just keep going, ignore them and keep going.

You will now meet up with 2 hell spawn and 2 advocate. Kill them. This should take much. Couner them if you are a warrior. For the other 2 classes, this should be pretty easy. When you are done, walk back and go do the same on the other side.

Now close all the doors in the level and stand on one of the circle things. Read the book.

This will transport you into the cage of the hell spawns. If you had taken out the hell spawns before, it is easier on you now. If not, be ready to fight.There is a total of 6 hellspawns shooting at you. Keep refreshing yourself. Unfortunately, you will have to do this again before you can proceed.

Once you are done, go back to where you came from originally. If you are in really bad shape, use town portal and go back to town to get potions and scrolls of stone curse if the witch sells.

When you go to the circle thing, you will be brought, first to a cinematic, then to the chamber of lazarus.

Lazarus lays in the same level but in the center as shown in the map. At first he is talking. During this time no one will attack you and you cannot attack anyone. The best thing to do is run away and duck behind the corner until he finish talking. If you don't you will be ambushed once he stops talking and that's not the best way to start a fight.

This is a great time to save the game if you haven't because there is a great chance that you will die. Now go out but stay to the edge. Attract as few enemies as you can and bring them around the corner. Most of the enemies will be hell spawns and with them are 2 unique ones. This is probably the hardest fight of this quest. Keep attacking and refreshing. For a sorcerer, use stone curse a lot. If you come out alive but have nothing left, go back to the town.

Now get ready for Lazarus himself. Treat him as a normal counselor. Use cornering and follow the shadow tactics. The only thing that is special about him is that he is faster and does more damage. In single player he is still susceptible to stone curse. He is not that hard. Normally he will give you a pretty good item in preparation for the final fight against Diablo.