Players who have played through the Diablo series of games will find that the second and third generations have one thing in common, that is, the second act of both games is set on the desert landform, and each is known for its commercial development. We know that in Diablo 2, the place name of the second act is Ruh Gauin. In Diablo 3, the place name in the second act is called Kartim. Although they are both desert landscapes, they are not the same place. Located in the Aranok Desert, Rue Goin is the famous commercial capital of the game. Kartim is one of the proudest cities in the Kekistan Empire.
Players will probably be familiar with the name "Kekistan", but they don't know what kind of kingdom it once was. But in reality, we know that those with the suffix "Stan" are the Halal countries in Central Asia, and the desert is the general landform of these countries. Kgilstein fits this trait very well. According to the background of the game, the predecessor of the Kingdom of Kekistan is called the Kingdom of Kekian, which is the first country to be transformed from the tribe after humanity lost the power of Nephilim.
Among the ancient human settlements, Kekian was the first to achieve "magical freedom", and about 2,000 years before the start of the main year of the game, five large mage clans were formed here in Kekian, namely Enneid, Ammut, Wizgere, Taan and Zan Ansu. These mage clans spontaneously organized a council of mages called "Lazish", which was on an equal footing with the then King Of Kekian. As the saying goes, curiosity kills cats, and as the rights of the Mage Council expand, mages begin to constantly seek knowledge and exploration in areas they have never been involved in before, and the first to go in this regard is the Wizgere tribe who are skilled in summoning. The people of this tribe were the first to discover that the use of summoning spells could open up the connection between the Sanctuary and the Blazing Underworld. The demons in hell began to stir, and the three demon gods established the "Three Gods Sect" and planned to corrupt humanity. In contrast, the angel Iñáris also built the "Cathedral of The Holy Light" in Kekian to oppose the "Tritheism". And the purpose of this confrontation is to fight for control of the human soul.
After this, the sage Udi Xian ran to the world, advocating that human beings should have their own opinions, and the "Adilon" sect he founded gradually replaced the "Three Gods" and "Cathedral of The Holy Light". From now on, neither heaven nor hell will be able to interfere in mortal affairs. Since then, most of human beings have been erased from memory. Kekian has since been renamed "Keykistan", and note that from here onwards, what happens next will be closely related to the main line.
The first is that the major clans of mages break with each other, and the Vizgere tribe has a huge war with other tribes, which has led to the death of a large number of elite mages. The kingdom of Kekistan was in tatters, and Akarat, an ascetic from the Path of Sensai, vowed to save the world, summing up his enlightened morality as the teachings of Sakaram. A thousand years later, the three demon gods were exiled to the world, and the followers of the Sakaram doctrine began to build the Trivancore Temple in order to guard the demon gods exiled from their sanctuary. The status of the Sakaram sect rose rapidly in Kekistan. More than twenty years after the temple was built, the emperor of Kekistan, Tassari, declared his conversion to the Sakaram doctrine and established it as the state religion. Countless people joined the religion at one time. In order to better manage the affairs in the church. Kgistan also deliberately established a church and elected a pope. How, seeing this, do you think that Sakaramism is very similar to a certain religion that is one of the largest surviving human beings? Of course, because the latter is the artistic prototype of the former.
(Is it my delusion, I think the artists of the Dark series are particularly partial to bald heads)
Speaking of Tasara's ability to ascend to the throne, the contribution of his subordinate general Rakis cannot be denied. However, the powerful Rakis made Itssal difficult for Tasara to sleep. Finally he thought of a perfect reason to "exile" him, and that was to send Lakis, a loyal believer in Sakaram, on an expedition to spread the teachings. Although Lakis knew the true intentions of the emperor, his enthusiasm for spreading doctrine allowed him to take on such a heavy task without hesitation. Since then, he has traveled to the Western Regions. At the westernmost tip of the Sanctuary, he established Vesterma, which would later be known to players, and never returned to his homeland of Kekistan for the rest of his life.
(The founding emperor who was born a military general, is the Ming Jun's sense of vision relatively strong?) ）
As for The Side of Kagistan, due to Rakis's Western Expedition, most of the elite forces in the country were withdrawn. Moreover, although Tassara the Great was a wise ruler, this did not mean that his descendants were as wise as he was. Hakan the Great was the last ruler of this period of Kaikistan's prosperity, and after his death, the country fell sharply, and in the face of successive natural disasters, his successor, Hakan II, would only follow the rules and not know how to change. Even more indecisive, Kekistan was reduced to ruins and slums under his rule. Unfortunately, the King of Lies, Pere, took advantage of the opportunity to take possession of him, causing the brave Nephilim to enter the temple and kill the king along with the demons - thus achieving the famous scene in the second act of Diablo 3.
Back to our title: What kind of kingdom is Kekistan? It had been brilliant, brilliant, romantic—only to be destroyed by demonic intervention. Diablo uses its consistent "destruction" and "end" aesthetics to further understand the philosophy of life such as "heroes aging, beautiful people twilight".