A New Tale: “Apotheosis”

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Blizzard released a new prequel story to Season 9 called “Apotheosis” that helps you understand the true cost of keeping Sanctuary safe!

You can read it here or listed to it below!

For more details, check out the official blog post!


Sanctuary is a volatile place—danger lurks at every turn and threat of Astaroth’s return has ushered in a new era of hardships for those who call these lands home. While its denizens may have little hope, the rich stories they’ve passed down have shined truth on the darkness.

Understand the true cost of keeping Sanctuary safe in a new comic, “Apotheosis”—a prequel story for Season 9: Sins of the Horadrim. Read it before our next season begins on July 1.

Read “Apotheosis”

Written by: Fred Kennedy
Layouts by: Corey Peterschmidt
Inks by: Adam Gorham
Colors by: Lauren Affe
Letters by: AndWorld Design

Decades before Lilith’s return to Sanctuary, Donan sets another ward on the soulstone holding back the evil of Astaroth. In doing so, he reflects on the thin line the Horadrim walk between forbidden knowledge and the role that knowledge plays in protecting Sanctuary.

Read “Apotheosis”, or watch the motion comic voiced by James Goode, who plays Donan!