While the game's main villain has D2R Items been identified as the Lady of Hatred, Lilith, there is a wealth of information on the game's mythology that has not yet been disclosed. One such issue concerns the return of certain characters that have appeared throughout the game, such as the always-helpful expert Deckard Cain.

Players of the Diablo series are familiar with Cain as the 'Elder of Tristram which was the central center of the initial Diablo game. He has appeared in every game since in some way or another.

In the original Diablo, Cain was an NPC who was at the center of the town to assist heroes throughout their journey. However, he died in the first game of Diablo 3. so seeing the scholarly old man on the horizon in the Diablo 4 gameplay is unlikely but it's worthy to learn more about his story prior to its release.

Deckard Cain is an Horadric scholar who is proficient in the dark lore surrounding Sanctuary and its esoteric history. He is also said to be the last of the Horadrim, an ancient group made up of wizards and mages by the Archangel Tyrael in order to take on the three Great Evils, namely the Lord of Destruction Baal of Baal, the Lord of Hatred Mephisto as well as the mythical Diablo, who is the god of Terror.

In the year 1202. Deckard was born and was raised in the Sanctuary town of Tristram to a tanner-looking father alongside his mother Aderes Cain She demanded that Deckard follow her family's traditions and take the Cain name, instead of the one of his father. As a child, he and those of the rest of the kids from Tristram would sit around Aderes when she would tell tales of Diablo 2 Resurrected buy items the great acts of the Horadrim who she was descended from.