Anu (Diablo)

Anu is a deity from the blizzard video game, Diablo. It was considered to be the first being to exist in the Diablo universe. Anu was also remembered as the first being to have ever fought against the ancient seven-headed dragon deity known as Tathamet its eternal nemesis, and the Anti-God of the Diablo universe as well as the progenitor of the seven Hells and the original Prime evil. Finally, Anu after the final battle with its evil counterpart created the Diablo Universe and died after its creation. After he died, even with Anu's spine, the Crystal Arch, became the catalyst for the creation of the High Heavens and lead to the creation of all Angels while his eternal nemesis's corpse led to the creation of the seven Hells and the creation of all demons including the 3 Prime Evils and 4 Lesser Evils.
== Story ==
=== Rising ===
It is written by the Skatsimi sage Lam Esen that in the beginning, there was but a single, perfect pearl, in which Anu resided. Anu was the sum of all things: good and evil, light and dark, physical and mystical, joy and sadness—all reflected across the crystalline facets of its form. And, within its eternal dream-state, Anu considered itself—all of its myriad facets. Seeking a state of total purity and perfection, Anu cast all evil from itself. All dissonance was gone...for a time. These discordant parts formed into the being Tathamet, the first Prime Evil. Though separate beings, Anu and Tathamet were bound within the pearl. There they warred against each other in an unending clash of light and shadow for ages uncounted, neither gaining the upper hand. At last, their energies spent after countless millennia of battle, they delivered their final blows. The energies unleashed by their impossible fury ignited an explosion of light and matter so vast and terrible that it birthed the very universe itself.
=== Legacy ===
It is written that when it died, Anu transcended into a benevolent place beyond the universe, a paradise of which nothing is known. In the universe as it is known however, its legacy remained. The Eye of Anu, later known as the Worldstone, remained at the center of Creation as the foundation of all places, times, and possibilities. Anu's spine spun out into the primordial darkness, where it slowed and cooled. Over countless ages it formed into the Crystal Arch, around which the High Heavens took shape and form. It is from this arch that angels come into existence. Every angel represents one of Anu's five virtues (valor, wisdom, justice, hope, fate), and those who were most in sync with one of these virtues become archangels.
The existence of Anu is known to some humans, though interpretations differ—some, especially in more primitive cultures, view the above tale as being absolutely true. Other scholars and mystics take the tale as being an elaborate metaphor for good and evil and the constant, warring dynamic seen among the forces of nature. Of note, to many scholars, archangels of the Angiris Council are living embodiments of the virtues of Anu. Though some aspects have changed for these angels, the beings Imperius, Tyrael, Auriel, Itherael, and Malthael represent(ed) Anu's virtues of valor, justice, hope, fate, and wisdom respectively.
Some believe that Rogar's Huge Stone was fashioned from Anu's crystalized blood.
Zoltun Kulle argued that it was humans, not angels, who were the true inheritors of Anu, for it was only when Anu rejected his darker half that true evil and suffering was born. In his mind, unlike Anu, humanity had to embrace its inner demons, and be all the stronger for it.
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