{"id":87950,"date":"2026-08-21T11:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=87950"},"modified":"2026-08-21T11:50:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:50:56","slug":"diablo-4-isnt-being-subtle-about-who-the-games-next-villain-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=87950","title":{"rendered":"Diablo 4 Isn\u2019t Being Subtle About Who The Game\u2019s Next Villain Is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those reaching the end of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/diablo-iv\/\">Diablo 4<\/a> Season 14&#8217;s seasonal storyline are being treated to some major teases about what&#8217;s next for Blizzard&#8217;s ARPG, though those eagerly anticipating the return of the Lord of Terror himself might be disappointed.<\/p>\n<p> Spoilers for Diablo 4 Season 14 below. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Season 14, titled Death&#8217;s Awakening, sees players combating a death cult looking to end Sanctuary&#8217;s suffering in the wake of Mephisto&#8217;s defeat. That eventually leads players to none other than the Pandemonium Fortress, previously seen in Diablo 2 and Diablo 3&#8217;s Reaper of Souls expansion, where they encounter the corrupted angel Seraziel. Upon their defeat, Seraziel leaves players with an ominous warning: &#8220;He is coming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That &#8220;he&#8221; in question is likely Malthael, whom Seraziel serves and players previously defeated in Reaper of Souls. That&#8217;s not exactly a surprise given the &#8220;death&#8221; theme of the season, but the return of the Pandemonium Fortress (where Malthael was last seen and slain) and Seraziel does make it all the more explicit what Blizzard is setting up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that&#8217;s not all players have to go on. As broken down by Diablo content creator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X8w6PGcIO8I\">LoatheBurger<\/a>, after Seraziel&#8217;s defeat, players encounter a mysterious stranger who says there is nothing that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those reaching the end of Diablo 4 Season 14&#8217;s seasonal storyline are being treated to some major teases about what&#8217;s next for Blizzard&#8217;s ARPG, though those eagerly anticipating the return of the Lord of Terror himself might be disappointed. Spoilers for Diablo 4 Season 14 below. Season 14, titled Death&#8217;s Awakening, sees players combating a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":87952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87950"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87950"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87953,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87950\/revisions\/87953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}