Gillian told her not to confuse the dreams with what was real, but the stern tone of her voice that she always used made Leah feel uneasy. Other times she would dream of angels and demons with frightening clarity as if she were seeing memories. Dreams of blood and war, of bloated corpses, of the eyes of crows glaring at her with hate. Throughout her entire life, Leah would suffer from nightmares. And all the while, Leah had to contend with the powers she had inherited from her mother, such as prophetic dreams. Throughout her life, Gillian never told her the truth about her father, or that Adria was her biological mother. For all her time in the city, she learned to live with the insults and indeed, her time exploring the city imparted survival skills to her. "Sewer rat" was a name that bullies gave her, in part due to her time exploring the sewers beneath the city. Gillian's stigma made its way down to Leah herself and she was regarded as an unlucky child. Gillian's mind had been adversely affected by her contact with demons, and so was not always in the right state of mind to function in society, let alone raise a daughter. Leah had a hard time growing up in Caldeum. Adria set up wards around Gillian's residence and departed, leaving the barmaid to care for the infant. Adria escaped with Gillian and the two made their way to Caldeum. While Aidan became corrupted by Diablo and so became the Dark Wanderer, Tristram fell to the forces of Hell. By Diablo's will, Leah was conceived and born a year later in 1264. Not long after Aidan's 'victory,' he met the witch Adria, who realized that Diablo was influencing the prince. To this end, when Prince Aidan struck down Diablo in the Tristram Cathedral and bound himself to the soulstone in the hope of containing Diablo's essence, the demon had been given the means to fulfill his plan. And to do that, he would need a vessel to inhabit. He would become the Prime Evil, combining the essences of the Great Evils into a single form. While the three Prime Evils had masterminded their exile to Sanctuary, Diablo had taken the plan one step farther. From the outset, Leah was conceived as a host for Diablo.
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