Archbishop Lazarus is a quest in Diablo I. It is initiated by Deckard Cain after the Staff of Lazarus is retrieved from level fifteen. He will reveal that Archbishop Lazarus has turned to evil. A red town portal will now open next to the pentagram on level fifteen. This leads to the Unholy Altar.
Inside, there are two Books of Vileness on stands adjacent to circles on the floor. Reading each one will teleport the hero into a room with several Hellspawn, a type of Succubus demon. After both Books of Vileness have been read, a new circle will appear where the hero entered the Unholy Altar. Using this will teleport the hero to Lazarus immediately following a cutscene. Lazarus will declare that the hero is too late and will set off a trap, causing several more Hellspawn and an Advocate to enter the room. Lazarus also has two Succubus bodyguards: Blackjade and Red Vex. The fallen clergyman himself is similar to an Advocate, but more powerful. Defeating him completes the quest, allowing access to level sixteen, and the Diablo quest.
Cutscene[]
The cutscene shows the Tristram Cathedral with mountains in the background and the shores of a lake to the left. Inside we see a church office, and Archbishop Lazarus resembles at first, a normal man. But as the footage starts to show him up close, his eyes give off a sheer evil, bloodied glow.
NPC quotes[]
- Initiation
My true name is Deckard Cain the Elder, and I am the last descendant of an Ancient Brotherhood that was dedicated to safeguarding the secrets of a timeless Evil. An Evil that quite obviously has now been released.
The Archbishop Lazarus, once King Leoric's most trusted advisor, led a party of simple townsfolk into the Labyrinth to find the King's missing son, Albrecht. Quite some time passed before they returned, and only a few of them escaped with their lives.
Curse me for a fool! I should have suspected his veiled treachery then. It must have been Lazarus himself who kidnapped Albrecht and has since hidden him within the Labyrinth. I do not understand why the Archbishop turned to the Darkness, or what his interest is in the child. Unless he means to sacrifice him to his Dark Masters!
That must be what he has planned! The survivors of his 'rescue party' say that Lazarus was last seen running into the deepest bowels of the Labyrinth. You must hurry and save the Prince from the Sacrificial Blade of this demented fiend!
- Character
Bugs[]
- Sometimes, even after the player defeat Lazarus, a spell bolt that was still en route to their character when they strike him down will hit and kill one's character. Even after the player character keels over and dies, once Lazarus dies at about the same time, the character will still utter, "your madness ends here, betrayer!" in a tone sounding as if they were still very much in full health.
- Stepping on the teleport circle a second time will reset the quest to an earlier stage. If the player then re-enters the level (load game, town portal) the trap room will be inaccessible, if Lazarus was in the room, the game will be stuck in this state.
Multiplayer Mode[]
This quest is one of the four quests that appear in Multiplayer mode. Instead of having to retrieve the Staff of Lazarus, the quest is initiated by Deckard Cain anytime after first reaching level fourteen. Lazarus is on level fifteen itself. He is in a room with the Unholy Altar (the altar itself with the sacrificed child, not the mini-level) and several other enemies (Succubi and Mages). Like in single player, Blackjade and Red Vex are guarding him, but this time he also has Bloodlust lurking somewhere nearby. Defeating Lazarus allows the player to continue to level sixteen.
Diablo III[]
This quest returns as an unmarked, though mandatory, event during The Darkening of Tristram game event. Accessing the Unholy Altar from floor 15, the player is tasked to activate 2 Books of Lazarus. Upon activating either one, the player is teleported into a room full of monsters and unique Succubi. After activating both books and clearing the monsters, Archbishop Lazarus will appear. On his defeat, a red portal will open in the center of the Diablo effigy leading to floor 16.
Video[]
| Diablo and Hellfire quests |
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 Diablo I quests
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| Anvil of Fury • Archbishop Lazarus • Arkaine's Valor • Black Mushroom • The Butcher • The Chamber of Bone • Diablo • Gharbad the Weak • Halls of the Blind • Lachdanan • The Magic Rock • Ogden's Sign • Poisoned Water Supply • Skeleton King • Warlord of Blood • Zhar the Mad |
 Hellfire quests
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| The Defiler • Farmer's Orchard • Grave Matters • The Jersey's Jersey • Little Girl • Na-Krul • Reconstructed Note |