The Memory of Jered Cain is an NPC in Diablo Immortal.
Biography[]
Jered Cain and his fellow Horadrim imbued their essence in a crystal during the Dark Exile, storing their memories for future Horadrim.
In 1270, the Shard-seeker awoke Cain's memory, under direction by the Memory of Iben Fahd.[1]
In-game[]
The memory as it appears in-game
The Memory of Jered Cain appears as part of the Legacy of the Horadrim system.
His in-game description is simply "Jered Cain," but has been called "Memory of" here to distinguish him from his progenitor.
Tale[]
Though I had seen 10 summers, my family knew my perspicacity; since I was a child, my sisters had asked after spare vellum for me, and my father bargained for parchment from travelers. They heeded my words when the plague swept through our town, and remained healthy while others fell to the disease, with awful sores blossoming in their mouths and underarms.
- Level 10
I wrapped my face in wet rags, watched the burning of the cadavers, and spoke to the relatives of the dead about their lives. My notes I kept in a small wood and leather tome, which I thought of as my grimoire. When I saw someone walking to the granaries or taverns, I urged them to stay outdoors, away from fouled air and the feverish, and to leech out bad blood. I was only a boy; seldom, it seemed, did they listen.
- Level 20
Terror, you see, was worse than the plague. The plague killed neighbors and friends; terror killed reason itself. Our home was safe, near the edge of town, and yet my family was the subject of angry questions. Why were we spared? What witch's pact had we made? What was in that tome I read? As the plague continued, the hysteria of the questions grew. Neighbors stared at us. My sisters' faces were fearful always.
Quotes[]
- "It is my privilege to share what I know with you. What question vexes you most?"
- "Live a good life, and you need not bother yourself with what comes after it."
- "I was once told that my bloodline would end the Horadrim...and yet here we are. Further proof that prophets are full of nonsense."
- "When plague took my hometown, I experimented on cadavers in search of a cure. I was but a boy, and it never occurred to me to sit and pray for salvation."
- "Learn, and you drive terror from yourself. Teach, and you drive terror from the world."
- "If someone names you foolish, they are just rude. If they name you a talent or a prodigy, then they mean to rob you."
- "Many who possess great power only use it for their own advancement. Better the mighty had remained ordinary."
- "It is incumbent on you to make the future brighter. Particuarly if you are the one with a lantern."
- "Prepare for a hard rain, even as you cross the desert."
- "People should never settle down in swamps, and yet we do, and make a fine go of it besides. The same is true for most "forbidden" practices."
- "You have an impressive bearing, Horadrim. Make certain your sense of justice keeps pace."
- "Demons and angels cannot choose--they can merely be. That is your greatest shield against the Heavens and the Hells."
- "I may come from a superstitious family...but I am greateful that, at least, I didn't ask for them.
- "Everywhere reason's light shines, there are forces who would snuff it out."
- "I have lost quite a few writings over the years. That is why I switched to tatoos."
- "My colleagues are ungainly in their rhetoric. It affords me an influence I could not win with force alone."