- Asylla in her journal(src)
Queen Asylla was the wife of King Leoric.
Biography
Life
Asylla was born in Khanduras,[1] and was the beloved wife of King Leoric, and mother of his two sons. Before his fall to madness, Leoric loved her deeply. Asylla was known for her beauty. She had a thousand gowns of a lovely pink, gifted to her by Leoric all at once.[2]
During the Darkening of Tristram, Leoric was seized by madness. Convinced by Lazarus that Asylla was conspiring against him, Leoric decided to imprison of his wife, confining her in his dungeons. She knew her death was imminent, yet feared for her sons more.[3]
The king eventually had her executed by guillotine. In her last moments, Asylla calmly maintained her innocence in the face of her husband's groundless accusations, but she was nonetheless beheaded, with Lazarus claiming that she had lied to the very end.[4] Following her beheading, her remains did not decay, apparent proof that she was a pure soul wrongly executed. The queen's bitter confusion about the circumstances of her death remain forever etched on her features, and those who see her vacant stare often found themselves transfixed by it.[5] Her body was interred in Ashwold Cemetery,[1] though the location of her tomb was kept secret, so that no-one would disturb her rest. Only her handmaiden knew its location.[6]
Undeath
Over two decades later, Asylla was found haunting the prisons beneath her former manor, holding her own head in a stretched arm. She informed the Nephalem of her servants' souls' being kept tortured and imprisoned. Once they were freed, the ghost of the queen directed the heroes to The Warden, and asked they end his evil forever.
The Nephalem would later witness the ghostly re-enactment of Asylla's last moments, only to confirm that Leoric indeed deserved his dark end.[4]
In-game
Asylla's ghostly form can be encountered in Diablo III in The Cursed Hold during The Imprisoned Angel quest. Her journal can also be found in this area. She then appears again in Royal Quarters, leading players to a secret area.
The Sorrowful Countenance mojo is based on her, but it was cut from the in-game.
Lovely Dye flavor text also references her, and is the only mention of anything in her biography not related to Leoric's fall.
Trivia
- The manner of Asylla's execution differs between sources. In Diablo III, she is seen being executed by guillotine. In Book of Cain artwork however, Leoric is seen wielding an axe himself, about to execute her.
- Apparently, in life, she possessed blonde hair[5], but her in-game portrait (used for her journal) shows her with brown hair instead.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 2019-11-01, BlizzCon 2019: Diablo Immortal Updates. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2019-11-04
- ↑ Diablo III, Lovely Dye
- ↑ Diablo III, Queen Asylla's Journal
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Diablo III, Act I
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Diablo III, Sorrowful Countenance
- ↑ Diablo Immortal, Ashwold Cemetery