Tal Rasha stated that Tyrael would have answers, and promised Kulle that Baal would not roam free again.

Kulle, annoyed, pointed out that only an archangel's weapon could cleave the Worldstone, and even then, there was no way they could make it to Mount Arreat before Baal escaped. Tal Rasha was unperturbed, stating that all they had to do was obtain another soulstone. However, the fragment could not contain Baal's essence forever, and there wasn't enough time to reformulate it. In a second battle against the Lord of Destruction, Baal was subdued, and imprisoned within the soulstone fragment. They found Tal Rasha and Baal locked in mortal combat, and joined the fray. Tal Rasha teleported after him, while ordering Kulle to lead the Horadrim into the valley below to meet up with him. In truth, the first account appears to be more accurate, as Kulle and Tal Rasha wielded the soulstone together, but Baal shattered it, before escaping through a portal. Kulle and Tal Rasha seal Baal inside the fragment Another states that it was the inability of Zoltun Kulle (another member of the Horadrim) to properly handle the stone in battle, which lead to its breaking. Tal Rasha however, subdued the raging demon lord and, gathering the largest of the soulstone's shards, trapped Baal's destructive essence within it.

The main account states that during the fight, one of Baal's attacks shattered the sacred soulstone that was supposed to imprison him. Together, they were able to incapacitate Baal and use the soulstone against him. Tal Rasha confronted Baal alone before Kulle and the other Horadrim arrived. The Horadrim finally confronted Baal after he left the city. Tal Rasha ordered the Horadrim to wait so that no innocents would be caught in the crossfire. Of the Three Brothers, Baal was the second Prime Evil found, who took refuge in the city of Lut Gholein for three days.

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