Darksider 3

Plot

Darksiders III takes place parallel to the events of the previous games in what is described as a dilapidated, war-torn planet Earth. It follows the protagonist Fury, Rider of the Black Horse, sister Horseman of the Apocalypse, and one of the last of the Nephilim, in her quest to hunt down and destroy the Seven Deadly Sins, as ordered by the Charred Council.

Fury encounters the Lord of the Hollows, a powerful entity within the Hollows that helps Fury in her quest to destroy the Seven Deadly Sins. Wielding power enabling both weary Angels and Demons to complete release from the cycle of life, death and rebirth of the Well of Souls, the Hollow Lord aids Fury but his own goals remain unknown. The Hollow Lord attempts to inform Fury that she is being manipulated by the Charred Council for their machinations, going so far as to call her ignorant and blind to their plans and lies. Though Fury denies it, the Lord of the Hollows nonetheless aids her by giving her the powers of elemental hollows (to enhance her combat abilities) and instructs her to hunt down the demon Abraxis and return his soul to him.

As Fury takes one sin after another, the Lord of Hollows continues to endow her with new hollows to aid in her mission. When she makes it to Abraxis' stronghold, Fury wants to know why the Lord of Hollows wants Abraxis dead. Abraxis tells Fury that a new dark lord is coming and he's only known as The Destroyer. The demon explains that the Lord of Hollows intend to hollow the mortal realm to install a new order. Since this is a choice in the story, if you choose to believe in Abraxis, the demon will thank you and welcome to his master's home anytime. Once you make it back to the Lord of Hollows, you'll still have the choice to face him in combat or choose to believe him. If you follow through for Abraxis, the Lord of Hollows will simply be killed. However, if you agree to believe the Lord of Hollows, he'll end his own life, but leave a Mysterious Stone Sigil for you in the future. If you choose to face Abraxis, you'll kill him and take his soul as the prize.

Ultimately, Pride will be the last two remaining sins left to face. After Fury defeats Pride, the sin reveals certain truths that've been kept from the horsemen for the longest time. Erstwhile Fury's Watcher who has been trailing her the whole time reveals herself to be the true final sin, Envy. Tricking Fury and the Charred Council into helping her absorb the rest of the sins so she can gain their powers, Envy took the talisman and wielded all the might of the seven deadly to combat her duplicitous handlers. Envy would make sport of Fury who had been disabled by Prides collapsing vigil, having absorbed her energy to weaken the Horsemen in her debilitated state. Envy reveals to her captive audience that the Council had been playing both the Seven and the Riders against each other intending for both to be destroyed in the ensuing battle. Envy, realizing their chicanery early, took the appearance of one of their Watchers to fool them both. All while their disposable enforcer gathered up the rest of her hated siblings as she guided Fury along her path to glory. With the other Sins out of the way, Envy intends to face the Charred Council with her enhanced powers and take the broken world the two had traversed for her own. Leaving the now weakened Fury to take a steep fall. Fury survives her fatal inception with the help of the Humans she saved, after realizing just how far off the path of a horsemen she'd gotten. Fury bemoans to the human Jones about how badly misguided she really was, with coaxing from the latter Fury finds herself in the main hall of the Makers Haven. With Ulthane's help she's able to get to the chamber of the Charred Council to face Envy. With new resolve, Fury sets out on her final task; to defeat Envy and admonish the traitorous court for all of their conniving. Envy meanwhile makes battle with the Council in their domain, boasting of how they've spent too long behind their table and lack the ability to fend for themselves. The council is irate that she would so brazenly attack their altar, but the sin merely scoffs it off. Saying those stone faced charlatans were asking for something like this to happen that they practically opened themselves to such karmic retribution. the Council bellowed she would pay dearly for her power hungry antics but Envy laughed at their statement, seeing as they were no better than Envy herself in that regard. Stating after she destroyed them, Envy would simply wait out the calamity that the council willfully overlooked and dispose of any left over factions remaining in the aftermath. Fury made her grand entrance proclaiming her would be manipulator and assassin had failed.

The council commanded Fury to depose of their opposition but they're ex-disciplinarian rebuked their orders. Now well aware that they no longer valued Fury or her brothers and intended to kill them all. After a grueling final battle, Fury finally defeats Envy and seals her within her own talisman. But the Charred Council confirms they're disavowing her and attempt to destroy their former charge. If you do not have the Sigil stone, Fury will simply take the Sin's amulet and toss it at them like a denotative charge before fleeing back to Earth through the Reflecting Pools gateway.

If the player does have the Sigil, Fury uses it to block the Charred Council's attack, who do so out of fear its power. Although she doesn't know the functionality of the relic, she can see the council abhors it realizing the item has greater import than she knew of. Ultimately, Fury resists when they demand she relinquish it to them and then throws the Talisman of Sin that held the Seven Deadly at their faces instead. Causing it too explode, beating the Charred Council before escaping back to Earth. Upon Fury's return to Haven, where the Makers are guarding the last humans. She now realizes this war was motivated by the celestial's fear of humanity. With hell's forces heading towards their location, the portal created to enter the Council Chamber is used as an exit strategy to save what remains of humanity. As the Makers and Jones make a final stand against the Destroyers armies, Fury vows to protect whats left of humanity and prepares to depart. As she watches the fight, she realizes the human helping the Makers fend off the hellions is actually Strife. The remains of humanity are now safe and hidden away in another realm. Elsewhere, the grand architect behind everything knows what Fury has done, but still intends to carry out his plans of destruction.