Malthael
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Malthael is a major antagonist in the Diablo video game series, known as the former Archangel of Wisdom who becomes the Angel of Death and central villain of the Reaper of Souls expansion.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2496057 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Malthael Context triple: [Diablo, notableCharacter, Malthael]
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Nebaioth
Nebaioth is a biblical figure known as the firstborn son of Ishmael and ancestor of an Ishmaelite tribe mentioned in the Old Testament.
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Algazel
Algazel is the Latinized name of Al-Ghazali, the influential 11th-century Persian theologian, jurist, philosopher, and Sufi whose works profoundly shaped Islamic thought and medieval European philosophy.
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Metatron
Metatron is a powerful angelic being often depicted in Jewish and Christian mysticism as a celestial scribe or the voice of God.
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Wraith
Wraith is a horror comic series by Joe Hill that expands on the sinister world and characters of his novel "NOS4A2."
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Moloch
Moloch is an ancient Near Eastern deity often associated with child sacrifice and later demonized in Jewish, Christian, and modern cultural traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Malthael Target entity description: Malthael is a major antagonist in the Diablo video game series, known as the former Archangel of Wisdom who becomes the Angel of Death and central villain of the Reaper of Souls expansion.
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A.
Nebaioth
Nebaioth is a biblical figure known as the firstborn son of Ishmael and ancestor of an Ishmaelite tribe mentioned in the Old Testament.
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B.
Algazel
Algazel is the Latinized name of Al-Ghazali, the influential 11th-century Persian theologian, jurist, philosopher, and Sufi whose works profoundly shaped Islamic thought and medieval European philosophy.
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C.
Metatron
Metatron is a powerful angelic being often depicted in Jewish and Christian mysticism as a celestial scribe or the voice of God.
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D.
Wraith
Wraith is a horror comic series by Joe Hill that expands on the sinister world and characters of his novel "NOS4A2."
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E.
Moloch
Moloch is an ancient Near Eastern deity often associated with child sacrifice and later demonized in Jewish, Christian, and modern cultural traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
video game character ⓘ |
| affiliation | Angiris Council ⓘ |
| alignment | antagonist ⓘ |
| antagonisticForce |
High Heavens
ⓘ
Sanctuary ⓘ |
| appearance |
faceless hood
ⓘ
glowing spectral scythes ⓘ tattered black robes ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Diablo III
ⓘ
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls ⓘ Diablo ⓘ
surface form:
Diablo series
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| associatedItem | Black Soulstone ⓘ |
| centralIn | storyline of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls ⓘ |
| creator | Blizzard Entertainment ⓘ |
| deathCause | defeated by the Nephalem ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Diablo
ⓘ
Imperius ⓘ Nephalem ⓘ Tyrael ⓘ |
| faction |
Heavens (formerly)
ⓘ
Reapers ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Diablo III
ⓘ
surface form:
Diablo III (lore and cinematics)
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| formerTitle | Archangel of Wisdom ⓘ |
| gameGenre | action role-playing game ⓘ |
| goal |
destroy humanity as offspring of angels and demons
ⓘ
eradicate all demonic essence ⓘ |
| leads | Reapers ⓘ |
| motivation | belief that only death can end the Eternal Conflict ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
launches a crusade against humanity
ⓘ
steals the Black Soulstone ⓘ |
| occupation | member of the Angiris Council ⓘ |
| platform |
PC
ⓘ
PlayStation ⓘ Xbox ⓘ |
| power |
control over death
ⓘ
manipulation of Reapers ⓘ soul harvesting ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
final boss in Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
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major antagonist in Diablo III: Reaper of Souls ⓘ |
| species | angel ⓘ |
| title |
Grim Reaper
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surface form:
Angel of Death
|
| transformation | from Archangel of Wisdom to Angel of Death ⓘ |
| universe |
Diablo
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surface form:
Diablo universe
|
| weapon |
soul-harvesting scythes
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twin scythes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Malthael Description of subject: Malthael is a major antagonist in the Diablo video game series, known as the former Archangel of Wisdom who becomes the Angel of Death and central villain of the Reaper of Souls expansion.
Referenced by (7)
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