Lore Questions about Ureh, Bastion's Keep, and Prince Albrecht der

[Technomancer]

Ok, first off, I know that Ureh was in a Diablo novel, but I've never read any of them and was wondering what Ureh is like. I'm curious for new character ideas. What basic culture or themes are present there? Do they deal with the [D2W]Necromancer[D2W]s much? Any spectacular history? The wiki mentions that a gate to hell once existed there...

Bastion's Keep is a new landmark on the D3 site's world map, near the Arreat Crater, I was wondering if anyone new anything about this, maybe from novels or anywhere else. There may not be any info about it, I just thought I'd see.

Lastly, I haven't played D1 in a LONG time, so this might be a stupid question, but did Prince Albrecht die after Diablo was defeated? I remember him laying down, breathing heavy when the hero plunged the soulstone into himself, but I don't remember if he died. If he didn't, does anyone know what ever became of him? I wonder if he could make a re-appearance.

Thanks for any responses.

[DWS]

Bastion's Keep is probably the wall with defenders on it in the trailer. Not sure who Bastion is...

Albrecht totally died. He wasn't even albrecht anymore.

[Taddl]

i dont want to spoiler anything so i just will answer ur questions about ureh as short as possible.
their culture is what u would describe as a bunch of monks xD statues of archangels everywhere, that city was very rich, so everything was quite nobel...

well their culture itself had nothing to do which necros - as far as i know their religion had some major differences with the necros religion so they didnt really get along... but zayl, one of the main chars in this book is a nec and he had a major role...

any spectacular story? well yeah^^ an entire book was all about that city xD
u should just read the summary of the book (i think there is one in the wiki) or read the book itself^^ cause if i tried to write down the lore behind the city it wouldnt be any different from that summary^^
i recommend reading the book, i think this one was the best of the series, even better then the sinwar trilogy but thats just my oppinion

[Technomancer]

Thanks! Yeah, I need to go read up on that book. Sounds interesting, I didn't really know the first thing about Ureh, so this points me in the right direction.

I know Albrecht was totally screwed up, I just wasn't sure. It seems that if he lived, it would be well known. Thought it could possibly be a plot point for D3, though doubtful.