
Subsequently, he was one of the few residents of Sanctuary able to recall the events of the war, which was assumed to be an allowance for the original nephalem due to their highly advanced ages by that time. Rathma was a key participant in the Sin War, acting in the shadows alongside the mystical being Trag'Oul to sabotage both his parent's causes and preserve the Balance by ensuring that neither his parents nor their respective races could dominate the future of the world.

Rathma's parents were the ringleaders of Sanctuary's creation, Lilith and Inarius he balked against their different yet equally domineering ways from an early age. The Chosen (mentioned only) Rathma, whose birth name was Linarian, was a first-generation nephalem and tutor to the first Necromancer of his namesake's order, the Priests of Rathma.
