Theater Macabre: The Dark Exile is a short story featured in Heroes Rise, Darkness Falls, as written by James Waugh. It is described as a tribute to the works of Edgar Allan Poe. The story is centered on a stage play that recounts the events that led up to the Dark Exile. It also provides more backstory for the events of Diablo II and its expansion, such as why Andariel and Duriel were on Sanctuary, and how the Zakarum were corrupted.