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[[image:concept-caldeum1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Caldeum concept art.]] '''Caldeum ''' is a second [[town ]] confirmed to be in Diablo III. It has been known as an enormous trading center centre only recently occupied by the [[Kehjistan ]] government following the fall of [[Kurast]].
It remains to be seen how Blizzard is going to capture the "trade capital of the entire world" in-game, as it would be substantially larger than any of the act towns seen in the previous games.
==Lore==
There is [http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/environments/caldeum.xmla a lore entry about Caldeum] on the official Diablo III page. An excerpt from the lore page culminates the recent activity in the area:
:"Caldeum was once the proudest city in all of [[Kehjistan]], the trade capital of the entire world. Caldeum was never seen as the heart of the empire, even though it rivaled [[Viz-jun]], and later [[Kurast]], in size, and those who called Caldeum their home liked it that way. -- ''Let Kurast see itself as the center of the world'', they would say. ''We'll keep our free exchange of goods, currency, and ideas, thank you very much''.
:-- This veneer began to shred when [[Emperor Hakan ]] became ill. His influence started to wane, and the mood in Caldeum changed with his health. As he got worse, so did our once fair city.
:When he died and his ineffectual child heir took the throne, Caldeum began to circle the abyss. Our list of ills seems never-ending: the state of our downtrodden and the slums they are forced to live in, our incompetent leadership, the reemergence re-emergence of the intolerant [[Zakarum]], and their quarrels with our mage class...I could go on for pages.
:It is all too much for one to bear, really."
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