The Legacy of Kain

Tonight's installment...

Blood Omen 2

"From the shards of tattered dreams I rose, unwilling. Tossed upon
tides of pain that flowed and ebbed and left me searingly awake and more
revoltingly...alive."

Standing in the Sarafan Memorial Chamber within the Sarafan Stronghold, clutching the Soul Reaver blade, Kain watches as the memories in his mind warp and distort. He sees the past he once knew die and sees a new past emerge. He sees himself resurrect not Raziel and his Sarafan brethren after the fall of the Pillars, but a different group of allies instead. He sees himself at war against the humans, beating back their numbers with ease. He sees his dreams of imperial masterhood gorwing closer and closer to reality. And then he sees all of those hopes dashed to the ground.

200 years after the fall of the Pillars, Kain had amassed a monstrous Vampire army. He and his lieutenants had devastated the human ranks and had overwhelmed the populations. Then suddenly, Kain's greatest roadblock emerged, threatening everything he had worked for over the previous 200 years. The Sarafan Order was resurrected, nearly a millennium after they had originally disbanded. They re-emerged from the depths of obscurity, now led with an even more vicious code of conduct and commanded by their most powerful and fearsome leader in history: the Sarafan Lord, a massive,, masked, heavily equipped man with green Glyph energy pouring out of his armor and enchanting his entire body.

The final battle between the world of men and the world of Vampires was waged 200 years after the fall of the Pillars. The Sarafan Order defended their Stronghold against the Vampire assault, and both armies suffered massive casualties. In the end, Kain took the Sarafan Lord head-on. The Vampire, equipped with the Soul Reaver, tore into his terrifying opponent with murderous skill, but every attack ended in failure. The Soul Reaver would not even so much as scratch the Sarafan Lord's body and was incapable of piercing his armor. Eventually, the Sarafan Lord struck Kain a fatal blow, sending the Vampire to his demise. Looking down upon his fallen opponent, the Sarafan Lord took the Reaver and claimed it his own prize.

200 years later, Kain's eyes open once again and he finds himself in a lavishly decorated bedroom. He retains only the memory of his name and of his Vampiric nature. All other memories have been lost to the void. In addition to his loss of memory, he no longer has possession of the majority of the vampiric Dark Gifts he had acquired previously and his body is barely more durable than that of a common human. It is then that he sees he is not alone. He sees a strange tattooed woman stading at the room's window. She introduces herself as Umah, a member of the Vampire Cabal, and proceeds to explain Nosgoth's current state.

Umah tells Kain that since his death, the Vampire armies have disbanded. The Sarafan rule the land, and have built Nosgoth's capital city of Meridian as their base of operations. They rule the world with an iron fist, and keep the masses in line through strict law and brutal punishment. All throughout Meridian, the city is supplied with a universal power source called Glyph Energy. it powers people's houses, it powers machinery, and it creates energy barriers throughout the city to impede the movement and freedoms of the Vampires. You see, Glyph energy is fatal to Vampires, but it doesn't harm any other creature at all.

Umah leads Kain out onto the terrace and shows him what has become of the land. In the 200 years that Kain has been "asleep", the world has gone through an extreme metamorphosis. The world of Nosgoth is currently in the midst of an industrial revolution. Automobile carriges, large industrial factories and steam spewing into the air from the rooftops are a common sight in the city. She tells Kain that in this day and age, Vampires are a rare breed. They have been hunted to near-extinction, and only a small resistance, known as the Cabal, remain in Meridian.

In order to efficiently hunt and eliminate these last vesiges of Vampiric descent, the Sarafan have actually taken to employing a number of Kain's former Vampire lieutenants. Kain is told that their betrayal is part of the reason why his army lost the war to the Sarafan 200 years ago. They had sold the Sarafan Lord his secrets, and with them, the Lord struck his opponent down easily. Kain, enraged with this, is determined to exact revenge and visit punishment upon his traitorous former allies as well as the Sarafan Lord and his pathetic Order.

Umah re-trains Kain in how to use his vampiric abilities, re-teaching him the use of The Whisper, Slow Descent, Distance Drain and his Mist Form, the only Dark Form that he has retained since his death. Eventually, the two are pursued by Sarafan Knights, and are forced to split up. Umah instructs Kain via Whisper where to meet her, for she plans on taking him to Sanctuary, the headquarters of the Cabal.

Making his way through the rest of the city slums, Kain encounters the first of his traitorous Lieutenants, the Vampire Faustus, gifted with incredbile speed and agility. Kain asks Faustus how it feels to betray your own kind, and the devious Vampire responds saying that his kind is "the strong". He comments that he has no sympathy for the weak, be they Vampire or Human. He claims no allegiances to anyone but those more powerful then himself, regardless of their creed. Kain brands him a pathetic coward and the two do battle in the middle of a large industrial furnace. Fastus uses the environment to his advantage, leaping off of the pipework and chains while hurling projectiles at his former master. Eventually, though, his quick feet aren't enough to save his sorry hide, and he falls to Kain's blade. Kain drinks the young Vampire's blood and gains the Jump ability, allowing him to leap a great horizontal distance in a single bound. Dropping Faustus' corpse on the filthy stell floor, Kain strides from the furnace and makes his way into the core of the Lower City.

Umah contacts Kain, congratulating him on his defeat of the arrogant younger Vampire. She then instructs him to head for Sanctuary and wait for her there. He allows his ego to take control of him, claiming that he is no one's errand boy and wishes to take the Sarafan Lord's life immediately. Umah admonishes Kain for his impatience, saying that she has been commanded by the leader of the Cabal to investigate Meridian's Industrial District and that while she is gone, Kain must wait for her at Sanctuary. Kain informs her not to underestimate him, and she responds that she doesn't. He is the Cabal's last hope, and she won't have that hope wasted as a result of premature action. She then informs Kain how to reach Sanctuary and leaves Kain to his own devices.

Seeing no other choice but to comply, Kain takes Umah's directions and makes his way deeper into the Lower City. Eventually, he enters a small, walled-off square littered with drained corpses. He knows immediately that there is another Vampire within close proximity and has his suspicions proven true when a heavily armored fiend named Sebastian emerges from the shadows, claiming responsibility for the carnage. Sebastian asks Kain if he enjoys the scene and the elder Vampire claims that the youth is a sloppy butcher, endangering his presence with this show of brutality. The youth mocks Kain, saying that it is the elder Vampire's presence that is in danger, not his own. Kain deduces that this Vampire is another of the traitors in the service of the Sarafan. Just as he makes the realization, Sebastian flees, leaping from rooftop to rooftop, with Kain close on his tail. Leaping up to a rooftop too high for Kain to reach, Sebastian muses that he always hated Kain's arrogant tone, and that he looks forward to silencing him permanently. With that, he escapes, leaving Kain no choice but to continue his search for Sanctuary.

Shortly thereafter, Kain enters the Cabal headquarters, Sanctuary, and is confronted by a small group of his own breed, standing guard. They let his pass, and as Kain enters he sees the Cabal's leader and is shocked by the vision. Somehow, beyond all reason and explanation, Vorador has been resurrected and is leading the Vampire reistance. Vorador welcomes Kain and explains that time is extremely short for the Vampire race. They face extinction once again at the hands of Vampire hunters, and that their chances for victory diminish more every day. Vorador explains to Kain that their only hope is to kill the Sarafan Lord, which is exactly what Kain has been resurrected for. He explains the Cabal's plan to Kain, telling the Vampire that the Sarafan Order is too strong to take head-on. They must kill the head so that the body will die. But, in order to do that, the Cabal needs an operative outside of the Sarafan's field of vision. They need a powerful agent, an vicous assassin that the Sarafan won't even be looking for. They need a strong, willful Vampire that the Sarafan think is already long-dead.

That is their intention in reviving Kain. To retrain him after years of slumber, to make him powerful again and to send him discreetly against the leader of the Sarafan in order to topple their regime with stealth. Just as all of this is being explained to Kain, however, one of Vorador's minions bursts through the entrance to Sanctuary, bloody, heavily wounded and saying that Umah has been captured by the Sarafan. They were ambushed during their investigation of the Industrial Quarter and she was taken captive. Vorador explains to Kain that the Cabal members cannot save her. They will be detected immediately and killed, leaving only Kain as the one viable option for saving the captured Umah. Vorador explains to Kain that he cannot enter through the front of the Stronghold, but instead he must use the back passages connected to Meridian's Upper City, the more upscale and wealthy portion of the capital. In the Upper City, there is a Bishop in league with the Cabal who can assist Kain in infiltrating the Sarafan Stronghold. Exiting Sanctuary, Kain makes his way for the Upper City.

Arriving in the Upper City, Kain notices the drastic amount of difference between the slums and this section of Meridian. While the Lower City was a filthy webwork of tightly compacted buildings, creating a labyrinth of grime-encrusted alleys and narrow streets, the Upper City enjoys much more space for decadent homes and large avenues. The streets are clean, the sky is not blotched with clouds of smoke and steam and the overall atmosphere seems much livelier and far more protected from the likes of Kain and his ilk.

As Kain stalks through the Upper City, he takes note of a strange collection of men, garbed in black shrouds and masks, operating on various Glyph boxes throughout the city. He comes to learn that these men are called Glyph Wrights and they are the ones solely responsible for maintaining the system of Glyph energy pulsing through the city.

Investigating the city further, his path is cut off as he attempts to enter a narrow tunnel and a thick iron portcullis descends in front of him. A dark-garbed figure steps forth on the other side of the iron gate and Kain recognizes him immediately. His name is Marcus, one of Kain's former Lieutenants. Kain recalls the last he remembered of Marcus, and that he tried to kill his former Lieutenant. Marcus states that Kain failed, and while his former master thought him dead, he waited until the Sarafan emerged from the war as the victors and gave himself over to the winning side. Kain claims that he had known all along that Marcus was a sneaking, conniving opportunist, which is why he tried to murder the younger Vampire previously. He then threatens that this time his job will be more thorough and that the younger vampire's death will be permanent. Marcus then responds that Kain has underestimated him, and explains how his Dark Gifts have evolved. He tells Kain that he has gained the ability the Charm all living creatures and bend them to his will. He says goodbye to Kain as he prepares his powers to turn Kain into his mindless drone. Kain feels the full force of the psychic attack and uses every ounce of his willpower to break the Charm, shocking Marcus to his core. He insults the former lieutenant, saying that his powers are far too weak to overcome someone as powerful as himself. Marcus, stunned by the outcome, regains control of the situation, saying that although the Charm failed, it still allowed Marcus to see into his opponent's mind. He knows that Kain is after the Bishop, and he intends to reach the holy man and kill him before his former master ever reaches him. Fleeing, Marcus Charms two guards to attack the elder Vampire and the race begins.

Hurtling through the Upper City at top speed, and battling Marcus' Charmed minions the entire way, Kain eventually reaches the Bishop's Cathedral and enters. he makes his way to the Bishop's private chambers and sees the holy man standing in a daze. Kain demands passage into the Sarafan Stronghold, but when he is greeted with choked nonsense and rasping grunts, he realizes that he has arrived too late. Marcus enters the room and tells Kain that the Bishop will not speak a word as long as the Vampire lives. Kain, intrigued by the implication, chases Marcus to the roof of the cathedral where they both fall through the roof's glass windows and into the central chapel. The fight begins, and Kain is assaulted by waves of Marcus' mindless drones. Eventually, Kain corners his former underling, drinks his blood and acquires the Charm ability, giving him the capacity to take control of any non-threatening human target.

Re-entering the Bishop's chambers, Kain arrives to find that the holy man has been broken out of his trance. Kain demands passage to the Sarafan Stronghold and the Bishops provides the path.

Entering the Stronghold, Vorador contacts Kain to congratulate him on his victory against Marcus and to inform him that he senses Umah's presence on the top floor of the fortress. he also proceeds to warn Kain that if he should encounter the Sarafan Lord in the Stronghold, that he must not stand and fight, but flee the enemy immediately. Disgusted with the idea of such cowardice, Kain protests, but is quickly convinced that it is in their plans best interests to exert discretion in these matters. He will have his chance to rend the flesh of his enemy, but now is not the time. Umah has valuable information and must be rescued before any attempt on the Lord's life is to be taken.

Making his way to the top of the fortress, Kain enters Umah's holding cell, blocked on all sides by lethal Glyph barriers. Seeing no easy way to spring his ally, he tries to pry Umah's information from her, but she refuses, saying that her knowledge is for Vorador to hear. She will not spill her information to Kain, and therefore he will have to find a way to free her in order to be enlightened. Breaking through the side of Umah's cell and finding a way to slip through the barrier unharmed, he unshackles the Vampire spy and they leave the cell. As they step out onto the roof of the fortress, they hear a large footstep hit the ground behind them. They turn, and standing there, waiting for them is the Sarafan Lord, clutching the Soul Reaver in his hand. Allowing his ego to once again get the best of him, Kain prepares to attack the enemy and is quickly struck down. Realizing that he truly is out of is league, he tries to stall the Lord further until Umah completes a teleportation spell that the glyph barriers previously prevented her from using to escape. With one final taunt, the Sarafan Lord watches as his quarry dematerializes and is whisked away to their hideout.

Arriving in Sanctuary, Kain and Umah are greeted by Vorador, who thanks Kain for his bravery in rescuing his apprentice. Umah quickly dispenses he knowledge to Vorador, explaining that the Sarafan Order has some sort of portal built in the Industrial Quarter that provides transport to an unknown but vital location in their regime. Umah then explains that the portal was being powered by what appeared to be an artifact called the Nexus Stone. Kain, curious as to this artifact's nature, asks what it is and Vorador explains that the Nexus Stone is the very reason why the Sarafan Lord so easily defeated Kain 200 years ago. The Stone nullifies the powers of the Reaver, and the Sarafan Lord was wearing it when they fought. Enraged at this new information, Kain immediately sets his sight on acquiring the Stone and using it to defeat the Sarafan Lord. Vorador provides him the information he needs to reach the Industrial Quarter, and with that, he sets out once again.

The Industrial Quarter proves itself to be much larger and more intimidating than Kain had originally expected. He makes his way through a massive conglomeration of monstrous factories and warehouses, some delving deep underground and riddled with horrifying pitfalls. Making his way to the deepest recesses of the Industrial Quarter, he eventually finds his way into the Nexus Stone Power Chamber, and waiting for him is Sebastian. By this point, Kain has recovered much more of hi memory and now recognizes the fiend as one of his former lieutenants. Sebastian mocks Kain, accusing him of being no better than a common thief, to which Kain replies that the lying snake before him was the one solely responsible for costing Kain the war 200 years prior. Sebastian admits to having crippled Kain's army, he admits to having betrayed his master and he revels in his treacherous nature. He explains to Kain that he couldn't bear to be second-in-command while his former master ruled the world. He instead saw greater potential for ultimate power by aligning with the Sarafan Lord. Kain brands Sebastian a fool, stating that once his usefulness has run out, the Sarafan Lord won't bother to keep the former lieutenant around any longer than necessary. He then offers Sebastian a favor. He offers to kill his fomer underling now instead of allowing his hopes to be crushed later. With that the fight begins.

Steam sprays wildly from the Power Room's walls and Sebastian uses his blinding speed to outmaneuver Kain and deliver flurries of attacks with lightning speed. Kain uses the environment to his advantage by hurling the younger Vampire into the steam jets, burning him repeatedly. Eventually, Kain defeats his fomer soldier, and as his broken body lies on the floor, he demands to know the truth about the Nexus Stone and the portal being powered by it. Sebastian replies with a sense of glee that the portal leads to a massive underground weapon called The Device, and that regardless of Kain's efforts, he will fail. His true enemies have become far too powerful to be stopped.

Lamenting about the possible future that could have been theirs for the taking, Kain leaves his former ally with one final note of scorn and saps his blood, taking with it the Berserk ability, another combat-based Dark Gift similar to the Fury attack. The Berserk attack allows Kain to unleash a flurry of attacks upon his helpless opponents, tearing them to ribbons. As Kain removes the Nexus Stone from it's magnetic field, the entire chamber begins to shake violently initiating a massive explosion which knocks Kain unconscious. A few hours later, he awakens in Sanctuary and is greeted by Umah.

Upon awakening, Kain divulges his newfound information to Vorador, who suggests that Kain pay a visit to an ancient creature known only as the Seer. She lives alone just outside of the walls of Meridian, in the desert wasteland. Kain, curious as to learn the true purpose of The Device leaves Sanctuary and makes his way for the Wastelands.

Silently making his way through the city's outer wall and into the desert wastes beyond, Kain now finally sees the devastation that has been wrought upon the rest of Nosgoth since his death. The land is infested with demons. The lesser demons frequently encountered in the Wastelands are giant spiderlike creatures oozing with a sickly green glow. These vile things capture their prey, mostly consisting of unlucky merchants traveling between Meridian and which ever town they hail from. Kain spies clusters of trees filled with the dangling bodies of unlucky travelers, cocooned in webbing and hung for later consumption.

Kain battles his way through hordes of Lesser Demons, simultaneously fending off highway bandits and unlucky Sarafan Knights commisioned to patrol these vile canyons. Eventually, he reaches the edge of a cliff, upon which rests the abode of the Seer, a rickety wooden hut with a small porch. He enters the abode and, expecting to find some ancient human woman, he instead encounters a creature unlike anything he has ever seen. She has an outwardly demonic appearance, with a crown of horns, grey skin and blazing eyes, while simultaneously radiating an image of cultured beauty. She acknowledges the Vampire cautiously, letting him know that she is aware of who he is and what he has come for. She tests him, taunting him and suggesting that he halt his crusade and enjoy what little time he has left alive. He demands answers to his questions, and sensing his conviction, she is convinced that he is worthy of her audience. She explains to Kain that the Device is an ancient weapon, built long ago by her ancestors for the purposes of eradicating the Vampire race. It rests deep underneath Meridian, but explains that he will need an augmentation to his powers in order to enter the Device. She offers her blood, and he drinks, taking with it her power of Telekinesis, which provides Kain with the ability to manipulate objects at a distance as well as allowing him to injure enemies with TK projectiles. Suddenly, the hut is wracked with a large explosion and the house quickly ingites. The Seer uses her powers to view outside her home and sees that the Sarafan Lord and a small team of his troops have followed her guest and plans to burn them both alive. She uses her remaining moments to wish Kain luck and teleport him to the entrance to The Device. Kain escapes the inferno, while the Seer remains and is never heard from again...

And that's all I've got time for tonight! Tune in tomorrow night for the conclusion to Blood Omen 2!

HOLY SHIT, This is some amazing stuff. You should write books about this stuff. I can't wait until the part with Magnus. the poor soul, and the final battle should be kick ass. Ever thought of animating the entire thing with like maya or something? Damn, I could see everything as though I had seen a movie. This is indeed a very rare talent, but i guess it comes naturally with age. So far I have read the Blood Omen series and skipped the Soul Reaver series, but plan to go back. God your a great writer. Oh and one last word, AMAZING!!

P.S. If this were a movie or book, I would definatley buy a ticket or the book.

P.P.S. You should make up your own interpretaion of how Raziel's and Kain's life was before their "transformations". I would enjoy reading those. Thanks for the reading material and Seyonara, until tomorrow

Date: June 21, 2004 Time: 1:04 AM
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No update today? . I stayed up all night waiting, Raziel!

Yeah, sorry, I got embroiled in some other affairs and didn't have time tonight. I'll return with the conclusion to Blood Omen 2, two days from now. In addition, I'll be posting some extra commentary in regards to the plot and all that jazz throughout the remainder of next week.

I'm still sortof convinced that Blood Omen 2 happened BEFORE soul reaver.. because the sarafan has the material form of the soul reaver... but then i think about it and notice that the sarafan lord is not the original one ... hmm can somebody clear this up?

Hey, should I have played the games in order to understand them, because i want to play them, but I also want to understand the events! Also, Is Soul Reaver 2 for PS2, because I only have a PS, but will get a PS2 Soon. Right now I own Blood Omen 2 for Xbox and have only played defiance a little, but so far I have concluded that Raziel has almost thanked Kain for the new form.
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I'm not sure what you're confused about, Ex. The Soul Reaver doesn't become the Wraith Blade until the first SR game, so if Blood Omen 2 comes before SR1, the only possible way Kain could have the Reaver is if it was still in physical form.

If it makes it easier to understand, this is how Kain's lifetime goes using the chronology of the games: Blood Omen, Blood Omen 2, Soul Reaver, Soul Reaver 2, Defiance. However, that's not how the chronology of the story works. The events of BO2 never happened until Kain altered history at the end of SR2.

And now for the conclusion to Blood Omen 2.

Re-materializing, Kain finds himself located in front of a massive metal door with a strange green rune built into the top. He uses his newfound telekinetic gifts to activate the rune, opening the barrier. Stepping inside, he works his way through a winding underground tunnel and enters into the primary power chamber of The Device. Situated in the middle of the room is a monstrous, horned, skull-faced creature simply named The Beast. Kain, anticipating a battle, draws his weapon, but is rebuked by the Beast. The creature tells the Vampire that the two are not enemies, and that he is glad to see Kain arrive.

The Beast explains to Kain that he is being held prisoner by the ones who are currently trying to revive the Device. He has been enslaved, and is being used as the primary power source to energize the weapon. He explains to Kain that there is no way for him to simply destroy the weapon, because it's size rivals that of Meridian itself. He informs Kain that his only hope is to locate the creature responsible for the design of the Device, a being known only as The Builder. Having been informed just how old the Device really is, Kain responds that there is no way a non-vampiric creature could have been responsible for creating the weapon and still be alive. The Beast tells Kain that is very much alive, and is has been held captive for millennia in a place named the Eternal Prison. The Prison, he tells Kain, is a monstrous stone penitentiary in which time has no effect. Seconds, hours and minutes stand frozen and the inmates recieve punishment for their heinous crimes infinitely. The Builder is still alive because he has been imprisoned there since the Device was built. He tells Kain that the Builder will gladly aid in the destruction of the weapon, and that the Vampire must seek him out immediately.

Kain sets out for the Eternal Prison, making his way into the futhest northern reaches of Nosgoth. He eventually reaches the Prison, and finds it to be a massive stone fortress built on a massive stone spire jutting hundreds upon hundreds of feet above the raging ocean. He infiltrates the stronghold, and is immediately attacked by the "wardens" of the Eternal Prison, a creed of plane-shifting beings robed in dark cloaks and wielding vicious scythes. As he makes his way through the Prison, he is consitently attacked by these creatures for threatening to disturb the balance of the environment. As he descends further and further into the Prison's levels, the surrounding environment becomes more and more detached from reality, the most psychosis-inducing levels consisting of maze-like hunks of concrete suspended over a whirling abyss.

Progressing further, Kain eventually encounters the most vicious beast that the Prison currently holds; a deformed, demonic humanoid with a massive fiery generator strapped to his back and metal plates surgically implanted into his skull and torso. Kain watches as the infinitely psychotic marauder tears through hallways full of inmates and even successfully slaughters a number of Wardens as well. The creature devours most of his kills, and upon realizing that he has no victims left, he turns his sights on Kain. Kain attempts to defend himself, but comes to realize that his enemy is nearly invulnerable, shrugging off every attack he utilizes. So, with no other option Kain flees, leading his predator into a large pool of water. The creature shrieks in agony as he plummets through the pool and Kain then understands that this opponent is obviously a Vampire. Breathing a sigh of relief, Kain leaves and makes his way furhter into the Prison.

Kain eventually locates the cell of the Builder and releases the man he has been looking for. Upon opening the door, he recieves a rude shock, for the creature held within is like nothing he has ever seen. Grey skin, a crown or horns upon his head, and very skeletal/demonic features. He makes note of this and deduces that the Builder and the Seer must obviously be of the same race. Explaining his dilemma, the Builder quickly complies, explaing to Kain what he must do in order to cripple the machine. He tells Kain of the Mass, the horrifying monstrosity that provides the Device with the Glyph energy and focusing power to make that energy into a weapon. He tells Kain that while the Beast powers the structure, the Mass gives firepower to the weapon. (It's like a car. The Beast powers the electrical system, the Mass provides the gasoline, powering the engine.) He tells Kain that in order to permanently cripple the Device, he must kill the Mass. In order to do that, he must take advantage of the one weakness that the Builder intentionally implemented into the structure: the Builder's own blood. If the Builder's blood is introduced into the Mass' system, it will poison the creature fatally, killing it within minutes. The Builder only asks for one thing in return for his services: death. He has spent millennia in the Eternal Prison and does not wish to languish here any longer. Willing to grant the Builder's final request, Kain bites into the demon's neck, sapping his blood and ending his life.

Making his way out of the Prison, Kain is suddenly confronted once again by the flesh-eating monster he thought he had killed previously. Kain continues his earlier tactics, leading the monster into traps two more times, and thinking both times that his competitor was finished. As he is minutes from exiting the Prison, however, the creature halts him one final time, preparing for their last encounter. He sits perched atop a large stone obelisk situated in the middle a of a deep fountain. Kain cannot go near him for fear of the water surrounding his opponent's perch. The creature unleashes his most devastating power, Immolate, a vampiric fire spell capable of instantly incinerating anything it consumes. Kain avoids his attacker's violent attacks and uses his new telekinetic powers to hurl the freak into the pool repeatedly. Eventually, the creature flees, and invigorated with the rush of conquest, Kain pursues The two combatants square off in the Prison's courtyard, underneath a massive statue of the Timestreamer Moebius. Eventually, Kain prevails, tricking the freak into collapsing the statue onto himself, wounding him fatally.

As he lies wounded on the stone floor, the monster finally gains some sort of lucidity, and in a completely rational and sane tone, addresses Kain by name, shocking the Vampire. He reveals his true identity as Magnus, Kain's former second-in-command. Kain responds in utter horror, for the demeted beast lying before him looks nothing like the Magnus he remembered. Revolted with this new information, Kain verbally assaults Magnus, blaming the younger Vampire for betraying him the night before the final battle against the Sarafan. Magnus, had left the camp that night and never returned. Kain had always assumed that he had left to join the ranks of their enemy, and that it had been Magnus' fault for his army's loss. Magnus truthfully and earnestly denies the notion, telling Kain that he had stayed loyal until the very end. That night, he had left kain's camp and infiltrated the Sarafan Stronghold with the intention of assassinating the Sarafan Lord pre-emptively. He wanted to cripple the enemy before the battle even began. Fate, however, would choose another course of action, and Magnus was captured by his enemies. Not killed, but tortured and mutilated over the course of 200 years. He was placed inside of the Eternal Prison a century ago, and 100 years of constant tormet drove him to complete insanity, simultaneously augmenting his vampiric powers, making him nearly invinicible.

Shocked and touched by these words, Kain genuinely thanks his former apprentice. Magnus swears allegiance to Kain now, as he has always sworn his allegiance, but apologizes, for in his current condition, he cannot fight alongside his former master. He has suffered too many grievous wounds and his body won't last much longer. In addition, his body has now become such a vile parody of his proud vampiric form that he cannot imagine continuing to live so shamefully for even so much as another day. He asks for Kain's mercy, to kill him and end his suffering now. Kain, greatful to his loyal servant, obliges, drinking his blood and absorbing the powerful Immolate technique. Fueled by rage after seeing what the Sarafan have done to his most beloved underling, Kain leaves the Eternal Prison determined to end the Sarafan Lord's life in the most brutal ways imaginable.

Returning to the Device, the Beast congratulates Kain on obtaining the blood of the Builder, and opens the path into the lower levels of the Device. Before Kain departs, however, the Beast explains exactly who the true enemy is. The Sarafan have been constructing Glyph generators all over Meridian. Through these generators, Glyph Barriers are created and the city is powered. But these generators serve a further purpose that the Sarafan are not aware of. They have been built for the purpose of distributing as much Glyph energy as they can, for the purpose of blanketing the entire world in the Glyph magic thereby ending the Vampire bloodline permanently. This plan, however, is beyond the understanding of the Sarafan Order. The Sarafan are merely puppets, doing the small menial tasks for their unknown masters: The Hylden. The Beast explains to Kain that the Hylden are responsible for the revival of the Device and the re-institution of the Sarafan Order, and their leader is none other than the Sarafan Lord, who in reality is the Hylden Lord.

Ingrained with this new information, Kain exits the Beast's chamber and makes his way into the monstrous bowels of the Device. Skulking through the metallic caverns, Kain spies a lone Glyph Wright enter a large power room. He watches as the Glyph Wright suddenly shudders, his form becoming translucent and morphing into something else entirely. When the transformation is complete, stading in the center of the room is a grey-skinned, horned demon, just like the Builder (only much younger, healthier and vicious-looking) and the Seer (only male). Kain now knows that his enemies are the Hylden, and this is their face.

Sneaking throughout the Device, Kain kills an innumerable amount of the Hylden enemy, eventually bringing him to the chamber of the Mass. Kain looks upon the groutesque beast and marvels at it's size. It is easily 30 times larger than Kain itself, a massive brain-like lump of tissue and meat. Riding the chamber's elevator system, Kain ascends to the platform just above the "mouth" of the creature. Using his razor-sharp claws, kain slices into his own wrist and squeezes his blood (containing the Builder's blood) into the feeding-hole of the Mass. After a few moments, the entire chamber shudders with the lethal physiological responses of the Mass reacting to the toxins in his system. Alarms sound, the ceiling shudders and begins to drop debris into the chamber and Hylden personnel scramble everywhere. Kain strides out of the Device confidently as the Mass dies and chaos erupts around him.

Arriving in the Beast's chamber, Kain immediately notices that his ally is no longer there. Instead, stading in the Beast's containment field, is a blue-skinned, winged creature. Kain realizes imediately who it is, but cannot comprehaned how he is alive. The creature introduces himself as Janos Audron and thanks Kain for his assistance. He explains to Kain that he has been chained to the Device for hundreds of years, his life constantly drained away to feed the machine. Centuries of torment ravaged his form, transforming him into the foul Beast that Kain had met before. Since Kain's defeat of the Mass, the Device has stopped functioning properly and has ceased draining his life. Janos' unparalleled regenerative powers restored his natural form before Kain even had the chance to return.

he then goes on to tell Kain of the true history of the Hylden. He explains the great war between the Vampires and the Hylden, how the grey-skinned adversaries were banished to the Demon Dimension and how the Vampires were inflicted with their terrible curse. Kain, confused as to how they have re-entered Nosgoth, asks Janos how they broke through the barrier between dimensions. Janos explains that when Kain refused the sacrifice at the Pillars, their destruction caused a rift in the fabric of reality. Once powerful enough for one mighty Hylden to force his way through. That Hylden was the Hylden Lord, and since his re-entry into Nosgoth, he has opened a massive dimensional rift called the Hylden Gate, through which a steady but small number of Hylden adversaries can break through. Janos explains that because the banishment is still in effect, however weak it may be, the Hylden cannot survive in Nosgoth without that Gate. The Gate is their umbilical cord back to the Demon Dimension. If Kain destroys the Hylden Gate, he kills every Hylden in Nosgoth. Before their conversation can continue, however, the rooms shudders violently. Janos uses his powers to transport both of them to Sanctuary, where their palaver can proceed.

Arriving in Sanctuary, Janos is greeted by an elated Vorador, shock-stricken that his former master has returned from the grave. Janos, knowing that there is little time to dawdle, explains the situation to the Cabal, telling them of the Hylden City, a massive structure across the sea that houses the Hylden Gate. Janos' original plan was to simply gather all available Vampire forces and launch a final assault against the City, but he has recently come to realize that the City is surrounded by an impregnible magical shield, and if any assault is to be made, the shield must be deactivated. Umah chimes in, stating that recently a lot of activity has taken place on Meridian's wharves. Lots of slaves being taken somewhere across the sea. Janos concludes that the ships must be periodically traveling to the Hylden City, and that an agent must be sent aboard those ships in order to deactivate the shield. Kain volunteers, and Umah asks to be sent with him. Rejecting her offer of assistance, Kain claims that he can accomplish his task alone, and that he doesn't need a guard at his back. Janos advises Kain to take help when offered, and eventually the Vampire relents. Kain and Umah set out for the wharves, and then for the Hylden City.

Making their way to the docks, Umah informs Kain to be wary of their adversaries, to which Kain replies that he has recently defeated far worse than anything the Sarafan can throw at him. Umah stops him, asking what he plans to do when the Sarafan Lord is dead and the world is free of their oppression. Kain responds that she already knows the answer to that: Nosgoth will be his to rule. Upon hearing this, Umah quickly snatches the Nexus Stone from Kain's breastplate and tells him that his service is no longer needed. She tells Kain that if Nosgoth falls under his rule, he wouldn't hesitate to kill every last member of the Cabal, simply so he'd be able to reshape the Vampire race however he wishes, with no one to oppose him. Kain, furious, tells her that if she dares to stand in his way now, that he will kill her without hesitation and pry the Nexus Stone from her thieving fingers. With a sense of victory, Umah teleports from Kain's reach and escapes him, forcing him to navigate the wharves on his own.

Eventually, after tearing through a legion of the Sarafan's soldiers, Kain encounters Umah once again, surrounded by Sarafan Glyph Knights and badly wounded. She executes one with her bare hands, and just as another one is about to end her life, Kain moves in, killing the rest with ease. Kain kneels down to Umah, sympathetic, cradling her in his arms. She tells him that she gravely overestimated her own abilities and that she is on the verge of death. She tells him that if he helps her, gives her some of his blood, she can be good as new in minutes. Kain gently asks Umah if she understands now that Nosgoth is his to rule, and she agrees completely. He asks her if she understands that it is his destiny to rule Nosgoth, and she says with complete devotion that she does understand. With that, Kain slits her throat, killing her. He laments her death, asking why she had to betray him. He muses that she could have been his queen, but now, she has left him alone. Leaving her body on the docks, Kain boards one of the City-bound ships and prepares for the final chapter in his journey.

Docking at the Hylden City, Kain surveys his new surroundings and marvels at the massive size of the structure. Suddenly, the Hylden lord appears before him, now unmasked, revealing his true Hylden face. He tells Kain that in spite of his progress, Nosgoth will fall before the might of the Hylden army. Within hours a military force unlike any that Nosgoth has ever seen will pour through the Gate and overwhelm the populace. The humans will be enslaved and the Vampires will be eradicated. With that, the Lord says farewell to Kain as he prepares to finish the Vampire with the Reaver. However, the blade is repelled and the Lord stares in horror as he realizes that Kain wears the Nexus Stone. The Hylden Lord teleports away, telling Kain that one way or another, Nosgoth will fall before him, and there is nothing Kain can do to stop it.

Making his way inside the City, he encounters numerous Hylden adversaries as well as a nearly indestructible Greater Demon, the humanoid, superior brother of the spider-like Lesser Demons he had encountered in the Wasteland. He investigates in awe the extreme advancement of the Hylden's technology, put to use throughout the entire City. Eventually, he finds his way to the shield generator, destroys it and contacts Janos to bring the reinforcements. Janos and Vorador arrive shortly thereafter, Vorador asking as to the whereabouts of Umah. Kain bluntly informs Vorador of his execution of the traitor, and Vorador is enraged. Cursing Kain's name, he vocally damns himself for resurrecting Kain, claiming that Kain's actions will damn them all eventually. Janos tries to break the fight up when suddenly the Hylden Lord appears, striking down Vorador with a bolt from the Reaver and quickly escaping. Janos stays to tend to Vorador's wounds but tells Kain that in order to destroy the Hylden Gate, he must throw the Nexus Stone into it. The surge of power will cause the Gate to collapse inward on itself, killing the Hylden and ending their threat. Janos then uses his powers to teleport Kain to the Gate.

Kain re-materializes on a series of steel catwalks suspended over the massive, whirling vortex of the Hylden Gate. He is not alone however, as the Hylden Lord is there as well. The Hylden Lord congratulates Kain for making as much progress as he has and readily admits that he had severely underestimated the Vampire's abilities. He then asks Kain if he's ever stopped to consider why his compatriots repeatedly betray him only to side with the Hylden Lord. He tells Kain that it is not the Vampire's abmitions of world conquest that are the right and noble ambitions, but his own. He tells Kain that his people are the deserving rulers of Nosgoth, not the Vampires and that even if he falls there will be more to take his place. With that, the fight begins, the two matching each other blow for blow, neither one gaining any leverage over the other. They stop momentarily and the Hylden Lord tells Kain that they are at a stalemate. In order to stop the Hylden Lord, Kain must sacrifice the Nexus Stone to the Gate. But, by doing so, he opens himself up to the Reaver and risks his own demise. He tells Kain that he is trapped, and that unless he foolishly tosses away the Stone, the Hylden will eventually pour through the Gate and Kain will have lost. Realizing that he has no other choice, Kain brazenly reomves the Nexus Stone from his chestplate and drops it into the void below. The Hylden Lord, shocked with this turn of events, approaches for the kill as the Hylden Gate below them surges, lashing lightning and fire in all directions. The Hylden Lord knocks Kain violently to the ground, stunning him vitally, leaving him open to attack.

Suddenly, as the defenseless Kain is about to be struck down by the Reaver, Janos Audron flies into the Lord, knocking the Reaver from his grasp. Pummeling the Hylden adversary, Janos curses his opponent and his evil plans. The hylden Lord retorts that it is the Vampire race that has been acting in the stead of evil, unfairly banishing their race to the Demon Dimension. The two argue back and forth, and as their debate hits its climax, the two clash, brutalizing one another as the Gate collapses below them. Eventually, the Hylden Lord prevails, grasping Janos by the throat and sentencing him to an eternity of his own making. He curses Janos and commands him to witness what the Demon Dimension can inflict upon an angelic being. With that, the Hylden Lord hurls Janos into the Gate, condemning him to an eternity of torment.

It is then that Kain rises to his feet, groggy, but still very mush alive. He regains composure and realizes that clutched in his hand is the Soul Reaver. The two begin the final phase of their duel atop the central platform of the catwalk. Kain brandishing the Reaver and the Hylden Lord using his bare hands. Finally, after a grueling battle, Kain lifts his opponent into the air by his throat and impales him upon the Reaver blade. He drops his enemy to the ground who lies, clutching his fatal wound. He tells kain that even in his death, there will be more of his brood to stand in his place. The war is not over. Kain responds that if what the Hylden Lord says is true, he will be eagerly awaiting their arrival. With that he finishes the Hylden Lord in a flash of pulsing green light.

Kain escapes the tower, and as he is striding away from the rupturing structure, he muses about his victory and his plans for the near future. The Sarafan, now leaderless, must be thoroughly eliminated, the Glyph networks must be eradicated and the entire framework of Nosgoth must be rebuilt according to Kain's will. He relishes in his victory and leaves the carnage behind him.

With that, the new memories blooming in Kain's mind come to rest, replacing the past he had known before. Raziel's body dissipates on the floor of the Sarafan Memorial Chamber and Kain stands alone, clutching the Soul Reaver (well, actually, without Raziel's soul stored inside of it, it's referred to as the Blood Reaver). Terrified at what the future may hold, he exits the chamber and this chapter in our story ends.

And there you have it. The comprehensive plot to every Legacy of Kain game except Defiance. For the time being, I'm not going to do Defiance unless somebody honestly wants me to. If you've got any questions regarding the plot, ask away. I've got most of the answers. Thanks for reading.

Please do defiance!!!!!!!!.

Don't do Defiance yet because I want to play the game first, and if it is posted i will be forced to read it and it will spoil the game. Please don't post it.
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Ducati 748

Wtf? Why should I suffer for your inability to not read shit..

Because I have to suffer to, and I am sure it won't kill you to wait, oh say 50 years.

Just kidding, fine go ahead, I can still play it to see how well your story follows the game. If I notice anything missing or incorrect, I can be the backup informer.
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I've read this thread you made faithfully... I'm REALLY looking forward to defiance don't post it if you don't want to but if you do it won't go to waste jus know that for one