

Thus Kain began his quest to kill all of the corrupted guardians.ĭuring his quest, Kain found and claimed the legendary sword, Soul Reaver, as well as meeting the ancient vampire Vorador and starting a genocidal war against the vampire race. Ariel told Kain that in order to be cured of his vampirism he must seek out and kill all of the corrupted Guardians of the Pillars. There Kain encountered the spirit of Ariel, the murdered Guardian of the Pillar of Balance. To find out who wanted him dead, Kain had to visit the Pillars of Nosgoth. However Mortanius told Kain that they were only acting on the orders of another who wanted him dead. Kain quickly found his assailants and exacted his revenge. Kain unwittingly accepts, not fully knowing that his resurrection would come at a cost, a curse of vampirism. He is approached by the necromancer Mortanius, and offered a chance of vengeance against the instigators of his murder. Kain awakens in hell, with the sword of his demise still impaled in his back. In Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Kain is introduced as a 30-year-old traveller roaming the land when suddenly one night, for unknown reasons, he is assassinated by several brigands.

Raziel came to realize this over the course of Soul Reaver 2.Kain, with the legendary Reaver sword Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain Through use of the Chronoplast, Kain had attained knowledge of the intricacies of time and free will, and he understood that Raziel's temporary destruction would enable them both to reclaim their true destinies. However, his actions were not maniacal he was far more complex in nature. Initially, it was believed that Kain had executed Raziel in an act of tyrannical, egotistical jealousy. For five hundred years, Raziel lingered in the Abyss, before being resurrected by the Elder God.

When Raziel surpassed Kain in stages of evolutionary pupation - growing bat-like wings - Kain responded by tearing the wings from Raziel's back, and instructing Turel and Dumah to cast him into the Lake of the Dead. Raziel's execution was a major event in the events of Soul Reaver, serving as the introduction to Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. "Bring me your first born, and shed their blood on the altar of the world, so I might take nourishment from them.ĭo this without question, or suffer my wrath for eternity."Īnd its will was done." ―Hash'ak'gik's altar "And Hash'ak'gik spoke to the world, and all who heard trembled.
