List of Legacy of Kain characters

Main characters

Kain

Main article: Kain (Legacy of Kain)

Kain is the central character of the Legacy of Kain series. Initially portrayed as a dark vampire brought back from the dead to take revenge against his murderers, Kain comes to embrace his vampiric powers and turns his back on his duty as the predestined guardian of the Pillar of Balance to rule Nosgoth in its decay. However, he develops a legitimate, if not strictly heroic, desire to save his homeland by defying his fate and returning the Pillars to the Vampires.

Raziel

Main article: Raziel (Legacy of Kain)

Raziel is a player character of several games in the Legacy of Kain series and the titular character of the Soul Reaver sub-series. He is both referred to personally as a reaver of souls, and is wielder of the weapon known as the Soul Reaver. Raziel stands in contrast to Kain as a morally upright character; however, the situations in which he finds himself rarely lend themselves to unambiguous ethical judgments, and he often ends up doing the wrong thing for the right reason.

Introduced in Blood Omen

Anacrothe the Alchemist

Anacrothe is an antagonist character in Blood Omen, one of the insane sorcerers whom the main character is tasked with killing in order to proceed in the game. Anacrothe appears only in Blood Omen where he is voiced by Richard Doyle. In the early stages of production, his name was "Nauzhinger".

A member of the Circle of Nine, Anacrothe serves as the Guardian of the Pillar of States. His experiments in the art of alchemy have left him with unsightly scars. After the Circle was driven mad, Anacrothe used his magic to create the Dark Eden area along with fellow Guardians Bane the Druid and Dejoule the Energist. During the course of the game Kain confronts them there, but Anacrothe proves to be elusive, summoning Malek the Paladin and making an escape. At the end of the game Mortanius the Necromancer does Kain's work for him, killing Anacrothe during a dispute and enabling Kain to purify the Pillar of States.

Ariel

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Ariel as she appears in Legacy of Kain: Defiance.

A recurrent support character in the Legacy of Kain series, Ariel appears almost exclusively as a ghost. She offers enigmatic advice to the main characters, which, in the first Blood Omen and Soul Reaver games, inform the player of her/his next objective. While Ariel continues to provide clues and guidance in later games, they are mainly of a plot-advancing nature. Ariel is voiced by Anna Gunn throughout the series. Early in the production of Blood Omen, Ariel was known as "Adonathiel".

Ariel's death, first depicted in Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, is a background event to which other characters often refer and a keystone element of the overall Legacy of Kain plot. In life, Ariel was a powerful and beautiful sorceress, the Guardian of the Pillar of Balance and leader of the Circle of Nine. Her assassination by dark forces was the catalyst for the downfall of Nosgoth. Nupraptor the Mentalist, Ariel's lover and fellow Guardian, fell into a paranoid madness upon finding her corpse, which he psychically inflicted on all the other members of The Circle of Nine. The insanity of the Guardians causes the corruption of their Pillars and the gradual decay of Nosgoth, motivating Kain's quest in Blood Omen and forming the basis of Kain's subsequent dilemma.

In the games, Ariel is encountered with few exceptions at the Pillars of Nosgoth, to which her spirit is bound. Her appearances across the series do not occur in chronological order and her behavior toward the main characters, particularly Raziel, varies widely. In Blood Omen, she guides Kain as a fledgling vampire while concealing the fact that he is her replacement as Balance Guardian and must sacrifice himself to succeed in his quest. In Soul Reaver she is an ally to Raziel, offering him cryptic advice, while in her brief Soul Reaver 2 appearance, which precedes Soul Reaver chronologically, she treats Raziel with ambivalence. Ariel goes back to a more substantive role in Defiance, in which she initially identifies Raziel as an enemy but later guides him to undo the harm caused by her murder, resolving her subplot.

The scrapped original ending of Soul Reaver was to include an event in which Raziel strikes down Ariel to absorb her soul into the Soul Reaver, intended to enable new powers in Raziel's weapon. A scene describing this event is used in the final version of Soul Reaver to foreshadow future plot lines, and the concept is adapted into the plot of Defiance.

Azimuth the Planer

An antagonist character in Blood Omen, Azimuth is one of the insane sorcerers whom the main character must kill in order to progress in the game. Voiced by Anna Gunn, she appears only in Blood Omen; her actions are revealed to have repercussions in later games, however. During the pre-production stages of Blood Omen, Azimuth was known as "Hericus".

Azimuth is the Guardian of the Pillar of Dimension, ruling over the city of Avernus from the catherdral in its center. Sadistic even before Nupraptor's insanity poisoned her mind, during the events of Blood Omen she allows the extra-dimensional thralls that she summons to ravage Avernus. When Kain reaches her she also possesses a time-streaming device which allows her to summon creatures from other times in addition to her demons - a key item in future plot points - which Kain recovers after killing her.

Blood Omen encourages assumptions that Azimuth is involved in the sacrificial cult of Hash'ak'gik via a bloodstained book that the player can examine in her cathedral, and the time-streaming device found in her possession suggests that she experiments in time travel. Both of these possibilities are further developed in Defiance, in which the cult of Hash'ak'gik is shown to be centered in catacombs beneath Avernus Cathedral, and the future evolved vampire Turel is present there as a fixture of the cult.

Bane the Druid

Bane is an antagonist character in Blood Omen; one of the insane sorcerers whom the main character must kill in order to progress in the game. He appears only in Blood Omen, and is voiced by Paul Lukather. In the early stages of development Bane's name was "Orzach".

Bane serves as the Guardian of the Pillar of Nature, giving him power over flora, fauna, terrain and the weather. Bane, Dejoule the Energist, and Anacrothe the Alchemist jointly created the magical Dark Eden area, which Kain infiltrates during the course of Blood Omen. His primary game function is that of a boss with the ability to transform earth into water.

Dejoule the Energist

Dejoule is an antagonist character in Blood Omen; one of the insane sorcerers whom the main character must kill in order to progress in the game. She only appears in Blood Omen, in which she was voiced by Anna Gunn. Her name is a reference to the SI unit of energy, the joule.

Dejoule serves as the Guardian of the Pillar of Energy. Her experiments in the harnessing of energy have altered her physical makeup, and she emits a magical aura that harms anyone in proximity to her. Due to this she wears a cloak of insulating material to protect her close associates. Driven mad with the rest of the Circle members, she used her powers to create Dark Eden, a twisted parody of nature, with fellow Guardians Bane the Druid and Anacrothe the Alchemist. When Kain arrives at Dark Eden during his quest to eliminate the Circle of Nine, Dejoule unleashes her powers on Kain, but is soon overcome once and for all.

Hash'ak'gik

Hash'ak'gik is a recurring antagonist video game character in the Legacy of Kain series, known variously as the Hylden Lord, Sarafan Lord, the Hylden General and the Dark Entity. In Blood Omen 2 he is voiced by Earl Boen, and in other games he is portrayed by Rene Auberjonois, Tony Jay, and Alastair Duncan when possessing other characters.

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Hash'ak'gik as he appears in the opening cinematic of Blood Omen 2.

In Blood Omen, the name Hash'ak'gik is mentioned only as a recipient of sacrifices performed by a mysterious cult. The developers of the game revealed later that Hash'ak'gik is the identity of the being that masterminded the fall of the Circle of Nine by possessing Mortanius the Necromancer and using him to assassinate Ariel. In the final battle against Mortanius, Hash'ak'gik transforms the necromancer's dying body and manifests as the Dark Entity - the game's demonic final boss.

The name Hash'ak'gik does not appear in Blood Omen 2, but it is later explained to be another name of Blood Omen 2's central antagonist, the Sarafan Lord. The Sarafan Lord is shown in the game's opening sequence as the leader of the reformed Sarafan Order, which destroys Kain's vampire army, halting his conquest of Nosgoth. He defeats Kain with the help of an artifact known as the Nexus Stone. The Sarafan Lord goes on to rule Nosgoth's capital, Meridian, for 200 years. However, he is eventually thwarted by a revived Kain, who takes control of the Nexus Stone. During the course of the game the Sarafan Lord is revealed to be leader of the Hylden, a race banished from Nosgoth in ancient times, who is plotting to break the seal over his people. Kain ruins his plans by casting the Nexus Stone into the gate to the Hylden's place of banishment, sealing it and preventing any Hylden from entering Nosgoth.

In Defiance Turel is identified as Hash'ak'gik, but the Hylden leader Hash'ak'gik appears as well, referred to by the main characters as the Hylden Lord or Hylden General. Encountered firstly as the possessor of Mortanius, the Hylden Lord goes on to possess Janos Audron after the collapse of the Pillars of Nosgoth. Raziel tries to prevent him from using Janos to enter Nosgoth but the Hylden Lord proves too powerful, flying away to commence the Hylden plan for dominance described in Blood Omen 2 in the unwilling body of Janos.

Malek the Paladin

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Malek as he appears in the opening cinematic of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain.

Malek is an antagonist character introduced in Blood Omen as the "ward of the Circle of Nine", an enemy to vampires who must be destroyed before the main character's quest can succeed. Malek's largest role is in Blood Omen, in which he is a boss character, but he makes cameo appearances or is mentioned in most games in the series. In Blood Omen Neil Ross provides his voice, while his voice actor in Soul Reaver 2 is uncredited. Early in Blood Omen's production, Malek was known as "Guillaume".

In Blood Omen, Malek is the Guardian of the Pillar of Conflict and the last of the Sarafan, an order of vampire slaying warrior-priests. He first appears in a flashback in the game's opening sequence - 500 years prior to the game events he failed to protect the Circle of Nine from the vampire Vorador, resulting in the deaths of six Guardians. As punishment for his failure, Mortanius the Necromancer tore the soul from Malek's body and fused it to his armor, damning Malek to eternal unlife in the service of the Circle. During the game proper, Malek is presented as too powerful an enemy for the main character to destroy single-handedly. Their battle ends in a stalemate, forcing the player to pursue other options. Eventually Malek dies at the hands of his old adversary Vorador rather than Kain.

Malek makes a brief appearance in Soul Reaver 2 which provides further detail on his failure to protect the Circle of Nine from Vorador - he is waylaid by Moebius the Timestreamer. Alongside Rahab, Malek is the only Sarafan inquisitor who does not participate in the storming of Janos Audron's retreat. Malek is also mentioned in Soul Reaver - his name appears in the Tomb of the Sarafan along with those of Raziel (Legacy of Kain) and his brothers. Apparently, Malek was the only one of the seven Sarafan inquisitors not raised by Kain, as his remains had already been destroyed during the events of Blood Omen. His likeness also figures in a puzzle in Defiance.

Moebius the Timestreamer

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Moebius as he appears in Legacy of Kain: Defiance.

Moebius is an antagonist character introduced in Blood Omen; one of the insane sorcerers whom the main character must kill in order to progress in the game. Moebius is one of only three characters who makes at least a cameo appearance in every game in the series (the others being Kain and Raziel), and serves as a major antagonist. He is used as a boss character in Blood Omen, but is more frequently used to advance the plot of the games in which he appears. Within the context of the story he has power over time, and his foreknowledge of events allows him to interact with the main characters in a consistent manner despite his chronologically inconsistent appearances. Throughout the series he has been voiced by Richard Doyle. According to bonus features in the games, Moebius was known as "Bridenal" in the early development of the series.

Moebius is introduced in Blood Omen under the title of "Oracle of Nosgoth". Later he is revealed to be the Guardian of the Pillar of Time; his prophetic ability is based on his power to travel through and observe different time periods. Described as "intensely devious and conniving", Moebius is behind King William the Just's turn to tyranny. Moebius later manipulates Kain through his alter-ego as the Oracle, and through time traveling devices left in Kain's path, into assassinating the King William in the past, before he becomes a threat. Kain's act inspires outrage against vampires among Nosgoth's human majority, which Moebius leads in bloody crusade against vampires. Kain battles and kills Moebius, but by this point Kain is the last surviving vampire in Nosgoth.

In Soul Reaver, Moebius appears to Raziel in the final scene of the game, leading into the events of Soul Reaver 2. Soul Reaver 2 adds new layers to Moebius' character. Over the course of the game he urges Raziel to kill Kain several times from behind a facade of ineffectualness, revealing to Raziel that they serve the same master, the Elder God. As he did with Kain in Blood Omen, Moebius uses time traveling devices to manipulate Raziel, who unwittingly enables the slaying of Janos Audron. At the end of Soul Reaver 2 Moebius almost succeeds in goading Raziel into imprisoning himself in the Soul Reaver.

Moebius is one of few characters in Defiance that interacts with both of the protagonists.

Mortanius the Necromancer

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Mortanius as he appears in Legacy of Kain: Defiance.

Mortanius is a character in Blood Omen initially as an enigmatic benefactor and guide who deliniates the player's goals in the game. Later in the game he is revealed to be one of the insane sorcerers whom the main character must kill, and is fought as a boss. Mortanius' motivations are murky and his character is revisited in Legacy of Kain: Defiance. In Blood Omen he is voiced by Tony Jay, while in Defiance he is voiced by Alastair Duncan.

Mortanius appears in the opening scenes of Blood Omen, first cursing Malek the Paladin for failing the Circle of Nine, and then resurrecting the newly murdered protagonist, Kain, as a vampire. During the game Mortanius is heard more often than seen, speaking to Kain directly through occasional voice-overs. In the end Mortanius is revealed to be the agent responsible for many of the game's pivotal events - the murder of Ariel and the resulting madness of the Circle, and the assassination Kain as well as his rebirth as a vampire. The final battle in Blood Omen takes place against Mortanius, whom Kain kills, and the concluding one is fought against the Dark Entity, a demon-like monster created out of Mortanius' corpse.

Legacy of Kain: Defiance interprets Mortanius' actions in Blood Omen as the result of a conflict between his own will and that of the Hylden "Dark Entity" possessing him. He is forced to lead the cult of Hash'ak'gik, an organization which his Hylden possessors use to control their human followers, against his wishes. He revived Kain as a vampire with the hope that as the Scion of Balance, Kain would restore the Pillars of Nosgoth and renew the seal on the Hylden. Welcoming death, Mortanius goes to the Pillars of Nosgoth to confront the younger Kain, coinciding with his death in Blood Omen.

Nupraptor the Mentalist

Nupraptor is an antagonist character in Blood Omen; one of the insane sorcerers whom the main character must kill in order to progress in the game. He only appears in Blood Omen, in which he is voiced by Richard Doyle, but he plays a significant role in the backstory of the series and is mentioned in later games.

Nupraptor is the Guardian of the Pillar of Mind, and his mental powers make him susceptible to fierce attachments to others, as well as irrational actions. Nupraptor was the lover of Ariel, the Balance Guardian, and he goes mad after her death, sewing his eyes and mouth shut to deny the outside world. Because of Nupraptor's psychic link to the rest of the members of the Circle, he forces the other Guardians to share his madness, contributing to the downfall of the Pillars and of Nosgoth as a whole.

When Kain sets out to kill the members of the Circle, Nupraptor is his first target. When the young vampire confronts Nupraptor, Malek the Paladin appears to protect him. Nupraptor dismisses Malek and fights Kain himself, a battle which ends with Kain's victory and Nupraptor's death.

King Ottmar

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King Ottmar as he appears during a cinematic scene in Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain.

King Ottmar is a support character in the Legacy of Kain series. His only appearance is in Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, where he was voiced by Neil Ross.

Ottmar is the King of Willendorf, Nosgoth's wealthiest city. During Blood Omen, Kain has an audience with Ottmar in the hopes of rallying the army of Willendorf against the Legions of the Nemesis. Ottmar is mired in grief due to his daughter, who has become a lifeless puppet. Ottmar grants Kain a royal favor in return for healing his daughter, and the young vampire requests the army of Willendorf to fight the Nemesis. Ottmar personally leads his army in the battle and is slain, inspiring Kain to travel back in time to rewrite the past. Ottmar is not mentioned in the game after this point.

Vorador

Vorador is a recurring support character in the Legacy of Kain series who gives assistance and direction to the main characters of several games. Throughout the series, Vorador has been voiced by Paul Lukather. For a brief time in the game's early production, Vorador's name was changed to "Infernus" but it was changed back to Vorador.

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Vorador as he appears in Legacy of Kain: Defiance.

In Blood Omen Vorador is characterized as an old vampire who enjoys the advantages that vampirism grants, but the loss of his people to vampire purges has left him bitter. Vorador is infamous for storming the Sarafan Stronghold where he slaughtered six members of the Circle of Nine 500 years before the game takes place, making a personal enemy of Malek the Paladin in the process. In the game, Vorador gives advice to the young Kain, even coming to the Kain's aid and finally killing Malek. The end of Vorador's story is unglamorous: the vampire-hunting mob led by Moebius, captures Vorador and beheads him.

Vorador appears in small roles in Soul Reaver 2 and Defiance in which he provides Raziel with information. Soul Reaver 2 reveals that Vorador's sire is Janos Audron, and in Defiance he is explained to be both the first human in Nosgoth to become a vampire and the crafter of the Reaver blade, the sword that will become the Soul Reaver.

Vorador is a significant support character in Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 who leads vampire resistance known as the Cabal. He is explained to be the progenitor of all the vampires that appear in the game except the protagonist Kain. Paradoxically, Blood Omen 2 is set 400 years after Vorador's execution in the first Blood Omen. According to the writer and director of Defiance, an explanation for this was meant to be included in Defiance, but was removed due to time constraints.

William the Just

William the Just is an antagonist character who appears only in Blood Omen, voiced by Tony Jay. William's death becomes a major aspect of the series, as it convinces the main characters that it is possible to change history.

William the Just was a young king who came to power before Kain's birth. In the original history, Moebius the Timestreamer caused a transformation in William from a kind ruler to a warmongering tyrant known as the Nemesis. During the events of Blood Omen, the Legions of the Nemesis defeat the forces of King Ottmar of Willendorf, driving Kain, who is allied with Ottmar, to travel back in time and change history. Kain kills the younger version of William, preventing the him from ever becoming the Nemesis. Upon returning to the present, Kain discovered that Moebius leveraged King William's assassination into a crusade against vampires.

Introduced in Soul Reaver

Dumah

Dumah is an antagonist character introduced in Soul Reaver, in which he is a boss character. He also appears in Soul Reaver 2 in a similar capacity, voiced in both appearances by Simon Templeman. In the early stages of production he was code-named 'ronin boss', and at another point his name was rendered in a truncated form - 'Duma'.

Dumah first appears in the opening scene of Soul Reaver as one of Kain's vampire lieutenants. He is the leader of a vampire clan, the Dumahim, and a peer of the main character Raziel. When Kain ordered Raziel's execution, Dumah is one of the lieutenants that physically threw Raziel to his death. When Raziel finds Dumah during the game events, he has mutated into a giant with armor-like flesh and great physical strength, but has been left impaled in the ruins of his fortress by human vampire hunters. Raziel allows Dumah's wandering soul to return to his body, but in his mutated form Dumah is impervious to ordinary attacks. Only by leading Dumah into a furnace chamber does Raziel succeed in killing Dumah and devouring his soul, from which Raziel gains the Constrict ability, which allows the player to interact with certain puzzles.

The human version of Dumah makes a short appearance in Soul Reaver 2 at a much earlier point in the series timeline. A prominent member of the vampire-slaying Sarafan Order, Dumah aids in the murder of Janos Audron. The wraith Raziel encounters and kills Dumah as part of a non-optional battle, providing the corpse which Kain will reanimate as a vampire centuries later.

Unlike every other ability gained in Soul Reaver, Raziel lacks Dumah's Constrict ability in later games in the series. No explanation has been provided by the developers.

Elder God

The Elder God is a video game character in the Legacy of Kain series, voiced throughout the series by Tony Jay. Although not named in-game, the title of Elder God is given in the manual of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and a variety of other sources. The Elder God's role in Soul Reaver is that of an ally to the game's protagonist Raziel, but subsequent games in the series portray the Elder God in a less beneficent light. The Elder God is the final boss of Legacy of Kain: Defiance, and arguably the main antagonist of the series overall.

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The Elder God as he appears in Legacy of Kain: Defiance.

The Elder God is first depicted in Soul Reaver as the entity that revives the main character Raziel after his execution by Kain. It claims to preside over the Wheel of Fate, a cycle of birth, death and rebirth to which all souls are drawn. Vampires, being immortal, are exempt from this cycle and the Elder God seeks to destroy them in order to free their souls. The Elder God bids Raziel to take revenge against his destroyers and guides Raziel in locating them. The events of Soul Reaver 2 take place at a earlier point chronologically in the series, but the Elder God, being present in all times, recognizes Raziel and chastises his refusal to kill Kain.

In Legacy of Kain: Defiance the Elder God continues to exhort Raziel to serve him. Over the course of the game it is revealed that the Elder God was worshiped by the Ancient Vampires, and it encouraged the Ancients to wage war with the Hylden, who did not share their faith. When the Hylden afflicted the Ancients with blood-thirst, sterility and immortality, the Elder God abandoned them, eventually orchestrating the rebellion of the humans against the Vampires by manipulating Moebius. The final battle in Defiance ends with Kain defeating but not killing the Elder God, who warns Kain he is immortal and will return.

Melchiah

Melchiah is an antagonist character in the Legacy of Kain series, which the main character fights as a boss. He appears in Soul Reaver and Soul Reaver 2, in which he is voiced by Michael Bell. During the development of Soul Reaver his code-name was 'skinner boss'.

Melchiah first appears in the opening scene of Soul Reaver as one of Kain's vampire lieutenants. He is the leader of a vampire clan, the Melchiahim, and a peer of the main character Raziel. As the last of the lieutenants to be raised, Melchiah is the weakest of Kain's sons and his flesh continues to decay despite his immortality. During the game events Melchiah is shown to have mutated into a large mass of rotting flesh. Raziel fights Melchiah and gains the ability to pass through barred gates while in the spectral realm by consuming his soul.

The human version of Melchiah makes an appearance in Soul Reaver 2 at a much earlier point in the series timeline. He became an inquisitor of the Sarafan Order, one of those who storm Janos Audron keep and aid in his murder. The wraith Raziel encounters and kills Melchiah as part of a non-optional battle, providing the corpse which Kain reanimates as a vampire centuries later.

Rahab

Rahab is an antagonist character that appears in both Soul Reaver and Soul Reaver 2 as a boss, voiced by Neil Ross in Soul Reaver, while his voice actor in Soul Reaver 2 is uncredited. In the early stages of production he was code-named 'aluka boss'.

Rahab is one of Kain's six vampire lieutenants who first appears, with the others, in the opening scene of Soul Reaver. He is the leader of a vampire clan, the Rahabim, and a peer of the game's main character, Raziel. Rahab has a severe weakness to sunlight even by vampire standards, and reappears later in the game mutated into a sea-monster form that allows him to flee into the otherwise harmful water to avoid the sun. During the game events Raziel kills Rahab by shining sunlight into his lair, scorching him to death. Upon devouring Rahab's soul, Raziel obtains his resistance to water and ability to swim.

The human version of Rahab makes an appearance in Soul Reaver 2 at a much earlier point in the series timeline. He is prominent in the Sarafan Order; his armor is decorated with the images of seahorses that foreshadow the eventual outcome of his vampiric unlife. The wraith Raziel encounters and kills Rahab as part of a non-optional battle, providing the corpse which Kain will reanimate as a vampire centuries later. Alongside Malek, Rahab is the only Sarafan inquisitor who does not participate in the storming of Janos Audron's retreat.

Turel

Turel is an antagonist character introduced in Soul Reaver who goes on to appear in several games in the series. He is voiced by Richard Doyle in Soul Reaver 2 and by Gregg Berger in Legacy of Kain: Defiance. During the development of Soul Reaver his code-name was 'morlock boss' after the cave-dwelling humanoids of H.G. Wells's The Time Machine.

Turel appears in the opening of Soul Reaver with the rest of Kain's vampire lieutenants - he leads the Turelim vampire clan and is a peer of the game's main character, Raziel. Turel is one of the lieutenants that physically carry out the execution of Raziel, but he is only seen in the opening sequence. Though originally intended to reappear as a boss like the other lieutenants, his second appearance was cut due to time constraints.

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The monstrous form of Turel as he appears in Legacy of Kain: Defiance.

Soul Reaver 2 explores early points in the series timeline, and in it Turel appears as a human warrior-priest. A prominent member of the vampire-slaying Sarafan Order, Turel aids in the murder of Janos Audron. The wraith Raziel encounters and kills Turel at the end of the game, providing the corpse which Kain will reanimate as a vampire centuries later.

The omission of Turel in Soul Reaver created a loose end in the series plot, and Defiance addresses it by including the vampire version of Turel in a monsterous boss form. Defiance takes place earlier in the series timeline than does Soul Reaver, but Turel's presence is explained as being the result of Dimension Guardian Azimuth the Planer's experiments in time-travel. Trapped in the catacombs beneath Avernus Cathedral, Turel is worshiped by the cult of Hash'ak'gik, and the Hylden masterminds of the cult use him as a mouthpeice to command their human followers. Raziel discovers and kills Turel, gaining enhanced telekinetic abilities by consuming his soul.

Zephon

Zehpon is an antagonist character introduced in Soul Reaver, in which he is a boss character. He also appears in Soul Reaver 2 in a similar capacity. He is voiced by Tony Jay throughout. During the development of Soul Reaver his code-name was 'wallcrawler boss'.

Zephon first appears in the opening scene of Soul Reaver as one of Kain's Vampire lieutenants. He is the leader of a vampire clan, the Zephonim, and a peer of the game's main character, Raziel. During the game proper Zephon appears in a mutated form - a massive, stationary insectoid monster. Raziel uses fire to destroy him, and devouring his soul gives Raziel the ability to climb on certain surfaces.

The human version of Zephon makes an appearance in Soul Reaver 2 at a much earlier point in the series timeline. As one of the leaders of the Sarafan Order he participated in storming Janos Audron's keep and aided in his murder. The wraith Raziel encounters and kills Zephon as part of a non-optional battle, providing the corpse which Kain will reanimate as a vampire centuries later.

Introduced in Soul Reaver 2

Janos Audron

Janos Audron is a recurring support character in the Legacy of Kain series. Throughout the series, he has been voiced by Rene Auberjonois.

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Janos as he appears in Legacy of Kain: Defiance.

Janos Audron is first mentioned in Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain as the backstory for the game's continue item, the Heart of Darkness - a long-dead, legendary vampire whose heart continues to beat after it is torn from his chest. Janos is introduced as a character in Soul Reaver 2; reaching him in a time period before he is killed is a major goal of the game. When found, Janos gives information to the main character Raziel. Feared by humans as source of the vampire bloodline, Janos is hunted down and murdered by Sarafan warrior-priests.

Janos also appears in Blood Omen 2 despite the fact that this game occurs after his death. First encountered in a monstrous form as a result of being drained of his blood to power the Hylden's doomsday weapon, Janos is only identified as "the Beast". After Kain destroys the Mass, Janos reverts to his normal form and aids Kain and Vorador in defeating the Hylden. During the final battle, the Sarafan Lord casts Janos into the Nexus Portal and he is presumably trapped in the demon dimension, his final fate thus far in the series.

In Defiance Raziel returns the Heart of Darkness to Janos' body, bringing him back to life. After reviving Janos, the ancient vampire took Raziel to the Citadel of the Ancients. Soon after their arrival, Kain made his fateful decision, and the Pillars collapsed. The Hylden leader was then able to take control of Janos' body. This led to the events of Blood Omen 2, in which Janos is an unwilling tool of the Hylden's scheme to dominate Nosgoth.

Introduced in Blood Omen 2

Faustus

Faustus is an antagonist in Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain. He is briefly visible in the opening cinematic as a legionnaire in Kain's armies, making his first prominent appearance early in the game. Formerly one of Kain's reluctant allies, he is described as "an indifferent soul", caring only for those on the winning side.

His is the first boss encounter in the game. As Kain departs an area in Meridian known as the Den, Faustus ambushes and taunts him before instigating battle. Faustus reveals that he has betrayed Kain, his former commander, to side with the Sarafan Lord, concerned only for the pursuit of power.

After a brief struggle, Kain proceeds to scorch Faustus using various nearby furnaces, then engages in melee combat with the vampire. As Faustus attempts to flee into the air, he loses his grip and falls to the ground, lifeless. In killing Faustus, Kain obtains the "Jump" Dark Gift.

Magnus

Magnus is a character in Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain, and the game's fourth boss. He is the only one of the game's bosses who does not appear in the introductory cinematic. As Kain's champion and closest ally, he participated in the war with the Sarafan, departing Kain's camp in the night before the final battle to make an attempt on the Sarafan Lord's life. Defeated, Magnus was transported to the Eternal Prison south of Meridian.

Kain encounters his former lieutenant during his mission in the Eternal Prison. Driven almost entirely insane from two hundred years of torturous imprisonment, Magnus attacks Kain numerous times throughout the Prison, seemingly immune to vampiric weaknesses such as water and fire. Kain battles Magnus before leaving the Prison, defeating the vampire by causing a large statue of Moebius the Timestreamer to collapse upon him.

Though Kain first assumed that Magnus had betrayed him and joined the Sarafan Lord when he did not return to his war camp centuries before, the dying Magnus explained his failed attempt to assassinate the Sarafan Lord. Reconciling with his ultimately loyal lieutenant, Kain granted the thankful Magnus a swift death, obtaining the "Immolate" Dark Gift from his corpse before departing the Prison.

Marcus

Marcus is a minor antagonist in Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain. He is seen in the introductory cinematic during Kain's battle against the Sarafan Lord, and appears in the early stages of the game. Kain encounters him in Meridian's upper city.

Marcus converses with Kain, claiming that Kain is no friend of his and tried to murder him, alluding to background events. Marcus attempts to foil Kain's search through the city for the Bishop of Meridian, charming Sarafan guards into attacking him on sight. Once Marcus reaches the cathedral, he possesses the Bishop.

Kain attacks Marcus, using the cathedral's bells to harm the vampire. Resorting to melee combat, Kain defeats and kills Marcus, obtaining the "Charm" Dark Gift from his corpse.

Sebastian

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Sebastian as he appears in Blood Omen 2.

Sebastian is a major antagonist in Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain, an agent of the Sarafan Lord. He is briefly visible in the introductory scene, and makes his first appearance early in the game. Kain encounters him stalking a street in Meridian, having slaughtered a mass of innocents. Regarding him as a "sloppy butcher", Kain pursues the vampire, unaware that Sebastian was once among his greatest lieutenants.

Sebastian disappears before Kain can extract any information from him, but returns later in the game. In the Industrial Quarter, when Kain seeks out the Nexus Stone, Sebastian is dispatched to guard the stone by the Hylden Lord. When Kain encounters his former friend, Sebastian reveals that it was he who orchestrated the ambush which cost him the war against the Sarafan.

Enraged, Kain attacks Sebastian, overcoming him using jets of scalding-hot steam. Sebastian attempts to destroy the Nexus Stone before Kain can claim it, but is defeated. Dying, he taunts Kain while providing the knowledge he seeks, claiming that "I'll tell you so that I may see your face when you learn you are powerless." Kain draws the "Berserk" Dark Gift from Sebastian's corpse, takes the Nexus Stone, and narrowly escapes.

Umah

Umah is a supporting NPC in Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain. She narrates a tutorial for the main character Kain (and thereby the player) at the beginning of the game in the context of reminding him of his vampiric abilities, and introducing him to Meridian, the fictional city in which the game is set.

Umah is a member of the Cabal vampire resistance group who watches over Kain during his 200-year recovery. She guides Kain around Meridian and directs him toward the Cabal Sanctuary. Later Umah discovers the Nexus Stone artifact during a reconnaisance mission, but is captured by Sarafan knights. Once she is rescued by Kain, the pair meet the Sarafan Lord and narrowly avoid death thanks to a spell Umah uses to bring them back to Sanctuary.

Late in the game when Kain has possession of the Nexus Stone, Umah steals it from him, fearing his ambition. Kain later finds her losing a fight against Sarafan troops and kills her. He remarks that she "could have been his queen", hinting at an attraction. In the game's closing scene Kain reflects on Umah's claims that his rule would not differ from that of the Sarafan Lord.