Vae Victus!

Time to take a stab at another part of the Legacy of Kain mythos, this is going to be hard!

The results of Kain's refusal to sacrifice himself at the end of Blood Omen was that he built a vast empire and took over Nosgoth.

To this end, he...shall we say "recruited" some powerful allies by resurrecting the most powerful Sarafan knights as vampires, to be his lieutenants.

Most important of these was Raziel, a righteous fiend who believed wholeheartedly in the murderous rampage of his priesthood. Raziel infuriated Kain after a time by being the first vampire to sprout wings, and Kain consequently threw him into a watery abyss somewhat resembling the Niagara Falls.

This wouldn't have been such a big deal had it not been for the fact that vampires in Nosgoth can't stand water, and it has the same effect on them as acid.

However, Raziel was saved from the water by, unlikely enough, the Elder God himself. Thus begins Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver.

Armed with a spectral blade attached to his arm, the soul-stealing part of the Reaver, Raziel starts on his quest to hunt down Kain and his lieutenants, encouraged to do so by the Elder God, acting as his great benefactor.

At the end of the game, Raziel faces down Kain in a chamber known as the Chronoplast, which houses a timestreaming device which Kain ultimately uses to evade Raziel.

This concludes Soul Reaver, and leads directly to Soul Reaver 2.

Still not confused enough?

Not to worry, tomorrow is when some serious shit is going down!

Stay tuned!