Kain roamed the land, but one fateful journey would spell his demise. As he matured, he witnessed the rise of the Legions of the Nemesis in the north, aware of the impending threat they posed to the court of his allegiance, the Lion Throne. Hailing from Coorhagen, the ambitious yet unknown and directionless nobleman lived a privileged life, in the shadow of a dying world. Kain after his death, trapped in the Underworld.īorn a human in the history preceding Blood Omen, Kain - the son of an aristocratic family - grew up oblivious of his own momentous destiny within Nosgoth. I didn’t care if I was in Heaven or Hell - all I wanted was to kill my assassins.' ―Kain Rather the cruel jab of impotent anger - the hunger for revenge. Not anything as pedestrian as physical pain. But in the end, had it made any difference? Had I misread the signs, as Moebius told me? In my arrogance, had I missed my cast at destiny?' ―Kain Origins A Weary Traveler 'Vae Victus - suffering to the conquered. I would raise the Sarafan priests to be my closest lieutenants, and would one day cast the strongest of them, my servant Raziel, into the abyss – dealing one last hand to play against Fate. I had cast my fate, refusing the sacrifice, damning the Pillars, and founding my doomed empire upon their ruins. For here was the event that had shaped my entire existence. Profile 'I knew what ominous hour this was in Nosgoth's history. Armed with the legendary Soul Reaver blade, and pursued by his fallen creation Raziel, he hoped to reclaim his true role as Scion of Balance from the wreckage of history.

For centuries, he ruthlessly pursued a singular ambition: to restore the land of Nosgoth, and return it to vampire rule. His quest for vengeance led him on a torturous journey of self-discovery as his curse of vampirism took irrevocable hold on his soul.Ĭunning and relentless, Kain battled the oppressive agents of fate that sought to destroy him. During one fateful journey, Kain was cruelly assassinated and resurrected from the dead. The son of an aristocratic family, he lived the life of an ambitious young nobleman, never realizing his undiscovered destiny – to take his rightful place as Balance Guardian, and serve the Pillars of Nosgoth. He also served as the main antagonist of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and its sequel.Ī vampire antihero, Kain was inextricably tangled in plots to control the fate of his world, Nosgoth. He was a playable character in Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Blood Omen 2, and Legacy of Kain: Defiance, and made appearances throughout the series. Defiance comic Kain is the eponymous character and main protagonist of the Legacy of Kain franchise.

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