Welcome to Meridian

Chapter 1: The Slums: Welcome to Meridian was the first level of Blood Omen 2. It followed Kain from his reawakening in the opening video, until he gained entry to the Smuggler's Den.

The majority of the level was taken up by Umah 's tutorial, which taught Kain about The Whisper, Basic Jumping,Floating , Feeding , Blood , Lore , Basic Combat and Kain's Fury and Mist Dark Gifts and also Kain would also encounter his first Ward Gates , Glyph magic and Glyphwrights.

Kain would later be separated from Umah by a Ward Gate and Sarafan Glyph Guard, which forcedKain to seek out a Cabal Contact at the Grand Hotel to open the way to the Smuggler's Den and Chapter 2. Kain would be followed into The Den by Faustus.