User blog:Baziel/"Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun" news and round-up

Well, there are certainly some big bombs dropping now. With the "Nosgoth" title recently confirmed and our own page about the Nosgoth game created but only properly completed and up for a few hours, there has been another major revelation in the Legacy of Kain universe - though again not necessarily what fans would hope for.

Once again, LoK researcher and historian Divine Shadow has been uncovering evidence related to another cancelled Legacy of Kain title: "Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun" by Climax games - the single player companion to Psyonix's "Nosgoth" title - (and yes, Dead Sun as a title might seem familiar to those who've been following behind-the-scenes hints for a few years). Collated over in a thread detailing the numerous precursors, unreleased iterations and cancelled Legacy of Kain projects, Shadow reveals what we expect to be the beginnings of many details of the game.

Perhaps in contrast to the uncovered work on Legacy of Kain: The Dark Prophecy (which had only as few months work and tech demo done), "Dead Sun" was in production for some years, starting development in 2009/10 and only being cancelled in 2012. As such, large portions of the story, environments, characters were in a nearly completed state, providing fascinating glimpses of what was planned and many concrete details.

As with "Nosgoth", a page regarding Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun is in the process of being constructed and populated with relevant information, which will be filled in and updated over time as more details emerge. Particularly given the large amount of information that has appeared, a set of new articles will gradually be added to account, including details of the Post-Soul Reaver era (or beyond), the "Saradin" vampires (a future clan of blue skinned soul devouring plane shifting vampires who are devoutly religious) and new protagonists "Asher" (a human) and "Gein" (a Saradin vampire) - both trapped due to unusual circumstances in Gein's vampire body - and striving for vengeance, which (in traditional LoK fashion) matures into a quest to restore the world (previous storyboard depicitions in Richard Buxton's portfolio are now confirmed to represent the combined Gein/Asher character). Further details will soon be added to the Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun page and updated as further information is made available.