Silenced Cathedral

The Silenced Cathedral appeared in Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and the Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver comic. It was the Zephonim clan territory.

The Cathedral was a landmark in the Soul Reaver era. Constructed by the humans as a holy weapon of destruction against Kain's empire, it was conceived to blast a deadly hymn which would destroy every vampiric creature on the face of Nosgoth. However, Zephon and the Zephonim murdered its guardians before its purpose was fulfilled. They coccooned themselves in the derelict Cathedral, now "a stifled titan [...] in mute surrender – unwilling host to a parasitic swarm."

After Raziel's resurrection, Raziel sought out Zephon's lair, and defeated his brother. He consumed Zephon's soul, and proceeded to the Tomb of the Sarafan.

Role
A cathedral that once was used to emit soundwaves deadly to vampires, Zephon 's clan (Zephonim) have now taken it over, and the enormous reverberating pipes are silent.

The Silenced Cathedral was apparently built as a weapon against Kain's burgeoning vampire empire. It's complex arrangement of pipes channelled airflow with such force that when a musical note (of the right frequency) was played through them, it was deadly to vampires who came near. At some point in Kain's empire, the Cathedral was attacked, its inhabitants slain and the weapon disabled. Soon afterward, Zephon and his progeny moved in using the Cathedral as their home. Eventually various vampire worshipping humans also moved in.

When Raziel returned, centuries after his execution, he sought out Zephon after gaining the Soul Reaver as a weapon. He had to manipulate the airflow of the Cathedral to reach the upper spires where Zephon dwelt. When Raziel finally reached Zephon, he discovered that Zephon, like much of his clan had (d)evolved in insectoid fashion, with Zephon claiming that he had become infused with the building, effectively making him immobile, though it is likely he fed on the cocooned humans imprisoned elsewhere in the Cathedral.

Appearances

 * Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver