Fire Reaver (Defiance)

The Fire Reaver is an elemental enhancement for the Wraith Blade presumably created by the Ancient Vampires. It is the only one of the elemental enhancements of the Reaver to appear in Soul Reaver, Soul Reaver 2 and Legacy of Kain: Defiance.

The Fire Reaver is the only one of eight Reaver upgrades planned for Soul Reaver that was seen in the release version of the game. To equip it, Raziel had to progress to the Fire Forge and solve the puzzle there to imbue the Reaver with elemental fire. Once activated the Wraith-blade glowed orange and was more powerful and more likely to cause enemies to burst into flames. The upgrade would be lost upon entering the Spectral Realm or water, however, it could be re-imbued again at any time by passing it through flames. (the other deleted reavers would have similar re-forging properties). The Fire Reaver did not carry over to Soul Reaver 2 and had to be regained.

In Soul Reaver 2, it was not until near the end of the game that Raziel regained the Fire Reaver. When he visited Janos Audron's Aerie, Raziel discovered he had been followed by the Sarafan and to protect him, Janos teleporter Raziel to the Fire Forge, a nearby room in the retreat which was sealed with elemental fire. Solving the puzzle of the Fire Forge, Raziel was able to imbue the Fire Reaver. This Fire Reaver was able to melt ice and burn enemies.

The Fire Reaver returned in Defiance where, like the other Reavers it had to be regained in more permanent form after theElder God destroyed the fonts necessary to imbue the Reaver. This time near the pillars he found a teleporter to the Fire Forge sealed in the Vampire Citadel, where he was able to fight off and absorb the souls of the original Vampire Conflict and Nature Guardians, this enabled him to gain the permenant Fire Reaver. The Fire Reaver had several pyrokinetic abilities including a Charged Attack and a Reaver Spell that set enemies on fire. He could also use the Fire Reaver to ignite braziers.