Cabal

"We are the Cabal, the Vampire resistance. We work to undermine the Sarafan at every turn. But we are losing. With the new magic they employ, the Glyph magic, they are able to find us and kill us. Our numbers are dwindling. Without help, we will not survive. We need you, Kain."

- Umah

The Cabal was a vampire resistance group to the rule of the Sarafan order in the post-Blood Omen era. The group was based in and around Meridian in Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 and was ultimately responsible for the revival of Kain and his quest to kill the Sarafan Lord and overthrow the Sarafan control of Nosgoth. . The Cabal were part of the altered history created by the paradox at the end of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2.

Biography
After Kain and his army were defeated, the Sarafan Lord and the Sarafan took control of Meridian and started conquering Nosgoth. Part of the Sarafan agenda was the extermination of all vampires and they carried it out unflinchingly in Blood Omen 2. The surviving vampires decided that it was easier to survive and fight back as a group than as individuals. Thus, the Cabal were formed under Vorador, the first human vampire and one of their first tasks was the recovery of Kain's body. Although they operated in and around Meridian and possibly even Nosgoth in general, their base of operations - Sanctuary - remained located in Lower City of Meridian in the basement of a shop called the Blue Lady Curios.

Two hundred years after Kain's defeat, with vampire numbers dwindling, the Cabal was forced to revive Kain seeing him as a perfect agent against the Sarafan order. After being revived and trained by Cabal Vampire Umah, Kain followed a trail of clues to uncover the location of Sanctuary and discovered that his former ally Vorador was its leader.

Throughout Blood Omen 2, Kain reluctantly worked with the Cabal to undermine and overthrow the Sarafan order; planning ultimately to kill the Sarafan Lord and recapture the Soul Reaver and Nosgoth for himself. On Vorador's orders, Kain would rescue the captured Umah from the Sarafan Keep (after meeting the Cabal Contact Bishop in the Upper City), recover the Nexus Stone from the Industrial Quarter and find and destroy the Device (after seeking the advice of the Seer in the Canyons and the Builder in the Eternal Prison).

After destroying the Device, Kain returned to Sanctuary with Janos Audron; who explained to Vorador and the Cabal the risk posed by the Hylden threat. Once again on Vorador's orders, Kain was sent (along with Umah ) to the Wharves to board a ship to the Hylden City and deactivate its Shield generator ; allowing the Vampires of the Cabal to teleport there to mount a final assault against the Hylden Lord. On his way through the Wharves a major conflict would develop between Kain and Umah regarding the future of the Cabal Vampires following the Sarafan Lord's defeat and Kain would murder her to recover the Nexus Stone she had briefly stolen from him.

When Kain had travelled to the Hylden City and deactivated the Shield, only Janos and Vorador teleported across and Kain and Vorador soon argued about the fate of Umah, allowing the Sarafan Lord to attack, temporarily injuring both Janos and Vorador. Kain would largely face the the Hylden Lord alone above the Hylden Gate (though interferece from Janos would result in him being thrown through the closing gate) and was successful in destroying it and defeating the Hylden invasion.

With the notable absence of many Cabal Vampires from the 'final assault' and the death of Umah and ambiguous fates of Janos and Vorador, the ultimate end of the Cabal remains unknown, though Umah believed that Kain would have hunted them down as the only ones who could oppose him and his dreams of empire. It seems likely that shortly into the Soul Reaver era, Kain would have eliminated the remains of the Sarafan Order but it is unclear if he followed the same path with the remaining Cabal Vampires.

Members
The Cabal had members and contacts spread throughout Meridian. Vorador and Umah (and a human cabal contact named Dimitri in some sources ) are the only ones addressed by name in Blood Omen 2. However, at least four other vampires are seen during Kain's visits to the Sanctuary (with only the Injured Cabal vampire speaking any lines). Since the Cabal epitomized the anti-Sarafan movement in the Blood Omen 2 era, many humans who despised the Sarafan rule were Cabal sympathizers or members. Often referred to as "contacts " by Umah, Kain meets several of these in Blood Omen 2. The most notable one is Bishop of Meridian who helps Kain infiltrate the Sarafan Keep at the cost of having his manor raided and being under Marcus' control temporarily. Vorador had apparently offered membership to Marcus "many times", but he had refused to join.