Blessed barriers

Blessed Barriers were magical barriers that prevented Kain opening doors, they were featured in the Sarafan Stronghold in Defiance and were presumably 'cast' by Moebius. Blessed Barriers could be dispelled with the Balance Reaver acquired from the Balance fragment of the Balance Emblem.

Blessed Barriers resembled large white symbols in the shape of the Balance Fragment, they would visually "resonate" at the approach of the Reaver. Passing through the Sarafan Stronghold, Kain found the Balance fragment of the Balance Emblem in William's Chapel , which enhanced the Reaver with Balance and meant that Kain could dispel the barriers with a single strike of the Balance Reaver.