Scion of Balance

The Scion of Balance is a prophesied figure depicted in Vampire Legend, supposedly meant to restore order and balance back to Nosgoth during a time of great peril.

It transpires, during the games, that Kain is the Scion of Balance, despite individuals such as Moebius the Time Streamer telling him he isn't. The Scion is depicted as being the axis upon which balance can be restored, as the Pillars of Nosgoth fall during the events of the games, and plunge the world into a barren and decrepit state for centuries. According to several murals, and the information given by characters such as Ariel and Janos Audron, the Scion of Balance is destined to restore balance using the Soul Reaver. Janos and his race, though making the prophecies, do not seem to have fully comprehended what it meant. Ariel, once coming to the Spirit Forge, seemed to know that her role as Balance Guardian, and those of her predecessors, were meant to make the blade capable of purifying those it comes into contact with, thus enabling the Scion of Balance to see past the illusions and masks of the Elder God.

As the Elder God was the entity whic the Anicents praised as their God, it is unlikely that they created the blade and foretold the prophecy with the intent of defeating the Elder, though this is the way that history is played. Kain defeated, but did not kill the Elder God, who claimed to be indestructible, and said that Raziel's last gift had given him "the first bitter taste of that terrible illusion- ... Hope".