Azimuth

"The Matriarch of Avernus, the Lady Azimuth: her magical planing skills summoned demons through runes inscribed in human blood."

- Kain

Azimuth the Planer was a minor character in Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. She was a human, the Matriarch of the city of Avernus, and the incumbent Guardian of the Pillar of Dimension during the Blood Omen era. Tainted by the corruption of the Pillars, Azimuth was the fifth member of the Circle of Nine to be hunted down by Kain. Discovering Avernus in flames - being ravaged by Azimuth's demons - Kain confronted Azimuth in Avernus Cathedral and, upon slaying her, was able to temporarily restore the Pillar of Dimension.

Pre-Blood Omen era
Azimuth was born to serve the Pillars as Guardian of Dimension at some point in the centuries of Nosgoth's early history and, along with the immortality gifted by her role, Azimuth's position also allowed her power over other dimensions allowing her to become an "explorer of alien realms"*. Azimuth also ruled over the city of Avernus and lived in the Cathedral, suggesting a large role in the religious life of her citizens. The Pillar Token gifted to her was Azimuth's Eye.

At some point in this era Azimuth, along with Death Guardian Mortanius, investigated the Avernus Catacombs and the two of them "unearthed" something of great power, though what exactly it was that they discovered "beneath Avernus" is yet to be revealed. Mortanius and Azimuth were "seduced away from their service of the pillars" by this power, forming the Cult of Hash'ak'gik, with Azimuth using a time-streaming device to retrieve Turel from the Soul Reaver era to act as the dark god of the cult. (It is likely that Azimuth was aware of the Hylden's role behind the cult; unlike Mortanius, who may have believed that Turel, who he knew as "Hash'ak'gik" was the leader of the cult).

After Nupraptor decended into madness, corrupting the Pillars, Azimuth was affected by the corruption enhancing her sadistic streak and making Azimuth a "raving lunatic"* who used her powers to summon demons from other realms to attack her own city.

Blood Omen era
After the defeats of Bane, DeJoule and Malek at Dark Eden, Kain on the cryptic advice of Ariel travelled to Avernus to confront Lady Azimuth. As Kain approached the city however, he saw that it was being "consumed"* by a raging fire and much of the city lay in ruins - Avernus Cathedral itself (as the lair of Azimuth) was untouched. Kain was confronted by several demons and made his way into Avernus Cathedral.

Entering the Cathedral, Kain discovered that Azimuth's powers had divided the Cathedral into several 'dimensions' and he followed Ariel's cryptic advice; "rising" into the 'Heavenly Realm' to collect the Soul Reaver and "falling' into the 'hellish realm' (actually the Avernus Catacombs) to collect the Wraith Armor; two items that would be incredibly useful in battling the planer.

When he finally caught up with Azimuth in the 'regular dimension' of the Cathedral, she claimed to have no knowledge of the trinkets (suggesting they may have been 'planted') and summoned several Demons (called Ogres) to battle Kain. Azimuth 'hung back' from the battle and used telekinetic projectiles and teleportation to attack and evade Kain. If Kain got close enough, however, he was able to utilise a single strike of the incredibly powerful Soul Reaver blade to kill her. (see Azimuth (boss)).

Once Azimuth was defeated, Kain was able to recover two artifacts from her: The first was a Time Streaming Device (which Azimuth had apparently stolen from Moebius, intending to summon Demons from others times). This was described by Ariel as "salvation"* and it would eventually rescue Kain from the Battle of the Last Stand. The second item Kain recovered from Azimuth was her Pillar Token]; Azimuth's Third Eye Pendant, that when returned to the Pillars, would restore the Pillar of Dimension; albeit only temporarily.