Vampires (events of Soul Reaver)

The vampires of the Soul Reaver era were the generation of vampires created during the rise of Kain's empire, all of whom are descended from Kain himself.

History
Proceeding the Collapse of the Pillars, Kain spent five centuries as the sole remaining vampire in Nosgoth before finally discovering a way to create vampires himself: by snaring a soul and using it to reanimate a corpse. Subsequently, Kain, in an act of ironic blasphemy broke into the Tomb of the Sarafan and breathed part of his soul into the corpses of six sanctified Sarafan warrior inquisitors: in order, Raziel, Turel, Dumah, Rahab, Zephon and Melchiah. Thus, a new generation of vampires was born.

As Kain's vampire "sons" raised their own vampire clans (Razielim, Turelim, Dumahim, Rahabim, Zephonim and Melchahim), the vampire race quickly repopulated, and within a few centuries, the Humans were "thoroughly domesticated," with a few groups of vampire hunters kept around to entertain and provide some challenge.

However, like their progenitor Kain, all vampires inherited the Corruption of the Pillars, which Kain had had from birth. Thus, over the centuries, all vampires in Nosgoth mutated into various beasts.