Welcome to Meridian

Chapter 1: The Slums: Welcome to Meridian was the first level of Blood Omen 2. It followed Kain from his reawakening in the opening video, through the Slums, until he gained entry to the Smuggler's Den in Chapter 2.

Plot
Kain awakened from a dream of the Battle of Meridian, discovering he had been revived by the vampire resistance, the Cabal (represented by Umah), in a building in the Slums. After a short conversation, Umah took Kain to regain his strength.

The majority of the level was taken up by Umah 's tutorial, which taught Kain about the Whisper, Basic Jumping, Floating , Feeding, Blood , Lore , Basic Combat and Kain's Fury and Mist Dark Gifts and also Kain would also encounter his first Ward gates , Glyph magic and Glyphwrights.

Kain would later be separated from Umah by a Ward Gate and Sarafan Glyph Guard, which forced Kain to seek out a Cabal Contact at the Grand Hotel to open the way to the Smuggler's Den and Chapter 2. Kain would be followed into The Den by Faustus.

Players
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 * Kain
 * Umah
 * Dimitri
 * Faustus
 * Peasants
 * Glyph guards
 * Glyphwrights
 * Thugs