Janos Audron's Retreat

Janos Audron's Retreat, also known as Janos Audron's Aerie was the mountainside fortress and home of the infamous Janos Audron. It was situated in the mountains above Uschtenheim and was visited by Raziel in Soul Reaver 2.

In Soul Reaver 2, Raziel was persuaded by Vorador that Janos Audron was the key to his destiny, but Raziel was unable to to press north towards Uschtenheim until he arrived in the demon era, a century after the Pillars collapse. He found the Aerie ruined and collapsed, a large winged sculpture still visible beneath a high balcony. Raziel met Kain beneath the aerie and pressing further into the mountains he discovered the nearby Air Forge and was able to imbue the Air Reaver. This allowed him to gain entry to a ruined Time Streaming Chamber in the Termogent Forest and use it to return to the Sarafan era.

In the Sarafan era, Raziel found Janos Audron's Retreat still intact and he was able to enter. Finding the entire mountain was hollow and designed the winged Ancient Vampires, Raziel had to use all of his Reaver enhancements to create various blood bridges to high balconies to finally reach Janos' chambers. When he met Janos, Janos tried to give Raziel the Reaver blade, but this was interrupted by the attacking Sarafan who had taken advantage of Raziel's handiwork to breach the retreat and, armed with Moebius' staff , find Janos Audron.

Janos teleported Raziel to the nearby Fire Forge chamber, where Raziel was able to imbue the Fire Reaver and return to Janos' chamber just in time to see his former human self murder Janos and rip out The Heart of Darkness. The Sarafan brothers quickly fled taking The Reaver and the Heart of Darkness with them. As Raziel left the retreat, it collapsed entirely, forming the ruins that Raziel encountered in the Nosgoth's future.