Azimuth

An antagonist character in Blood Omen, Azimuth is one of the insane sorcerers whom the main character must kill in order to progress in the game. Voiced by Anna Gunn, she appears only in Blood Omen; her actions are revealed to have repercussions in later games, however. During the pre-production stages of Blood Omen, Azimuth was known as "Hericus".

Azimuth is the Guardian of the Pillar of Dimension, ruling over the city of Avernus from the catherdral in its center. Sadistic even before Nupraptor's insanity poisoned her mind,[1] during the events of Blood Omen she allows the extra-dimensional thralls that she summons to ravage Avernus. When Kain reaches her she also possesses a time-streaming device which allows her to summon creatures from other times in addition to her demons - a key item in future plot points - which Kain recovers after killing her.

Blood Omen encourages assumptions that Azimuth is involved in the sacrificial cult of Hash'ak'gik via a bloodstained book that the player can examine in her cathedral, and the time-streaming device found in her possession suggests that she experiments in time travel. Both of these possibilities are further developed in Defiance, in which the cult of Hash'ak'gik is shown to be centered in catacombs beneath Avernus Cathedral, and the future evolved vampire Turel is present there as a fixture of the cult.