Rotatable and movable objects

Rotatable and Moveable Objects, also known simply as Rotatable Objects, were a set of objects in the Legacy of Kain series that could be interacted with by rotating them or turning them on the spot. Appearing in a number of different forms according to the environment, the objects were often a component of puzzles and could be seen throughout Soul Reaver 2 and Legacy of Kain: Defiance.

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 * Name: Rotatable objects
 * Category: Recurring terms
 * Introduced in: Soul Reaver 2 (2001)
 * Appearances: •
 * Related Articles: Blocks, Constrict objects, Chairs, Boulders (BO1), Glyph batteries

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The first title which allowed objects to be rotated was Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver which had featured Constrict objects - these could be turned on the spot, but only with the aid of the Constricting ability and otherwise they were static.

Soul Reaver 2 was the first to allow objects to be freely rotated without any abilities. Raziel encountered the first of these in A Reaver in Time as he left the Sarafan Stronghold, where it was necessary for him to rotate a large wheel to open an underwater passage to the outer section of the Great Southern Lake. This passage would be revisited in later chapters. Other rotatable objects would be seen in Through the Swamp and The Light Forge (chapter) as Raziel explored the Dark forge and Light forges respectively. These objects, often taking the form of (or accompanied by) circular reflectors, were more puzzle orientated and typically allowed Raziel to channel beams of light through the forges, eventually allowing him to activate each forge.

Rotatable objects returned in Legacy of Kain: Defiance, where they were often involved in simpler puzzles to do with matching symbols and orientations. The first rotating object was found by Kain in Pursue Moebius and required him to rotate a small "statue" marked with a Sarafan symbol to unlock the Flame fragment of the Balance Emblem and gain the Flame Reaver enhancement. Another resided close to the Pillars and protected the passage between the Pillars and the Cemetery vista - this was the first to be discovered by Raziel (after it had been unlocked and used by Kain with the aid of the Stone Disc centuries earlier). Later rotatable objects were found in vampire areas such as the Fire forge entrance, Air forge, Earth forge and Vorador's Mansion - with most involved in puzzles requiring symbols to be matched.

Another sub-class of Rotatable and Moveable objects were "moveable objects" - although they were also alternatively known as "Blocks". These were seen throughout the series and were often involved in puzzles - in contrats to the rotatable objects, blocks were not stuck in place and could be grabbed, dragged, pushed, pulled and even flipped to achieve various ends.