Hylden Lord

Hash'ak'gik is a recurring antagonist video game character in the Legacy of Kain series, known variously as the Hylden Lord, Sarafan Lord, the Hylden General and the Dark Entity. In Blood Omen 2 he is voiced by Earl Boen, and in other games he is portrayed by Rene Auberjonois, Tony Jay, and Alastair Duncan when possessing other characters.

In Blood Omen, the name Hash'ak'gik is mentioned only as a recipient of sacrifices performed by a mysterious cult. The developers of the game revealed later that Hash'ak'gik is the identity of the being that masterminded the fall of the Circle of Nine by possessing Mortanius the Necromancer and using him to assassinate Ariel. In the final battle against Mortanius, Hash'ak'gik transforms the necromancer's dying body and manifests as the Dark Entity - the game's demonic final boss.

The name Hash'ak'gik does not appear in Blood Omen 2, but it is later explained to be another name of Blood Omen 2's central antagonist, the Sarafan Lord. The Sarafan Lord is shown in the game's opening sequence as the leader of the reformed Sarafan Order, which destroys Kain's vampire army, halting his conquest of Nosgoth. He defeats Kain with the help of an artifact known as the Nexus Stone. The Sarafan Lord goes on to rule Nosgoth's capital, Meridian, for 200 years. However, he is eventually thwarted by a revived Kain, who takes control of the Nexus Stone. During the course of the game the Sarafan Lord is revealed to be leader of the Hylden, a race banished from Nosgoth in ancient times, who is plotting to break the seal over his people. Kain ruins his plans by casting the Nexus Stone into the gate to the Hylden's place of banishment, sealing it and preventing any Hylden from entering Nosgoth.

In Defiance Turel is identified as Hash'ak'gik, but the Hylden leader Hash'ak'gik appears as well, referred to by the main characters as the Hylden Lord or Hylden General. Encountered firstly as the possessor of Mortanius, the Hylden Lord goes on to possess Janos Audron after the collapse of the Pillars of Nosgoth. Raziel tries to prevent him from using Janos to enter Nosgoth but the Hylden Lord proves too powerful, flying away to commence the Hylden plan for dominance described in Blood Omen 2 in the unwilling body of Janos.