Melchiah

Melchiah is an antagonist character in the Legacy of Kain series, which the main character fights as a boss. He appears in Soul Reaver and Soul Reaver 2, in which he is voiced by Michael Bell. During the development of Soul Reaver his code-name was 'skinner boss'.

Melchiah first appears in the opening scene of Soul Reaver as one of Kain's vampire lieutenants. He is the leader of a vampire clan, the Melchiahim, and a peer of the main character Raziel. As the last of the lieutenants to be raised, Melchiah is the weakest of Kain's sons and his flesh continues to decay despite his immortality. During the game events Melchiah is shown to have mutated into a large mass of rotting flesh. Raziel fights Melchiah and gains the ability to pass through barred gates while in the spectral realm by consuming his soul.

The human version of Melchiah makes an appearance in Soul Reaver 2 at a much earlier point in the series timeline. He became an inquisitor of the Sarafan Order, one of those who storm Janos Audron keep and aid in his murder. The wraith Raziel encounters and kills Melchiah as part of a non-optional battle, providing the corpse which Kain reanimates as a vampire centuries later.