Editing (section) Adepts 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Profile</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">In the Soul Reaver era, humanity existed only as a small pocket population of survivors, tolerated by the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22vampires%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22vampires%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bvampires%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Vampires" title="Vampires">vampires</a> solely for <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22feeding%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22feeding%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bfeeding%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Feeding" title="Feeding">feeding</a> and amusement. The adepts, and their counterparts, the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22novitiates%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22novitiates%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bnovitiates%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Novitiates" title="Novitiates">novitiates</a>, had <i>"adapted to the vampire menace by serving their tormentors and worshipping them as gods"</i>. This earned them a reputation as <i>"an insidious threat to the human population, since they [kidnapped] victims for <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Blood%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Red%20blood%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRed%20blood%7CBlood%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Red_blood" title="Red blood">Blood</a> sacrifices. Considering no sacrifice too great, they [would] also gladly give their own blood, and lives, if necessary, to sustain their vampire masters"</i>.<span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BRef%7CSoul%20Reaver%20manual%20%28US%29%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Ref%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<sup data-rte-washtml="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22%5B%3Ci%3ESoul%20Reaver%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%20manual%20%28US%29%5D%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Legacy%20of%20Kain%3A%20Soul%20Reaver%20manual%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Legacy_of_Kain:_Soul_Reaver_manual" title="Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver manual">[<i>Soul Reaver</i> manual (US)]</a></sup>​</span> The adepts venerated their leader, the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Priestess%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Priestess%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPriestess%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Priestess" title="Priestess">Priestess</a>, and opposed the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22City%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22City%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCity%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a>'s <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22villagers%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Villagers%20%28Soul%20Reaver%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BVillagers%20%28Soul%20Reaver%29%7Cvillagers%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Villagers_(Soul_Reaver)" title="Villagers (Soul Reaver)">villagers</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22vampire%20hunters%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Vampire%20hunters%20%28events%20of%20Soul%20Reaver%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BVampire%20hunters%20%28events%20of%20Soul%20Reaver%29%7Cvampire%20hunters%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Vampire_hunters_(events_of_Soul_Reaver)" title="Vampire hunters (events of Soul Reaver)">vampire hunters</a>. They always <i>"viewed Raziel as an enemy"</i>, regardless of his actions.<span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BRef%7CSoul%20Reaver%20manual%20%28US%29%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Ref%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<sup data-rte-washtml="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22%5B%3Ci%3ESoul%20Reaver%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%20manual%20%28US%29%5D%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Legacy%20of%20Kain%3A%20Soul%20Reaver%20manual%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Legacy_of_Kain:_Soul_Reaver_manual" title="Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver manual">[<i>Soul Reaver</i> manual (US)]</a></sup>​</span><span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BRef%7CSoul%20Reaver%20comic%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Ref%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<sup data-rte-washtml="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22%5B%3Ci%3ESoul%20Reaver%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%20comic%5D%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Legacy%20of%20Kain%3A%20Soul%20Reaver%20comic%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Legacy_of_Kain:_Soul_Reaver_comic" title="Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver comic">[<i>Soul Reaver</i> comic]</a></sup>​</span> If the vampire hunters and Raziel were cooperating, Raziel could freely harm and kill adepts and novitiates without fear of compromising the alliance.<span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BRef%7CSoul%20Reaver%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Ref%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<sup data-rte-washtml="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22%5B%3Ci%3ESoul%20Reaver%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%5D%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Legacy%20of%20Kain%3A%20Soul%20Reaver%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Legacy_of_Kain:_Soul_Reaver" title="Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver">[<i>Soul Reaver</i>]</a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Each adept was equipped with at least two sacrificial <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22knives%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22knives%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bknives%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Knives" title="Knives">knives</a>, which they used as weapons.<span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BRef%7CSoul%20Reaver%20manual%20%28US%29%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Ref%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<sup data-rte-washtml="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22%5B%3Ci%3ESoul%20Reaver%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%20manual%20%28US%29%5D%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Legacy%20of%20Kain%3A%20Soul%20Reaver%20manual%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Legacy_of_Kain:_Soul_Reaver_manual" title="Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver manual">[<i>Soul Reaver</i> manual (US)]</a></sup>​</span><span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BRef%7CSoul%20Reaver%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Ref%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<sup data-rte-washtml="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22%5B%3Ci%3ESoul%20Reaver%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%5D%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Legacy%20of%20Kain%3A%20Soul%20Reaver%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Legacy_of_Kain:_Soul_Reaver" title="Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver">[<i>Soul Reaver</i>]</a></sup>​</span> They would attack Raziel at range by throwing a single knife, but once the first knife was thrown, they would not throw their second, instead retaining it for melee attacks. Their garments included long, red robes tied with a brown belt, and metal face masks. Like other humans, they were comparatively weaker than vampires and easy to kill, but they were immune to the powers of the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Water%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Water%20Glyph%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWater%20Glyph%7CWater%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Water_Glyph" title="Water Glyph">Water</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sunlight%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sunlight%20Glyph%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSunlight%20Glyph%7CSunlight%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Sunlight_Glyph" title="Sunlight Glyph">Sunlight</a> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22glyphs%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22glyphs%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bglyphs%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Glyphs" title="Glyphs">glyphs</a>.<span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BRef%7CSoul%20Reaver%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Ref%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<sup data-rte-washtml="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22%5B%3Ci%3ESoul%20Reaver%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%5D%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Legacy%20of%20Kain%3A%20Soul%20Reaver%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Legacy_of_Kain:_Soul_Reaver" title="Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver">[<i>Soul Reaver</i>]</a></sup>​</span> Raziel encountered them only while exploring the Silenced Cathedral, where they served the resident <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Zephonim%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Zephonim%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BZephonim%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/Zephonim" title="Zephonim">Zephonim</a>.<span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BRef%7CSoul%20Reaver%5C%2F7%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Ref%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<sup data-rte-washtml="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22%5B%3Ci%3ESoul%20Reaver%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%5C%2F7%5D%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Silenced%20Cathedral%20%28chapter%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="3354-15084079155efe0c88412d8" href="/wiki/The_Silenced_Cathedral_(chapter)" title="The Silenced Cathedral (chapter)">[<i>Soul Reaver</i>/7]</a></sup>​</span> </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key LegacyOfKain:rte-parser-cache:6562 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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