Azimuth's Eye

Azimuth's Eye
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Azimuth's Eye in Blood Omen.
Introduced in	Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (1996)
Appearance(s)	Blood Omen

Azimuth's Eye, or Azimuth's Third Eye, was a Pillar token linked to the Pillar of Dimension, and the Dimension Guardian, Azimuth. It featured in Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. After slaying Azimuth, Kain utilized it to restore the Dimension Pillar for a short interval, until the collapse of the Pillars.

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"Azimuth's Third Eye was a gift from the Pillar of Dimension, and allowed her vision into other planes."

―Kain — Listen (file info)

The Eye was bestowed to Azimuth by the Dimension Pillar, and "served as [her] link to the Pillar", augmenting her natural powers.^{[Blood Omen/3]} It amplified her talents as an "explorer of alien realms", and operated as a lens which transcended the Material Realm, enabling her to perceive other "realms" or "planes" in Nosgoth – probably including the Spectral and Demon Realms.^{[Blood Omen/8][Blood Omen/Miscellaneous]} When the Balance Guardian, Kain, recovered it, the Eye was red, with a vertically-oriented slit pupil, and splayed against what appeared to be a metallic mount.^{[Blood Omen]}

Kain traveled to Avernus in the events of Blood Omen on his quest to restore the corrupt Pillars of Nosgoth, hoping to confront Azimuth. He pervaded Avernus Cathedral, ravaged by Demons summoned by the insane Guardian, and battled Azimuth with the Soul Reaver in the building's far hall. She perished before his sword, and was thus the fifth of eight Circle of Nine to fall on his journey. Kain recovered the Eye, and a time-streaming device she possessed.^{[Blood Omen/3][Blood Omen/8]} He returned to the Pillars and placed the Eye before the Pillar of Dimension, restoring it for a time.^{[Blood Omen/9]} Ultimately, it was to be the last token bestowed by the Dimension Pillar – the Pillars toppled when Kain refused to sacrifice his own life to restore the Pillar of Balance.^{[Blood Omen/12]}

"Before the Dimension pillar, I lay the eye of Azimuth."

―Kain — Listen (file info)

Notes

• The Eye was not literally Azimuth's "real" third eye, in the sense that it manifested as part of her on her face or body. This can be construed from an official render of her hosted at Dark Chronicle, which depicts her with only two eyes and no evidence of a third. Presumably, the Eye was instead an accessory, much like the majority of the other Pillar tokens Kain discovered.^{[Blood Omen]}

• Material from Legacy of Kain: Defiance establishes Azimuth's long-time links to, and worship of, the Hylden. Given that the Hylden were captive within the Demon Realm during her entire lifetime and tenure, the Eye may have had a significant facilitating role in her encounters and communication with her masters.

See also

• Azimuth
• Demon Realm
• Dimension
• Dimension Guardian
• Circle of Nine
• Pillar of Dimension
• Pillar tokens
• Pillars of Nosgoth
• Shifting
• Spectral Realm
• Blood Omen: Tokens at Dark Chronicle (by Ardeth Silvereni).