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|name = The Battle of the Last Stand
 
|name = The Battle of the Last Stand
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|class = [[:Category:History/Events|Historical event]]
 
|image = [[File:BO1-DD-TheBattleOfTheLastStand-032.png|250px]]
 
|image = [[File:BO1-DD-TheBattleOfTheLastStand-032.png|250px]]
 
|caption = The Battle of the Last Stand as it appears in ''[[Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain]]''.
 
|caption = The Battle of the Last Stand as it appears in ''[[Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain]]''.
|introduced = {{Icon-BO1}} ''[[Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain]]'' (1996)
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|introduced = {{Icon|Blood Omen}} ''[[Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain]]'' (1996)
 
|timeline = • The [[first timeline]]
 
|timeline = • The [[first timeline]]
 
|era = • The [[Blood Omen era]]
 
|era = • The [[Blood Omen era]]
 
|factions = • The [[Lion Throne|<font color="#9AA9FE">Lion Throne</font>]]<br/>• The [[Army of the Last Hope|<font color="#9AA9FE">Army of the Last Hope</font>]]<br/>'''Vs.'''<br/>• The [[legions of the Nemesis|<font color="#FF5000">legions of the Nemesis</font>]]
 
|factions = • The [[Lion Throne|<font color="#9AA9FE">Lion Throne</font>]]<br/>• The [[Army of the Last Hope|<font color="#9AA9FE">Army of the Last Hope</font>]]<br/>'''Vs.'''<br/>• The [[legions of the Nemesis|<font color="#FF5000">legions of the Nemesis</font>]]
|individuals = • [[Ottmar|<font color="#9AA9FE">Ottmar</font>]] <small>(leader)</small><br/>• [[Kain|<font color="#9AA9FE">Kain</font>]]<br/>• [[William|<font color="#FF5000">William</font>]] <small>(leader)</small>
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|individuals = • [[Ottmar|<font color="#9AA9FE">Ottmar</font>]] <small>(leader)</small><br/>• [[Kain|<font color="#9AA9FE">Kain</font>]]<br/>• [[William the Just|<font color="#FF5000">William</font>]] <small>(leader)</small>
 
|setpieces = • The [[Plains of Blood]]
 
|setpieces = • The [[Plains of Blood]]
 
|outcome = • <font color="#FF0000">Faction defeated:</font> The Army of the Last Hope
 
|outcome = • <font color="#FF0000">Faction defeated:</font> The Army of the Last Hope
 
|previous = • The [[corruption of the Pillars]]
 
|previous = • The [[corruption of the Pillars]]
 
|next = • The [[collapse of the Pillars]]
 
|next = • The [[collapse of the Pillars]]
|appearances = {{Icon-BO1}}
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|appearances = {{Icon|Blood Omen}}
 
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The '''Battle of the Last Stand''' was the fight between the armies of the [[William|Nemesis]] and that of King [[Ottmar]] of [[Willendorf]].
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The '''Battle of the Last Stand''' was the fight between the armies of the [[William the Just|Nemesis]] and that of King [[Ottmar]] of [[Willendorf]].
   
 
The fledgling [[vampires|vampire]] [[Kain]], who had seen the destruction wrought by the Legions of the Nemesis in [[Stahlberg]] asked king Ottmar to stop the advance of the Nemesis' army after [[Ariel]] told him that Ottmar's forces were the only ones who might be capable of doing so. In order to persuade the king out of a depression, he rescued Ottmar's daughter's soul from [[Elzevir|Elziver the Dollmaker]]. Rather than claim Ottmar's kingdom, he got him to march against the Legions. The [[Army of the Last Hope]] met with the Legions, but Ottmar was unfortunately killed and the remnants of his army fled the field of battle. To escape, Kain used a time streaming device he had acquired to go back in time and stop the Nemesis from ever gaining the power to achieve this victory.
 
The fledgling [[vampires|vampire]] [[Kain]], who had seen the destruction wrought by the Legions of the Nemesis in [[Stahlberg]] asked king Ottmar to stop the advance of the Nemesis' army after [[Ariel]] told him that Ottmar's forces were the only ones who might be capable of doing so. In order to persuade the king out of a depression, he rescued Ottmar's daughter's soul from [[Elzevir|Elziver the Dollmaker]]. Rather than claim Ottmar's kingdom, he got him to march against the Legions. The [[Army of the Last Hope]] met with the Legions, but Ottmar was unfortunately killed and the remnants of his army fled the field of battle. To escape, Kain used a time streaming device he had acquired to go back in time and stop the Nemesis from ever gaining the power to achieve this victory.
   
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===''Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain''===
 
===''Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain''===
 
Visually, the Plains of Blood were depicted as a large expanse of mud that, during the battle, was littered with corpses and medieval battle equipment. As Kain progressed northward along the Plains, [[feeding]] on both sides, the [[Legions of the Nemesis]] gained the upper hand and scenes of carnage became more frequent, reminiscent of the utter devastation and mutilation previously visible at [[Stahlberg]]. Eventually, as King [[Ottmar]] was slain, the [[Army of the Last Hope]] fragmented and fled into the surrounding forests.
 
Visually, the Plains of Blood were depicted as a large expanse of mud that, during the battle, was littered with corpses and medieval battle equipment. As Kain progressed northward along the Plains, [[feeding]] on both sides, the [[Legions of the Nemesis]] gained the upper hand and scenes of carnage became more frequent, reminiscent of the utter devastation and mutilation previously visible at [[Stahlberg]]. Eventually, as King [[Ottmar]] was slain, the [[Army of the Last Hope]] fragmented and fled into the surrounding forests.
   
As Kain became cornered near a guardhouse and the Legions of the Nemesis turned their attentions to him, the [[Time-streaming devices|Time Streaming Device]] he obtained in [[Avernus Cathedral]] spontaneously activated and propelled him fifty years into the past. Before his eyes, the mud caked battlefield turned to lush greenery. Realizing his chance to change history, Kain subsequently traveled to the [[Land of the Nemesis]] to assassinate [[William]].
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As Kain became cornered near a guardhouse and the Legions of the Nemesis turned their attentions to him, the [[Time-streaming devices|Time Streaming Device]] he obtained in [[Avernus Cathedral]] spontaneously activated and propelled him fifty years into the past. Before his eyes, the mud caked battlefield turned to lush greenery. Realizing his chance to change history, Kain subsequently traveled to the [[Land of the Nemesis]] to assassinate [[William the Just]].
   
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
*The Plains of Blood are largely inaccessible ingame, surrounded in the map by forests. Kain is transported to the Plains after he returns the [[Dollmaker's Doll]] to Ottmar. When the battle is finished and the Time Streaming Device activated, Kain is transported to a keep on the outskirts of the Plains, and is free to explore following a cutscene involving Kain reading a [[Moebius's mercenary army|Mercenary]]'s memories of [[Moebius]].
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*The Plains of Blood are largely inaccessible ingame, surrounded in the map by forests. Kain is transported to the Plains after he returns the [[Elzevir's Doll|Dollmaker'sDoll]] to Ottmar. When the battle is finished and the Time Streaming Device activated, Kain is transported to a keep on the outskirts of the Plains, and is free to explore following a cutscene involving Kain reading a [[Vampire hunters (history preceding Blood Omen)|Mercenary]]'s memories of [[Moebius]].
   
*The Plains carried many of the signs of the Nemesis conquests (previously seen in Stahlberg). Corpses were littered everywhere; some are cut in half, others are beheaded, many people (or body parts) are impaled on stakes or crucified and there is a large pile of bloodied skulls with a white [[Willendorf]] flag protruding, defaced with the words "Death to Ottmar", scrawled in [[blood]].
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*The Plains carried many of the signs of the Nemesis conquests (previously seen in Stahlberg). Corpses were littered everywhere; some are cut in half, others are beheaded, many people (or body parts) are impaled on stakes or crucified and there is a large pile of bloodied skulls with a white [[Willendorf]] flag protruding, defaced with the words "Death to Ottmar", scrawled in [[Red blood|Blood]].
   
 
*Though the Plains are never playable outside of the effects of battle, given the name and brief glimpses in cutscenes it appears they were an expanse of grassland and fields before the warring armies reduced them to mud.
 
*Though the Plains are never playable outside of the effects of battle, given the name and brief glimpses in cutscenes it appears they were an expanse of grassland and fields before the warring armies reduced them to mud.
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*The name "Plains of Blood" appears nowhere in any of the ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' games. The area's moniker is only revealed on the larger cloth map of Nosgoth included with initial ''Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain'' releases. Their etymology is uncertain.<ref name="Map">[http://nosgoth.net/bloodomen/maps.html Map of Nosgoth at Nosgothic Realm]</ref>
 
*The name "Plains of Blood" appears nowhere in any of the ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' games. The area's moniker is only revealed on the larger cloth map of Nosgoth included with initial ''Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain'' releases. Their etymology is uncertain.<ref name="Map">[http://nosgoth.net/bloodomen/maps.html Map of Nosgoth at Nosgothic Realm]</ref>
   
*Because the Battle of the Last Stand occurred only in the [[second paradox]] timeline where the Nemesis came to power, the status of the Plains of Blood in subsequent timelines remains unclear.
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*Because the Battle of the Last Stand occurred only in the [[First timeline]] where the Nemesis came to power, the status of the Plains of Blood in subsequent timelines remains unclear.
   
 
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The Battle of the Last Stand was the fight between the armies of the Nemesis and that of King Ottmar of Willendorf.

The fledgling vampire Kain, who had seen the destruction wrought by the Legions of the Nemesis in Stahlberg asked king Ottmar to stop the advance of the Nemesis' army after Ariel told him that Ottmar's forces were the only ones who might be capable of doing so. In order to persuade the king out of a depression, he rescued Ottmar's daughter's soul from Elziver the Dollmaker. Rather than claim Ottmar's kingdom, he got him to march against the Legions. The Army of the Last Hope met with the Legions, but Ottmar was unfortunately killed and the remnants of his army fled the field of battle. To escape, Kain used a time streaming device he had acquired to go back in time and stop the Nemesis from ever gaining the power to achieve this victory.

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Visually, the Plains of Blood were depicted as a large expanse of mud that, during the battle, was littered with corpses and medieval battle equipment. As Kain progressed northward along the Plains, feeding on both sides, the Legions of the Nemesis gained the upper hand and scenes of carnage became more frequent, reminiscent of the utter devastation and mutilation previously visible at Stahlberg. Eventually, as King Ottmar was slain, the Army of the Last Hope fragmented and fled into the surrounding forests.

As Kain became cornered near a guardhouse and the Legions of the Nemesis turned their attentions to him, the Time Streaming Device he obtained in Avernus Cathedral spontaneously activated and propelled him fifty years into the past. Before his eyes, the mud caked battlefield turned to lush greenery. Realizing his chance to change history, Kain subsequently traveled to the Land of the Nemesis to assassinate William the Just.

Notes

  • The Plains of Blood are largely inaccessible ingame, surrounded in the map by forests. Kain is transported to the Plains after he returns the Dollmaker'sDoll to Ottmar. When the battle is finished and the Time Streaming Device activated, Kain is transported to a keep on the outskirts of the Plains, and is free to explore following a cutscene involving Kain reading a Mercenary's memories of Moebius.
  • The Plains carried many of the signs of the Nemesis conquests (previously seen in Stahlberg). Corpses were littered everywhere; some are cut in half, others are beheaded, many people (or body parts) are impaled on stakes or crucified and there is a large pile of bloodied skulls with a white Willendorf flag protruding, defaced with the words "Death to Ottmar", scrawled in Blood.
  • Though the Plains are never playable outside of the effects of battle, given the name and brief glimpses in cutscenes it appears they were an expanse of grassland and fields before the warring armies reduced them to mud.
  • The name "Plains of Blood" appears nowhere in any of the Legacy of Kain games. The area's moniker is only revealed on the larger cloth map of Nosgoth included with initial Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain releases. Their etymology is uncertain.[1]
  • Because the Battle of the Last Stand occurred only in the First timeline where the Nemesis came to power, the status of the Plains of Blood in subsequent timelines remains unclear.

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