- "At once, the battlefield was gone. Where the ground was caked with blood and dirt, there was lush greenery. Where chaos reigned only moments before, this damning calm prevailed. Alas, it seemed I was stranded here - the Time Streaming Device lay in pieces at my feet."
- ―Kain[src]
Events
Initial known events and information (first timeline)
- (Years before ~0) William the Just is born. At a young age, he inherits rulership of the kingdom which will become known as the Land of the Nemesis.
- File:Wiki-Icon-BO1.png Moebius, the Guardian of Time, attempts to rally the peasants loyal to William, and secures an audience with the king.
- (~0) File:Wiki-Icon-BO1.png Using a time-streaming device, Kain escapes from the Battle of the Last Stand in the events of Blood Omen, emerging here, nearly 50 years in the past.
- File:Wiki-Icon-BO1.png Kain travels to the Land of the Nemesis, intending to kill William before he can become the Nemesis and ravage Nosgoth.
- File:Wiki-Icon-BO1.png Kain watches as Moebius provides William with an incarnation of the Soul Reaver and other weapons, and warns William of a vampire sent to slay him.
- File:Wiki-Icon-BO1.png The first paradox: Kain attempts to slay William in battle. Both combatants are armed with incarnations of the Soul Reaver, triggering a history-distorting Reaver convergence.
(→ This iteration of history is derailed and dies, resulting in the altered second timeline →)
Kain fails to slay William, and history proceeds as normal.
- (~0-40) Moebius continues to conspire with William, resulting in the creation of the prophesied fanatical and ruthless Legions of the Nemesis. William becomes known as the Nemesis, an unstoppable tyrant destined to bring about the end of civilization.
- Mortanius, the Guardian of Death, is possessed by the Dark Entity.
- File:Wiki-Icon-BO1.png (~20) Possessing Mortanius's body, the Dark Entity murders Ariel. Kain is born as her successor. Ariel's specter begins to haunt the Pillars of Nosgoth.
- File:Wiki-Icon-BO1.png The corruption of the Pillars: Nupraptor, Ariel's lover, finds her corpse and realises that Mortanius was responsible for her death. Overwhelmed with grief and suspicions of treachery, Nupraptor plunges into madness, unleashing a psychic onslaught directed at the entire Circle of Nine. Throughout all Nosgoth, the minds of the sensitive and intellectual are blasted by waves of hatred. The Circle is permanently left mentally corrupted, and the Pillars physically crack and corrode.
- The insane and deranged Guardians unleash their powers against Nosgoth, with malicious intent. Anarcrothe, Bane and DeJoule create the Dark Eden. Nupraptor practices self-mutilation, sewing his own eyes and lips shut, and terrorizes pilgrims who journey to his retreat near Vasserbünde.
- King Ottmar of Willendorf holds a contest to celebrate his daughter's birthday, offering a royal favor to the creator of the finest doll in the realm. Among hundreds of submissions, Elzevir the Dollmaker's entry is proclaimed the winner. Elzevir takes a lock of the Princess' hair in payment.
- Elzevir traps the Princess' soul in a burlap and silk doll. The Princess becomes lifeless, plunging Ottmar into despair.
- (~50) Kain departs Coorhagen, embarking on a journey across Nosgoth.
- Mortanius recruits a band of assassins to murder Kain.
- File:Wiki-Icon-BO1.png At night, Kain attempts to seek shelter at a tavern in Ziegsturhl, but is denied entry. Forced to the road, he is slain by assassins.
- Kain's body is interred in his mausoleum in the Cemetery.
References
| Preceded by: Nosgoth's early history ~ 450 years |
Nosgoth's historical eras The pre-Blood Omen era ~ 50 years |
Followed by: the events of Blood Omen ~ 1 year |
