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Neither Kain nor Ariel are present at the Pillars in the Soul Reaver alpha builds so the boss encounter and their respective cutscenes and abilities are not available.

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Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain

Enemies	The Army of the Last Hope Blobs Brides Brigands City guards Demons Dolls Ghosts Gypsies Laborers The Legions of the Nemesis Liches Mages Mutants Necromancers Pipers Sarafan Shadows Shopkeepers Skeletons Vampire hunters Wenches Werewolves Will-o-wisps Wolves Zombies

NPCs	Chained prisoners Sleeping villagers Villagers

Bosses	Nupraptor Malek Bane DeJoule Azimuth Elzevir Ottmar William the Just Moebius Kain Mortanius The Unspoken

Cut enemies	Standard-bearers Succubi Vampire hunters (water balloons)

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

Enemies	Adepts Adult Dumahim Adult Melchahim Adult Rahabim Adult Turelim Adult Zephonim Fledgling Dumahim Fledgling Melchahim Fledgling Rahabim Fledgling Turelim Fledgling Zephonim Novitiates Sluagh Vampire hunters (crossbow) Vampire hunters (flamethrower) Vampire wraiths

NPCs	Villagers

Bosses	Melchiah Kain (Pillars) Zephon The Tomb Guardian Rahab Dumah Kain (Chronoplast)

Cut enemies	Forsaken Kain's brides Monsters Winged vampires Wolf-like vampires The Priestess Turel Kain (Retreat)

Soul Reaver 2

Enemies	Acid demons Attack dogs (demon hunters) Attack dogs (vampire hunters) Black demons Demon hunters (axemen) Demon hunters (cannoneers) Demon hunters (swordsmen) Fire demons Gas demons Greater sluagh Greater thralls Groundlings Lightning demons Mutants Sarafan warriors (pikemen) Sarafan sorceresses Sarafan warriors (swordsmen) Shades Sluagh Sorcerer thralls Swordsmen thralls Vampire hunters (cannoneers) Vampire hunters (pikemen) Vampire hunters (swordsmen)

Bosses	Melchiah Zephon Rahab Dumah Turel Raziel

Cut enemies	Malek Unidentified cut enemies Wraiths

Blood Omen 2

Enemies	Demon spiders Glyph guards Glyph knights Greater demons Hylden scientists Hylden warriors Lesser demons Mercenaries Poltergeists Prison guardians Sarafan archers Sarafan guards Sarafan knights Sarafan priests Smugglers Thieves Thugs

NPCs	Aristocrats Barmaids Chained humans Eyeless wretches Industrial workers Manservants Merchants Peasants Slaves Wharves women

Bosses	Faustus Marcus Sebastian Magnus The Sarafan Lord

Cut enemies	Unidentified cut enemies

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Enemies	Reaper archons Dreadnaught archons Cenobite summoners Cenobite acolytes Tentacles Fire demons Lightning demons Feral humans (female) Feral humans (male) Sluagh The Possessed The Transformed Human revenants Vampire revenants Hylden revenants Sarafan archers Sarafan zealots Sarafan crusaders Sarafan templars Sarafan inquisitors Lesser shades Greater shades Vampire golems Guardian constructs Vampire hunter juggernauts Vampire hunter mercenaries Vampire hunter ascetics Vampire hunter sorceresses Vampire hunter pillagers

NPCs	Chained prisoners

Bosses	The Guardian of Nature The Guardian of Conflict The Guardian of the Mind The Guardian of Dimension The Guardian of States The Guardian of Death The Guardian of Energy The Guardian of Time Turel Raziel Kain Possessed Janos The Elder God

Cut enemies	Shadow masters

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Legacy of Kain: The Dark Prophecy

Chained humans Demons Earth elementals Hylden Sarafan

Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun

Enemies	Brutes Enforcers Femmes Lost souls

Bosses	The succubus

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Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

Series

Games	Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (1999) Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered (2024)

Demos	"proto1" The Fire Glyph demo Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver - Quest for Melchiah

Manuals	The Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver manual Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver: Prima's Official Strategy Guide Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver - Das Offizielle Lösungsbuch

Comics	The Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver comic (1999)

Concepts	Kain II Shifter

Prototypes	Jan 23, 1999 Feb 4, 1999 Feb 16, 1999 Apr 14, 1999 May 12, 1999 Jun 1, 1999 Jun 10, 1999 Jun 18, 1999 Jun 28, 1999 Jul 2, 1999 Jul 14, 1999 Dec 13, 1999 Jan 12, 2000 Jan 18, 2000

History

Documents	"Lord Kain and the Story of Nosgoth"

Eras	The history preceding Blood Omen · The events of Soul Reaver

Events	Raziel's execution · Raziel's resurrection

Timelines	Timelines (The second timeline)

Characters

Major characters	Raziel The Elder God Kain Melchiah Zephon Rahab Dumah Ariel Moebius The Tomb Guardian

Minor characters	Turel List of Soul Reaver minor characters

Other characters	"astat" "babar" Malek Mortanius Nupraptor "stnglph" Vorador

Cut characters	The Priestess

Locations

Major locations	The Underworld The Lake of the Dead Raziel's Clan Territory The Necropolis The Sanctuary of the Clans (The Pillars of Nosgoth (Soul Reaver)) The Silenced Cathedral The Tomb of the Sarafan The Drowned Abbey The Ruined City of the Dumahim The Oracle's Cave The Chronoplast

Overland	The Overland

Villages	The Human Citadel

Dungeons	The Force Glyph Altar The Stone Glyph Altar The Sound Glyph Altar The Fire Forge The Water Glyph Altar The Fire Glyph Altar The Sunlight Glyph Altar

Minor locations	The Smokestack Nupraptor's Retreat The Sarafan Stronghold Time-streaming chambers

Cut locations	"adda2" Dark Eden Kain's Mountain Retreat The Lake of Lost Souls Malek's Bastion Push Riley's Test Area The Robert Chang tests The Sound Forge The Spirit Forge The Spirit Glyph Altar The Stone Forge The Sunlight Forge Turel's Clan Territory The Undercity The Water Forge

Inhabitants

Races	Humans · Vampires (Vampires (events of Soul Reaver))

Creatures	Animals · Reavers · Sluagh · Specters · Wraiths

Factions	The agents of the Elder God · The Circle of Nine · Kain's empire (The Council · The Dumahim · Kain's lieutenants · The Melchahim · The Rahabim · The Razelim · The Turelim · The vampire worshippers · The Zephonim) · The vampire hunters (events of Soul Reaver)

Walkthrough

"Vampire Scourge" "Underworld" "Raziel's Clan Territory" "Necropolis" "Melchiah" "Soul Reaver" "The Silenced Cathedral" "Zephon" "Tomb Of Sarafan" "The Drowned Abbey" "Rahab" "Ruined City of the Dumahim" "Dumah" "Oracle's Cave" "Showdown With Kain"

"Force Glyph" "Stone Glyph" "Fire Glyph" "Sound Glyph" "Sunlight Glyph" "City Life And Death"

Terms

The Abyss Ariel's platform Bells Blocks Cheats The Chronoplast visions Constrict objects Doors The Elder God's platform Eldritch energy recharges Feeding Fire Force fields The health coil Health recharges Levers Permeable barriers Planar portals Pupating Melchahim Pupating Rahabim Pupating Zephonim Rotatable and movable objects Revived vampires The ring menu Scalable walls Sealed doors The soul altar Sunlight Switches Telekinetic breakables Teleportation Updrafts Wall spikes Warp gates Water Wheels

Debug menus Lava Pupating Turelim

Items

Weapons	Claws "catpipe" "cstaff" "hubstaff" "lstaff" "lukpoon" "pipestk" "prong" "staff" "stake_f" "stake_l" "stake_r" "stdaluk" "stdcath" "stdorac" "stdskin" "stdtomb" "stnaff" "gong" "hndtrch" "boldasc" "boldasd" "boldase" "boldasf" "urnx" "urny" "urnz" "walbose"

Reavers	The Wraith Blade (The Spectral Reaver The Material Reaver The Fire Reaver)

Essential items	Souls (Melchiah's soul Zephon's soul Rahab's soul Dumah's soul) Eldritch energy Eldritch energy power-ups Health power-ups The telekinetic force projectile relic

Minor items	Claws The Soul Reaver Vorador's Signet Ring Blue blood Red blood Crossbows Flamethrowers Knives "stick" The vampire hunters' banner The Ariel Reaver The Kain Reaver Moebius's Staff

Other items	Nupraptor's Head

Cut items	The Amplified Reaver The Chaos Armor Green blood Malek's Helmet The Sound Reaver The Spirit Reaver The Stone Reaver The Sunlight Reaver The Water Reaver

Abilities

Innate abilities	Combat Crouching Gliding Shifting Sneaking Soul devouring

Earned abilities	Phasing through gates Scaling walls Telekinetic force projectiles/Reaver bolts Swimming Constricting

Glyphs	Glyphs (The Shift Glyph The Force Glyph The Stone Glyph The Sound Glyph The Water Glyph The Fire Glyph The Sunlight Glyph)

Cut abilities	Amplified force projectiles Possess Shape-shifting Shift At Will The Spirit Glyph

Enemies

Enemies	Adepts Adult Dumahim Adult Melchahim Adult Rahabim Adult Turelim Adult Zephonim Fledgling Dumahim Fledgling Melchahim Fledgling Rahabim Fledgling Turelim Fledgling Zephonim Novitiates Sluagh Vampire hunters (crossbow) Vampire hunters (flamethrower) Vampire wraiths

NPCs	Villagers

Bosses	Melchiah Kain (Pillars) Zephon The Tomb Guardian Rahab Dumah Kain (Chronoplast)

Cut enemies	Forsaken Kain's brides Monsters Winged vampires Wolf-like vampires The Priestess Turel Kain (Retreat)

Production

Cast	Michael Bell Tony Jay Simon Templeman Neil Ross Anna Gunn Richard Doyle

Gallery

Audio	Music (Cathedral Drowned Abbey Necropolis Ozar Midrashim Pillars Ruined City Sound Glyph Spectral Underworld Sunlight Glyph The City Turel Clan Underworld Underworld Lt) Voiceover

Documents	Manual.pdf

Images	Screenshots Cinematic stills Bitmaps Texture maps Arnold Ayala images Boyd Lake images Brett Hartshorn images Casto Vocal images Daniel Cabuco images Dave Reyes images Eidos Interactive images Freddie Lee images GlyphX images Nosgothic Realm images Robert Chang images Stephen Trusty images The Lost Worlds images Soul Reaver comic images

Videos	YouTube videos

Archive

Transcripts	Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver transcript

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