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"The Pillars of Nosgoth. Even in life, few sights have moved me such as this. I marveled that such beauty should grace our dying world."

―Kain — Listen (file info)^[src]

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This article is about the Pillars area as it appears in Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. For the general article on the Pillars, see Pillars of Nosgoth. For other uses, see Pillars (disambiguation).

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The Land of Nosgoth

Planes	The Material Realm The Spectral Realm The Demon Realm

Overland	The Canyons The Cemetery Dark Eden The Great Southern Lake The Great Southern Sea HMCS Bitter The Lake of Lost Souls The Lake of Serenity The Lake of Tears The Lake of the Dead The Land of the Nemesis Nachtholm Cove The Pillars of Nosgoth The Plains of Blood The Swamp The Termogent Forest

Villages	Avernus Coorhagen Freeport The Human Citadel Meridian Nachtholm Provance Stahlberg Steinchencröe Uschtenheim Vasserbünde Willendorf Ziegsturhl

Dungeons	The Air Forge The Avernus Catacombs Avernus Cathedral The Chronoplast The Dark Forge The Device The Drowned Abbey Elzevir the Dollmaker The Eternal Prison The Fire Forge The Hylden City Janos Audron's Retreat Kain's castle The Light Forge The Lost City Malek's Bastion The Necropolis Nupraptor's Retreat The Oracle's Cave The Provincial Mines Raziel's Clan Territory The Ruined City of the Dumahim The Sanctuary of the Clans The Sarafan Stronghold The Silenced Cathedral The Smokestack The Stone Glyph Altar The Subterranean Ruins The Sunlight Glyph Altar The Tomb of the Sarafan The Underworld (Defiance) The Underworld (Soul Reaver) The Vampire Citadel Vorador's Mansion

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain

Major locations	The Pillars of Nosgoth (*Blood Omen*) Nupraptor's Retreat Malek's Bastion The Oracle's Cave Vorador's Mansion Dark Eden Avernus Cathedral Willendorf City

Overland	The Overland The Cemetery The Lake of Tears Nachtholm Cove The Lake of the Dead The Termogent Forest The Lake of Serenity The Land of the Nemesis HMCS Bitter The Lake of Lost Souls The Plains of Blood

Villages	Ziegsturhl Nachtholm Steinchencröe Vasserbünde Coorhagen Uschtenheim Avernus Willendorf Stahlberg

Dungeons	Kain's Mausoleum The Light Dungeon The Energy Bolt Dungeon The Wolf Form Dungeon The Repel Dungeon The Bone Armor Dungeon The Inspire Hate Dungeon The Stun Dungeon The Mist Form Dungeon The Lost City The Blood Gout Dungeon The Control Mind Dungeon The Flame Sword Dungeon The Dark Eden Castle The Lightning Dungeon Heaven The Avernus Catacombs Hell The Spirit Wrack Dungeon The Provincial Mines Elzevir the Dollmaker The Stronghold of William the Just

Minor locations	The Sarafan Stronghold The Underworld

Other locations	The Great Southern Lake

Cut locations	The chess match The developers' level select Weirstein The witches' coven

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

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

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver comic

The Pillars of Nosgoth (Soul Reaver) The Sanctuary of the Clans The Lake of the Dead The Necropolis The Silenced Cathedral The Undercity The Human Citadel The Water Glyph Altar

Soul Reaver 2

Major locations	The time-streaming chambers The Sarafan Stronghold The Great Southern Lake The Pillars of Nosgoth (Soul Reaver 2) The Subterranean Ruins The Swamp The Dark Forge The Light Forge Uschtenheim The Air Forge The Janos Audron's Retreat The Fire Forge

Minor locations	The Chronoplast

Other locations	The Tomb of the Sarafan

Cut locations	The Earth Forge The Spirit Forge The Water Forge

Blood Omen 2

Major locations	Meridian (The Slums The Smuggler's Den The Lower City The Upper City The Sarafan Keep The Industrial Quarter The Device The Wharves) The Canyons The Eternal Prison The Hylden City

Minor locations	The Pillars of Nosgoth Kain's castle The Great Southern Sea Sanctuary

Other locations	Freeport The Great Southern Lake The Lake of Tears Provance Ziegsturhl The Termogent Forest Vorador's Mansion

Cut locations	Unidentified cut Blood Omen 2 locations Valeholm

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Major locations	The Sarafan Stronghold The Underworld The Cemetery The Pillars of Nosgoth (Defiance) The Vampire Citadel Vorador's Mansion Avernus (Avernus Cathedral The Avernus Catacombs)

Minor locations	The Great Southern Lake Kain's Mausoleum The Dark Forge The Light Forge The Lake of Tears The Fire Forge The Air Forge The Termogent Forest The Water Forge The Earth Forge The Spirit Forge

Cut locations	"artifact1a" The Sanctuary of the Clans

Legacy of Kain: Defiance comic

The Pillars of Nosgoth (Blood Omen Soul Reaver) Ziegsturhl The Sanctuary of the Clans The Lake of the Dead The Necropolis The Silenced Cathedral The Sarafan Stronghold The Ruined City of the Dumahim The Drowned Abbey

Cut content/Locations

Legacy of Kain: The Dark Prophecy

Malek's Bastion The Hylden City

Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun

Overland	The Wetlands

Dungeons	The Temple of the Whore Saint The Fireship Lydia's Shrine Abraxas Caves

Other locations	The Silenced Cathedral Willendorf List of Dead Sun other locations

Nosgoth

Maps	Freeport Valeholm Provance Sommerdamm The Fane The Crucible The Silenced Cathedral

Minor locations	The Great Southern Sea Meridian The Smokestack Turel's Clan Territory

Other locations	Avernus Dark Eden

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Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain

Series

Games	Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (1996)

Demos	The Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain PC demo

Manuals	The Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain manual Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain—Official Game Secrets

Prototypes	Jun 3, 1996 Jul 10, 1996 Jul 12, 1996 Jul 15, 1996 Sep 16, 1996 Jul 10, 1997 The Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain Sega Saturn version

History

Documents	"Scriptures"

Eras	Nosgoth's early history · The history preceding Blood Omen · The events of Blood Omen · The era following Blood Omen

Events	The vampire purge · The slaughter of the Circle · The assassination of William the Just · The seduction of the Circle · The corruption of the Pillars · The Battle of the Last Stand · The collapse of the Pillars

Timelines	The first timeline · The second timeline

Paradoxes	The assassination of William the Just

Characters

Major characters	Kain Mortanius Vorador Ariel Moebius Malek William the Just Bane Azimuth DeJoule Nupraptor Anarcrothe Ottmar Elzevir The Unspoken

Minor characters	The martyred Guardian of Dimension The martyred Guardian of Nature The martyred Guardian of Balance The martyred Guardian of Energy Irmok The Catatonic Servant Girl The Courtier The Princess The Leader List of Blood Omen minor characters

Other characters	Janos Audron Vorador's mystery woman

Cut characters	Lupo

Locations

Major locations	The Pillars of Nosgoth (*Blood Omen*) Nupraptor's Retreat Malek's Bastion The Oracle's Cave Vorador's Mansion Dark Eden Avernus Cathedral Willendorf City

Overland	The Overland The Cemetery The Lake of Tears Nachtholm Cove The Lake of the Dead The Termogent Forest The Lake of Serenity The Land of the Nemesis HMCS Bitter The Lake of Lost Souls The Plains of Blood

Villages	Ziegsturhl Nachtholm Steinchencröe Vasserbünde Coorhagen Uschtenheim Avernus Willendorf Stahlberg

Dungeons	Kain's Mausoleum The Light Dungeon The Energy Bolt Dungeon The Wolf Form Dungeon The Repel Dungeon The Bone Armor Dungeon The Inspire Hate Dungeon The Stun Dungeon The Mist Form Dungeon The Lost City The Blood Gout Dungeon The Control Mind Dungeon The Flame Sword Dungeon The Dark Eden Castle The Lightning Dungeon Heaven The Avernus Catacombs Hell The Spirit Wrack Dungeon The Provincial Mines Elzevir the Dollmaker The Stronghold of William the Just

Minor locations	The Sarafan Stronghold The Underworld

Other locations	The Great Southern Lake

Cut locations	The chess match The developers' level select Weirstein The witches' coven

Mythology

Narrative	The ancient tongue · Arcane symbols · The blood curse · The Blood Omen epigraph · Blood script · Faeries · Grand Guignol · Hash'ak'gik · The Ignis Fatuus · The Plague · The Unspoken · Vae victis

Inhabitants

Races	Humans · Vampires (Vampires (second generation)) · The Hylden

Creatures	Animals · Blobs · Constructs · Demons · Mutants · Revenants · Specters · Undead · Werewolves · Wraiths

Factions	The agents of the Elder God (The ancient, primitive cult) · The Circle of Nine (The Circle of Nine (Dark Eden)) · The gypsies · The Hash'ak'gik cult Kain's assassins · The Legions of the Nemesis · The Lion Throne (The Army of the Last Hope) · The Sarafan

Walkthrough

"Welcome to Hell" "Seeking Revenge" "Nupraptor" "The Hunt for Malek" "Find the Oracle" "Vorador's Mansion" "Threaten the Circle" "Defeat Azimuth" "Ottmar's Daughter" "Stranded in Time" "The Vampire Purges" "To the End"

Blood fountains

The day/night cycle

Gaseous flowers

The inventory screen

Permeable barriers

Spinning blades

Standing stones

The status screen

Warped precipitation

Items

Blood types	Red blood Black blood Blue blood Green blood

Armor	The Iron Armor The Bone Armor The Chaos Armor The Flesh Armor The Wraith Armor

Weapons	The Iron Sword The Spiked Mace The Axes The Flame Sword The Soul Reaver

Objects	The Heart of Darkness Anti-Toxin Flay The Pentalich of Tarot Implode Font of Putrescence Energy Bank Slow Time

Power-ups	Blood beakers Blood vials Magic energy Magic spheres Rune triangles

Tokens	Nupraptor's Head Vorador's Signet Ring Bane's Antler Headdress DeJoule's Insulating Cloak Malek's Helmet Azimuth's Eye Elzevir's Doll Time-streaming devices Moebius's Hourglass Anarcrothe's Alchemical Scales Mortanius's Death Orb

Minor items	Vorador's sword Malek's armor Malek's pike The Death's Head mask Souls The battered shield The broken mirror The goblet The guillotine The newly-crafted shield The shotgun The vampire hunters' banner Moebius's Staff

Cut items	The Bone Sword

Abilities

Innate abilities	Blood drinking Combat

Forms	Bat Form Wolf Form Disguise Form Mist Form Beguile

Spells	Sanctuary Light Energy Bolt Repel Inspire Hate Stun Incapacitate Blood Gout Control Mind Blood Shower Spirit Death Lightning Spirit Wrack

Cut abilities	Force Shield Magic Absorb

Enemies

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)

Production

Team	Silicon Knights (Denis Dyack Kevin Gordon Ken McCulloch Scott Collie Scott Derby Ryan Andrews Tony Ascroft Doug Tooley Armando Marini Albert Alejandro Jack Meier Ted Traver Ross Cutler Mike Tweedle) Crystal Dynamics (Seth Carus Riley Cooper Jason Epps Rodney Rapp Josh Rose Jim Curry Sheatiel Sarao Amy Hennig Lyle Hall Joshua Marks Mark Wallace Jonathan Miller Mark Miller Steve Papoutsis Chris Bruno Jason Sinclair Rosaura Sandoval) Activision (Jason Kay) Coffee Guy Bobby Kotick D. G. Chichester Steve Henifin Outpost Studios

Cast	Simon Templeman Tony Jay Paul Lukather Anna Gunn Richard Doyle Neil Ross

Gallery

Audio	Music ("song00" "song01" "song02" "song03" "song04" The Nightmare Begins Dark Castle Blood Is Good "song08" "song09" Approach Of The Vampire) Voiceover

Documents	The Lost Worlds documents

Images	Screenshots Cinematic stills Graphics Items images Maps Sprites Tiles Activision images Crystal Dynamics images Dark Chronicle images Nosgothic Realm images Silicon Knights images The Lost Worlds images Twitter images

Videos	YouTube videos

Archive

Transcripts	Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain transcript

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