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Reavers were "dark angel[s] of death and retribution."^{[Soul Reaver]}

Raziel was described as "Nosgoth's first Reaver,"^{[Soul Reaver]} and appeared in Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Soul Reaver 2, and Legacy of Kain: Defiance.

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This article is about the creatures. For the item, see Reaver. For the class, see Reavers (Nosgoth).

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Humans	Humans

Vampires	Ancient vampires Vampires (second generation) Vampires (era following Blood Omen) Vampires (events of Soul Reaver)

Hylden	Hylden

Living	Animals Werewolves

Undead	Liches Skeletons Thralls Zombies

Spectral	Archons Elder gods Ghosts Poltergeists Reavers Shades Sluagh Specters Tentacles Vampire wraiths Wraiths

Demonic	Cerberi Demons Possessed Revenants

Mutants	Demon spiders Mutants (Blood Omen) Mutants (Soul Reaver 2)

Constructs	Dolls Scarecrows Statues

Other	Blobs Constructs of the elder gods The Mass Prison guardians Will-o-wisps

Kain's empire	The Council Kain's lieutenants The Razelim The Turelim The Rahabim The Dumahim The Zephonim The Melchahim The worshippers

Vampire hunters	The Sarafan (The Sarafan commanders) The vampire hunters (history preceding Blood Omen) The Sarafan (era following Blood Omen) (The traitor vampires) The vampire hunters (events of Soul Reaver)

Other	The agents of the Elder God (The ancient, primitive cult) The Cabal (Cabal contacts) The Circle of Nine (The Circle of Nine (Dark Eden)) The demon hunters The feral humans The gypsies The Hash'ak'gik cult (The cenobites) Kain's assassins Kain's vampire army The Legions of the Nemesis The Lion Throne (The Army of the Last Hope) The major human kingdoms The Serioli

Cut content/Inhabitants

Cut races	Vampires (events of Dead Sun)

Cut creatures	Ghouls

Cut factions	The demon worshippers The human rebellion (The drowning men The Ironguard The lost seers of Avernus The red sisters of Anarcrothe The scourge of the wild The watchers) The Hylden kingdom (The seven guild leaders) The Saradin The vampire hunters (events of Dead Sun) The vampire worshippers (Soul Reaver 2) The witches

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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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Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver comic

Series

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

History

Eras	The events of Soul Reaver

Events	Raziel's execution · Raziel's resurrection

Timelines	The second timeline

Characters

Major characters	Raziel The construct of the elder gods Kain

Minor characters	Dumah Turel Melchiah Zephon The Priestess

Locations

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

Mythology

Narrative	Devolution · Evolution

Inhabitants

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

Creatures	Reavers · Undead

Factions	The agents of the Elder God · The Circle of Nine · Kain's empire (The Council · Kain's lieutenants · The Vampire worshippers)

Items

Red blood The Soul Reaver Vorador's Signet Ring "cstaff" Souls

Production

Top Cow (Matt Hawkins David Boller Matt Nelson Richard Bennett Lamas David Wohl Joe Benitez Matt Nelson Joe B. Weems V) Eidos Interactive

Gallery

Soul Reaver comic images

Archive

Transcripts	Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver comic transcript

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Soul Reaver 2

Series

Games	Soul Reaver 2 (2001) Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered (2024)

Demos	The Air Forge demo

Manuals	The Soul Reaver 2 manual Soul Reaver 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide Soul Reaver 2 - Das Offizielle Lösungsbuch

Prototypes	The Soul Reaver 2 proof of concept The Soul Reaver 2 Dreamcast version Jul 17, 2001 prototype Oct 24, 2001 prototype

History

Documents	"The History of Nosgoth" · "Historical Timeline"

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

Events	The corruption of the Pillars · The vampire purge · The slaughter of the Circle

Timelines	Timelines (The second timeline · The third timeline · The fourth timeline)

Paradoxes	Paradoxes (Raziel spares Kain · Kain spares Raziel)

Characters

Major characters	Raziel Kain Moebius The Elder God Janos Audron Vorador Ariel

Minor characters	Dumah Melchiah Turel Zephon Malek Rahab List of Soul Reaver 2 minor characters

Other characters	The martyred Guardian of the Mind The martyred Guardian of Dimension The martyred Guardian of Nature The martyred Guardian of Balance The martyred Guardian of Energy The martyred Guardian of States William the Just Nupraptor

Cut characters	"BeforeVampF"

Locations

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

Mythology

Narrative	The ancient tongue · Arcane symbols · The Binding · The blood curse · Blood script · Free will · The Ignis Fatuus · Moebius's spectre · The Reaver convergence · The time-stream · The Wheel of Fate

Inhabitants

Races	Humans · Vampires (Ancient vampires · Vampires (second generation))

Creatures	Animals · Demons · Reavers · Shades · Sluagh · Specters · Undead · Wraiths

Factions	The agents of the Elder God · The Circle of Nine · The demon hunters · The Sarafan (The Sarafan commanders) · The vampire hunters (history preceding Blood Omen)

Walkthrough

"Prologue" "A Reaver in Time" "Decision at the Pillars" "Through the Swamp" "The Light Forge" "A Fateful Meeting" "The Air Forge" "On to the Past" "Vampire Interview" "Blade of Vengeance" "Epilogue"

Items

Essential items	Souls

Reavers	The Wraith Blade (The Material Reaver The Spectral Reaver The Dark Reaver The Light Reaver The Air Reaver The Fire Reaver)

Weapons	Claws Air Forge axes Axes Dark Forge staffs Falchions Halberds Light Forge halberds Light Forge tridents Long swords Scimitars Short swords Torches Tridents The Reaver

Puzzle objects	Emblem keys The Sun Disk The Reflector The Light Forge key The blue heart The green heart The red heart Blood chalices

Minor items	Vorador's Signet Ring Moebius's Staff Blue blood Red blood The Soul Reaver Hand cannons Black blood Green blood The Golden Ouroboros The Heart of Darkness Malek's armor Malek's Helmet Pikes Melchiah's soul Zephon's soul Rahab's soul Dumah's soul Turel's soul

Other items	The Iron Armor Vorador's sword

Cut items	The Earth Reaver The Spirit Reaver The Water Reaver

Abilities

Innate abilities	Combat Crouching Gliding Phasing through gates Scaling walls Shifting Sneaking Soul devouring Swimming Telekinetic force projectiles/Reaver bolts

Cut abilities	Constricting Glyphs (The Balance Glyph The Conflict Glyph The Death Glyph The Dimension Glyph The Energy Glyph The Mind Glyph The Nature Glyph The States Glyph The Time Glyph) Reaver augmentations (The Air Reaver augmentation The Dark Reaver augmentation The Earth Reaver augmentation The Fire Reaver augmentation The Light Reaver augmentation The Spirit Reaver augmentation The Water Reaver augmentation)

Enemies

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

Production

Cast	Michael Bell Simon Templeman Richard Doyle René Auberjonois Paul Lukather Anna Gunn

Gallery

Audio	Music (Ariel's Lament Dark Forge Janos' Retreat Light Forge Overland Pillars Sarafan Stronghold The Elder God) Voiceover

Documents	manual.pdf Story_Script_Soul_Reaver_2.doc

Images	Screenshots‎‎ Cinematic stills .raw images Collectors Value images‎ Daniel Cabuco images‎ Early images‎ ModelEx images‎ Texture maps Casto Vocal images Eidos Interactive images GlyphX images‎ Kory Heinzen images Nosgothic Realm images‎ The Lost Worlds images‎ Tony Morrill images‎‎ Eidos E3 2001 Digital Press Kit images

Archive

Transcripts	Soul Reaver 2 transcript

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Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Series

Games	Legacy of Kain: Defiance (2003)

Manuals	The Legacy of Kain: Defiance manual Legacy of Kain: Defiance: Prima's Official Strategy Guide

Comics	The Legacy of Kain: Defiance comic (2004)

History

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

Events	The collapse of the Pillars · The purification of Kain

Timelines	The fourth timeline

Characters

Major characters	Raziel Kain The Elder God Moebius Janos Audron Vorador Ariel Mortanius Turel The Hylden Lord

Minor characters	The original Guardian of Nature The original Guardian of Conflict The original Guardian of the Mind The original Guardian of Dimension The original Guardian of Death The original Guardian of States The original Guardian of Energy The original Guardian of Time List of Defiance minor characters

Other characters	Malek The Painted Skull Vampire Vorador's mystery woman

Locations

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

Mythology

Narrative	The ancient tongue · Arcane symbols · The Binding · The blood curse · Blood script · The feral humans' language · Free will · Hash'ak'gik · The Hylden champion · The Ignis Fatuus · Lovecraft's Diary · The time-stream · The Unspoken · Vae victis · The Vampire champion · The Wheel of Fate

Inhabitants

Races	Humans · Vampires (Ancient vampires · Vampires (second generation) · Vampires (events of Soul Reaver)) · Hylden

Creatures	Animals · Archons · Demons · Reavers · Revenants · Shades · Sluagh · Specters · Statues · Undead · Wraiths

Factions	The agents of the Elder God · The Circle of Nine · The feral humans · The Hash'ak'gik cult (The cenobites) · Kain's empire (The Council · Kain's lieutenants) · The Sarafan · The vampire hunters (history preceding Blood Omen)

Walkthrough

"Infiltrate the Stronghold" "Escape from the Elder God Chamber" "Pursue Moebius" "Find the Path to the Pillars" "Reveal the Guardian Citadel" "Find the Location of Vorador's Mansion" "Explore the Citadel" "Find Vorador" "Open the Spirit Forge Chamber" "Seek Mortanius" "Stop Raziel" "Battle Kain" "Return to the Guardian Citadel"

Items

Kain's Reavers	The Reaver (The Balance Emblem Flame Dimension Lightning Time The Soul Reaver) The cardboard tube

Raziel's Reavers	The Wraith Blade (The Spectral Reaver The Material Reaver The Dark Reaver The Light Reaver The Fire Reaver The Air Reaver The Water Reaver The Earth Reaver The Spirit Reaver)

Artifacts	The Falcon Insignia Malek's Shield Malek's Sword The Decorative Sword The Ornamental Shield Kain's Family Crest The Faceted Orb The Stone Disc The Bronze Disc The Howling Heartstone The Wheel of Life The Rusted Scales The Carved Stone Skull The Blood Drinker The Heart Seeker The Gold Half of Vorador's Crest The Soul Stealer The Silver Half of Vorador's Crest The Library Seal The Earth Globe The Sphere of Energy The Obsidian Sphere The Dark Scripture The Heart of Darkness The Golden Ouroboros

Bonus items	Health talismans Telekinetic runes Arcane tomes

Essential items	Red blood Souls (Turel's soul)

Minor items	Vorador's Signet Ring Moebius's Staff Vorador's sword The Death's Head mask Blue blood

Other items	Malek's armor Malek's Helmet The Iron Armor

Abilities

Kain's unique abilities	Bat Form Blood drinking Charged attacks Combat Enhanced telekinesis Feeding the Reaver Floating Mist Form Reaver spells Scaling walls Superhuman Leap

Raziel's unique abilities	Charged attacks Combat Feeding the Reaver Gliding Phasing through gates Possession/Shifting Scaling walls Reaver spells Soul devouring Swimming Telekinetic force projectiles

Kain's earned abilities	Special attacks (Cadaverous Laceration Sanguine Censure Infernal Sundering Nightmare's Hammer Kinetic Shackles)

Raziel's earned abilities	Special attacks (Perforate Carcass Phantasmal Tempest Shatter Spirit Empyreal Rending Stasis Field) Telekinesis

Enemy abilities	Air Jump Amplify Damage Berserk Shield Berserker Rage Blast of Distortion Blind Charge Bone Rain Breath of the Inferno Call of Possession Call Shadows Charge and Leap Chill of the Grave Claw Swipe Crack of Lightning Cyclone Spin Demonic Benedictions Discord Bolt Draining Leash Echolocate Electrical Displacement Fiery Shield Fireball Fury of Terra Grab/Throw Grave Spit Hawk Dive Heal Homing Projectile Kinetic Shield Mental Simulacrum Nature's Grip Nether Rift Projectile Hold Quiescent Transformation Regeneration Rune Shield Shadow Charge Sky Fury Spatial Rift Spiral Dive Telekinetic Immunity Tempest's Cloak Tentacle Grab Time Distortion Time Singularity TK Acquire TK Force TK Push TK Shield Torrent of Wind Vapor Ball Zephyr's Wind

Enemies

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

Production

Team	Crystal Dynamics (Amy Hennig Jason Bell Scott Krotz Hong Park Jurjen Katsman Riley Cooper John Dumala Mike Ellis Richard Lemarchand Kyle Mannerberg Daniel Cabuco Jacob Wendler Jennifer Fernández Stephane Gaudette Kory Heinzen Isabelle Lemay Jim Hedges Kurt Harland Mike Peaslee Matthew Guzenda Rosaura Sandoval Treanor Brothers Animation Ranjeet Singhal Kristoffer Larson Carol Wolf Gordon Hunt Kris Zimmerman Salami Studios AP GlyphX Chris Bruno Moore Design Group Picture Plane Imaging Eclipse Advertising Michael Gonos Billy Mitchell Sam Newman) Eidos Interactive Nixxes Software Ritual Entertainment

Cast	Michael Bell Simon Templeman Tony Jay Richard Doyle René Auberjonois Paul Lukather Anna Gunn Alastair Duncan Gregg Berger B. J. Ward Phil Proctor

Gallery

Audio	Music (Ariel's Lament Blood Omen 2 main theme Cathedral Dark Forge In The Crossfire Janos' Retreat Necropolis Ozar Midrashim Sarafan Stronghold Sluagh Ambush Spectral Ambience Turel Vampire Citadel)

Documents	Fankit manual.pdf Story_Script_Defiance.doc

Images	Screenshots Cinematic stills Texture maps Bonus material images Character images Environment images Fankit .raw images Daniel Cabuco images Sundeep Dass images Eidos Interactive images Kory Heinzen images Isabelle Lemay images Nosgothic Realm images Ryan Savas images The Lost Worlds images Defiance comic images

Archive

Transcripts	Legacy of Kain: Defiance transcript

Legacy of Kain: Defiance comic

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