Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2

Story

Soul Reaver 2 is set in Nosgoth, a fictional land with fantasy aspects. In the first game of the series, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, the vampire Kain embarks on a journey to restore the Pillars of Nosgoth - nine supernatural structures that are inseparable from the country's health, but have been corrupted. During his adventure, Moebius, a manipulative sorcerer, tricks Cain into orchestrating the destruction of the vampire race: Cain remains the last surviving vampire in Nosgoth. After restoring eight of the pillars, Cain learns that he must sacrifice his own life to restore the last corrupted pillar. Knowing that his death would mean the extinction of his species, he refuses to kill himself. This triggers the collapse of the pillars and dooms the world to eternal decay, but Cain is able to live on and revive the vampire race. At the time of Soul Reaver, 1500 years later, Cain is a despotic ruler, his vampires rule the land, and Nosgoth is on the verge of collapse. The Elder God, a demiurge-like being, lurks beneath Nosgoth and controls the cycle of reincarnation; the vampires, whose biological immortality defies his doctrine, are his enemies. In Soul Reaver, Raziel - Cain's lieutenant - is executed by Cain, but the Elder God resurrects him and encourages him to seek revenge. After crossing the wasteland and killing the vampires, Raziel confronts Kain, who attacks him with the Soul Reaver sword, which is imbued with a spirit that absorbs the souls of its victims. The Soul Reaver shatters when it hits Raziel, and the spirit of the blade binds itself to his arm. Cain's motives are still mysterious, and he lures Raziel through a time portal into Nosgoth's past. In Soul Reaver 2, it is established that fatalism is a reality in Nosgoth - history is unchangeable and all people are subject to predestination. Raziel is the only exception to this rule due to his paradoxical fate - his presence can trigger temporal paradoxes that change history for better or worse. Cain relies on Raziel's free will to outwit Moebius and solve the dilemma he faced in Blood Omen, hoping that both the restored Pillars and the vampire race can coexist in the future. Soul Reaver 2 begins with Raziel emerging from the time jump and being greeted by Moebius, who has arrived in a time 30 years before the events of Blood Omen. Two other time periods, 100 years after and 500 years before Blood Omen, are also explored during the story.