Legacy of Kain/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Cool Sword]]: Wields the material Soul Reaver (also known as just "The Reaver"), which encompasses the following:

** [[Ancestral Weapon]]

** [[Named Weapons]]

*** This one also applies to Havoc & Malice, the axes he dual wielded in the original Blood Omen.

* [[Cosmic Lottery Winner]]: {{spoiler|It's a bit fuzzy on exactly ''why'' having his heart torn out and being banished to a Hell dimension doesn't kill him. There's been a [[Hand Wave]] about it having to do with his nature as the Scion of Balance, but that's it.}}

** There's a discussion about this on the WMG page.

* [[Dark Messiah]]: In ''Blood Omen 2'' and ''Defiance''.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Here are some examples.

{{quote| '''Kain:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|These statues were singularly inanimate.]]}}

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Has one at the end of ''Soul Reaver 2'' when {{spoiler|he realizes everything that he has planned and gambled on throughout the entire game has served the ends of his enemies}}.

* [[Large Ham]]: And ''how''... which inevitably led to:

** [[Ham to Ham Combat]]: Between him and Raziel at least twice in ''Soul Reaver''. He also gets some [[Large Ham|hammy]] time with Moebius in '''Defiance''.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Now and then Kain likes to remind players he isn't ''totally'' heartless--he was trying to make the future better by killing William the Just/The Nemesis, though it [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|blew up in his face]]. He also seemed to have affection for Umah in ''Blood Omen 2'', commenting she could have been his queen, in the same game there's also his final lines to Magnus after he performs a [[Mercy Kill]] on him. When he discovers a serving girl chained to a wall in Nupraptor's keep, he notes that her physical and mental scars would never heal, and that to drink her blood and kill her could only be a mercy. Then, of course, in ''Defiance'' {{spoiler|he really has no intention of letting Raziel be drawn into the Soul Reaver--that shock and horror at the game's climax when he impales Raziel is genuine}}.

* [[Psychotic Smirk]]: {{spoiler|He unleashes an ''epic'' one shortly before killing Moebius for the second time.}}

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: His very first act as a vampire.

** The whole of ''Blood Omen 2''.

{{quote| "Ah, my ancient 'benefactor'... And I dared to hope we had parted ways forever. Your silence was refreshing, while it lasted. No doubt you have a conveniently inexpressible reason for your presence here?"<br />

"Oh no... every time you show up, something monumental and terrible happens. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|I don't think I have the stomach for it]]." }}

* [[Doomed Protagonist]]: Unless he wants to undo history with dozens of paradoxes, eventually {{spoiler|Raziel has to merge with the Soul Reaver}} whether he wants to or not.

* [[Faustian Rebellion]]

* [[Noble Demon]]

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: A majority of his quest during the games, though he develops other motives eventually. Goes on a smaller-scale one at the end of ''Soul Reaver 2'' against {{spoiler|the Sarafan when they kill Janos}}.

* {{spoiler|[[The Unchosen One]]}}: As {{spoiler|Moebius and The Elder God}} point out to him in ''Defiance'', {{spoiler|despite Raziel's belief he's [[The Chosen One]], that title belongs to Kain. Raziel isn't the savior of Nosgoth, he's the guy who can make it right/screw it up for the real thing.}}

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Ho boy, where to start. Pretty much ''everything'' Raziel ever does up until {{spoiler|his sacrifice at the end of ''Defiance''}} helps further the plans of someone else.

* [[Bald of Evil]]

* [[Because Destiny Says So]]: He can see through time. It's kinda part of the package.

{{quote| Raziel: "{{spoiler|Do you see [[Eldritch Abomination|it]]; the monster you served? Is this what you imagined when you worshipped it?}}"<br />

Moebius: "Noooooooooooo!!!" }}

* [[Kryptonite Factor]]: His staff can subdue vampires with a wave. Even Kain and Janos can't resist its powers.

** Works in reverse too--though he has other powers he's definitely not a fighter, and he's pretty helpless if his staff doesn't work.

* [[Magic Wand]] / [[Simple Staff]]

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Oh yes. He has definite advantages in this regard (what with being [[The Omniscient]] time-streamer and all), but his ability to play Raziel, who is [[Immune to Fate]], shows that his more conventional manipulative abilities are still pretty impressive.

* [[Non-Linear Character]]: At any one point, the Moebius you're seeing could easily be the Moebius from another time period. He appears in ''Soul Reaver 2'' and ''Defiance'' at times when he's technically supposed to be dead.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Invoked when Raziel first meets him. He doesn't buy it and Moebius quickly drops the act and laughs in his face. However he still hides his true role in the events of the series, and it isn't until ''Defiance'' that he lets everyone see just how powerful and in-control he really is.

* [[The Omniscient]]

** {{spoiler|[[Not So Omniscient After All]]}}: {{spoiler|He can't see Raziel's future or what he'll do because his ability to Screw Destiny disrupts the time stream, and come the end of ''Defiance'' he doesn't foresee Kain's return either.}}

* [[Giant Eye of Doom]]

* {{spoiler|[[God Is Evil]]}}: Ambiguous since it is hinted that the Elder God may not be a god, but instead a very, very powerful [[Eldritch Abomination]]. However, since all other "gods" in the series are also shown to be some variation of demonic creature, and Nosgoth is a [[Crapsack World]], a genuine god being an [[Eldritch Abomination]] fits right in.

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]

* {{spoiler|[[Hidden Villain]]}}: {{spoiler|Until the end of ''Defiance,'' only Raziel has ever seen his true form.}}

* [[Batman Gambit]]: {{spoiler|As Kain realizes when he saves Raziel at the end of ''Soul Reaver 2'', Hash was banking on Kain doing this so Raziel would eventually revive Janos, giving him the vessel he needed to open the gate to the Hylden realm}}.

* [[Big Bad]]: In ''Blood Omen''.

* [[Body Surf]]

* [[The Chessmaster]]

* [[The Omniscient]]: Possibly. He clearly knows a huge amount about time manipulation, and is able to {{spoiler|play Kain, Raziel, and the Elder God to his own ends perfectly,}} which would make him a king among [[Magnificent Bastard|MagnificentBastards]] if he accomplished all this without some extensive foreknowledge.

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Through Mortanius, it orchestrated the events of ''Blood Omen'' in the hopes of destroying the pillars. Specifically, the pillars would collapse if either the Scion of Balance remains corrupted, or if there are no vampires left to sustain the barrier between worlds. By ensuring that the last vampire in the world ''was'' a corrupted Scion of Balance, the pillars would fall either way.}} [[Magnificent Bastard|Glorious]]

 

* [[Love Makes You Evil]]

* [[My Brain Is Big]]

* [[Psychic Powers]]

** [[Mind Over Matter]]

* [[Druid]]

* [[Elemental Powers]]

 

=== Dejoule the Energist ===

* [[Badass Boast]]:

{{quote| ''"I'll cut you from crotch to gizzard and feed what's left to your brides!"''}}

* [[Church Militant]]

** There's some confusion on that; there are two bodies in Blood Omen that are said to belong to Malek, one under Avernus where he was executed and one in his fortress. Both are identified as his in the strategy guide, and word of god has never cleared it up.

*** Well, the one under Avernus is just the skeleton. Possibly the one in his fortress is the rest of him.

* [[Body Horror]]

* [[Came Back Wrong]]/ [[Inhuman Human]]

* [[A Fate Worse Than Death]]: His dying words indicate that he did ''not'' enjoy his existence. Not that you can blame him...

* [[I Die Free]]: "I am... ''released''..."

* [[Puzzle Boss]]

 

* [[All Webbed Up]]: the Zephonim's victims generally end up like this.

* [[Stationary Boss]]

* [[Womb Level]]: The uppermost levels of the Silenced Cathedral have become a part of his body.

 

* [[Advancing Boss of Doom]]

* [[The Juggernaut]]: Absolutely nothing in Raziel's armory can harm him.

* [[Only Mostly Dead]]: His killers didn't really kill him, they just trapped him in limbo by impaling his body. Removing the spears allows his soul to return to his body.

* [[Overly Long Tongue]]: His offspring sport long tongues capable of draining the blood from victims.

 

* [[Bald of Evil]]

* [[Cowardly Boss]]

* [[Femme Fatalons]]