Friday, January 14, 2005

   New Theme: Legacy of Kain Defiance
Yeppers. Papa's got a brand new bag er.. theme or something. Anyways yeah this is Raziel. He first appeared in Soul Reaver, during the time of Kain's empire. He was the first-born of Kain's lieutenants (presumably the most powerful of the six) and his second-in-command. Raziel served his master faithfully and without question.

Unfortunately, Raziel was not to retain his privileged position. Like all vampires of this era, he experienced stages of accelerated evolution, and his most stunning metamorphosis proved to be his downfall: he grew a pair of magnificent bat-like wings. Raziel displayed his new wings in front of the assembled council of Nosgoth; his Lord Kain, and his fellow lieutenants - Turel, Dumah, Rahab, Zephon and Melchiah. His brethren were surprised by the extent of his latest change, but nothing could have prepared them for Kain's shocking response. In an act of seemingly irrational cruelty, Kain ripped the wings from Raziel's back, wrenching the bone away violently. He then ordered that Raziel was to be executed. Turel and Dumah carried their disgraced elder sibling to the Abyss, and threw him in on Kain's command.

The water of the Abyss burned Raziel's vampiric flesh excruciatingly. His jawbone was lost, dissolved. He should have been destroyed completely, but by some miracle, the pain receded, and he found himself in the presence of the Elder God. He had been left a frail-looking husk - his features were still vaguely vampiric, but he was no longer the proud warrior he had been. In this Spectral Realm cavern, under the swirling Abyss, the Elder claimed to be responsible for Raziel's continued existence. It encouraged Raziel's need to avenge the injustice he had suffered.

Adjusting to the ruined body he detested, Raziel noticed changes in himself, beyond his physical appearance. He was stronger, but most important of all, his blood-thirst had been superseded by a hunger for souls. He was no longer a vampire; now he was some kind of wraith. His natural place was now the Underworld - the Spectral Realm - and it was an effort to return to the Material Realm inhabited by the vampires. He had to gather matter at planar portals, and will himself to manifest with a solid, physical body. Negotiating a course through both Realms, Raziel sought his brethren. He killed Melchiah, then confronted Kain in the Sanctuary of the Clans; the very place he had fallen from grace. Kain and Raziel battled, but the fight drew to an abrupt end when Kain brought the Soul Reaver sword down on Raziel. The blade shattered inexplicably, and the captive spirit that possessed the Reaver was released. Raziel bonded with this soul, and it manifested itself as a wraith blade, as dangerous a weapon as it ever was, but free of its corporeal prison.
Well hope you like it.
Laters.
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-Adrian-
-Your friendly vampire hunter-
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