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The wonderful thumbnail art is Kain by tapuklok
www.deviantart.com/tapuklok/art/kain-309731248
This video contains spoilers for Blood Omen, Soul Reaver, Soul Reaver 2, Blood Omen 2 & Legacy of Kain Defiance which was made by Silicon Knights and Crystal Dynamics.
Huge thanks to these amazing artists. Credited as below. Please show them your support.
Omen - Kain by abigbat
www.deviantart.com/abigbat/art/Omen-Kain-684096325
'Human Kain' by Tif Rat
www.artstation.com/artwork/XmJGL
Kain Iron Armor by JLazarusEB
www.deviantart.com/jlazaruseb/art/Kain-Iron-Armor-…
19th Anniversary for Soul Reaver - Kain on his Throne by Patrick Johnson
www.artstation.com/artwork/a2A8L
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver - Kain by FabricioWorks
www.deviantart.com/fabricioworks/art/Legacy-of-Kai…
Kain's Lament by TheHylden
www.deviantart.com/thehylden/art/Kain-s-Lament-182…
Raziel by Kalberoos
www.deviantart.com/kalberoos/art/Raziel-726218389
All other artwork are official promotional and concept art created for the series by the team at Crystal Dynamics
Music:
Blood Omen Soundtrack by Steve Henifin.
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Soundtrack - composed by Kurt Harland & Jim Hedges
Soul Reaver 2 Soundtrack by Kurt Harland Jim Hedges.
Blood Omen 2 and Legacy of Kain Defiance Soundtrack by Jim Hedges.
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
We need this franchise back so badly
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"Revenge is motivation enough, at least it's honest. Hate me! But do it honestly", - i love this series so much. These dialogues still inspire, years after the making.
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The voice acting in this series has never been rivaled. From Kain's first lines to an innkeeper, to Raziel cleansing the Balance Guardian, I never stopped having chills.
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"Revenge is motivation enough, at least it's honest. Hate me, but do it honestly." That is a powerful quote.
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Legacy of Kain's lore is the best imo, so deep, so interpretable
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When I first played Soul Reaver when it came out on PlayStation, during the opening cut scene when Kain destroyed Raziel's wings then ordered him tossed into the abyss, I originally thought that he paused as a way to torment Raziel. As the other games came out, I began seeing a depth in elder Kain that spoke of someone who was playing at a longer game. At the key point of Soul Reaver 2 when Kain pulled the sword from Raziel and showed genuine concern, it made me ask a question: If Kain was so ruthless, why didn't he simply let the sword consume Raziel? AT the point in Defiance when Raziel allowed himself to be run through by the reaver, my mind immediately snapped back to the opening cut scene of Soul Reaver: Kain didn't pause because he was taunting Raziel, or giving false hope that he wouldn't be executed, or ever to relish in his suffereing. Kain wavered for a moment, legitimately not wanting to doom his most trusted and loyal lieutenant to unknown centuries suffering and torment and rage, for a split second he nearly ordered his lieutenants to release Raziel, but knew if he did, it would damn all of Nosgoth.
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Every single time I see this Legacy of Kain videos, it warms my heart. This series have big and dedicated fanbase. And since Square take they dirty hands off this series, maybe we will get a remake/reboot sometime in the future.
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God I've always LOVED Kain's "Given the Choice" speech
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The dichotomy between Kain and Raziel has to be some of the best writing in all of video games nothing but perfection in storytelling.
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I think a central question that the story, intentionally or otherwise, brings up is this. What value does morality have to someone who doesn't have a true choice anyway? In that position, surely the 'right' thing to do is to take any action that would give you the choice rather than living under the whims of people who do not have your best interests at heart. Sometimes, the bravest choice is recognising that the choice you have been presented with is not really your choice after all, and working to change that.
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Ive always considered Kain my hero, since i was 10. Growing up rather powerless in a frequently abusive home, he spoke to me. It was he that showed me that brute strength only got you so far. It was these ideals that led me to give up my fathers dreams for me (to continue with sports since i was good at them) and instead follow my dreams of writing. I often reflect on Kain's tenacity when i'm at a low point, something that continues to push me forward to this day. I cant wait to publish my first book, and in doing so, i'll get my LoK sleeve tattoo as a sign that im finally worthy of Kain's ideals. That i fought the forces around me, to achieve my own dream.
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The conversation Raziel and Kain have at the pillars have new meaning to me now. The line where Kain says, "if Moebius told you I was at the pits of hell would you come all the way down to find me" is such an easy way to describe human nature. In fact, this whole series in general feels like a commentary on human nature. I have seen lots of people online talk with the self righteousness that Raziel does to Kain at the pillars and I just act more like Kain the more I am older.
It's weird, when it comes to online matters, I feel like Vorador from SR2 but when it comes to life I feel more like Kain and Raziel in how much more proactive I want to be.
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Amazing analysis. Legacy of Kain is one of if not the best game stories.
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kain basically had no idea what/who the Wheel of Fate was, but he felt the meddling hand everywhere. And he was trying to find out who and what it was, who was meddling so much in his fate, until he found out in Defiance.
Kain always felt there were strings attatched, but he couldn't find out by himself, where they led to.
always great to see new vids about LoK from you.
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i love the legacy of kain.
on one hand i am sad, that the series is dead, but on the other i am happy it is. if i imagine what the mad people in their greed could have done to this series, makes me happy it is not continued.
i always loved kain the most. his voice alone cought me emediatly. and the depth of the character is something rarely seen.
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I often relate to Kain more as an adult as well as admire his character more in general. I obviously related heavily to Raziel in my youth since the name has very much become my own. I still love Raziel but Kain is now the one I relate to and admire the most
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I never played the original Blood Omen, with Soul Reaver being my introduction to the series. So from the start, I identified with Raziel a lot more than Kain. Raziel, whatever his failures, wanted to do the "right thing", but his fate is plagued by manipulators who simply play the game better than he does. Raziel is honorable in character to a fault, his loyalty to Janos set the stage for a Hylden resurgence. His good moral characteristics make him easy to manipulate, in a way making Raziel his own worst enemy.
Kain on the other hand has realized that the only path to victory, real victory, lay through playing the game of fate better than his foes. It took time, but eventually he came to see that his "choice" to sacrifice or save Nosgoth was no choice at all. His ideal victory of restoring the Pillars and thus Nosgoth could only lay in finding his hidden third option, which required the sacrifice of everything and everyone he held dear, Raziel most of all.
TL;DR: Raziel does the right thing for the wrong reason, while Kain does the wrong thing for the right reason. By balancing the one against the other, there is a chance to overcome the truly malicious foes. It is a brilliant dynamic and I hope we see the ending of their story someday.
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The series entire premise, lore and story can be summarized as: Young Kain vs Elder Kain.
Young Kain is selfish, he cares only for power and he kills friend and foe alike who he sees as a threat to his rule. Nosgoth after belongs to him and him alone. He doesn't care if it is a broken world so long as he rules it. A tyrant and horrible king.
Old Kain is more complicated. He has learned the forbidden truth of the illusion of free will and seeks to break the Wheel of Fate. He is still not a hero because he is desperate, he after all fights the impossible: fate itself. He is willing to do whatever it takes just like younger Kain but while his younger self only wanted power, elder Kain wants truth and freedom. And when the true enemy is revealed, Kain even discover one of the best qualities of life: hope.
Old Kain will remain a monarch of a dying world but he will use his power to ensure that free will is no longer determined by the horrible parasite who has brought Nosgoth and all it's people to their knees for countless millennia. Kain has become a wise and noble King.
And to think that Dark Prophecy would have both Kains. What better way to end the series than a final showdown with yourself? After all, there can be only one King. Vae Victis!
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I was 8 when my dad bought Soul Reaver, and at that age, it was beyond my grasp the existence of a world, of a story, with no clear cut good and bad guys, just a whole lot of conflict of interests...
That keep on scaling and growing....
Kain and his gamble to restore nosgoth and himself to be the ruler of a sustained land.
Raziel on his crusade for revenge and then for answers.
Moebious and his mixed motivations to extinguish the vampires, from the mandate of god to the young and scared child that was taken away to be transformed into a monster, only to become one by choice.
Mortanious and his plan for redemption once he found out what the pillars were for.
The old winged ones, whose war against the Hylden was just a purge of the heretics that defied their god's work.
The Hylden who didn't want to submit to mortality and wanted to rule above all.
And The Elder God, so eloquently put by Raziel, hidding is hunger in a shroud of righteousness.
Everyone wanted something, the heroes of their own story. I will never forget this series.
Thank you for your work. Cheers!
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@wareforcoin5780
1 year ago
I always liked that, at the end of Defiance, Raziel chose integrity, just like he told Kain that he would. He saw the way to save the world, and sacrificed himself while Kain basically didn't have a real choice.
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