Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain Intro (PS1)

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Published on June 30, 2011 2:41:46 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XvsEoeOJTU

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Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (1996)

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Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain is a top-down action/adventure video game developed by Silicon Knights and published by Crystal Dynamics. The game was first released in November 1996 for the PlayStation, and eventually ported to Microsoft Windows in August 1997.

The game is focused on the brutal but charismatic protagonist Kain, and forms part of a saga - the Legacy of Kain series - with redemption as a central theme.

Blood Omen was praised for its high-quality voice acting, moody atmosphere, and compelling storyline.

The story begins with a prologue, depicting the slaughter of several members of the Circle of Nine (eventually revealed to be the Guardians of the Pillars of Nosgoth) by the vampire Vorador. The Sarafan (an order devoted to the extinction of vampires) warrior-priest Malek fails to prevent the killings, and is punished by surviving Circle member Mortanius by having his body destroyed and soul bound to a suit of armor for eternity. Kain is introduced as a nobleman in the world of Nosgoth. Murdered by assassins, Kain is offered new life and an opportunity for revenge as a vampire by the necromancer Mortanius. Although Kain quickly kills the assassins, Mortanius convinces Kain that they were mere pawns and that the real perpetrators can be found at the nine Pillars of Nosgoth, which protect Nosgoth from destruction. At the Pillars Kain finds the ghost of Ariel, the former Guardian of the Pillar of Balance. Ariel states the human guardians of the Pillars have become corrupted- which in turn corrupts the Pillars- and only by killing the Guardians and ending the Circle of Nine can the Pillars be restored.
Thinking the restoration of the Pillars will also cure his vampiric condition, Kain embarks on his quest, acquiring several new weapons (including the Soul Reaver blade) and magics and killing a number of human and monstrous foes that now wander Nosgoth. After killing several members of the Circle and escaping a disastrous encounter with Malek, Kain is directed by Moebius the Timestreamer to find the powerful but reclusive vampire Vorador.
Kain eventually finds Vorador, who warns Kain not to interfere in the affairs of mankind. Kain, however, persists, killing several more members of the Circle and also summoning Vorador to vanquish Malek in a decisive battle. Kain then learns that a being called "Nemesis", once known as William the Just is quickly conquering Nosgoth. After rescuing the daughter of King Otmar, Kain is chosen to lead Otmar's army against the forces of the Nemesis. Otmar's forces, however, are slaughtered, and Kain escapes using a time streaming device to travel fifty years into the past. Kain finds and kills the young King William (thereby preventing him from ever becoming the Nemesis) but creates an altered future in which the murder of William creates the Sarafan order and sparks a genocidal crusade against all vampires. Kain returns to the present and witnesses the execution of Vorador, discovering that he has been manipulated into changing history by Moebius, who is actually one of the Circle. Kain battles and kills Moebius, but is now the last of his kind.
Kain returns to the Pillars, where the two remaining guardians, Mortanius and Anacrothe the Alchemist argue over recent events and then battle to the death. Mortanius kills Anarcrothe and is then challenged by Kain. Mortanius transforms into a dark entity that reveals it was the mastermind behind the murder of Ariel and the ruin of the Pillars.
After defeating the entity, Kain learns that one final Pillar, the Pillar of Balance, remains and must be restored, and as the Guardian of Balance, only his sacrifice will make this possible. Kain chooses to save himself and the vampire race, allowing the Pillars to fall. Kain justifies his actions by claiming that vampires are gods that exist to rule mortals (players are also given the choice of restoring the pillar and sacrificing Kain).

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