Kain at the Vampire Citadel (I)

Kain (vo): And so I arrived at the citadel of my Vampire ancestors, long abandoned since their extinction eons ago. Perhaps it still held the wisdom of its creators.

Here Moebius said I would find proof that Raziel was not what I thought he was – or hoped he would be.

But in sending me here Moebius had done me an unexpected – or perhaps an unwitting – service. For it was my destiny, not Raziel’s - my role as Scion of Balance - whose secrets I was here to discover.

Venturing into the citadel, Kain discovers one of the murals depicting the battle between the heroes of the Vampire and Hylden races…

Kain (vo): Here, no doubt, was the evidence Moebius wished me to have… For the Vampires had prophesied not one, but two champions – one destined to be Nosgoth’s redeemer, the other, its destroyer.

The Vampires’ hero wielded the Reaver, forged for this very purpose. His opponent was clearly the hero of their adversaries – the Hylden – and brandished a flaming sword.

The foretold outcome was unambiguous: the Vampire hero would fall.

Beside these murals, Kain discovers a sealed door…

Kain (vo): This door was clearly significant; the answers I sought surely lay within. But to unlock the chamber, the Balance Emblem had to be fully restored.

Further on, another door blocks Kain’s way…

Kain (vo): The Reaver required some additional enhancement before this door could be opened.

Kain ventures into one of the ancient Vampires’ elemental forges…

Kain (vo): These statues were singularly inanimate. I knew better than to assume they would always remain so.

In time, Kain discovers another use for the Reaver…

Kain (vo): The third fragment of the Balance Emblem endowed the Reaver with the elemental power of Lightning.

Kain opens a door using the Balance Emblem fragment he just found…

Kain (vo): A new area of the Vampire citadel lay open to me. I still had much to discover.