The Death of Janos Audron
Upon
leaving the Fire Forge, Raziel sees the Sarafan
torturing Janos…
Sarafan Raziel:
Hold him!
The Sarafan
incapacitate Janos using the Moebius staff. Then Sarafan Raziel
slashes Janos’ chest and tears out his heart…
Janos Audron:
Aaaaarrrggghhh!!!!
Turel:
Look at his
black heart, how it still beats!
The Sarafan Raziel and Raziel
lock eyes, and both are surprised…
Dumah: The fiend intends to bury us alive! Raziel, we must get out of here!
Sarafan Raziel:
Remember the
sword!
The Sarafan
flee carrying the Reaver and the Heart of Darkness as the mountain begins to collapse…
Raziel:
Forgive me; I’m sorry…
I
failed you.
Janos Audron:
No, Raziel.
Perhaps this was my true purpose - simply to
save your life this once.
Raziel:
While I have
taken yours…
Janos Audron: Embrace your destiny, Raziel. You must reclaim the Reaver - it was forged for you and you alone… Without it, there is no hope…
Janos Audron dies in Raziel’s
arms…
Raziel (vo):
As I backed away from Janos’s body, I was overwhelmed by a sense of
self-loathing so deep, I could barely contain it.
In that instant, I rejected all that I ever was, and embraced the role Janos had safeguarded for me so patiently throughout the centuries.
I knew then what I had to do - the task for which I was uniquely prepared…
I would pursue the Sarafan
dogs to their loathsome fortress, and avenge Janos Audron’s murder.
Moebius would pay dearly for his treachery, and my Sarafan brethren would reap the horrors they had sown.
I would retake the stolen Reaver, which was rightfully mine. And finally, when all these debts had been paid, I would reclaim Janos Audron’s heart from their filthy, unworthy hands.
If the heart was truly imbued with the power to restore vampiric unlife, its highest purpose was clear to me…
I would restore the heart to Janos, and thus undo the vile
crime committed by my abominable former self.
After leaving Janos’ refuge, two demons appear to Raziel…
Gas demon:
We’ve been
expecting you, little Raziel…
Raziel (vo): So, these demonic pests were not merely the product of Nosgoth’s corrupted future. For here they were, hurtling back over five centuries to pursue me.
These creatures, I suspected, were minions of the unseen forces that had hoped to control me.
This was the tangible expression of their
displeasure.
These demons were unleashed as the penalty for my disobedience.
In the clearing where the Sarafan had been, Raziel encounters more demons…
Lightning demon 1:
Do you
really think you can save Nosgoth!?
Lightning demon 2:
Let me
enlighten you, poor Raziel.
More demons appear in Uschtenhiem…
Fire demon:
There he is, the
savior of Nosgoth!
A black demon appears in the canyons leading to the swamp…
Black demon:
Come
closer, Raziel…
Another black demon appears in the swamp…
Black demon:
You shall not
pass!
