The Underworld

Elder god: I know you, Raziel. You are worthy.

Raziel: What madness is this? What pitiful form is this that I have come to inhabit? Death would be a release, next to this travesty.

Elder god: You did not survive the abyss, Raziel. I have only spared you from total dissolution.

Raziel: I would choose oblivion over this existence!

Elder god: The choice is not yours.

Raziel: I am destroyed!

Elder god: You are reborn.

The birth of one of Kain’s abominations traps the essence of life. It is this soul that animates the corpse you ‘lived’ in. And that Raziel, is the demise of Nosgoth. There is no balance. The souls of the dead remain trapped. I can not spin them in the wheel of fate. They can not complete their destinies.

Redeem yourself. Or if you prefer, avenge yourself. Settle your dispute with Kain. Destroy Him and your brethren. Free their souls and let the wheel of fate churn again. Use your hatred to reave their souls… I can make it possible. Become my soul reaver, my angel of death…

Raziel arrives at some portals…

Elder god: These gates twist space, laying a path across great spans.

If Raziel tries to access an unactivated portal…

Elder god: You must visit other gates before this portal will be opened to you.

If Raziel tries to access the next chamber…

Elder god: Tienes mucho que aprender, Raziel. Cuando estés listo, esta barrera desaparecerá.

Raziel arrives at a soul fountain…

Elder god: You are weak - you must feed.

Raziel: The old hunger has left me; I have no desire for blood.

Elder god: You are changed. Your blood-thirst is replaced by a deeper need - you have become a devourer of souls.

To sustain your strength, you must hunt the lost spirits of the Underworld, and consume the souls of your enemies.

Raziel arrives at a pit…

Elder god: Your wings, though ruined, are not without purpose. Take hold of them as you leap, and they will carry you across this chasm.

Raziel encounters Sluaghs for the first time…

Raziel: What scabrous wretches are these?

Elder god: Sluagh, the scavengers of the Underworld. Their feral hunger has claimed countless souls - spirits who now shall never find their rest.

When Raziel falls for the first time in combat, he will return to the bottom of the abyss…

Elder god: As my agent, you are beyond death, Raziel. Your enemies cannot destroy you. If you grow too weak, however, you will always be drawn here, to recover.

Raziel emerges from the subterranean worlds and sees a dimensional portal for the first time…

Elder god: These portals are your conduit between the spectral and material realms. With their aid, you may gather matter and will yourself to become manifest in the physical world.

This is taxing, however - your strength must first be fully restored. You require no conduit to return to this plane - you may abandon your physical body at any time.

After switching to the material plane…

Elder god: Sustain your strength to prolong your manifestation in the physical world. If you fail to feed, or absorb too many wounds, this fragile matter will dissolve.

Upon encountering a pit full of water…

Elder god: You are young yet, Raziel - you still retain many of your vampiric weaknesses. Immersion in water, while not fatal, will dissolve your physical body, forcing your return to the spirit world.

Be aware that in the spectral realm, water has neither heft nor lift. It stands as thin as air.

If Raziel tries to open the door in the spectral realm…

Elder god: Your efforts are futile, Raziel - such objects are but shadows in the spirit world.

Raziel arrives in a chamber where two vampires are devouring a corpse…

Raziel: What are these creatures?

Elder god: Do you not recognize them? They are the children of your brother, Dumah.

Raziel: That’s impossible - these foul, scuttling beasts could not be kin of our high blood.

Elder god: Do you suppose that time stood still for you, Raziel? Much has changed since you passed from the world of men.

Raziel (vo): I knew my opponents’ weaknesses, having suffered them myself. Physical wounds are fleeting - a vampire’s immortal flesh begins to close as soon as it is cleaved.

Vampires need only fear those wounds that impale, or inflame. Water scorches like acid, and fledglings are devastated by sunlight’s touch.

I would have to modify my tactics to suit my foes.

After defeating an enemy for the first time…

Elder god: Unfettered from the flesh, a creature’s soul fades swiftly into the spectral realm. Draw it in quickly, Raziel, or you will be compelled to follow.

As he approaches the stone block…

Elder god: Your physical prowess surpasses what you knew in life. Even massive obstacles can be moved effortlessly.