Soulreaver
Soulreaver
Soulreaver
IMPORTANT!!!
This RPG supplement for the DAEMON System was created by me based on the video games Blood
Omen: Legacy of Kain and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, whose rights belong to Silicon Knights and Eidos
Interactive. I do not intend to offend these rights in any way, and I am not making any kind of profit by creating
this adaptation.
For players:
The game's story basically takes place in a single place: Nosgoth. Although this city does not exist, this
is the specialty of RPG: mixing fiction and reality. To me, it seems that Nosgoth is in Europe, in the midst of
the Inquisition. However, the unfolding of the story does not even closely follow the History of our real world,
thus fitting with difficulty into the DARK universe. It is possible to use the Inquisition books and similar ones,
but the Soul Reaver universe shows less of other creatures than the Angels, Demons and Mythological
Vampires books suggest.
Let's go in parts...
To create the universe of this adaptation, I will create different scenarios. Each corresponds to a game
in the series.
The first (Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain) depicts Kain's death and rebirth as a vampire, and the path of
death and destruction he charted.
The second game (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver) shows the fallen and dark world created by Kain in
his reign of death: the few people who remain hide in the deepest caves and the most fortified castles to try
to escape the vampiric threat. We see the story especially through the eyes of Kain's former lieutenant,
Raziel, killed by his own brothers on Kain's orders.
The third game (Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain 2) appeared after Soul Reaver, but its
The story takes place many centuries before Kain ruled Nosgoth alongside his lieutenant Raziel.
And finally, the fourth game (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2) takes place immediately after Soul Reaver
1 – the end of the first is exactly the beginning of the second. I think the second one takes place in a
dimension very different from ours, which wouldn't bring paradoxes when combining our reality with the
game's story. However, I haven't had the opportunity to play it yet. This part will be for the near future.
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Many millennia ago, nine wizards merged their Ariel, which definitively destroyed the balance of the
spirits with the Pillars of Nosgoth, vowing to use their Pillars and Nosgoth.
powers to protect the land. How and why the Pillars were The Guardian of Death came to the conclusion
created still remains a mystery. Each Pillar controls a that the only way to make things right was to kill every
magical power that gives life to Nosgoth, and reflects the member of the Circle (including himself) to break all
mental condition of its Guardian. Each Guardian was the magical ties between the corrupted Guardians and the
incarnation of their Pillar, and affected the entire world. land. For such a task, he hired a band of thieves to
However, the Circle made a series of mistakes. Despite assassinate Ariel's successor as the next Guardian of the
being immortal, the Guardians were still all human. They Balance, a noble man named Kain, and then resurrected
felt threatened by the vampire population in Nosgoth, and him as a vampire. Mortanius guided Kain on his journey
so created the Sarafan to exterminate all vampires. They to repair the Pillars and save Nosgoth. He died when Kain
called these massacres the “Vampire Purge.” discovered who was truly behind his murder, just as
Mortanius had planned.
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the Pillars and save Nosgoth. First, Kain's only concern Had they stayed out of human affairs, they would never
was to cure his “curse”. But after seeing the atrocities have been able to slaughter the other vampires.
the Circle had committed against all life, he began to Kain was shocked to see how cruel simple citizens could
realize the true importance of his journey. He also be. He painfully realized that Vorador was right. And in
discovered that it was the Circle that created the Sarafan that moment he also realized that he could never look at
(a fanatical-religious organization of vampire hunters) humans the same way again.
and sent them to hunt and slaughter thousands of
vampires – they called these massacres the “Vampire Unfortunately, the betrayals were not over.
Purge”. Kain was disgusted by the way these assassins Kain discovered that Mortanius (Guardian of Death) was
tried to disguise their own bloodlust with lies and religion. the one behind Ariel's and his own death. Mortanius had
chosen Kain to bring death to the Circle because Kain
would be Ariel's replacement as Guardian of the Balance.
Eventually, Kain encountered an ancient vampire After killing Mortanius, Kain discovered that Ariel had
named Vorador. He was the oldest and most powerful also deceived him. Now that Kain had become a
vampire in Nosgoth. Thousands of years ago, the Sarafan Guardian, he too would have to die in order to complete
had brought him much suffering. Vorador became a his journey of correcting the Pillars. This is what Ariel
mentor of sorts to Kain. meant when she said he would be freed from his “curse.”
But after going through what he went through with the
Sarafan, Vorador warned Kain that vampires are superior
to humans and advised him to keep his distance from Kain knew that if he killed himself and corrected
human affairs. the Pillars, he would give control of Nosgoth to the
Kain ignored this advice and engaged in many humans. And after witnessing what humans had done to
wars with humans, avoiding the complete destruction of other vampires, Kain wisely decided that the
many cities. Even in his curse, Kain revealed himself to salvation of the human race was not worthy of his life.
be a man with great willpower, mercy and respect for Now that he was the only surviving vampire and the only
human life, never killing, except to feed himself, defend surviving Guardian, Kain decided to transform the world
himself or protect Nosgoth. into a place where vampires could live without oppression
or fear for their lives.
The end of his journey was tragic. Kain had
managed to defeat most of the Guardians only to discover
that he had been used and tricked. Kain returned from a
mission to discover that Moebius (Timekeeper) had
gathered vampire hunters to exterminate all of Nosgoth's
vampires, and was decapitating them for the amusement
of a crazed audience. As Kain ran through the streets to
the central square where the "executions" were being
carried out, he could hear the other vampires scream
and smell their spilled blood. With each death, humans This entire description is just a summary of the
cheered and celebrated. Those who were not watching story of the first game. To understand all the events of
the “executions” were arranging the great banquets they the game, see the Dialogue section on the website where
would have to celebrate the victory over the I took the game's story (see the name of the website at
the end of the document). There are all the game's
dialogues, which explain how Kain became so powerful
“damned scum”. Kain arrived at the central square in and how he came into possession of the powerful Soul Reaver sword.
time to see Vorador's head on the guillotine. Check out a description of the NPCs and the main
Vorador looked over the crowd of cowardly humans one ones at the end of the document.
last time, before the blade came down and the executioner
raised his head like a trophy for all to see. Moebius then
targeted Kain in the crowd, and rallied the villagers to
attack him.
The ironic part is that Kain had saved that very city
from annihilation at the hands of an invading army. If he
had listened to Vorador, and
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KAIN'S NEXT MOVE WAS TO BUILD AN ARMY OF VAMPIRES AND BEGIN TO PLOT
THE HUMAN REALMS. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE RESISTANCE, EVEN
AMONG THE SARAFAN. HOWEVER, ARRIVAL IN THE CITY
FROM MERIDIAN WAS A SURPRISE
Taking human cities was easy. Kain awakens. A woman, actually a vampire
Kain created quite powerful and loyal vampires, and even named Umah, is at his side. She quickly summarizes the
the strongest Sarafan were defeated with relative ease. situation for Kain, whose memory was in tatters:
While entire human armies were decimated with each
assault, casualties to Kain's troops were minimal, if any. “You were unconscious for 200 years.
Until they reached the city of Meridian, one of the largest When we found him, there was only a small spark of life
in Nosgoth. in his body. We take care of you and
we fed it during these centuries. In fact, we didn't expect
Located south of Nosgoth, Meridian initially you to wake up so early. You surprise us from now on.”
seemed like any other city.
Kain only began to distrust very powerful beings in the “See what Nosgoth has become: a den of cowardly
city when two of his scouts did not return (Marcus and humans, ruled with an iron fist by Lord Sarafan, the same
Sebastian). Then a definitive attack was launched. Kain one who defeated him 200 years ago. We vampires are
and all his followers headed towards the city's main hunted and exterminated day after day. More and more
entrance. But this city was prepared. our numbers are being reduced. You are our hope of
restoring the natural order of Nosgoth: vampires in power,
A large Sarafan army was waiting for the vampires. feeding on humans, and not hiding.”
This army was notably different. Their weapons and
armor had a very intense yellow glow, in addition to being “Lord Sarafan is protected by his knights, and
very strong and fast. Several of these Sarafan fought on even by other vampires. They value only their own lives:
equal terms with some of the vampires in Kain's army. as long as they serve Lord Sarafan, they will continue to
live.”
The battle became quite unbalanced with the “The Sarafan soldiers and knights use a type of
arrival of an enormous Sarafan, whose armor glowed magic that is lethal to us vampires, magic that was
more brightly than the others. This Sarafan killed several brought to light after the rise of the Sarafan, shortly after
vampires at once, without suffering a scratch. their defeat: the Magic of Glyphs. Glyphs are stones with
magical properties, capable of generating supernatural
Kain then went towards him. Despite being the energy that manifests itself in the form of the elements of
strongest of the vampires, and being in possession of nature. There are still a few others with other powers, but
the Soul Reaver, the battle was quick, with an unexpected we haven't had the chance to study them yet. We have
end: Kain succumbs to the devastating power of this Sarafan.no idea
In addition to being defeated (and killed, from what origin of these Glyphs, but they are all over the world
everyone thinks), the Soul Reaver was taken by the so- Nosgoth”.
called Lord Sarafan, using the sword that until now only “We are the Cabal, the vampiric resistance force.
Kain had managed to wield. The fate of the other And you, Kain, are the key to our victory against Lord
vampires was then sealed in an instant: annihilation. Sarafan and the restoration of his sovereignty, Vampire
sovereignty.”
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OS GLYPHS Elite – the highest rank after Lord. The Sarafan Elite
The energy of Glyphs has many uses for the humans Guard had been exterminated millennia before Kain's birth.
of Nosgoth: it produces light energy to brighten the dark It was revived from the ashes by Lord Sarafan. There are
nights, provides heat to the homes of some inhabitants (of only six, but they say they can wipe out an army 10 times
course, those who can afford it), and gives human soldiers larger: Raziel, Turel, Dumah, Rahab, Zephon and Melchiah.
a better chance of slaughtering vampires a little. more
powerful. Lord Sarafan – no one knows the origin of this
There are two specific uses of Glyphs that make life powerful being, or even the extent of his powers.
more difficult for vampires in Nosgoth: the first is the He arrived in the city of Meridian and organized an army to
formation of energy barriers at the vast majority of entrances fight the vampires just a few weeks before Kain's onslaught.
and exits to cities. She is He lives in Meridian, the seat of his reign, but rumors spread
insurmountable to any vampire, and anyone who forces that he can be in several parts of Nosgoth at the same time,
their way through will be turned to dust. as he appears on the same day in two or more cities that
The other use is in the weapons and armor of are days away from each other.
Sarafan knights and soldiers. When a vampire is within 20
meters of a soldier whose armor is equipped with the Glyph,
it will glow brightly, making it impossible for a vampire to
attack one of them by surprise. THE KABBALA
Nosgoth's vampiric resistance.
Currently, it has less than 20 members, although there are
still vampires throughout Nosgoth who do not even know of
THE SARAFANS the Cabal's existence, so hidden are they. Although their
There are several distinct types of “tier” among the movement around Nosgoth is limited, they have human
Sarafan: minions who help them by doing various favors, either
Guard - is the lowest rank among the Sarafan. They because they do not agree with Lord Sarafan's dictatorship
are the most numerous, and are never equipped with Glyphs. or because they are tempted by the promise of “eternal life”
as vampires.
Glyph Guard – as previously stated, they have Ironically, the Cabal headquarters (called
weapons and armor equipped with Glyphs. Sanctuary) is located in the suburbs of Meridian.
Some of them have minor spells.
Priest – they are completely devoted to the Order of
Lord Sarafan. They are not as well trained in combat as NOSGOTH
Guards and Glyph Guards, but they have reasonable The map of Nosgoth remains unchanged. Lord
knowledge of magic. Sarafan did not destroy any of the places known as vampire
Nun – practically the only female fighters in Nosgoth. hideouts – he ordered his armies to hunt without destroying
They are trained in both the arcane arts and archery. the place, although no one ever understood why.
Knight – they are carefully chosen and trained men, Some of the places his armies have searched are: the
being a high rank when it comes to the smallest, but within Pillars of Nosgoth, Nupraptor's Retreat, and the
the Elite they are the smallest. They are, without exception, Avernus Cathedral. Dark Eden remained isolated and
very strong and resistant, carrying heavy armor and untouched, and for this reason it is assumed that many
weapons. vampires tried to find refuge there.
Despite their physical strength, they apparently have no
knowledge of magic. Glyph
Glyph Knight – even fewer have the chance to
Those who carry the Glyphs can use their mystical
become one of these Elite Knights. Like Knights, they have
energies in attacks carried out with melee weapons. The
great physical strength, but are enhanced with weapons attack (if the target is a vampire) will cause its maximum
and armor with the power of Glyphs. Only the most powerful
damage, ignoring the target's IP (but not that of any armor
vampires can fight one of these soldiers and come out alive
it is wearing).
to tell the story.
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Knight
Cost: 3 Enhancement Points, 350 pts. of
Expertise
Skills: Fighting 50/50, Melee Weapons (choose
between sword or axe) 50/50, Shield 0/50, Streetwise
25%, Intimidation 45%, Tracking 30%, Forbidden
Sciences (Vampires) 50%, Theology 15%
Enhancements: Patron (2 Points), Military
Forces (1 point), Faith Points (1 point), Enemy (-
1 Point: all vampires)
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This time, the human race's participation in part of the profits went to the New Church: The
deciding the fate of Nosgoth was almost nil. Sarafan Church, which proclaimed itself as the
While in the “Vampire Purge” the Sarafan armies savior of Humanity.
were primarily made up of normal people who Kain slowly regained his memory and
wanted to put an end to the vampire threat, in Lord his powers – two centuries dormant have caused
Sarafan's victory over Kain's newly formed armies, him to lose much of his powers.
the Sarafan were basically handpicked by the Lord . With the help of the Cabal, Kain gained access
to the inner levels of Meridian, confronting his former
Since then, humanity has been nothing more than companions, now in the service of Lord Sarafan.
labor for the Sarafan and livestock for vampires. Kain showed no mercy to the traitors, defeating them
From his tower in Meridian Cathedral, Lord and absorbing their spirits along with their powers,
Sarafan controls people's destinies with an iron fist. increasing his own.
Over the course of 200 years, the cities dominated
by Kain were little by little “recolonized” – a Priest or Humanity did not realize what was happening
Nun (sometimes more) was sent to each city to until it was too late: Kain had killed all of Lord
guarantee the population's devotion to the Sarafan Sarafan's followers, presenting the
religion. dead body of their former leader as a trophy. The
Although the lands were returned to their Sarafan era was over. It was time for Kain to reclaim
former owners (refugees in Meridian during Kain's his throne as the commander of Nosgoth.
attacks), there was now a tithe:
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A millennium has passed since Lord Kain It is the body that requires the blood sacrifice; our
established his capital in the ruined Pillars of Nosgoth souls gain their advantage from the powers of the
and began his conquest of the world. His first act was to Spectral World.
recruit a permanent military force. Kain captured six As we matured, our earthly bodies evolved into a
souls and then gave birth to his lieutenants, of which I, higher form. We assume the powers and nobility of the
Raziel, was one. In return, we prowl the gloom of Dark Gods. With each change, the trivial matters of
purgatory and build six legions of vampires to pillage vampires and humans were of less and less interest.
Nosgoth.
The destruction of the greatest human Kingdoms Always, it was Kain who changed first. After the
was inevitable. In less than a century, humanity had master had tried a new gift, one of us would follow in a
been properly domesticated. To be more precise, there decade or so. That is, until I have the honor of surpassing
are still a few wild humans left scattered throughout the my lord. For my transgression, I deserved a new kind of
countryside, clinging on to their hopeless holy war to rid reward: agony.
Nosgoth of “vampiric scum.” They were tolerated. They For us, the touch of water is agony; it burns our
made the existence of the weakest more challenging. flesh like acid. My punishment was to be thrown into the
Lake of the Dead, our execution ground for traitors and the weak.
After the domestication of humans, our real work As my brothers lifted me into the air, I could see the
began: shaping Nosgoth to our will. expressions of satisfaction on their faces. The transient
Around the Pillars, slaves built a temple worthy of our euphoria of something new. Then the pain started.
era, worthy of our Renaissance. Melting, twisting, burning, falling. Truly, a new experience.
Gigantic furnaces were built to throw smoke into the Time. I have no idea how long I fell for. I just know that
sky, protecting the earth from the poisonous effects of the fall had an end and through the pain I heard the voice.
the Sun. The world had never known such beauty. At first I thought it was merely the echoes of my tortured mind,
However, over time, we got bored. but I came to understand that it was something more. Something
We allowed the remaining legions, the lesser primordial. Something furious. Something fair. Something ancient.
vampires, to have their intrigues. They provided The Elder explained many things to me. About
entertainment and “spice” to an increasingly uninspired creation, about Death, souls and Hunger. For eons the
court. As faction fell to faction, we bet on the outcome. Ancient One fed on the souls of Nosgoth. Then Kain's
We helped and ruined conspiracies on a whim. We were vampiric dynasty deprived the Ancient One of his
the Council and Lord Kain, our only master. livelihood. For centuries, its hunger grew and festered in this place.
The Elder offered me a solution to my poor
Humans believe that it is some disease in the existence – if I returned to the Material Plane and killed
blood that makes us what we are. Fools, blood only my former brothers, then I would have the chance to
feeds the bodies we live in. To create a vampire, one take revenge on Kain...
must steal a soul from the Abyss to reanimate the body.
How could anyone refuse such an offer?
FROM THE GAME SOUL REAVER, EVEN VAMPIRES OF AVERAGE POWER ARE
POWERLESS BEFORE THE WILL OF KAIN AND HIS LIEUTENANTS (IMAGINE HUMANS
THEN...). DESPITE IT BEING AN INTERESTING SCENARIO, BE CAREFUL WHEN
RUNNING A CAMPAIGN IN THIS PART OF THE HISTORY
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Tomb of two Sarafan – Kain, contrary to what Raziel would think, had a look of
Oracle Cave – place where the satisfaction on his face as he said: “The blade has been
right after your entry most illustrious vampire hunters mastered... so this is how it goes... and we are one step closer to
were buried our destinies...”
.
Then Kain disappears.
In the Spectral Realm, the Soul Reaver stands before
Raziel. When he touches it, it fuses with his right arm. No longer
a matter blade, but an energy sword, as in its original form.
This time the winner of the fight was Raziel. But Kain had
not yet been defeated. Activated the
The Chronoplast – immense
The Human Citadel – the last Chronoplast and dove into an entrance that led to the unknown.
device,
refuge of humans who Raziel, who would even jump into hell to chase Kain, followed, but
probably created by
do not serve vampires the Elder warned him:
Moebius, purpose unknown
“Careful, Raziel! When you cross this threshold, you
will be beyond my influence.”
The portals have been unused for many years. The lesser
Upon crossing the barrier, Raziel stops in a completely
vampires that roam Nosgoth do not leave their own territory (or
dark room with a single beam of light in the center. He is then
have lost the ability to think to the point of using them), Kain's
received by Moebius in person:
lieutenants NEVER abandon their homes, and humans fear that
“Raziel... redeemer and destroyer... pawn and messiah...
vampires will use them to enter the Citadel, therefore they left the
welcome, soul that crossed Time...
portal deactivated.
Welcome... to your destination...”
Where Time is nothing more than a loop, a loose stitch in the fabric of the Universe, a
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THANKS
- To God, for granting me all the means (physical, mental, spiritual and material)
so I could be writing this
- My girlfriend Carolina, who has been putting up with me for 2 years and who recently HATED RPGs
(now she just hates them...)
- To the people at DAEMON for providing the System and inspiring thousands of players like me
to create your adaptations at home and have the chance to publish them on the internet
- To the staff of the website www.yryagos.hpg.com.br for kindly providing the texts I used in the
adaptation (visit the website and check out ALL the game's dialogue to better understand the story)
- To Kain, for refusing to sacrifice himself for human cattle and being able to do whatever he wanted and
well understood
Note: in the near future, I will make a spreadsheet of all the NPCs in each part of the game's story. Wait!
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