![]() Negotiating the hazards of the building, Kain was able to "rise" into the Heaven realm, where he discovered and claimed the Soul Reaver, a "prize" caressed in the arms of an angelic statue. Once Kain entered Avernus Cathedral, he found that it touched upon different "dimensions", with a Heaven realm and a Hell realm creeping into the usual reality it had been built in. In the Blood Omen era, during his journey to kill the corrupt Pillar Guardians of the Circle of Nine and restore the Pillars of Nosgoth, the fledgling vampire Kain traveled to Avernus on his quest to cleanse the Pillar of Dimension, advised only that he would need to "rise, fall, and find salvation in between". The Heaven realm where Kain discovered the Soul Reaver. " For all her magic, the Lady Azimuth was little trouble once her demonic thralls had been dispatched she fell quickly to my blade." ―Kain - Listen ( file info) Thus, it was a vital component in Kain's ambition to destroy the Elder and restore the land. Most importantly, the physical Soul Reaver was the only weapon in Nosgoth capable of harming the Elder God, damaging him in both the Material and Spectral Realms. Its power could only be temporarily quelled by an artifact known as the Nexus Stone, and it could be enhanced with magical powers by the Balance Emblem. As it acted as a vessel for Raziel's soul, it could be used to decouple history, creating paradoxes and new timelines if brought into proximity with Raziel or another version of itself. The Soul Reaver possessed many unique qualities beyond its originally-intended purpose. The sword's passage through time is a complicated one, and its existence has been, and will be, entwined with Raziel's for all infinity within the Nosgoth universe. ![]() Much later in Nosgoth's history, when Kain attacked Raziel with the physical blade, it proved unable to devour its younger self, and shattered, releasing Raziel's soul (the Wraith Blade). Hereafter, Raziel's spirit inhabited the blade, and it obtained the ability to devour the souls of those it struck. It could drain its victims' blood, but was altered when it absorbed the soul of the time-traveling wraith Raziel. ![]() The Reaver was originally an enchanted sword, forged by Vorador at the ancient vampires' behest to destroy their prophesied adversary, the Hylden champion. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Soul Reaver 2 and Legacy of Kain: Defiance also include the later, spiritual version of the sword - the Wraith Blade - as a weapon. In its physical manifestation, it can be wielded in Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Soul Reaver 2, Blood Omen 2 and Legacy of Kain: Defiance. Through most of the series, it is the signature weapon of the vampire Kain, and plays a key role in the games, as both the protagonists' ultimate weapon and a story element. It is a flamberge-class sword with a broad, undulating serpentine blade, forged from unknown materials. The Reaver, and, later, the Soul Reaver, is a weapon which has appeared in every title in the Legacy of Kain series. Kindred, this blade and I." ―Kain - Listen ( file info) But its purpose remains – to feed on the souls of any creature it strikes. " Time fades even legend, and the origin of Soul Reaver has been lost long ago.
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