Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (1996 Video Game)

Simon Templeman: Kain

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• Kain : Vae Victus -- suffering to the conquered. Ironic that now I was the one suffering. Not anything as pedestrian as physical pain. Rather the cruel jab of impotent anger -- the hunger for revenge. I didn't care if I was in Heaven or Hell -- all I wanted was to kill my assassins. Sometimes you get what you wish for. The Necromancer Mortanius offered me a chance for vengeance. And like a fool, I jumped at his offer without considering the cost. Nothing is free, not even revenge.

• Kain : I am the last Pillar. The only survivor of the Circle of Nine. At my whim the world will be healed or damned. At my whim.

• Kain : The Mentalist Nupraptor was renowned through Nosgoth for his tricks of the mind, telepathy and telekinesis. Pilgrims traveled from all across the land seeking the comfort of his lies. I sought not his wisdom... but his life.

• Kain : I came upon one of Nupraptor's serving girls, catatonic with fear, choking out half-words through bloodied, broken teeth. Although tempted by hunger, I stayed my hand, allowing her to tell her story. She spoke of her Lord Nupraptor, driven to insanity by the brutal slaying of his beloved Ariel. She spoke of his self-mutilation, sewing his eyes and lips shut to deny the outside world. Fueled by despair and hopelessness, he turned his magic on the Circle, infecting their minds with his madness. Nupraptor cared for nothing now, save his pathetic self-pity. Scars such as hers would never heal. Death would only be a mercy.

• Kain : Ironic. By going back in time, and altering the past, you turned William the Just into the Nemesis.

  Moebius : Aye - you have seen my plan, vampire, as I have seen your destiny. The future says you die!

  Kain : But I am dead . . .

  [Kain lops off Moebius' head] 

  Kain : as are you!

• The Unspoken : You thought yourself a king when in fact you were a pawn! You have served me well, Kain.

  Kain : I serve no one!

  The Unspoken : Indeed. Such narrow vision. Don't you see? My silencing of Ariel, and its calculated repercussions, is but the first act in my theatre of Grand Guignol. Of which you are the tragic hero... play on, little vampire, play on...

  Kain : Vae Victus!

• Kain : Alas, poor Nupraptor, I knew him well... Well, not really.

• Kain : I awoke to the pain of a new existence, in a dank womb of darkness and decay.

• Ariel : Nupraptor, your madness has shattered our dreams and blinded you...

  Kain : Keep your distance or I'll send you back to Hell, spirit!

  Ariel : There is nothing left of me to fear, vampire. I am only a shadow of my former self... Ariel, the Balance of the Circle of Nine. Even so, I can provide the answers you seek.

  Kain : I seek only a cure.

  Ariel : There is no cure for death. Only release. You must destroy the sorcery that is now poisoning Nosgoth. Only then will you realize peace.

• Kain : [describing his implosion spell]  Of all the methods I employ, this is perhaps the cruelest, causing my victim's body to shrink on itself, crushing bones and rupturing organs 'til the pressure inside burst the sac of fleshy skin, spraying its contents for all to see.

• Kain : Time fades even legend, and the origin of the Soul Reaver has been lost long ago. But its purpose remains - to feed on the souls of any creature it strikes. Kindred, this blade and I.

• [true ending] 

  Kain : Once I embraced my gifts, I realized that Vorador was right; we are gods... dark gods and it is our duty to thin the herd.

• Kain : The world had changed to my eyes. I had not expected such cruelty from the light. For in the embrace of the sun, I could find no comfort, only malice. This would change in time for the worse, along with other things.

• Oracle : A nobleman? Seeking wisdom? Death has taught you well.

  Kain : Enough philosophy - I seek answers.

  Oracle : Answers indeed. I have them all if you have the questions. And what are the questions for these answers? King Ottmar, the only hope to defeat the legions of the Nemesis. King Ottmar paralyzed by his princess' malaise. King Ottmar the useless. Pray good sir, what are the questions?

  Kain : A pox upon your tricks and babble, old man! Answer me this: Who is Malek and how can I defeat him?

  Oracle : All in time, sirrah. Yes, time. Unless you master it - it will master you. And now it's time for your answer: Malek - defender of the Nine and last of the Seraphan sorcerer-priests. His vanity led to the slaughter of the Circle at the hands of the vampire Vorador. For his failing, his spirit was fused to a hellish set of magical armor. He has allowed no member of the Circle to fall since.

  Kain : What of this Vorador?

  Oracle : Follow the glow of the Ignis Fatuus to the Termagent forest.

  Kain : Ignis Fatuus?

  Oracle : The Ignis Fatuus lights the path to Hell, nobleman. Your path. Time, Kain... next time...

• Kain : I fear no dangers, do you hear? They will fear me.

• Kain : [is blocked by the Courtier]  Out of my way peasant! The stench of the fields hangs over you like a pall!

  The Courtier : The King sees no one! He is in mourning for the princess!

  Kain : [grabs the Courtier by the neck]  He'll be in mourning for his kingdom soon. And he'll mourn for you even sooner if you don't get out of my way!

  [throws the Courtier aside]