game are you playing now? / Kain: Destiny is a game, is it not? And now you await my latest move... Narrowly escaping, Kain activates the Chronoplast and travels into the past, with Raziel pursuing him as the game ends. In Soul Reaver 2, Kain acts as a non-player character encountered by Raziel in several cutscenes. As the game's plot progresses, his agenda and motives become clearer. He seeks a third option to the dilemma prescribed for him at the end of Blood Omen, hoping to both restore Nosgoth and return the Pillars to vampire control. Having viewed the timestream, he learned that history is predestined, and seeks to change his fate by triggering more temporal paradoxes,Kain: If you truly believe in free will, Raziel, now is the time to prove it. Kill me now, and we both become pawns of history, dragged down the path of an artificial destiny. I was ordained to assume the role of Balance Guardian in Nosgoth, while you were destined to be its savior. But the map of my fate was redrawn by Moebius, and so in turn was yours... an objective which demanded Raziel's temporary destruction. It is revealed that Raziel is destined to be consumed by the Soul Reaver, thus becoming the soul-devouring entity trapped within the weapon. With Raziel's help, Kain is able to defy history and prevent his own pre-ordained death, and, in return, he saves Raziel from being consumed by the Reaver at the story's climax. However, this alteration putatively changes history for the worse, leading into the events of Blood Omen 2 and Legacy of Kain: Defiance. Blood Omen 2 and DefianceBlood Omen 2 pursues a younger Kain during his early conquests of Nosgoth, in the altered timeline triggered by the changes to Raziel's destiny at the end of Soul Reaver 2. Legacy of Kain: Defiance takes place in the same altered timeline, periodically switching between the characters of the elder Kain and Raziel from Soul Reaver 2, with both acting as playable protagonists. Over the course of the game, Moebius manipulates Kain into believing he is a champion prophesied to fight against and destroy Raziel, culminating in a final battle between the two characters which Raziel wins. It is discovered that The Elder God is malevolent, and he and Moebius—his servant—had conspired against Kain from the outset of the series, considering vampires an abomination.Raziel: I had seen