born of kain's brood. Nearly as old as kain himself,
Raziel had achieved a highly evolved vampire state,
and served as kain's first lieutenant.
Rather than evolving slowly over time, vampires
experience periods of accelerated metamorphosis,
entering dormant states form which they emerge
transformed. Raziel commited the ultimate blas-
phemy, having emerged form his last quiescent state
more evolved than any other vampire-including
kain himself. He alone, out of all nosgoth's vamp-
pires, evolved a pair of graceful bat-like wings.
For this unforgivible transgression, Raziel was
codemned. In an apparent act of egotistical sadism,
kain tore Raziel's newly fledged wings from his back,
and odered Raziel's fellow lieutenants and vampire
bretheren to hurl him into the Lake of the Dead,
Tumbling endlessly into the murky depths,
Raziel's flesh dissolved as he burned with white-hot
fire. An eternity passed befor he finally settled to
the bottom, a husk of his former self, much of his
flesh burned away and his fledgling wings in tatters.
as the bain receded, Raziel realized that he had not
only survived the descent, but had been delivered
to the very seat of the Underworld.
The mysterios god of the underworld revived
Raziel, and in resurrecting him transformed him into
a reaper of souls, a dark angel of death and retribu-
tion. The elder god then sent Raziel forth, and he
journeyed back to kain's nosgoth, galvanized by a
hunger for revenge, and a thirst not for the blood of
humans, but for the vampires apostate souls.
Kain, ever the cunning strategist, led Raziel to kill
his former vampire brethren one by one. And when, in
a fateful confrontation at the pillars, Kain raised the
ancient Soul Reaver blade against Raziel, the sword
shattered and its wraith form bound itself to Raziel.
Following a climatic battle in Moebius's long-
abandoned Chronoplast chamber, Kain activated the
time-traveling device and hurled himself deep into
Nosgoth's past. Raziel followed, not knowing
where-or when-the chase would lead....