#soul reaver 2

[honnneyz]

It's sad Janos Audron hours!!!

#my art #janos audron #lok #lok fanart #legacy of kain #soul reaver #soul reaver 2 #blood omen 2 #legacy of kain soul reaver 2 #soul reaver defiance #best vampire dilf ever

[playstationgamemania]

#ps2 #soul reaver #soul reaver 2

[playstationpark]

Electronic Gaming Monthly #133, Aug 2000 - 'Soul Reaver 2' cover.

#Soul Reaver 2 #Electronic Gaming Monthly #Halloween

[ex0greyfox]

Raziel

#legacy of kain #soul reaver #soul reaver 2 #ps1 #playstation #playstation 1 #dreamcast #art #drawing #fan art #artwork #video games

[hard-times-paramore]

I've been thinking about Sarafan Raziel. Because it grings my gears that the fandom mischaracterizes him so.

In the fandom, everyone calls him a prick and an asshole, but I think it would be way more coherent to his character if he were an extremely kind person, who still dirtied his hands in the name of righteousness.

Imagine a human Raziel who is well liked by his peers, who is good with children and kind to women, and who leads the sarafan with a strong will because he has a sense of purpose. Not over status and power, but because he genuinely believes the cause he is part of. Imagine that noble person, that paragon of humanity, that charmed even his wraith self for a while.

And then imagine this person commiting unspeakable acts of genocide in the name of faith. Blinded by righteous rage, he doesn't pity his victims because he was led to believe they were a plague, and doesn't even mind the monster he becomes in the process, because in his eyes, everything he does is for the good of the world and that absolves him. And that would make Wraith Raziel even the more horrified. What do you mean this gentleman he looked up to can turn into that brutal murderer? Capable of wiping out an entire culture?

And it shows that humans can be monsters, and that monsters can be human. That he's not a cackling evil maniac like Moebius, but instead a sweet man. That even war criminals have human lives and go back home to their families at the end of the day.

And everything Sarafan Raziel did against vampires, Vampire Raziel did tenfold against humans over the course of the thousand years that he was Kain's lieutenant. Raziel as a vampire enslaved humans like cattle and turned them into playthings out of boredom. I don't see the fandom criticizing Vampire Raziel nearly as much.

And here's the thing. Once he turned into a Wraith, Raziel had a process of unlearning his idea that humanity were lesser beings. He started fighting to protect them just as much as vampires, because they're also part of the world of Nosgoth, a world he wishes to see restored.

You know, if Wraith Raziel was capable of unlearning a thousand years of his vampire self enslaving humans, and start seeing them as equals and worthy of saving, and later on even as noble beings, I like to think the same would be possible for Sarafan Raziel too. Because even if he lost his memories, his personality stays the same across his lives. I he only had more information. He just never got the chance to.

Or, he did, when he became his new self.

I like to think that, in the end, when he was struck with the Soul Reaver and killed by his wraith self, the memories from the future came rushing through, and he had a glimpse of his entire future history. That would probably have changed his views. But alas, he died too quickly to be able to process it.

#legacy of kain #soul reaver 2 #raziel #sarafan raziel #vampire raziel #wraith raziel #meta #long post #it's a big double standard that the fandom has with sarafan raz over the fact we only see his asshole moments #but the implications are there if you know where to look #and if we can love vampire raz and wraith raz I should be allowed to love human raz #he reminds me of ludwig from bloodborne. the holy blade #or artorias from dark souls #platonic ideals of honor that were misguided in their beliefs #yeah anyway thanks for reading #my posts

[thebaronfelidae]

"You are worthy"

#digital art #autodesksketchbook #fanart #art #experimental #legacy of kain raziel #legacyofkain #legacy of kain #raziel #soul reaver 2 #soul reaver #legacy of kain defiance #character art #favorite characters #undead #wraith #vampire #I have a lot of favorite characters that are undead don't ask #fandom #I really want to draw Sylvanas and Sir Dan at some point #my art #comfort character #I forgot to add his tear stains D:< #thebaronfelidae

[moebiusthetimestreamer]

#legacy of kain #lok #moebius the time streamer #soul reaver 2

[honnneyz]

Raziel brainrot moment

#my art #honnneyz #raziel #lok fanart #lok #legacy of kain #soul reaver #soul reaver 2 #look who's sitting on kain's throne👀 #sarafan #skecthes

[proxi-dreams]

I am the Engine of life....

The Hub of the wheel....

The Origin of all Life....

The Devourer of Death....

The Wheel of Fate must turn......

You are Reborn as my agent of fate....

My Angel of Death....

You are and will forever be mine....

My Reaver of Souls.....

A day late for this, but wanted to commemorate the 23rd anniversary for my fav game series with a digital version of my latest Soul Reaver artwork! Keeping it a simple black and white with gray tones, will maybe color it much later. As I said before, I demand a remake or at least a final chapter, the final turn of the wheel to bring this ageless story to a close! Stay tuned for more

Art is mine

Raziel belongs to Legacy of Kain franchise

#soul reaver raziel #raziel soul reaver #legacy of kain soul reaver #soul reaver #wraith raziel #legacy of kain raziel #raziel #soul reaver art #soul reaver fanart #soul reaver raziel fanart #fanart #digital fanart #digitalart #digital art #lineart #legacy of kain soul reaver raziel #legacy of kain vampire #legacy of kain #legacyofkain #soul reaver 2 #raziel fanart #soul reaver legacy of kain #legacy of kain fanart #elder god

[bat-in-the-machine]

I love* how you can get every single Legacy of Kain game on Steam... except for the first one, which is only available for the original PlayStation via whatever means you use to get PS1/PSX games.

*I don't actually love this

#Legacy Of Kain #Blood Omen 2 #Soul Reaver #Soul Reaver 2 #Legacy Of Kain: Defiance #but not Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain #because IP rights are a joke #and corporations are vile

[quaddmgd]

Raziel? My child, what have they done to you?‏‏‎ ‎

#legacy of kain #soul reaver #soul reaver 2 #raziel #janos audron #janos retreat #crystal dynamics #vampires #gaming quotes #video game screenshots #playstation 2 #ps2 #pcsx2 #screen.qd

[icpe]

#legacy of kain #raziel #soul reaver 2 #soul reaver #comics and doodles

[retrogamelovers]

#OnThisDayInGaming! 🎂

Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 for the Ps2 turns 21 today in North America!

#on this day #legacy of kain #soul reaver 2 #ps2 #eidos #playstation #retro gamer #retro gaming #retrogamelovers

[ethaneldritch]

Getting sad over the lieutenants for the millionth time while replaying Soul Reaver 2...seeing all their Sarafan murals together...

I really wish they'd gotten more screen time in some form. They somehow seemed integral to the story and completely meaningless at the same time, and it's frustrating to know we'll probably never see them again to get a straight answer.

I think that's just my fixation talking, though. From a story perspective, I understand that they were little more than just monstrous obstacles to Raziel becoming stronger.

But still...my boys...why must obscurity be your fate-

#legacy of kain #lok #musings #the lieutenants #soul reaver 2

[scribe-of-ariel]

I usually enjoy Strictly Fantasy’s takes on Legacy of Kain. I cannot say that I agree with this assessment, however. For want of a better phrase, there’s too much bad blood.

Blood Omen 2 was not my introduction to the series. I remember enjoying aspects of the gameplay, but I played on PS2, and it seemed to me to be a very buggy and confusing game.

It made zero narrative sense at the time. Remember, other than the messy end of Soul Reaver 2, no attempt to retcon this story into the overall narrative was made until Defiance a few years later. By then, the damage was done, and the only way I could think of Blood Omen 2 was as a messy but fun AU and not canon at all.

I’ve heard all the arguments that since Defiance, Blood Omen 2 can now be considered the end of the story, but you’ll have to forgive me if I feel that doesn’t satisfy. It always felt like Elder Kain’s story was left on a cliffhanger with more to tell.

#legacy of kain #strictly fantasy #crystal dynamics #blood omen #blood omen 2 #soul reaver #soul reaver 2 #legacy of kain defiance #ariel remembers what others have forgotten #Youtube

[honnneyz]

Local ex vampire going through big existential crisis

#my art #finally decided to post soul reaver fanart because it's consuming my soul #not sonic #lok #lok fanart #legacy of kain #raziel #my son suffers a lot #soul reaver 2 #soul reaver #legacy of kain soul reaver