Blood Omen 2 - The Sarafan Lord (Gameplay Battle)

The Sarafan Lord seemed like an entirely new enemy when he was introduced in Blood Omen 2. In fact - as Defiance and the first Defiance Q&A page at thelostworlds.net would show - he was simply the Dark Entity inhabiting his own, natural Hylden body.

In Blood Omen, Kain refused to sacrifice himself to repair the Pillar of Balance. This sealed the Pillars' fate, condemning them to collapse. The barrier between Nosgoth's Material Realm and the demon dimension weakened substantially, and a powerful Hylden - a leader amongst them - was able to re-enter the Material Realm using the Hylden Gate. He gradually began to increase his power in preparation for a full invasion. He established - or re-populated - a base (the Hylden City), and started to draw other Hylden into Nosgoth's Material Realm with him. However, it was not enough to bring his people through slowly - his aim was to purge the land of all vampires and humans. He intended to complete and use the Device - the Hylden race's ancient weapon of destruction.


The Device was buried beneath Nosgoth's capital: Meridian. The Hylden General (as Kain later called him) needed to gain influence over the city's humans before he could get it up and running. At the same time, Kain was beginning his conquest of Nosgoth. Eventually, his vampire army would have taken the capital. The Hylden General decided to create his own army, exploiting the humans' fear of Kain's forces. He rebuilt the long-defunct Sarafan order, and set himself at its head as the Sarafan Lord. Two hundred years after Kain refused the sacrifice, he met the Sarafan Lord in mortal combat outside of Meridian. The Lord used the Nexus Stone to protect himself from the Soul Reaver as they fought. Kain was defeated, and was widely presumed to be dead.

Victorious, the Sarafan Lord claimed the Soul Reaver for himself, and the Sarafan set about bringing Nosgoth under their control. He became a dictator, and over the next two centuries, they enforced his brutal regime while hunting and killing the remaining vampires. A few vampires became servants of the Sarafan Lord in order to save themselves. While all this was going on, the Glyph energy networks were being installed as a conduit for the Device.

At the start of Blood Omen 2, Kain awoke in Meridian. He wanted to take his revenge on the Sarafan Lord and, with the Cabal's help, he prepared for battle.




The first time their paths crossed, Kain was still far from ready. He was escaping with Umah from the Sarafan Keep when the Sarafan Lord stopped them. Kain was angered that the Lord wielded his sword, and his hunger for vengeance overcame his reason; he wanted to fight there and then. The Sarafan Lord did not see Kain as a real threat, and would have killed him and Umah had she not teleported them away.

Umah told Kain and Vorador about the Nexus Stone. Kain stole it from the Industrial Quarter, and learned about the Device in the process. Destroying the Device temporarily became his priority. He visited the Seer for assistance, but was forced to leave when the Sarafan Lord set fire to her home. Kain then went on to explore the Device and the Eternal Prison. He found two other vampires who had suffered on account of his archenemy; both more so than he. Magnus - Kain's former champion - had been robbed of his mind and sent to the Eternal Prison for trying to assassinate the Sarafan Lord. Janos Audron - the ancient enemy of the Hylden - had been imprisoned within the Device by the Lord, and used to feed the Mass.

Kain poisoned the Mass, and rendered the Device useless. He arrived at the Hylden City for his final battle with the Sarafan Lord, carrying the Nexus Stone. Their earlier roles were reversed as the Lord used the Soul Reaver against him. They fought above the Hylden Gate. Kain dropped the Nexus Stone into the gate, exposing himself to harm, but initiating its closure. With this act, no more Hylden could enter Nosgoth's Material Realm, and once the gate closed completely, all Hylden already in the land would die. Janos arrived to help Kain win, seeking a small measure of revenge for himself against the Lord. He was still weak, however, and the Sarafan Lord held him off easily. He threw Janos through the gate, sealing him in the demon dimension.

Janos' interruption allowed Kain to reclaim the Soul Reaver. With it, he finally killed the Dark Entity/Sarafan Lord. Nosgoth was Kain's for the taking.

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[sc0tt10]

Woah, they really didn't spend much time on the sounds of the humans begging, they are recycled from BO1!

[ElizarSEntertainment]

Yes!! i noticed that also same sound right :-D

[ng12]

question : u play this on ps2 or comp?

[ElizarSEntertainment]

PC Version my fellow friend :-D

[ElizarSEntertainment]

No its okey my friend, even without 1.02 patch, There is No errors occurs in my 1.00 Still :-D thanks nway :-)

[NSS4d]

The cinematics are truly amazing indeed, the actual gameplay animations though look odd.

[BlamefulEye36]

Why is Kain's eyes all shiny whiteish?? Did the Soul Reaver give him some kind of special power or something?? I always wondered this, every time I watched this cutscene.

[kikeimarko]

what is the size of your video, i'm trying to upload my video, and it says that us 3.95 GB, isn't that too much for a video

[Deadman20101000]

@sc0tt10 i love the feeling of nostalgia in the morning.

[linikratyo]

@sc0tt10 but that's what makes it awesome x)

[DavidWellz]

@SmokenAces No. Just didn't feel like playing through 2 games with various sequals. And then I got new games. Which were awesome. And I didn't want that game anymore. Just like that.

[SmokenAces]

@DavidWellz

such a rapid change in less than a year?

you must have had some serious transgressions. I've played games since i was 5 and yet still find them enjoyable. but to each is own. live life to the fullest to your choosing

[DavidWellz]

@SmokenAces Yea.. Dude that was 8 months ago.. I have no interest in the game(s) anymore.. But...Thanks I guess

[SmokenAces]

@DavidWellz

dude really your gonna have to play the entire series, the story is VERY VERY complex. And on top of that, this game is from an alternate paradox of reality generated from the previous installments, which is why some lines don't add up in it if you tried to match the points. I have played all of the legacy of Kain games, save the first blood omen, but i knew the background story of it but didn't get the chance to play it, which is why i dove head first into soul reaver.

[llVIU]

¿what did you use to record? I use fraps but sound doesn't work...

[skycontroler]

Wonder if they will make Blood Omen 3 where you have to rebuild and retake the cities or something like that... :/ :/!