video games developed initially by Silicon Knights
in association with Crystal Dynamics
. After a legal battle, Crystal Dynamics continued the series without Silicon Knights and Eidos Interactive
became the publisher. Each game in the series incorporates elements of action
and puzzle-solving in its gameplay and all are set in the fictional setting
of Nosgoth, united by the character of Kain
, the series' amoral vampire antihero.
"Vae Victis - 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."
After being killed and waking in his mausoleum: "I woke to the pain of a new existence, in a dank womb of darkness and decay"
"Their sneering faces were forever etched upon my memory. I had crossed death for this moment. My mind was empty save for one thought; I would kill."
While holding Nupraptor's severed head: "Alas, poor Nupraptor. I knew him well... Well, not really."
"Worms and maggots fed upon his festering skin, the scent of tainted blood seeped through the wounds upon which they feasted. Pity, such a waste-- good blood gone bad."
"Life without blood. What a travesty!"
"The winds carried screams from the west... I could not help but smile. Someone in this world was suffering more than me."
Upon encountering Vorador's brides: "Their charms were visible through the gauze of their clothing, yet beauty such as theirs delivered only death."
"There is a Magical operation of maximum importance: the Initiation of a New Aeon. When it becomes necessary to utter a Word, the whole Planet must be bathed in blood."