Legacy of Kain | The Corruption

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The last time I was this early, the pillars stood uncorrupted and pristine

Its ironic that Nupraptor's madness, which influenced Kain's decision to not sacrifice himself, ended up being a blessing in disguise. Since, as was established multiple times, if Kain had died, then the Vampire race would have disappeared along with him and the new Guardians, especially without the good-natured guidance of senior guardians like Mortanius and Ariel, would have inevitabely fallen to the Hylden and/or The Elder God's manipulation sooner or later.

"At the moment of my first cry, Ariel's beloved - the Guardian Nupraptor - finds her corpse. Wracked with grief and tormented with suspicions of treachery, Nupraptor plunges into a madness which overflows and infects all of the Guardians, who are symbiotically bound. Including me. The repercussions of Ariel's assassination were expertly calculated... The entire Circle descends into madness, and I am tainted at the moment of my birth - instantly rendered incapable of fulfilling the role destiny has prepared for me."

Legacy of Kain still providing content for people to this day, is still proof that the creators of the games put all their love, passion and energy to make this a unique IP Thank you Strictly Fantasy, always nice seeing/listening to one of your videos

Basically, the corruption had three purposes: 1) make Kain unable to become the Scion of Balance 2) fool Kain into commiting hara-kiri, and if that failed 3) coerce Raziel into killing him Basically, every event from the games has the purpose to fuck Kain over - everyone looks at him and thinks 'imma mess this guy up'. Even time itself, went from being a concept to a literal force of nature and tried to make Raziel skewer him. Thats just how much the world of Nosgoth hates Kain.

What I love about Kain character is that he doesn't seek redemption. He's pragmatic evil, that seeks only a better fate for himself. But through understanding and wisdom his egotistical ways, ironically, lead to the betterment of the world.

Those videos are keeping the fandom alive. I think Mobius was evil LONG before nutraptor's insanity

It is somewhat of a theme in dark high fantasy literature. The all-consuming nature of corruption is often only noticeable by long-lived races and wise men. The tragedy of corrupt choices is that most people (most often humans) don't live long enough to see the results of their actions. There is also a theme of reversing this phenomenon on its head by introducing ancient villains who ended up tortured by the realization of their hubris. Ajunta Pall from KOTOR comes to mind.

Abraham Lincoln said it best: "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power."

When Ariel and Nupraptor had a relation, balance was destroyed because the guardian of balance was favouring another pillar. Through that the prison was weakend and the Hylden could possess Mortanius who then killed Ariel, knowing it would break Nupraptor and the rest of the circle. The pillars would break as a result. Actually a nice plot that went over 5 games to finally be completed.

Mortanus had a plan to redeem the Circle and give Guardianship back to the Vampires, but then you have Ariel doing the opposite, her "redemption" involves Kain sacrificing himself and not giving a hoot that the Vampire race will go extinct and the Unspoken and his race will win in the long run. You really can't blame Kain, Vorador, and Janos talking crap about how the human guardians were prone to manipulation and corruption.

These videos are amazing and it's great to see this classic getting the attention it deserves.

man, bless your heart for keeping what little heartbeat this franchise has alive.

I must say I`m delighted seeing that there are others out there still showing love to this saga. It was so important to me growing up. Little did I know at the time what a rare phenomenon it would later turn out to be. I understood rather little english back then, thus missing out on the true complexity of the story, but the atmosphere captivated me utterly. Later I came to appreciate the quality of dialogue on display. Your in depth videos on this topic are much appreciated.

Loved the series as a child literally had no idea Kain was corrupted before birth. Best lore video I have seen.

I would say this video perfectly describes Melciah's words to Raziel "you are the last to die" meaning the corruption that came with evolution that he was spared through his execution did not transform him into one of the monsters his brothers became. Though Melciah was a special case as he resented what he had become more then the others and he welcomed his death

Grasp at the reins of influence & control? Someone is at that LoK level of writing

I am glad you are managing to get more topics to write videos.

You know i am kind of glad that LoK series has been asleep throughout these decades without anyone sabotaging it's purity by making a game for modern audiences whatever that means, at the same time i hate the fact that it has been asleep for so long and it's awakening has been long overdue. Good news is Crystal Dynamics has officially got the IP back under their wings but the bad news is their parent company is Embracer group who is known for closing studios left and right. One thing is certain, is that Crystal Dynamics still cared about this IP and we have been seeing some surveys and official artwork surfaced recently so, it is terrible taste of that illusion again.