Raziels Racism Revealed | Soul Reaver: Legacy of Kain ep 5 

Heya, just to make things clear as I get some messages about the title. The Sarafan were racially prejudice against the vampire race, attempting genocide. I don't want to spoil the video but that's the tie in to Raziels racist past... anyway, hope that clears things up!

You say racism, I say standards.

1. Raziel's opinion and morals shifting every time a piece of new information is revealed makes him a *really* interesting protagonist , mainly cause it makes him very proactive 2. The vampires in Legacy of Kain, in general, are thematically treated as "fallen angels". Something that only becomes more apparent as the games go on. 3. The tomb guardian, nicknamed by the fanbase as Morlock, and his entire interaction with Raziel is recycled dialogue from the original version of the game where he would encounter Turel,the penultimate boss, who would be guarding Kain's sanctuary near the tail-end of the game Fun fact: Kain isn't able to create vampires by transmitting the curse traditionally because he was created through Necromancy. But he *did* obtain the ability to "breathe" parts of his essence into corpses to call their souls back into their bodies and then afflict them with the curse. Hence why Kain was able to raise the Seraphan warriors despite their bodies being so heavily decayed.

“The Sarafan were fanatical murderers” _Raziel discovers he was a Sarafan._ “The Sarafan were noble defenders, saviours really”

The funny thing about this scene is that before Raziel found out that he was once a Sarafan, technically, he was right about them, especially when considering just how monstrous they were in comparison to the vampires they swore to destroy. The difference between his thoughts circa pre-Sarafan revelation and his thoughts during his visit to the Sarafan era was that vampires back then were actually persecuted and relatively harmless, with certain exceptions, while the vampires of his era were vicious dominators that flaunted their superiority. The morality shift throughout the series is SO incredibly fascinating, as it actually feels rather realistic to how these sorts of things can go down, especially with the themes of the persecuted becoming the persecutors, and vice versa.

Video translation for younger crowd. "dark lore dash goes into Raziels 2014 twitter posts"

Fun fact: when Raziel kills Melchiah, he’s all “I’m a heartless monster!!” When he kills Zephon, he’s like “yeah…whatever.”

I really like how in depth you go to show each character in this video. To me youre a step above most youtubers!

Was really excited for this reveal and you went above and beyond with the etymology.

Really loving the videos dude, LoK needs more love so we can get a remake

3:11 "Yeah some pretty crazy architecture here huh? Really makes you think about how far we've fallen..." -Dumahim

Raziel's interaction with the Tomb guardian is what the original with Turel would have been had it not been cut for time

You are doing God's work with these LoK videos after all this time I still learn something new about the lore

You are doing great job man I love lore gameplays and you are the best so far

This is not a LOK title I thought I’d ever see.

He’s not racist he just doesn’t trust those vampire types

Damn this series needs to be remastered/rebooted. It's been so long since I played them it'll feel like a completely new experience if reboots came out. Played Soul Reaver, Defiance and Blood Omen 2, didn't play the original Blood Omen though nor that Nosgoth multiplayer game they brought out.

O man... this is one of my favorite games.... next to mass effect and oblivion. Thank you for this. I can listen and watch this forever!

Would love to see you dive into the world of Rivellon and the lore of the Divinity series. in particular divinity 2 and the history of the dragon knight. Who wouldn't want the power to turn into a dragon?

Finally getting to catch up with your videos! Thanks for the awesome content!

There is finally a time paradox that couldn't be avoided, and it makes my head hurt. Just how many times can raziel kill his brothers, and it turns out himself without causing a paradox?

That voice acting cast, just 🤩 Wow. That game holds up today for any “people” that haven’t yet played, I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU PLAY!.❤❤❤ the story is so mind blowing. And heart breaking. So get it.

woot I was waiting on the next one :D it's time!

The voice acting is top tier ❤❤❤

there is one alive still who wears the sigil of our house quinnarium first born of the house raziellum

All clans matter.

This was the best episode so far

Just want to say Im enjoying this series. Soul Reaver was one of those games where I would thumb through the strategy guide at my local EB but would never dare ask my religious parents to buy for me. Cool to finally see the story vicariously.

sees title WALKING DEAD INTRO PLAYS DDUDUDUUUDDUUUUUDUUDUDUDUUUDU

These videos are great

Here I thought I liked Raziel, now I KNOW I like Raziel

Is it not telling how the Elder God allows Auriel to guide not only Kain, but also Raziel? I find her level of depth of despair, and lack of foresight so very interesting. She fell so far somewhere along the way, and I cannot help but wonder who taught her, who created her flawed/misguided thought? Despite her awareness of the Hylden and their machinations, she falls victim to them just the very same

REMAKE THIS SERIES. Templeman and Bell are still with us!

Based Raziel

The spirits and vampires of the Soul Reaver Era are most definitely Sentient. However just how Sapient they are is of great question. They respond to stimulus quite well, being very awear of such things usually, like any other. Buuuuut how much they think and process info are very very questionable 😆

is it the steam version of the game?

I love that you delved into the real world inspiration for the names of Kain's sons. I always enjoy hearing about angels and demons, outside of their religious context

Just wanted to let you know that the playlist is out of order.

Vae Victis!!!!!!

Dumah name is in the Bible Genesis 25 verse 15

Love the videos but Kain does not kill Malek, the former summoms Vorador who turns into a wolf and slays Malek.

Not people triggered by the dreaded Other R Word lol. Great vid Dash!

Some people might not like that you said "Christian Mythology." I, on the other hand, do. Reason being is pretty much all of the named archangels and a lot of the more mystic elements of Christianity come from a series of books called "The Apocrypha". These books were written hundreds of years after the events they describe and often contradict the teachings of the Bible. They are thus not considered Biblical cannon by the vast majority of Christianity.

All fans of the series are aware of the recognisable self righteous hypocrisy of the Sarafan. Please just stop with this nonsense.

Can you do a video on the rapper sexy redd

I am not seeing the racism here.

Holy shit the history lesson and religion lesson went on too long.

Is this a cancel culture hit piece? 😂Cancel Raziel!

God racsim in everything now. Unsubbed

Shouldn't throw the word racism around where it isn't applicable. Happens enough as is, it's exhausting. Unsubbed.