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RedeemerNDestroyer

(Raziel)
31 / Male / Single
Nosgoth, United States
1st person RPer

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Raziel is a central character in the Legacy of Kain franchise and the protagonist & tragic hero of the Soul Reaver story arc. The character was created by Crystal Dynamics, primarily written by Amy Hennig and voiced by the veteran voice actor Michael Bell.

Raziel was resurrected as the most powerful of Kain's vampire lieutenants. Over time, he evolved and developed a pair of wings before his creator. For his transgression, Kain condemned him into the abyss and created the wraith creature, that sought righteous vengeance on his former master and his vampire brothers. Over the course of the series, Raziel's true destiny is revealed to be closely tied to the blade Soul Reaver. He is frequently manipulated by Kain, who wants to avoid his own destruction and use Raziel's gift of free will to save the land of Nosgoth.

Considered handsome during his vampiric unlife, Raziel was taller and stronger than his brethren. He used to wear his clan's mark on his right shoulder, much like Kain. His most distinct features before he was thrown into the Lake of the dead were his recently developed bat-like wings. After emerging from the abyss, Raziel was more like a shadow than a being. Blue in color, he lost most of the muscles in his body, including his lower jaw. He covers this big, gapping hollow with his clan's symbolic cape and opens it up only to devour souls. His wings are just a shadow of their former self, ruined and without bones. After the events in Soul Reaver, he always carries a wraith version of the Reaver blade - coiled around his right arm.

In a world full of dark and vicious characters, Raziel is possibly the only creature with a sense of nobility. He is a righteous being who puts Nosgoth's good before his. This puts him in direct contrast to his maker, Kain. Raziel's strong sense of morality makes him hate the vampires and anyone/anything that takes advantage of others. In a way, it makes him despise his own existence as a soul devouring fiend. Once onto something, Raziel is very persistent. This obsessive nature means he rarely questions his own choices, since he is always sure that he is doing the right thing. Kain, however, describes Raziel as a creature of anger and thinks he is driven by his righteous indignation rather than his morality.

Raziel's most important trait is his free will and his disregard for fatalism. He hates the idea of a predestined world and wants to make his own choices. Due to his unique resurrection, he is actually the only being in all Nosgoth who is not bound to the "wheel of fate" and therefore he actually has free will. Because of this, every other character in the franchise tries to mislead him and bend him to their will, which annoys him to no end.

Because of his unique remaking, Raziel is different from vampires. He has a hunger for souls and gains their abilities when he devours them. It results in him constantly gaining more power as he slays his enemies. In spite of his shadowy figure, Raziel possess incredible physical strength. He is also a very cunning warrior and uses his environment well to deal with his foes. Even though they were ruined by Kain, Raziel can use his wings to glide while in air. Over time, Raziel gains the ability to swim under water, scale large obstacles using his claws. He also has the ability to pass through minor obstacles like doors and windows in the spectral realm. Raziel's biggest advantage in combat is that he can't be killed by any normal being. When weakened, he merely shifts back into the spectral realm.

Raziel mostly wields the wraith version of the Soul Reaver, which can be imbued with various elemental powers of it own. There are forges spread throughout Nosgoth, built specifically to enhance Raziel's wraith blade.

Raziel is introduced in Soul Reaver as the most powerful of Kain's six lieutenants. Because they were created directly by Kain himself, these six lieutenants would evolve over the years like him. Kain would enter a stage of metamorphosis and emerge with a new gift. The rest would follow suit soon after. All of this changed when Raziel developed bat-like wings before Kain. In an apparent act of jealousy, Kain tore down Raziel's wings and ordered his lieutenants, Raziel's own brothers, to cast him into the Lake of the Dead . It is later revealed that Kain did this to reanimate Raziel and give him free will, so he could manipulate the wraith to save Nosgoth and himself.

After falling for centuries in the Abyss, Raziel is reanimated by the Elder Gold in the Spectral realm as his "angel of death". He is created to serve as the deity's soul reaver, to destroy and consume the souls of all the vampires and their master, Kain. His vampiric blood-thirst has been replaced by a thirst for souls. Motivated to take revenge on his brethren for casting him away, Raziel accepted this form and set about on his personal vendetta of vengeance and redemption.

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