Legacy of Kain | The Ancient Vampire - Hylden War

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  • @williammiller4768
    @williammiller4768 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    Never let this series die!
    We are Legion!

    • @arishzager6999
      @arishzager6999 ปีที่แล้ว

      your sentence lacks "a" or "the"

    • @mihaelkatusic506
      @mihaelkatusic506 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@arishzager6999 shut up

    • @trueSconox
      @trueSconox ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@arishzager6999as it did, as Kain spewed it out.

    • @bryanw8044
      @bryanw8044 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      As long as a single one of us stands, WE ARE LEGION.

    • @victorymansions
      @victorymansions 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Vae Victis!!!

  • @nihilus0
    @nihilus0 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    "The Pillars choose their guardians from birth, Raziel - and vampires are no longer born. This is the crux of our dilemma." - Janos Audron

    • @usamazahid3882
      @usamazahid3882 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And this was the terrible irony.

  • @filipvadas7602
    @filipvadas7602 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    1. The Hylden's fate is just plain tragic. They were likely the first to realise who and what the Elder God really was and the Ancient Vampires, in their ignorance and blind devotion, banished the only beings that could have helped them see the truth before it was too late
    2. I think its almost better that the war between the Hylden and the Ancient Vampires is kept vague. It adds to the mystery of Nozgoth

  • @CPTcast
    @CPTcast ปีที่แล้ว +150

    I wonder if the elder god's hate didn't come just from their desire for immortality but from the fact the Hylden were the race most likely to discovery the truth behind his parasitic existence and share it with the others, potentially uniting them against him.
    Together, the races might have even learned how to destroy it. Tragically this would once again leave the ancient vampires with a voiceless uncaring natural phenomenon to worship, but it might temper them enough to live together or even get some hylden to accept spirituality since it would prove the wheel was real.

    • @kevinlavoie8248
      @kevinlavoie8248 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Personally I believe the Elder did not hate the Hylden, at least not until the vampires banished them. Once the Hylden were banished all of their souls were removed from the wheel and with the curse they afflicted on the vampires they too were removed from the wheel. I believe the Elder hated the vampires most for removing an entire race of his life energy as well as having no need for the vampires as their souls were also trapped and removed from the wheel. This is why he fell silent to the vampires and why he hates them so deeply. If not for the actions of the vampires his wheel would turn as he wished.

    • @johnbyrd7400
      @johnbyrd7400 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      They do. Through Raziel. If you haven't, play all the games in the series. Blood Omen 2 gets a lot of hate for being too disconnected from the continuity of the others but personally I think it leaves the possibility open for more in depth explanation. I always hoped that would happen but I highly doubt it since so many of the original voice actors have died. Perhaps with some help from ai and recording this franchise can be revived. In case you didn't know already the games are Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Legacy of Kain:Soul Reaver 2, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain 2, and Legacy of Kain Defiance. There were some spin offs and an mmo, I think, but those are the core to the series. If you haven't played them I highly recommend them. Graphics compared to modern games will likely be underwhelming but for their time they were decent.

    • @gjtrue
      @gjtrue ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was thinking the very same while listening to this. Me wondering if the Elder God wanted the Hylden out of the way not only due to not caring for spirituality but as you mention, but possibly learning of the true existence of the eldritch parasite and revealing to the Vampires what they were truly hailing as a deity...

    • @strictlyfantasy
      @strictlyfantasy  ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @CPTcast That's an interesting insight and may be one of the reasons why the Elder God drove the two races to war with each other. With them both being distracted by war, I suppose neither really had a chance to delve too deeply into what it was the Ancient Vampires were worshipping. Of course, given that the Hylden were using the Mass, an Eldritch Abomination for their experiments, perhaps they do have some understanding of the creature claiming to be god and thus were adamantly opposed to conforming to its will. It's fun to speculate.

    • @larrymcmacarroon9529
      @larrymcmacarroon9529 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This is the future, the scion's job. Unite what has been sundered. Get the two old species on the same page to fight the true enemy who's been keeping them apart this whole time.

  • @slasher-emv
    @slasher-emv ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Seriously, your coverage of this series is nothing short of incredible. Thank you for making these videos.

  • @Higurashi86
    @Higurashi86 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Great theory on the immortality was originally meant for the Hylden.

    • @Fred63205
      @Fred63205 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's confusing. At first I thought the Hylden were defying the elder god by being immortal. In blood omen 2 the Hylden lord says they are immortal because of the demon dimension

    • @strictlyfantasy
      @strictlyfantasy  ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yeah I think the developers did talk briefly about this. The Hylden weren't originally immortal but when they were banished to the Demon Realm, that place made it so they would never wither and die by natural means either. So their immortality is a bit different from the Ancient Vampires but by the time of Blood Omen 2, they're immortal none the less.

    • @elmo1234
      @elmo1234 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Love it! Very believable that the Hylden were working on achieving immortality and that they would use their unfinished research as a weapon against the Vampyres.
      I also think the Hylden would have accepted the blood thirst as the price of immortality. Based on the way they viewed humans - I imagine them herding and farming the people of Nosgoth like animals.
      And then the Hylden 'achieved' immortality anyway, because the demon dimension is outside of normal time and space.

  • @slickrick7438
    @slickrick7438 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    God, these games had some of the best story telling and voice acting in all of gaming history. Thee most underrated game series of all time.

  • @razmfrazm
    @razmfrazm ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I truly appreciate your dedication and loyalty to LoK series after all these years ! Your videos on the various topics and lore are amazingly detailed! Keep up the great work!

    • @SSGoatanks
      @SSGoatanks ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Only wish Crystal Dynamics and Embracer Group were more passionate about this series - we really need more comics, TV Shows, and movies to keep LOK alive!

  • @metallicsnake.
    @metallicsnake. ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Ultimately Daniel Cabuco stated: "The Hylden aren't immortal, they just live in a dimension where time is warped and they age differently in relation to the material realm.

  • @arx3516
    @arx3516 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    As i said in previous videos, i think that the blood curse was directly related to the Hylden's attempt at becoming immortal. By the time the war started the immortality process was almost complete, except for one major problem: it had the nasty side effect of making the subject thirsty for blood and vulnerable to sunlight and water, and was therefore not deemed complete yet. It was however a suitable retaliation against the the vampyres. What makes me think that the vulnerability to sunlight and water was a side effect of the curse and not a trait specific to the vampyre race is the fact that the vampyres had built temples to these elements, it wouldn't have made sense for the vampyres to harness these forces if they were dangerous to their kind. The sterility on the other hand wasn't a side effect, but rather an intended feature, since without it immortality would quickly lead to catastrophic overpopulation.

    • @kingdombalance
      @kingdombalance ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree. - Lily&

    • @glenngriffon8032
      @glenngriffon8032 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I think the blood thirst was part of the curse to destroy the vampyres.
      Consider this: The Hylden find early humans and breed them into a worker/slave caste, creating the humans we know.
      Humans then see the ancient vampyres come down and war against their masters and oppressors and humans treat the vampyres as saviors and gods and join the war against Hylden.
      The blood thirst is ment to make the vampyres turn against their human allies and even worse than the Hylden, raise humans to be food. Not workers or slaves but cattle.
      That seems rather horrible to me and fitting of a curse.

    • @arx3516
      @arx3516 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@glenngriffon8032 in Defiance Janos explains to Raziel thst the real curse was immortality, since it separated them from the wheel of fate.

    • @glenngriffon8032
      @glenngriffon8032 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@arx3516 Well of course a religious zealot that doesn't know his god is a great old one is going to say that that was the real curse but that was just an aspect of it.
      The whole package is that vampires can no longer breed, they can no longer join the wheel of fate and they must consume their own allies for food.

    • @elmo1234
      @elmo1234 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Love it! Very believable that the Hylden were working on achieving immortality and that they would use their unfinished research as a weapon against the Vampyres.
      I also think the Hylden would have accepted the blood thirst as the price of immortality. Based on the way they viewed humans - I imagine them herding and farming the people of Nosgoth like animals.

  • @dzefrejg
    @dzefrejg ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you for your work!

  • @zenonx1
    @zenonx1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It’s amazing how much lore legacy of kain has

  • @mazurx11
    @mazurx11 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Thanks for making another day for us with your video! 😍
    AND OF COURSE FOR KEEPING THE SERIES ALIVE BY CARRYING IT ON YOUR ENORMOUS SHOULDERS 💪💪💪

  • @metallicsnake.
    @metallicsnake. ปีที่แล้ว +18

    We need a video about The Seer about how she could be a vampire hylden crossbreed and how she doesn't have face tattoos like Umah, the Priestess and Vorador’s lady

    • @strictlyfantasy
      @strictlyfantasy  ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Will definitely do a vid on the Seer in the future 👍

    • @Vantud391
      @Vantud391 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Likely she's just a pure hylden, uncorrupted by the hellish demon world.

  • @soulreaver1983
    @soulreaver1983 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Absolutely outstanding video many thanks for continuing this outstanding series!

  • @ChocolatierRob
    @ChocolatierRob ปีที่แล้ว +11

    One theory I had was that Raziel had both Vampire and Hylden blood in his family line from long in the past and that this was the reason for his uniqueness and resemblance to both races.

    • @hanzohasashi6341
      @hanzohasashi6341 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      his undoing cited by kain and rebirth is a trait to his hylden origin , he can't be destroyed , he is immortal!

  • @Ivotas
    @Ivotas ปีที่แล้ว +7

    And you did it again. Just when I thought there really isn't more you can squeeze out of the lore you actually release another great video about the lore. Fantastic essay as always. Thank you very much!

  • @danielmajor3472
    @danielmajor3472 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Yes I'm here early. And thank you for keeping this series alive

  • @marinoman061
    @marinoman061 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you!
    Thank you!
    Thank you!
    Thank you!
    I was literally rewatching your Kain one's this past weekend!!! Dont stop making these analysis videos please!!

  • @PouresMaggie
    @PouresMaggie ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love how you narrate and go deep with the lore while showing relevant snippets of the story. Keep up the good work, love your channel!

  • @coryd951
    @coryd951 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love that over 2 decades later there's still more LoK content being made

  • @freaknr1
    @freaknr1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great to see more Legacy of Kain-content from you. I've always thought that if we ever should get some new LoK-content (though I hope we'll get some good remasters), then a game that explores the conflict between the Ancients and the Hylden could be really interesting, and it would be so far back in time that it wouldn't impact the core story of the series too much (which Dead Sun would have, being placed in a really weird place in the timeline if I've understood it correctly). I can't quite remember where I read it, but some developer said that The Seer in Blood Omen 2 was supposed to be a Vampyre-Hylden hybrid. How that came about could be a really cool story, and connect to what you mention at 13:55.

  • @brilicusgaming6922
    @brilicusgaming6922 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another Legacy of Kain lore video great way to start a Monday.

  • @wildeyedfirebrand
    @wildeyedfirebrand ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is one of your best works, man. Not just because i love LoK. But the editing and sound mixing is really well done. Keep it up.

    • @strictlyfantasy
      @strictlyfantasy  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thanks a ton! I confess I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to making sure the editing and music are point. 😅

    • @wildeyedfirebrand
      @wildeyedfirebrand ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@strictlyfantasy nothing wrong with striving to do it right man

  • @TheTruePacmanMG
    @TheTruePacmanMG ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love your series keeping LoK in front of people. I will never stop asking for more games. I honestly would just be happy with a series remaster put on steam on current console gens. Just one download to play all 5 games in their best versions is all I want.

  • @NinoB1222
    @NinoB1222 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was waiting for you man.....
    The real MVP of the series is back

  • @rotmohawk2115
    @rotmohawk2115 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These games are so poetic in their unique combination of amazing world building, writing and voice acting.
    The only thing that keeps me from replaying them more often is their outdated gameplay and controls.

  • @jbw065
    @jbw065 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Some thoughts occurred to me watching this. The three Elder Vampire champions had spears called Heart Seeker, Blood Drinker and Soul Stealer were a source of inspiration for the Hylden curse. They took the heart from the Vampires by cutting them off from their god and making them sterile so they had no chance of reproducing normally, a death sentence for their race. They made the Vampires drink the very blood the champion named their weapon to do and they cut the Vampires off from the wheel of fate by making them immortal thereby stealing their souls from their god.

  • @Purple_Moose
    @Purple_Moose ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are seriously one of the coolest channels on TH-cam. People who love this series crave this kind of thing. You're the best.

  • @cocacola4blood365
    @cocacola4blood365 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I think dependence on blood came with the Hylden curse, as Janos condemned the Hylden for making his people predators of Mankind when he confronted the Hylden Lord before being chucked into the demon realm.

    • @Brandelwyn
      @Brandelwyn ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Im still laughing at this moment. Like, just fly away dumass

    • @Ieatpaste23
      @Ieatpaste23 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Brandelwyn His wings were broken.

    • @Brandelwyn
      @Brandelwyn ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Ieatpaste23 i don't remember that being the case

    • @larrymcmacarroon9529
      @larrymcmacarroon9529 ปีที่แล้ว

      Birds can't fly out of a vortex. Evidence: green energy windmills kill 1000s of birds. Ooh there went another one. Mmmmm, green energy. Hylden tech on Earth.

    • @Ieatpaste23
      @Ieatpaste23 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Brandelwyn that's why he has him by the wings.

  • @doctorven4216
    @doctorven4216 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing videos - these make my weeks at times they pop up! Thanks again 🙂

  • @clover831
    @clover831 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really enjoyed this in-depth analysis of one of my favorite game lore stories. Thank you.👍

  • @lyvekis8824
    @lyvekis8824 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The spears also represent Raziels way in history: Heartseeker- his time as a sarafan, Blooddrinker: his time as a vampire, Soulstealer: his wraith and current form.

  • @nbrosna1
    @nbrosna1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your videos on LoK are so thorough, insightful, and well made!
    Please do one on the Eternal Prison.

  • @quinceywatches6020
    @quinceywatches6020 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great content as always, every time I see a new video I get giddy. Thanks for taking time to make these videos, they really mean a lot to us.

  • @fidelgaminguncensored
    @fidelgaminguncensored ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *Thank you for making these videos. It quenches my blood thirst for The Legacy of Kain games that were never continued. Devouring these videos souls to sustain my faith in the future revival of The Legacy of Kain from the Spectral Realm.*

  • @HazzardousEco
    @HazzardousEco ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for another good insight into the history of Nosgoth Strictly!

  • @cipher2508
    @cipher2508 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the most underrated lore channel for this glorious series
    Vae Victis

  • @mobi83v37
    @mobi83v37 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kain is one of my All time favorite vampires. I loved all of these games. I’d have loved to see more of them.

  • @ChocolatierRob
    @ChocolatierRob ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It's pretty hard to say what the Hylden were like as a race before the ancient war. The nature of their banishment was so brutal (and the war itself so unjustified) that using the words of a 'modern' Hylden scientist to judge the attitude of their ancestors is not very reliable. Of course it could be possible that the scientist was actually around at the end of the war, and with their research into immortality he could even have been around at the beginning of their war but the cruel nature of the war/banishment would certainly have twisted his attitude to match the words that he gave to that human slave even if he and the Hylden as a whole were originally more benevolent. So sure, the creation of The Device and their modern actions are certainly brutal and uncaring but this attitude could simply be a result of the trauma of their race's fate since The Elder set the Vampyres upon them... or maybe they were just always dicks ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
    The only thing we can really say about the early races of Nosgoth with any certainty is that the Vampire race seemed to focus on magic/sorcery whereas the Hylden race were focused on technology. As Janos put it _"Another race, similar to ours in power, but different in method and intention."_
    One thing of note that your video did not bring up is the presence of the Seer. A Hylden woman that was apparently not caught up in the banishment and even having ties with the vampire Vorador (though unclear if he knew what she was). What her existence means to the war I can't say but it does bring up a number interesting questions and speculations.

    • @strictlyfantasy
      @strictlyfantasy  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The Seer is indeed a mysterious character, so I figure she deserves a separate video for herself at some point.

    • @alexinfinite7142
      @alexinfinite7142 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@strictlyfantasy she was interesting! Love nosgoth

    • @irishdc9523
      @irishdc9523 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If memory serves, the Demon Realm is supposedly a place of chaos where the normal rules of physics in the Material Realm don't apply. Assuming it also applies to the laws of time, it could be that despite them being banished for thousands of linear years, for the Hylden in the Demon Realm, it could only be a minute, a day, a week, a month or any other time frame. We know that time stops in the Spectral Realm as Raziel shifts. After all, when Kain was sent there after his fight with Raziel, the Hylden ask "Do you not think of this place, Vampire? Or are we truly forgotten?" so it could be that while there is some passage of time, either they just don't know how long or it's less linear than the Material Realm

    • @SardonicSoul
      @SardonicSoul 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​​@@irishdc9523 Two Statements of Daniel Cabuco would indeed support your words. Quote one: _Further still they realized that they could not die from old age, essentially freezing them in time and space (I think unable to raise children as well. Realizing their eventual fall was due, they reached out to their old enemies and forged alliances, finding ways to breach the thinner passages to the Material Realm of Nosgoth. (Entropy has a way of making strange bedfellows) Lesser demons would have been enslaved, greater demons would have been in an uneasy alliance with the Hylden._
      Quote two: _The Hylden aren't immortal, they just live in a dimension where time is warped and they age differently in relation to the material realm. Remember that Vampires weren't immortal until the Hylden cursed them so. How much they know and cooperate with the Elder God was still a mystery._

  • @kylehogan2247
    @kylehogan2247 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always get so excited when I see you've posted new LoK content >:3

  • @Salerias
    @Salerias ปีที่แล้ว

    9:10 they also represent Raziels journey.
    Heart seeker (Sarafan Raziel), Blooddrinker (Vampire) and soul stealer (wraith)
    Nice video as always. It is amazing how good these videos are and I still miss this franchise (I hope they revive it, as long as it is a good revive of the franchise).
    It is amazing how much story they could fit in just 5 games

  • @PrimalMoodz
    @PrimalMoodz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really hope a remaster of the Legacy of Kain series comes to fruition eventually. The day can't come soon enough. The series is just so good.

    • @alvaronavarro4895
      @alvaronavarro4895 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wish granted!!! The coin landed on it's edge

  • @jacquelinegiordano432
    @jacquelinegiordano432 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always look forward to your LOK videos. Thanks for keeping the fandom alive.

  • @Kite403
    @Kite403 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really enjoy all the artwork you find of the ancient Vampyres and Hylden! Simply amazing :D

  • @SolarinDay
    @SolarinDay ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I think it's possible that the hylden might have always seen the elder God for what it was, but the vampires wouldn't listen

    • @strictlyfantasy
      @strictlyfantasy  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That could very well be true. We just don't have enough evidence either way. But the fact that they were using an Eldritch Abomination (the Mass) for their own purposes may infer that they at least knew something about the Ancient Vampires' God's true nature.

    • @DJYannisMartynov
      @DJYannisMartynov 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@strictlyfantasy Actually...
      The Elder God never wanted the Hylden banished. He constantly works towards not only removing all vampires from Nozgoth, but also towards the Pillars corruption and ultimate ruin. He actually wants the Hylden back, just as he wanted them to survive the ancient war. And, this is, imho, to a simple fact. The wheel of fate, is in fact a lie. There is no real circle of birth, death and rebirth. Otherwise, Kain wouldn't get the chance to ressurtect the Sarafan elite, Raziel included, after so many years after their deaths, their souls would have been reborn as something, over and over again.
      The truth behind the Elder God's method and plan is, perhaps more sinister. He's an eldritch creature, some Lovecraftian parasitic entity that, perhaps, originates from some other dimension, that feeds on souls. That much we all know from the games, but, what does that tells us? If the Elder God feeds on the souls, they never get reborn. When Raziel, or any other soul eating wraith, feeds on a mortal soul, they never get to live again, example being the various wraith turned vampires, that Raziel gets to fight. Not to mention, he needs an entire army of soul harvester wraiths, in order to feed on the souls inhabiting the spectral realm. Souls, that, had the wheel been real, would be instantly drawn to it, upon death, and spin back to a rebirth, not wander the spectral realm endlessly.He just wants conflict, hatred, and hostility, to fuel wars, that keep sending recently died souls to him to feast upon. And, in that aspect, it's safe to assume he spoke to both the Hylden, and Vampyres, presenting himselfdifferently to each race, igniting hatred for one another. And, given the chance, as soon as the humans finally got to rise to power, he did the same once more. He manipulated Moebius, and Mortanius, and kept the killing spree going on.
      Let's not forget the core of the "device" and eldritch abomination, most likely a gift from the Elder God to the Hylden. Should they succeed, they'd kill all vampyres, and all humans at the same moment, delivering all those souls to the squid to feed.
      He only turned his back on vampyres, when their new-found immortality made them inedible to him.
      And, a little twist , or theory, of my own. Both races had these Messiah figures foretold.But, through their preparations, machinations and plans, they, unknowingly perhaps, only worked towards exposing the truen nature of the Elder God, allowing them to unite against him, not just them, but the humans as well, and rid Nozgoth of the parasite. And, that is what the Elder God tried that hard to stop. Both Messiahs uniting into one. Kain, and the purified Reaver. The Vampyre messiah, and the Hylden, working as one.

  • @b.y.o.p.9035
    @b.y.o.p.9035 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely love how the Legacy of Kain series goes far, far deeper than when I played the games. The Hylden/Vampire/Elder War is such a fantastic segment that I wish we could play that story somehow. Maybe one day soon. Thank you so much for continuing to dive into the Legacy of Kain series. You are indeed the best person to explain this series. Thanks again. 🙂

  • @insoneo
    @insoneo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was missing the content on this channel. Always amazing!

  • @dandan1818
    @dandan1818 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    massive thank you i just watched all video on Lok here over last and really enjoyed in fact it has been incredible to watch and listen i really hope there is another lok game at some point

  • @nathanieltillman2355
    @nathanieltillman2355 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this. I never tire of the lore of one of the greatest games ever made.

  • @blacktoastmcbiscut8650
    @blacktoastmcbiscut8650 ปีที่แล้ว

    I miss this series. Great story and voice acting.

  • @Lucifronz
    @Lucifronz ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. I really wish this series had been given a proper conclusion. It had so much potential and its poetic dialogue was exceptionally unique among other games of its era, being both written and performed exceedingly well.

  • @JNT737
    @JNT737 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I miss your vids! Long Live Legacy of Kain

  • @alexinfinite7142
    @alexinfinite7142 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im so glad im not the only one who has the same theory on the hylden blood curse and immortality

  • @ivanhunter6492
    @ivanhunter6492 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Such a beautiful game

  • @selensewar
    @selensewar ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your compilations of thoughts. I think what ultimately lead to both races' demise is just that, though - the inability to see, to understand and to accept each other's perspective. Only from that understanding, by allowing yourself to see the world with someone else's eyes, can come any semblance of peaceful relationships.

  • @LickeyTongue
    @LickeyTongue ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love these videos thanks for helping keep the series alive!!!

  • @arx3516
    @arx3516 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think that the prevalence of spears in vampyre art is simply to attribute to the fact that in real life medieval art angels were almost always depicted wielded either spears or swords. Just look at the depictions of St. Michael.

  • @cidff
    @cidff ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your dedication and analyses on the war and keeping the series alive!

  • @CernobilRS
    @CernobilRS 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Legacy of Kain forever man!!! Such a good video.
    Lore have some key similarities to the lore of TES3: Morrowind. Conflict between two races, one deeply religious, other puts faith in logic, reason and science. Devastating war between the two that shaped the land, one race changed forever, other disappeared.
    Vae victis!

  • @juan_arreche_music
    @juan_arreche_music ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for posting your videos covering the history and lore of the Legacy of Kain!

  • @thomasshirley318
    @thomasshirley318 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Early af for a video but screw it. Hell yeah

  • @ARMIV4
    @ARMIV4 ปีที่แล้ว

    A massive part of what needs to be in a sequel to Defiance is the resolution to this war one way or another.

  • @sw3ettouch
    @sw3ettouch ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for another insightful video!

  • @DellyDelbert
    @DellyDelbert ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I enjoy all your lore videos across all games, but I LOVE the LoK content! 🔥 I appreciate the amount of effort you put into your videos, Thank you for helping in keeping this series alive 🙏🏻

  • @nick_at_knight
    @nick_at_knight ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for every one of your videos. This one was very well-made 👌🏻

  • @michaelhorwarter374
    @michaelhorwarter374 ปีที่แล้ว

    HELL YEEEAH!!! Strictly dropping another banger!

  • @58632hhhh
    @58632hhhh ปีที่แล้ว

    Another fantastic piece, cannot wait for the next one. Why is the video game industry sleeping on this magnificent series, if anything's deserving of a comeback, it's Legacy Of Kain.

    • @pious83
      @pious83 ปีที่แล้ว

      Square owns LoK currently. Given they were behind the Nosgoth release and the current remake fad. Better to leave the series where it is for now.

    • @58632hhhh
      @58632hhhh ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@pious83 Isn't the Emracer Group holding the rights from Square Enix these days, though, given that they're not exactly stable either, I feel like Legacy Of Kain should be brought back under the proper care of Amy Hennig, whoever the dev might be story should be handled by her.

  • @Br4ntburz
    @Br4ntburz ปีที่แล้ว

    Videos like this keep LoK alive in spirit for me. Keep up the great work!

  • @drifterj
    @drifterj ปีที่แล้ว

    Man.........these are so good. As always thank you.

  • @MrTreeBornFrog
    @MrTreeBornFrog ปีที่แล้ว

    YES! A new video. Can not wait to see this. Thanks man!:)

  • @superduper476
    @superduper476 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gosh how I hope this series gets a reboot one day.....

  • @cocacola4blood365
    @cocacola4blood365 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I always found it curious that a being for whom water was lethal would keep a pool filled by fountain generated waterfalls in the middle of his home. Considering it was dimensional portal, maybe the Ancients incorporated water into mystic arts, which might explain why the Dark Gift came with a "water is an acid to you" caveat. Another insult to injury, as the Dark Gift was a curse of Hylden creation.

    • @pvmchrisy
      @pvmchrisy ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the water was like a security feature, stopping just any old vamprie/any one else entering the portal

    • @larrymcmacarroon9529
      @larrymcmacarroon9529 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Whoa. Right! Once it was fountaining blood a vampire could dive in, but before that it was running water. Like an electric fence for vamps.

  • @MardiBaldi
    @MardiBaldi ปีที่แล้ว

    Vae Victus! Thx for putting out all the awesome LOK content!

  • @AFK0099
    @AFK0099 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always love to see each upload.

  • @johnglielmi6428
    @johnglielmi6428 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would love to see this game series ported to PS4 and PS5. My favorite franchise and I still play them to this date. The artwork and atmosphere of this gothic games is beautiful and I'm sure updating to a newer game engine would only greatly enhance the experience. How many new players are potentially out there because of them being available on Steam. Give us true UHD 4K versions of these beautiful games. Start a petition and I'm sure we'll all sign it to get the ball rolling, I'm in!

    • @peepeefrog_
      @peepeefrog_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But Kain has to be black and Raziel gay, lol. Better not

  • @johannesheinrich9240
    @johannesheinrich9240 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks for still doing these videos. :)

  • @_Dogbeard_
    @_Dogbeard_ ปีที่แล้ว

    happy to see another video, good work bro 🙌

  • @craigfawcett-smith1287
    @craigfawcett-smith1287 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was very well explained! Keep up the good work!

  • @rxmedievil
    @rxmedievil ปีที่แล้ว

    That MediEvil 2 soundtrack kicking in was pretty cool ngl

  • @DemiurgeDarkfire
    @DemiurgeDarkfire ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, whenever i see a new video pop up from you, i get the urge to hop back into defiance. I still need to beat it. 😅

  • @LibersPertz
    @LibersPertz ปีที่แล้ว

    I was waiting for this video for so long i had to pre like it before watching.

  • @MadamFoogie
    @MadamFoogie ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating stuff, as always!!
    I wish more was known about the Hylden. Such a mysterious species.

  • @jermboy47
    @jermboy47 ปีที่แล้ว

    New favorite channel

  • @futurelawski
    @futurelawski ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome as always

  • @okomi7
    @okomi7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Every time I think this franchise has ran out of lore you publish another video.

    • @strictlyfantasy
      @strictlyfantasy  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have lots more ideas for Legacy of Kain content. These videos just take a long time to produce. Admittedly, this one has quite a bit of speculation, but there seems to be a good appetite out there for more of this lore.

    • @elmo1234
      @elmo1234 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@strictlyfantasyNothing wrong with speculation. Look at all those Dark Souls lore channels.

  • @Ryplaysbass
    @Ryplaysbass ปีที่แล้ว

    Love seeing these uploads! Cant get enough of LOK lore!

  • @silvangold007
    @silvangold007 ปีที่แล้ว

    This needs All the likes! Let's get it trending!

  • @WaryObserver
    @WaryObserver ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Something always interesting for me is how the series developed, and the Elder God in itself, since it shows the Pillars are mainly only hold the Hylden back, so the decay of the land seems not connected and rather to the Elder God that feeds on it as a Parasite like Raziel describes him.
    Still wish we had a true follow up to this, since the license for the IP was bought I still hope for some sort of revival, in a good way tho and not some monetizing hellscape like other franchises.

  • @csolorio88
    @csolorio88 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm always amazed how LoK brought topics like fundamentalism, discrimination and segregation in a story with vampires. It's also very curious to see fans considering the Sarafan brotherhood as "fanatics" but failing to see the same parallels in the winged vampires. It's like real life, we justify the same immoral actions if we have sympathies or the people are charismatic/beautiful.

  • @Whyred100
    @Whyred100 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent - cheers for this interesting lore vid 👍!

  • @juanisol8275
    @juanisol8275 ปีที่แล้ว

    Grim eventuality between worlds! intriguing review before different factions against the fraud of a parasitic idol, the pillars of a voracious legacy and the abysmal poetry in the face of the inevitable! Simply incredible the complex hustoias that can be discovered in such simple details! I wonder if the demonic dimension has any relationship with the ancient God or perhaps something opposite and much worse? Also Happy Haloween!!!

  • @papapapa16
    @papapapa16 ปีที่แล้ว

    03:00 ooof that cathedral music 👌

  • @mattm6741
    @mattm6741 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was amazing.

  • @fuglegock1127
    @fuglegock1127 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Some ask why Kains evolution made him become looking like a Hylden. I think this is because he drank the blood of the architect. It isnt outright explained lore, but the fact that Kains blood put into the machine made it crumble shows, that there is more "essence" consumed by a vampires feast than just nutritious contents. The vampires curse seems to consume part of the being that is drained, and as Kain and the blood fountains state in BO1, "blood is life", "blood is strength", "blood prevails". So the vampires gain part of the strength of their victims - maybe even their souls. This taps curiously also into the Reavers abilities of soul consuming and soul stealing - being a vampire made weapon but with characteristics of the Hylden technology.
    This is a topic, I dont know anyone of having researched or made a video out of yet. Perhaps you want to go into this rabit hole - the connection of technology and magic that makes the vampires more Hylden like than made aware of yet.

    • @elmo1234
      @elmo1234 ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting theory! And Kain drank A LOT of Hylden blood in Blood Omen 2.

  • @daniell1483
    @daniell1483 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Vampire-Hylden war is definitely one of the most interesting nuggets of LoK lore. While the Hylden are portrayed as the more malign force, in the Hylden city, we see that they had art, and a sense of beauty. Just as the Vampires were not completely good, I can't think of the Hylden as completely bad either. I'd have loved to see what the Hylden civilization was like before the war. The same goes for the Vampires too, those of Janos' era and before. Maybe if not for the Elder God's meddling, maybe the three races could have found common ground?

  • @JuggernautFCP
    @JuggernautFCP ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job, mate.

  • @OGDarkestDave666
    @OGDarkestDave666 ปีที่แล้ว

    another great video man! big fan here from portugal

  • @MediumRareSteak79
    @MediumRareSteak79 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video man.

  • @skeletonking4119
    @skeletonking4119 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you sincerely!!