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he\'s not *completely* irredeemable


* {{Antihero}} (Type V): Shifts between this and {{Antivillain}}. YourMileageMayVary heavily.

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* {{Antihero}} (Type V): IV): Shifts between this and {{Antivillain}}. YourMileageMayVary heavily.

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* BattleCry: "VAE VICTIS!" It's a Latin phrase that means "woe to the conquered."

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* BattleCry: "VAE VICTIS!" It's a Latin phrase that means "woe [[AltumVidetur Latin]] for "Woe to the conquered."conquered/vanquished". In other words, [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem the conquered have no rights]]. It should tell you [[VillainProtagonist everything you need to know about him]].
* BloodKnight: Has shades of this. He certainly seems to be [[LargeHam enjoying himself]] when he shouts out his battle cry after impaling an opponent.



* [[NameOfCain Name Of Kain]]: Duh
* NobleDemon: A bit of a stretch on the concept though.



* BladeBelowTheShoulder



* DeadpanSnarker
--> "Ah, my ancient 'benefactor'... And I dared to hope we had parted ways forever. Your silence was refreshing, while it lasted. No doubt you have a conveniently inexpressible reason for your presence here?"



* HeroicBSOD: Has a brief one in ''Soul Reaver 2'' when [[spoiler:he discovers that it was his Sarafan self who murdered Janos]], and and again when he discovers that [[spoiler: the Soul Reaver is actually his own soul, sucked into the blade and trapped there for millennia.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: At the end of ''Defiance''.



* NobleDemon



* NeutralEvil: [[spoiler:As long as he gets to control the souls of the mortals, he doesn't care who the dominant power in Nosgoth is. But if that control gets threatened, he'll intervene to put someone else in power so he can maintain his hold.]]

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* NeutralEvil: [[spoiler:NeutralEvil]]: [[spoiler:As long as he gets to control the souls of the mortals, he doesn't care who the dominant power in Nosgoth is. But if that control gets threatened, he'll intervene to put someone else in power so he can maintain his hold.]]



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* [[spoiler:EvilMentor]]
* [[spoiler:EvilSoundsDeep]]


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* [[spoiler:HiddenVillain]]: Only Raziel has ever seen his true form.


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* {{Necromancer}}
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* [[spoiler:TheChosenOne]]: [[spoiler:As ''Defiance'' reveals, Kain was prophesied to be the Scion of Balance, who would wield the Soul Reaver to destroy the Elder God and free Nosgoth from his control.]]


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* SpannerInTheWorks: By virtue of possibly being the one creature in all existence who can ScrewDestiny.
* [[spoiler:TheUnchosenOne]]: As [[spoiler:Moebius and The Elder God]] point out to him in ''Defiance'', [[spoiler:despite Raziel's belief he's TheChosenOne, that title belongs to Kain. Raziel isn't the savior of Nosgoth, he's the guy who can make it right/screw it up for the real thing.]]

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* {{Antihero}}: Shifts between this and {{Antivillain}}. YourMileageMayVary heavily.

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* {{Antihero}}: {{Antihero}} (Type V): Shifts between this and {{Antivillain}}. YourMileageMayVary heavily.


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The last Ancient Vampire and one of the highest-ranking of them, he is Vorador's sire and the one who commissioned the forging of the Soul Reaver. [[spoiler:It was his heart, torn out and preserved as a dark relic by the Sarafan when they killed him, that revived Kain as a Vampire way back in ''Blood Omen''.]]



* [[spoiler:BeatStillMyHeart]]: Almost invoked word for word in ''Soul Reaver 2''.



* [[spoiler:LastOfHisKind]]

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* [[spoiler:LastOfHisKind]]LastOfHisKind
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* TheOtherDarrin: Initially voiced by TonyJay in ''Blood Omen'', leading to some WildMassGuessing regarding the Elder God's identity when Jay went on to voice that character instead. His actor was changed in ''Defiance'', to avoid confusion.
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** ''"Alas, poor Nupraptor, I knew him well... well not really."''
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* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: [[spoiler:Got revived in ''Defiance'' about ten minutes after he died during the events of ''Blood Omen''. He got to enjoy his second chance for all of another ten minutes for he found out Kain had also invoked this trope]].

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* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: [[spoiler:Got revived in ''Defiance'' about ten minutes after he died during the events of ''Blood Omen''. He got to enjoy his second chance for all of another ten minutes for before he found out Kain had also invoked this trope]].trope.]]
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* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: Twice.

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* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: Twice. [[supersecretspoiler: And his corpse a third time!]]
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One of the Circle of Nine, he controls time and thus can travel though time and see the past and future. Wishes to exterminate all vampires.

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One of the Circle of Nine, he controls time and thus can travel though time and see the past and future. Wishes to exterminate all vampires.
vampires and [[spoiler:led the human rebellion against them originally]]. Arguably the main antagonist of the series [[spoiler:until it's revealed he was just TheDragon to The Elder God]].

* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: [[spoiler:Got revived in ''Defiance'' about ten minutes after he died during the events of ''Blood Omen''. He got to enjoy his second chance for all of another ten minutes for he found out Kain had also invoked this trope]].
* BadassLongRobe
* BadBoss: When Raziel meets him in ''Soul Reaver 2'', Moebius gives him permission to slay his vampire hunter servants on his way out of his lair. He ''could'' let them know Raziel is their ally, but nah.



* BecauseDestinySaysSo: He can see through time. It's kinda part of the package.
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:As Kain delights in pointing out, Moebius definitely didn't expect him to survive his battle with Raziel in ''Defiance''.]] Doubly effective because not only is Moebius a MagnificentBastard, he can also see the future.



* KryptoniteFactor: His staff can subdue vampires with a wave. Even Kain and Janos can't resist its powers.
** Works in reverse too--though he has other powers he's definitely not a fighter, and he's pretty helpless if his staff doesn't work.



* NowIfYouWillExcuseMeIHaveANounToVer
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Invoked when Raziel first meets him. He doesn't buy it and Moebius quickly drops the act and laughs in his face.



* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn]]: [[spoiler:He really thought the Elder God was a true deity and was doing the right thing.]]

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* ThisCannotBe: [[FamousLastWords "This is impossible..."]]
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn]]: [[spoiler:He really thought the Elder God was a true deity and he was doing the right thing.thing by rebelling against the Vampires.]]



* ChaoticEvil: [[spoiler:As long as he gets to control the souls of the mortals, he doesn't care who the dominant power in Nosgoth is. But if that control gets threatened, he'll pull out all the stops to shake things up and get it back.]]

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* ChaoticEvil: NeutralEvil: [[spoiler:As long as he gets to control the souls of the mortals, he doesn't care who the dominant power in Nosgoth is. But if that control gets threatened, he'll pull out all the stops intervene to shake things up and get it back.put someone else in power so he can maintain his hold.]]


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* EvilMentor
* GiantEyeOfDoom
* [[spoiler:GoForTheEye]]: [[spoiler:How you fight him in ''Defiance''.]]


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* LawfulGood: Probably the only truly good character in the whole series.
** Debatable. The Hylden Lord would definitely disagree, since [[spoiler: the vampires ''started'' the war with the Hylden, at the behest of their god. Janos displayed no pity or remorse for them, despite the fact that his people hurled an entire race into an extradimensional Hell for having beliefs that differed from their own.]]
*** This is [[CrapsackWorld Nosgoth]]. Everyone has varying shades of grey. Janos is as close to LawfulGood as you can get in this setting.

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* LawfulGood: Probably Between Nosgoth being a CrapsackWorld and the series running on GreyAndGrayMorality, Janos is probably the only truly good character in the whole series.
** Debatable. The Hylden Lord would definitely disagree, since [[spoiler: the vampires ''started'' the war with the Hylden, at the behest of their god. Janos displayed no pity or remorse for them, despite
series, if you ignore the fact [[spoiler:the Ancients banished the Hylden to a hell-dimension for not worshipping the Elder God]]. But even then that his people hurled an entire may be excusable, since ''Blood Omen 2'' indicates [[spoiler:the Hylden seem to be a race into an extradimensional Hell for having beliefs that differed from their own.]]
*** This is [[CrapsackWorld Nosgoth]]. Everyone has varying shades
of grey. Janos is as close to LawfulGood as you can get {{Jerkass}}es interested in this setting. enslaving humanity.]]
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* ChaoticEvil: [[spoiler:As long as he gets to control the souls of the mortals, he doesn't care who the dominant power in Nosgoth is. But if that control gets threatened, he'll pull out all the stops to shake things up and get it back.]]
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* TheChessmaster
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* AudioErotic: What else can you expect from TonyJay?

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* AudioErotic: AudioErotica: What else can you expect from TonyJay?



* LasResistance: [[spoiler:In ''Blood Omen 2''.]]

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* LasResistance: LaResistance: [[spoiler:In ''Blood Omen 2''.]]
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!!Moebius
One of the Circle of Nine, he controls time and thus can travel though time and see the past and future. Wishes to exterminate all vampires.

* BaldOfEvil
* [[spoiler:TheDragon]]
* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: Twice.
* MagicWand / SimpleStaff
* MagnificentBastard
* SmugSnake
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn]]: [[spoiler:He really thought the Elder God was a true deity and was doing the right thing.]]

!!The Elder God
An ancient entity dwelling in Nosgoth's underground, he's the one who revived Raziel as a wraith. [[spoiler:He's also the instigator of the war between the Ancients and the Hylden, and the one who told Moebius to exterminate the vampires, making him the main reason Nosgoth is a CrapsackWorld, and the BigBad of the series]]

* AudioErotic: What else can you expect from TonyJay?
* BadassBaritone: Again.
* BadassBoast: "I am the origin of life...the devourer of death...I am the hub of the wheel, the purifying cycle to which all souls ''must'' be drawn!"
* [[spoiler:BigBad]]
* [[spoiler:CombatTentacles]]
* HannibalLecture
* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan]]

!!Ariel
Kain's predecessor as the Guardian of Balance in the Circle of Nine, her death sparked the circle's corruption and the events of the first game.

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: In ''Defiance''.
* SpiritAdvisor

!!Vorador
A high-ranking Vampire and the first human to be "blessed" with the dark gift from the Ancients.

* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: They never fully explain why [[spoiler:he's alive in ''Blood Omen 2'']]. ''Defiance'' was supposed to touch on this, but [[WhatCouldHaveBeen it was left out]].
* TheBlacksmith: The maker of the Soul Reaver
* LasResistance: [[spoiler:In ''Blood Omen 2''.]]
* TheMentor

!!Mortanius
A necromancer within the circle of nine, he's the one who revived Kain as a vampire. He's also the one who killed Ariel and caused the circle's corruption.

* [[spoiler:TheAtoner]]: [[spoiler:It was the Hylden Lord possessing him who killed Ariel. Mortanius is trying to fix the problems her death has caused]]
* BigBad: Of the first game
* [[spoiler:DemonicPossession]]
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Once he figured out the Vampires were supposed to be the ones in charge and Moebius' rebellion was in error, he revived Kain since he knew Kain was supposed to be TheChosenOne, and hoped for the best]].
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*** This is [[CrapsackWorld Nosgoth]]. Everyone has varying shades of grey. Janos is as close to LawfulGood as you can get in this setting.
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* AmnesiacDissonance: [[spoiler: Between his Vampire and Sarafan lives.]]

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** He's rather fabulous in BO2, actually.

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** He's rather fabulous in BO2, ''Blood Omen 2,'' actually.


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** Debatable. The Hylden Lord would definitely disagree, since [[spoiler: the vampires ''started'' the war with the Hylden, at the behest of their god. Janos displayed no pity or remorse for them, despite the fact that his people hurled an entire race into an extradimensional Hell for having beliefs that differed from their own.]]

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* BattleCry: "VAE VICTUS!" It's a Latin phrase that roughly translates as "woe to the conquered".

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* BattleCry: "VAE VICTUS!" VICTIS!" It's a Latin phrase that roughly translates as means "woe to the conquered".conquered."



* DeadpanSnarker

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* DeadpanSnarkerDeadpanSnarker.
** ''"Poor William."''
** ''"I always was considered heartless."''



* HeroicSociopath

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* HeroicSociopathHeroicSociopath: Emphasis on the sociopath.



* MagnificentBastard
* MegaManning: Absorbs power from his lieutenants in ''Blood Omen 2''
* MemeticSexGod

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* MagnificentBastard
MagnificentBastard: Raziel even calls him a bastard.
* MegaManning: Absorbs power from his former lieutenants in ''Blood Omen 2''
* MemeticSexGod MemeticSexGod: The bare chest, leather pants, and Fabio hair definitely help.



* SpikesOfVillainy: Sports them in ''Blood Omen 2''.
* [[strike: White Haired Pretty Boy]] [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy White Haired Man]]

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* SpikesOfVillainy: Sports them in ''Blood Omen 2''.
2,'' and with the Chaos Armor in ''Blood Omen.''
* [[strike: White Haired Pretty Boy]] [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy White Haired Man]]
Man]]
** He's rather fabulous in BO2, actually.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Gets to be behind both ends of the blade in different games.

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Gets to be behind both ends of the blade in different games. [[spoiler:How he deals with Moebius in ''Defiance''.]]

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: How he deals with Mobius in ''Defiance''.


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* BackFromTheDead[[spoiler:: Twice!]]



* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: How he deals with Mobius in ''Defiance''.
* [[DarkMessiah Dark]] MessianicArchetype: Becomes this in ''Defiance''. [[YourMileageMayVary Arguably]].



* LawfulSelfish: In spades!



* MemeticSexGod
* TheMessiah: Becomes this in ''Defiance''.

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* MemeticSexGod
* TheMessiah: Becomes this in ''Defiance''.
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** Only for the [[NightmareFetishist Nightmare Fetishists]].



* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Well, the ''pretty boy'' part is a bit of a stretch...

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* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Well, the ''pretty boy'' part is a bit of a stretch...
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* ButtMonkey: On a cosmic level, prompting...
** CosmicPlaything
* ChaoticNeutral: Approaches ChaoticGood by the end of ''Defiance''.




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* [[spoiler:LastofHisKind]]
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* [[spoiler:LastOfHisKind]]
* LawfulGood: Probably the only truly good character in the whole series.
* ReligiousBruiser
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[[caption-width-right:236: Our hero, [[DesignatedHero more]] [[{{Antihero}} or]] [[VillainProtagonist less]]...]]



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The titular character and the guy who the series revolves around. Not always the main protagonist though. Was killed as a nobleman and revived as a vampire, and when he came to revel in his new powers he decided to conquer the world.

* AGodAmI
AGodAmI: Set himself up a GodEmperor.
* {{Antihero}}{{Antihero}}: Shifts between this and {{Antivillain}}. YourMileageMayVary heavily.



** BadassCape
** BadassLonghair
* BattleCry: "VAE VICTUS!" It's a Latin phrase that roughly translates as "woe to the conquered".
* DeadpanSnarker
* DracoInLeatherPants: Quite literally.
* HeroicSociopath



* [[spoiler: EphiphanyTherapy]]

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* [[spoiler: EphiphanyTherapy]]
MegaManning: Absorbs power from his lieutenants in ''Blood Omen 2''
* TheMessiah: Becomes this in ''Defiance''.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: His very first act as a vampire.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Sports them in ''Blood Omen 2''.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Well, the ''pretty boy'' part is a bit of a stretch...

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[[caption-width-right:212: Ladies and gentlemen, the poster boy for UnwittingPawn!]]



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The other protagonist of the series besides Kain, he was Kain's right-hand man until [[PowerGivesYouWings he grew wings]] before Kain and was killed for it. He was revived as a wraith to kill Kain and ended up becoming a CosmicPlaything.

* DoomedProtagonist DoomedProtagonist: Unless he wants to undo history with dozens of paradoxes, eventually [[spoiler:Raziel has to merge with the Soul Reaver]] whether he wants to or not.



* MegaManning: As he kills his brothers he absorbs their souls and powers.



* UnwittingPawn

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MysteriousPast: Discovers it during the course of the series.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: A majority of his quest during the games, though he develops other motives eventually.
* UnwittingPawn: Ho boy, where to start. Pretty much ''everything'' Raziel ever does up until [[spoiler:his sacrifice at the end of ''Defiance'']] helps further the plans of someone else.
* WingedHumanoid: Didn't get to enjoy it though.
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!!Janos Audron
* [[spoiler:LastofHisKind]]
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!!Raziel
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