History Trivia / LegacyOfKain

** A project called [[http://nichegamer.net/2015/02/a-32-minute-video-of-legacy-of-kain-dead-sun-the-canceled-soul-reaver-successor/ Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun]] would've focused on the future of Nosgoth resulting from the end of ''Defiance'', starring a human whose soul (through some freak accident) winds up in control of the vampire that kills him. It was first delayed because the [=PlayStation=] 3 couldn't handle it technically, but unfortunately, Square Enix cancelled it in 2012. ''[[ScrewedByTheNetwork When it was almost complete]].'' ''Nosgoth'' is actually based on what should have been ''Dead Sun'''s multiplayer mode.

* FanNickname:
** '"Hash" for Hash'ak'gik.
** "Blood Reaver" is the LOK fans' name given to the Reaver sword that doesn't yet have Raziel's soul inside of it.

* TrollingCreator: When questioned about the seemingly-DummiedOut HMCS Bitter found in ''Blood Omen'' via hacking, Denis Dyack said that there is a legitimate way to reach the ship, seemingly involving four invisible switches scattered around Nosgoth. He then refused to elaborate further, saying he would never talk about it.

* FollowTheLeader: Based on the leaked gameplay footage shown, the cancelled ''Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun'' took more inspiration from games like ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' and the ''Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries'', especially in regards to the combat, which was faster and more streamlined, similar to the ''Arkham'' games' "freeflow combat". This is cited as a reason as to why the game was cancelled, as Creator/{{Ubisoft}} and Creator/{{Rocksteady}} had hundreds of employees working on their games each time, while Creator/ClimaxStudios, the developer helming ''Dead Sun'' was much smaller in comparison.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: [[http://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_legacy_of_kain_blood_omen_2/post24 For a long time,]] the PC version of ''Blood Omen I'' was denied any sort of rerelease on GOG.com or any other service, due to a spectacular case of ExecutiveMeddling-induced legal bridge-burning between Creator/SiliconKnights and Crystal Dynamics (with Creator/{{Activision}} as an involved sideline third party), [[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503761 which is best left explained in details by NeoGAF user Mama Robotnik]]. Only its [[https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/blood-omen-legacy-of-kain-(ps3-psp)/cid=UP9000-NPUJ00027_00-0000000000000001 rerelease on PS3 as an emulation of the Playstation port managed to make it through.]] This eventually ended in late September 2021, when said issues were cleared up in the wake of Silicon Knights' collapse, and ''Blood Omen'' saw a rerelease on GOG.com, although only ont aht platform, leaving Steam without the complete series.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Because the games can only be directly bought through PC or the PSN on [=PS3=]/Vita, second-hand consoles and copies of the games are usually requires to play them.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: [[http://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_legacy_of_kain_blood_omen_2/post24 Don't expect]] ''Blood Omen I'' to be rereleased on GOG.com any time soon, due to a spectacular case of ExecutiveMeddling-induced legal bridge-burning between Creator/SiliconKnights and Crystal Dynamics (with Creator/{{Activision}} as an involved sideline third party), [[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503761 which is best left explained in details by NeoGAF user Mama Robotnik]]. That said, [[https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/blood-omen-legacy-of-kain-(ps3-psp)/cid=UP9000-NPUJ00027_00-0000000000000001 it's available for purchase on PS3]].
** Averted as of September 30th of 2021, when Gog finally released Blood Omen I on Gog, finally bringing the whole series in the platform
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: Turel was supposed to be included in ''Soul Reaver'', DummiedOut locations and dialogue make it clear that Raziel would have eventually gone after him. However, the team was out of time so Turel was cut without mention, and later games made his absence from ''Soul Reaver'' a plot point.

** Blood Omen might as well be called, "Everyone is voiced by Tony Jay, everyone who isn't is voiced by Simon Templeman. Except for Moebius and Vorador."

** Also from ''Soul Reaver'', there was to be an expanded area of the Human Citadel where Raziel found the lair of the vampire worshippers and killed their Priestess, gaining the ability to possess others. May possibly have been recycled into the "Charm" Dark Gift for ''Blood Omen 2''.

* OrphanedReference: The three visions of the future shown towards the end of ''Soul Reaver'' were intended to foreshadow [[AbortedArc the original planned ending of the game]]. The first vision shows Raziel and Kain having their final battle at Kain's Mountain Retreat, a location not present the released game. The second shows Ariel's soul being absorbed to create a SwordOfPlotAdvancement needed to defeat Kain. The third vision shows Raziel wielding a reaver [[EleventhHourSuperpower further augmented by devouring Kain's soul]], preparing to travel back to the Silenced Cathedral to activate its LostSuperweapon. The events of later games would go on to re-contextualize each vision, retroactively justifying the foreshadowing.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Because the games can only be directly bought through PC or the PSN on PS3/Vita, second-hand consoles and copies of the games are usually requires to play them.

** A human Umah was to appear in ''Defiance'', revealing that she was a priestess before being turned into a vampire.

** The mystery of Vorador's resurrection in ''Blood Omen 2'' was intended to be solved in ''Defiance'', with the present version of Kain reviving him somehow.

** The very first game was originally a Sega Saturn exclusive before moving to the PS1. According to previews, the Saturn version seemed to run more smoothly.

** The mystery of Vorador's resurrection in ''Blood Omen 2'' was intended to be solved in ''Defiance'', with the present version of Kain reviving him somehow. It is also rumored there would be a return to the ''Soul Reaver'' era to see how the time travel in the series has affected the present, for Kain to possibly be pulled through time by Moebius to fight his younger self (explaining the ''Blood Omen'' boss battle with a future version of Kain), and for Kain to use Vorador's old ring to summon his friend for aid somewhere. The meeting with the future Kain and learning what he becomes and does would have influence Vorador significantly, resulting in his shift in personality in ''Blood Omen 2''.

* OneOfUs: Hilariously inverted; in the behind-the-scenes feature for Soul Reaver 2, Creator/MichaelBell tells of how he had to actually buy a [=PlayStation=] when Crystal Dynamics sent him a free copy of Soul Reaver. He was eager to see the entire game because of how he imagined it would turn out from the script, and because he used his talent for multiple voices to cover several characters. Being a non-gamer, he couldn't handle the platforming at all and spent two hours trying (and failing) to pass the platforming portion of the tutorial, only for his daughter to be so far beyond it the scene was unrecognizable when he came back from getting a beer out of the fridge.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: [[http://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_legacy_of_kain_blood_omen_2/post24 Don't expect]] ''Blood Omen I'' to be rereleased on GOG.com any time soon, due to a spectacular case of ExecutiveMeddling-induced legal bridge-burning between SiliconKnights and Crystal Dynamics (with Creator/{{Activision}} as an involved sideline third party), [[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503761 which is best left explained in details by NeoGAF user Mama Robotnik]]. That said, [[https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/blood-omen-legacy-of-kain-(ps3-psp)/cid=UP9000-NPUJ00027_00-0000000000000001 it's available for purchase on PS3]].

* OneOfUs: Hilariously inverted; in the behind-the-scenes feature for Soul Reaver 2, Creator/MichaelBell tells of how he had to actually buy a Playstation when Crystal Dynamics sent him a free copy of Soul Reaver. He was eager to see the entire game because of how he imagined it would turn out from the script, and because he used his talent for multiple voices to cover several characters. Being a non-gamer, he couldn't handle the platforming at all and spent two hours trying (and failing) to pass the platforming portion of the tutorial, only for his daughter to be so far beyond it the scene was unrecognizable when he came back from getting a beer out of the fridge.

** A project called [[http://nichegamer.net/2015/02/a-32-minute-video-of-legacy-of-kain-dead-sun-the-canceled-soul-reaver-successor/ Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun]] would've focused on the future of Nosgoth resulting from the end of ''Defiance'', starring a human whose soul (through some freak accident) winds up in control of the vampire that kills him. It was first delayed because the Playstation 3 couldn't handle it technically, but unfortunately, Square Enix cancelled it in 2012. ''[[ScrewedByTheNetwork When it was almost complete]].'' ''Nosgoth'' is actually based on what should have been ''Dead Sun'''s multiplayer mode.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: [[http://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_legacy_of_kain_blood_omen_2/post24 Don't expect]] ''Blood Omen I'' to be rereleased on GOG.com any time soon, due to a spectacular case of ExecutiveMeddling-induced legal bridge-burning between SiliconKnights and Crystal Dynamics (with Creator/{{Activision}} as an involved sideline third party), [[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503761 which is best left explained in details by NeoGAF user Mama Robotnik]].

** A project called [[http://nichegamer.net/2015/02/a-32-minute-video-of-legacy-of-kain-dead-sun-the-canceled-soul-reaver-successor/ Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun]] would've focused on the future of Nosgoth resulting from the end of Defiance, starring a human whose soul (through some freak accident) winds up in control of the vampire that kills him. It was first delayed because the Playstation 3 couldn't handle it technically, but unfortunately, Square Enix cancelled it in 2012. ''When it was almost complete.'' ''Nosgoth'' is actually based on what should have been ''Dead Sun'''s multiplayer mode.
** And, of course, there's no telling how the series would have gone if Silicon Knights had gotten the rights to the series after ''Blood Omen'' instead of Crystal Dynamics.

* HeyItsThatVoice: That's right, people. [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Minister Claude Frollo]] is the Elder God. Unless you know him better as [[ReBoot Megabyte]].
** And [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpacenine Constable Odo]] is Janos Audron.
** The series shares its voice director, Kris Zimmerman, with ''Franchise/MetalGear'', so several actors voice characters in both series.
*** Raziel is The Fear.
*** Moebius is The Fury.
*** Turel is The Pain.
*** Rahab is Colonel Volgin.
*** Defiance!Mortanius is Senator Armstrong.
*** Vorador is President Johnson.
** Simon Templeman is getting around the videogame scene as of late; even when ''Defiance'' was new, he wasn't in many other titles, and was usually just a random bit part when he ''was'' in something else. It can be ''jarring'' for anyone who played this series to hear him these days, particularly as Loghain in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', where he's doing the "Kain Voice" on a character with a lot of screen time.[[note]]Simon Templeman is primarily a theatre actor.[[/note]]
** Let's not forget [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Chaz Finster/Drew Pickles]], [[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} Nihlathak]], and [[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} The Prophet]] as Raziel.
*** For the German version of Soul Reaver 2, we have Udo Schenk as Raziel... who also voiced [[Film/HarryPotter Voldemort]] from HP4's movie version onwards
** For Turel, we have [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX the]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 voice]] of [[DissidiaFinalFantasy Jecht]].
** In the Italian dub of Defiance, Kain is [[EvilIsHammy hammly voiced]] by [[DragonBall Piccolo's]] voice actor, while the even [[LargeHam hammier]] Raziel is [[{{Naruto}} Deidara]]. Furthermore, the Elder God is [[OnePiece Sir Crocodile]], Mortanius is [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Barbossa]] and one of the female vampire hunter mooks is voiced by [[{{Naruto}} Sakura]]/[[DragonBall Bulma]]/[[OnePiece Nami]]'s voice actress.
** In the French dub, Kain is MorganFreeman and Raziel is Creator/KevinCostner. For real.
** [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance DON'T FUCK WITH THIS]] [[Creator/AlastairDuncan NECROMANCER]]!
** Their voices aren't particularly alike, but if you're aware of it you can hear the similarities: Ariel is voiced by [[Series/BreakingBad Skylar White]], of all people.

** And, of course, there's no telling how the series would have gone if Silicon Knights had gotten the rights to the series after ''Blood Omen'' instead of Crystal Dynamics.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: [[http://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_legacy_of_kain_blood_omen_2/post24 Don't expect]] ''Blood Omen I'' to be rereleased on GOG.com any time soon, due to a spectacular case of ExecutiveMeddling-induced legal bridge-burning between SiliconKnights and Crystal Dynamics (with {{Activision}} as an involved sideline third party), [[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503761 which is best left explained in details by NeoGAF user Mama Robotnik]].