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Note from the authoress: Okie dokie, this is the first episode of what is to be my friggin awesome action packed epic trilogy! It starts at the beginning of Blood Omen 2, but will carry its way all the way to Defiance. It's The Legacy of Kain like you've never seen it before with an awesome revised storyline, non stopped heart racing action scenes, strong Japanese anime overtones, and kick ass new characters (me being one of them.) So enough of my babbling, enjoy the story!

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Joke Master Mandy presents:

A World Turned Upside-Down Part I: Law and Disorder

Four hundred years after the nobleman Kain was cursed to walk the night as a vampire

And centuries before Kain would wage war alongside his lieutenant Raziel

His path of conquest was stopped by a new enemy

The pillars of Nosgoth lie in ruin

Vampires roam the land once again

And a new legacy begins

Episode 1: Waking up to Hell

-Kain-

I stood in front of my army, gazing into the sea of Sarafan warriors that spanned across the rocky battlefield. Any moron could see that they were greatly outnumbered, but they were only humans after all, right? Well, we couldn't stand here forever.

"ATTACK!", screamed Kain.

With that, both armies charged at each other with full force. My soldiers dealt with the lowly Sarafan warriors, but I didn't waste my energy on them, I knew who I was after. I cut through any Sarafan warriors that stood in my way, until I saw him. There he was, standing there staring at me through glowing green eyes. I made the first strike. I struck clear for his throat in an attempt to cut his head off, but he parried it, sending me flying into the Sarafan hordes below. I wasn't about to let him win. I jumped at him, in an attempt to take him down, but he struck first and sent me flying once again. No. No way. He's not going to win this time. This next hit, this next hit is going to take him out, I swear. I leaped for him again and finally, I got one good shot in. Unfortunately, I failed to notice he was standing behind a very large cliff. The Sarafan Lord seized me by the throat. No! No! This isn't the end! This can't be the end! All I need is one good-

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!", screamed Kain as he fell from the enormous cliff.

The next thing I new I was in a bed. A dream? It was all just a dream? It felt so real. And so, from the shards of tattered dreams I rose, unwilling. Tossed upon tides of pain that ebbed and left me searingly awake, and more revoltingly, alive. It was then I saw her for the first time.

"Good evening, we did not expect you to awaken so soon, already you surprise us.",said the tall female vampire.

She was quite a catch. She was slim and stood about 6 feet tall, with long purpleish black hair and a tattooed face. But this was no time to be looking at girls. My mind was in fragments like shattered glass, I didn't even know where I was, or what I was doing here.

"Where am I?"

"Ahh, they said your memory would be affected by your long slumber. That will pass, in time. My name is Umah, and I'm here to help you. Know that you're name is Kain, and you were once a great power in the land."

"I know my name, but what about my past?"

"That you woke at all is a miracle. When we found you, there was but the barest thread of life left in you, we nurtured it, fed it, and now you rise and walk again."

"And what is this place?"

"You are in the city of Meridian, capital of the land of Nosgoth, the land you sought to conquer and rule. So, tell me, since you remember your name do you also remember your nature?"

Of course, how could I forget? I flashed her my fangs, and I think she got the message.

"Then let me show you the future. You have been asleep for 200 years. In that time, this is what has become of Nosgoth."

I looked over the balcony and saw what she meant. Poverty and filth infested the streets, buildings were dilapidated, not to mention any scrap of plant life had disappeared.

"What in the hell! Who did this? Who currently rules Nosgoth? Tell me, now!"

"The Sarafan. An army of fanatical humans sworn to eradicate all vampires from the world. A new leader brought them together. He wielded a new kind of magic that was deadly to our kind, and destroyed your army and killed most vampires. You were defeated in combat by this new leader, The Sarafan Lord. For two hundred years the Sarafan have enslaved the humans under their iron rule and killed every vampire they could find."

"They obviously haven't succeeded, however."

"Not yet. We need your help Kain, you're our last hope. With your assistance, I'm sure we can destroy the Sarafan and restore order the world."

"We? Who's we?"

"The Cabal, the vampire resistance. We're sworn to undermine the Sarafan at all costs. Unfortunately, we're losing."

"And so I'm to be the prince on a white horse come to save you all out of the kindness of my heart? What's my reward, your eternal gratitude?"

"Have you really changed all that much? The Sarafan Lord defeated you and you're just going to let him walk as a free man? Doesn't it bother you that the man who defeated you is still breathing, or does the lust for vengeance and power no longer stir you? Are you that dead!"

"I remember playing the pawn once before, it didn't end well."

"This time you will prevail. We are your allies, not your betrayers. What we want from you is open and plain, no hidden paths."

"I suppose you're asking me to trust you?"

"We must trust one another. Together we can defeat the Sarafan Lord, and when he is dead the rest will surely crumble. But, keep in mind there are many dangers that must be overcome."

"Dangers! I care not for any dangers! They will fear me, do you hear! Just tell me where he is and he'll be dead within the hour!"

"Such arrogance. If it were that easy we would have done it ourselves, Kain. He is well protected, mostly by other vampires."

"Vampires in service to the Sarafan, are they mad?"

"They value their lives, while they are working for the Sarafan, The Sarafan Lord lets them live."

"I will enjoy destroying them."

Suddenly a great pain took over me, causing me to double over. I was quite familiar with this pain.

"You have the thirst upon you, come vampire it is time for you to feed."

"Yes."

And so I left the old dilapidated building which had housed my sleeping body for the last two hundred years. I'm not quite sure why I trusted that woman, I suppose I had no choice, being in the strange new world I had awoken to.

"Kain"

"Woah!"

"Don't be afraid, Kain. I'm only whispering, we vampires can keep in contact this way, even over great distances."

"Ah yes, now I remember. So, where are we?"

"The Slums. 'God's blind spot', as they are so appropriately nicknamed. This is the oldest and most decrepit part of Nosgoth, where few people dare to come. A perfect place to train you, don't you agree."

"Train me? You take me for a dog?"

"You're body has laid dormant for two hundred years Kain. Whatever skills you once had must be recovered before you can be any use to the Cabal. You must learn to kill and to survive."

Like I needed any training in how to kill. And so, for the next few hours she taught me the basics. Floating, jumping, attacking, defending, and so forth. The city was a labyrinth with obstacles at every turn.

"Kain, are you hungy?"

"Yes."

"I have a prisoner waiting for you down below. A thug, from a local gang of criminals, he thought to murder yet another helpless victim, but he met me instead."

God, this woman talks a lot.

"Spare me the moral anecdote, and direct me to his throat."

"Drink then, I'll be waiting below."

And I drank. It was heaven. The blood was crisp, cool, and very refreshing. I felt like a new man. But as I was drinking, something caught my eye. There was a flyer on the wall, it was about tenth one I saw of its kind so far. They were posted all over the city and all were depicting the same thing: A redheaded woman with a wide fanged smile on her face from cheek to cheek. It read 'wanted, dead or alive, reward: $150,000.' Wow, what the hell did she do?

"Mandy."

"Huh?"

"That's Mandy.", she said, gesturing towards the wanted poster.

"She has a price on her head enough to make a man rich, why?"

"She's a nuisance to the Sarafan. In fact, she's a nuisance to everyone. She wanders all over Nosgoth, robbing and killing Sarafan guards and whoever else vexes her. The Sarafan are constantly fortifying their defenses, never letting their guard down because of her. They never know where she'll appear next."

"Why haven't you employed her help on your crusade?"

"None of us have ever actually seen her. All we know are the rumors. They say she can bring down the strongest of warriors, with only a short sword. And that the ridiculously large amount of reward money for finding her is only a small fraction of everything she's stolen in her life. You needn't worry about her, she's very reclusive."

"I suppose not."

Brings down the strongest of warriors with only a short sword. Sounds more mythical than real if you ask me.

"OUCH! What the hell!"

My thoughts were cut short when I bumped right into a strange glowing green force field of some sort.

"What manner of sorcery is this?"

"It's a ward gate, a force field run by glyph magic."

"Glyph magic?"

"It's a new type of sorcery that the Sarafan use. It supplies power to all of Nosgoth."

"And I assume is deadly to vampires?"

"Yes."

"Splendid."

"Damn, this means we'll have to take another route to get to sanctuary."

"Sanctuary?"

"The heart of the Cabal. It is time that you meet our leader."

"Vampire!", a voice cried out of nowhere.

Two Sarafan guards, armed with swords came rushing down the alley.

"Damn! We've been spotted! Listen Kain, you need to get to the lower city. Go west to the Smugglers Den. There you will find the Smugglers Tunnel. It will take you there."

"What about you?"

"I'll be fine, just go!"

I Ran as fast as I could away from there. God! What have I become! The great Kain running like a coward from enemies. Maybe it would have been better if I just didn't even wake up at all. But, nonetheless, I needed to get my revenge against the Sarafan Lord. I went west until I finally exited the slums into what I assume was the smugglers den. This stealthy, cautious, hit-and-run new fighting style would take some getting used to, but if that's the way the battle is to be fought, I know I can take more of it than anyone.

Preview of next episode:

Kain is eager to catch up with Umah and meet the leader of the Cabal. He searches for the Smugglers Tunnel, but his path is stopped by a red haired woman wielding a short sword. Wait a minute! Red hair, short sword. Could this be the fabled wandering thief and killer? Could this be Mandy? Find out in

Episode 2: Enter: Mandy