Legacy of Kain: Renewal
Story, truth or fiction there is always more. Tranquil land and beautiful landscapes you wonder and you ponder 'what are we really hear for?' . . .
My path, my destiny, I myself have known. Here I will tell you my story, my path, what has become my destiny.
What had only been an adventurous feet to explore Nosgoth had turned into my changing face. I . . .I became a vampire.
My name is Natasha, however the rest of the clans call me Tasha for short. When I became a vampire many saw and sought to kill me, that is the Saraphan. However Lord Kain did not want to see it that way. Instead he wanted an audience. There was one problem, though and that is I grew wings.
No claws or special strengths. I was considered weak, in my own eyes.
"Well now. Very Impressive! I really had not imagined you would become one of the legions."
He looked at me with an air of curiosity. I could tell that from him just looking at me he was studying to see if I was even worth to keep. I took a glance at one of the men who were closest to the thrown.
Hah! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Hah! Ha! Lord Kain was laughing now for some reason or other. By the way have you ever kneeled on a dirty floor? I was right now kneeling on the floor before a Lord who thinks that I am some sort of joke to him. Maybe I was but I at least had some dignity and respect or, so I thought.
"Rise dear child. Since you are a fledgling you are aloud one gift for the initiation. For now you may keep your newly found gift. From this day forward however you must adhere to the rules of Nosgoth. In the meantime you may pick a teacher as you will need to be taught matters of which will concern you and your future in Nosgoth."
I rose and brushed the dirt off. I looked at each of the men that surrounded me. Each had the same colored hair except one of them had a shiny bold head and yet; they all had something unique. While the room was filled with light it seemed not to effect me even though I was a vampire just newly made.
You're probably wondering who turned me. Need I say more; it was Raziel but only at my request after I had saved him from certain death by a flood. This news did reach Lord Kain's hearing and hence the audience.
If I didn't pick someone soon Lord Kain might loose his patience.
"I have made my decision. I have picked you Lord Kain and master."
(Laughter!) Everyone laughed. Did I just make a joke that everyone thought funny?
Lord Kain met my eyes where malice was written on his face and stance.
"Really! You would pick me above all the others. Honestly, you have made a mistake. However; since you see me as master and teacher, I give you the order to study with my first son Raziel." The room became utterly quite. If my heart were still pounding today, it would have been the only sound in the room.
"Yes, my Lord." I said with the conviction of truth. I bowed to Lord Kain. The meeting was over and it was time to go home with Raziel. What I didn't realize was that I would soon save him again later in my life.
1 Chapter 1
"Okay, I know, I know! Vampires are hurt by all sort's of things but can't that be fixed by evolving?" Raziel and me were having our; teach and lesson combo. He would teach and I would listen and re-demonstrate what he had iterated to me.
"Natasha, you seem to know a lot about us that I haven't even taught you, yet. At least do me one favor and . . .what is it, what's wrong." I had turned around to see Melchia striding up with a look of horror on his face. It was apparent that something was deftly wrong.
"Melchia, how are you and; whisper WHAT! ! ! Alright!"
"Natasha, forget the lesson today we are to attend the meeting at the 'Seat of Kain's Empire.'" Raziel grabbed my hand and dragged me to Kain's abode.
Walking down the hallway with Raziel I saw a peculiar thing. There were humans all lined up awaiting orders from a Dumahim. There must have been at least thirty or forty lined up in neat rows of ten. No, expression could be detected for they seemed very distant. When we reached the main room or the seat of Kain's Empire, all the clan leaders were gathered with an exceptionally late Liutenent Raziel and his student Natasha.
"Thank you all for coming and at such notice. I have ordered this meeting because of some dire news that I have heard. Apparently there is a traitor among my sons of which I do not know who. As in the coming years I want you all to be attentive to whom the traitor might be. And this concludes the meeting. Be alert and stay focused." Lord Kain concluded the meeting where everyone on the way out talked quietly about this unexpected news.
I noticed Turel had secluded himself from the group to slink into a corner. What was he up to? I could only imagine what must have been running through everyone's thoughts. However I knew one thing and that was I was going to have to keep my mouth shut only because I quickly deduced who it was.
"Hey, where are you going we haven't finished your lessons for today." It was Raziel who brought my attention. Little did he know that someday he would evolve ahead of Lord Kain.
"Umm! Ummmm! I was going to head out to Melchia's land to think about this unexpected news. You did say that lessons were over today, remember . . ." Raziel raised an eyebrow and threw up his arms in the air with defeat.
"Oh . . .all right, fine with me. Just don't get into trouble." Raziel gave in looking a little amused that I remembered. Or maybe I reminded him of his younger days when he might have skipped a lesson or two with Lord Kain. Well whatever the case I needed time to think.
Melchiahim Land
After a few more pointers from Raziel, he let me go; so that I could explore and think about the news given at the meeting.
'In my mind I already knew who the traitor would be for it was Raziel. I wonder how long before he evolves.' Although, I didn't know when, I had the feeling it would be soon.
I know destiny cannot be changed but the choices we make determine our futures and way of life. When the time comes there will be a choice.
Leaping into the air, I took to wing. I glided all the way back to Raziel's territory. I back-winged like a hawk grabbing either side of my wings while Raziel was coming forward to greet me.
"Okay! What's wrong now? Did you forget something?" Raziel seemed curious as to why I was here.
"Raziel, I have something to tell you . . ." 'Whisper' As I whispered to Raziel he rapped his arms around me to comfort my weary heart.
Raziel stiffened and I turned my head to see that Turel was there patiently waiting.
"I'm sorry to interrupt but Lord Kain has requested your presence Raziel and yours alone." It was obvious that now was the time to get Lord Kain to make him see that Turel was the Traitor. I looked up and into Raziel's eyes and I knew what I had to do.
"Raziel I am going to exercise my wings, okay. I'll be back . . ." 'With Lord Kain,' I said in a whisper low enough that none of them heard!
I climbed up the tallest pillar and took to the air and headed straight to Kain's abode.
I didn't have much time but I raced through the halls past the Dumahim guarding the bridge and sliding almost past the main door of the thrown room. I opened the door and my mouth went a mile a minute.
"Slow down and more importantly why have you come to me on such short notice?" Lord Kain implied.
I told him the whole ordeal and what it might insure. He laughed.
" . . . . . . . . . .hmm . . . . . . . . .let us go then." Lord Kain proclaimed with a stern look that showed in his face. It was odd, why would Kain care about Raziel for. Everyone thought of Kain as hard and maybe way to scary to even face as in a spar.
What happened next turned things really upside down!
At the Lake of the Dead
"Raziel you are such a weakling. I have waited so long for this moment." Turel was boasting now.
"Turel, I already know." Raziel conferred.
Turning around Raziel was not expecting to see Turel change before his very eyes. Yet, he did!
Turel's ears got bigger and he seemed more nimble. He jumped at me sending me to the ground with my head hanging over the lake of the dead. Would my fate be to die in the very lake of traitors and weaklings alike? I struggled but found Turel had outmatched my strength as well.
Tumbling and parrying with claw and foot we fought but I found myself tiring. Soon our tumbling brought me dangerously close to the edge. In fact, my head was over the edge.
"Give up little brother, you are no match for me!"
"Never!!!" How dare he? I was not about to give up yet.
"Then you shall die! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Haahh!"
He pulled me out from underneath him and flung me over the edge. I quickly grabbed the edge while screaming at the same time. Aaaahhhh!!! Our father's words came back to me. There was a traitor and right now was not the time to reminisce.
"Finally I will have the thrown. One down and five to go." Turel announced.
"Noo! Brother why have you turned against us?" Raziel held onto the cliff with one hand.
"Because I want to rule for a change, little brother. I want the glory and fame . . .by the way, you shall die here . .!"
In one swift motion Turel stepped on my hands. He dug his taloned feet hard enough into my skin that for a moment I finally felt pain. I realized to late that in my moment of pain I had let go of the cliff. The waters of the dead swirled in anticipation of what might be my final end.
There was the sound of a scream. I had my eye's closed but I knew that pain would come swift and sure. Was this the end for me? To finally die! To know not what might await me in the Abyss.
"Raziel!!! NNOOoooo!!!" The sound was familiar but right now I could not place a vision of the person. All I saw was my death.
The light seemed like the sun and yet I saw one person in the middle of it all. A girl with wings adorning her like some angel from above.
Story, truth or fiction there is always more. Tranquil land and beautiful landscapes you wonder and you ponder 'what are we really hear for?' . . .
My path, my destiny, I myself have known. Here I will tell you my story, my path, what has become my destiny.
What had only been an adventurous feet to explore Nosgoth had turned into my changing face. I . . .I became a vampire.
My name is Natasha, however the rest of the clans call me Tasha for short. When I became a vampire many saw and sought to kill me, that is the Saraphan. However Lord Kain did not want to see it that way. Instead he wanted an audience. There was one problem, though and that is I grew wings.
No claws or special strengths. I was considered weak, in my own eyes.
"Well now. Very Impressive! I really had not imagined you would become one of the legions."
He looked at me with an air of curiosity. I could tell that from him just looking at me he was studying to see if I was even worth to keep. I took a glance at one of the men who were closest to the thrown.
Hah! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Hah! Ha! Lord Kain was laughing now for some reason or other. By the way have you ever kneeled on a dirty floor? I was right now kneeling on the floor before a Lord who thinks that I am some sort of joke to him. Maybe I was but I at least had some dignity and respect or, so I thought.
"Rise dear child. Since you are a fledgling you are aloud one gift for the initiation. For now you may keep your newly found gift. From this day forward however you must adhere to the rules of Nosgoth. In the meantime you may pick a teacher as you will need to be taught matters of which will concern you and your future in Nosgoth."
I rose and brushed the dirt off. I looked at each of the men that surrounded me. Each had the same colored hair except one of them had a shiny bold head and yet; they all had something unique. While the room was filled with light it seemed not to effect me even though I was a vampire just newly made.
You're probably wondering who turned me. Need I say more; it was Raziel but only at my request after I had saved him from certain death by a flood. This news did reach Lord Kain's hearing and hence the audience.
If I didn't pick someone soon Lord Kain might loose his patience.
"I have made my decision. I have picked you Lord Kain and master."
(Laughter!) Everyone laughed. Did I just make a joke that everyone thought funny?
Lord Kain met my eyes where malice was written on his face and stance.
"Really! You would pick me above all the others. Honestly, you have made a mistake. However; since you see me as master and teacher, I give you the order to study with my first son Raziel." The room became utterly quite. If my heart were still pounding today, it would have been the only sound in the room.
"Yes, my Lord." I said with the conviction of truth. I bowed to Lord Kain. The meeting was over and it was time to go home with Raziel. What I didn't realize was that I would soon save him again later in my life.
1 Chapter 1
"Okay, I know, I know! Vampires are hurt by all sort's of things but can't that be fixed by evolving?" Raziel and me were having our; teach and lesson combo. He would teach and I would listen and re-demonstrate what he had iterated to me.
"Natasha, you seem to know a lot about us that I haven't even taught you, yet. At least do me one favor and . . .what is it, what's wrong." I had turned around to see Melchia striding up with a look of horror on his face. It was apparent that something was deftly wrong.
"Melchia, how are you and; whisper WHAT! ! ! Alright!"
"Natasha, forget the lesson today we are to attend the meeting at the 'Seat of Kain's Empire.'" Raziel grabbed my hand and dragged me to Kain's abode.
Walking down the hallway with Raziel I saw a peculiar thing. There were humans all lined up awaiting orders from a Dumahim. There must have been at least thirty or forty lined up in neat rows of ten. No, expression could be detected for they seemed very distant. When we reached the main room or the seat of Kain's Empire, all the clan leaders were gathered with an exceptionally late Liutenent Raziel and his student Natasha.
"Thank you all for coming and at such notice. I have ordered this meeting because of some dire news that I have heard. Apparently there is a traitor among my sons of which I do not know who. As in the coming years I want you all to be attentive to whom the traitor might be. And this concludes the meeting. Be alert and stay focused." Lord Kain concluded the meeting where everyone on the way out talked quietly about this unexpected news.
I noticed Turel had secluded himself from the group to slink into a corner. What was he up to? I could only imagine what must have been running through everyone's thoughts. However I knew one thing and that was I was going to have to keep my mouth shut only because I quickly deduced who it was.
"Hey, where are you going we haven't finished your lessons for today." It was Raziel who brought my attention. Little did he know that someday he would evolve ahead of Lord Kain.
"Umm! Ummmm! I was going to head out to Melchia's land to think about this unexpected news. You did say that lessons were over today, remember . . ." Raziel raised an eyebrow and threw up his arms in the air with defeat.
"Oh . . .all right, fine with me. Just don't get into trouble." Raziel gave in looking a little amused that I remembered. Or maybe I reminded him of his younger days when he might have skipped a lesson or two with Lord Kain. Well whatever the case I needed time to think.
Melchiahim Land
After a few more pointers from Raziel, he let me go; so that I could explore and think about the news given at the meeting.
'In my mind I already knew who the traitor would be for it was Raziel. I wonder how long before he evolves.' Although, I didn't know when, I had the feeling it would be soon.
I know destiny cannot be changed but the choices we make determine our futures and way of life. When the time comes there will be a choice.
Leaping into the air, I took to wing. I glided all the way back to Raziel's territory. I back-winged like a hawk grabbing either side of my wings while Raziel was coming forward to greet me.
"Okay! What's wrong now? Did you forget something?" Raziel seemed curious as to why I was here.
"Raziel, I have something to tell you . . ." 'Whisper' As I whispered to Raziel he rapped his arms around me to comfort my weary heart.
Raziel stiffened and I turned my head to see that Turel was there patiently waiting.
"I'm sorry to interrupt but Lord Kain has requested your presence Raziel and yours alone." It was obvious that now was the time to get Lord Kain to make him see that Turel was the Traitor. I looked up and into Raziel's eyes and I knew what I had to do.
"Raziel I am going to exercise my wings, okay. I'll be back . . ." 'With Lord Kain,' I said in a whisper low enough that none of them heard!
I climbed up the tallest pillar and took to the air and headed straight to Kain's abode.
I didn't have much time but I raced through the halls past the Dumahim guarding the bridge and sliding almost past the main door of the thrown room. I opened the door and my mouth went a mile a minute.
"Slow down and more importantly why have you come to me on such short notice?" Lord Kain implied.
I told him the whole ordeal and what it might insure. He laughed.
" . . . . . . . . . .hmm . . . . . . . . .let us go then." Lord Kain proclaimed with a stern look that showed in his face. It was odd, why would Kain care about Raziel for. Everyone thought of Kain as hard and maybe way to scary to even face as in a spar.
What happened next turned things really upside down!
At the Lake of the Dead
"Raziel you are such a weakling. I have waited so long for this moment." Turel was boasting now.
"Turel, I already know." Raziel conferred.
Turning around Raziel was not expecting to see Turel change before his very eyes. Yet, he did!
Turel's ears got bigger and he seemed more nimble. He jumped at me sending me to the ground with my head hanging over the lake of the dead. Would my fate be to die in the very lake of traitors and weaklings alike? I struggled but found Turel had outmatched my strength as well.
Tumbling and parrying with claw and foot we fought but I found myself tiring. Soon our tumbling brought me dangerously close to the edge. In fact, my head was over the edge.
"Give up little brother, you are no match for me!"
"Never!!!" How dare he? I was not about to give up yet.
"Then you shall die! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Haahh!"
He pulled me out from underneath him and flung me over the edge. I quickly grabbed the edge while screaming at the same time. Aaaahhhh!!! Our father's words came back to me. There was a traitor and right now was not the time to reminisce.
"Finally I will have the thrown. One down and five to go." Turel announced.
"Noo! Brother why have you turned against us?" Raziel held onto the cliff with one hand.
"Because I want to rule for a change, little brother. I want the glory and fame . . .by the way, you shall die here . .!"
In one swift motion Turel stepped on my hands. He dug his taloned feet hard enough into my skin that for a moment I finally felt pain. I realized to late that in my moment of pain I had let go of the cliff. The waters of the dead swirled in anticipation of what might be my final end.
There was the sound of a scream. I had my eye's closed but I knew that pain would come swift and sure. Was this the end for me? To finally die! To know not what might await me in the Abyss.
"Raziel!!! NNOOoooo!!!" The sound was familiar but right now I could not place a vision of the person. All I saw was my death.
The light seemed like the sun and yet I saw one person in the middle of it all. A girl with wings adorning her like some angel from above.