"The Soul Reaver -- pure of all corruption -- this is what it is for. This is what I am for- The two become one - both Soul Reavers - together - and the Scion of Balance is healed. And I -- am not your enemy - not your destroyer - I am, as before, your right hand. Your sword." ― Raziel to Kain
Summary
Once a vampire – Kain's lieutenant, "prodigal son", and second-in-command – Raziel evolved to such an extent that he surpassed Kain, a transgression which seemingly prompted his execution. Cast into the Lake of the Dead, Raziel was, like Kain before him, revived by a mysterious benefactor, and returned to Nosgoth as a wraith, to exact his revenge.
Driven by this new master, the Elder God, Raziel systematically eradicated his former brethren in the wasteland of Kain's empire, obtained the Wraith Blade, and unearthed his own ironic past; originally a human born in Nosgoth's early history, he had become a leading commander in the vampire-hunting Sarafan brotherhood before his death and resurrection. Lured through time and confronted by revelations, Raziel realized his terrible, inevitable future: he was destined to become the captive, ravenous spirit trapped within the Soul Reaver – later the Wraith Blade itself. Temporarily rescued from this fate by Kain, his lust for vengeance was gradually tempered, superseded by a higher quest for knowledge and freedom.
Finally exposing the Elder God's parasitic nature through several twists and turns, Raziel ultimately accepted his fate, and achieved respite from his cyclical destiny. Dually sacrificing himself to the Soul Reaver and dispersing the Wraith Blade – his future soul – into Kain, he simultaneously trapped himself within the sword, and freed himself from thousands of years of torment. This act cleansed Kain of the corruption of the Pillars, enabling him to see, battle, and oppose the Elder God at last.
Powers ans Stats
Tier: Unknown at least 7-C likely Higher as a Vampire | Higher as a Wraith, Varies likely Far higher via Wraith Blade | Higher, Varies from at least 7-B to Far higher via Wraith Blade, Higher via Spirit Reaver.
Name/Alias: Raziel, Angel of Death, Devour of Souls.
Origin: Legacy of Kain
Gender: Male
Species: Born as human/turn into Vampire/turn into a Wraith
Classification: Vampire and Hylden Champion/Vampire/Wraith
Age: 2000+ years old (Older than Kain)
Powers and Abilities
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery, Stealth Mastery, Immortality (Type 1, 3 and 7, was a human who was revived to a Vampire,as Vampire is immortal to age), Regeneration (Mid-Low, "Vampire's immortal flesh begin to close as soon as it is cleaved"), Telekinesis & Blood Absorption & Healing (as vampire Raziel can move objects from close distance and remove the blood of creatures, when raziel consume blood, he heal, increase his physical strength and becomes "harder to Kill", increasing his life-energy), Magic, Power Absorption (vampire can absorb the powers of other vampires by "Absorbing his Veins), Evolution (Rather than evolving slowly over time,vampires experience periods of accelerated metamorphosis ,actually entering cocoon-like stages from which they emerge transformed. Developing new powers and abilities corresponding to their individual traits becoming more powerful each time and increasing his previous physical & magical capabilities), Flight (via wings), Mind Control, Illusion Creation, Shapeshifting, Energy Projection, etc (Raziel Clan is able to: "Create Illusions, alter their appearance, Charm {Mind Control} and cast various spells of destruction if needed" ,He was the creator of the clan,so should have this abilities), More (every time that Raziel evolve he gain a new power,is unknown how many times evolve)
Superhuman Physical Characteristics (As a wraith, Raziel possesses superior physical capabilities than his vampire self), Superhuman Athleticism, Weapon Mastery, Stealth Mastery, Non-Physical Interaction (He is a Wraith and can interact with other spirits), Dimensional Travel (Able to go at will to the Spectral realm/plane), Immortality (Type 1,3,5 and 7, as a Wraith and agent of the Elder God, Raziel is "Beyond Death"), Regeneration (at least Low-Godly, likely Mid-Godly, Raziel is immortal, if his physical form is destroyed, he will immediately move to the Spectral Realm, where his health/energy will slowly recover by itself, he can accelerate the process and heal much faster by feeding on souls. In the Spectral Realm "Time is irrelevant", since time there, passes much slower than in the Material Realm, and when Raziel returns to the Material Plane, it is practically instantly. The Elder God a being that devours souls, and who has an army of soul-devouring creatures, said he can't kill him) Soul Manipulation & Absorption & Healing & Statistics Ampilfication (Raziel as a Reaper of souls, is able to remove souls with his hands, and can also remove them from a distance, devouring them to heal. The Wraith Blade, his own soul in the form of a sword, absorbs part of the enemy's soul when striking them, and can also remove the entire soul and absorb it, increasing the power of the sword), Resistance to Fate Manipulation, Precognition, Clairvoyance and Retrocognition (Raziel is free from the Wheel of Fate, the circle of Life and Death, and thus no longer bounded or affected by fate, including the flawless Clairvoyance/Precognition and Retrocognition of Moebius and the Elder God, "they can only see the ripples of his actions... those significantly ahead or behind the event". Additionally, due having his own soul bounded to his arm he exist in a paradoxical state, being unaffected by time paradoxes and capable to change an otherwise immutable timeline), Heat and Fire (Unharmed by Fire, Heat and an Explosion), Fire Manipulation, Telekinetic Blast, Earthquake & Petrification, Water Manipulation, Sound Manipulation, Light Manipulation (via Gylphs), Intangibility (only in spectral plane), Surface Scaling, Enhanced Telekinesis (After absorbing Turel's soul, Raziel's Telekinesis was enhanced to be equal to Kain's), Multi-Dimensional Energy Manipulation (Via Constricting, Raziel creates a band of energy, which exists in the material and spectral realms simultaneously, and serves to move immovable objects and damage enemies), Corpse Possession (In order to go from the spectral realm to the material realm, Raziel can possess corpses from the spectral plane, and shape them at will), Energy Projection, Elemental Manipulation: Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Light Maniplation, Air Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, Invisibility, Purification (Via Wraith Blade)
Attack Potency: Unknown At least Town level, likely Higher (Raziel being the first vampire that Kain created, was the one that he gave the largest portion of his soul, making him the most powerful lieutenant and vampire of his era, only behind Kain. Considering that Kain created Raziel 100 years after Blood Omen 2, and that he gave him the largest portion of his soul, Raziel at least, should be Large Building level from the moment of his creation, having passed a thousand years since his creation, and that vampires can increase their strength several times, by drinking the blood of a few hundreds of humans, Raziel at least had to increase his strength 2x every year, probably more. Add to this his evolutions, which further increased his power) | Higher (Wraith Raziel is stronger than his vampire self), Varies likely Far higher via Wraith Blade (The Wraith Blade is far more powerful than Raziel, While Raziel requires several strikes to just stun vampires, the Wraith Blade can blow them to pieces in one strike, "As it absorbs enemies' souls, the reaver grows in power, and does increasingly more damage with each strike") | Higher (Previously Raziel's blows could not even scratch Kain's skin, Kain even laughed at them, now he is capable of piercing his skin and tearing out his heart), Varies from City level to Far higher via Wraith Blade (The Wraith Blade is able to hurt the Elder Kain and even make him bleed, similar to what the Soul Reaver did in his youth, so the Wraith Blade should have a similar power to the Soul Reaver. The sword does more damage with each hit, and grows in power by absorbing souls), Higher (The Spirit Reaver is far more powerful that the Wraith Blade) Raziel attacks ignore durability by attacking the Soul.
Speed: Unknown at least Subsonic+ possibly Transonic reactions and combat speed (As a thousand year old vampire, he should be superior to the fledgling Kain, who can dodge projectiles faster than arrows at point blank range, and can kill other vampires easily) | Supersonic (Can dodge canonballs at point-blank range effortlesly) | Massively Hypersonic+ (Raziel is able to dodge the "Crack of Lightning" attack of the Lightning Demons, which is "As quick and deadly as a Lightning bolt from the sky", he is equal or slightly superior to Kain in speed)
Lifting Strength: Unknown likely Class M as a vampire (Raziel as a thousand year old vampire, should easily be able to move over a thousand tons) | Higher (As a wraith, he is stronger than when he was a vampire, he is able to effortlessly move 4 blocks of Brass, which have a weight of 400 tons. Able to Flips over a big stone obelisk with little effort)
Striking Strength: Town class as a vampire | Higher as a Wraith, Varies likely Far higher via Wraith Blade | Higher, Varies from City class to Far higher via Soul Reaver, Higher via Spirit Reaver.
Durability: Unknown as a vampire (being a vampire, Raziel has superhuman durability, vampires become "harder to kill" by drinking blood, and Raziel has been drinking blood for a thousand years) | At least Small Building level+ likely Higher as a wraith (Unharmed by sound waves that are capable of shatter several stone columns, Unharmed by heat and fire, as well as the explosion that was able to destroy a large steel door) | At least Large Town level likely City level (Can resist the blows of the Elder Kain. Although quite wounded, he was able to resist several attacks of the possessed Janos Audron, before his physical forma was destroyed)
Stamina: Very High (can defeat groups of hunters ,demons, wraith, etc without showing fatigue) | Limitless (via Blood Reaver).
Range: Tens of meters (via telekinesis and energy projection)
Standard Equipment: The Wraith Blade: The Wraith Blade was the spiritual form of the Soul Reaver, created when Kain shattered the physical blade against Raziel. Liberated from its prison but still trapped in the form of the Soul Reaver blade, the Soul devouring wraith entity within bound itself to Raziel becoming his symbiotic weapon. Paradoxically, the wraith blade was ultimately revealed to be the future of Raziel himself, as he discovered he was destined to be consumed by an earlier version of the physical Reaver blade to originally create the Soul Reaver.The Wraith Blade make the same funcion of the Soul Reaver,absorb the soul of the creature that strike,but the power of the sword,his posibly less that the Soul Reaver .Throughout his journey, Raziel was able to imbue the wraith blade with many different elemental enhancements and ultimately used the final one, the Spirit Reaver, to disperse the wraith blade into Kain - freeing himself from centuries of torment, whilst healing Kain of the corruption that had plagued him since birth.The Wraith Blade on its own can be Material or Spectral, depending on the Realm which was actually visited by Raziel. This unique weapon was further enhanced in various Forges found in Raziel's journey with powers of Light, Dark, Fire, Air, Water, Earth and the most powerful one: Spirit
- Reavers:
- Light Reaver: Blinds enemies one by one or in a radius, as well as operating crystal oriented devices.
- Dark Reaver: Make the user invisible, can create matter from darkness, creating mini-shadows that chase and hit enemies.
- Fire Reaver: His strikes burns enemies and can make a explosion of fire.
- Air Reaver: His strikes create whirlwinds and can make a tornado. Can destroy earth and ice element barriers.
- Water Reaver: His attacks freeze enemies and can make a explosion of ice. Able to freeze waterfalls.
- Earth Reaver: Grants the user control over his own weight, used to create earth bridges, and can create earthquakes. His attacks also reflect onto nearby enemies.
- Spirit Reaver: The only Reaver attuned to the Balance element, formed by the combination of every soul of the Balance Guardians and The Wraith Blade. Can purify, increases several times the power of the Blade, and can make a super explosion of energy.
- Glyphs: Were various runes, expanding Raziel's arsenal of spells:
- Shift Glyph is a basic Glyph of Raziel allowing him to Shift between Realms.
- Force Glyph allowed to send a quick telekinetic blast to hurt enemies.
- Stone Glyph summoned an earthquake to turn opponents to stone for a brief moment.
- Sound Glyph created a powerful sonic wave composed of specific frequency which could injure Vampires (Silenced Cathedral was built to play a sound wave throughout Nosgoth which would purge the Vampire race).
- Water Glyph, extremely dangerous to every Vampire apart from devolved Rahabim and Humans.
- Fire Glyph which burned enemies.
- Sunlight Glyph, the most powerful spell to use against a Vampire.
Intelligence: Very skilled and tactical fighter, a powerful Lieutenant for 1000 years under Kain's command, between the most cunning of his brothers, only surpassed by Zephon. However, Raziel has been manipulated by several characters in order to use his free will
Weaknesses:
- As Vampire: Water; water is like acid to vampires.
- As Wraith: Raziel needs to consume souls to maintain his physical form,if he dosen't consume souls,he return to the spectral Plane.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Key: Vampire Raziel | Wraith Raziel (Soul Reaver 1 & 2) | Wraith Raziel (Defiance)
Others
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