Spirit Realm (Legacy of Kain)
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The Spirit Realm (a.k.a. the Spectral Realm) is a fictional world from the Legacy of Kain series. The Spirit Realm has appeared in Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 and Legacy of Kain: Defiance.
Ghosts, spirits, wraiths (Raziel in particular) and demons inhabit this alternate plane of existence. It is the opposite of the Physical Realm, where The Elder God lives and rules over all of Nosgoth. Objects and terrain are vastly altered from their physical counterpart. Water has no mass, doors and gates are impossible to open or grasp (though some spirits have the ability to phase through them), and death does not occur, though one may weaken if not fed enough souls. Souls can also be consumed and trapped by Sluagh or Raziel, but this merely cycles the souls back into the Elder God's 'Wheel of Fate'.
Raziel begins his quest here, after learning from the Elder God about his role in the affairs of Nosgoth and what he must do to set the balance of nature back in motion. He soon harnesses the ability to pass between the Spirit Realm and Physical Realm at certain points with ease. This is required to solve certain puzzles, since a pathway may be blocked in the Physical, but in the Spiritual it's easy to traverse, and vice versa.
The Spirit Realm is first seen in Blood Omen, after Kain is slain by assassins. While this version is blood red and more in lines with a concept of Hell as opposed to the blue-tinted reflection of reality explored by Raziel, it is possible that Kain was merely in another section of the Spirit Realm, placed there by Mortanius.
The Spirit Realm is not to be confused with the alternate dimension to which the Hylden were banished, which may or may not be Hell. This dimension is first seen in Defiance, when Kain is briefly banished there by Raziel.
It is possible that the two above are one and the same.
| Legacy of Kain series |
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| Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain | Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver | Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 | Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain | Legacy of Kain: Defiance |
| Major Characters |
| Kain | Raziel | Moebius | Elder God | Mortanius | Hash'ak'gik | Ariel | Vorador | Janos Audron |
| The Circle of Nine |
| Nupraptor the Mentalist | Malek the Sarafan | Bane the Druid | Azimuth the Planer | Dejoule the Energist | Anacrothe the Alchemist | Moebius the Timestreamer | Mortanius the Necromancer | Ariel of the Balance |
| Kain's Lieutenants |
| Raziel | Turel | Dumah | Rahab | Zephon | Melchiah |
| The World of Nosgoth |
| Pillars of Nosgoth | Lake of the Dead | Nosgoth timeline | Soul Reaver | Ancients | Hylden | Material Realm | Spectral Realm |
