Sarafan (Legacy of Kain)

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The Sarafan are a group of sorcerer priests in the Legacy of Kain series of video games. They were an order dedicated to the eradication of vampires. Their crusade ended about 500 years before the start of the first game, when their leaders were killed shortly after destroying the ancient vampire Janos Audron.

In the games, many Sarafan have been shown, but only seven have been named. Raziel was once a high ranking member of the Sarafan and personally killed Janos Audron before his death. Turel, Dumah, Rahab, Zephon and Melchiah served as generals alongside Raziel during their crusade. Malek was the leader of the Sarafan who served as defender of The Circle of Nine, of which he was also a member (as the Guardian of the Pillar of Conflict).

In an act of ironic blasphemy, Kain raised Raziel, Turel, Dumah, Rahab, Zephon and Melchiah as his vampire sons.

The name of the order was taken up again 700 years after the original order was disbanded by a mysterious entity known only as the 'Sarafan Lord' the new order was really concerned with the conquest of all of Nosgoth (which they apparently achieved by at least 400 years after the first game) at which point they proceeded to instate a dictatorial rule over the land which was only broken when a revived Kain killed the Sarafan Lord who was actually a Hylden in disguise using the order to try and free his race and destroy their enemies the Vampires. This order shares nothing with the original save its name and desire to destroy the Vampire race.