Kain:
Vae Victus -- suffering to the conquered. Ironic that now I was the one suffering. Not anything as pedestrian as physical pain. Rather the cruel jab of impotent anger -- the hunger for revenge. I didn't care if I was in Heaven or Hell -- all I wanted was to kill my assassins. Sometimes you get what you wish for. The Necromancer Mortanius offered me a chance for vengeance. And like a fool, I jumped at his offer without considering the cost. Nothing is free, not even revenge.

Kain:
I am the last Pillar. The only survivor of the Circle of Nine. At my whim the world will be healed or damned. At my whim.

Ottmar:
We shall die today as heroes, lest we live tomorrow as slaves!

Malek:
Vengeance! Vengeance for my eternity of suffering!

Vorador:
Whelp! As if you knew what eternity was! Grovel before your true master.

Malek:
Never! I'll hack you from crotch to gizzard and feed what's left of you to your brides...

Kain:
Ironic. By going back in time, and altering the past, you turned William the Just into the Nemesis.

Moebius:
Aye - you have seen my plan, vampire, as I have seen your destiny. The future says you die!

Kain:
But I am dead . . .

Kain:
as are you!

The Unspoken:
You thought yourself a king when in fact you were a pawn! You have served me well, Kain.

Kain:
I serve no one!

The Unspoken:
Indeed. Such narrow vision. Don't you see? My silencing of Ariel, and its calculated repercussions, is but the first act in my theatre of Grand Guignol. Of which you are the tragic hero... play on, little vampire, play on...

Kain:
Vae Victus!

Kain:
The Mentalist Nupraptor was renowned through Nosgoth for his tricks of the mind, telepathy and telekinesis. Pilgrims traveled from all across the land seeking the comfort of his lies. I sought not his wisdom... but his life.

Kain:
Alas, poor Nupraptor, I knew him well... Well, not really.

Kain:
I awoke to the pain of a new existence, in a dank womb of darkness and decay.

Ariel:
Nupraptor, your madness has shattered our dreams and blinded you...

Kain:
Keep your distance or I'll send you back to Hell, spirit!

Ariel:
There is nothing left of me to fear, vampire. I am only a shadow of my former self... Ariel, the Balance of the Circle of Nine. Even so, I can provide the answers you seek.

Kain:
I seek only a cure.

Ariel:
There is no cure for death. Only release. You must destroy the sorcery that is now poisoning Nosgoth. Only then will you realize peace.

Kain:
I came upon one of Nupraptor's serving girls, catatonic with fear, choking out half-words through bloodied, broken teeth. Although tempted by hunger, I stayed my hand, allowing her to tell her story. She spoke of her Lord Nupraptor, driven to insanity by the brutal slaying of his beloved Ariel. She spoke of his self-mutilation, sewing his eyes and lips shut to deny the outside world. Fueled by despair and hopelessness, he turned his magic on the Circle, infecting their minds with his madness. Nupraptor cared for nothing now, save his pathetic self-pity. Scars such as hers would never heal. Death would only be a mercy.

Vorador:
Take this ring. If you ever need assistance it will summon me. Despite your youthful arrogance, you amuse me, Kain - it would be such a pity to lose you to the Abyss.

Kain:
Time fades even legend, and the origin of the Soul Reaver has been lost long ago. But its purpose remains - to feed on the souls of any creature it strikes. Kindred, this blade and I.

Ariel:
In his life, he was unknown... a petty noble. In death, he was unknown. Yet by choosing oblivion, he restored Balance to the land. Shades cast, no shadows.

Kain:
Once I embraced my gifts, I realized that Vorador was right; we are gods... dark gods and it is our duty to thin the herd.

Kain:
The world had changed to my eyes. I had not expected such cruelty from the light. For in the embrace of the sun, I could find no comfort, only malice. This would change in time for the worse, along with other things.

Kain:
Enough philosophy - I seek answers.

Kain:
A pox upon your tricks and babble, old man! Answer me this: Who is Malek and how can I defeat him?

Kain:
What of this Vorador?

Kain:
Ignis Fatuus?

Vorador:
Meddling with the affairs of man can do us no good.

Anacrothe:
You betrayed us Mortanius! You had Kain killed and turned him into a monster! You set him upon us!

Anacrothe:
Failed our duties? Idiot! The Circle exists for us, we don't exist for it! Our powers will save or damn Nosgoth at our whim! Stand with us, Mortanius, or die!

Vorador:
Call your dogs! They can feast on your corpses!

Kain:
I fear no dangers, do you hear? They will fear me.