Lake of the Dead

The Lake of the Dead, also called the Abyss in the Soul Reaver era, is a fictional location in the Legacy of Kain series.

History

The Lake of the Dead first appeared in Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. Kain can traverse the Lake using his Mist form, and can use a teleporter in the centre of a stone circle upon an isle in the Lake's northwestern edge to reach the Lost City. The Lake is bordered by cliffs on all sides. Its depiction in this game is vastly inferior and less spectacular to that of the next. This Lake of the Dead lacks the swirling whirlpool and overhead stone spans, and much of the architectural layout is different.

When Raziel was punished for his evolutionary transgression in Soul Reaver, he was thrown, by his brethren Turel and Dumah, into this large lake from a cliff on high. Located just beyond the Pillars of Nosgoth, it is frequently used as a death sentence for those found guilty of many crimes. Since water is extremely lethal to most vampires, those thrown in showed little chance of survival. The center of the lake formed a gigantic whirpool that expedited the journey of unfortunate victims to the bottom of the lake.

Raziel finds the Lake of the Dead again shortly after his return from the brink of oblivion. It is even possible for Raziel to once again fall into the Abyss, at which point he will be returned to the Elder God's chamber.

The Lake of the Dead appears on the official Blood Omen 1 map of Nosgoth, just south of Malek's Bastion and northwest of Vorador's home.

From the lake, Raziel's clan territory, which lies to the west, can be accessed, as can Dumah's territory, (after Raziel has defeated Rahab and gained the ability to swim).

The smokestack (located in Turel's clan territory, which was removed from the game before release) can be seen from the skies above the lake in Soul Reaver 1's opening FMV sequence. Kain's Mountain Retreat and the Pinnacle of the Silenced Cathedral, two other areas removed before release, are also visible in this sequence.

It can be assumed that the Elder God's chamber lies far below the swirling whirlpool created by the Lake, due to the small blue spiral located in the center of the Elder God's lair, and the fact that Raziel "fell" through the abyss into its confines.

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