The fact that these videos are as long as they are is a testament to how good this series is

The best way to commute to an early shift, with LoK lore. The HEART... of darkness

"It is heartening after all these years to hear that name spoken without contempt..."

I hope this series has a massive comeback some day, literally my childhood...

Hooray!! My favorite character in the series! Poor Janos, he didn't deserve what happened to him. TT~TT Thanks for the upload, your character studies are always so informative and enlightening.

I can’t tell you how much I love the videos of this series. Your soothing voice, the in-depth research, the editing and music. Chefs kiss ❤️ Thank you.

Janos is a great iconic and important character in lok lore He enhanced the blade and became it's guardian and made a whole vampire race like vorador then kain indirectly while he carried his heart all along , also being possessed by the hylden lord. And ultimately entitled "the greatest vampire".

Your voice totally suites it all, without u this stuff wouldn't catch my interest again even tho this game followed me in my childhood. Feels nice to understand more about ur favorite game

I miss the Arcane Tomes. Hope there are new installments din the future.

Oh man, thank you for this though, it clears up some confusing things I saw as plot holes specifically his appearance in Blood Omen 2 that I didn't understand :D

Living alone for thousands of years, having his beating heart ripped out, and then being revived only to get posessed. Poor Janos can't catch a break.

A lot of recent interest in this series. Hope this leads to it being redone.

The point about Janos being the only character to have a surname is interesting, but what if the other characters had names we don't know about? Mobius Smith, Malek Jones, Raziel de la cruz, Nupraptor McDonald..... 🤣🤣

Thanks so much for the video. Janos is my favorite character in the series. Poor guy, he's been through _so much suffering!_

Its a testament to the storytelling of this series that I still replay them in today.

I want a new Soul Reaver game so bad.

I am rewatching Deep Space 9 after 20 years or so. I am hearing in my head in voice of Odo how Rene asked the question: "This is for a video game?" :)

Really appreciate this, thanks allot!

I love these legacy of kain video's! Thanks for keeping this excellent franchise alive dude!😎👍

RIP Rene 💕

Uschtenheim looks a neat little village. Id visit there if there wasn't all that scary stuff

Rip Janos actor... They got to do the sequels... all the voice actors are dying 😭

Nice work. These videos are great.

He`s raina and im watching this againa

Thanks for your work❤❤❤

Always love your vids :)

This man must be preserved for eternity

Love u chanel!!🙌👍

Raina if you and your friend read this. Could you talk about this? I have been thinking about the events of the games again, and I just want to know. Do you guys think Future Kain was skulking around Nosgoth during the events of Blood Omen 2 after Defiance possibly? And if so, what might he be doing, did he resurrect Vorador per chance while incognito or some such in an effort to help Blood Omen 1 Kain defeat the Hylden lord so the events of Soul Reaver 1 can happen? And if that is so, does that make (Soul Reaver 2 and Defiance' first half of the game) Blood Omen 1 (Defiance second half of the game) (Blood Omen 2) Soul Reaver 1 Soul Reaver 2 then Defiance all over again? cyclical like a paradox? Do you think Amy Hennig intended for the series to playout like that in case another game was never made? The pillars of Nosgoth haven't been restored in Blood Omen 2 barely even mentioned if at all- So long as the vampires are holding out, the pillars will remain even if they are shattered the world is still holding out. Which might be why Blood Omen 2 is drenched in Darkness the entire game... I think Blood Omen 2 had to ignore the pillars they couldn't resolve the story because if they did, it would break the cycle of the story, preventing Soul Reaver 1 for happening. IN a way this almost makes Blood Omen 2 a special favorite of mine, is the story hammy? YES, but I really feel like I'm playing as Blood Omen 1 Kain, an arrogant crude nobleman who hasn't gotten any wiser just yet... Please explore this when you're not doing concrete lore, I really wanna hear your speculations if you go deep down the rabbit hole. I 'will' let the winding plot line looping back on itself rip my brains asunder! I revel in the confusion and speculation! I hope the franchise never disappears from public knowledge or whatever ya call it.

Janos kinda looks like David Bowie

Ever read a Franco-British comic called "Requiem Chevalier Vampire"? If you like Legacy of Kain lore you'll love it.

May Love of God rest his soul. 😔🙏💐

Clicked immediately

Given the way things are now a days, I’m sure the Race Blade would be a powerful weapon indeed, Raina. :P.

Love these videos. Though, just makes me super sad that we will never get to see the conclusion! Have you done a video going over the timelines, their various inter-twinings and shifts etc?

I’ll be honest soul reaver 2 hooked me with its story but I never understood why llanos just didn’t like fly off the balcony lol. But also I was mad because I took forever figuring out the llanos air combo puzzle and I was like pfft I would’ve seen someone following me after all that time lol

I really love this series :) what's volume 6 gonna be about? The Elder God?

Re-watching some of these videos after today's episode dropped, I suddenly noticed something about Blood Omen 2's opening. Why is it centered on the Pillar of Energy? As the camera pulls back we can't see the Pillar of Balance, though it should be between (and in front of) Nature and Energy. Besides that the order's correct if we skip Balance, (Nature, ~Balance~ Energy, Time) so they knew the correct order. Did someone maybe just see the Energy symbol looks like a B and assumed B is for Balance? And looking again at the opening again to make sure I'm not going mad, I noticed the map of Nosgoth only shows eight pillars in its image.

*pours a goblet of the finest blood out for Rene Auberjonois

Serafan/human Raziel is significantly older than his vampire father...

For all Legacy of Kain fans hear me. The creator's of the game are making another game and it's name is DeadHaus Sonata. You can find them on KZfaq and Twitch. And unlike LoK. They are able to do everything they want without problem

Brilliant work as ever. Just to ask what version of defiance are you showing? The graphics look amazing. A high end pc mod perhaps?

Great vid. I still do not like kain surviving having his heart removed due to plot.

Amaría esto en castellano xD

Why there is always "with the little help of the wraith blade" when it is obvious that it is a part of a hylden soul absorbed by raziel with the soul of Turel that helps to revive the Janos body...

Excelente video,muy bueno,pero Janos es poseído por la entidad que entra en Raziel cuando mata a Turel...y se manifiesta en Janos cuando el poder de los pilares colapsa

Wow, I get to be first. Neat.

Could Kain cause a paradox if he encountered Janos or the corpse of Janos? Or this was just for the Reaver Blade, for their magic imbued?

For the footage for Defiance, is there a mod to the textures?

Janos could have teleported both himself and Raziel out of there. Or flown them out. Just saying.

Wait I'm always speculating this, are you guys suggesting that defiance 'actually' 'does' come full circle in Defiance to Blood Omen 2? Because in that case I don't need a new game, I kind of still like Blood Omen's story if it takes place after Defiance, with future Kain as a simple observer. The Oracle is Umah maybe and! future Kain's waifu and probably Umah then lol

Vae victis!

Here’s what i doing understand. Why does Kain fear Janos’ resurrection when his younger alternate timeline self already vanquished the Sarafan/Hylden lord??

what rly bugs me about janos in blood omen 2 is that how in blue hell he knows kain at all... Kain knows about Janos for sure but they have never seen each other face to face so it makes no sense for Janos to know anything about Kain and i doubt the hylden lord came down with tea and biscuits telling tales about Kain to him lol

In blood omen 2 when kain meets janos first time they both have the heart of darkness. Why doesnt this make time paradox?

"The Heart of Darkness."

When this series runs out of context, will there still be more stuff like The Arcane Tomes on other games?

Rene' died :(?! Sad! Sad life

Помню давным давно, я выписывал все знаки из Legacy of Kain, так как увлекаюсь иероглифами. Их во всех частях Lok больше 300 иероглифов

how Kain returned in Defiance after Raziel ripped heart of darkness out from his chest?????????

I dont know why,but everytime in defiance janos sends us to the elder gods chamber......i hate him soooo much - knowing what will happen....he gave him his destiny in a way i understand but near the end hes like, i dont know your real destiny but go to the god who betrayed us xD i like his role but near the end i really hate him.i remember how angry i was in soul reaver 2 - when they killed him....and at the end something like that xD

I thought they were sterile.

I don't believe in Blood Omen 2 Janos. He isn't real, thank god.

I love your videos but your background music sounds like old pipes making a stretch sound running water in a windy house, its very unpleasant and to loud when compared to your talking. Apart from that one critique your videos are awesome.

Hmmm now thinking about those relics hearts of darkness i assume vorador tried to create a replica for janos and none of those worked