Eventually Kain came upon the room where he had battled Nupraptor, chuckling to himself as he passed Nupraptor's quickly decaying corpse, he made his way to the back of the room, where he found Nupraptor's Sanctuary. Taking one of the few remaining clean needles from where Nupraptor had sewn his eyes and mouth shut, Kain jabbed the needle into his ear, and, before the wound could close he clamped Vorador's Ring in his ear. 'A bauble now that Vorador is dead, but a fitting tribute none the less.' Kain mused to himself. Then from the outside, Kain heard the arrival of an Army.

     Kain soon made his way back to the "Skull" of the Retreat. When he looked outside, he saw something very strange indeed, The Sarafan Army. "The Sarafan?! I thought that Malek, thier leader, was destroyed!" Kain whispered to no one in particular. "The Sarafan have more then ONE leader, Vampire." came a voice from the darkness. Kain whirled around to face this new threat.
     "And I suppose YOU are one of these Leaders?"
     "I am."
     "Who are you?"
     "I...Am Raziel."
     The man stepped from the shadows. He was dressed in armor very similar to that Malek wore. He held in his hands a great two-handed broadsword, almost as large as the Soul Reaver itself." Come to kill the last Vampire?" Kain taunted Raziel. "When I kill you, this war will end and we can all go home." Raziel retorted. "IF you can kill me, you mean. Tell me, under what rock has the Sarafan been hiding all these years?" Kain was begining to get angry.

     Raziel hefted the Greatsword, as did Kain, the Soul Reaver. After many minutes of cautiously sizing each other up, Kain became impatient for the battle.
     "VAE VICTUS!!!!"
     Kain rushed at Raziel with a chop to the midsection. Raziel flicked his wrists and easily parried the clumsy blow. He counterattacked with a overhead, powered by the holy magic of the Sarafan and blinding speed. Kain jerked the Reaver upwards and was barely able to block the attack. Sliding the Reaver off the blade of the Greatsword, Kain attacked Raziel's ankles, this time however, the Reaver struck home. The blood poured from Raziel's leg but, he still stood. "A gift to Ottmar from the Sarafan." Raziel informed Kain, meaning Ottmar's holy curse.

     Raziel rasied his hands to the heavens and uttered arcane words that caused a great outpour of magical energy. A ring of magic emenated from Raziel outwards. Kain was able to cast a spell of shielding just in time. As the spell ended, the ground began to shake, the spel had destroyed most of the foundation holding the top of the "Skull" to the rest of the Retreat. Raziel turned and looked around in surprise, he realized what had and looked downward....to see the Reaver protruding from his chest. "You tunred your back on me, NEVER turn your backon a Vampire, right Sarafan?" Kain sneered in conpempt. "The Sarafan will storm this place, you will die." Raziel said weakly. "I won't be here." Kain said. Then Raziel heard the sounds of Bats taking off into flight, then nothing...save the cold emptiness of the Abyss.