This archetype has been widely exemplified, notably by such characters as Countess Zaleska in the 1936 film Dracula's Daughter, Barnabas Collins in the TV soap opera Dark Shadows, Mick St. John in the TV show Moonlight, Louis de Pointe du Lac in Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, Kain in the Legacy Of Kain video games, Marvel Comics character Morbius, the Living Vampire, Nick Knight in the TV series Forever Knight, Angel from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe, and Bill Compton in Charlaine Harris ' The Southern Vampire Mysteries.

* Legacy of Kain: Defiance – ( 2003 ) ( PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC ) External collaboration with Crystal Dynamics

* Legacy of Kain: The Dark Prophecy ( 2004 ) – cancelled

* Meridian ( Nosgoth ), the capitol of Nosgoth in Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain

The video game series Legacy of Kain is played through several realms and timelines.

* King Ottmar in the Legacy of Kain series

* Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver for the PlayStation, Rahab is one of Kain's vampire generals that evolved over millennia into a large swimming monster.

* Soul Reaver, the sequel to Blood Omen in the Legacy of Kain series

* Ancients ( Legacy of Kain ), a race in the Legacy of Kain games

* Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, first in the Legacy of Kain video game series

* In the Legacy of Kain video game series, more specifically Soul Reaver, Soul Reaver 2, and Defiance, the predestination is evident in the Soul Reaver as well as Raziel, whose soul is contained inside.

Its best-known game series include Tomb Raider, Hitman, Commandos, Deus Ex, Legacy of Kain, Thief, TimeSplitters, and Fear Effect.

* Legacy of Kain series

* Moebius the Time Streamer, a character in the Legacy of Kain video game series

* In Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver video game, after killing his own brother Raziel says " Am I reduced to this?

He is best known as the lead singer of Information Society and composer of the soundtracks for the Legacy of Kain video game series.

* 1999: Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver — Crystal Dynamics, PlayStation / Dreamcast / Windows

* 2003: Legacy of Kain: Defiance — Crystal Dynamics, Windows / PlayStation 2 / Xbox

A documentary called Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy was produced by the Swedenborg Foundation in the same year.

He is probably best known for his starring role as Detective Matthew Sikes in the television series Alien Nation ( 1989 – 1990 ), which was followed by the TV movies Alien Nation: Dark Horizon ( 1994 ), Alien Nation: Body and Soul ( 1995 ), Alien Nation: Millennium ( 1996 ), Alien Nation: The Enemy Within ( 1996 ), and Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy ( 1997 ).

* The instrumental track " Ozar Midrashim " would later be used as the intro theme of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver.

* Downloads of Kurt's music from the Legacy of Kain / Soul Reaver series

:* Zephon in Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

He has been favorably received by video game critics and enthusiasts, with praise attributed to his antagonistic role in Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, and his status as a strong example of a memorable, nuanced antihero in the medium.

After a legal dispute with Silicon Knights, Blood Omen publisher Crystal Dynamics obtained the rights to the Legacy of Kain intellectual property, with Amy Hennig directing Kain's characterization for the sequel, 1999's Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver.

2003's Legacy of Kain: Defiance returned to the aged, elder Kain from Soul Reaver and Soul Reaver 2, now controllable alongside Raziel.

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver features Kain as the main antagonist and a recurring boss character, narratively following him centuries after his decision.

Legacy of Kain: Defiance takes place in the same altered timeline, periodically switching between the characters of the elder Kain and Raziel from Soul Reaver 2, with both acting as playable protagonists.

He featured extensively in marketing for the Legacy of Kain series, including a $ 1 million advertising campaign for Soul Reaver.

Meanwhile, Crystal Dynamics ' sequel, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver was highly anticipated despite several delays, and it featured on the covers of over ten game industry magazines.

While Soul Reaver was still in development, Crystal Dynamics assembled another team to create a game that would succeed to the Blood Omen title, and when the Soul Reaver team started work on their follow-up in late 1999, two Legacy of Kain games were in simultaneous development.

Raziel is a central character in Eidos Interactive's Legacy of Kain series of video games, the protagonist of the Soul Reaver story arc.

Initially appearing in Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, the character was created by Amy Hennig and Seth Carus of Crystal Dynamics, with his in-game appearance directed and designed by Arnold Ayala and Daniel Cabuco.

The vampire Raziel, who appears in the opening scene for Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, was modeled and textured externally by artists at GlyphX Inc., as were the other lieutenants.

In the video game Soul Reaver 2, Kain proposes the possibility of a coin landing on its edge when discussing a fateful outcome critical to plot development.

In interviews preceding the release of 2001's Soul Reaver 2, Hennig said that Crystal Dynamics had a huge investment in Kain as a character.

Kain attacks Raziel with the Soul Reaver, but the blade shatters when it strikes him, and Kain escapes, strangely satisfied.

In Soul Reaver 2, Kain acts as a non-player character encountered by Raziel in several cutscenes.

* 2001: Soul Reaver 2 — Crystal Dynamics, Windows / PlayStation 2

* A slow instrumental mix of " Empty " also appeared in Soul Reaver.

Hennig expressed that, by Soul Reaver 2, her personal perception of Kain's character had changed over the years, and that she now considered him a somewhat more attractive and interesting individual than Raziel due to his complexity.

The development staff chose to focus on his rise to power as a younger vampire, combining aspects of his Blood Omen and Soul Reaver incarnations.