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Fire Forge

When the Fire Forge is activated, Raziel enhances the Reaver.

Raziel V.O.:
I plunged the Reaver into that furnace and forged the blade with elemental fire. With the Reaver thus imbued, I was now armed to unlock the elemental barrier and rescue Janos from his executioners.

Dark Chronicle - Chapter Fifteen - The Death Of Janos Audron

Imbuing the Reaver with the elemental power of fire, Raziel is finally able to unlock the sealed door which separates him from Janos and his assassins. Raziel rushes through the door as it slowly slides open, and races toward Janos' chamber.
Having rendered Janos helpless with the aid of Moebius's staff, the Sarafan have the ancient vampire pinned to the table.
As Janos struggles against his captors, the head inquisitor commands his fellow Sarafan -

Sarafan Raziel:
Hold him!

Savouring the moment, the inquisitor raises his cruel-looking blade - then bringing it down violently, he rips Janos' chest open.

Janos:
(Screams in agony)

Raziel reaches the threshold of the chamber too late. He watches in horror as the inquisitor reaches into Janos' open chest cavity and tears out his living heart.
He raises it triumphantly for the other Sarafan to see -

Turel:
Look at his black heart, how it still beats!

Raziel prepares to leap into the fray, and then is frozen - as the head inquisitor turns, raising the heart, Raziel gets a clear look at the man's face. And he realizes that he has just watched himself - his former Sarafan self - murder Janos.
Raziel and his Sarafan alter-ego lock eyes on each other - Raziel gaping in horror upon recognizing his former self, and Sarafan Raziel strangely haunted by the appearance of the demonic figure before him.
As Janos begins to die, a tremor shakes the Retreat. The chamber rocks with the impact, and begins to collapse under the strain.

Dumah: (alarmed)
The fiend intends to bury us alive!

Then, trying to break their leader out of his trance -

Dumah:
Raziel, we must get out of here!

Sarafan Raziel cannot tear his eyes from this demonic apparition. With his gaze still locked on Raziel, he commands his fellow Sarafan -

Sarafan Raziel:
Remember the sword!

Dumah grabs up the Reaver, and with the sword and Janos' heart in their possession, the Sarafan rush out of the chamber just as the entire Retreat threatens to collapse around them.
Heedless of the retreating Sarafan, Raziel leaps down to where Janos lies dying - incredibly, the ancient vampire is still alive, but only barely. Raziel kneels disconsolately beside him - bereft at the loss of his new-found mentor, and horrified at this latest epiphany: that he himself was Janos' murderer.

Raziel:
Forgive me; I'm sorry... I failed you.

Janos: (gently)
No, Raziel.
Perhaps this was my true purpose - simply to save your life this once.

Raziel: (distraught)
While I have taken yours...

Janos: (dying)
Embrace your destiny, Raziel.
You must reclaim the Reaver - it was forged for you and you alone...
Without it, there is no hope...

Janos dies, and the Retreat is rocked again by a powerful quake. The chamber's vaults collapse as their support beams crumble, and the exits are filled by cascading rubble.
As the tremors subside, Raziel rises and steps slowly away from Janos' corpse, horrified by these new revelations, and nursing a growing ember of hatred.

Raziel V.O.:
As I backed away from Janos's body, I was overwhelmed by a sense of self-loathing so deep, I could barely contain it.
In that instant, I rejected all that I ever was, and embraced the role Janos had safeguarded for me so patiently throughout the centuries.
I knew then what I had to do - the task for which I was uniquely prepared...

Walking slowly to the edge of the balcony, Raziel gazes out upon Nosgoth's landscape.

Raziel V.O.:
I would pursue the Sarafan dogs to their loathsome fortress, and avenge Janos Audron's murder.
Moebius would pay dearly for his treachery, and my Sarafan brethren would reap the horrors they had sown.
I would retake the stolen Reaver, which was rightfully mine.
And finally, when all these debts had been paid, I would reclaim Janos Audron's heart from their filthy, unworthy hands.
If the heart was truly imbued with the power to restore vampiric unlife, its highest purpose was clear to me...
I would restore the heart to Janos, and thus undo the vile crime committed by my abominable former self.

As Raziel stands on the balcony, the canyon is shaken by a final, massive tremor. He leaps clear of the tumbling wreckage just before the vaults of Janos' chamber collapse completely.
Gliding safely into the canyon below, Raziel turns and looks up to see that the façade of Janos' mountain aerie has been reduced to rubble.

The Canyon

As Raziel reaches the balcony below the ruined Retreat (where he spoke with Kain in the future era), he is ambushed by two purple Gas Demons.

Gas Demon:
We've been expecting you, little Raziel...

Raziel V.O.:
So, these demonic pests were not merely the product of Nosgoth's corrupted future. For here they were, hurtling back over five centuries to pursue me.
These creatures, I suspected, were minions of the unseen forces that had hoped to control me. This was the tangible expression of their displeasure. These demons were unleashed as the penalty for my disobedience.

Further into the canyon, Raziel is stopped again, this time by three grey Lightning Demons -

Lightning Demon:
Do you really think you can save Nosgoth!?

Second Lightning Demon:
Let me enlighten you, poor Raziel.

In Uschtenheim, two red Fire Demons appear to block the village's exits. Another one appears outside of the Save Altar room, right next to Raziel -

Fire Demon:
There he is, the savior of Nosgoth!

Shortly before reaching the exit of the canyon, Raziel is trapped once again, this time by a Black Demon -

Black Demon:
Come closer, Raziel...

Termogent Forest Swamp (Second Visit)

Another Black Demon appears as Raziel moves through the swamp.

Black Demon:
You shall not pass!

Dark Chronicle - Chapter Sixteen - The Final Transgression

Having renounced his Sarafan heritage, Raziel trails his former brethren back to the Stronghold to avenge Janos Audron's murder. In the course of his pursuit, Raziel revisits the subterranean Pillars chamber for the last time.
The Elder God greets him with ominous finality -

Elder God:
You have failed me, Raziel.

Raziel:
I wonder, Old One...
Did you truly resurrect me, or were you simply there when I awakened from my torment in the Abyss?
I suspect you found me merely convenient. Dropped in your lair by Kain, indestructible for some reason. A durable and gullible tool for you to manipulate.
This one thing I readily admit - I have been used by others time and again. But always I seem to stray from their path... what is it about me, Demon, that makes me such an unreliable instrument?
Why do I survive one trial after another... on and on in an endless succession of humiliating deaths and resurrections?
It seems there is much more to my destiny, and my history, than I know.
Perhaps more than you know, as well...

The Pillars Chamber

If Raziel swims past the Elder God -

Elder God:
Traitor.
   or You have failed.
   or You are unworthy.
   or The Wheel of Fate howls for your soul, though its hunger will never be assuaged.

The Pillars Of Nosgoth (Second Visit)

As Raziel reaches the Pillars, three Black Demons attack him -

Black Demon:
He thinks he can change his destiny.

Second Black Demon:
What a fool.

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