The choice is not yours.
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| — | Elder God, Soul Reaver |
I could not deny it. As long as I lingered here, defying my captor, I was able to postpone what I feared was my inevitable doom: to become the ravenous spirit imprisoned in the Reaver blade. But that sentence was no worse than the stalemate I now endured. Better to face one’s destiny than cower from it.
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| — | Raziel, Legacy of Kain: Defiance |
Elder God: The Wheel of Fate must turn; all are redeemed in the cleansing agony of birth, death and rebirth. This is the Engine of life - the purifying rhythm of the universe - to which all souls are irresistibly drawn. Yours is a necessary and noble function, Raziel.
Raziel: Enough of your sermonizing - are you trying to bore me into submission? Why must this game go on? We both know what you are. You're no better than the vampires you so despise -- a voracious parasite cloaking its appetite in a shroud of righteousness. I refuse to do your will.
Elder God: I can see into your heart, Raziel. It is not your will, but cowardice that keeps you here.
Raziel: How so?
Elder God: You know what fate awaits you when you leave the underworld. That phantom weapon you bear is a constant reminder, isn't it? The Sword is waiting for you out there somewhere, and you tarry so as not to meet it.
Raziel: No.
Elder God: What do you profit from this defiance?
Raziel: There's some grim satisfaction in infuriating you.
Elder God: My patience is eternal, Raziel. How many eons can you bear to languish here?
Surrender, Raziel. Abandon this petty rebellion. It was I who made you. Your life had played out, and in my grace, I spared you. You are my reaper of souls. You have no other purpose, no higher destiny - just this. Accept your calling, Raziel. Let go of these vain hopes. Relinquish your will, and feed.
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| — | Elder God, Legacy of Kain: Defiance |
Once a testament to mankind’s defiance of Kain’s empire, this towering cathedral now stood derelict, the humans who worshiped here, centuries dead. Its architects conceived this tower as a holy weapon against the vampire menace, a colossal instrument of brass and stone. The cathedral’s pipes, once tuned to blast a deadly hymn, now stood silent, and these vacant spaces whistled their impotence.
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| — | Raziel, Soul Reaver |
You are changed. Your blood-thirst is replaced by a deeper need - you have become a devourer of souls.
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| — | Elder God |
Use your hatred to reave their souls… I can make it possible. Become my soul reaver, my angel of death…
“
| — | Elder God , Soul Reaver |
youkai-hime
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on the internet, around 2000-2003 is youkai-hime’s start.
Name: Shazdeh Banafis/ Ukaihimi (and it has to do with the appearance of spelling-youkai-hime, not pronounciation)
Nickname: youkai-hime, purple princess, Shaz
Birthplace: Persia
Age: unknown
Weight: LOL NO. 
Species: Succuthuli
Sign: Aries
Random phrase: ‘I’ll see you in Babylon!!”
Best trait: Playful.
Worst trait: bad temper.
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Shaz is the offspring of an elder god and an enslaved succubus- as you know, half-breeds are an affront to their respective species’ — insanity ensues.
There was a sort of “peace” with The Great Old Ones for some strange reason —so she was able to flee the madness.
throughout her long, long, long somewhat hard life she eventually stumbles upon the shadow demon, Aomi.
this is the lady demon that trained Aomi all she knows about survival in the chaotic worlds, how to shapeshift and not lose herself during those form-shattering events and much more.
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