Some two hundred years after the conclusion of Blood Omen, but a long while before the events of Soul Reaver, Kain and his vampiric armies are caught up in a war with a mysterious army of fanatics known as the Sarafan. After years of conflict, these zealots, more specifically their leader, the Sarafan Lord, crush Kain and his armies, brutally subduing the people of Nosgoth under their iron will. But there is more here than meets the eye (strangely enough). After a long and covert recovery, Kain awakens to reassemble his now scattered and treacherous legions of vampires and seek revenge.