r/LegacyOfKain

Moebius had always been a toxic, deceitful and slimy bastard, but had you all ever wondered why he was always like that and he was never showed a true kind person side to himself and to others and just play a nice old man facade to others to further twist and fool them, the logical reason is he was always corrupted from his birth like Kain because Moebius is a Time Guardian and Time is non-linear to him and makes it way less valueble to him than to other people/characters, the only difference between him and Kain is Moebius was already affected by the future events that had yet to unfold, because as we know all " Time Guardians " are apparently gifted a certain level of "Omniscience" and it means that Mental and Intellectual Power and Knowledge, Technically that means that it is highly possible that Moebius was already Mentally affected by the Mental Insanity and Corruptio that will happen within centuries time. Kain was born during the Era where Nosgoth was already long corrupted and affected by the insanity of Nupraptor.

Now having said all that, we would never know how Moebius would act or behave or if there will any be dramatic changes to his personality if he wasn't immediately soul sucked by Raziel after he purified Moebius's sight and finally able to see the Elder God's true gigantic squid form, it would be interesting to see if Moebius would act differently after he realized what he had been worshipping all along in his entire life for centuries, because the few seconds of his reaction was truly horrified and appalled and his emotion is filled with regret, shock, tragedy, i doubt that he will still continue to ally with the Elder God and serve him after that look on his face lol, but i guess we'll never know or perhaps i'm wrong.

Makeup Department Head on Soul Reaver Thesis (Dir. Lilian Brownlee).

Solid shoot with a talented crew and strong creative direction. Had so much fun reimagining the makeups and bringing it to life! So appreciative to my incredible team of artists for making this happen in such a short amount of time.

I spent weeks sourcing and painting everything and I’m so happy with how everything turned out!

( Green chin will be removed with VFX)

Prosthetics supplied by @rubberwear & @traumaqueenfx

Ariel makeup applied by @makeup.by.elora

Director/Costume Designer/Concept Artist: Lilian Brownlee @lbrownlee_design
Producer: Juliana Copenhaver @j_soleil_11
DP: Felix Kageman @kageman_photography
1st AC: Jaxson Hillard @jax_ah
Production Sound: Angie Haverstrom @angie_haver
Assistant Gaffer: Billy Goggins @b_goggins_

Cast
Raziel: Wade Pollock @wade__pollock
Ariel: Jordan Noel Carpenter @jordann.carpenter

SFX Makeup
SFX Makeup Dept Head: Chase Bellows @chasebellows
Key SFX Makeup: Elora Glazer @makeup.by.elora
Wig Stylist: Knives Phavi @lolitsknives
SFX Makeup Assist:
- Knives Phavi
- Nyx Yates @onyxyates
- Sania Madhani @saniascool

Unreal Engine Artists (XR Stage)
- Robin McMaster @mcrobster.studios
- Danci Shen @danci.exr

Set Decoration
- Lead Set Decorator: Bee Williamson @beemakescreations
- Set Dec Assist: Fox Ratajzcak @foxstumes

VFX: Owen Zirgrino @water_salad

Production Assistants:
- Gavin Sia @frenz_bite
- Ci-Mia Warren

BTS Photography:
- Avery Thomas @averymolto
- Jenna Piatek withlove__jenna

This project was created as a student-focused, academic production for educational and portfolio purposes only. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Crystal Dynamics. The original *Legacy of Kain* characters, story, script, title, and related intellectual property belong to their respective rights holders. No commercial use or profit is intended

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Hi! Ok so I took some time to go through the Music Player in Defiance Remastered and match each song with the song files that we already have. Because the music is not accesssible like for Soul Reaver 1 and 2 Remastered, the only way to get these files would be to record old-school like taping songs from the radio and I don't really have time for that (or patience).

Aside from some songs appearing to be new edits/mixes of previously used music, there is only 1 song that I cannot get a match for, and that is "Light Forge (Defiance)". By all accounts it seems to be just a slightly different version of "Light Forge" from Soul Reaver 2. There is no track that matches it's sound in the already available Defiance files. I plan on putting these together and making an Unofficial Soundtrack for the game.

If anyone would like to take a look at the list and make any observations or corrections, please be my guest

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10gGkDjzzpDIVNgNLnw0eSQv6uVnV5zop/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100594567017357696813&rtpof=true&sd=true

Part 1: LoK: Defiance Remastered - Dev Stories, Part 1: The World Map
ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/fire_paladin

Initially, I wanted this to be a shorter post, containing some smaller props, including the dummy, but also some in-team jokes. While some of that will make it into this post, you will have to wait until the next one if you want to hear some of the funnier moments, and have me share some insight into smaller assets. Today, it is time to address the fading legend of the Soul Reaver from BO1.

The Blood Omen 1 Soul Reaver was one of the models I really wanted to create for this game. We had a set scope that included skin suggestions rather early in development, so I anticipated the moment I'd reach this task for months, motivating me.

I actually developed the Reaver skin before the game's release. Release tasks were getting fewer and fewer, with the regular polishing and bugfixing making up some of the most exciting tasks at the time (other than some character skin progresses), and everyone was kind of restless because we were getting so close to completing the release build. As far as I go, I redirected some of that energy into collaborating with the programmers on figuring out some ancient tech that the devs used for some file formats (I might talk about that another time), and by getting into the patch tasks, which included weapon skins.

The task was straightforward and simple: create a faithful model of the BO1 Reaver. The references were relatively few, but sufficient, and I managed to figure that the BO1 Reaver just reused the BO1 Demon skulls that are present in multiple ways in the game (not just enemies, but also decorations and other objects), which further clarified some of the less discernible details, such as the shape and sharpness of the horns. First day was sculpting, second was modeling, and last one was texturing + in-game testing. If I remember correctly, at some point the BO1 blade was actually oriented the other way compared to the new Reaver blade, but that's because it's inconsistent even in the original game! The inventory graphic of the BO1 Reaver actually has the blade flipped compared to how it should be, and that’s the one I initially followed. Certainly, that graphic also helped with getting the amount of handle segments correct, as I couldn’t rely on the simplified on-map graphic (and Defiance did require a longer handle). The skull itself was the more difficult task, but it was mostly a matter of getting the details to match the original from any angle, followed by adding smaller details afterwards. I am quite proud of how I made it mesh together with the blade and horns.

Last was the texture. For those who don't know, 3D models are made of polygons, and in order to match a texture to their surface, their polygons must be laid on a 2D plane, called the UV, on which the texture will be painted. Kind of like those maps of the Earth, where the Earth's surface is laid on a flat, rectangular plane, despite it being a globe. Why does this matter? Well, the reaver is a flamberge sword, a sword with an undulating blade. While the waviness of the metal texture is not always that exaggerated due to smithing techniques, the Reaver is very much a fantasy blade design, with its thickness and wide waves on the blade, so I figured it paramount that the metal pattern follows the pattern of the blade itself. To achieve that, I customized the UV so it would be straight rather than undulating, essentially allowing me to use any metal texture, while maintaining the cool, undulating effect in the final model. Beyond the classic techniques of adding a faint color noise on the metal texture for heightened realism and oxidation (plain grey metal is actually unrealistic), I also added a colored, bluish sheen on the edges of the blade, akin to its BO1 iteration.

The final result turned out much better than I anticipated, and the metal shading techniques really paid off. When I opened the game and saw Kain walking around with the BO1 Reaver, I knew that I did it. Other team members liked it as well, and with some feedback (mainly u/LegitimateSpot1440's advice to make the handle narrower on one side), I was able to perfect the blade.

As far as post-dev stuff goes, I was close to submitting this weapon to the release build. It would have not been accessible in-game, but people could have edited their save files to make it show up. I’m glad I didn’t, because seeing the community’s firsthand reaction to the BO1 Reaver actually being added to the game with the patch was worth it.

You can also check out my ArtStation if you want to see more of the BO1 Soul Reaver, and stay tuned for the next part! Which should likely come sooner than this one did. ;)

What is this? Did someone who's never played the game just generate a game guide with A.I.

A little fanart I did as a warmup recently, i'm really obsessed with his vampiric appearance lately, love the huge post apocalyptic/gothic influence on the design.

As you can see in the screenshots, Blood Omen 2 is now marketed as being set in an "alternate timeline" up front, which it wasn't originally back in the day (unless I'm misremembering, it was over 20 years ago lol).

But... did the dev team intentionally set out to make a game that was set in an "alternate timeline"? If Steve Ross, etc saw this description now, would they raise an eyebrow at it, or nod in agreement?

As an aside, I've gone down plenty of deep dives into the development of Blood Omen 2, and one thing I really can't get my head around is the inclusion of Janos... there must have been at least some communication between the dev teams if Janos appears in BO2 and looks largely the same as he does in SR2? Unless Janos orginally appeared in BO2 and then Amy Hennig and the SR2 quickly added him into their game to keep everything in line?

Will, instinct, reflex-action; the insect mind finds little difference