Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-40218291-20200217171329

The immortality of Kain.Kain is a true immortal, if it is said, that the Soul Reaver is the only weapon capable of killing him, so it is, they do not only say it verbatim in the games: "You are not the only one at risk. I may carry the instrument of your destruction, but I, too, have taken a chance in coming here. Or haven't you realized - you bear the only weapon that can kill me " -Kain to Raziel.

Also the director of the saga, she says that Kain was able to survive without his heart, for being the Scion of Balance, and also have several statements from the art director (Daniel Cabuco) and is friend of the director, who worked in most of the games,including in which it was said, that Kain is immortal, and answered questions of the series in their forums,for years :

"How can Kain survive without the Heart of Darkness?"

"His nature as the Scion of Balance allows him to survive."

-Amy Hennig

"When Kain is" killed "by Raziel, I have read that Amy Herring states that his essence as the" scion of balance "allows him to survive, do you know specifically what this means? Can Kain not be killed by any means I wonder ? I wonder if his essence as the Scion of balance would have saved him from being buried by the tons of rock from the Elder God had Kain failed to defeat him in time, or if a lucky Sarafan "had" got a clean slash and beheaded  Kain, would he still have somehow returned to life? "

"Kain can suffer, be damaged, incapacitated, contained and forced," Kain, as the Scion of Balance, tied to the pillars, could only be killed by the Soul Reaver. to decompose to bats, but not killed. "

-Daniel Cabuco

"Also, since you said only the reaver can kill Kain, does that make Kain somewhat undefeatable in general by any foe he may come up against unless they use the reaver? Or does it literally have to be the wraith blade?"

"Yeah Kain wouldn't die to the Blood Reaver, only the Soul Reaver (sword with Raziel in it) or Raziel's Wraith Blade (Raziel x Raziel)"

-Daniel Cabuco

More Quotes:

"Once Kain was a vampire, remember the only thing that can kill him is the Soul Reaver, which meant Moebius or some champion of Elder God would have had to wield the Soul Reaver and beat him in physical combat."

-Daniel Cabuco

"Kain, as the embodiment of the Scion of Balance can only be killed by the Soul Reaver, which would pull his soul out with or without a link"

-Daniel Cabuco.

While you could say that the attacks that affect the soul could kill him, we are talking about a saga that 4 characters and a whole race, can manipulate or absorb souls, if it were for that reason, the developer would not have said several times, that only the Soul Reaver can kill him, due to the connection between Kain, the Pillars and the Soul Reaver, this is also supported by the games. This type of immortality is seen before, an example is Voldemort with the horcruxes, as long as they are not destroyed, Voldemort cannot die,in this case being his horcruxes, the pillars. In addition to all the above, I leave the appointment, where they say that the pillars are literally indestructible, like The Soul Reaver:

"Is the Soul reaver indestructible aside from the Paradox? Could it not have broken through extended use or someone strong like Kain, Dumah or the Elder God trying to break it with all their strength?

"Yep. The only thing that can break a Reaver is another Reaver (Kain vs. William, or Kain hitting Blue Raz) The weapon is forged not just of metal, but with the energies tied to the Pillars. Just as the Pillars are physically indestructible until their guardian dies (despite the Elder tugging on them for centuries), the Reaver is similarly invulnderable. " -Daniel Cabuco 