Nosgoth's Damnation

Seeing the Pillar of Balance still rotten to its core, Kain demanded an explanation from Ariel, who had watched from the spectral realm. She revealed the choice to be made: Kain was the final Balance Guardian born as Ariel's successor moments before the Pillars broke down. As the Balance Guardian, he must die to complete Mortanius' purge of the Circle.

It was in that moment that Kain realized that the offered 'cure' to his curse was, in fact, his own final death. He also considered what he had gained: Throughout his journey, he had claimed numerous powerful artifacts and weapons, developed awesome powers unrivaled by any common man either peasant or king, and was himself immortal.

Having grown fond of this new power and utterly disgusted with the machinations and deception of his assassins, Ariel, Moebius and Mortanius himself, Kain recalled the truth that Vorador had given him in the forest: Humans are cattle and vampires are gods to whom blood is sacrificed so that they may enjoy their godly powers. Dark gods whose duty it is to thin the herd.

With a new understanding of the old vampire and a new revulsion for humanity, Kain refused to sacrifice himself. The Pillars, condemned to this fate, erupted in a magical and violent explosion, expelling thick ash over the surrounding land and casting the sky in a hellish crimson light. As the dust settled, what remained of the Pillars was little more than charred fragments of stone jutting forth from the ground.

Nosgoth was damned. Kain was the world's new dark god. And Ariel, having failed to do that which guaranteed her release, was condemned by Kain's malice to an endless eternity of limbo at the seat of the world's demise.