The Witch & The Beast

Having been told of a mysterious Seer who owed a favor to Vorador, Kain set off into the canyons around Meridian. Accosted by smugglers throughout the canyons, he killed every last one in his search for the Seer. Locating her ramshackle home, he was met by a 'witch' who expressed some knowledge of the weapon Sebastian had spoken of before his end. She was, however, disdainful of Kain and addressed him as "Vorador's lapdog". Insulted by this implication, Kain grew angry and demanded information, refusing to leave without answers. The Seer was moved by Kain's apparent ambition and conceded to give him aid, offering a sampling of her blood to grant him the gift of telekinesis. As Kain drank of this blood, a loud rumble cracked the air and flames erupted outside the Seer's shack. The Sarafan Lord had tracked her down to put an end to her before she assisted Kain - but he was too late. Wishing Kain luck in his quest, the Seer teleported him away as her home crumbled into fire and charred remnants. With no body being found, it is assumed that she escaped death herself.

Materializing in a cavernous underground, Kain realized that the Seer had brought him to the area he had witnessed through the Nexus Stone's portal. The hollow spaces beneath Meridian had been equipped with a number of elevators moving deep into the earth. Following this path, Kain came upon an odd mechanism. Within a containment cell, he found a strange beast imprisoned. Proceeding with caution, he was perplexed to learn that not only could this creature speak but it knew him, though the two had never met. It claimed to be a prisoner of the Hylden, its life force being siphoned to fuel their mysterious weapon. It also claimed that the being who built the weapon still lived, locked forever in a timeless torment within the Eternal Prison, and he alone knew how to stop it. Kain was sent into the mountains north of Meridian to infiltrate this place and find the weapon's disgraced architect.