The Rise of Evil

Kain had refused the sacrifice. He would not perish the last of his kind for the sake of a world run by weak and petty humans. And so the Pillars fractured into oblivion. It was only in the aftermath, his mind cleared of the rage which consumed it upon realizing the deception of Mortanius and Ariel, that Kain came to question his choice. His choice had preserved the vampire race but he was still the only one left, and he could neither claim nor rule the whole of the land alone.

Unaware of how to spread the vampiric curse, Kain simply wandered Nosgoth, amusing himself with the mortals encountered and marveling as his own vampiric evolution progressed. After a century of this meandering travel, Kain stumbled upon a curious miracle of sorts. His old ally Vorador had been resurrected by a human follower, his severed head having been rejoined with its body, allowing the vampiric blood to heal his flesh and draw his soul back from the spectral realm of the dead.

Vorador, a much older vampire than Kain himself, knew the secret to producing more of their kind. And seeing the devastated state of their species, he offered this service to the eager young conqueror. Raising up a new generation of vampirekind, the two dark gods joined forces to conquer the land of Nosgoth.