A Madman's Lament

Kain soon discovered a strange advantage of his unlife: He was now a shapeshifter. After learning of Nupraptor's torturous ways, he tested this power by dispersing his body into a swarm of bats and gaining entry into the Guardian's otherwise unreachable cliffside sanctuary. Traveling throughout the retreat, he saw firsthand the proof of the mentalist's insanity. Blood pooled throughout the place and terrified servants huddled behind locked doors, fearing for what short life they had left to them. Ascending through the skull-shaped architecture, Kain peered through its eyes to see a terrible vision: The land beyond was scorched and barren, a foresight into the twisted horrors of Dark Eden which threatened to spread and consume the entirety of Nosgoth. Moving farther up to the cranium of the structure, Kain was faced by a shriveled old man too frail to even stand from his chair. This was the Guardian Nupraptor, his body wasted away due to negligence as his mental abilities had continued to grow despite a poisoned mind. Beckoning Kain forward, Nupraptor assaulted the vampire with powerful telekinetic blasts. Unfortunately for the mentalist, Kain withstood this attack and gladly separated Nupraptor's head from his shoulders. As the Mind Pillar's magic was imbued directly into its Guardian's brain, Kain simply returned the old man's entire head to the Pillars to begin their restoration.