Blood Omen - Legacy of Kain: The Lost Worlds

[ Legacy of Kain: The Lost Worlds ]

[ Blood Omen ]

Blood Omen is the first game in the Kain series, and was developed by Silicon Knights.

Abilities and Weapons

	The Bone Sword
	In addition to the Bone Armour, Kain was originally intended to discover a matching sword. The hilt of this sword makes an appearance as part of Vorador's weapon in the introductory FMV.

	Five-Tier Magic Meter
	Early versions of the game had five "levels" of magic meter energy, with each level coloured distinctly.

	Force Shield
	A spell which absorbed melee damage, such as weapon impacts.

	Magic Absorb
	A spell which protected Kain from being damaged by enemies' spells.

	The Shield and Other Mysteries
	Was Kain supposed to obtain a metal shield, and find the Iron Sword somewhere in-game rather than start with it?

Areas

	Additional Crypt Dungeons
	Three additional crypt dungeons were originally featured as areas to be explored after Kain emerged from his mausoleum.

	Deleted Blood Fountains
	Blood Omen's data file includes dialogue for at least two Blood Fountains which do not appear in the game.

	Deleted Dungeon (M51, S00 and S00)
	A deleted dungeon with bonus items, located northeast of the Flay Spirit Forge.

	Deleted Outposts
	Early versions of the game include additional castles and towers which were removed before release.

	Deleted Town and Encampment
	A deleted pair of settlements north of Vorador's mansion.

	Deleted Town with a Well
	Very little is currently known of this area.

	Extended Willendorf Tunnel
	The tunnel dungeon accessible from under Willendorf Castle was originally at least twice as extensive.

	Force Shield and Magic Absorb Dungeon
	The location where Kain would obtain the spells of the same names.

	Frozen Town or City
	Little is known of this location.

	HMCS Bitter
	A pirate ship in a deleted area. The HMCS Bitter would have been accessible from a hidden back entrance to Capt'n Bitter's Sudz in Vasserbunde.

	Mysterious Statues
	Some caves featured demonic statues over their entrances in early versions of the game. By the final version, only one remained - over the entrance to the Flay Spirit Forge.

	Original Avernus City
	The city surrounding Avernus Cathedral was reworked dramatically in the months before the game was released.

	Original Repel Dungeon
	When the Repel spell was merged with Force Shield and Magic Absorb, the original Repel spell dungeon was removed from the game entirely.

Characters

	Early Character Names
	Alternate names originally used for various characters in the game.

	Lupo the Butcher
	A deleted character with an unknown role, encountered near Nupraptor's keep.

	William the Just and King Ottmar
	William the Just appears in the final version of the game as the young king who will eventually become the Nemesis. The only ruler opposing the Nemesis by the time the game takes place is King Ottmar. However, a variety of evidence implies that this may not have been the case in earlier versions of the story.

Events

	A Traitor in The Circle
	A deleted expositionary sequence in which Mortanius' nature is revealed.

	Alternate Malek Boss Battle
	Malek was defeated using a very different technique in at least one earlier version of the game.

	The Chess Match
	A deleted in-game sequence in which Vorador challenged Kain to a game of chess.

	Deleted Cinematics
	At least five cinematics were removed from the game over the course of its creation.

	Murdering Kain FMV
	A deleted cinematic which depicts Kain's murder at the beginning of the game.

	The Stahlberg Resistance
	In early versions of the game, several homes in Stahlberg feature dead Nemesis soldiers and combative occupants.

Origins and Explanations

	Alpha and Beta Versions
	Prerelease Builds of Blood Omen.

	Alternate World Maps
	Earlier versions of the overworld.

	Blood Omen for the Sega Saturn
	A Saturn version of Blood Omen was also in development, but was cancelled before release.

	Blood Omen Scripts
	Two of the dialogue scripts used in the production of Blood Omen, scanned and available for download.

	Open-World Design
	Blood Omen originally featured open-world gameplay, where the player could choose to fight the Pillar guardians in any order.

	Placeholder Cinematic Music
	Early versions of the cinematics for the game, featuring placeholder music from prior to the completion of Steve Henifin's score.

Demo Versions

	PC Demo
	The PC demo version of Blood Omen

Exploration and Cheat Information

	Codes (PC)
	Cheat codes for the PC version of Blood Omen

	Codes (Playstation)
	Cheat codes for the Playstation version of Blood Omen

	Codes (Playstation Cheat Device)
	Cheat and hacking codes for the Playstation version of Blood Omen when used with a cheat device

	Developers' Level Select
	A hidden level/item selection room.

	Map Survey
	The results of a project to load every area map/sector in the game's data file.