Doll Reaver - Legacy of Turelzevir

content by Divine Shadow, article by Ben Lincoln

Kain thought, for a second, he saw something in the grey blur beyond the window. A shadow, maybe?
And again, another one, and another one, dark shadows were coming from the sea's horizon. A ship? No, ships. Many many ships.
It took only a few seconds for them to become fully visible. Twenty Imperial Sarafan Destroyers, and in the middle of them the massive metal floating citadel that was the Super Sarafan Destroyer.
Lowering his mouth to the speaking tube beneath the window, the vampire lord made his announcement.
"Battle Stations."

- Doll Reaver: Legacy of Turelzevir

In 2003, the same year that Willow Ayala and I created the Three Legacy of Kain Titles Announced for 2003 April Fools joke, Divine Shadow was hard at work constructing his own, vastly more elaborate work. The result was a multimedia extravaganza gathered under the banner Doll Reaver: Legacy of Turelzevir.

Legacy of Turelzevir had at is core a relatively straightforward concept: mix together the Legacy of Kain series (minus Defiance, which had not yet been released) Star Wars (with its serial numbers barely filed off), Mr. T, and some forum in-jokes of the era (Betty the Vampire^[1], Frank the Sluagh, et cetera), then turn it into a new entry in the franchise. But to say that Divine Shadow took this idea and ran with it would be an understatement. The awe-inspiring breadth of material he created could only result from having run with the concept until his shoes, feet, and legs were all worn away. Yet still he crawled implacably forward, not feeling pity or remorse, and absolutely did not stop - ever - until his mission was complete.

This page contains the visual artwork and trailer videos which he included on a very limited-edition CD.

As a special bonus, the entire original Doll Reaver: Legacy of Turelzevir website is now available again, hosted here at The Lost Worlds.

Please note that the website has not been modified in any way, including its low-resolution trailer videos. The high-resolution versions (previously unreleased to the public) are available near the bottom of this article. The third (Flash) trailer is only present in the preserved website - no higher-resolution version exists.

Screenshots

I do not hate them...

...Yes, I doooo

Ariel in Kain's throne room

Character Menu - Frank

Character Menu - Lord Kain

Character Menu - Raziel

Character Menu - Turelzevir

Dark Eden - Above the Earth Shrine

Destroy the foo! Destroy the foo!

Fire at will, Lord Vader!

Frank and Raziel

Frank shares his gift

If you don't stop flappin' your lips...

I am known as Betty

Kain's future

Kain versus Mr T.

One helluva clone army

Sneak preview of CD's console

Someone cloned the wrong one

They're back

The Choice

The Device II

The real legacy begins

The Spirit Shrine

A variety of mock screenshots from Doll Reaver: Legacy of Turelzevir.

Wallpaper

Battle of Wills

Clone Army

Evil Gits

Three promotional wallpaper images created for Doll Reaver: Legacy of Turelzevir.

Disc Case

Original Turelzivir Cover

Final Turelzevir Cover

Turelzevir CD Label

Anacrothe's Balls

Case and disc artwork created for Doll Reaver: Legacy of Turelzevir, as well as a previously-unreleased bonus: box art for the tie-in product Anacrothe's Balls (which was to be a follow-up April Fools joke in 2004).

Concept Art

AT-VAN

Dark Lord of the Sarafan

The Device II

Kain

Pillars Clearing

Super Sarafan Destroyer

The Vamperor

Turel

Wolf

A variety of mock concept art ~~borrowed~~ created for Doll Reaver: Legacy of Turelzevir.

Video
File	Size	Author
Legacy of Turelzevir - Trailer 1	67 MiB	Divine Shadow

Video
File	Size	Author
Legacy of Turelzevir - Trailer 2	25 MiB	Divine Shadow

Download
File	Size	Version	Release Date	Author
Legacy of Turelzevir - Scripts	42 KiB	1.0	2003-04-03	Divine Shadow

Footnotes

1.	See Vampires for screenshots of the deleted "BVAMPF" model - nicknamed Betty on the forums.