| “ | I am eternally present, here and everywhere, now and always. I am the still center of the turning wheel,the hub of this world's destiny. | „ |
| ~ The Elder God |
| “ | I am the Engine of Life,the source of Nosgoth's very existence.I am the hub of the Wheel,the origin of all Life,the devourer of Death. | „ |
| ~ The Elder God |
The Elder God is one of the main antagonists from the Legacy of Kain series. He is a giant squid-like creature, described as "A mass of tentacles and eyes", with godlike powers who feeds on the souls of the dead.
Backstory[]
Depicted as a sentient, writhing mass of tentacles and eyes dwelling deep below the land of Nosgoth, the Elder God claimed to be the hub of the Wheel of Fate, the preternatural cycle of birth, death and rebirth to which all souls were drawn. However, Raziel later accused the Elder God of merely being a parasite on the Wheel, not its hub. Although this was not confirmed or denied, a consistent fact was that the Elder God was sustained by the Wheel's turning.Thus, as vampires were immortal and their souls did not flow with the Wheel, they, and especially Kain,served as his greatest enemies.
Powers & Abilities[]
- Wheel of Fate: The Elder God is bound to and can manipulate the Wheel of Fate: It is an inexorable cycle of birth, death, and reincarnation to which all living creatures in the Universe of Nosgoth are compelled. Because of it, as it consumes souls,it grows in mass & size and becomes more powerful.It is unknown how much it can grow, but it has become larger than a continent, it is likely that the Elder God,dosen't have limit to growth.The conection with this "wheel",is the thing that gives to the Elder God all his powers.
- Nigh-Omnipresence: The Elder God descirbed himself as "eternally present,here and everywhere,now and always",Indeed, the Elder God is Omnipresent in the world of Nosgoth, that is thanks to the fact that he is a mass of eyes, which allows him to see and be everywhere at once,being more bigger than a continent he exist in all Nosgoth. He is also Omnipresent on a temporal level, existing in the past, present and future of infinite timelines simultaneously and being somewhat timeless.
- Nigh-Omniscient: The Elder God, can see directly the Time-Stream, the time stream are the various paths of time, who is able to see it, can see and know, any event/creature/place of any time,whether past, present or future,at will.This makes him omniscient on the temporal level.
- Multi/Inter-Dimensional Creature: The Elder God, exists at the same time on the spectral and material plane, and can act/destroy, both simultaneously.The material plane is the normal world and the spectral plane,is where the souls live,the time there does not advance and the physics are distorted. Because exist in the spectral realm,he detects the time in a different way,is likely that for that he is timeless.
- Invisible,Intangible and Invulnerable: The Elder God can only be seen and touched by purified beings, however, he can interact with other beings,even if they do not see him or can not touch him normally. The strikes of purify beings,he feel it,but don't hurt him.Because he exists on both the material and spectral planes, he is totally immune to physical and/or spiritual attacks (the spiritual only pass through him, even on the spectral plane), only a combination of both types of attacks/magic (like Kain's Soul Reaver blade), more purify beings, can harm him.
- Universal Durability: If it is not enough, it can only be damaged in a very specific way, according to developers, Kain as Scion of Balance, can damage it because: " The Scion of Balance balances the entire world/universe and therefor is able to attack/hurt the Elder God".That means that it takes a being of universal power to damage it,the Elder God resisted dozens of Kain blows as Scion of Balance, and Kain only weakened a small part of his body.
- Life and Death Manipulation: The Elder God has been directly said to have "Power over Life and Death", and this is confirmed by his ability to resurrect his servant Moebius. He is able of bringing any creature to life,as often he wishes, but if the creature's soul is devoured by another being, he cannot resurrect it.
- Time portal creation: The Elder God is able to create time portals to any era he wishes, he demonstrated this by creating a portal for Kain 500 years into the future.
- Soul absorption: This ability is what he uses to feed himself.When a creature dies, this go to the spectral realm, when one of his "agents" consumes a soul, part of it goes to the Elder God, feeding him.
- Force Field Generation: The Elder God can generate force fields at will, it has been seen that he can create at least two types, one for self-defense, for his vulnerable zones (shown in the fight against Kain), and he can also create "lock-in" fields, these are created in the place he wishes, and serve to trap a person in the place, these fields are capable of disintegrating the target on contact. These last ones he demonstrated when using them against Raziel, when he was learning to use his new Wraith powers.
- Protective Energy barrier: a barrier generated around his body, preventing them from attacking him.
- Energy projection: The Elder God can project energy through his eyes, these shots are so fast that they are able to reach Kain, who moves at higher speed than a real lightning. He can fire at least two types, the first is a direct shot that slightly chases the target, and the second follows the target above his head, to after stop and hit the target.
- Manipulation of Dimensional portals: The Elder God, can disappear the dimensional portals of the spectral world to the material at will, this was demonstrated by closing the parts when Raziel was about to escape from the spectral plane.
- Telepathy: The Elder God is a telepath, i.e. he communicates with others with the mind,he is able to do, even in other dimensions where he does not exist. He demonstrated this by communicating with Raziel on the Demon Plane.
- Regeneration: The Elder God can regenerating limbs (tentacles).However take a few seconds do this.
- Many more Powers: According to developers: "We've only just scratched the surface of things he could do".
Servants[]
The Elder God has a large number of "servants", throughout history, these are varied and each has a function:
- Moebius: Possibly one of the most useful allies of the Elder God, Moebius the Time Streamer, a member of the Circle of Nine, and the human guardian of the Time Pillar, since the Elder God, because he is underground, cannot directly interfere with events, uses Moebius so that he,(with time travel and other things [soul reavers]), can change history at will.
- Raziel: The Elder God bound himself to Raziel by resurrecting him as a Wraith, he can see what he sees, and every time Raziel feeds on a soul, a part of it goes to the Elder God.This remains, even after Raziel defies to the Elder God.
- Ancient Vampires: The Elder God has in his control the most powerful race of Vampires, the Ancient Vampires, this also includes Janos Audron and the original Circle of Nine, all of them believe and follow blindly, the doctrine of the Wheel of Destiny, that's why they started the war with the Hylden.
- Archons: Archons are the spectral envoys of the Elder God. These highly intelligent hunters swim through the currents of the Spectral Plane in search of souls to devour for the God they are symbiotically connected to (much like Raziel). The Archon’s appearance and movement are highly cephalopod and crustacean in design.Their more predominant features include a large gaping maw, which they use with sinister aggressiveness to devour souls and an alien bioluminescent glow, which plays along their sinuous form during feeding.There are two kinds of reapers, the "Reaper Archons": The Reaper Archon is the smaller of the two types of Archons. They are built more for speed and quickness than strength and prefer to attack while floating along the spectral currents they effortlessly swim through. "Dreadnaught Archons": This second type of Archon (the "Dreadnaught") is the larger and stronger than its predecessor. One could relate them to being the ‘heavy infantry' of the Archon world. Due to their size and lack of speed they prefer to stay close to the ground while still exhibiting the same sinuous swimming the Reaper Archon's do.Both types of archons have the same special attack called "Draining Leash", which consists of wounding the opponent and creating an energy band, which absorbs the vital energy/Soul energy of the enemy.
- Tentacles: These cross-planar creatures are one of the many extraplanar beings that have found their way slowly into Nosgoth as the pillars have decayed. Normally they reside within the spectral realm, however the weakened boundaries between dimensions have allowed them to enter into the material world. Normally resting hidden beneath the ground they wait patiently for a helpless victim to wander by unbeknownst of their presence.
Feats[]
Strength[]
- Able to move the Spirit Forge.
- Destroy the Vampire Citadel
- Causes earthquakes through the entire continent of Nosgoth.
Note: This feat is only a fraction of the Things that the Elder God can move/destroy,he is describe as "more persvasive that a continent",so he should be able to move entire countries and destroy a entire continent.
Speed[]
- Able to react and strike to Kain.
Durability[]
- Able to resist tens of strikes of a universal being like Kain.and only weakness a small part of his body.
Weaknesses[]
- Sometimes it can be too arrogant.