the time before the Pillars.  An age so distant that only fragments of its truth remain. The genesis of the Pillars, the formation of the Circle of Nine, and the forging of the Reaver all belong to this shadowed epoch. Ruined sky‑temples and buried monuments hint at a world long lost, its final chapter written in violent, brutal war

The vampire race grew in number and influence, provoking the rise of the Sarafan Order — a militant crusade dedicated to their extermination. Raziel was born among them, a warrior‑priest shaped by zealotry. Vorador’s slaughter of six Circle members deepened the conflict, until Raziel himself fell in battle and was entombed with the Sarafan martyrs. With his death, the crusade finally ceased.Empires rose and collapsed. Histories were rewritten, twisted, and obscured. The Sarafan Order fell, and vampires were driven to the brink of extinction. The corruption of the Pillars brought this era to its end, forcing a final decision that would determine the fate of the world. When the Pillars collapsed, so too did the age they upheld.

And so began the time of Kain — the third and final era.  Or at least… that was the course History intended to follow.