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Kain VO
I entered the Court with the Dollmaker’s head in one hand, and the doll containing the girl’s soul in the other.  I placed them both before the King and watched his eyes catch fire.  With the doll in their possession, the Court’s sorcerers could restore his daughter’s soul.

Ottmar
I do not know that I can thank you enough, warrior.  My kingdom is but a small price to pay for my daughter’s life.  Willendorf is yours, if you wish it!

Kain
‘Tis not your kingdom I desire, but your army, Ottmar.  I require troops to vanquish the Horde that descends upon us from the North.

Ottmar
Very well.  Courtiers, fetch me my armor and mace.  There is war to be waged!

The battlefield is choked with roiling fog.  Horns sound.  Over a hill through the mist, approaching troops march forward. Ottmar (commanding, rousing) The scourge of Nosgoth is upon us, friends!  We shall die today as heroes, lest we live tomorrow as slaves! Ready thine arms! FOR NOSGOTH!!! Ottmar waves his baton and the armies charge forth.

Upon the battlefield:

Kain VO
In the distance, I saw the Nemesis armies march forward, a black tide that would soon wash over the Armies of the Hope.

Reveling in the blood feast from the battle:

Kain VO
I sated my thirst on warriors of Horde and Hope alike; the dying relinquishing their final moments to give me strength.

Advancing northward:

Kain VO
They came at me in throngs, no fervor so strong as that inspired by a madman.  The Nemesis armies were fierce and showed no signs of subsiding.

Ottmar
The Nemesis and his Horde fall upon us, my friend.  I fear I can defend Nosgoth no longer.  The Nemesis must be destroyed.  For my daughter, Kain; for the world...

Kain VO
The tide turned with Ottmar’s death.  I watched as the remaining survivors of the Armies of Hope fled to the safety of the forest.  The battle had decided its victor; the fate of Nosgoth now lay in the Nemesis’ hands.

Kain uses the Time Streaming Device to escape battle:

Kain VO
At once, the battlefield was gone.  Where the ground was caked with blood and dirt, there was lush greenery.  Where chaos reigned only moments before, this damning calm prevailed.  Alas, it seemed I was stranded here - the Time Streaming Device lay in pieces at my feet.

Kain battles a man-at-arms, and reads his mind as he lays dying.  He sees Moebius standing at the top of a flight of stairs lined with armoured troops and burning braziers, addressing a crowd of peasants.  The scene is reminiscent of the Nuremburg rallies with towering banners and finery of the Nosgoth of 50 years ago. 
 

Moebius Would you stand idle as vermin destroyed your crops? Crowd (shouting) No! Moebius As your house burned? Crowd No!  No! Moebius Will you allow this evil to continue? Crowd No!  No! Moebius Will the wickedness end? Crowd It must! Moebius Do you believe? Crowd Yes!  Yes!  Yes!

Moebius gesticulates madly.  Seen through the fire of a nearby brazier, he appears to stand amidst the flames, seemingly as a creature of Hell, himself, the flickering flames heightening the evilness of his character.

Moebius
Then take me to your king, so that I can prepare you for the onslaught!

Kain VO
Ah, so it seemed I was in the land of William the Just, fifty years before the battle I had just escaped would take place.

Entering the stronghold:

Kain VO
The stronghold of William the Just.  ‘Twas time for me to pay a visit to he who would become the Nemesis and force Nosgoth on its knees.
 

Kain overhears a conversation between William and Moebius:

William
Yes, these weapons you have provided will see to that.  Pray tell, Moebius.  What game do you play?

Moebius
None, my lord.  I only wish to aid you in vanquishing your foes.  The weapons are but a token of my goodwill.

William
And the news you bring.  A vampire sent to slay me.  Where did you come upon such knowledge?

Moebius
‘Tis of no consequence, sire.  ‘Twas only out of concern for your Majesty’s life -

William
Perhaps, perhaps . . . Very well, then.  You may leave me, now.  But should I wish to speak with you . . .

Moebius
I will know, your Majesty, and I shall be there in time.

As Kain confronts William:

William
Ahhh yes, the Vampire.  Moebius told me you would come . . .

After the fight, and upon being discovered as the murderer of William:

Kain VO
As his guards rushed to save him, William the Just’s blood was already renewing my strength, replacing the life his sword had stolen from my veins.  The poor fools, come to aid their fallen leader.  Let us have some amusement . . .
 

Time Streaming Device A Time Streaming Device!  Strange.  When coincidence seems too convenient, I prefer to call it fate.