Raziel: The humans’ citadel -- its towering walls and deep moats engineered to keep Nosgoth’s vampire plague at bay. Though the city was well-fortified against vampires, its human architects hadn’t considered a breach by a creature such as myself.

Raziel: The Oracle’s Cave, where Kain’s first fateful meeting with Moebius occurred. Moebius played the role of a doddering soothsayer, stirring his pot of visions while dispensing enigmatic predictions to gullible visitors.  Underneath the facade was Moebius the Time Streamer, sorcerer of the Circle of Nine - a ruthless manipulator with the power to bend time.  Since his murder at Kain’s hands centuries ago, these caves have stood vacant... though, like Moebius himself, they are rumored to be only a facade for a much larger, more elaborate complex... I sensed that Kain was here... and at that moment, I would have plumbed the depths of hell to find him.

Once inside, Raziel comes upon a statue of Moebius, the Time Streamer - as he regards it, he reflects: Raziel: This, I deduced, must be the man himself -the Time Streamer, Moebius.  He seemed not at all the impressive figure I had imagined from Kain’s boasted exploits.  And yet, even this cold image radiated a certain undeniable power... In the depths of Moebius’ time-streaming apparatus, Raziel discovers a series of portals displaying scenes of past and apparently future events. As he descends, passing these various scenes, he reflects on the images confronting him.  The images in the portals imply that the events he’s experienced - and those still to come - have all been predestined.

The first portal shows Raziel reviving in the Underworld, after being executed by Kain:

Raziel:
My arrival in this miserable age...  What trickery is this?

Elder God:
It is no illusion, Raziel, but a glimpse into the currents of Time itself.

A second portal displays Raziel’s discovery of the Tomb of Sarafan, and his origins -

Raziel:
Impossible - this must be one of Kain’s deceptions...

A third portal shows the Soul Reaver being shattered during the confrontation between Kain and Raziel (as Kain prepares to destroy Raziel with the blade) -- 

Raziel:
These apparitions torment me... has this all been foretold?

The next portal shows Raziel confronting Kain at some future time, in an unfamiliar setting --

Raziel:
My mind reels with conflict... does Kain await me moments from now, or in some century yet to come?

Another portal shows Raziel striking Ariel down with the Soul Reaver (an event which has not yet occurred) --

Raziel:
This cannot be!  What madness does this scene portend?  Kain must think me credulous, to suffer these lies...

A final portal shows Raziel armed with an enhanced Soul Reaver, its blade writhing with intertwined black and red energies --

Raziel:
Is this phantasm a conjuration of my mind, or an echo of future events?
 
 

"Final" Meeting With Kain

Kain: At last.  I must say, I’m disappointed in your progress.  I imagined you would be here sooner.  Tell me - did it trouble you to murder your brothers? Raziel: Did it trouble you when you ordered me into the abyss? Kain: No - I had faith in you.  In your ability to hate.  In your self-righteous indignation. Raziel: Lies.  You cannot have foreseen all of this.

Kain:
Eternity is relentless, Raziel. 

When I first stole into this chamber, centuries ago, I did not fathom the true power of knowledge.  To know the future, Raziel... to see its paths and streams tracing out into the infinite...  As a man, I could never have contained such forbidden truths... But each of us is so much more than we once were...  Gazing out across the planes of possibility, do you not feel with all your soul how we have become like gods?  And as such, are we not indivisible?  As long as a single one of us stands, we are legion...  That is why, when I must sacrifice my children to the void, I can do so with a clear heart...

Raziel:
Very poetic, Kain - but in the end, you offer no more than a convenient rationalization for your crimes. 

Kain:
These chambers offer insight for those patient enough to look - in your haste to find me, perhaps you have not gazed deeply enough.  Our futures are predestined - Moebius foretold mine a millennium ago.  We each play out the parts fate has written for us.  We are compelled ineluctably down pre-ordained paths. 
Free will is an illusion.

Raziel responds by changing the subject -

Raziel:
I have been to the Tomb of Sarafan, Kain. Your dirty secret is exposed. How could you transform a Sarafan priest into a vampire?

Kain:
How could I not?  One must keep his friends close, Raziel - and his enemies even closer. 
Can you grasp the absurd beauty of the paradox?  We are the same - Sarafan and vampire.  With our holy wars...  our obsession with Nosgoth’s domination...  Who better to serve me than those whose passion transcends all notions of good and evil?

Raziel:
I will not applaud your clever blasphemy.  The Sarafan were saviors, defending Nosgoth from the corruption that we represent.  My eyes are opened, Kain - I find no nobility in the unlife you rudely forced on my unwilling corpse.

Kain:
You may have uncovered your past, but you know nothing of it.  You think the Sarafan were noble, altruistic?  Don’t be simple.  Their agenda was the same as ours.

Raziel:
You are lost in a maze of moral relativism, Kain. 
These apparitions and portents... what game are you playing now? 

Kain:
Destiny is a game, is it not?  And now you await my latest move...

If Raziel is defeated in the battle, then upon his return: 

Kain:
Have you returned to embrace your destiny, Raziel?
 

After Raziel lands his third and final Soul Reaver attack, Kain throws the final switch, and materializes in front of the star portal on the upper floor of the Chronoplast.  Visibly exhausted, he addresses Raziel - Kain: You nearly had me, Raziel...  But this is not where - or how - it ends.  Fate promises more twists before this drama unfolds completely. As he finishes speaking, he turns and runs through the star portal.  As Raziel prepares to follow Kain through the portal and into the void of the unknown, the Elder God’s disembodied voice admonishes him:

Elder God:
Be warned, Raziel - once you cross this threshold, you are beyond my influence...
 
 

After Raziel steps through the portal, he comes to a mysterious room with an infinity sigil on the floor - Raziel steps into the pool of light in the middle of the room.  A moment later, Moebius steps out of the darkness, addressing Raziel by name. Moebius: Raziel...  Redeemer and destroyer... pawn and messiah.  Welcome, time-spanned soul...  Welcome... to your destiny...