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More Than You Need To Know About Legacy Of Kain's Lore
Back in the late ‘90s, Crystal Dynamics and Silicon Knights helped develop an action-adventure series about vampires called Legacy of Kain. The series started off as a kind of darker, more blood-hungry take of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and grew into a larger, narrative-focused version of Tomb Raider. The series was great, but it’s lore was complicated. Fortunately, there is help.
The historians from Lore in a minute! walk us through a brief recap of Legacy of Kain backstory. Even if you've played the games there might be something here you didn't know.

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