Vorador's resurrection

Resurrection of Vorador

One of the most puzzling aspects in Blood Omen 2 was the appearance of Vorador, alive and well, centuries after dying at the hands of Moebius's cutthroat mob, who finally hunted him down and beheaded the old vampire. Notoriously, his resurrection between these eras has not been addressed in the Legacy of Kain games.

The team responsible for Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and Soul Reaver 2 intended to explain Vorador's resurrection in a deleted chapter in Defiance but the relevant chapter was cut due to production time constraints. According to Daniel Cabuco, Raziel was to encounter the human Umah (also cut) in Vorador's Mansion, who would orchestrate his revival:

"[Umah] wears Vorador's symbol because she's meant to be part of his clan, soon to be transformed into a vampire. I think when Raziel visits Vorador after he is beheaded, your job is to go to the statute [sic] holding his head, retrieve it, and bring it to his body. Much the same as the way Janos was resurrected, Raz would help raise Vorador. Umah was the mission giver and as a reward would be turned into a vampire.
We had to do a lot of reconciliation with BO2... and had to cut it for time. (also, the fact that Raz would rez both Vorador AND Janos seemed.. redundant)"

―Daniel Cabuco

Given the events shown in Defiance it appears unlikely that the event could now occur in the same way as originally planned and fan speculation has frequently linked Kain to the revival - though the exact details are currently unknown.

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Preceded by: Raziel's detour

Nosgoth's historical events Vorador's resurrection Era following Blood Omen

Followed by: The vampire-Sarafan war