Hylden Lord

The **Hylden Lord** is a major antagonist from the *Legacy of Kain* series, acting as the main antagonist in *Blood Omen* and *Blood Omen 2*.

## Backstory

Initially introduced in *Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain* as the malevolent force in control of Mortanius, his true identity, ambitions and motives against the Circle of Nine are further explored throughout successive installments.

As the leader of the militant Hylden trapped within the Demon Realm by the original Circle of Nine, the Hylden Lord orchestrated the murder of Ariel in an effort to topple the Pillars of Nosgoth, thereby attaining both freedom and vengeance. Following a major temporal paradox created by Raziel and Kain in *Soul Reaver 2*, the Hylden Lord succeeded in escaping into the Material Realm, reviving the Sarafan and attempting to conquer Nosgoth entirely. However, he was slain by Kain at the Hylden City before his plan could reach its fruition.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Immortality and Regeneration:** The Hylden, having been trapped in the demon dimension, gained eternal life and regenerative abilities, but their body became deformed as a result of being there too long.
* **Superhuman Physical Characteristics:** Like all Hyldens, he possessed physical abilities far superior to any human, and proved to be far stronger physically than Janos Audron.
* **Demonic Possession:** The Hylden Lord, like all Hyldens, can possess dead bodies and living bodies,by possessing living bodies, they deform it at will.
* **Lightning manipulation:** He can shoot yellow lightning from his hands

* **Teleportation:** The Hylden Lord is able to teleport, the time it takes him to do so,is almost instantaneous.
* **Ghyph Magic:**The Hyldrn Lord manipulates the magic/energy Gylph, which is "Deadly to Vampires", also has the function, to detect vampires that are near the carrier, can create energy fields (with the help of machines), and possibly other uses.

## Equipment

* **Sword:** A normal sword, although the Hylden Lord can imbue it with Hylden magic/energy, making it more deadly to vampires.
* **The Soul Reaver:** After defeating Kain, the Hylden Lord took the legendary Soul Reaver sword, an indestructible sword that devours the soul and drains the life energy of the one who strikes, and can project energy in different ways.
* **Hylden Gylphs:** Glyphs are the Hylden's ways of pushing the odds in their favor, they bend reality and draw power from them.
* **Nexus Stone:** The Nexus Stone is an artifact of unknown origin, its main ability is to manipulate "Space-Time", creating portals to any place in Nosgoth, the stone has enough energy to power an entire city, finally, the stone protects the user from the attacks of the Soul Reaver sword.

## Feats

### Strength

* Able to knock Janos Audron down with a few punches.

### Durability

* Able to withstand multiple attacks from Kain's "Immolate" power, which can destroy statues of meters in height.
* Resist multiple blows from the Soul Reaver sword.

### Speed

* Match a young Kain in speed.
* Possessing Janos Audron,can react and block Wraith Raziel,who can move at Massively Hypersonic+ speeds.

### Skills

* Being General Hylden (and presumably the most powerful one), who is equal in power to the Ancient Vampires, described as "God-Like" creatures.
* Easily defeating Janos Audron.