Sarafan (Legacy of Kain)
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The Sarafan are a group of sorcerer priests in the Legacy of Kain series of video games. They were an order dedicated to the eradication of vampires. Their crusade ended about 500 years before the start of the first game, when their leaders were killed shortly after destroying the ancient vampire Janos Audron. Their forces consisted of Paladins, Inquisitors and Sorceresses, most of whom had some magical ability, especially with the elemental force of Light. The symbol of the Sarafan was similar to an eagle with outstretched wings.
In the games, many Sarafan have been shown, but only seven have been named. Raziel was once a high ranking member of the Sarafan and personally killed Janos Audron before his death, although the Paladin Malek, Guardian of Conflict, was in control. Malek, Turel, Dumah, Rahab, Zephon and Melchiah served as generals alongside Raziel during their crusade. After failing to defend the Circle of Nine from the wrath of the vampire Vorador following his sire, Janos Audron's death, Malek, as the only surviving Sarafan, was punished to serve as an undead Paladin and Guardian of Conflict for eternity by Mortanius, the Guardian of Death. He was eventually slain at Dark Eden by Vorador with the help of the fledgling Kain, five hundred years later.
Roughly a thousand years after their deaths at the hands of the time-traveling wraith Raziel, Kain raised Raziel, Turel, Dumah, Rahab, Zephon and Melchiah as his vampire sons in an act of ironic blasphemy.
The name of the order was taken up again seven hundred years after the original order was disbanded by a mysterious entity known only as the 'Sarafan Lord'. In contrast with its benevolent appearance, the order was really concerned with the conquest of all of Nosgoth (which they apparently achieved about 200-400 years after the conclusion of the first game) at which point they proceeded to instate a dictatorial rule over the land which was only broken when a revived Kain killed the Sarafan Lord (who was actually a Hylden in disguise using the order to try and free his race and destroy their enemies the Vampires). This Sarafan Order shares nothing with the original save its name and desire to destroy the Vampire race.
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