The Southern Lake Raziel exits the Sarafan Stronghold and marvels at Nosgoth's beauty. His next stop is the Pillars, located to the northwest, where he plans to teach Kain a thing or two. Note Hit select button at any time, and choose the map glyph to look at your location. Swimming See "Training" for a complete primer on swimming. Press X button to stroke, or hold it to swim steadily. Hit L2, then x button, to launch out of the water onto land. Jump in the water, and swim to the outcropping on the left. You automatically trigger the checkpoint beacon (it looks like a pole with a ring at the top) as you approach. Turn the nearby wheel (square button) to open an underwater gate. You can only open the door at the southern end of the lake after you imbue the Reaver with the element of Dark, so ignore it for now. Swim through the underwater gate at the north end of the lake. If you have trouble finding it, change to the Spectral Plane, then to the Material Plane using the warp gate on the lakebed. Note These beacons draw a bit of Raziel's soul energy when he passes and act as checkpoints. If your health spiral expires in the Spectral realm (which isn't likely if you pay attention to this guide), you'll restart from the last beacon you visited. The Plane Truth Water has no substance in the Spectral Plane, so if you shift while swimming, you'll drop to the lake bottom. A planar shift point and a host of lost souls are down there, so it's no problem to recharge that diminishing health spiral. Once through the underwater gate, head toward dry land on the left. An outcropping of land in the northwest leads to a brazier via a series of platforms, but you don't need that now. Approach the obelisk, and a short cut scene reveals all. This is the first save point! Note If you load a saved game or restart from the last checkpoint in the Spectral realm, the enemies you killed in the Material Plane will be back. Unfortunately, you must kill them again or race past them. Sluagh are always present in the Spectral world, regardless of how many you kill. Tip Crouch-leap (crouch with L2, then hit x button) to reach tall platforms. Raziel automatically grabs the ledge if it's close enough - hit up arrow or analog stick up to pull yourself onto the platform. When jumping to another platform, press and hold x button while in the air to grab your tattered wings and glide longer distances. After saving, head east toward the platforms that lead to the next area. You must crouch-leap and glide to traverse these platforms. Raziel notices that the Stronghold gates have a red crystal above them, just like the earlier second Time-Streaming Chamber. That will come in handy later. Follow the path and prepare to battle a number of Vampire Hunters. Two Pikemen attack almost immediately, and you face your first Cannoneers farther along. A pair of swordsmen Hunters attack as you continue, two more Pikemen wait ahead, and a Cannoneer camps out farther on. Continue to the bridge, which leads to the Pillars. Fear the Reaver If you dispatch all the upcoming foes with the Reaver, your health spiral will be low. Instead, when facing a group of adversaries, kill the first with the Reaver. Equip the fallen Hunter's weapon, so you can reave the rest of the souls yourself. If the Reaver overheats and saps your soul, you will be switched to the Spectral Plane quickly to extinguish its hunger. |
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