Simon Templeman
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Simon Templeman is an English actor. He is known for his video game roles as Kain in Legacy of Kain, Gabriel Roman in Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Loghain in Dragon Age and Admiral Han'Gerrel vas Neema in Mass Effect.
Templeman in December 2008
Legacy of Kain
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Legacy of Kain is a series of dark fantasy action-adventure video games primarily developed by Crystal Dynamics and formerly published by Eidos Interactive. The first title, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, was created by Silicon Knights in association with Crystal Dynamics, but, after a legal battle, Crystal Dynamics retained the rights to the game's intellectual property, and continued its story with four sequels. To date, five games comprise the series, all initially developed for video game consoles and later ported to Microsoft Windows. Focusing on the eponymous character of Kain, a vampire antihero, each title features action, exploration and puzzle-solving, with some role-playing game elements.
Series director Amy Hennig described the Pillars of Nosgoth (above: in concept art, center: in Blood Omen, below: in Defiance) as "the mythological and geographical hub" of the five games.
Raziel (left) and Kain (right) as they appear in Legacy of Kain: Defiance. Both are armed with the Soul Reaver sword.
Vampire mythology was a central source behind the production of the series, as were gnosticism, ancient literature and Joseph Campbell's works.