Dumah (Legacy of Kain)
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Dumah is a video game character in the Legacy of Kain series. He was voiced by Simon Templeman.
[edit] Sarafan life
Dumah was born over 500 years before the start of the first game. He became one of the leaders of the Sarafan Order. He was among those who stormed Janos Audron's keep and aided in his murder. After helping to kill Janos, Dumah was slain by a future version of his fellow Sarafan Raziel. After his death, Dumah was interred in the Sarafan's holy tomb.
[edit] Vampire unlife
Centuries later, Dumah was risen from the Sarafan crypt as Kain's third eldest son. He was given clan territory to the north of the Lake of the Dead. When Kain ordered Raziel's execution, Dumah was one of the two who cast Raziel into the Abyss.
As the centuries progressed, Dumah evolved/degenerated into a massive, toad-like juggernaut with armor-like flesh. This trait was passed onto his spawn, though they were not nearly as large. Some time between Raziel's execution and resurrection as a wraith, a legion of human vampire hunters stormed Dumah's keep and destroyed his clan. They somehow subdued Dumah, shackled him to his throne and impaled him with massive pikes. This incomplete slaying trapped Dumah's soul in limbo.
When Raziel found Dumah and removed the pikes, he awakened, thanking Raziel for unbinding him. However, Raziel insulted him by stating that he did not forget that it was Dumah who threw him into the Abyss. Raziel informed Dumah that he was going to kill him, and after a heated battle that progressed throughout Dumah's keep, Raziel lead Dumah into a furnace, where Raziel set him ablaze. Upon devouring Dumah's soul, Raziel obtained Dumah's ability to wind a band of constricting energy around his enemies and certain objects. Unlike every other ability gained from his brethren however, Raziel lacks this one in future games. No explanation has been provided. Some assume that it was lost when the Reaver drained Raziel's strength to repair its physical form, but again, the other abilities remain unchanged.
Also, if the player approaches Dumah's throne-room in the spectral realm, a different introductory scene will take place.
| Legacy of Kain series |
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| Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain | Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver | Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 | Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain | Legacy of Kain: Defiance |
| Major Characters |
| Kain | Raziel | Moebius | Elder God | Mortanius | Hash'ak'gik | Ariel | Vorador | Janos Audron |
| The Circle of Nine |
| Nupraptor the Mentalist | Malek the Sarafan | Bane the Druid | Azimuth the Planer | Dejoule the Energist | Anacrothe the Alchemist | Moebius the Timestreamer | Mortanius the Necromancer | Ariel of the Balance |
| Kain's Lieutenants |
| Raziel | Turel | Dumah | Rahab | Zephon | Melchiah |
| The World of Nosgoth |
| Pillars of Nosgoth | Lake of the Dead | Nosgoth timeline | Soul Reaver | Ancients | Hylden | Material Realm | Spectral Realm |
