The Turelim Clan Territory - Soul Reaver - Legacy of Kain: The Lost Worlds

The Turelim Clan Territory

article by Ben Lincoln

Turel's territory would have been Raziel's next destination after The_Undercity_and_The_Temple. Consisting of volcanic and other underground terrain, it was reportedly one of the two largest areas deleted from Soul Reaver. It was intended to be accessible from somewhere near Dumah's "Ash City", perhaps via the ledges and what appears to be a bridge high in the air opposite the entrance to The Oracle's Cave.

The Turelim Clan Territory is found in more pre-release screenshots of the game than any of the other deleted areas, and video footage is present in The_KainDemo_Video. One of its more striking aspects is its prevalent rivers of magma. This would have been deadly to Raziel, creating an additional challenge despite his earned ability to swim in water.

Part of the area would have been an enormous smokestack and furnace designed to "belch smoke into the sky, shielding the land from the poisonous effects of the sun", according to the manual for Soul Reaver. Several of the screenshots seem to include the lower portion of this smokestack.

The smokestack makes a cameo appearance in the opening FMV, to the left of The Silenced Cathedral. It is believed that this is also the one which Raziel would have used in ascending to The_Mountain_Retreat.

The Turelim Clan Territory was (like The Undercity) another victim of insufficient time and resources to properly debug it before the release deadline.

Turel's smokestack in the opening FMV

The smokestack in Turel's area

The Turelim Clan Territory