The Big Bad Shuffle: The less lucid members of the Circle of Nine have varying schemes, and are dealt with in succession along with their guardian Malek.

Attack Deflector: The Chaos Armor, although both you and the enemy would be harmed, and the 'repel' spell which causes missiles to bounce back.

At Least I Admit It: Kain is disgusted by the Vampire Hunters Moebius rallies for this reason as he puts it, they're hypocrites that 'cloak their bloodlust beneath a veil of righteousness', whereas he makes no pretense to justify his kills.

As Long as It Sounds Foreign: The towns all have German-sounding names that don't actually mean anything.

Animorphism: Kain can assume the form of a wolf and a bat.

Animated Armor: Malek's spirit is infused to his armor as punishment for his failure to save the Circle from Vorador.

An Axe to Grind: One of the weapons in-game are twin axes.

Alien Blood: This is Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Red blood restores your health, the blue blood of ghosts restores your mana, black blood lowers your health, and green blood poisons you.

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